WTYTIAAN Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Seeing that this man really seemed to want to take him back, Yan Yunqing seized an opportunity, quickly lowered his body, and darted out of the man’s grasp like a slippery loach, patrolling and jumping onto a bench three meters away from the man.

The man was slightly surprised, looked down and squeezed his empty hand, a dark glint flashed in his eyes.

This looks… really doesn’t seem like an ordinary cat.

Yan Yunqing looked at the man warily. Seeing that he didn’t seem to want to come up and catch him again, he immediately tucked his tail between his legs and quickly ran to the corner farthest from the man and squatted down.

Now Yan Yunqing didn’t dare to get too close to people casually, for fear that another person would grab the back of his neck and control his fate!

Yan Yunqing hid in the corner, shaking off the fur that had been messed up by the rubbing.

After nearly two hours, before Yan Yunqing was pickled by the pervasive smell of sweat and feet, he successfully collected some useful clues. Yan Yunqing ran out of the tavern without stopping.

During this time, he also observed the position where the man had been sitting before, but he never saw the man’s figure again.

The man with six question marks above his head should have an unusual identity, and perhaps they would meet again in the future.

However, he had to use the identity of a cat less often. What if this man was from some hostile force, and he just happened to use the cat identity to sneak in, and was caught because of bloodline suppression, he would have no place to reason!

Yan Yunqing found Lillian to meet up, found a deserted corner, canceled the acting state, quickly cast a few cleaning spells on himself, and then felt alive again.

“Oh no… my nose seems to be out of order.” Yan Yunqing rubbed his nose. Cats have a keen sense of smell, and he was smoked in such a bad environment for two hours, and his sense of smell was basically ruined.

He needed to take it easy.

Lillian had been wandering outside for so long, and she hadn’t done nothing. She flew to Yan Yunqing’s shoulder.

“I just overheard two city guards outside saying that a commoner was locked in the dungeon the day before yesterday. I don’t know what he did wrong. It was ordered by the steward next to Fei Wu. I guess that commoner should be Ryan.”

Yan Yunqing was very gratified, and had the illusion that after throwing the dog out for two hours, the dog brought back a golden bone.

“Good job, I have some clues here too.” Yan Yunqing said, “I heard from the mercenaries that the city defense has been very strict recently. It should be the news from Seta City that the son of a city lord died inexplicably at home, which really makes these noble masters panic.”

“But several mercenaries found that these days, there will always be a period of time in the middle of the night when the city defense guards are particularly lax. The guards who were originally inseparable disappear, and reappear in their posts more than an hour later.”

The mercenaries who discovered this have sneaked in and out of the capital several times during this time. After all, mercenaries like them have to pay a lot of fees to enter and exit the city, which is 10% higher than ordinary civilians. It must be better to sneak in than to spend money to enter during the day.

Those mercenaries were still in the tavern just now, discussing in a very low voice whether to take a few jobs to smuggle people into the city during this opportunity. Yan Yunqing heard all of them.

The guards disappear at a fixed time, and then come back after a while. Yan Yunqing knew that this was wrong as soon as he heard it. It was definitely not just because the guards were lax as the mercenaries thought.

Perhaps someone is using the night time to smuggle something in from outside the city…

Yan Yunqing felt that this was somewhat related to Fei Wu.

After all, there are not many people in the capital who can make the city defense army obedient.

But this can be put aside for a while, let’s rescue Ryan first. Yan Yunqing was afraid that if they went later, Uncle Ryan’s life would not be guaranteed.

“Let’s go to the dungeon first.” Yan Yunqing made a decision.

Lillian had no objection.

Before going to the dungeon, Yan Yunqing had to make some preparations. He randomly chose a magician he had seen in Seta City to play, put on a low-key magician robe, and walked into an alchemy shop.

Such shops sell alchemy items, as well as some alchemy materials, and even purchase these things from some alchemists. The function is very comprehensive.

Yan Yunqing came here naturally to buy the materials to make [Flame Crest]. He wrote a list of materials, mixed with some common alchemical materials that were not related to the Flame Crest, to avoid the shopkeeper from inferring that he was the maker of the Flame Crest from the materials he purchased.

This was not safe enough. Yan Yunqing deliberately divided the materials on this piece of paper into five parts, and randomly selected alchemy shops in different locations on the whole street to buy them. Each time he bought them, he would change his image.

“Are you a little too nervous? Can anyone really deduce alchemical items from the material list?” Lillian didn’t understand, “Alchemy is a very mysterious subject. Many alchemists can’t guarantee that they can successfully make it even with blueprints. There are too many steps that need to be adjusted in the middle. Even with the same materials, the final product may not be the same thing.”

