The dripping raindrops became heavier and heavier, and the heavy rain that had been brewing for two days finally became much more violent with the arrival of the fire on March 17, 796 in the new calendar, and then the torrential rain continued to pour down the entire Feron Plain where the fortress was located in a way that did not stop for several days, as if in revenge for the hot weather that had not stopped for several days. The original plan was also interrupted by this sudden heavy rain, and a large number of Duchy soldiers patrolling the fortress also hid in their respective military camps with the heavy rain, and they looked up at the ghost weather that blocked their freedom with the eyes of the enemy, and at the same time stared at the figures of the Imperial people who wandered with them in the fortress with the same gaze, "What a heavy rain." ”

"yes, it's been a long time since I've seen this heavy rain...... Really, I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Imperial people to flee in a hurry and go out and relax. ”

"No, they just blew up part of our fort, so even without this rain, we'll probably have to keep busy restoring the fort...... Anyway, why don't these imperial people leave! What are they doing here? ”

"How do I know, if you want to ask, I'll ask Lord Dusk, anyway, Lao Tzu won't touch a single hair of them, and he won't let them touch a single hair here!"

“…… It seems that our prestige is still very low. ”

Sighing deeply, Duan Qing, who was secretly listening to these conversations, then sighed leisurely, "I should be able to imagine how difficult the road ahead will be. ”

"No matter how you compare, your reputation should be slightly stronger than ours, right?" Leaning against the corner of this corridor, the rising sun shook his head with his arms folded and replied, "At least it is better than the princess who continues to move forward in the rain." ”

"With the Royal Magician's guard, they shouldn't be in any serious trouble." Twisting the stagnant water on the corner of his clothes, Duan Qing, who was swaying his body, responded in a low voice, "We just need to take care of our own safety, and don't drag them back when they risk their lives and charge into battle." ”

"Charging to the death? How can it be? Asahi Dongsheng waved his hand in disbelief, "Since the Fars pass the pass, the principality will not do anything to them in the future, and the next thing is a matter of negotiation, and there will be no combat problems at all." “

"So you've always had the idea of traveling to Tannia, the capital of the principality, right?" Gedmayne, who was on the side, once again assumed the role of criticism and accusation: "What about your fighting spirit? What about your ability to find out information? ”

"Lao Tzu originally looked down on this group of little cubs of the principality."

Closing his eyes again, the giant axe warrior who was sticking to the wall with his hands on his chest also showed a disdainful expression at this time, "Asking Lao Tzu to waste his efforts on these little cubs is simply my failure, and I have asked this group of people countless times, and there is no information available on them at all......"

"Asked countless times? Why didn't I see it? This time, it was the snow spirit phantom ice that gradually approached, "Have you been lazy again this time?" ”

"Tell me about it." Asahi immediately opened his eyes dissatisfied, "As early as when you found out about the explosion on that floor, I grabbed a few of the soldiers who were running up and down to put out the fire and asked, and they said that the negotiation venue was attacked, and several lives were almost taken......"

"Didn't you say there were no casualties?"

Interrupting the other party's words, Duan Qing, who turned around, then continued to ask with a puzzled expression, "Is there still a discrepancy in this number?" ”

"How do I know, I didn't go to the place you said I was?" Asahi Dongsheng turned his head with a dissatisfied face, "If you don't believe it, you can go and investigate it yourself." ”

"That's not necessary, at least everyone in the venue should be fine." Pinching his chin, Duan Qing then fell into his own contemplation, "At that time, there were indeed few people who carried the casualties out of the venue, and no one had any discussion about their own casualties, but this is ...... Not. ”

"Looks like it's time to go to the scene and investigate." As if thinking of what the other party was thinking of in his heart, Xue Lingphantom Ice, who looked at that contemplative face, then also commented in a low voice, "Fulfill our duties and investigate the ins and outs of this matter." ”

"Let's see if there is a situation within ourselves that Her Highness worries about, or if the Duchy is playing on us with some tricks."

Quietly dodging the fierce gaze of the countless soldiers inside the fortress, the figures of Duan Qing and the others then disappeared into the corridor on the ground floor, and then reappeared in front of the accident scene that was still not cleaned up after a period of time. Due to the explosion, the upper floor of the fortress, which was blown up in the early morning, was also bathed in the rainstorm with debris and brick fragments all over the ground, and the crowd that should have been filled here also disappeared in front of them with the busy scene at this time, "Running away so soon?" Is this place just left to dry? ”

"With such a heavy rain, I wouldn't be stupid to stay here if I were to do so, but I simply gave up the guards here...... Even if they weren't afraid of the site being destroyed, wouldn't they be afraid of people like us invading? ”

"It's already submerged, I'm afraid it's hard to find any useful clues...... Hmm, this is the doorway, right? And then here is the point of explosion? ”

"According to the description of our side, the location of the explosion should be in the northeast corner of this negotiation room, when an Imperial guard - they said Bob - suddenly walked in that direction, and was engulfed in the flames of the explosion......"

"That bob has proven to be fake, hasn't it?"

