With the safe return of Anduin and others, the incident has also subsided, the awakening of the mountain giants, promoted by the royal family and the Holy See as an auspicious omen of the good year, barely overpowering the unfavorable voices, as for the capture of Blackmore, that is a matter that the royal family will only consider, all the residents of the fortress turned to look forward to the upcoming princess wedding banquet, although it is only an engagement, but the process will be held publicly, Kalia's gentleness and friendliness, so that many residents rush to prepare all kinds of flowers to add color to the wedding banquet.

Shifting the camera to Anduin's side, Eliza noticed that Anduin knew a lot of secrets, and naturally had murderous intentions, and the two went through an unfriendly but absolutely fierce punch and kick, which finally made Eliza choose to compromise, and it was only then that Her Royal Highness put aside the "Holy Light Incarnation", a name deliberately forged by others, and faced Anduin's special ability.

The first time they cooperated, the two did not talk deeply, but agreed to act freely without affecting their respective interests, and the big slave owner who Anduin cared about very much was not worth mentioning in Eliza's confident tone, she assured Anduin that the secret would rot in Blackmore's stomach, and at the same time asked Anduin not to say things that should not be said.

In this regard, Anduin did not show a positive attitude, so that when Eliza was sent away by him, her face was always helpless gritted teeth, she did not know where Anduin's special ability came from, so she could only settle things with the snake and wait until she finished cooking Blackmore, and then make plans.

Anduin, who had already learned the secrets of the royal family through deep scanning, was not worried that Eliza would tear her face and knock on the door, because this secret was enough to subvert the Holy Empire and answer a question that had been bothering Anduin for a long time.

That is, why did the imperial royal family compete with the Holy Light Holy See for power?

He had thought that it was a few powerful cavalry armies in the hands of the royal family, but from the moment he fought, he realized that he was too wrong, and his heart was surging, so he simply did not go to sleep, and just sat by the fire and read until dawn.

With the engagement feast going ahead as scheduled, Anduin spent most of the next few days in the fortress, pretending to wander around aimlessly, exploring the fortress scenery while looking for suspicious places.

He hadn't forgotten the suspicious Shadow Priest and the conversation he had with the Inquisitor at the Stronghold Holy See.

Of course, it is impossible to find the missing Twilight Believer in the Silver Fortress mixed with oppression and celebration with his eyes, and it is impossible for Anduin to rely on the system to scan the whole process, first, the effect of the initial scan is not so omnipotent, and second, Anduin does not have so many energy crystals to provide a full depth scan.

Therefore, the main tool for identifying doubts is the dog nose of the mushroom dealer Max.

As a unique kobold apothecary, Max has a nose like no other in the world, as evidenced by his smell alone, the mushroom dealer and orc warrior who has already returned home to Anduin to stay in the Silver Fortress for the time being, to assist him in finding suspicious targets, and of course, the three of them have also negotiated the rest of the necessary matters, which is not clear here.

In short, Gouyle was on standby at a certain hiding place due to his size, while Max followed Anduin and used the remnants of his breath to find the Twilight cultists' hiding place.

As for the source of the breath, it was the sewer near the hotel where Anduin once stayed, and at the first time he persuaded Max, Anduin took him to the vicinity of the inn, and successfully found some deeply hidden clues, since then, Anduin and Max, one in the light and the other in the dark, looking for a target in the Silver Fortress, finally found a very suspicious existence after some hard work.

"It's been too long, and the smell of the sewer is too complicated, I can only find one with a distinct smell, and the next thing is up to you, I have to start mixing potions." Max stood in the sewers and spoke to Anduin, who was standing in front of a store.

"Thank you, Your Excellency Max, if you need any materials, just tell me, I'm here anyway, just buy a batch, but it's ......"

"Oh! It smells bad, it smells of money, but who doesn't like it? I smell that there are a few scarce ingredients in this store, you buy them for me, and I will give you the right to sell the potion completely, just like I gave it to the guy Gutmock. ”

"It's a deal!" Anduin smiled slightly, and talked about the business with the smart man, it was so refreshing, after noting down a few materials that Max pointed out, he walked into the department store in front of him, it is worth mentioning that on the day of the assassination, Anduin had been here and ordered a batch of goods, and now it happened to be the delivery date.

