Beside Black Tea Forest stood a towering castle of black walls and black tiles. Its defenses were exceptionally tight; not only did it have ramparts, but also a moat.
The only gate connecting to the castle's interior could only be crossed after the drawbridge had been lowered.
This was the castle of the Black Tea Earl.
At this moment, two little heads poked out from behind a tall pile of hay to the southwest of the castle, at the edge of Black Forest.
One belonged to Angel, and the other to Rabbit Chacha.
"Eh, does that look like a puppet with a boot on its head?" Angel fixed his gaze on the strange puppet outside the moat. The puppet wore a black eyepatch and had a tall boot perched atop its head. At first glance, it looked somewhat like a scarecrow. It had only one leg and hopped around outside the moat on patrol.
"Don't look at it! It's one of the Black Tea Earl's puppet imperial guards. If you stare at it for too long, it will discover your trail," Rabbit Chacha whispered.
"Such sharp spiritual perception?" Angel whispered.
Rabbit Chacha said, "It isn't spiritual perception. It's an ability bestowed upon it by the Black Tea Earl. Its abilities are counter-reconnaissance and the Eyes of Instant Death."
Angel could understand counter-reconnaissance. But what kind of ability were the Eyes of Instant Death?
Rabbit Chacha explained quietly, "Anything its eyes see, whether human, me, or any other living creature, will die immediately. That is the ability of the Eyes of Instant Death."
"Die immediately? No exceptions?" Angel asked with a frown.
Rabbit Chacha said, "There are exceptions. As long as your life energy is higher than its, you can resist the Eyes of Instant Death. But..."
Rabbit Chacha looked Angel