Chapter 197: Major Accident

But the result was that Old Xie strangely discovered that he had swollen Pars’s face, yet Pars still hadn’t woken up. Only then did he realize that his subordinates were still sleeping not because of fatigue, but clearly because they had been schemed against!

Thinking of this, a trace of killing intent flashed in Old Xie’s eyes. He immediately put Pars back down and ran straight to Lan Fake’s room. He didn’t believe that a Saint Domain Expert could be easily taken down by someone.

However, after anxiously knocking on Lan Fake’s door for a long time without anyone answering, he knew something was wrong. He hurriedly smashed the door open with a palm and rushed in. He discovered that Lan Fake was also sleeping soundly.

Old Xie was truly anxious now. He looked around and saw a washbasin with water in the room. He grabbed it and splashed the water directly onto Lan Fake’s face.

“Ah!” Startled by the cold water, Lan Fake screamed and sat up directly. But when he saw Old Xie holding the basin and himself covered in cold water, he immediately flew into a rage, “Bastard, what are you doing?”

“I still want to ask you?” Old Xie also shouted in anger. “Look, I broke the door down, why are you still sleeping like a dead pig?” As he spoke, Old Xie pointed to the wooden door he had smashed on the ground.

Lan Fake hurriedly looked down and discovered the shattered wooden door on the ground. He immediately exclaimed, “When did you break the door? Why didn’t I hear it?”

“You still have the nerve to say that?” Old Xie said furiously. “You, a Saint Domain Expert, were actually schemed against without realizing it. I broke the door down and you didn’t hear a thing. If an enemy had come in and chopped off your head, you wouldn’t know either, would you?”

“Ah?” Lan Fake broke out in cold sweat upon hearing this and hurriedly asked, “What, what is going on?”

“I wasn’t here last night, you’re asking me? Who should I ask?” Old Xie then said angrily, “It’s not just you, everyone in the Castle is sleeping like a dead pig. I just went to Pars’s place, and he didn’t wake up even after I slapped him a few times! Also, the Siren is missing!”

“Siren?” Lan Fake’s eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly said, “Do you know? The Siren’s Priestess has a terrifying Spell called the Song of the Siren, which can unconsciously render an army combat-ineffective! Do you think she did this? You know, last night, I seemed to faintly hear a melodious song!”

“Could you please use your brain?” Old Xie couldn’t help but say in annoyance. “That Siren only has four arms. According to the Star Elves’ classification, that is a sign of just reaching adulthood. Experts above Level 5 grow six arms. And she isn’t old either; at most, she is a Level 2 Priestess. Are you trying to tell me that you, a Saint Domain Expert, were taken down by a Level 2 rookie? Aren’t you ashamed?”

Lan Fake’s old face turned red upon hearing this, and he was so depressed he nearly went crazy! But although he was scolded by Old Xie, he had no way to refute, because this was indeed his huge dereliction of duty! When he parted ways with Old Xie yesterday afternoon, he had patted his chest and told Old Xie that he would handle everything here. But the result? He, a Saint Domain Expert, was silently taken down, and the important Siren was lost too. How could he explain this to Old Xie? So it was no wonder Old Xie was angry at him.

“Cough, cough!” Lan Fake then coughed twice in embarrassment, then suddenly asked, “Could it be that imprisoned human causing trouble?”

Old Xie didn’t know if that was the case, so he said directly, “Let’s go check!” After speaking, he turned and left. Lan Fake hurriedly dressed and followed.

The two came to the place where Loya was imprisoned and found the two Cyclops guarding him lying on the ground. Fortunately, there was snoring coming from their mouths, showing they were just asleep and hadn’t been killed.

Old Xie breathed a sigh of relief at this sight; he didn’t want to lose such important combat power. Then he looked at the door and found no signs of it being opened. Old Xie found the key from a guard’s waist, opened the door, and went in. Loya, like the others, was still sleeping.

Lan Fake followed in from behind. Seeing this, the anger in his heart flared up. He thought, I got splashed with cold water and humiliated because of the trouble you kid brought, and you bastard are still sleeping? No, I must wake you up too!

Thinking this, Lan Fake immediately found a basin of water and splashed it over with a splash. Old Xie knew what he was doing, but he couldn’t be bothered to stop him. In fact, he also wanted to know if Loya could provide some clues.

