The next morning.
Zong Shen and Little Blackie spent the night in the castle.
Count Les returned safely to the estate with Clone No. 1 and No. 2.
The sabotage of the castle's Magic Array control center last night was not investigated further.
That was because Marquis Henry simply had no mental bandwidth to deal with it.
Even though Ashley Boya had provided him with the shattered Decoy Puppet, it still failed to draw his attention.
Marquis Henry's sole demand regarding the Magic Array control center was that it be repaired as quickly as possible, regardless of the cost.
Otherwise, until the repairs were complete, the marquis's castle would remain in a nearly undefended state.
The current temporary measure was to install Mana Shield array discs of lower grade and poorer defensive effect.
As long as enough of them were deployed, they could barely compensate for the weakened defenses in the core area left uncovered by the shield.
The [Magic Energy Shield Array] Zong Shen had found in the abandoned dragon nest on Lake Heart Island had been something similar.
Aside from those minor incidents, the castle looked no different from usual on this new day.
Marquis Henry seemed to have forgotten everything that had happened the previous night and went to City Hall for a meeting early in the morning.
The various teleportation nodes throughout the Great City had reopened last night.
Everything seemed to have returned to normal.
But time was always honest. There was only one day left until the Tournament began.
Zong Shen woke from the soft, comfortable bed and casually restarted the [Quantum Furnace Core (Mid-Level Demigod Grade)]. Surging vitality instantly filled his body, immediately shaking off his drowsiness.
He had slept well last night. The beds in the marquis's castle guest rooms were truly