In the small town of Lidona, Neil and Charlie, led by Eden, met Grienel, who had arrived from the Imperial City. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the middle of the town, there is a small square fountain, and in front of the fountain is a bench made of stones, where a few people sit and chat, as if they were chatting leisurely, but it is not.

However, it is not easy for too many people to know about this matter.

So before they could talk, Grienel dismissed most of the people around him, leaving only one knight and a maiden, and the other knights of Grienel gathered around the square, refusing to let outsiders enter the place.

"It's been so long since the general order was issued, and the real prisoner has not been found yet, and these people really can't be counted on to solve the problem. Grienel curled the corners of his mouth in mockery.

"Your Highness, since you are here, you must know some information, the nature of this matter is really too bad, and the Quartet Temple will definitely not tolerate this kind of villain!"

"Swap?" said Eden, and Grienel laughed again.

"First of all, it's not that I don't trust you, after all, it's been so long since this incident, even the Empire has tried its best, and still hasn't found the culprit. ”

"......" Eden was unexpectedly silent.

"The Sifang Temple must have more clues than me, can't even the Sifang Temple have no way?"

Eden was a little speechless in the face of his questioning, and when half a minute had passed, Neil had to come out of the round.

"Well, I don't know much about the details of this matter, but the Temple of the Four Directions ......"

"Looks like I've troubled our little knight. Grienel glanced at Neil and laughed loudly, then shook his head in disappointment and said, "But if you can't even share information, there's no point in talking, right?"

"If you can provide some information about this place first, I will consider it on behalf of the Sifang Temple, there are some things inside the Sifang Temple that cannot be said to outsiders, this is the internal rule of the Sifang Temple, even as the chief priest, I can't violate it. Eden said in a serious tone, "The Four Directions are aligned with your purpose, so you just need to trust us." ”

After Eden said this, he changed his tone and continued, "What I can tell you is that the opponent may be a shadow mage. ”

“…… Shadow Mage?" Grienel said the word, thought for a moment, and waved his hand.

"It's really surprising, I've always wondered why the prisoners slaughtered the entire town, even the old people and children, if it was just a simple revenge, there was no need to do it so thoroughly, in that case, what was the possibility? What was the real intention of slaughtering everyone in the town? If the prisoner was a shadow mage, it could be explained, a group of weird and evil guys. But do you have any evidence for this, why does the Temple of the Four Directions think it's a shadow mage?"

Eden could only reply to Grienel's rhetorical question, "There is no evidence to prove it, but the fact that the whole town was slaughtered is actually the greatest evidence, because no one can shadow a mage more evil, not even a mad madman can do such a thing." ”

Eden saw that Grienel's face changed slightly, and then he added, "Also, I have naturally thought about the prisoner's intentions. ”

Eden pushed his glasses, "It's not revenge, it's not some kind of ritual, I went to hold a burial ceremony, and the scene at that time was hard to forget, there was no trace of magic in all parts of this town, so I ruled out this possibility." ”

When Grienle heard this, he suddenly laughed again.

"I'm starting to like guys like you!"

"......" Eden pushed his glasses, and had to continue to say seriously, "So, Your Highness, what information have you gathered?"

"Probably looking for someone, I thought, otherwise I wouldn't have killed everyone. ”

"Looking for someone......" Eden lowered his head and pushed his glasses, the sunlight shining on him hit the mirror surface of the glasses, causing reflections, and Grienel, who was sitting next to Eden, was confused for a moment, as if ......

Neil and Charlie glanced at each other, exchanging the same thoughts and thinking of the same thing.

Isn't this incident very close to the nature of the alien disappearance that happened at that time, the only biggest difference is that all the people in the town were slaughtered in this incident.

"I have a subordinate by my side. Grienel stood up, turned and shouted towards the fountain pool.

"Aisha!"

Soon, a young girl trotted over quickly, although it was only a few meters away, but this person seemed to be very lacking in exercise, and he was out of breath after walking for a while.

"I'm here!"

The girl who ran over looked at Grienel, and then at Eden and the others, and she looked nervous and uneasy, as if she was worried about something.

