#483 - Magic Spire (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

But what attracted Chatia's attention the most was the building at the very center of the circular base.

It was a towering stone spire, at least six or seven stories high if you included the tip. Its footprint wasn't very large, taking up only about a hundred square meters in the very center.

Chatia could clearly sense that the surface of the spire was constantly absorbing magic, and continuously gathering upwards, until those tiny specks of magical light spewed out from the tip of the tower and went straight up to merge into the magic shield above.

"If I'm not mistaken, that spire should be the core of the protective magic. And this place is even more exaggerated than the master guessed. This isn't just a breeding base, it's practically a miniature wizarding village!" Chatia couldn't help but exclaim as she looked at the scene below.

Then she realized a problem. If the facilities here were so complete, did that mean there were a lot of wizards stationed here?

It was late at night, and she could see five groups of wizards patrolling, with two people in each group. Counting those patrolling the mountains outside the base, there were more than a dozen wizards just on the night shift.

And there would definitely be corresponding guards during the day. If you add in the magical creature handlers, veterinarians, and those wizards doing business, wouldn't there be nearly a hundred people in total?

"Luckily, the master was cautious enough to scout in advance," Chatia couldn't help but wipe away sweat. "There are at least several times more people in this breeding base than we initially estimated. If we had just gathered a few people and launched a surprise attack, we wouldn't even be able to retreat unscathed, let alone alert the enemy."

Germany truly lived up to its reputation as the headquarters of the Silver Spears. The number of people they could gather was ridiculously high.

If it was true, as the two wizards said, that people were rotated every six months, Chatia estimated that there were hundreds of wizards in Germany secretly working for the club.

Perhaps some, or even most, of these wizards didn't even know they were working for the Silver Spears. Maybe they thought it was some legitimate business.

After carefully observing the layout of the entire base, Chatia began to think about how to set up surveillance next.

It would be best if she could directly locate from the sky, but there were no carriers in the high altitude that could bear the surveillance spiders.

Installing the surveillance on the dome would be the most convenient, but that might trigger an alarm. She didn't have Anduin's alchemical skills to connect the surveillance cameras with the magic circuits of the protective array, so she could only go down to the ground to install them now.

"That spire is much higher than the other buildings, making it a suitable location for setting up surveillance. I can place four surveillance spiders there as wide-angle lenses to overlook the park."

"And one should also be set up facing the main entrance of the spire. Maybe the master can find a way to crack the barrier without alarming the guards by studying this alchemy core. It would be great if I could install it on the spire, but the risk is high, so I have to find a good opportunity. And the gate of the tower is completely closed now."

"In addition, two should be placed in the entertainment area with high traffic, one of which must face the bar. The guards' residential area should also be equipped. If I want to see them all clearly, I have to use the perspective of the diagonal road, which will require at least six cameras."

"And the more cameras I install in the animal park, the better. I have to observe the main loop to find their patrol patterns, which will cost another five cameras."

"That means I'll have to use 18 cameras. Then I'll leave the last two as spares. In the next few days, I can also wear a camera at night and take some aerial shots for the master."

Since following Anduin, in addition to working as a product designer for the Chamber of Commerce, Chatia has also received a lot of reconnaissance, counter-reconnaissance, infiltration, and combat training, so she had a basic plan after just a brief observation.

Thinking of this, Chatia immediately took action. She lowered her head and swooped down, avoiding the sight of the patrolmen, and landed steadily on the central spire.

"Great, it didn't trigger any strange alarms. It seems they didn't install any strange warning magic on the outside of the tower." Chatia recklessly rushed to the tower and then smiled fortunately.

She was not a cautious person like Anduin. Although her behavior seemed a bit risky, successful adventures often brought great rewards.

After busying herself for a while, Chatia set up surveillance spiders facing the four directions. Then, in the next hour, she carefully avoided the patrolmen and placed all the surveillance spiders in the preset positions.

After completing all this, Chatia returned to the Reim cattle pen where she had entered. Although the hope was slim, she still had to see if there was a chance to return smoothly.

But after Chatia waited for the time on her stopwatch, she still couldn't find the entrance hole on the barrier.

