"Tuk Tuk ...... Click. ”

Two knocks rang at the door of the parlor, and in a short time the door was gently opened by a servant waiting outside, and the old butler came in from outside.

"Head of the house, Mr. McLean, the latest report has been delivered, do you want to read it now?"

Blois and Maca, who had just finished discussing the previous topic and were meditating, turned their heads and looked at the document in the old butler's hand. The next moment, Mr. Blois gave Maka another look, and the latter nodded.

"Take it!"

Waiting for the old butler to come briskly to the sofa and put the documents and materials that he had sorted out on the coffee table in front of the two of them, Mr. Blois immediately picked up the summary at the top and read it from the beginning.

On the other hand, Maca was immediately attracted by one of the small stacks of magical photos.

"Mr. Blois, have you sent someone into the Misty Zone to investigate?"

The reason why Maca asked this was because after a little flipped through it, he found that at least half of the photos were covered with a gray mist. Due to the low visibility, the content of the photos is mostly close-up objects, and the information that can be presented is quite limited.

Hearing Marca's question, Mr. Blois nodded as he looked at the information.

"Three teams of five people have been sent in, each from a different location on the edge of the fog area, but for the time being, it is only on the periphery for exploration......," he said, suddenly shaking the summary document in his hand, "and all three teams completed their mission safely and returned to their temporary foothold...... Of course, it can basically be said that nothing has been found. ”

Maca took the information that Blois had read and quickly scanned it, then shrugged her shoulders and said:

"It's already pretty good – obviously, it's a big bonus for nothing."

According to the report, some towns on the outskirts of the Fog Zone are largely empty, and a large number of Muggle dwellers are nowhere to be found. Coupled with the fact that various minor signs of destruction were found at the scene, it is not difficult to guess that those disappeared Muggles "themselves" smashed doors, windows, and guardrails and left.

"Hmm."

Mr. Blois replied approvingly, and then picked up the stack of photographs and flipped through them one by one. But soon, he frowned at a dozen photos of the street pavement in a row.

"This ...... What's going on? ”

As you can see, the photos are taken on a brick road stained with pools of blood. There are a lot of blood stains, not only in different shapes, but also overlapping each other in some places, and the most strange thing is that most of them are concentrated on the sidewalks next to the road very regularly.

Hearing Mr. Blois's self-indulgence, Maca couldn't help but glance up, and then said casually:

"Most of them were smashed out when they fell from the building - the fog was too big, and none of the three teams went up to the building next to them to see, so they didn't think about it for a while! If you go upstairs on the side of the road, you should see that many windows have been smashed open. ”

This would have happened if the Muggle inhabitants had already been reduced to the original living corpses. Because the living corpses that have not yet grown up are almost unintelligent, if they suddenly receive Helbo's summoning instructions, the living corpses that are upstairs are indeed very likely to instinctively choose to climb out through the window.

After a few moments, Maca flipped through all the information before she spoke again:

"If you're going to send a second team to explore, don't go too deep, I think the 'residents' ...... Or the 'former inhabitants', who have probably gathered in the middle of the fog area. And Helbo, most likely, is waiting there! ”

At this point, he spread his hands slightly.

"In short, just go around the periphery first and ensure that the exploration report is sent back on a regular basis. I'm going to do some preparation here, and then I'll go there, and I'll go there, and I'll go there. ”

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Maca put the information in her hand back on the coffee table, and then stood up from the sofa.

"Mr. Blois, I should go to Hermione and Willy to talk, and I can see that they have never been able to settle down." As he walked towards the door, he whispered, "Hmm...... By the way, let's see if with Noah's addition will make the atmosphere better than before. ”

But before Maca could reach the door, he heard a word from Blois floating behind him.

"Mr. McLean, you left that fat boy in the Hohenheim family in order to not only adjust the mood of those children, right?"

Hearing Blois speak, Maca couldn't help but pause.

"But didn't Noah's father ask him to visit Fort Blois not just to tell us about Noah's acquisition of a portion of Nicol Lemay'?"

He did not deny Blois's speculation about him, but only put some of the deep meaning of Noah's father sending his son to the surface.

"He let Noah come to us in the hope of using our power to ensure that his 'lucky' son is not coveted by others, and the reward he gave is obviously the inheritance of the small part of the philosopher's stone that Noah owns."

With that, Maca turned around and shrugged at Blois.

"To be honest, I'm not completely sure that Noah won't have an accident at the moment, but I do need a rough embryo of the Philosopher's Stone right now—you know why! Therefore, I can only let Noah himself see that someone needs his strength, and then it will be up to him to judge. ”

"'Not completely sure'...... Is it? ”

Seeing that Maca left the door after speaking, Blois couldn't help but repeat the sentence softly, and then shook his head slightly.

There are indeed many people who covet Nicol Lemay's alchemy inheritance, but those are actually nothing, and the power of the Blois family alone can warn those who are greedy not to act rashly.

Therefore, it is not this "small thing" that Maca is worried about at all.

It's just that now it's the Blois family who has helped Maca - Blois first took the refugees to the French magical world, and then brought Maca and other friends directly to the house, which is obviously intended to be an enemy of Helbo.

It is conceivable that once Helbo recovers from his injuries and frees his hands, then after he has laid the groundwork in England, his next target will inevitably be France.

Not only that, but if he wanted to pick a time to raid during this period, Fort Blois was obviously the best choice.

To put it bluntly, it's actually not safe at all. Noah may have been able to avoid the hot-eyed wizards here, but he might have encountered a greater threat than that.

"Go ahead! Continue to arrange for the team to probe, and the rest ...... I won't think about it for the time being, and I'm ready to start working on strengthening the castle's defenses! ”

Mr. Blois thought and thought, and finally said this to the old butler.