I'm a dragon, I only want to steal princesses

Chapter 3 My Tower Has Surveillance

Li Yuan wanted to smash the stone man in front of him more and more.

No wonder the [Rebirth] option was grayed out, it turned out to be useless at all.

With death looming and distraught, the robotic butler's unhurried tone lifted and dashed his hopes, sending him on a roller-coaster ride.

It was maddening to waste his precious time only to give worse and worse news.

But at times like this, it is much better to know bad news than to know nothing at all.

If his soul is really bound to the Infinity Tower, the risk of escape is probably beyond his ability to bear.

According to what Helganon heard before he died, after the gang of knights killed the red dragon, they planned to search the dragon's lair from top to bottom, smashed every place, and might even set fire to it in the end.

Li Yuan glanced at the time again, and there were only ten minutes left.

Now he can only rely on himself to find a solution to this predicament in these ten minutes!
think about it...

He carefully peeled back the memories of Helganon before his death, analyzing the details.

This "knight kills the dragon to save the princess" plot actually has a lot of doubts.

The first is the female knight. The female knight was injured when she broke into Helganon's territory. After only a simple treatment, the wound ruptured halfway through the battle.

Why would she forcefully break into a red dragon's lair when she was injured?

And the seven knights in the back, the timing of the intrusion was too coincidental.

In an instant, they formed an array and cooperated to attack, catching Helganon by surprise. It was obvious that they came prepared, as if they hadn't done reconnaissance work.

Then they should have noticed the battle between the female knight and the red dragon in front. If they came here to slay the dragon, why didn't they choose to support the female knight in time, but came in after the female knight died?

Most confusing of all were the words heard by Helganon before his consciousness faded:

"The evil dragon Kuja who robbed Her Royal Highness has been eliminated! Find all the treasures here! Then smash all the dragon's lairs!!"

If those knights came because the dragon had robbed the princess, shouldn't they search for a princess first after slaying the dragon?

Why was the first reaction to find the treasure and then destroy it?
——Because they actually knew that Helganon didn't kidnap the princess at all!

Li Yuan immediately thought of the answer.

This was a complete frame-up, and the knights wanted Helganon to be charged with kidnapping the princess.

The leading knight was emphasizing the fact that they were going to fabricate to others, and ordered everyone to destroy the scene in time.

If it's just for killing harm or for treasure, killing him has already achieved the goal.

Why bother to make him take the blame?Where is the real princess?
The face of the female knight immediately appeared in Li Yuan's mind.

Derived here, the answer is ready to come out.

"My lord, a target has invaded the monitoring barrier of the Infinity Tower!" The sound of the stone's report brought Li Yuan back to his senses.

"Did you spot the intruder?" Li Yuan was alert, and hurriedly asked Shi Shi a question.

"Yes, it has been detected that the [Watchman] authority has been enabled, you can directly operate it." Stone replied.

Watcher——Li Yuan remembered the entries in the authority book.

He opened the permission book and pointed at the [Watcher] entry.

A powerful reconnaissance magic was activated immediately, and a spherical projection like a military sand table suddenly appeared in front of him, suspended in mid-air.

The center of this projection is the three-dimensional projection of the Endless Tower. The projection of the tower is translucent, and the structure inside can be seen.Including not only the existing six floors above ground, but also the cellar below.

Li Yuan saw a projection that looked like himself in the hall of the tower. There was only a vague human figure marked with a striking red light.

Around the Infinity Tower, the terrain and details have been restored as much as possible. Every soil slope, every tree is projected, and even the movement of the leaves blown by the wind is presented in real time.

There are also surrounding creatures, foxes, squirrels, birds... are also projected one by one. Although they all have only a rough outline, they are basically recognizable, and these creatures are slightly bright in the projection, making them easy to find.

Among all the creatures, the most eye-catching one is a figure that is shuttling through the forest.

The brightness of that figure obviously surpassed that of other creatures. She staggered and galloped among the trees, approaching the tower straightly.

He narrowed his eyes, trying to observe the figure carefully.

