Chapter 163 - 133: Silver String Poetic Ranger (Part 2)

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A few miles away on a hillside.

"Have you investigated thoroughly? The prison is in the basement?"

Asking the question was a middle-aged man wearing a mage robe, holding a gemstone staff in his left hand, with a silver lute strapped to his waist.

"Yes, Sir Benest. I’ve confirmed it with the Eagle Eye Technique."

"Additionally, yesterday we found that the prison’s array inside the castle seems to have been enhanced, with several people in mage robes busy there for quite a while."

"No worries, I’ll handle that issue."

Apparently confident in his own power, the middle-aged man wasn’t too concerned about it.

"By the way, Sir Benest, you also need to be careful. There’s a teleportation array in the room of the second window on the third floor of the castle. We don’t know who might come if a fight breaks out."

The druid maiden Sulfur Vine furrowed her brow, reminding him.

Hearing Sulfur Vine’s words, Benest’s expression turned serious.

"I’ve gathered some information about the activities of the Talin Association here after arriving in Dorne City."

"The person in charge of the Talin Association here should be ’Light and Shadow Envoy’ Siegfried, a strong person of extraordinary tier."

"What? An extraordinary strong person?"

Sulfur Vine and Half-Elf Ranger Arenia exchanged glances in disbelief.

Although they hadn’t heard the name ’Light and Shadow Envoy,’ the term ’extraordinary’ spoke for itself.

Extraordinary, meaning beyond the ordinary.

It’s the unified title for high-tier classes members with levels exceeding ten.

"But don’t worry, he shouldn’t be able to attend to matters here for the time being."

"However, his deputies, the Demon Mage Lilith and White Dragon Mage Aiel, are both troublesome figures at least above level 7 classes."

"Therefore, this operation should avoid triggering the guardian array. Once we successfully rescue Robert, we should retreat immediately!"

"Sulfur Vine, you’re weaker, so you stay here and be in charge of support."

"Um... alright, Sir Benest."

Sulfur Vine pressed her thin lips, wanting to say something, but understanding that among the three, her level 3 class strength is indeed the weakest and susceptible to detection.

"Arenia, let’s go."

With that, Benest’s figure under the moonlight dimmed rapidly and disappeared, reappearing over ten meters away.

"Alright, Sir Benest."

The Half-Elf Ranger gave a slight bow and quickly followed.

Watching them enter, Sulfur Vine couldn’t help but sweat with worry.

Fortunately, she also had powerful comrades—Sir Benest.

Being a seasoned member of the Harpers, Benest was an extraordinary tier special class member—Silver String Poetic Ranger!

Hope everything goes smoothly!

Suddenly, atop the small hill, Sulfur Vine seemed to see a fleeting bright spot below the castle cliff.

"Huh? What’s that?"

With a druid’s unique insight, her vision was sharper than a typical adventurer’s, but at the moment, she was too far from the target and it was a dark night, making it unclear.

Thus, after a brief consideration of her comrades’ safety, Sulfur Vine immediately decided to use the Eagle Eye Technique.

She took out a marble-sized spherical yellow gem and began chanting softly, soon, a pair of transparent eagle eyes materialized by the castle cliff.

"Who are these three people?"

"Wait, I think I’ve seen them before!"

"Are they also trying to infiltrate the castle?"

Sulfur Vine’s delicate face showed a startled expression!

For she was seeing, through the eagle eyes, Raine and the other two climbing the cliff.

Although Raine’s outfit had changed, Elise’s Earth Divine Hall priest attire made Sulfur Vine immediately recognize them.

They were the two young people familiar to Schneider, captain of her adventurer squad, Giant Blade Squad.

She remembered Captain Schneider mentioned this young man Raine’s strength was formidable, and that they had together slain the Mutated Ice Spirit.

However, she was not part of that Lankote Snowfield adventure mission, so Sulfur Vine always thought it was her captain’s praise for young adventurers with potential.

This was an affirmation by a seasoned Black Iron Level adventurer for young talents with potential.

"Oh no, these three young people are also going in?"

"It’s a suicide mission, and once they’re discovered, it will greatly affect Sir Benest and Arenia’s subsequent actions."

"No, I have to stop them immediately!"

In an instant, the anxious Sulfur Vine canceled the Eagle Eye Technique, flipped swiftly in mid-air, and upon landing, transformed into a sleek, black-furred panther, agilely rushing toward the base of the cliff.

Below the cliff.

Earlier, Raine suddenly felt a faint sense of being watched. This feeling was so weak that he couldn’t be sure it was truly there.

When he looked towards the southwest sky where the sensation originated, it suddenly disappeared.

’Could it be some kind of bird?’ Raine wondered.

"What’s wrong, Raine?"

Beside him, Reya noticed Raine’s odd behavior and immediately asked.

"It’s nothing..."

Raine shook his head.

Just as Raine was about to start climbing the cliff, suddenly, there was the sound of breaking branches from the woods.

"Who?"

Raine quickly turned to shield Elise behind him, while Reya immediately knocked an arrow and aimed.