Chapter 171: Smooth Criminal
"Here’s your room, Lord Hal," said Seventeen with a bow as she stopped in front of an ironwood double door. Two Imperial Guards stood outside, stationed in the middle of a long hallway in the southwest wing of the Imperial Castle.
Hal inwardly found the location rather strange, if the priority was truly safety.
However, the eunuch and the servants knew far more about the castle than he did, so he could only comply.
He planned to set up a few security measures for himself, anyway.
Furthermore...
"I’ll be staying just outside, Lord Hal. Sixteen will swap with me in the middle of the night, but please let me or her know if there’s anything you need."
Hal nodded in acknowledgment and entered.
There weren’t many instructions given to him, but he was sure someone would come when it was time for the official appointment ceremony.
And so, with nothing much to do, Hal began setting up his defensive perimeter.
Every few seconds, he would point his finger at a certain spot in the room, prompting a small green magic circle to appear, from which a green orb slowly became invisible as it floated to its destination before hovering in place.
This was one of his [Uncommon]-tier trap spells that had aided him in surviving in the Luminous Runeforest region: [Wind’s Whisper].
Once someone or something made contact with it, the spell would immediately turn into a breeze that transformed back into mana and returned to the user’s body, informing him that someone was there.