"Is there anything you want me to do......?"

"This guy is one of the survivors of the massacre in the town, and I think you should know about it. Aisha, you heard it when you were standing nearby, so tell me everything you've been through in this town. ”

"Eh, do you want me to say it again?"

Aisha looked reluctant, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he organized his words and began to speak slowly.

"I ...... That one...... Because I was hiding under the well, I escaped, however, my loved ones ...... But he didn't escape...... I wanted to look for it, I found him, and there were many more people at the time, and I saw ...... I saw several people killed on the spot, I ran desperately, I tried to save my relatives, he died in front of me...... I...... I'm so scared......"

However, the girl's words were incoherent, and tears welled up as she recalled, and the tears swirled in her eyes, but they did not fall.

"I ...... I'm sorry...... I'm really sorry! Every time I think about it, I can't hold back, I'm sorry Your Highness!"

"Calm down. Eden shook his head secretly when he saw her.

Then, Eden took out his staff and quickly recited a spell.

"Are you better?"

"Huh, it's strange that the feeling of not wanting to remember has disappeared?" Aisha showed an incredible mood, as if all the negative feelings in his heart had disappeared.

"This is the magic to calm the mood, okay, can you repeat it again, please explain it in detail this time, and no details can be hidden. Eden stared at her, as if trying to know the fullest thing about it.

Although the temple branches of each town are an intelligence agency, the acquisition of certain information is still quite limited. For example, the survivor named Aisha in front of him, Eden only knew her name and the fact that she was now following Grienel as Grienel's subordinate. As for the rest, such as the detailed story of how she escaped from the town, only she knows.

When she told her what had happened, Eden's brow furrowed.

"Shadow Mage...... And most wanted criminals...... Shadow Beasts?"

"I just want to find my brother, brother he ......"

Neil looked left and right, looked at the people around him, held his chin in his hands, and muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Even if you know this, you don't know the prisoner's intentions!

Neil ...... Watch your words......" Xia Li reminded in a low voice.

"You can't say that, young dragon slayer. Grienel looked over to Neil and smiled.

"Indeed, now that I see the survivors of the town, I think about it too. Eden pushed his glasses, "Regardless of the intentions, I don't think the shadow mage will do anything superfluous, the shadow mage should be looking for something very important, this is just my speculation, as for what this thing is, I don't know." The fact that all the people in the town were slaughtered by the dragon must have something to do with this thing, that is, the slaughter of the people in the town was just a means used by the shadow mages to obtain this thing, and this thing can only appear after the person dies, I think so. ”

"That's a lot of talking, what the hell is it!" After listening to them for so long, Neil finally got impatient, in the first place, he was not a man with a heavy temper.

Neil's complaint did not arouse the two men's thoughts, and Grienel said to Eden, "It seems that we have finally thought of the same thing, and this is the reason why I kept her around." An incident that happened last week confirmed this speculation. There are two survivors in this town, Aye is one of them, and the other is the owner of a shop, who went to the Imperial City last week to stock up on goods, and was found dead on the way. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Eden couldn't hide his surprise on his face, he had clearly instructed all the temple branches to pay attention to the relevant information about the town, but so far, not only has there been no useful information, but even the news that the survivors have been killed has not been transmitted back to the temple.

Eden felt an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

Then, the two exchanged some ideas, and Neil and Xia Li couldn't talk about these topics at all, and the Sword of Light couldn't bear the loneliness for a long time, and ran to the girl named Aisha, and chatted happily with her about various things.

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Along the way, Christie's party encountered several more attacks, causing the journey to become slow.

Finally, after ten days, she came to a magnificent temple.

To her surprise, there were two people standing at the gate of the Blue Dragon Temple.

"Hehe, I didn't think I would be welcomed by the Temple of the Four Directions. ”

In the bright sun, the blonde girl with a perfect face smiled and walked over with the three people behind her.

"How is it possible, you are the greatest man in this country. Two people on the opposite side also walked over, with cordial and friendly smiles on their faces, one was the chief shaman and the other was the high priest.

(There are some differences in the time of what happened in each main line, so let's ignore this point, don't care about this kind of detail)