Chapter 313: Silver Fox Mask

Soon, the city Lord took the dragonman youngster to the third floor of the magician tower.

This was the core floor of the magician tower.

Each magician tower had a different structure, so the number of core floors varied. Generally speaking, the top floor of a magician tower was the observation and detection floor, and the basement was the energy floor.

However, there are also examples of magician towers that place the core layer in the basement to avoid enemy targeting.

On the third floor, the city Lord introduced the dragonman youngster and the magician tower master to each other and reiterated their intention to investigate the identity of the mysterious assassin.

On the way there, the city Lord first communicated with the magician tower master to express his intention.

When they approached the magician tower, the city Lord and the dragonman youngster were both subjected to detection by the magician tower. During this process, they were surrounded by several alchemy puppets and had to remain where they were.

After passing this test, they entered the gate and arrived at the first floor.

Here, there was a special device for detecting lies, and the city Lord communicated with the magician tower master and asked key questions.

Only after answering correctly could they proceed further.

The procedure for entering the magician tower was extremely strict.

This was to prevent enemies skilled in disguise from first imprisoning the city Lord, then impersonating him to enter the magician tower and breach the defensive core of Snow Bird Harbor from within.

“I have prepared the relevant video, City Lord. Please take a look.” The magician tower master summoned the magic image through mental projection.

In the next moment, a three-dimensional floating magic image appeared before the dragonman youngster's eyes, showing the scene at the pier earlier.

In the image, there were patrol teams on all the ships of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, with the most patrol personnel on the Love Triangle.

Scout-type alchemy puppets were distributed on the masts, gunwales, and buildings near the pier.

The dragonman youngster quickly saw himself walking down the gangway, getting into a carriage, and leaving the pier.

“Look, the assassin has begun his operation. He started from this building.” The magician tower master stopped the magic image and gestured to the city Lord and the dragonman youngster.

The two followed the direction of his finger and saw a faint, transparent human figure jumping out of the window upstairs.

The dragonman youngster immediately asked, “Since you have already discovered his whereabouts, why didn't you take immediate action when he first made his move?”

The magician tower master shook his head with a cold expression on his face and said, "This is a video that I have processed preliminarily. At that time, the magician tower did not find anything unusual. As for how we were able to deduce the assassin's current movements, it involves professional alchemy techniques. I won't go into detail here; please continue watching." 

The footage continued to play. 

The semi-transparent human-like silhouette representing the mysterious figure effortlessly crossed the pier, climbed the ship's hull, leaped over the ship's rail, and arrived on the deck of the Love Triangle.

After brushing past a patrol team, he entered the forecastle.

Seeing this, the dragonman youngster's pupils contracted imperceptibly.

But soon after, the mysterious assassin came out of the forecastle and went to the captain's cabin at the stern.

Then, he left the captain's cabin, was stopped by the patrol team at the ship's ladder, waited for a moment, and descended the ship's ladder to the next deck.

"Once the other party is inside the ship, the magician tower cannot detect anything. I'll speed things up a little." The magician tower master sped up the playback speed of the magic image.

Soon, the dragonman youngster saw a sharp alarm sound from the Love Triangle, and the mercenaries sprang into action.

Zong Ge and Men Shi led their men and rushed into the cabin.

In a short while, the hull was blown apart by an explosion. Amidst the explosions, flying debris, and smoke, a hole appeared in the ship's hull.

A figure leaped out of the hole through the thick smoke.

But just as it reached mid-air, it was struck down by a cannonball.

The one who fired the cannon was Chi Lai.

Gang Lie and the other water pigmen jumped into the sea together, launching a pursuit of the fallen assassin, causing the sea surface to churn violently.

The leader of the water pigmen held up a corpse, floated to the surface, and shouted loudly.

Zong Ge gave the order to continue searching for the killer.

Several scout-type alchemy puppets carrying alchemy bombs had just flown out of the Love Triangle. At this moment, the magician tower suddenly fired a disintegration beam, successfully destroying the alchemy bombs.

“Damn that guy, I'll make him pay!” The dragonman youngster saw the mysterious assassin's actions with his own eyes, and couldn't help but snort, clenching his fists in anger.

The city Lord patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.

The dragonman youngster took a deep breath and bowed slightly to the city Lord to express his gratitude for the magician tower's help.

The magic image finally froze on the mysterious assassin reappearing, lingering at the corner of the pier, looking back at the moment the alchemy bomb was disintegrated.

The dragonman youngster still couldn't see the assassin's true appearance, only a translucent human-shaped outline.

However, unlike before, the assassin was now holding a longbow and a harpoon in each hand.

Even the gold level darts he was holding in his arms were clearly visible.

The magician tower master explained in advance, “This is also the result of post-processing. We didn't discover anything at the time.”

"The relevant alchemy technique is called the ‘Aura Algorithm’.

"We all know that everything has its own aura. Life has its own aura, battle qi has battle qi aura, and weapons and equipment also have their own auras."

"There are no two identical leaves in this world, so every aura is unique. Even if two leaves are infinitely similar, their auras will have extremely minor differences."

“By analyzing these auras to infer other information about the owner, that is the essence of the Aura Algorithm.”

“The above is only the basic principle of this alchemy technique. The actual details are too technical and vast, so I won't explain them.”

The Snow Bird Harbor City Lord nodded and looked at the dragonman youngster, explaining, "The gold level equipment I sold you did not belong to me. They came from many sources and had long been registered in the Ice Sculpture Kingdom."

“Therefore, their auras were all recorded.”

“After analyzing this incident, the magician tower will be able to restore their specific locations through these auras.”

The dragonman youngster frowned and keenly grasped the key point: “So, the magician tower can analyze the outline and shape of the murderer because of his life aura?”

“If that's the case, can his true appearance be revealed?”

The magician tower master nodded: “Hua Tang has committed many crimes in the Ice Sculpture Kingdom.”

“Therefore, a significant amount of his aura remains.”

“The tower spirit is currently comparing these auras.”

“This semi-transparent human-shaped outline is the result of that process.”

"While I was receiving the two of you earlier, the tower spirit was continuously performing aura calculations. I believe it has now produced new results."

As he spoke, the magic image in front of everyone gradually changed.

Under the gaze of the dragonman youngster, the face of the translucent human-shaped outline gradually turned into...

A silver fox mask.