“We are people who are going to do great things.” Yan Yunqing said earnestly, “No matter how cautious we are, it’s not too much!”

The main reason is that his level is still low now, so it’s better to be a little more cautious. Moreover, their goal is to rob the prison. Later, they will assassinate a prince. If anyone is idle and checks the ingredients of the Flame Crest and finds him, he will be fine. At most, he can change his identity. Yan Yunqing mainly doesn’t want to involve the entire Sunset Village.

This time to save Uncle Ryan, he also had to create the illusion that Uncle Ryan was killed in the aftermath.

After buying all the necessary materials, Yan Yunqing returned to the inn. It was still early, and they would act after all the guards were tired in the second half of the night.

The inn was quiet. Yan Yunqing checked the mark he had made on the door as soon as he came back. The hair he had wrapped around the door lock was still in the same position as when he left, and the doorknob was also slightly tilted upwards. No one had entered his room.

Yan Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief, took out the portable alchemy table he had just bought, and processed the materials one by one. Lillian was helping him next to him, watching him throw all the materials into the alchemy table, and then start operations she couldn’t understand.

Lillian sighed and thought: He really is him…

She didn’t know whether Yan Yunqing was cautious or careless. He was so defensive in front of outsiders, as if the whole world was going to assassinate him, but he didn’t pretend anything in front of her.

What a troubling trust.

Yan Yunqing’s alchemy and forging skills were relatively low, and the success rate was only 30%. Fortunately, he bought a lot of materials. After using up all the materials and passing the great success judgment several times, he produced a total of eighty-three Flame Crests.

Fifty-two green quality, thirty-one blue quality.

His skill level also increased by two levels.

“It’s a bit small…” Yan Yunqing looked at the stack of Flame Crests. As the panel introduction said, the size of the Flame Crests was only the size of a button, and exquisite flame patterns were engraved on them, containing Yan Yunqing’s magic imprint.

He could completely hold eighty or so of them together with both hands.

He didn’t know how destructive such a small one was.

He checked the vest he was going to use tonight again, made sure there were no omissions, then Yan Yunqing climbed onto the bed and lay down, closing his eyes to rest.

Everything was ready, just waiting for nightfall.

Late at night.

He didn’t know when, but there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, until there was no one left, only the occasional patrol guards passing by.

Yan Yunqing, who had rested for a while, once again played the form of a little black cat, came out of the inn, and followed the guidance of the small map all the way to the location of the dungeon.

This dungeon was built in a relatively remote place. Yan Yunqing ran for a long time before finally finding the location – completely opposite to the east gate he came in this morning, closer to the west gate. It was sparsely populated and relatively desolate.

There were many guards guarding the entrance of the dungeon. Yan Yunqing counted them. There were twelve of them just guarding the door.

…Uncle Ryan is an ordinary civilian, neither a swordsman nor a magician. Is he qualified to be imprisoned in such a strict dungeon?

It seems that the Fifth Prince and his family care very much about the bad things they did!

Afraid that it would be exposed, they didn’t relax their vigilance even against a commoner who might know about this.

At some point, it started to drizzle in the sky, and the sound of the rain perfectly concealed Yan Yunqing’s trace.

God really helped him too.

Yan Yunqing secretly sighed that the rain was good, and continued to think about how to break through this heavy guard and successfully enter the dungeon.

Suddenly, a white light exploded above his head, and Yan Yunqing was startled, and then he heard a thunderous roar.

It was lightning.

Yan Yunqing’s eyes flashed. Since it was a thunderstorm, this natural phenomenon could be used by him.

Yan Yunqing rummaged through his backpack, found a few metal blocks, and directly smelted and reshaped them into a long strip on the spot. He found the tallest tree around the dungeon, tied the metal rod to the treetop, and placed two Flame Crests under the metal rod at the same time.

“What are you doing?” Lillian asked.

“A very interesting little scientific experiment device.” Yan Yunqing replied.

The Flame Crest can be detonated by magic imprints, or by external energy, but it requires relatively strong energy. This loud thunder is completely enough.

After installing everything, Yan Yunqing lurked around the dungeon again, waiting for the next thunder to fall.

He didn’t know if Yan Yunqing was lucky, but he had only left for less than a minute when an even brighter white light exploded in the sky, and at the same time, a louder thunder sound vibrated his brain.

With a swish, the white light with electric current struck the tree that Yan Yunqing had tampered with. There was another loud noise, which directly It’s so explosive the tree to pieces, and at the same time, purple flames quickly spread, igniting all the surrounding trees.

