“Miss Lucy, she…” Saul asked somewhat hesitantly.

“Heh, she’s a magical construct.” But it was Ophelia inside Pei’er’s body who answered Saul.

“Lucy’s identity isn’t a secret among the Stargate Council’s upper echelons. Even the two fourth-ranks of their rival Tribunal know about it. However, she herself is unaware of this, otherwise her poor little head probably couldn’t handle so many contradictions.”

Ophelia’s voice carried amusement, but her words were exceptionally cold.

“After being transformed, she once died at Kismet’s hands. Well, now it’s twice.”

Kismet really was vile.

“A second-rank magical construct—the one who created her was probably that powerful Stargate Council Chairman.”

Ophelia didn’t deny it.

Saul stopped paying attention to Kismet and Lucy.

Otherwise, she couldn’t have gone this long without having any suspicion about her identity.

And Kismet was obviously going to use this point to deceive Lucy.

Saul and Pei’er left the basement and went straight up the spiral staircase to the top floor.

“The chaotic radiation came from this place just now.” Pei’er stepped forward and pointed at the room’s ceiling.

But Saul didn’t immediately follow Pei’er’s arm to look, instead first scanning the entire room.

He had been here before too.

At first, he thought this was the tower top where the anomaly had occurred according to the little girl, but later realized that for him being in a different space, this actually belonged to the bottom floor of the house.

However, as the third-ranks continued to enter, the disguised scene briefly revealed the true scenario due to magnetic field disruption, and only then did Saul discover that this manor had another layer of inversion.

In other words, people caught by the little girl upon entering Old Days Manor entered the innermost layer of the manor.

Although Saul hadn’t entered the innermost layer, when he approached Old Days Manor, the scene before his eyes had already changed once, meaning he was actually in the pseudo-surface layer at that time.

Outside the pseudo-surface layer, the space where the giant rat existed was actually the real surface layer of this world.

Now that Saul had returned here again, he felt quite emotional.

The first thing he saw was Brando, who had lost a leg and was sitting in a corner of the room.

When the other party saw Saul, a flash of joy passed through his eyes, but he quickly restrained it and didn’t communicate with Saul.

In the depths of the room, a bald giant man in bright yellow armor was looking at Red Beard with displeasure.

Red Beard sat on the ground, pale-faced, but since he had survived until now, the problem shouldn’t be serious.

There was no one else in the room.

Herbert was somewhat surprised to see Pei’er enter while Clark was nowhere to be found. His gaze toward Saul also carried more scrutiny.

“Where’s Clark?”

Pei’er crossed her arms and snorted coldly, “Threw him in the basement.”

“He’s still alive?”

“Of course, otherwise you would have felt it.”

At the level of third-rank wizards, if one died completely, the imbalance of power within their body would explode into massive magical chaos and powerful radiation that could be felt for several kilometers around.

Herbert naturally understood this point. His question now was just instinctive concern.

The other people in the room didn’t speak. Normally, when third-rank wizards were communicating, they had no right to speak.

However, Herbert then turned his attention to Saul.

“You’re Saul?”

Saul calmly nodded, but immediately began thinking about why Herbert had turned to him.

Herbert’s expression became serious, naturally emanating a scorching and suffocating aura.

“You’ve been in a different space from others ever since entering the manor. That means you had the best opportunity to set up the fake Storm Eye.”

Without a word, Pei’er immediately released a gust of wind to dispel the heat.

She seemed to want to explain for Saul, but Saul squeezed her finger and spoke up proactively, “Having the best opportunity doesn’t necessarily mean being the one who acted.”

“Firefly Lord, when you entered, you should have also discovered that this Old Days Manor has overlapping spaces. There are three inverted spaces in total. When I entered, I wasn’t with the others.”

Saul then recounted his experiences after entering the manor. There was nothing that needed to be kept secret anyway.

Pei’er naturally spoke up for Saul, “When we entered, we had already discovered the fake Storm Eye appeared in the innermost layer, but Saul never reached the innermost layer. He’s the least likely person to have forged the Storm Eye.”

Seeing that Herbert showed no change in expression, Pei’er knew the other party wouldn’t believe easily, so she was naturally too lazy to continue explaining.

At this time, Saul looked at Red Beard and asked, “Lord Red Beard, I just saw Lord Blue Hair’s monocle in the basement. Do you know if he was with you?”

Red Beard raised his head and said in surprise, “We separated not long after entering, and he never appeared afterward.”

Saul showed a regretful expression and said meaningfully, “Perhaps when you have time, you could go to the basement to look at a dead rat.”

Red Beard immediately understood Saul’s meaning, but he didn’t show much sadness. Instead, he asked Saul, “Did you see Mummy Wizard?”

Saul shook his head and looked around the tower again, “I haven’t seen Mummy Wizard or that short wizard.”

Brando, sitting by the door, spoke up at this time, “Dulut, the short wizard you mentioned, failed when trying to escape the innermost space and is already dead.”

After thinking, Brando also asked, “Has anyone seen Miss Lucy?”

“I’m here.”

This time it was Lucy walking up from the stairwell, actively answering Brando’s question.

Seeing Lucy safe and sound, Brando’s face under his helmet showed a smile, but then he saw Kismet walking behind Lucy.

The smile on his face immediately disappeared.

However, Brando wasn’t stupid enough to act rashly when two third-ranks were present and Lucy appeared to be uncontrolled on the surface.

He just said coldly, “Miss Lucy, why are you with Kismet?”

After entering Old Days Manor, he had spent most of his time with Lucy fighting against Kismet, even losing one body.

Later he separated from Lucy to escape, but Kismet had decisively chosen to pursue Lucy.

This hurt Brando’s self-esteem somewhat.

“Lord Kismet said he was previously affected by chaotic radiation, which is why he attacked us.”

Brando didn’t believe it at all, “He’s so powerful, how could he be more affected than you and me?”

Kismet spread his hands, “Maybe it’s because I was closest to the fake Storm Eye when it first erupted.”

Everyone’s gaze turned to Kismet.

The latter showed no discomfort and even took the initiative to say, “But I’m not the one who set up the fake Storm Eye. I actually followed someone to the tower top, and when I couldn’t find any trace of him here, I was preparing to leave. Just as I walked down two flights of stairs, I was suddenly affected by the chaotic radiation and suddenly… wanted to kill everyone.”

Red Beard immediately asked, “Who did you follow into the tower?”

Kismet tilted his head, “Do I even need to say? Of course it was your companion, that Mummy Wizard!”

(End of Chapter)