Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1441. Shocking change!

The winding paths leading down to the Loshar Palace are carved into the hillside, and the terraces are covered with a combination of natural growth and gardening vegetation.

Dijkstra walked quickly up a terrace and paused briefly in front of the group, where a wall was decorated with rows of stone griffin heads.

Water is flowing down from these heads, which can be regarded as a fountain landscape.

The Redanian spy leaned his head under the griffin head and took a sip of water.

Because Dijkstra did not delay the team's progress, Lan did not stop him.

The witcher looked at the steps below and saw that some Redanian soldiers had already arrived at the Loshar Palace holding torches.

They were walking in a line, crossing a stone bridge over a crack in the rock ledge.

By now, it should be around five or six in the morning. The originally dark sea surface was slightly glowing with reddish golden light, making it a little brighter.

But a dark cloud slowly twisted and gathered over the island of Thanedd.

Lan En looked at the dark cloud, and his eyes, which were originally a little unhappy, gradually became gloomy.

"Are you still angry about our actions?" The spy chief looked at Lan's face and said tentatively, "I apologize again for this, sir. But I didn't inform you because the most important thing in our line of work is caution."

"Coups, riots, secret arrests. Nothing can be accomplished without caution."

Dijkstra had confirmed through previous contacts that Lann actually agreed with their approach of "internal cleansing".

It's just that the situation always seems too complicated before it becomes clear, mixed with the disruption caused by undercover agents and everyone's thoughts.
Dijkstra had no idea what Philippa was planning, or whether she wanted to clear out dissidents through this internal purge.

After all, it was not like he could read the sorceress's mind.

But from his personal perspective and purpose, he has no major conflict with Lan En.

Because of this, Dijkstra is actually very upset now.

If the conversation with Lan En at the banquet had been more open, perhaps they wouldn't be in such an awkward situation now.

But it's just "annoyance", far from the level of "regret".

After all, the right thing to do was to capture traitors among the wizards, and Dijkstra thought he was doing a good job.

The magic-blocking gold shackles are accurate in grabbing, and there is no way those traitor warlocks can stand up.

There is only one thing left to consider.
"That girl," Dijkstra wiped the water from his mouth and suddenly whispered to Lan, "are you going to place her in Aretusa?"

"Don't look at me with such a scary look, sir. I'm just suggesting you think about it again, out of considerations of reality and rationality."

"Vizimir and I don't want to argue with you or the sorcerers. It would be best if we could discuss it together."

"Geralt is legally the guardian of that important lady, but now everyone knows that it was you who pulled the girl out of that bloody pit in Cintra."

"As long as you ask, Aretuza will definitely agree, and Geralt and Yennefer will definitely consider it, right?"

Dijkstra waited for a while, only to find that Lan first frowned at the abnormal dark clouds over the island of Thanedd, and then responded to him without even turning his head.

"How could you have such a ridiculous idea that I would say such a thing for you and Vizimir?"

"Because I absurdly think, sir," Dijkstra said, stabbing Lan slightly, "that you are not saying this for anyone else, but for that important lady."

The spy's head tapped the ground with his toes, using his gesture to refer to the entire Thanedd Island and the academy on the island: "Aretusa is not safe."

"On the surface, you and many great wizards are here, but what does that matter? You saw it with your own eyes tonight. The sorcerers from the north dealt a heavy blow to the Nilfgaardians on Sodden Mountain."

"But the Nilfgaardians are not the brainless villains in the poems! They will learn from whatever they have suffered! Look, in just two years, there are so many traitors among the warlocks in the north! Who would have dared to think of that before?"

"Among the group of people who were captured just now, there were some who came down from Mount Sodden!"

"Yes, I know. You must have heard from other channels that the kings' arrangement for the young lady was not ideal. But the situation has changed. Now, a safe and healthy Cirilla is more valuable! She deserves to be hidden and cared for."

Lan En frowned and looked up at the sky: "Does Philippa know what you and Vizimir are planning?"

"No," Dijkstra said flatly. "She doesn't even know that I know that the girl has entered Aretusa."

"My dear Fei can pretend to be great, but Vizimir is the king, and I only follow his orders." The spy chief's words were sincere, but Lan En just sneered and didn't say another word.

