Why are you two exchanging code phrases and suddenly bringing me into it?
And even discussing my height?
"Discussing someone else's height without permission isn't a very good habit, you know."
Lucian laughed playfully: "I didn't say anything!"
"My code phrase is 'The Heavenly King covers the Earthly Tiger, hotpot goes with tripe.'"
"The one who discussed your height was clearly Rover."
"If you're going to scold Rover, you can't scold me."
Rover: "?"
"Lucian, just you wait. Don't let me catch you later, or you'll get what's coming to you."
With that, Rover and Carlotta swept through the obstacles and arrived at the monitoring room on the upper level.
The two looked speechlessly at Lucian, who was making faces at the surveillance camera. Carlotta then operated the screen for a moment, and the protective door in front of Lucian opened.
"Success. After passing through the door, you should be able to find another monitoring room."
"Be careful—there might be patrolling Echoes ahead."
This passage had no forks. Following the corridor straight ahead, he reached the monitoring room on the lower level.
As Carlotta had said, several Vitreum Dancers were patrolling here.
Instead of attacking, Lucian used Transformation Magic, turning himself into a Vitreum Dancer and blending in among them.
One of the patrolling dancers looked at him with some confusion and asked, "What happened?"
It noticed that the dancer Lucian had transformed into was holding a red-clothed woman.
Lucian calmly replied, "You all go patrol outside. Leave this place to me."
"Remember: don't say what shouldn't be said, and don't ask what shouldn't be asked."
The patrolling dancers exchanged glances. Was this a new dancer? How arrogant.
But considering that it was holding a person who was tied up, perhaps something had indeed happened outside.
The patrolling dancers hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Then we'll wait outside. Call us if anything happens."
After one of the dancers spoke, it led the others out of the monitoring room.
As the door closed, Carlotta's voice came through the communication: "I didn't expect you to have so many little tricks."
"You drove away those patrolling dancers without lifting a finger."
Seeing that there were no more patrolling Echoes around, Lucian reverted to his original form and walked to the huge surveillance screen.
Rover also exclaimed in admiration: "As expected of you. Who the strongest Resonator in Solaris is might be debatable, but the king of trash-talking Resonators is definitely you."
Lucian looked at the monitor in front of him. It was watching the area above the main hall—several massive chandeliers and the surrounding corridors were visible.
Carlotta reminded him: "Please wait a moment. I'll upgrade your permissions so you can control the facilities inside the vault through it."
A moment later, Carlotta upgraded Lucian's permissions and, together with Rover, came out to the corridor outside.
Carlotta smiled and waved at the surveillance camera: "Can you see us here?"
Lucian smiled: "Yes, very cute."
Carlotta chuckled lightly: "Very few people describe me as cute. This feeling is actually quite nice."
Then Carlotta looked at the huge chandelier ahead: "I need to cross the hall from above."
"But if there's too much movement, the people below will notice."
"Please manipulate the chandeliers here to create a path across the hall."
Upon hearing this, Lucian used his permissions to rotate the chandelier toward Carlotta and Rover.
Carlotta nodded slightly: "Perfect, that's enough."
Lucian frowned: "Isn't this a bit too dangerous?"
There were only two chandeliers above the entire main hall. The distance between them, and from the chandeliers to the corridors, was quite far.
If it were Lucian himself, he could silently transform into a flying Echo and glide over.
Carlotta stood on the corridor, looking down through the railing at the main hall that was already very high above the ground.
She smiled nonchalantly: "Can I take this as you caring about me?"
Lucian sighed: "Of course I'm caring about you."
"After all, I still have to marry into the Montelli family. If something happens to you, how am I supposed to marry in?"
"Rover, this concerns a major event in my life. You must ensure Carlotta's safety."
Rover: "?"
Her fists hardened—Rover's pink fists hardened.
Who exactly is your future wife?
How can you care about another woman right in front of me?
If Lucian weren't separated from her right now, Rover would definitely give him a good beating.
Carlotta laughed lightly: "Alright, don't worry. Neither of us will have any problems."
"Don't just look at my title as Second Miss—my skills are far from bad."
These two chandeliers had a peculiar design, like giant ceiling fans with several massive blades.
After speaking, Carlotta stared fixedly at the blades.
The next moment, her beautiful legs wrapped in black boots bent slightly, then suddenly exerted force—
Carlotta's delicate body leaped into the air, reaching out at the same time to firmly grasp the corner of one blade.
The blade swayed slightly under the pressure, then stopped after a moment.
Carlotta's movement really made people break out in a cold sweat.
Fortunately, it was a close call with no real danger, and the people in the main hall below didn't notice the slightly swaying chandelier above.
Carlotta let out a long breath, then swung her slender waist fiercely and nimbly flipped onto the blade, standing steady.
Lucian and Rover both let out a sigh of relief.
They had noticed earlier that Carlotta's Tacet Mark was located just above her tailbone.
Carlotta was also a Resonator, but as everyone knows, there is a gap in strength between Resonators.
Some people's resonance abilities might only be useful in daily life, while Resonators like Jinhsi and Changli can engage in combat.
So before, they didn't know exactly how strong Carlotta was.
But judging from this agile movement, Carlotta's strength was definitely not weak.
Then, Rover also leaped forward, doing a front flip in mid-air and landing steadily on top of the blade.
Carlotta praised: "Impressive, as expected of the legendary Rover."
Rover said without any modesty: "Piece of cake."
Carlotta covered her mouth and smiled, teasing into the terminal: "God of Universal Love Lucian, between your strength and Rover's, who is stronger?"
Before Rover could answer, Lucian's voice came from the terminal: "Lucian? It's been a long time since anyone called me that."
Carlotta & Rover: "..."
Rover shrugged: "I admit, when it comes to narcissism, Lucian is indeed stronger than me."
Carlotta smiled with amusement and nodded in strong agreement: "But to be narcissistic, one needs the capital for it. Judging from Mr. Lucian's reputation in the underworld, his strength is very high."
While everyone was chatting and laughing, Lucian had already rotated the fan blades, allowing the two to easily reach the corridor on the other side.
Standing firmly on solid ground, Carlotta brushed aside a strand of white hair by herCaf ear: "We're over."
"Leave the rest to us. We should be able to rendezvous soon."