Natalie's magical growth record

Chapter 105 Missing Hostages

"Rigel, is there no way to expand the surveillance range?"

At the same time, on the other side of the destination where Alina was about to arrive, Qiaoceline stood inside the highest tower, trying her best to look at the battle scene in the distance. However, their enemies seemed to have already expected that their movements would be eagerly watched, and they just used fierce fire to cover up the fighting situation within the fire range.

Therefore, Qiaocelin, who was unable to predict the opponent's combat effectiveness through her eyes, had to put her hope back on the crystal ball responsible for monitoring the dynamics of her territory. She anxiously snatched the crystal ball from Rigel's hand, and for the first time, an obvious reaction occurred. panic.

"You know, the crystal ball in my hand can only monitor the status of our own territory, and the location where the Orchid of the Bell clashes with the monsters is right at the junction of our territory and the territory next door, which is where we monitor magic. Dead spot. Even if I wanted to rearrange the magic spell in that location, it’s too late now.”

Rigel took back the crystal ball and once again confirmed the image of the crystal ball being covered in fire. He reluctantly put away the useless crystal ball and shook his head.

"Damn it! Did she escape like this?" Jocelyn clenched her fists and said angrily, "But Rigel, you also have a problem. If you had been more careful when you deployed the surveillance magic, everything would not have happened now. happened!"

"Wait, you can't say that, right? Qiaoceline, didn't you look confident at the time?" Rigel, who had innocently taken the blame, shrugged helplessly, and then replaced the above words with the actual facts. Zi Xuwu, who had no excuse for himself, was guilty: "Furthermore, I remember asking you if it was necessary to place special surveillance magic at the beginning and end of each territory. You said it was not necessary. Have you forgotten? ?”

"Okay, okay, I understand, so what should we do now? Are we just going to watch the leader of the Sage Assistant act recklessly under our noses!"

Qiaoceline, who was caught off guard and was stabbed in a painful spot, couldn't help feeling ashamed. After abruptly changing the topic, she began to condense the magic elements, looking unwilling to rush to the front line in advance.

"Wait a minute, Jocelyn, don't worry. I know you are not willing to lose to the Wind of the Suttle for the time being. But don't we still control the arbiter leader? If we make good use of this bargaining chip, even if No matter how capable Mr. Wind of the Suzuran is, he would not dare to act rashly without considering the safety of the leader of the arbiters."

Seeing that the magic elements around him were showing an uncoordinated aura under the influence of the opponent's emotions, Rigel hurriedly stopped his partner who was almost stunned by anger and made a serious suggestion.

"What do you mean, Rigel?"

Qiaoceline was obviously unhappy at being held down. She stood on tiptoes and stared angrily at the thin young man in front of her, asking in an eager tone.

"You will be responsible for paying attention to what's going on here in a moment. If the Wind of the Bell Lan really doesn't intend to hand over the key or tell us about the whereabouts of the key, I will deal with the arbiter leader."

After a brief hesitation, Rigel finally made up his mind.

"Rigel..." Seeing the light of determination flashing in the eyes of her partner who had never really harmed anyone else, Qiaoceline nodded heavily, finding her firmness, "Okay, then I'll leave it to you, the leader of the arbiter." is you."

"It's my pleasure!"

In this way, after a brief division of labor between the two, they each began to prepare for the work they were responsible for.

however…

"Jocelyn, no, the leader of the arbiters is missing..."

When Rigel returned to the castle from the tower and opened the door to the room where the leader of the arbiters was held, he saw the strange phenomenon of being empty in the room.

"What did you say!" Hearing the unexpected news, Qiaoceline immediately put away the frozen expression on her face, ignored the task at hand, and rushed back to the castle along the spiral staircase. Inside, the door to Rigel's room was pushed open in a hurry.

"Why, how could this be!"

The moment she opened the door, Qiaoceline still held on to a sense of luck, hoping that the words she just heard were just hallucinations caused by her nervousness. However, in front of her, those broken shackles and the empty room truly announced to her this unchangeable cruel fact.

Illusion?

No, no, there is no residual aura of illusion left here.

Did someone defect midway?
  No, no, Rigel is not that kind of person, and that group of monsters without autonomous consciousness are even less possible!
  If it's not a leak of internal information or an illusion, then what exactly is the problem...

After the moment of confusion, Qiaoceline, who slowly began to regain her composure, withdrew her suspicious gaze on Rigel and began to think about the possibilities of the accident.

"Actually, the answer is very simple. Because you are so busy hunting me that you have overlooked a fatal weakness that cannot be ignored."

But before Qiaocelin could think about it, a strange female voice suddenly interrupted Qiaocelin's thinking.

"Hunting? Wind of the Valley? Where is it? Come out quickly!"

Provoked by the enemy hiding in the dark, Qiaoceline immediately put her guard up, quickly took out the pistol from her waist, pulled the trigger in the direction of the ceiling, and fired a bullet containing a high concentration of magical energy, killing her without mercy. A small hole was opened in the ceiling of the room that was very effective and emitted wisps of smoke.

"She's not here. I think this voice was just specially transmitted by the other party through the unique [sound transmission] magic of the wind system."

Rigel ignored the bursts of smoke coming from the ceiling, closed his eyes and began to sense the magical atmosphere around him. Then he came to his conclusion and stopped his partners in time from continuing to destroy innocent facilities.

"So where is she!"

Qiaoceline, who was being pulled, still couldn't suppress the anger that was rising in her heart. She grabbed Rigel by the collar and continued to question her.

"there!"

As if he was used to it, Rigel eased the discomfort of being pulled by his collar and pointed in the direction of the window, which was the large open space in front of their castle.

Looking in the direction pointed by their companions, they saw that under the clear blue sky, the blond woman they mentioned was standing in the open space in front of the castle with an indifferent expression, calmly playing with the folding fan in her hand.

Seeing that the two people had successfully found her position, the blond woman in the open space did not feel any panic at all. She immediately closed the folding fan in her hand, smiled slightly apologetically, and greeted the two people by the window without fear. Waved his hand...

　Sorry to keep everyone waiting. I am not feeling well today and my efficiency is a bit low. If there are any obvious expressions or typos in the chapters, please forgive me!
  　　PS: I will also update a chapter tomorrow. When new friends can comment or give rewards, I will add another chapter for everyone!

　　
  　
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