The boss of the trading house was an extremely rich-looking figure, busy with a round belly, his forehead was full of sweat, and he stopped to wipe it from time to time, and when he saw Anduin entering the door, he hurriedly threw away his handkerchief, walked forward quickly, and said with a smile on his face: "Count Anduin, you are here!" ”

"How's the shipment I ordered?"

Anduin casually glanced around, while showing his own manifest, which reads "five hundred living crystals", which is the goods ordered by Anduin, living crystals because of their particularity, no matter in which realm, are extremely sought-after things, Anduin decided to buy a large number of living crystals because of the advantages of the elf emperor capital and the well of the sun, but the current market is priceless, a vitality crystal was speculated to forty times the high price of energy crystals, but it is still in short supply.

The boss of the trading house saw that Anduin had a noble status and a generous move, so he gritted his teeth and agreed, raising five hundred living crystals for him in a short period of time, at the cost of raising the price to fifty times that of energy crystals, but seeing the embarrassed face of the boss of the trading house, Anduin knew that something had changed in a certain link.

Sure enough, the owner of the trading house wiped away his sweat and said with a wry smile: "I can't hide it, Count Anduin, the batch of goods you wanted, in fact, arrived yesterday, but the good thing is that I was robbed at night, and a large number of goods, including living crystals, were all gone. ”

The boss of the firm sighed, anxious, and Anduin raised his eyebrows: "Such a coincidence? ”

"What a coincidence!" The boss of the business house saw that it was approaching noon, and it was time to come, but the customers were almost here, so he simply gritted his teeth and invited Anduin to visit the backstage, "Whether it's true or not, you can go in and take a look at it." ”

Anduin was thinking about what excuse to make a deep observation, and when he heard that the owner of the trading house had taken the initiative, he gladly went, but after walking a few steps, he saw an underground entrance, a solid gate made entirely of steel, which had been broken by some corrosive substance.

Seeing Anduin stop, the owner of the firm sighed: "I don't know which god killed it, I broke in in the middle of the night, directly knocked out the guards who were keeping vigil, and then opened the door of the library with something I don't know, and the magistrate and the inquisition came to see it, but I couldn't give an explanation at all, the doors and windows around me are fine, but the things are gone, you don't know, just this time, how much money I have to lose." ”

Looking at him standing against the wall with a dejected face, Anduin frowned without a trace, after a preliminary scan of the system, the reaction of the boss of the trading house did not seem to be a fake, and he could stun the guards and steal the goods without knowing it, obviously the person who came had some strength, in order to avoid suspicion, he did not enter the secret vault to check carefully, but suddenly asked: "In addition to the living crystal, what other valuable goods have been lost?" ”

"This is not true, just look at the unit price, the price of the living crystal is the highest, and the price of the other goods lost is not high, but the total amount is a lot, and the loss is comparable to the living crystal......

Seeing that the owner of the trading house was still complaining, Anduin hurriedly interrupted: "Could it be that the thief didn't steal all the valuables?" ”

"Nope!"

The owner of the trading house was also confused: "This is the strangest place, obviously there are a lot of treasures that are not taken, but they steal some things that are not very valuable." ”

"I would venture to ask, can I know the specific list of lost goods? I can try to ask the Prince of Alsace for help, after all, this matter is about the goods I ordered. ”

As soon as the boss of the firm heard this, he immediately nodded his head with joy, and went directly to the counter to hand over the list of goods to Anduin, his eyes swept and his expression was slightly condensed, because most of the goods lost belonged to relatively rare things, and the use was very out-of-the-way.

The thief neglected the valuable goods and instead took these things, obviously, for a special purpose.

At this moment, the system that Anduin assigned to the deep scan responded.

[The substance that corrodes the iron gate is not derived from nature, and it cannot be prepared by simple methods, it is more like the secretion of some powerful creature, such as the ancient gods. 】

"That means it's absolutely inseparable from the Twilight believers?"

