At dawn, the Valley of Bloodbones camp.

The knights and legionnaires packed up their bags without saying a word, and left the camp in their respective directions with great tacit understanding, leaving no sound from beginning to end, leaving only an empty abandoned camp.

Even if they have fought side by side, the estrangement between the two sides will not be eased much by the reconciliation of the commanders of the two sides - after a few days of matchmaking, you can absolutely trust each other, and there is no such good thing in this world.

The Church Knights of the Holy Cross still look down on the soldiers from the south, and the legions of the Sakran Empire also have their own pride, and it is even more difficult to make the two sides bow their heads than to ascend to the sky.

Walking on the icy snow under their feet, the legionnaires marched in the howling cold wind of the early morning, carrying their bags on their backs, biting on black bread that was harder than ice, and marched in a neat formation towards the east side of the Valley of Blood.

Grabbing the reins in his hand, the indifferent Edward looked at the black-haired wizard beside him, who was also silent and pensive, and was very hesitant in his heart, but reason told him that this was the right thing.

Never do superfluous things, never intervene in a situation that you can't recover, and finally ......

Never be stupid.

"I thought you would go to Cliff Mountain with His Highness Brandon. The night watchman said calmly: "Your Highness has to admit that I am inevitably a little surprised when I am instructed, but... It is also a matter of course, after all, the power of one person cannot change anything. ”

"That's right, the power of one person doesn't change anything......"

The brooding black-haired wizard muttered to himself, "But if he has thousands of people willing to die for him, that's a different story." ”

Edward turned his head to avoid the dark pupils, of course he knew who Loren was talking about: "What did you find?"

"Yes and no... No, I should say that it was just a hunch. Coming back to his senses, Loren shook his head: "I always feel that we seem to have overlooked some very important clue - and that His Highness Conod, what is his real plan?"

Turning his head as if instinctively, Loren frowned at the indifferent Nightwatch, "You really told me everything?"

"You asked two questions, which one do you want to ask?"

Both answers, of course, are best. ”

Such an almost "scoundrel" attitude made the night watchman sigh and look straight ahead with a calm gaze: "First of all, he can't tell me the first, because I'm an insignificant pawn who only knows what I need to know. ”

"As for the second... I've told you everything I can tell you, Loren - I don't want to repeat it, but if I have a choice, I really don't want to get involved in this, you know?"

Loren shrugged in discernment, it was clear that Edward wasn't going to say anything more.

So all he had was the information at hand—Loren hated assumptions, but the current situation forced him to do it himself.

Assuming that everything from the time they arrived at the Broken Mountain Fortress was expected by Conod, what would he do next?

Or who could be the Assassin who was "bought" by Conod, that fanatic believer?

It is certain that this person is definitely not the chief knight Naze, because his identity and position are too dazzling and extremely easy to expose, and if there is an accident caused by him, it will not end well - the most important point is that a person with Naze's status is not easily persuaded by this "middle two" excuse.

So, the murderer was one of the twelve knights of the Church?

Loren thought about it only once in his head, and then quickly gave up on the idea.

There is indeed such a possibility, and these knights who have made an "oath" do have the possibility of assassinating Brandon in front of the dragon, that kind of unreasonable power, it is difficult for Loren to say whether he can win them or not.

But in fact, there are only twelve knights in the church, and once someone leaves Naze, they will definitely find out as soon as possible, and the result is that Conod will bear the possibility of being an enemy of the Holy Cross Church;

No, there must be someone more secretive, there must be some unknown "assassin" who can be bewitched and used by him, and will not be discovered afterwards.

An existence that is subconsciously ignored by oneself.

"What do you think?" asked the indifferent Night's Watch tentatively.

"Only a little ......" Loren squinted his eyes slightly and sighed softly:

"I don't want to admit it, but... Maybe I still underestimate His Royal Highness the Prince of Sackland!"

Edward glanced at him with the corner of his gaze: "It's nothing, 'never underestimate a De Salion' - this sentence is not without reason, you are not the first and not the last to suffer in the Dragon King family." ”

"Besides... Do you really need to worry about these things?"

Hearing this, Loren raised his head vigilantly and slowly looked at the night watchman beside him:

"What do you mean by that?"

"It's nothing, I just think you seem to care too much about His Highness Brandon, and it doesn't match your performance at Ebolden. Edward shook his head, "You have come to the north, you are only one step away from Niderhogg, and what does the fate of Brandon de Salion have to do with you?"

The black-haired wizard didn't answer, looking at Edward's expression increasingly confused, even a little treacherous.

"Edward, I need you to answer me a question truthfully......

At the watchtower, you said that Conod had ordered you to provide the 'Assassin' with all the facilities he could make for his actions. Loren's eyes narrowed slightly:

"Did you do that?"

The night watchman didn't look at him, and said coldly, "Loren, I've told you everything I can tell you. ”

Such a reply is no different from the default!

"So... Your proposal to divide the troops is actually Conod's plan?"

After glancing at each other, Edward simply chose to remain silent.

The next moment, the surprise on Loren's face gradually receded, the corners of his mouth slowly hooked up an incomparably ironic arc, and his dark pupils stared at the night watchman's expression.

"Smack!" Edward, who didn't look back, pressed Loren's shoulder: "Don't do anything stupid, I told you how dangerous His Highness Conod is, it's time to let go, Loren." ”

"That's right, with your help, he will definitely be invincible!"

"It's like I have a choice. Edward, who was not annoyed, still spoke calmly: "What's more, we don't know who that assassin is, all the church troops have been transferred, and it is impossible for them to contact His Highness Brandon!"

Loren lowered his head slightly, his face extremely ugly.

Calm down, calm down... Edward hadn't done anything wrong, and he was already doing his best to help himself, so there was no point in blaming the other party at this time.

It still needs some clues, a little hint is good.

Forced to calm down, Loren raised his eyes and looked at the night watchman: "Do you have any speculation?"

"If it's now, it's the same as you - I can only guess that the assassin may not be in the Church's army, or that he is buried deeply. ”

Edward spoke calmly, "But if it's not any of the twelve Church Knights, who could it be?"

"No, if that were the case, he would have noticed it. Loren shook his head and rejected the Night's Watch speculation, muttering in a low voice, "It must be someone who has been around for a long time, someone who can conspire with Conod to be ignored by us, and ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Loren's eyes widened suddenly!

That's right, isn't there such a person, but he is always subconsciously ignored by himself?

Arrived at the Broken Mountain Fortress before he did;

He was extremely familiar with His Highness Brandon and himself;

Possessing the power of an oath, a knight to be reckoned with, and a loyal knight to the Holy Cross;

And it will never be discovered by anyone in the Holy Cross Church, because they are completely unaware of it, and may not even be aware of the existence of this person.

"Phanesis' Guardian Knight......" Loren was slightly stunned, and instantly seemed to be clear about everything:

"He is the 'assassin' who conspired with Conod——!"