In the past few days, several experienced shapeshifters in West Manor have noticed that Emma is about to be promoted to shapeshifter.

Her body is unconsciously absorbing the source energy around her, accumulating strength for a qualitative breakthrough. Unfortunately, there are no dark sculptors in West Manor, and Emma refuses to go to the Flower Bar in the heart of Southtown to get Paul's help, so she can only grasp the opportunity for promotion on her own.

Emma is about to advance, and after Natasha drinks two bottles of water-attribute primary enhancement potions, she has also entered the peak of the Awakened. All of this stimulated Fabian, and he began to look around for information on the Wind Vine, intending to collect a few in the spring.

Everyone is not against going out on adventures after the weather warms up, except for Graves, who squats in the laboratory every day, all of the orange cat mercenary groups have a temperament that can't settle down.

However, after spring, Graves will not be able to stay in the laboratory forever, and Marianne will pull him into the spring social activities to find a satisfactory family for his brother.

Marianne even regretted that Emma and Alyssa were leaving Yorktown, otherwise she had a lot of good young men to choose from.

Just as Marianne began to plan a small party at her home to give her new friends a reason to stay in Yorktown, the Yorktown Transcendents Guild sent a letter inviting the Orange Cats Mercenary Group to participate in a big operation.

Due to the good performance of the orange cat mercenary group in the haunted case of Benafort Manor last time, they were invited to participate in the collective operation of the multi-mercenary group this time.

Marianne looked at the date and said, "Oh, the day after tomorrow, I can't attend, the day after tomorrow Graves and I will have to attend the family meeting and quarrel with that busy old stubborn." However, the locations are all in the factory area of the southern city, so you can take my steam car with you, and stop by the way. ”

Jacques carefully read the mission description and asked: "Why did we invite us to participate in the serial murder case in the factory area? It seems that the entire factory area is going to be blocked, are you not afraid of leaking the news in advance?"

Marianne didn't seem to know, but she immediately called the butler to inquire.

The housekeeper of the manor is a man in his fifties named Gabo, a sculptor who is said to have been born in the West family, and has been following Marianne's grandfather since his father's generation, and has won Marianne's trust.

Gabo said that he needed to sort things out, but soon took another young man to Marianne's study to report to Marianne and Jacques.

The young man is Gabo's son, Pittinger, about Marianne's age, and is currently in charge of gathering information for the owner of the West family.

Pittinger took a piece of paper and began to report: "Miss Marianne, I have been collecting information about the serial killings in the factory area. This is indeed a difficult case, and I think it has even affected our recruitment work in the factory area, causing the lowly transcendents to dare not live in the factory area.

The first case happened a year ago, and the reason why it was determined to be a serial murder case is that the murderers all started at a fixed time every month, and the victims were all awakened people with low strength, well, the means are the same, and they are very cruel......"

Hearing that the monthly fixation was fixed, Jacques suddenly had a bad premonition and asked, "Isn't this another haunting?"

Pittinger glanced up at Jacques and said, "Not sure, it looks similar to the situation at Benafort Manor, but there have been witnesses who have determined that the perpetrator is a transcendent, not a ghost." However, since it was in an open neighborhood and there had been a copycat crime, it cannot be ruled out that the eyewitnesses saw the offender who imitated the crime. ”

Marianne said, "Please continue. ”

Pittinger smiled and continued: "The victim had his chest and abdomen torn and his internal organs removed, and some of his internal organs were missing. Two or three people were killed each time, and the city guard once investigated the connections of the victims, and finally found that the choices of the victims were random and there was no connection.

And the murderer's movements were very fast, and he disappeared dozens of seconds after he succeeded. A major containment was also carried out last month, but unfortunately it was ineffective. ”

Jacques felt more and more similar to the situation at the Benafort estate, and there were some things that were concealed by Mr. Benafort, such as the ruby necklace and Vento Benafort's role in the incident.

Linked to the case in the factory area, Jacques speculated that the situation might be similar to that of Benafort Manor, where someone obtained a magical item and was manipulated by the magical object to hunt for energy at a specific time, the difference being that one hunted for life force and the other was a picky eater who only hunted the internal organs of the transcendent.

Jacques even speculated that the reason why it only hunted the Awakened was because it couldn't defeat the Shapers, and if it had the opportunity, it might sneak up on the internal organs of a strong man, and maybe it would be like the evil ghost of Benafort, absorbing the life force of the Grandmaster and suddenly increasing its strength.

- It's too dangerous!

- But I'd love to see it!

Pittinger finished his report, bowed away, and glanced at Marianne with a burning gaze before leaving.

