In recent days, the atmosphere in the barracks has been a bit strange.

The lord of the castle, who had been patrolling outside, suddenly rushed back to the barracks for some reason, and after rushing back to the barracks, he did a very large job of transferring soldiers, as if he wanted to transfer a large number of soldiers out.

The soldiers didn't know why the castle lord had made such a move, so someone had the courage to ask the castle lord this question, but the castle lord, who had always been kind and gentle, showed obvious displeasure after hearing the other party's question.

In the barracks, there was already a role like a staff member who had never given people a good look, and now, the lord of the city, who was grinning and grinning on weekdays, began to have a gloomy face.

The actions of the two adults suddenly made the soldiers feel that they had lost their backbone.

Coupled with the fact that the disappearance of soldiers is still happening, the atmosphere in the barracks can really be said to be dignified to the extreme.

When they slept at night, the soldiers did not even dare to close the eyes of the people in their tents at the same time, for fear that they would unknowingly become one of the missing soldiers.

The soldiers in each camp made spontaneous arrangements for duty, and the soldiers took turns to get up and be on duty during the night.

You know, this is already in a heavily guarded barracks - two or three teams of men and horses patrol the tent every night, and if something is wrong, they will immediately warn them, and soldiers will be placed on duty on the watchtower built near the fence.

In the barracks, which were already heavily guarded in their own right, the soldiers were forced to make the decision to organize their own shifts in the tents - one can imagine how dire the situation had become.

However, it is under the premise that the barracks are already so fully guarded, and it can even be said that the grass and trees are all soldiers......

Missing soldiers are still a daily occurrence.

After each morning's assembly, everyone will find that one or two tents are missing.

It is not clear what happened to the brothers after their disappearance, but it is clear to each of the soldiers......

Most likely, nothing good will happen.

The soldiers are afraid that they will be the next to go missing, so they live in extreme fear every day.

The most puzzling thing is that the two adults did not react to this matter: the staff is just the staff, after all, after the city lord returned to the camp, he naturally retired from the position of temporary commander.

However, it has been three days since the lord returned to the camp, but he has not given any instructions on this matter, and he has been mobilizing his army for three days, and he does not know what he wants to do.

Because this matter is really a bit incomprehensible - the situation in the barracks has reached this point, and the lord of the castle has no intention of making a corresponding move.

Therefore, although the castle lord was obviously in a bad mood, there were still people who bluntly questioned him.

The castle lord didn't show a look of displeasure on his face when he heard the question, but his thick black eyebrows were almost twisted together at that moment, as if he was thinking about some difficult question.

The city lord was silent for a long time in front of the soldiers, and then faintly looked not far away with complicated eyes.

The soldier followed the lord's gaze and found out where the lord's eyes were looking......

It's the tent of the staff.

The city lord's inexplicable performance suddenly aroused the soldiers' associations, and he thought he was clever at this time, and at this time, he suddenly remembered the rumors in the army some time ago.

Thinking of this, the soldier felt as if he had discovered a shocking secret, and his face couldn't help but change greatly.

He lowered his voice and whispered to the city lord in front of him, "City lord, what do you mean...... The staff ...... him."

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the city lord's eyes widened, glared at him angrily, and shouted: "You bastard! What do you think about all day long!? The staff has been working all day, and all his thoughts are on the construction of Belial! How can it be that you bastard don't think about reciprocating, but instead suspect the staff! ”

The soldier was frightened by the city lord's sudden reprimand, and quickly nodded his head to admit his mistake, saying that he should not be thinking nonsense all day long.

But just as he was admitting his mistake in a low voice, the voice of the city lord suddenly came into his ears again:

"Although I don't want to think so...... But in the end...... It's still very suspicious. “

The castle lord's voice was very small, as if he was only muttering to himself and unwilling to be heard, so the words spoken by the castle lord only reached the ears of the soldiers intermittently.

But the soldiers heard it anyway.

……

I don't know when the remarks that "the staff are actually behind the disappearance of the soldiers" once again spread in the barracks.

And unlike the previous rumors that were purely conjecture and had no evidence, this time when the news circulated in the mouths of the soldiers, almost every soldier could say one, two, three out of the words.

"Have you heard? The disappearance of the brothers seems to have something to do with the staff. ”

"Where did you hear that!? Don't talk nonsense if you don't have evidence, if you hear this kind of thing, you will be killed! ”

"Hehe, who said I had no proof...... Now even the lord of the castle is suspicious of the staff. ”

“…… Really fake!? ”

"Of course it's true, a brother heard from the lord of the castle himself that he was actually suspicious of the staff...... And do you know why the lord of the castle has been pulling troops in large numbers recently? ”

"Why?"

"Because the lord of the castle has also discovered that the disappearance incident only happened in the barracks under the jurisdiction of the staff, so I want to pull more brothers out of the jurisdiction of the staff to see the situation, isn't this a blatant expression of distrust of the staff?"

“……”

"Do you want to...... If you want to do such a thing inside the barracks unknowingly, who else can there be besides the staff and the castle lord? ”

……

On the seventy-first day after the start of the Miracle Game, several lightning bolts and thunder sounded over the city of Belial.

Contrary to what many people expected, after this loud noise, the dark clouds that had been gathering for a long time did not pour bean-sized raindrops, but only slowly sprinkled fine raindrops.

The dense raindrops gathered like silk threads before they fell, and the slender silk threads continued to fall to the ground one after another, dripping and continuous.

This drizzling rain fell for three days at once.

