Hugo tossed and turned all night, caught two half-sized sons of Sunset Province, and then said "The wolf warrior team solves the case quickly", this kind of thing that damages honor is not something that a person like him can do. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoMaybe Kilrod will comfort him, saying that this is the best way to calm down the teachers and students of the whole house as soon as possible, and Charlotte will never even say words of comfort, but now that Kilrod is not around, he can only worry about the ceiling, and unconsciously the east shows the whiteness of the fish.

Before he had finished his breakfast, the guards came briskly and reported to him an urgent matter, that a man who claimed to be a soldier of Podolik Shozo had collapsed at the entrance of the academy with wounds and exhaustion, and said that he wanted to see him.

When he arrived at the council chamber of the Executive Building, Director Elfman was sitting on the sofa, frowning, his sideburns seemed to be grayer, and Master Akiyama was on crutches, looking at the visitor uneasily. The person who came was a veteran about 50 years old, and when he saw him, he immediately told him about the events of last night.

"The rain was a little lighter. The 30 soldiers in the tent were also sleeping uncomfortably at the moment, and 40 brothers disappeared in front of their eyes, which was difficult to accept in any case. Some of them were awake, listening to the sound of the rain, and some were awakened from their dreams. Suddenly, everyone heard the neighing of horses on the other side......" The veteran coughed a few times, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and seemed to be afraid of the memory, but continued to speak, "Everyone came out to take a look, and was stunned by the scene in front of them: although it was dark all around, they could vaguely see strange figures, large and small, some looked like people with horns on their heads, and some looked like lions with wings, but the specific faces were not clear, and the 30 soldiers were frightened, and drew their swords one after another, and then realized that the bridge had been broken. ”

How can such a thing happen? It's nonsense. Hugo muttered to himself.

"We couldn't see the details clearly, but the fire scared us out. I shouted at the other side at the top of my voice, but it was difficult to get through the 20-meter-wide ditch and everyone was gossiping. The veteran took a sip of water, frowned, and didn't look like nonsense, "Seeing the terrifying figure, some soldiers secretly fled, and some still held on to supplies. I tried to talk to Shaozo in the heavy rain to keep in touch, but the rain and thunder were so loud that we had to go back to the tent and wait for Shaozo and them on the other side. But soon the carriage burned, and the rest of the horses panicked and ran around, and some fell directly to the bottom. ”

"Are they dead, what about the magicians?" William interjected, and Hugo looked at William, who could see that William believed the old soldier's words. Ridiculous, there is no such magic, and besides, what magician would have the ability to attack such a large army?

No one will forget what happened next: 10 wagons fell to the bottom, some rushed into the forest with flames, and the forest also burned, and in the firelight, a figure appeared, all black, wearing a cloak and holding a sickle, and the figure jumped high above the forest, the cloak fluttered, and then disappeared into the depths of the forest. After the veteran finished speaking, he covered his face with his hands, "Death, death is coming! Help!--everyone shouted like this, and fled in all directions, and the horses ran in terror, and some of the soldiers were trampled to death, some were pushed to the bottom, and many were wounded. I hid in the confusion, and when I was sure I was okay, I groped my way back the way I came. ”

The veteran looked tired and scared, and at the behest of Director Elfman, the veteran was taken to the infirmary, and of course, for Hugo, the veteran was an important witness and survivor.

"Hugo, you and Charlotte will take a team of guards to the Misty Valley, and report to me in writing after the investigation is completed! Director Elfman immediately made a decision, and there was no need for him to say it, although Hugo didn't believe it, he had a vague foreboding in his heart, and Hugo was determined to find out.

Hugo and Charlotte led a group of guards, and hurried to the place where the bridge broke about two hours later.

The broken bridge was littered with supplies, littered with footprints, human footprints, horses' hoofprints, and 12 corpses, which had been trampled to a bloody blur, which showed how chaotic the soldiers who had not crossed the bridge were when they fled. On the opposite side is the Misty Valley, and you can only take a detour.

At this moment, the Misty Valley is as its name suggests, even if it is nine o'clock in the morning, it is still surrounded by a faint mist, and there are birds chirping in the jungle, and there are few fierce beasts in the Misty Valley during the day, just like a fairyland.

The wolf warrior team passed through the valley bottom, and then climbed from the valley floor to the opposite side, and inspected the people and horses who fell from the valley bottom halfway, and none of them survived. Hugo didn't speak all the way, and came to the place where Podolik Shaozo stopped his army to rest, which was about 10 meters from the bridge, and it was obvious that if the bridge was broken a minute earlier, some of the magicians would fall to the bottom.

The first thing that catches your eye is the corpses lying on the ground, both soldiers and magicians. The surrounding charred trees and corpses emitted an unpleasant smell of burning.

