That night, Lin Ze changed his robe into close-fitting black casual clothes, and went directly from Golden Stag Inn to the street "Apparition".
The night in the royal capital is very quiet. Although there are no lights on the main street, the moon is really surprisingly bright at this time.
The sketch Saira gave him was very clear.
There is a water gate in the southeast corner of the palace, which is usually used to drain sewage. The gate is not high, but the water level reaches waist level. Guards patrol the gate every half an hour or so.
Lin Ze When I arrived at Watergate, I found that the iron fence here was really rusty, there was a layer of foam floating on the water, and the smell was really pungent.
Lin Ze stood there and struggled with his thoughts for two minutes, but in the end he still couldn't get over this hurdle in his mind.
"Apparition"
With a crisp "crack" sound, Lin Ze appeared inside the high wall. However, when "Apparition" landed, it was impossible to observe the surrounding conditions. Fortunately, there were no guards next to the location where it appeared this time.
Lin Ze cast "Disillusionment Charm" on himself and started walking inside.
The palace was very quiet, and occasionally the footsteps of soldiers patrolling could be heard. Lin Ze There was no need to hide.
After passing through two arches, he stopped in front of a half-open side door. Behind the door was a long corridor. The walls on both sides were hung with portraits of past kings. The picture frames were all gilded, but the coating had peeled off in some places, revealing the blackened wood underneath.
There was an oil lamp still on at the end of the corridor, and a guard was dozing under the lamp.
Lin Ze walked over and patted the other party.
The guard stood up in excitement. Just as he was about to do something, he saw Lin Ze's eyes appear from the dark night.
"Imperio"
The guard's eyes were distracted for a moment. Lin Ze waved his hand. Seeing that the other party was still staring at him motionlessly, he cleared his throat with relief. After all, it was his first time to use "Imperius Curse" and he was not sure how it would go.
"Ahem... um... where is the Witch King imprisoned?" Lin Ze asked.
"The old tower on the northernmost side of the castle was originally used to lock up barbarian leaders." The guard seemed to be talking in a dream.
"How to get there?"
"Go out through this side door, turn left onto the covered bridge, pass through two iron gates, and walk north to the end."
"How many hills are there on the road?"
"There are two at the entrance to the covered bridge, one behind the iron gate, and one at the tower gate."
"Can you take me there?"
"Okay."
The guard turned around and walked steadily.
Lin Ze kept "Disillusionment Charm" half a step behind him.
The night was so dark that it couldn't be melted away. The oil lamps on the wall were separated from one another, and their halo could only illuminate two or three steps underfoot.
The two of them walked through the side door and onto the covered bridge.
Under the bridge is the side courtyard of the palace. The stone slabs in the courtyard are wet and reflect the night light, and a few old trees cast long shadows in the corners.
The two soldiers at the entrance of the covered bridge saw the guards walking past, they only glanced at them and ignored them.
Lin Ze followed closely and no one asked the guards about their passing. Maybe they were very familiar with each other.
After passing the two iron gates, the guards inside began to become sparse. What's more, like the guard who led the way for Lin Ze, he sat on the ground and dozed off.
Lin Ze As he walked, he complained in his mind about the Europe palace of this era. The stone slabs on the ground were laid very irregularly. They were high and low when stepped on, which affected the mood of walking.
After a while, the outline of the old tower slowly emerged from the night.
It was a square stone tower, shorter than the sentry tower, and there was no observation tower. There were only a few palm-sized windows on the wall, but the window openings were sealed with iron bars.
The tower door is made of iron, with a lock as big as a head hung on the outside, with runes engraved on the lock.
The guard stopped in front of the door. There were two guards dozing there outside the tower. Lin Ze quietly used "Sleeping Charm" to knock the two down. Then he took out a key from the waist of one of them, inserted the key into the keyhole and twisted it twice.
The door lock popped open, and Lin Ze pushed the door open with a swift movement.
"You can go." Lin Ze said to the guard.
The guard stood there without moving, his eyes still distracted.
Okay, it seems this guy is not very willing to leave.
"Stupefy"
A red cursed light hit the guard on the back of the head, and his body went limp. Lin Ze used "Levitation Charm" to drag him down and lay him flat by the door. After all, he had been leading the way for so long, so he couldn't just let him fall over, right?
Pushing open the door and walking in, a damp musty smell mixed with rusty smell hit your face.
The stairs spiraled up against the wall, and the stone steps were narrow and steep, with each step only half a foot wide.
Lin Ze Light up the fluorescent light and follow the path under your feet step by step.
It was very quiet in the tower, so quiet that you could hear your own footsteps reflecting back and forth between the stone walls.
After going up two floors, the stairs have reached the end.
In front of him was a corridor, and at the end was an iron fence. The space behind the fence was wider than below, and could barely be considered a room.
There was a small window on the wall, and the moonlight fell in through the window hole, spreading a small patch of silver on the ground.
There is a person sitting against the wall in the corner of the room.
He was wearing a robe that had been washed to gray, with the hem torn in half, and his hair was disheveled on his shoulders, much longer than Lin Ze remembered.
There was a pair of iron cuffs on his wrists, and the runes on the iron cuffs glowed faintly.
It looks like it was when Azkaban first came out.
It's Sirius, that's right.
Lin Ze walked to the fence, reached out and knocked on the iron fence twice.
"Hey."
Sirius slowly raised his head.
The fluorescent light illuminated his face, and his cheekbones were more prominent than before, and his eye sockets were deeper, but his eyes were still the same, with an indescribable unruly energy.
He stared at Lin Ze for several seconds.
Suddenly laughed.
"Merlin, why did you come here!" His voice was hoarse, and his throat felt like he hadn't drunk water properly for a long time.
Lin Ze was stunned for a moment.
Before he could say anything, Sirius had already pushed himself up from the ground, with the iron cuffs clattering, he stepped in front of the fence in two steps, reached out from the gap and grabbed Lin Ze's arm.
"Let me see, am I not dreaming?"
"Don't scream, let me get this piece of shit out of your way first."
Lin Ze glanced down at the pair of iron cuffs. The runes engraved on them were exactly the same as a witch hunter's short stick. It should be some kind of magic weapon that suppresses magic. It has strong magic-forbidden properties. The spell is probably ineffective on this thing.
However, Lin Ze is not a squishy mage who can only rely on spells.
But I saw him reaching out to hold the chains at both ends of the iron cuffs, dragon scales appeared, and with a hard force, the chain broke from the middle.
Sirius took off the remaining iron cuffs from his wrists, threw them on the ground, and moved his red wrists twice.
"Let's go, let's go, I don't want to stay in this place for a moment anymore." He limped and put his arm on Lin Ze's shoulder and walked out.
Just as the two were about to leave, a long sword suddenly struck from the darkness.
Lin Ze hadn't noticed before that there was a guard sitting in the darkness in the corner.