The summer heat is washed away by this sudden light rain, and if it weren't for the constant transparent raindrops falling from the sky, which greatly affects people's travel, it is really annoying, but in fact, the cool climate during this time is easy to feel refreshed.

Just this day...... It's a bit too dark.

Gray-black clouds obscured the entire sky, making it extremely difficult to see the slightest rays of sunlight even at noon.

In some darkness, the stout lord of the castle walked into the tent of his staff alone.

It was the first time he had come to see his staff since returning to the camp.

The staff who had been reviewing the official documents heard the sound of water dripping at this time, and when he realized that someone had entered the tent, he raised his head and looked at the comer.

When he found out that the person who came turned out to be the city lord, he quickly got up and walked to the city lord and planned to bow and salute.

But halfway through the ceremony, the staff straightened up again, frowned at the man in front of him, and said with some displeasure: "You didn't have an umbrella again?" ”

The city lord's whole body was soaked, and the army uniform that was already extremely tight on his body was completely fit into his body at this moment, and the shape of his muscles could be clearly seen. It was as if he had been soaked from head to toe before, and now he had just walked out.

The city lord wiped his short wet hair with his hand, and countless droplets of water flew out scattered.

"A big man, what kind of umbrella." He said nonchalantly.

However, after hearing this, the staff's gloomy face turned iron-blue.

He watched the city lord open his mouth seriously, and there was a kind of chatter momentum as soon as he opened his mouth: "Let's not say that the rain is not good for your health, just take you as the city lord, your image after the rain is not conducive to you in front of the residents of the city......"

"Okay, okay, I know, I'll pay attention next time." The city lord was obviously terrified of this formation, and before the other party could start the conversation, he raised his hands in surrender.

Seeing that the other party was still frowning and seemed to be unsatisfied, the city lord suddenly smiled: "I haven't seen you for so long, you are still the same." ”

The staff's brow was still tightly locked.

"Don't keep a straight face all day long, I finally came to see you after I was busy today, and you have this attitude towards me?" The city lord scratched his head, as if he was a little helpless about the other party's attitude.

The staff's face softened a little, and he turned to vacate a chair for his things, and placed the piled paper on the table.

The already mountain-like pile of paper on the table has ushered in a new group of partners.

"Sit." The staff pointed to the vacated chair towards the city lord, and then turned back to organize the copywriting on the table, trying to put the extra copywriting into a suitable category.

It felt as if these documents were more important than the castle lord in front of me.

The city lord seemed to have long been accustomed to the other party's behavior, so he just shrugged his shoulders and stepped forward to sit on the vacated chair.

After sitting for a while, he seemed to remember something very important: "Hey? ”

"How?"

"No tea?"

“…… It's up to you. When the staff heard this, they turned around and glared at the city lord fiercely, looking very unhappy.

But then he found the tea leaves and teacups, and made a cup of tea for the city lord.

The water was the hot water that the staff had prepared in the morning, so when the water from the kettle was slowly poured into the teacup, you could still see the heat gradually rising, but the hot water was only a little warm.

The tea leaves with very poor appearance are constantly tumbling and floating in the teacup, and then some sink to the bottom of the cup, and some float on the surface of the water, and the whole cup of water is gradually dyed green.

The castle lord picked up the teacup, which was only warm, but still very warm.

The chill from outside the tent was dispelled without a trace at this moment.

The staff is not a tea drinker, so his tea is naturally an extremely ordinary tea, and the method of making tea is naturally an ordinary method.

But the lord of the castle thought that this cup of tea should be delicious for no reason.

The city lord looked at the tea, then at the staff, and suddenly frowned, with a look of bitter thought.

He thought for a long time before finally opening his mouth to the other party: "This time has been ...... Thank you for your hard work. ”

"Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?" The staff was a little surprised, and the gloom on their faces dissipated a little, revealing a face that could have been considered handsome.

"I just suddenly felt ...... All the pressure has been on you alone for all this time. The city lord's eyes were a little complicated.

"Aren't you working hard too?" The staff member said calmly, "I promised to always assist you, and that's just what I have to do. ”

"Besides...... They're back. At this point, the staff frowned again.

The city lord was visibly silent for a long time when he heard this.

"Yes," he said slowly after a long pause, "they ...... It's back. ”

When he said this, the city lord's eyes seemed to be a little confused, and the staff did not look back, so he did not see this scene.

In the confusion, the city lord subconsciously held the tea to his mouth, wanting to drink this delicious cup of tea to his mouth.

But in the end, this action could not be carried out, as if he had made up his mind, the castle lord put down the teacup.

The confusion only disappeared for a moment, and his eyes became firm again: "Recently, there have been rumors in the barracks that you are the one behind the disappearance of the soldiers. “

"That's what you say." The staff's actions in sorting out the documents were obviously stagnant, but they quickly returned to normal, "Just let them go, this rumor has been around for a long time, and I can't prove my innocence, and it doesn't work to say anything......

The staff paused for a moment, then turned to look at the city lord: "As long as you believe me." ”

"Of course I believe in you." The city lord's answer was exactly as his staff had predicted.

The staff nodded, and went back to their work.

But he didn't notice that the city lord's words were not over: "But ah...... I can't help but think of the last lord of Belial. ”

The staff's right hand shook, and the stack of documents that had been sorted out was suddenly scattered to the ground.

The dull sound of raindrops hitting the tent was unusually clear.

"Lord of the Castle...... What do you mean? The staff's voice trembled, and for the first time the official title appeared in his words.

"I just don't want Belia to do it again."

The cup of tea still exuded white gas, but the white gas inevitably faded a little.