Dodging the rain that kept pouring down from the exploding hollow, Duan Qing struggled to move his steps to the corner that had obviously become blackened, "Since the real Bob is still in the imperial barracks, the identity of this 'Bob' at the scene has become a mystery, right?" ”

"It's likely that he escaped by the light of the explosion, using the same means of teleportation as before." The voice of the snow spirit phantom ice then came from not far behind him, "As for the killing consequences after the explosion, it is probably not in his consideration." ”

"The means of escape of this real murderer, we can't find out now." Duan Qing's gaze roamed back and forth between the shattered walls that had been stained black, "The only thing we can be sure of is probably the result of 'this attack is an incomparable failure'. ”

"Maybe they don't care what the outcome of this attack is?" Carrying the big shield behind him and temporarily acting as an umbrella, Gedemaien's figure then also touched the vicinity of Duan Qing's location, "As long as you can blow it up, it's enough?" ”

"The words used to disrupt the relationship between the empire and the principality have indeed had enough effect." The voice was closer, and the snow spirit with long white hair stood in front of one of the hollows at some point, "The current situation is that Her Royal Highness the princess has advanced the schedule again to the point of arriving in the capital Tania before the 20th because she is worried about her own safety......"

"And left us here, in the name of finding out the real culprit...... Shh Asahi Dongsheng, who was still hiding in the distance, said his dissatisfied voice at the right time: "I think it used an elimination method to keep the suspect who might be the murderer here with us in the name of investigation, right?" ”

"Your head is spinning too fast."

Sighing vigorously, Duan Qingtou, who was still checking those traces, commented without looking back, "Even if this is very likely to be the truth, please don't say it so bluntly." ”

"I just hope you can recognize the reality and don't continue to waste time here." Asahi raised his hand, "Even if the matter is really the work of someone lurking inside the empire, now that Princess Rena has taken people out of here, he has lost the meaning of existence, right?" ”

"You're right." Gedmane also straightened up and raised his head, "As long as there is no war between the empire and the principality, this fortress does not have much strategic significance, since it has no strategic significance, then destroying this fortress will be a futile ......"

"As a result, the problem is back to square one." Looking at the hazy rain curtain in the sky, the Xue Lingphantom Ice standing in front of the cave mouth muttered to himself in a low voice, "The goal of this way, coupled with this series of secret provocations after arriving at the fortress-"

"What exactly does the other person want to do?"

The few people around this dilapidated house all fell silent for a while, only the sound of the torrential rain hitting the wall rustled in their ears, Duan Qing, who was still checking the traces of the explosion, also sighed and stood up after a while, but a shadow in the shape of an umbrella slowly appeared above the half of his shoulders that had been splashed by the rain, "Don't worry, sir." ”

“…… Ning Lan? Raising his head in some surprise, Duan Qing looked at the figure of the player in the maid costume who appeared in front of him at this time and the umbrella she was holding, "This is an umbrella?" You bought it? ”

"Ning Lan did it herself." Tilting her head and revealing a smile, Ning Lan whispered a little closer again, and then raised the umbrella in her hand up a few points, "Ning Lan's hands-on ability is very strong, have you forgotten, sir?" ”

"Uh, thank you."

As if feeling two stinging glances suddenly delivered from a certain direction on the other side, Duan Qing smiled dryly and wiped the rain from his face, "Your body is not well, in fact, you don't have to do this-"

"Ning Lan is very limited in what she can do now, so Ning Lan will always try her best to do something."

Interrupting Duan Qing's comforting words, Ning Lan, who stared at the gray-robed magician's secret words, continued in a sweet voice, "Ning Lan is already very happy to be recognized by Mr. ”

“……”

"Don't worry, I'll be able to find a clue."

Looking at the figure of the other party who was no longer speechless, Ning Lan's expression beside Duan Qing became a little gentle, "Sir, you are the smartest player, you can always find a solution in the face of any difficulty, and in such a small matter in front of you, Mr. will definitely find a way to solve it." ”

"I didn't expect to receive comfort from you at this time."

With a deep sigh, Duan Qing, whose face was relaxed, turned to touch the other party's head, "Thank you." ”

"Ning Lan's owner...... Ning Lan's husband is the most powerful. Secret words: Ning Lan's eyes smiled into two crooked crescents, "No matter what Mr. is, Ning Lan will stand behind Mr. and support Mr. as always." ”

"I can't afford such a heavy support." With a wry smile, hiding the teasing glances of several people on the side into the action of turning around, Duan Qing once again squatted down with his back to everyone, "Even if you all look at me, there is nothing I can do now...... Well? ”

As if he had found something, he was stunned and then stretched out his hand in the rain and water, and then slowly fished out a small piece of iron from the crack in the gravel in the scene of several people moving over after hearing the sound, "This is ...... Fragments of a magic bomb? ”

"It's a piece of iron left over from that time." The snow spirit phantom ice who stretched out his neck showed a serious expression, "Although the specific information is still waiting for Redkar's feedback, according to what we know now, this kind of bomb is mainly used to compress the magic energy as the main kill, and things like iron pieces are just gifts......"

"The piece of iron that Violet found has been sent back to the Empire, right?" Ignoring the gazes of others, Duan Qing, who held up this piece of metal in the rain curtain, gradually became serious in his eyes, "At that time, I found that the piece of iron relied on her powerful magic ability, otherwise it would not have been found in such a situation, but this piece ......"

"What, do you want to show that you're lucky?" Asahi asked, squinting his eyes, "Or maybe your magical abilities are better than Violet's-"

Syllable.

The whistling sound of breaking the sky suddenly appeared under the heavy rain sky, and then with a loud crash to the ground, it passed through the broken hole exposed to the rain curtain, and then the screams and screams of the principality loomed in every corner, surrounding the place where the trajectory had fallen to the bottom of the fortress. The surprised gazes revealed by each other were put away together, and the figures belonging to Duan Qing then poked out of the high altitude of the fortress with their respective sights, and a soaked, extremely embarrassed player figure then also got up from the ground with a face full of dirt, and at the same time brought up his extremely clear cry "Wait, wait a minute!" I want to declare! ”

"I'm from the principality, I'm from the principality!"

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