Although Chatia knew that Anduin had opened the hole, she couldn't accurately locate the small hole that was only about twenty centimeters wide on such a high wall. She couldn't just guess and crash into it.

This discovery made Chatia a little frustrated, but she quickly cheered up. Anyway, there was a backup plan. Next, she had to find a relatively safe hiding place, because it was too risky to always stay in such an open-air environment.

At this time, Anduin, who was outside, realized that Chatia had not returned on time, and he understood roughly what had happened. This guy probably couldn't find the way back. If you don't have extremely keen perception like him, you can't identify such a gap with the naked eye.

Fortunately, they had prepared a backup plan, but now that Chatia was trapped in the breeding base, they had to speed up their actions, otherwise she would be at risk of exposure at any time. It would be a loss if she was in danger because of it.

"Fortunately, after I opened the gap, I finally contacted that little thunderbird. With my instructions, it should understand that this is one of our own when it sees Chatia. I hope Chatia can realize this. It's a pity that the signal interference here is too strong to communicate directly with Chatia."

Anduin shook his head helplessly. After an hour of research, he still didn't have complete confidence in breaking the shield without alarming the opponent. Now he could only hope that Chatia could provide him with more information from the inside.

After making a plan, Anduin quickly withdrew from here. He had to rush to the other two breeding bases to scout and find out whether the defense forces of these breeding bases were the same.

After busying himself all night, Anduin returned to his room in the Duden Building, slightly tired, when dawn was approaching.

After a night of reconnaissance, he found that the three breeding bases were basically the same, whether it was the outer perimeter alert method or the large protective barriers in the center used to hide the base, they all had unified specifications.

The only difference was that two of the three bases were located in West Germany, and their scale was similar, with very large areas.

The other base was located in East Germany, and the coverage area there was obviously smaller than the two in West Germany.

"It seems that Golden Snitch's goal is indeed West Germany. He is preparing to separate the entire West Germany and make it a natural umbrella and breeding area for the club. Presumably, after the split is completed, the base in East Germany will also be moved to West Germany."

Anduin reviewed the gains he had made tonight, calmly simulated Golden Snitch's thoughts in his mind, and then found Hogg, who had been watching the surveillance, "How is it, any gains?"

"The headquarters and the other Silver Spear branches have not shown any abnormalities, but surveillance spiders No. 21-38 have been activated, and Chatia appeared in front of the camera in bat form. Is the place where she is located the Silver Spears' breeding base? Good家伙, that place is really frighteningly big."

Hogg was sitting very professionally in front of a monitoring station at this time, with dozens of monitors lit up in front of him, displaying various different images.

"Very good, it seems that Chatia did a good job with this infiltration work. Did she pass any messages to you?" Anduin nodded with satisfaction, staring at the display screen inside the base.

"Indeed, but you are really relieved to let her hide alone in that base." Hogg had obviously learned Anduin's plan from the images Chatia sent back, and couldn't help but sigh.

Then Hogg handed Anduin a piece of parchment, "This is Chatia's report. It seems that this breeding base is larger than we estimated, and the number of people inside is beyond imagination."

Anduin took the parchment and browsed it carefully, then looked at the monitor, "Milan Clemente, huh? Maybe we can use this person as a breakthrough. The scale of the breeding base is indeed larger than expected. It seems that these Silver Spears are preparing to build it into a permanent resource base. In addition to breeding magical creatures, it may also have the role of training wizards."

"Are they preparing to train an army again?" Hogg was taken aback when he heard this. He knew what Grindelwald had done in the past. Was the Silver Spear going to repeat the same mistakes?

"That possibility cannot be ruled out. Right now, the priority of destroying these bases must be brought forward." Anduin frowned slightly, then looked at Hogg again, "How is the sound reception inside? Can you hear the movements inside?"

"Most of the monitors are working normally, but the monitors near the spire in the center of the base are interfered with, and basically no sound can be heard. Fortunately, that Chatia is quite smart. She specially ran to the edge area when she made the report, and she also proposed to go find that little thunderbird." Hogg rarely said a few good words about Chatia.

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