Before dawn.
From the pitch-black Wine Cellar, a long, slender lizard suddenly crawled out.
It lay quietly on the cold floor for a while, then quickly found a tiny crack and left the icy Wine Cellar.
Even a powerful Bloodline Ranger was naturally affected by the bloodline of cold-blooded creatures. As the saying went, every advantage came with a disadvantage. Elliot understood that since he could benefit from a lizard's life-saving ability to shed its tail, he would naturally be subject to certain restrictions and effects.
"Staying too long in an excessively cold environment while in lizard form will leave many aftereffects and may even damage the mind..."
The thought flashed through his mind, and his movements became even swifter.
Infiltrating the Fourth Princess's residence was not difficult.
Although Evelyn was the lord of Icewind Territory and had quite a few talented people under her command, Lookout Fortress was also heavily guarded.
But for the elites of Ninth Manor, getting in would merely require a little extra effort.
And as a shapeshifter, Elliot possessed an even more outstanding advantage in this regard—after completing the initial tests, he had successfully slipped into the castle's core area simply by following an ox cart carrying fruits and vegetables.
"Detect Magic is everywhere here..."
Elliot carefully crawled through the blind spot between two well-hidden True Sight Gems, without exposing the slightest unusual aura.
"It seems this Princess has someone skilled in alchemy under her command..."
He glanced back at the replicated alchemical magic arrays behind the two True Sight Gems, as well as the more concealed surveillance spells on either side of the corridor, and felt things were becoming somewhat troublesome.
Under Detect Magic of this level, it was indeed difficult for him to accomplish his goal alone.
Fortunately, he had help.
"I hope