Chapter 479: Magic Security Device Exposed!
【Viper】Alezio clutched his stomach, lying in a pile of spiderwebs, pretending to groan continuously. While groaning, he sneakily observed:
Surrounded by a vast expanse of spiderwebs. The tough and sticky webs covered the entire street. The crowd that came to cause trouble at the clinic’s door, each one of them was stuck and could not move;
The barbarian guards who had formed a human wall, and another group of barbarians in eye-scorchingly white clothes, moved unevenly through the webs. They would pull out an injured person and hand them over to a priest outside, then pull out another injured person, passing them hand to hand to the priest outside...
Surprisingly kind-hearted, huh. Mr. Alezio clicked his tongue: People come to make trouble, and still think of saving others, truly soft-hearted! At this rate, do they intend to heal all the injured?
By heavens, Garrett had never intended to treat all the injured. Clay people also have a temper, and blocking the clinic’s door was a serious taboo for him. Making him heal everyone was a joke!
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Before, there was no choice, controlled by the hospital director and the health committee, he had to treat. Even if someone stabbed a doctor in the hospital and then jumped down seriously injured, the doctor had to hold his nose and rescue them. Now, hmm!
After Garrett cast the spiderweb spell, he detoured back to the hospital from the back door, standing far away in the lobby on the first floor, constantly directing:
"Don’t bother with the uninjured! Let them lie there! The spiderweb spell will dissipate in half an hour, just enough time for them to cool down! They dared to smash my door!"
"Those with limb injuries but no bleeding don’t need attention! They won’t die! Leave them to the city guards!"
"Bring here the ones with head injuries, stomach injuries, or those who were trampled! Let me take a look! We only save lives, not treat injuries, keep them alive then hand them over to the city guards!"
"Also, when handing over to the city guards, leave a group of people behind! Have them wipe the door before they leave! And my bed! My treatment bed! Clean it thoroughly!"
The barbarians struggled through the spiderweb spell. One after another, they pulled out people.
Thick webs clung to their arms and legs, not moving far before their hands and legs were wrapped in thick layers. Hearing Garrett’s shouts, they shrugged at each other:
"Not too bad, no rotten good hearts... Hey, since the sir said not to bother with people with limb injuries, can we secretly kick them? Can’t let people smash so many times for nothing!"
"Sounds reasonable... Keep it down a bit, I don’t think the sir will mind..."
A large foot suddenly came towards them. Mr. Viper startled, quickly closed his eyes and curled up, shouting:
"I didn’t do anything! I was trying to stop them! My... my stomach hurts so much! Ouch..."
The stench of the big foot hovered in front of him and then retracted. Mr. Viper tried hard to keep his eyes closed, pretending to be weak and feeble, and was picked up by two large hands, swaying left and right—
Breaking a few spider threads, carrying him along with the remaining webs overhead, handed over to another pair of large hands. As for how sticky the spider web was, and how many torn clothes and rags were stuck during the transport, that was completely ignored.
Mr. Viper felt a chilly sensation on his legs. Sizzling, then another sizzle. After three or four changes of location, he was placed on a flat board, and two people picked it up and ran. The person in front shouted as they ran:
"Make way! Make way! This one has a stomach injury—"
"Got it! Come this way and line up! Take a picture first!"
The board was put down, and Alezio felt himself lifted again, turned in a direction. He slightly opened his eyes and saw a crowd bustling in the lobby: transporting the injured, checking, and sending them into treatment rooms. Those carrying the injured hurried out to meet the next group...
No one was idle, nor did anyone block the others’ way. Although coordination seemed a bit clumsy, everyone knew what they were doing.
The casters’ ranks were mostly low, mainly mage apprentices and first-level mages. The target was at the deepest part of the hall, at least ten meters away from him, a sprint might not be enough to take it down. The magic devices in the hall...
Mr. Viper felt around for a moment, then his attention suddenly turned to the left side of the wall. Hanging on the wall was a large pair of antlers, spread flat,
looking about three meters wide. The shape looked familiar; Mr. Viper guessed it was the antlers shed by a silver moon deer.
At this moment, an injured person was brought in front of the antlers, held upright by a barbarian. Not far away, a heretic priest sat at a table, threw a 【Magic Detection】 spell, squinted his eyes and observed carefully, then nodded:
"No problem with the ribs, no problem with the skull. Turn around, let me check the spine—no problem there either, send him off, next!"
How could he tell? Just some poor folk, shouldn’t have any magical items on them! Besides, even if there were magical items, what do they have to do with ribs, spine, or skull?
Curious, Mr. Viper was brought forward, propped in front of the antlers. Indeed, the heretic priest threw another 【Magic Detection】 spell.
Mr. Viper pretended to be semi-conscious, being held by the barbarian, casually observing. Don’t worry, just look, I’m not carrying any detectable magical items, and I’ve kept my own aura well hidden... After so many years as an assassin, if I hadn’t been good at concealing, I’d have died long ago!
