Chapter 227: The Tin Knight and The Tower of Greed (7)
There was a game called hide-and-seek.
People were divided into two teams, one hid and the other seeked to find those hiding.
It was extremely simple, but because of its simplicity, it was also a game that needed various restrictions.
Typical examples include limiting the area where one could hide, like, “You can’t go outside the house,” or placing conditions on movement, such as, “You can’t move from your hiding place once you’ve chosen it.”
If not?
While it varied somewhat depending on the skill difference between the seeker and those hiding, usually the seeker ended up in trouble.
And now, the people on the Tower of Control side were experiencing to their very bones just how terrible “hide-and-seek without restrictions” could be.
“Damn it, you still haven’t found him!! Isn’t detection magic meant for times like this!”
“T-that’s because it’s a magic doll, so we have to find it solely by mana response without any biological reaction, but due to the extremely chaotic mana flow in the castle from continuous battles and use of attack magic, it’s not working properly.”
The Tin Knight never fought the enemies head-on.
He kept moving around various parts of the castle, hiding his body between terrain and structures, and repeating surprise attacks and withdrawals.
A soldier stabbed to death by the Tin Knight on the opposite side right after opening a closed door.