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Beneath the South Los Count's Estate.
Countless [Ei a] characters danced like fireflies throughout the sealed space-anyone from the mystical side who saw this would have been astonished.
Such a phenomenon could only be produced by layering at least a hundred defensive Mystic Arts in one place.
Moreover, those defensive Mystic Arts had to complement one another.
Not only was the cost enormous, but the slightest mistake would bring all that effort to nothing.
Rumor had it that the secret chamber of the Sacred Empire's last Pope had possessed this kind of defense.
But that was only a rumor. No one had ever seen it.
Yet now, this "hundred mysteries pinnacle" had appeared in South Los.
More importantly, Mrs. Susan was walking through it.
After passing through this layer of "hundred mysteries pinnacle" defenses, she stood before a passage leading downward and spoke the password in a secret tongue-
"Lightning flashes, thunder roars!"
Following that distinctive password, the downward passage opened without a sound.
Inside were...
Three Communication Crystals standing side by side.
Compared with ordinary Communication Crystals, these three were much larger.
Each stood as tall as a person and required three people to encircle it with their arms.
Activating Communication Crystals of this size was even more expensive.
Mrs. Susan took out a three-pound gold bar, placed it before the central Communication Crystal, and tried to activate it.
The Communication Crystal activated.
But no one answered.
Mrs. Susan was not surprised.
She knew perfectly well whom she was contacting.
The Clock Tower!
More precisely, a member of the Clock Tower.
This was the only commendable contingency the Old Count of South Los had left behind-Mrs. Susan had no idea how that fool of an Old Count had come to know members of the Clock Tower.
But she