"You're torturing his soul, aren't you?" The person sitting across from Rena Catherine, the head of the Survey Corps, finally couldn't help but ask, "I'm starting to be a little curious, are all those rumors outside true now?"

Rena pinched the ball of light in her hand again, listening to the wail of the miserable soul with great enjoyment, and then replied, "It's just a simple intelligence operation, which can save me a little trouble." As for whether those things are real or not, it doesn't really matter anymore. On the contrary, it is you, not long after your family has just gotten rid of the crisis of the collapse of the clan, and you, the patriarch, dare to blatantly get involved with our investigation corps, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble and being implicated in the emperor's anger?"

The woman Rena is receiving at this time is none other than the acting matriarch of the Huwen family, Golon's aunt, Lady Michelle Huwen.

Hearing Rena's half-truthful ridicule, Michelle showed a wry smile on her face, took a big sip of the red wine that Rena took out of the cellar of the original owner of the castle, and replied: "There is really nothing to worry about in this matter, I am no longer the acting patriarch of the Huwen family, hum...... Someone threw me out of that position on the grounds that women were not fit for politics and could not lead the family through the current crisis. ”

"Oh, although this kind of thing is normal in your circle, but the speed of unloading and killing donkeys is a bit too fast, right?"

Rena was not surprised, nor was she indignant at De Michelle, and said with a wicked smile: "You didn't come to me to help you regain the position of patriarch, did you? The current Huwen family is of little value, even if you are my ally, the relative of that eccentric little ghost Goron, but we have nothing to do with each other, there is no reason to help you. Besides, that little imp isn't here now. ”

Hearing Goron's name, Michelle's body stiffened slightly, and after a moment he relaxed, and said, "You misunderstood me, Captain Rena...... The Huwen family position is not really that important to me, but I do admit that sometimes rights can be very useful. "I'll tell you the truth, I've lost contact with Goron now, but in this situation, I can't mobilize the power of the Huwen family to find him, so this is the real purpose of my coming to you, and I hope to get some help from you to help me find Golon." ”

"Huh? That little ghost is missing, but didn't I hear that he is now under the control of your Huwen family, and he happens to be under house arrest with good food and drink, and when are he going to give it to His Majesty the Emperor as a gift?"

"How did you know this? You have been spying on the Huwen family?" Michelle's face suddenly became serious, although she was now isolated and excluded by her own people, after all, she was the acting patriarch of the Huwen family, and it was impossible not to care when she heard this kind of news.

The fools in the family who are blind and self-righteous mistook her brother Amanda Huwen for the little ogre Golia Huwen, and used some insidious means to put him under house arrest.

"What's so strange about this, if you've been working hard in a city for more than ten years, and every day your mind is about how to destroy it, you can easily do this level of intelligence gathering. What's more, now the Black City Chamber of Commerce created by that stupid imp is out of control, and the whereabouts of Cassandra's powerful woman are unknown, and now any kind of information can be obtained from the Chamber of Commerce's intelligence network, and it won't cost a few dollars. ”

Michelle's face became more and more serious, she was not a stupid woman, coupled with what she had seen and heard in the Montenegrin prison not long ago, how could she not guess Rena's details at this time. Although she had long had no liking for this terrible city, the thought that in the near future, countless undead creatures might drown Black Mountain, or even the entire continent, made her heart twitch like a sharp pain.

The Undead Scourge is the enemy of the entire continent and the public enemy of the entire world...... But at least for now, the woman in front of her is the only one who can help him find Goron. Compared to Golon, Montenegro is nothing.

Michelle is not the kind of woman whose mother-in-law is indecisive, and after figuring it out, there is no struggle or hesitation in her eyes.

"Since you are my nephew, Goliath, no, an ally of Goron, then I don't need to hide it from you anymore. I'm sure you've heard that Goron's appearance is almost identical to that of his uncle, my brother Amanda Huwen, with only a little makeup and disguise, which is hard to recognize if you are not a person who accompanies you day and night. And this time Amanda did not die in the Montenegrin prison as rumored by the outside world, he was rescued by us, he was the one who left the Montenegrin prison with me that night, as for the real Golon, he should still be in the Montenegrin prison. ”

Rena listened calmly, unable to discern what she thought of Goron's whimsical rescue plan, and only after hearing the news that Goron was stranded in Montenegrin prison and then lost contact with Michelle, a trace of confusion and worry flashed in her eyes.

