On the Seven Towers

Lin Lichuan put on the shield for Xu Lilei, and the team continued to move forward. Just when they reached the edge of the defense zone and were about to turn back, Nelia, who had sharp eyes, pointed to a pile of rocks thousands of meters ahead and said, "I saw stones. There’s someone behind, who just popped up, and now he’s retracting.”

Everyone looked and saw an empty pile of rocks and sparse woods.

"They saw us hiding," Nelia said.

"That's right." Lin Lichuan has been releasing the spiritual detection magic of the Tower of Dreams. Although this magic cannot penetrate the surface, people close to the surface can sense it, and can ignore the invisibility and detect the fluctuations of people's mental power. , "I observed that there were two people just now, and now they are hiding again. They should be ordinary people, not very strong."

"Platoon leader, do you want to rush over directly?" a soldier asked.

"What the hell! There are a lot of secret passages under this ancient city. They are complicated. They are all used by noble families to escape. Even the city defense barrier can't stop them. Are you going to hide and seek with them down there? Of course. Hook them out and arrest them." Xu Lilei turned around and saw a small slope in the distance, so he said: "Xiao Lin releases a mage's eye, let's hide behind that slope, let's see who is there. Make trouble."

Lin Lichuan calmly released a mage's eye, and then the group pretended to leave calmly, but in fact they went around to the back of the hillside.

Everyone dismounted and waited, while Lin Lichuan used his mage's eyes to observe the pile of rocks. He also observed whether any light balls appeared in his mental vision.

They waited for about thirty minutes without any progress. Another soldier asked: "Platoon leader, are they already gone?"

"Be patient. We didn't make any reaction after we just discovered them. They may think that we didn't see them and were just waiting for us to go away." Xu Lilei rubbed his forehead with his hands and said, "If they use other channels, then we will If we can’t take care of it, the patrol team from that area will naturally take care of it, but we have to make sure that they don’t come out from here again. If no one comes out after another quarter of an hour, we’ll go check the secret exit.”

After waiting for another ten minutes, Xu Lilei's words were indeed right. Lin Lichuan said: "There was movement, and I saw a flash of spiritual power. There were a total of twelve people coming out, including men, women, old and young. They all looked like civilians." , an old man, nine adults, a child about six years old, and a baby. They should not be able to walk fast."

Xu Lilei said: "Wait a little longer until they are far enough away from the exit."

A few minutes later, Lin Lichuan continued to report: "They are about a hundred meters away from the exit."

"Get on your horse and prepare to attack! Remember to stop people first, and don't use violence if you can convince them. Don't shoot without my order." Xu Lilei said.

"Wait a minute." Lin Lichuan reached out to stop Xu Lilei, "Old Xu, the door of this tunnel is very delicate. It is an automatic door powered by magic."

"You mean..." Xu Lilei immediately understood what he meant, "In this case, Xiaolin, you stay, I will give you four people, and you should be prepared for a surprise attack to prevent any sudden accidents. The others will follow me."

Xu Lilei's cavalry rushed out from behind Xiaopo, and then divided into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, to block the opponent's retreat. Nelia cast a loudspeaker spell and shouted: "We are the escort. No one can leave the city. Stop now, kneel down and hold your head with your hands, otherwise we will use force."

Several warriors on horseback surrounded the fleeing civilians while they were talking, riding their horses around the fleeing civilians, trapping them in a small area.

"They are indeed civilians." Xu Lilei quickly discerned the details of these people from their rough skin, thin bodies, and overwhelmed looks.

The soldiers waved their sabers to drive away a few people who were still trying to escape. For the locals, this cold weapon was much more intimidating than an air gun.

There were two slightly stronger men who wanted to rush into the woods on one side, but they were caught up by the soldiers of the escort and knocked to the ground with their scabbards. One fell to the ground with a bloody head, while the other hugged his thigh and screamed. The soldiers drove these people together. Xu Lilei walked up to them, looked at them, and asked, "Tell me, who are you and why did you run away?"

The civilians looked at each other, not daring to speak. Finally, the oldest man spoke: "Sir, we want to survive. Hundreds of people have died in the city in the past two days. More and more people are getting sick. "Many people say that this is a punishment from the God of Nature, and anyone who doesn't leave Green Forest City will die. That's why our family will find a way to escape."

"Who told you that? Who said hundreds of people died in the city?" Xu Lilei asked.

The old man's eyes began to dodge, and he said: "That's what everyone said."

"Nonsense! Most people in the entire Green Forest City are staying where they should be!" Xu Lilei said.

"Really, this is true, adults." A middle-aged woman next to the old man said, "The neighbors are spreading the word, but no one dares to move. We...we embolden each other, and then come out Try your luck. The appearance of those people suffering from the disease is terrible. My husband’s cousin’s family has died from this disease. I heard that several villages in the south have suffered from the disease, and many of us have died. We can't go on like this."

Nilia said: "We have invested so many magicians to study this disease. If there is a place where we are most likely to cure it, it must be Green Forest City. You are all people who are very likely to be infected. If the disease really breaks out, staying in Green Forest City is the most likely to survive. If you escape to other places, you will only spread the disease further and further!"

"When we are about to die, how can we care so much about other people's affairs." A young man with blood on his head said, covering his head, "Besides, Sir Carno told us that magicians will dig out the patient's heart for research, I don't want that."

"Shut up. Prot!" The old man in the lead roared.

"Who is Sir Carno?" Xu Lilei asked.

"We have all been arrested, why are you still protecting him?" The young man said angrily, "My lord, I want to report that it was Sir Carno who asked us to escape. He said he was helping us run together. But in fact, he wanted us to attract your attention! He also brought us into this passage."

"Oh? Where are they?" Xu Lilei asked.

"I don't know. We didn't see them when we came out." Prot said.