"Check around and be careful!" ordered Hugo, who walked to the bridge and carefully examined the broken wood and rope parts of the bridge, the cutting surface of several support points was flat, undoubtedly man-made, this was a premeditated broken bridge!

"Captain, find a living man!" the guards found a man in black from the charred woods, who had passed out in a clearing in the woods, surrounded by charred trees and corpses. When the guards turned him over, they saw a shocking scene: the man's hands and face were burned, his hair and eyebrows were burned, and the fabric of his torn black clothes was recognizable as a robe. "Shylock!" Hugo recognized the man, and he immediately ordered the guards to carry Shylock into the carriage. At this time, Charlotte came from the depths of the forest with the guards: "Captain Hugo, it seems that except for this lucky one, everyone else is dead, and most of the magician's crystals are gone." ”

Charlotte took out an envelope from her pocket: "Also, the discovery of this letter from Podolik's pocket will explain why they are in a hurry at night." ”

Hugo took the letter and his eyes widened: at the end of the letter was signed "Cassiu".

When the search was fruitless, Hugo ordered Shylock to be escorted to the Academy, where he was given first aid in the nearest hospital.

In the council room, Dean Sean, Dean Elfman, and Master Akiyama had been waiting for a long time, and Hugo came in and saluted, giving a brief account of the search. Sean frowned, Elfman didn't look at him, only Master Akiyama wiped his tears, and he was the most emotional person. Hugo, who had seen the tragic situation at the scene, was naturally shocked in his heart, so many magicians only one came back dying, in addition to being afraid of that power, it was also mourning and regretting the death of his disciples, but at this moment he had to be strong and fearless.

"There was a murder when I came here from Podolik, but I didn't expect the Misty Valley tragedy to happen, this is a tumbler that brings bad luck. Sean finally spoke, "There are many thorny problems at the moment: first, we have to report to the Imperial Council that the troops of the mages and officers have been killed, and the replenishment of the combat strength of the front line has become a problem. The second is to find a way to give an explanation to Robert's family, the Dietrich family controls many gold mines in the Rhodes Empire, and for the stability of the empire, at least appease the other party. ”

"Do you really think that those two people are murderers?" Master Akiyama said what Hugo was thinking, Hugo caught Sun Guanglong and Wuren was just an expedient measure, but if he really wanted to convict, there were too many doubts.

Elfman was still frowning and interjected, "Those two people in exchange for the stability of the empire is a very good deal. Master, Sun Guanglong is the biggest suspect - whether it is the match of the murder weapon or the motive for the killing, he can be accused of being a murderer. As for Takehito, I think it can be observed. ”

Hugo looked at Elfman suspiciously, in front of these so-called big people, human life can be traded, let alone the so-called maintenance of stability. Damn, since the Dietrich family owns a gold mine, why don't they just plate their son with real gold? Even if this kind of scum really goes into battle as a magician, I'm afraid he will be a guy who will run away or not go to war at all.

"There's one more problem. Sean poured a glass of water, "Ever since that veteran came, the guards at the academy couldn't keep their mouths shut, and now rumors of 'death in the Misty Valley' have spread in the academy. The fact that the mages are unable to protect themselves and that the mages are killed in groups in the interior of the country will greatly affect the self-confidence of the students. ”

"Then find a reason to convince them. The door was pushed open, and the short-haired silver-haired Kilrod, dressed in a black leather coat and with a long sword at his waist, walked in gracefully and saluted, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am belatedly here, and I am shocked to hear the bad news. ”

Hugo breathed a sigh of relief, the team's think tank Kilrod came and was bound to share some of the pressure on himself.

In order to dispel the rumors, the academy summoned all the current students that night, and Kilrod announced the preliminary investigation to the students: the Misty Valley incident was an accident, the bridge was broken by lightning, Podolik's troops fell into the valley, lightning caused a forest fire, the magician troops could not retreat, and they encountered forest beasts again, and they were all wiped out after a bitter battle.

Hugo stood on the high platform of the auditorium, looking down at the crowd, and he could clearly see the relieved expressions of the students and, of course, sadness. Watching Kilrod answer the students' questions with ease and explain the results of the investigation vividly, Hugo became more and more convinced that it was better to leave it to Kilrod for such a thing as lying.

On April 17th, the Wolf Warrior team was divided into two ways, one was led by Charlotte, and the ten guards who accompanied the Wolf Warrior team to investigate the Misty Valley incident were transferred to the southern border of the Rhodes Empire, Sevian, to take care of the Arcane Crystal Mine, which was also Kielrod's idea: instead of letting the guards keep their mouths shut, it was better to let them go to a place where no news would ever be heard, and the other was led by Hugo to escort Sean to the capital of Rhodes and report to the Imperial Council.