[Probably, these are all goods, most of them are the dried corpses and internal organs of some kind of animal, as well as poisonous mushrooms and plants, I think the Twilight believers or some Weimo cult should be preparing to create an evil formation, but the question is, isn't this an obvious way to tell others that they are going to make a big move?] 】

"Well, what you said makes sense, these goods, the other party can collect them through secret channels, but the use of such violent acts, either has its ulterior motives, or because of some changes, it has to be done, but in any case, we must be careful, even if the other party is to startle the snake, it may bring a lot of casualties, not to mention anything else, just use these things, in a populated slum, to create an evil development in advance, and then carry out a secret assembly, It is estimated that the influence is even more terrifying than that of the mountain giants. ”

With a decision in mind, Anduin procured several materials from the owner of the comptoir, and later met the mushroom dealer and legendary orc Goyle in a fairly neat sewer.

"Here's what you want."

"Let me see, well, it's in good condition, and it doesn't smell weird." Max looked satisfied, and turned to Anduin, "Look at you, the harvest shouldn't be ideal. ”

Anduin gave a rough idea of the theft of the trading house and his speculation, and the mushroom dealer nodded in affirmation: "In the sewers near the inn, I only smelled a little corrosive acid, it seems that the other party is very proficient in concealment, and almost all traces have been erased, otherwise, it would not have taken me so long to find the smell of corrosive acid in that store again." ”

Then, the mushroom dealer took the list of thefts transcribed by Anduin, looked at it carefully by the candle above his head, and suddenly wondered: "Something is wrong!" ”

"What's wrong?"

"This is not something used to arrange the sacrificial circle, first get rid of those things that are obviously blindfolding, and some of the remaining internal organs, corpses, and poisons cannot all be used to arrange the formation, I have read some classics about the Twilight Holy See from Gutmok, and none of them will use these things, let me think about it, what is the problem......"

Anduin and Gouyle, clearly saw that there was a flash of light in Max's eyes, and immediately sketched on it with their black nails, and after a long time, they slapped their thighs violently, and laughed strangely: "It turns out that the problem is here!" We all forgot one thing, and that is why the Living Crystals were also gone, because their real goal was Living Crystals! This also explains that the other party is not trying to make a fool of himself at all, but is afraid that you will take away the living crystal! ”

"What the hell is going on?"

Gouyl wondered why the Living Crystal had become a target for the Twilight cultists, but Anduin thought about it and thought of the crux of the matter.

"The other party is very smart, and has set up two layers of blindfolding, one layer is what I said before, and the other layer is those messy ghost things, so that you and the people of the fortress mistakenly think that this is an evil formation that intends to set up sacrifices, in fact, this is not the case at all, the few items left behind after stripping off the cocoon, without exception, have a common characteristic, that is, all of them come from the New World, and they are all grown near the living crystal!"

Max, the mushroom dealer, stroked his mustache of different lengths, and said proudly: "If I hadn't stolen it by chance, your human exploration log in the New World would have almost been shot in the eye!" ”

Anduin raised his eyebrows: "How did you see such a secret thing as the expedition log?" ”

"Hehe, that guy Gutmock, robbed a few merchant ships in the New World, isn't the expedition log coming?" Max laughed a few times, looking very yearning, "If I have a chance, I must go to the New World to have a good look, there are many fungal plants there that I have never seen!" Ahem, to get back to business, the few New World materials on the list, according to my speculation, should be used to catalyze living crystals, but as far as I know, there is no need for this kind of thing, and the specific use, I can't think of it for a while. ”

Anduin's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help asking, "So can you smell the whereabouts of this batch of goods?" ”

"It's hard, it's hard!"

The mushroom dealer shook his head heavily: "The other party is a real master, if it weren't for the corrosive acid to break open the warehouse door, I wouldn't have found any trace of him at all, Anduin, the next thing can only be on your own, I must rush to make a batch of enhancement potions as soon as possible, otherwise the battle of the legendary level will break out, and I won't be able to provide much help at all." ”

"Wait, speaking ......of potions," Anduin asked, raising a frown, thoughtfully, "can you make a potion that inhibits activity?" ”