Suddenly, a picture spread directly in his mind, and the picture showed the appearance of the intruder from a slanted downward perspective—it was the female knight in Helganon's memory.

She was wearing heavy armor, but without a helmet, her curly brown hair was drenched, completely drenched in sweat, and part of it stuck to her tired face.

She carried a blood-stained long sword and trudged through the forest, panting and frowning, obviously walking hard, but she didn't dare to slow down at all, and looked behind and around from time to time, obviously being chased.

Li Yuan realized that as long as he thought about it, he could observe the details of a certain position in the surveillance barrier from the perspective of a certain place in the tower, just like a surveillance camera that can zoom in.

In this picture, he found an aura vaguely surrounding the body of the female knight, which appeared yellow in his consciousness.

This yellow breath is not real, but the function of [Watcher]. It will assess the threat level of the target to the owner and mark it accordingly.

This color means that the target has the possibility of threatening the tower owner's life to a limited extent. Her strength is inferior to her, but if she fights for her life, she will be a more troublesome opponent.

These concepts came to his mind so naturally, as if he had known them before.

"Multiple intruders detected!" Stone suddenly warned from the side.

Li Yuan turned his attention back to the overall projection, saw the direction from which the female knight came, and seven figures on horseback appeared on the border of the surveillance barrier.

The three knights were right behind the female knight, with two on the left and two on the right. The formation was like an open pincer, and they followed the female knight at a certain distance in a half-encircled manner.

Obviously, they were chasing the female knight.

But Li Yuan quickly saw that it was tricky. These seven people rode horses. At this distance, it was actually easy to catch up with the female knight who was already unsteady and surround her.

But from the projection angle of [Watcher], it can be seen that they always maintain a distance from the female knight, just catching up.

With the pursuers behind, the female knight could only choose to escape away from the sound of horseshoes. The three knights behind were responsible for driving the female knight forward, while the four knights on both sides were responsible for restricting the female knight's escape route, so that she could only head towards the endless tower.

The female knight's intrusion into the territory of the red dragon was basically arranged by these knights from the beginning, and Li Yuan's previous thoughts were basically confirmed.

He tried to observe the seven knights carefully, and a new picture emerged in his mind.

There are three pictures in total, showing the knights at the rear and the two wings respectively. They are wearing uniform armor. Only the knight running at the rear has a different armor style. He is wearing an exaggeratedly thick heavy armor, which expands the outline of his body twice. It is hard to imagine that a horse can carry such a heavy unit.

He didn't ride a horse either, but rode a biped land xinglong that was much taller than a horse, and that land xinglong was also covered with heavy armor.

In Helganon's memory, this knight was the commander of the team.His armor seems to hide a mechanical device that can increase his strength. During the battle, not only will the armor make rumbling noises, but white steam will also emerge from the gaps.

Human civilization in this world seems to have developed steam machinery.

In the picture, the knight has a more dangerous orange-yellow aura than the female knight, while the other knights are relatively safe yellow-green. This is the degree of threat they pose to him individually.

And the breaths of these knights merged together, showing a striking red color.

[Watcher] cooperated with his cognition and identified these people as a combat group. Red means that these people will pose a serious threat to him, and the winning rate of fighting them is low.

According to Li Yuan's previous speculation, the script of these knights is probably like this: they drove the female knights into the territory of the red dragon first, and fought with him after being discovered by him.And they hid outside the tower and watched the fire from the other side.

After the female knight was killed by him, they broke in again and dealt with him who was exhausted.

Of course, if the one who survived was not him, then their target would probably be the female knight instead.

"Please order, my lord. Do you need to be prepared to meet the invaders?" The stone asked for advice, and at the same time conjured a stone tomahawk and shield in his hand.

Li Yuan glanced at him, and replied: "Your level that can only drive away wild dogs is better not to meddle, and get ready to welcome guests first."

"These people who are approaching are guests?" Stone put away his weapon.

"This is a guest." Li Yuan pointed to the female knight in the projection, and then pointed to the seven knights behind, "Those are all intruders!"

He realized that in order to overcome this death incident, the top priority is to avoid the conflict with that female knight!
(End of this chapter)