The guards guarding the dungeon entrance were all startled.

“What’s going on?”

“It seems that the tree was struck by lightning!”

“Hiss – it’s on fire, call someone to put out the fire! Don’t let the fire spread!”

Yan Yunqing was dumbfounded: Wait, is this effect a little too exaggerated? That tree didn’t even leave its roots, it was directly blasted to pieces!

Does this… does this really look like a lightning strike?

Yan Yunqing hesitated for a moment, but when he saw countless guards leaving their original positions and participating in putting out the fire, Yan Yunqing didn’t care so much and ran directly into the dungeon.

The little black cat’s body was small and inconspicuous in the dark night. With all the guards’ attention on the tree, Yan Yunqing quickly rushed into the dungeon.

The long, dark spiral staircase went down, and dim kerosene lamps hung on the walls, and the entire dungeon was filled with a dark and obscure atmosphere.

Yan Yunqing carefully stepped down the stairs. The closer he got to the bottom, the more humid and dark it became. A special earthy smell permeated it, mixed with an unknown stench and blood, which intertwined into the special smell of this dungeon.

Yan Yunqing’s nose, which had finally recovered from the tavern, suffered such a heavy blow again, and the whole cat was a little numb.

“What’s going on outside? Why is it so noisy all of a sudden? Is there an enemy attack?”

“No, it seems to be raining. Lightning struck a tree, and now there’s a fire outside, and they’re all putting out the fire.”

“Should we go out and take a look?”

“It shouldn’t be a big deal. It’s raining, even if the fire is big, it will be put out soon.”

“That’s true…”

Yan Yunqing hid in the shadows and passed by, thinking that the flames were not ordinary fire. The panel introduction said that the purple flames were still difficult to extinguish with ordinary water sources, so the outside would probably be chaotic for a long time.

Yan Yunqing went all the way in, and did not forget to install Flame Crests on the way he came. They were all placed in inconspicuous places, and it was difficult to see them at a glance.

There were strangely many guards in this dungeon. Yan Yunqing had lost count of how many patrolling guards he had passed. Sometimes he even had to lie in the shadows for ten minutes before he could move a little further.

Strange, even if there were serious criminals detained here, there wouldn’t be so many guards, right?

But this dungeon is known to many people, and even Lillian can hear people casually mentioning it. It is impossible to use it to detain serious criminals!

Yan Yunqing couldn’t figure it out. He walked forward according to the small map. Lillian had been hiding under his neck and chest hair, and didn’t make any sound quietly along the way.

Finally, after not knowing how long he had gone in, a green dot finally appeared on the small map, which was the mark belonging to Uncle Ryan.

Yan Yunqing was excited for a moment, and then found something wrong from the small map.

Strange, why are there so many small dots in this position?

A pile of red dots interspersed with several yellow dots, almost overlapping with Uncle Ryan’s green dot.

Because Yan Yunqing was robbing the prison this time, all the guards were in the hostile camp for him, and the display on the small map was also a red dot.

So what are these yellow dots? Could it be that there are wallflowers in the hostile camp? Schrödinger is neutral and climbs the wall if there is a chance?

And how can so many people be accommodated in such a small space? Could it be that they are all overlapping each other?

Yan Yunqing had many doubts in his heart, but he could only move forward now.

Stepping over a corner, the prison cell where Uncle Ryan was being held was in front of him. There were only a few guards standing nearby, which was completely different from the densely packed small dots Yan Yunqing saw on the small map.

Yan Yunqing:?

Hell, does his small map still show the location of ghosts? How can there be so many people here?

Lillian suddenly hissed, leaned to Yan Yunqing’s ear and said in a very low voice: “The flow of wind is not right, there are other entrances and exits here, the smell of blood is very strong… and there is a dead air, like from a demon.”

Yan Yunqing’s eyelids twitched. Here? Demon? As far as Yan Yunqing knew about demons, there was only the line of Augreir smuggling and selling demons. In addition, Uncle Ryan was brought here by the steward next to Fei Wu. How could Yan Yunqing not guess the source of these demons.

Really? Wouldn’t the Augreir family be so bold as to transport demons directly to the capital?

They live here themselves, right? There is even a royal family here, are they not afraid of the demons rioting and directly slaughtering the city? How depraved is this?!

Yan Yunqing felt a sense of suffocation.

If this is where Augreir stores demons, wouldn’t the demons run out if he blew up the place? He would also be responsible for the slaughter of the city at that time.

So troublesome.