"As far as I know, the Brahadley family has been secretly carrying out a plan, judging from the data of the past ten years, there is a big difference between the people who have been imprisoned in the Montenegrin Royal Prison and the total number of people who have been released in the past ten years, and the total number of people who have been declared unexpectedly killed by the Brahadley family, especially some civilian-born soldiers, as well as the children of declining nobles who have good strength but no one pays attention to them, often missing, I have always suspected that the Brahadley family is engaged in the secret slave trade, or is doing human magic experiments. But their family's secrecy is so good that it took me more than a decade to find out any definite information. ”

"But don't you already occupy Violet Castle now, haven't you found anything yet?" said Michelle as he looked at the orb of light in Rena's hand, knowing that in necromancy, there are many ways to use souls to obtain information.

Of course, Rena knew what Michelle meant, and she pinched the ball of light in her hand again, and then said: "Do you think I haven't done a soul search for him, but even I am a little impressed, the Brahadley family's secrecy has done this, if someone forcibly investigates the soul of their clan, it will trigger a hidden magic trap and destroy part of his memory along with his soul in advance, thus thwarting any means of soul exploration." As soon as I entered Violet Castle, I searched everyone's souls, not sparing even the dead, and it turned out that except for this little bastard and the old butler who had been killed by his own hands, everyone else had no idea of the secrets hidden in the Royal Prison of Montenegro. As for this housekeeper......"

"Hmph, I have to thank this stupid little bastard, it is because of his extra actions and killing his own butler that the magic trap hidden in the soul of the old butler cannot be activated normally, and the relevant souls and memories cannot be destroyed in time. ”

"What do you know?" Michelle suddenly became excited when she finally got the information about Goron.

"Don't worry, although the soul trap didn't start normally, but the old butler is dead after all, and the soul has naturally dissipated a lot, and the information I really obtained is still very limited, I only know that under the underground of the Black Mountain Royal Prison, there is an ancient ruin, which may contain the power to subvert the entire empire, but the most critical details, as well as the method of entering the ancient ruins, this part of the memory has dissipated. If you want to investigate further, you can only go to the Black Mountain prison. But as you know, it is now occupied by the Emperor's envoys, who refuse to be approached by anyone. I'm even beginning to wonder if they already know something, which is why they don't want to leave. ”

Seeing Michelle's worried expression, Rena had no choice but to continue to persuade: "Don't you know that nephew of yours, he is a little monster who can never be measured by common sense, nothing is impossible in him." I guess he's already discovered the ancient ruins and has already started an investigation. Of course, there should be some danger, and the Brahadley family has been there for so long, there will definitely be some safety measures, but I'm sure these will definitely not bother your nephew, maybe it won't be long before he will appear in front of you, and most likely he will return with a full load. ”

Although he knew that this was comforting himself, Michelle was still in a much better mood, he looked at Rena, the corners of his mouth suddenly slanted, revealing a trace of strangeness, and said: "How did I find out that you seem to know more about Goron than I do? But as far as I know, although you are an alliance, you have not been in contact for a long time, and it is far from now." ”

"I've exchanged soul fragments with him, so I've always had a vague sense of him, even if I don't know what the imp is thinking, doing, or what his physical condition is, I can roughly know his location, so I can infer a little bit of his experience. You know, not long ago, I felt that he had left this world for a while, and went to the sky, among the stars...... This is something that even the gods can't necessarily do, and I can't imagine what he went through. But he came back unharmed, so I don't think the ancient ruins under a prison must be difficult for him. ”

The two women looked at each other and smiled, and the relationship suddenly became a lot closer. The obscure hostility that haunted the two because of the "natural disaster" has almost disappeared. Although Rena did not directly agree to help Michelle, Michelle at least had some information about Goron's whereabouts, so she would not be cranky.

"By the way, the man who was put under house arrest by your people as Goron, Amanda, what is the matter with him, don't you think about how to rescue him?"

Regarding his brother, Michelle has a different attitude: "Since the rumors that 'Amanda' has died in the prison of Montenegro have spread, my brother's mission has ended, anyway, he can't be himself again no matter who he does now, so let him stay in Mandala Fort and continue to pretend to be 'Golia', anyway, my 'smart' elders will not treat him badly." ”