The heretic priest looked him up and down, left and right. After a brief pause, he suddenly blew a whistle forcefully:
"Whistle—"
At the sound of the whistle, the clinic instantly became chaotic. Bernard rushed over from the side, grabbed Garrett, and ran towards the back;
The mages who could retreat did so immediately, those who couldn’t made it to the treatment rooms and slammed the doors shut;
The barbarian security immediately assembled, orderly taking out tower shields, iron hammers, axes, and maces from a small room, forming a battle formation, with the war god priest’s divine magic following suit;
And the barbarian holding Mr. Viper threw the man towards the direction of the antlers and turned to run. Immediately, a hemispherical ice wall appeared out of thin air, encasing Alezio within.
!!!
Was I exposed?!
What happened?
【Magic Detection】 shouldn’t have been able to detect me! How did they suspect me?
Wait, the 【Ice Wall Spell】 encasing me like this, more for control than attack, have they already determined I have malicious intent, or are they just suspicious?
Can I pretend to be innocent, pitiful, just another injured civilian, to lower their guard, then seize the chance to assassinate?
Mr. Viper closed his eyes and pretended to be unconscious, directly thrown out. Hitting the ice wall, he slid down softly and even rolled on the ground, groaning in pain. His entire body language was saying, "I’m done for, I’m about to die..."
The hall quickly quieted down. Thud, thud, thud, thud, heavy objects fell around. Alezio concentrated, holding his breath, listening to a distant voice asking:
"What’s going on? Is this person suspicious?"
"Can’t detect anything—at least a third-level professional, possibly higher. Being third-level and still acting like this, definitely suspicious!"
Silver moon deer are level 8 magical beasts, and their shed antlers are level 8 magical materials. Those who can’t be detected by bone structure are either third-level professionals or above, or have cast 【Avoid Detection】 on themselves—
Dressed in tattered clothes, blending into the crowd, pretending to be trampled by civilians, definitely suspicious! The physical strength of a level 3 warrior, lying casually on the ground, couldn’t possibly be injured by peasants!
Damn, really exposed! Alezio’s heart sank: I had been particularly cautious when loitering at the door earlier, didn’t see any monitoring arrays related to level detection!
Such devices are either very large or extremely expensive, usually installed in places like royal palaces, major temples, major auction houses, etc. How could such a newly built clinic have one?
Forget it, don’t dwell on it, just leave!
Alezio’s hand flipped, and a dark dagger slid out, stabbing forward. The 【Ice Wall Spell】, a fourth-level magic, was not yet solidified and cracked into pieces under his full-force strike. Thankfully, it wasn’t the enhanced version...
Alezio dashed out of the shattered ice. Glancing towards the back door of the hall, he turned his head and fled.
Such a pity!
This opportunity to get close to the target was too rare, just to be exposed like this, it would be even harder to kill him later... But with a fourth-level magic array in the hall and who knows what traps in the backyard, better to play it safe and give up this chance!
His dagger whirled rapidly. At the main entrance of the clinic, a thick iron gate was lowered, but it couldn’t stop the 【Dark Fang】 in his hand.
Making a hole, he bent slightly and slid out flexibly.
No one dared to pursue. Only Serrano in the entire clinic could match a master capable of breaking the 【Ice Wall Spell】 quickly, and this lady happened to be out shopping...
But Mr. Viper didn’t know all this. He fled desperately, turning down one street after another, plunging into a forest. When he came out again, his whole person was half a foot shorter, fatter, and his attire and demeanor completely changed. He slowly walked onto the street, raised his cane, and hailed a carriage.
Some time later, when Archmage Grom arrived at the clinic surrounded by the enforcement team, he saw a street blanketed in white, the clinic’s main door tightly shut, the city guard armed as if facing a great enemy.
...What’s going on?
The high-ranking necromancer was momentarily perplexed. Everyone was bound in spiderweb spells, it should have been safe! What happened to the clinic?
He cast an amplification spell on himself, shouted several times, and the iron gate at the entrance finally creaked open. Garrett emerged with his team:
"Just now, there was a suspicious person... The clinic had activated the alarm, but he still escaped..."
Archmage Grom’s face remained impassive as he cast a detection spell. Under the magical vision, a trail was exceptionally clear: first loitering across from the clinic for a long time, then suddenly rushing into the crowd and being carried inside. Inside the ice wall, a powerful energy suddenly erupted, breaking the ice wall, and he dashed out at high speed...
Straight towards the distance, without turning back.
"I will send someone to investigate." Archmage Grom nodded to the enforcement team, signaling them to start by questioning nearby witnesses and handle some peripheral tasks. As for himself, he grabbed Garrett:
"As for you, come back to the Tower of Heaven with me immediately. Don’t come out until the person is caught!"
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