Can’t Augreir put the demons in a more remote place for detention and storage? Why do they have to be locked under the dungeon? What? Are they also playing a trick of hiding in plain sight?

Yan Yunqing cursed with gritted teeth. He could only temporarily suppress the possibility of blowing up the dungeon to take the opportunity to escape. He had to think of other ways…

Yan Yunqing looked at the small map, which only showed the structure of this floor, and did not show where the hidden other entrance and exit were.

But thinking about it this way, Yan Yunqing also understood why there were so many dots displayed on the small map, but there were not many guards here. It turned out that they were all on the lower floor.

Just when Yan Yunqing was at a loss, a sudden change occurred on the small map. Those small red dots began to move and collided with the small yellow dots, and then the small red dots began to disappear continuously.

At the same time, another batch of small yellow dots appeared from nowhere and mixed into this piece of red.

Yan Yunqing:?

Yan Yunqing watched for a long time, and vaguely heard a subtle noise. Yan Yunqing realized.

Good fellow, it seems that he is not the only one who is causing trouble today.

Eh… this “again” is very spiritual, why did he use “again”…

Yan Yunqing paused, remembering that when he escaped from the auction house, he also took advantage of the sudden attack of another force to successfully take Lillian and Cornelia away from there.

He also met one of the people in that force, so he received an investigation mission.

Yan Yunqing flipped through the mission list and found the mission [Investigate 『Scarlet Mist』].

The investigation progress was still 0%. Yan Yunqing had not touched the tip of the iceberg of this organization, and had not even heard of it. He had also tried to inquire with the NPCs in Sunset Village, but there was no progress.

This mysterious organization suddenly appeared and attacked the auction house. After that, it seemed that the Bato Vita official had not issued any announcements, and it seemed that they had not even figured out the target of the wanted.

The other mysterious force that appeared today, could it also be related to this 『Scarlet Mist』?

Yan Yunqing pulled at the small map, but unfortunately the small yellow dots were NPCs he had never met, and their identities were not displayed at all.

The guards who had been stationed here also seemed to have noticed the commotion below. They exchanged glances with each other, and one of them walked to the corner, just not far from Yan Yunqing, and took out a device that looked like a communicator and shouted into it twice.

“06, 06? What’s going on over there?”

There was silence in the dungeon. No response came from the communicator in his hand. The man frowned and opened his mouth again, “06, 06! Respond if you hear me. Have you encountered an enemy attack?”

There was still silence.

Suddenly, the faces of the guards who were still here instantly became very ugly.

One of them, who looked like a captain, said, “I’ll go see what’s going on. You continue to guard here, don’t leave.”

“Yes!”

The captain left in a hurry, and the remaining people looked at me and I looked at you, with a little uneasiness on their faces. Those who can be arranged to do guards in the deepest part of the dungeon basically have a little ambition but not much, but they are indeed loyal.

After hesitating for a while, someone finally silently began to take action and ran in the direction Yan Yunqing came from.

Yan Yunqing hid in the dark, secretly thanking the mysterious force in his heart.

Good people, he was worried about not being able to save people!

Seeing that almost everyone had left, Yan Yunqing immediately jumped out of the shadows, and in a visual blind spot, he canceled his acting, quickly switched to his Joker vest, and ran in the direction where the keys were hanging, which he had observed from the beginning. He jumped up and took down the bunch of keys on the wall.

There were not many people imprisoned on this floor of the dungeon. The prison cells around Uncle Ryan were empty. The ground was covered with suspicious dark red traces. He didn’t know whether these people had left this place or had passed away.

Ryan was Shrinkin the corner of the prison cell, his condition was very bad, and his consciousness was blurred. He didn’t know what he had suffered during this period of time.

Seemingly aware that someone had stopped at the prison cell door, Ryan in the prison cell raised his head in horror, but found that the person standing outside the cage was not the guard he had become familiar with these two days, but a chestnut-haired… woman? man?

He couldn’t tell at all.

Ryan blinked hard. The blood flowing down his forehead blocked his vision. The more he tried to see the person outside clearly, the more blurred he felt in front of him.

“You, you are…” Ryan asked tremblingly.

Yan Yunqing looked at Ryan’s miserable state and sighed in his heart, “I received a commission to rescue you.”

“Rescue… rescue me?” Ryan’s voice was vague and a little dazed, as if he couldn’t understand what Yan Yunqing was saying.

“Yes.” Yan Yunqing lowered his head and tried the door lock one by one with the bunch of keys.

“Who are you…?”

“You can call me Joker, a bounty hunter. I received a commission to rescue you.”

“Don’t worry, I will take you out safely.”