Chapter 197: Please Put Away Your Doubts
Blood Ring Imperial Palace, Royal Alchemy Academy.
As the most important institution of the entire Empire, the Royal Alchemy Academy is located within the palace. The Blood Ring Emperor, Gustav, does not concern himself with the so-called line between monarch and subjects.
Because his daughter, the Mother of the Flesh and Blood Plague—Princess Christina must remain in the heavily guarded palace, and at the same time be the research subject for the Royal Alchemy Academy's erudite scholars.
So, having the Royal Alchemy Academy located in the court is the best choice.
The palace is heavily guarded, mainly reflected in the strict security at each entrance and exit, all of which are closely guarded by the loyal Blood Ring Guard.
Of course, there are also patrols by the Guard inside the palace.
Bai Pu and the others infiltrated through secret passages, managing to bypass about seventy percent of the security forces. The remaining thirty percent, which came from patrol pressures, required them to be very cautious.
Bai Pu chose to infiltrate at night, when the moon was high in the sky, casting a yellowish hue and the ground was enveloped in a faint mist.
"Our current position is the 'Great Path' of the Royal Alchemy Academy," Yvette whispered, "Heading east along the path leads to the Principal's office. Going west leads to the prison."
"Go to the Principal's office, meet with Principal Harvey first," Bai Pu decided.
Because whether Princess Christina was in the prison or not remained a mystery. After all, both Qin and Yvette had been away from the Blood Ring Fortress for a long time. The place where the princess was detained should be top secret, likely only known to Principal Harvey.
According to Qin, she and Principal Harvey were good friends. As long as he saw Qin's letter, Principal Harvey should cooperate with them.
Yvette was about to rise when Bai Pu stopped her.
On the Great Path, four Blood Ring Guard soldiers, clad in heavy armor and wielding knives and shields, marched forward with mechanical precision and rhythm.
Out of caution, Bai Pu did not use the [Nine Chapters] for detection. However, just by observing these four soldiers, he judged that they were all of the Elite Level template.
The patrol soldiers are all elites!
It was imaginable that the Blood Ring Generals responsible for guarding the palace must at least be Leader Level, possibly more than one. As for other potential native strong individuals, such as Schroeder the Scholar, combat scholars of the Royal Alchemy Academy, and others, it was unknown how many there could be.
Seeing these Blood Ring Guard soldiers carrying out uniform actions, Bai Pu deduced that they had likely practiced combined attack techniques, making them more challenging to deal with than ordinary four elites.
After the four patrol soldiers passed, Bai Pu said to Yvette, "Finding Harvey and rescuing the princess, Luz and I will handle it."
"What about me?" Yvette asked confusedly.
"Here is a secret order; you go to the Queen's bedroom and find the Guardian Knight Gawain." Bai Pu handed a fire-sealed envelope to Yvette.
Yvette took a curious glance at the signature, her eyes widening in astonishment, "How… how did you get this secret order? It's impossible!"
"This was given to me by Qin," Bai Pu said lightly, "Lady Yvette, please put away your doubts. The magical seal on the order can be checked for authenticity by Knight Gawain using the Oil of True Sight! Now what you need to do is to change into the Blood Ring's attire and go to the Queen's bedroom!"
Yvette's expression showed shock, with her face displaying various emotions, but she finally accepted the order and left in another direction.
"The Guardian Knight Order... luckily Qin trusts me wholeheartedly, hence I could minimize the risk! Now, even if the worst-case scenario I envisaged occurs, I have a countermeasure!"
Bai Pu took a deep breath, leading Mad Rhino Luz as they quietly made their way towards Principal Harvey's residence.
Truthfully, neither of them specialized in infiltration of the Agility Type, but fortunately, Bai Pu's Spiritual Detection range had expanded, allowing him to detect patrol personnel in advance! When the Blood Ring Guard patrol team passed by, he hid with Luz behind the cover of flowers, trees, mountains, and stones.
The Blood Ring Guard severely lacked elite soldiers with Spiritual Talent, as the perception abilities of these mutant soldiers were not particularly strong. Bai Pu approached Principal Harvey's residence with a series of narrow escapes.
However, just as Bai Pu was about to open the door to Harvey's residence, a larger patrol team suddenly turned the corner from the Great Path!
"Bad... "
Under Bai Pu's Spiritual Detection, he discovered in advance that the large patrol team was led personally by a Blood Ring General. This general was even riding a muscled and robust giant wolf!
Bai Pu had no time for formalities and extended a strand of Spiritual Power through the door, using the Spiritual Talent of "Lightweight Object Photography" to unlock the door from inside, slipped in with Luz, and then closed and locked the door from inside.
This room was not large; it was a combined bedroom and study.
Principal William Harvey, a thin older man with a thick walrus mustache, was wearing a pair of suspended dual-lens glasses, meticulously writing something. Seeing the two sudden intruders, he looked surprised and was about to speak out.
Bai Pu quickly signaled "silence" and took out Qin's letter, showing it to Harvey.
Through the translucent vintage enamel glass, Bai Pu vaguely saw the patrol outside approaching Harvey's room.
The giant wolf under the Blood Ring General sniffed around and let out an alert-like low growl.
"There's a situation!"
At the Blood Ring General's command, the elite soldiers around immediately scattered, thrusting long spears and thrusting swords through bushes and behind trees, searching for lurking enemies.
The Blood Ring General followed the giant wolf up to Harvey's room. The wolf seemed to have human-like perception, circling the outside of Harvey's room, growling lowly.
"Mr. Harvey, this is Imperial Guard General Ralph! Are you alright?" The Blood Ring General's voice came through the door.
Inside the room, Harvey had already taken the letter.
He glanced at the signature on the envelope, his eyes showing a look of surprise beneath his glasses.
Harvey unsealed the envelope, took out the letter inside, and without reading the content, he flipped to the section with the stamped seal, pouring a drop of thick liquid onto it.
The stamp instantly emitted a faint blue glow.
"It's actually real!" Harvey gasped softly, his gaze towards Bai Pu becoming much softer. Bai Pu simultaneously received a prompt.
[Principal of the Blood Ring Royal Alchemy Academy: William Harvey's hostility towards you has been neutralized, and your relationship has temporarily improved to neutral.]
Harvey yelled out through the door, "I'm all right, General Ralph. I was conducting an experiment, which might have caused some noise. You can continue your patrol now."
"Yes!"
The Blood Ring General named Ralph responded and then led his team away.
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