One bright point, two bright points, three bright points... ten bright points...
Grand Scholar Placido was already sweating. "How could this be? The Demon Seeking Tower has clearly completed all technical verification. How could it malfunction?"
If there had only been one or two bright points, it would have meant that Frost Trolls or Snow Giants had truly been detected.
But there were now more than ten bright points. That was simply impossible. At present, the only threat to the Scorching Torrent Kingdom and the Shadowflame Grand Duchy was Frost Da.
"Your Highness, I'm terribly sorry. Perhaps... perhaps the Demon Seeking Tower has suffered a minor malfunction. I'll immediately send someone to investigate!" Placido hurriedly apologized to Russell. He had thought he could render a great service, only for it to turn into a blunder.
Russell waved a hand, his gaze fixed on the magical map. Watching the dozen or so bright points flicker continuously, he frowned deeply.
The Demon Seeking Tower might have malfunctioned.
But it might not have been a malfunction. During the second Frost Star Overhead, a meteor shower had descended from the heavens. It was not impossible that new Frost Trolls had arrived.
Thus, after leaving the Demon Seeking Tower, Russell directly mounted Sacred Unicorn Polly and flew toward Fire Ant Swamp.
Half an hour later, they arrived at another Demon Seeking Tower.
"Your Highness!" The scholar presiding over this Demon Seeking Tower was also a Grand Scholar, named Hert. He was a Grand Scholar in the field of magic, and he had overseen the development of the Detection Arrow. "Placido has already sent a thunder message. We are investigating the cause of the malfunction."
"Is the signal still there?"
"It is."
Russell went to look at the magical map in the Demon Seeking Tower. The