And suddenly!
"Crack!!!"

There was a thunderous explosion!
Under the thick dark clouds in the sky, a pale blue lightning flashed violently and violently down!

And the landing point seems to be not far from Shannid Island, it should be on the nearby sea.

The powerful voltage and current suddenly penetrated the air, and even made Dijkstra, who wanted to say a few words to Lan En, shiver all over his body!
"Merritelli! Is Cliff angry?"

It was totally unbecoming to mention two gods in one sentence. It was hard to tell whether it was a prayer or a subconscious exclamation that came out of Dijkstra's mouth.

The spy chief was indeed a well-informed man, but he had never experienced thunder and lightning exploding so close!
Dijkstra only remembered that he caught a glimpse of a dazzling blue-white light out of the corner of his eye!
For the next ten seconds, no matter how he moved his eyes, the blue and white color stubbornly remained in the peripheral vision of his eyes.

This is the residual effect after the eyeball is suddenly exposed to strong light.

The rest of the Redanian soldiers also looked panicked.

What's happening here? !

Isn't it said that once the forbidden magic circle of Gastang Palace is opened, on the entire Shannid Island, only the farthest palace of Losha will not be affected?
We haven’t even reached Luoxia Palace yet!
The clouds in the sky were so dark that even the most ordinary Redanian soldiers knew that this was definitely not natural weather!

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Someone like Dijkstra, who is well-informed, has already calculated the situation in his mind.

Is this the thundercloud that wizards use to control the weather? Or is it the method called "Sky Controller" among druids?

Next to Dijkstra, Lan En seemed to have gotten used to the thunderclouds and lightning.

He didn't even tilt his head to take a look at the point where the lightning struck close to Thaned Island. Instead, he suddenly widened his eyes and looked at the stone griffin head that Dijkstra had stretched out his head to drink water just now!

The stone statue appears to be moving.

But in Lan's eyes, it was clearly visible that it was not the statue that was moving, but the illusion covering the griffin head that was fluctuating!

They became bumpy and transformed from delicate and smooth stone sculptures into rough-surfaced stones, and then returned to their original state after a while.

Just like the huge stone bridge in Aretusa that was repaired not long ago, there are traces of the sea breeze and the salt in the wind eroding the stone.

After all, Aretusa was built a long time ago and needs repairs in all aspects. Although money for repairs is no longer a problem, the repairs themselves take time.

The bridge is an urgent need, so it is naturally the first to be repaired. However, the gargoyles on the wall are naturally ranked last. Currently, they are covered uniformly with large-scale illusions to save the mages' dignity.

Lan En also knew very well what this clear, fuzzy, and clear fluctuation meant - the regular magic covering the statue was being disturbed! It became unstable!

Gastang Palace!

Two seconds after the thunder struck, Lan En, who had observed the changes in the stone carvings on the wall, reacted immediately and looked up towards the top of Thanedd Island!

It happened almost at the same time as he shifted his gaze!

"boom!!!"

A huge and majestic tower, flames and thick smoke spewed out from every window, door, and even between the stones of the stone tower!

It’s comparable to the sound of thunder exploding on the sea just now!
However, the sound of thunder can be said to be the sound of the natural environment, and it did not attract many people's attention.

But there were explosions! Flames burst forth! Strong winds and hot air rushed through the cracks in the buildings and echoed!

These horrible sounds spread from the highest point of Thaned Island to the entire sea area!

Even the dumbest person wouldn't say this is a 'normal sound'!
Magic is an unnatural force! This is an unnatural explosion!
The explosion and flames from Gastang Palace continued to spread and reached the open sea.

The Redanian soldiers and Dijkstra were completely stunned by this sudden turn of events.

They looked up at the Gastang Palace as if they had seen a ghost.

"I'm coming! I'm coming meow!"

The sound of the fluff ball mixed in with the sound of the explosion that was spreading farther and farther, and came from under the terrace where Lan En and the others were!
The kitten was shouting and running, and from the sound it could be heard that it was approaching quickly.

If we calculate based on the fact that it rushed up directly from the secret cave on Thanid Island, then the time it set off was basically when the thunderclouds began to gather just now!
(End of this chapter)