Unfortunately, to Old Xie and Lan Fake’s disappointment, after the cold water was splashed, the guy was still sleeping soundly, showing no intention of waking up.

Old Xie understood immediately and couldn’t help but smile bitterly, “It seems this power is truly magical. It can make everyone in the Castle fall asleep, and they can’t even be woken up. Fortunately, you are a Saint Domain Expert with higher resistance; otherwise, I’m afraid you wouldn’t have woken up either!”

“Yes!” Lan Fake also frowned helplessly and said, “What exactly is going on?”

“Now it seems, the problem might really lie with the Siren!” Old Xie suddenly said. “Because she is the only one missing from the entire Castle, while everyone else is asleep!”

“But you also said she shouldn’t have the ability to take me down?” Lan Fake frowned. “Or perhaps it was done by an outsider?”

“Impossible!” Old Xie shook his head directly. “There are no traces of outsiders coming. Except for the Siren’s room, all other doors were closed. Even if an Expert came specifically to save the Siren, they shouldn’t be so familiar with the Castle’s terrain that they could find the Siren directly without checking other rooms. Doesn’t that make sense?”

“Maybe that person had been observing us in secret for a long time?” Lan Fake said uncertainly. “I know many Experts have the ability to observe from a distance.”

“But if, as you say, an Expert came to save the Siren and observed us for a long time in the dark, then he must be the Siren’s friend. So, under normal circumstances, after saving the Siren, he would definitely kill Loya to avenge those dead Sirens! But the problem is, Loya is still alive.” Old Xie shrugged. “Obviously, this shows that no outsider came to save the Siren. She must have walked out on her own!”

“Then you mean to say she took down everyone in the Castle? Even including me?” Lan Fake immediately said in disbelief. “You yourself didn’t seem to believe just now that a Level 2 Priestess at most would have that ability?”

“She certainly doesn’t have that ability herself, but that doesn’t mean she couldn’t do it!” Old Xie laughed. “I just suddenly remembered, it seems we all overlooked one thing, and that is the effect of Magic Items!”

“You mean, she has a powerful Magic Item on her?” Lan Fake immediately frowned. “No way? If she had such a good thing, wouldn’t she have used it on those humans earlier?”

“I’m just guessing!” Old Xie suddenly remembered something and hurriedly shouted, “Ah, right, that sculpture!” After speaking, he hurriedly ran towards his room. Lan Fake also remembered and hurriedly followed.

The two quickly arrived at Old Xie’s room and indeed discovered that the Mithril sculpture and the Fine Gold scroll inside it had vanished into thin air!

“Haha!” Seeing this, Old Xie not only didn’t get angry, but laughed loudly, “It’s probably her. The little girl isn’t old, but she can actually understand the ancient Star Elves’ priestess language. Truly remarkable!”

“You mean, that Fine Gold scroll?” Lan Fake asked doubtfully.

“Exactly. The content on it is written in the ancient Star Elves’ priestess language. Even the old fellow couldn’t understand it. But we can all be certain that a scroll entirely made of Fine Gold should at least be a Legendary Item!” Old Xie laughed. “Unfortunately, we couldn’t understand it, so we couldn’t use its power. But obviously, that Siren understood it and truly brought its effect into full play!”

Lan Fake heard this and immediately said with a bitter face, “Full play indeed, she even took me down!”

“Hehe, you don’t need to be too sad. After all, no one expected this!” Old Xie comforted him.

“Cut it out!” Lan Fake immediately said angrily. “I thought I made some mistake, but it turns out the problem lies with you. You brat, how could you leave such a dangerous thing lying around? Fortunately, the Siren didn’t have bad intentions this time; otherwise, hundreds of us up and down would have been killed by you!”

“Hehe!” Old Xie was also a bit embarrassed. Because this was obviously his mistake. Who told him to be thinking about how to tell the Old Mage about the Revelation, resulting in him forgetting there was that sculpture in his room. You know, this blunder was big enough. It made Lan Fake lose face. A Saint Domain Expert of his strength hates leaving his life entirely in the hands of others. But this time, he slept like a dead pig all night. Even a piece of trash could have killed him if they came in. No wonder Lan Fake was angry.