Marianne didn't pay attention, but the fat orange in her arms was shivering down her spine.

Hey, it turned out to be Marianne's admirer, but the emperor doesn't understand these human feelings and loves.

Jacques had some interest in participating in the Great Siege, but cautiously made a trip to the Flower Bar in his heart and asked Paul's opinion.

Paul really seemed to decide not to interfere with Jacques until the summer, and was given no advice, just a small box and handed it to him.

When Jacques opened them, he found four pairs of earrings, full of confusion and waiting for his father's explanation.

"These are eight miniature source stone intercoms, allowing the bearers to hear each other within ten miles. It's perfect for you on the move. Paul said.

"By the way, three of them don't have enough source stones, you can see the flashing colors when you use the source energy to activate their formations, the red one is best to replace the source stone on it, a standard source stone can be used for about four or five days, it's quite a money-burner. You can get the little girl of the West family to do it, she's very rich. Paul instructed his son on how to trap the rich.

It seems that my father still supported me to participate, and Jacques decided to join the Great Siege organized by the Transcendental Guild.

......

Two days later, the Orange Cat mercenary group set off from West Manor en masse in a steam car.

All eight people wore the source stone communicator earrings, as long as the input source energy is activated, you can join the call, and you can enter it again to turn it off, which is very simple and practical.

When we first got it, everyone played for a long time, and finally stopped because we wanted to save the source stone.

Because Marianne and Graves also went to a meeting at the nearby West Comptoir, they happened to be together.

If Jacques hadn't checked the location of each of the murders and determined that the location of the West Comptoir was considered a safe zone, he would have wondered if there was some conspiracy to set the meeting time at the fixed time of the serial murders.

Marianne was actually a little uneasy, so she also brought the grandmaster guard.

Jacques and the others were sent to the meeting place, and Jacques, who finally got out of the car, said to Marianne and Graves in the car: "If you are bored in a meeting, you can turn on the intercom and listen to the situation on our side." ”

Marianne nodded in agreement and said, "Don't be stubborn, we were lucky last time, Emma happened to destroy the magical item, and luck is not always there." ”

Jacques tapped his left chest with his right hand, saluted, and got out of the car to leave.

At this time, Alixia, Fabian and Natasha were already eager to try, and they had not participated in the previous two operations, so this was the first time they had gone on a mercenary mission.

Emma seemed very indifferent, although everyone advised her to exercise at home and prepare for the promotion, but Emma still expressed her desire to participate in the collective action, didn't Jacques cut the Grandmaster to advance, maybe she could also be promoted to the Sculptor in the battle.

Fat Orange is lying in Lily's arms, and like Jacques, he suspects that it is a magical object, but he has no clue how to catch the culprit, and will probably have to wait until the crime to find clues.

The meeting point was the courtyard of a garment factory in the factory area, which was chosen because it was one of the places where the last crime occurred. At that time, the accountant of the garment factory died in his office, and only the accountant of the Awakened Beginner strength, who had no power to resist, collapsed at his desk. At that time, several employees who saw the door of the accountant's office were able to confirm that no one else was entering or leaving the office. So either they were ambushed in the office in advance, or the prisoners entered and exited through the windows of the four floors.

Naturally, the scene could not be maintained for a month, and the gathering here was just a chance for some mercenaries and city guards who were not involved in last month's siege to have a chance to learn about the situation.

This time, the branch leader of the Transcendent Guild and the vice captain of the City Guard were dispatched, and the vice captain happened to be the Ringer that Jacques had seen, and the wonderful person who changed his face faster than turning a book.

He gave a brief introduction to the case, and then arranged patrol areas for each mercenary squad, and the squad of the city guard had already arranged it. The mercenaries each got a bronze whistle again, which is still the old rule, and they blow the whistle when they find out about the situation. This time, the City Guard and the Transcendental Guild have arranged for six Grandmasters to patrol the factory area, and they will rush to support as soon as they hear the whistle.

Jacques suddenly had a conjecture, hearing that the prisoner was running very fast, and many mercenaries and city guards on patrol saw it, could it be that the whole street sounded one whistle after another, and as a result, the grandmasters were exhausted and overwhelmed?

The patrol area of the Orange Cat Mercenary Regiment is a machining equipment factory in the south of the factory area, which is already one of the few new factories in the New World, and they no longer produce primary manufactured goods, but a device called a hexagonal lathe. With hexagonal lathes, metal can be machined into various shapes, opening up the possibility of more applications.

Coincidentally, this factory is also the property of Marian's family.

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