Dox slightly sighed, you could see the paranoia and control desire of King Gulman from the Magical Energy Array.
No wonder all the witcher organizations dislike entering the Wizard Market of Gumman Kingdom. It’s full of spies everywhere, even walking on the streets feels like being naked, watched closely by those in power.
"King Gulman’s style has nothing to do with our mission, let’s go. The gates of Princess Town should be open now."
Angel looked at the broken Magic Crystals in the groove and turned to leave the small cottage.
As the cottage door was opened, the outside was no longer facing the clear lake in the canyon but a bustling long street.
Judging by the density of the people, it somewhat resembles the surface layer of the Sandworm Market. Occasionally there are gatherings of people, but mostly it’s sparse.
The threshold to enter Princess Town is higher than other wizard markets, so fewer people is normal.
After Angel and the two others entered Princess Town, Dox yawned lazily, saying, "The second-floor window of the house on the right, the clerk of the shop on the left, and that dog beside the flower platform, they’re all watching us."
In fact, there were many more eyes watching them than he mentioned. Being newcomers, curiosity was expected.
But those Dox pointed out were watching them with purpose, unlike others who were just sizing them up.
Presumably, it’s the upper levels of Princess Town wanting maximum control over the market, with eyes on everyone entering.
However, by normal inference, unless one is wanted by Princess Town, this surveillance won’t last long.
To avoid alerting any suspicions, Angel and the others wandered the streets, occasionally buying some low-level materials, finally lodging in a luxury hotel near the Teleportation Array.
Sure enough, upon the realization their destination might be tomorrow’s Teleportation Array, the shadowy observers vanished.
These visitors who could leave at any moment weren’t worth too much attention.
After the surveillance ceased, Angel and the others left the hotel to head to the tavern opened by Old Porter.
Old Porter is a third-level apprentice, having lost hope in promotion, he took on a foreign assignment, lurking in Princess Town for years with the main task of observing changes in the Gumman Kingdom.
When seeing Old Porter, he was cheerfully greeting a group of people wearing armored knight attire, offering them drinks and snacks, creating an atmosphere of joy for the guests.
Angel noticed that these armored knight attires carried a "wreath wrapped around a sword" emblem.
Angel didn’t recognize this emblem, but Abulei seemed to have seen it before, hesitating for a moment, she said in the mind ribbon Angel constructed earlier, "The emblem worn by those knights, I’ve seen it on the guards of Princess Castle."
That is to say, even if these armored knights aren’t the guards of Princess Castle, they are undoubtedly related to it.
They sat on the side, casually ordering a few drinks, quietly waiting.
When that group of armored knights drunkenly left the tavern, Old Porter then came over and quietly said, "Come follow me to the back hall."
Old Porter didn’t recognize them, nor did he recognize Abulei who used Disguise Technique, the reason he recognized them immediately was due to a few small actions Abulei made upon entering.
They were actually secret codes known only to Barbarian Cave members, evidently, Old Porter recognized the secret codes.
The three did not speak, following Old Porter to a well-guarded secret chamber.
Upon arriving, Old Porter exhaled with relief, "Apologies for my negligence earlier, those armored knights I was greeting were actually Modia’s guards. Some situations occurred on my side, I was trying to gather information through these guards."
Although Old Porter had already sent the intelligence here, it would take at least a week for it to reach, and then the organization would send people to handle it. Therefore, he assumed these three were just passing through Princess Town and didn’t reveal much.
After Old Porter finished speaking, he inquired about the trio’s purpose.
Angel and Dox remained silent, Abulei hesitated for a moment and said, "Old Porter, it’s me. I am Abulei."
Abulei? Old Porter looked at the unassuming girl in front of him with suspicion, her appearance was very different from Abulei’s.
Seeing Old Porter’s confusion, Angel casually removed Abulei’s Disguise Technique.
Once he confirmed it was really Abulei, Old Porter exhaled deeply, "You’re okay, that’s really great."
Old Porter was aware of Abulei being chased, he even secretly sent some subordinates to help. However, the number of Royal Knight Group members was far too many, and for those subordinate junior apprentices, it would be sending them to death. Moreover, they had hounds and hawk falcons, even trying to draw them away was tough.
Therefore, Old Porter ultimately asked his subordinates to return.
In Old Porter’s thoughts, Abulei was probably doomed, or had been captured by the Royal Knight Group.
So, Old Porter even mentioned Abulei’s situation in the intelligence letter he sent out.
Unexpectedly, not only was Abulei alright, but she also bravely returned to Princess Town.
Old Porter actually quite liked Abulei, mainly because dealing with the complexity of human minds too much, he was pleased to interact with such pure individuals like Abulei.
Thus, upon seeing Abulei return, his first reaction was happiness and relief, and the second was grabbing her, advising her to leave this troublesome place right away.
Seeing Old Porter even preparing to call his subordinates to send her away, Abulei quickly said, "I am not here alone, I have come with two Lords."
Lords?
Old Porter paused slightly in his actions, someone Abulei referred to as "Lord" could only be an Official Wizard.
Previously, Old Porter’s attention had been on Abulei and hadn’t noticed the two silent figures beside her, until now his gaze shifted over.
Angel was using Shapeshifting Technique, so Old Porter didn’t recognize him.
But Dox was using his original appearance, Old Porter scrutinized Dox, a name floating in his mind.
"Red Sword?!"
Dox lazily gave an "Uh-huh."
Old Porter while still surprised at Dox’s presence, with Abulei’s words catching his attention.
"This is Lord Pat."