Chapter 229: Aurelia's Discovery (Part II)

Decisive evidence, such as metal fragments and traces of large-scale engagements, Aurelia and others searched for a long time in the darkness of the night, but did not find them. In the end, Aurelia waved her hand with a little regret, and decided to return to the base camp of the noble army with her men.

She hadn't gone back for nothing though she had left - there were two nearby discoveries that could serve as evidence to solve the puzzle. One of them was the discovery of an abandoned camp in the nearby jungle - although the original owner had carefully collected all the belongings, Aurelia still determined in the blurred vision of the night that this must be a man-made camp, not a natural formation, because she found a lot of felled trees - must have been cut down to clear the camp at that time. In addition, the soil on the site is much harder and drier than the forest soil outside, which must be due to the fact that they brought sand from the nearby river to mix with the original soil for the comfort of living, so as to reduce the pest infestation to a certain extent.

Another somewhat unexpected discovery was at a fork in the road, which was actually not far from the first place of the suspected patrol accident that had been found earlier. On the ground over there, she also found some small marks, but more concerned than these, somewhere on the ground, the marks that were very obvious, as if they had been burned by something—it seemed that someone had taken some kind of toxic chemical and sprayed it repeatedly at that place, and finally caused that situation.

It's just that she didn't know that her troops were also equipped with biological weapons - there had been a proposal that similar weapons could be used in actual combat at some aristocratic military meetings, and she was on the side that was firmly opposed at the time. If her subordinates secretly did this kind of thing behind her back, then she would be a bit embarrassed. Therefore, she did not want to think about it.

So, what else could be the reason? Before and after death, the only possibility is that this is also one of the secret weapons of this regular army. As for how they got this stuff, then ......

Aurelia sighed, and her train of thought was broken at this point. Other than that, she couldn't find any clues about it. She put the materials she had just sorted out back on the table, trying to look at them again, but at that moment, a soft knock on the door caught her attention.

She knew very well that the group of soldiers under her command would not dare to disturb her at this time. The only person who would knock on the door of his room at such a time was that person. Therefore, she just said casually, "Come in, Volesqing." ”

"Excuse me...... Lord Aurelia. A flat man's voice was immediately accompanied by the sound of the door opening, "It's really rare...... Just to say hello. At such a time, you are actually working all night? ”

"Something interesting happened...... Anyway, as you said, being idle is also idle. Aurelia laughed, and then handed the report to the person who came, a tall, burly, skinned man, "Since you're here too, why don't you take a look?" ”

"A patrol with a mecha squad...... Weirdly gone? And there is no news coming back......" Brigadier General Vorres, who took the report from Aurelia and glanced at it casually, also frowned, "This is a bit weird. ”

"yes...... So this afternoon, I took a few people with me, but I didn't find anything valuable. Aurelia sighed again, "I'm worried about this, and you're here." ”

"I see...... In other words, when I came to you before, the reason why you weren't here is because of this. It dawned on Vores that something strange was there, "But, although things are a little weird...... It doesn't seem like it's worth it for you to go out yourself, right? ”

"yes...... It's just that my gut tells me that there must be some trick behind this. Aurelia informed Vores of the results of her own investigation, "What do you think?" Brigadier? Is this the skill of the regular army? Or something else? ”

"No...... This cannot be a regular army. Even the most elite 3rd and 4th Mecha Divisions could not suppress it so quickly and thoroughly. "The blast in the forest had such a wide impact that even the regular army's proud 'Eighteen' could not fire such a powerful heavy artillery." I think it's better to think about guiding magic than analyzing the weapons of the army. ”

"You're right...... I hadn't thought of that before. Aurelia was stunned—Wores's words were right. If it was a powerful channeling magic caster, it was indeed possible to do so. Moreover, as far as they knew, there happened to be a top master of guiding magic in the regular army - that was Prince Olibat, who was piloting the "Red Wing".

"But...... With his character, would he do it directly? Vores and Aurelia then fell silent in the ensuing question. It was true that Olibat was not imcapable of such a thing, but they felt that it was very discordant, and they did not believe that the prince would be so determined to kill him. After all, before that, he declared that his cooperation with the regular army was only to protect the nearby civilians from the interference of the war as much as possible, not to choose the position of the war itself. In fact, he did do this, coupled with his subtle royal status, the aristocratic faction led by the Duke of Kane gritted their teeth against it, but there was not much they could do. But if he really made such a direct move, does that mean that the delicate position he maintained as a prince is about to tilt?

"Is it for Vandel? Or ......," Brigadier General Vores smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid this matter is difficult to find out." ”

"Maybe when we win the war, we'll be able to get something out of his mouth." Aurelia said—and she was now beginning to believe that His Highness Olibater might be the one who did it. If Olibat led people to attack this unit, the soldiers saw that it was "Red Wing" and Olibat, a member of the royal family, so they naturally would not do it easily, and maybe they would relax their guard a little, so they were captured by Olibat. In addition, the "Red Wing" itself is a powerful airship, even if the mecha is in hand, the troops that have no way to call for help can only be quickly annihilated - although Liber's Hundred Years' War was still relatively young when it happened, the Imperial Military Academy never gave up mentioning that incident - "Juggernaut", how the Liberl Air Force led by Cassius Bright completed the victory of a comprehensive counterattack against the Imperial army without anti-aircraft fire.

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