078 An unexpected discovery
Leaving Alvin's tent, Green was still indignant. The inside of Tarim City, after last night's battle, looked a little dirty, especially around the camp where the assassins caused the explosion, all of which were cracked wood and debris, and the air was filled with the sour and rancid smell of the outbreak of dark magic.
Although the Alvin battalion general was unwilling to cooperate, he did not stop the two from continuing the investigation. Mage Set, who was in the center of the blasted ruins, scrutinized the remaining debris.
"How's it going?" Grimm, beside him, stepped on the broken wood under his feet a few times.
"Well, as expected, it's the same kind of magic array as the situation on the other side of the Western Bridge, it should be the same magic array. Moreover, this magic array seems to be able to adjust the size of the power according to the amount of spar used. The power of the Western Bridge is obviously much greater. Saitie didn't look up, still crouching on the ground checking something.
"What other clues are missing?" Greene was a little out of breath these days.
"For the time being, there are no valuable clues. ”
The ruins of last night's explosion were surrounded by a long circle of ropes pulled by the Desik soldiers, and some soldiers who were not on duty gathered around and discussed something fiercely. In the camp next to it, there were still dozens of corpses lying there, and the fool could see that something big had happened here.
Fortunately, there were no civilians in Tarim City, they were all soldiers, and several battalion captains came close and shouted a few words, and the soldiers dispersed in a hurry.
"Green, Green," Setty suddenly shouted.
"What's wrong, there's a discovery?" Green immediately walked over to Setie's side and crouched down.
"Well, look at this!" said Setty, holding out two fingers and pinching a small black fragment, about the size of a thumb cap, and half of it was scorched, and the intact part had a little pointy handwriting, but it was impossible to tell if it was writing.
"Like, parchment?" asked Green, confused. "It's possible, but it's hard to be sure. ”
Satie pinched the black shard in her hand, placed it on a stone slab on the road next to her, and then made a gesture, "Show me!", and a clear light came out of Satie's hand, flew above the shard, spun it twice, and then pounced on the shard.
"It's tracer magic, it can trace the previous situation of the object. Setie explained to Green.
The fragment of the magic began to undergo some changes, and a faint outline of light appeared, a square object.
"It's a piece of parchment, can you read what's written?" said Green.
"Shhhhhhh Tracer magic is not a panacea, it must rely on the existing form of the object, through the edges, to find out the previous form. Therefore, all the burned handwriting cannot be reappeared.
Fortunately, there is still that pointy handwriting. A golden symbol, on the edge of the pointed handwriting, gradually emerged, it was not a text, and Green and Setie were speechless in shock.
It was the symbol of a golden Steppenwolf.
Green and Setie glanced at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes, this matter is really getting weirder and weirder.
Parchment is a popular writing tool on the mainland, and at the top of the parchment, a family coat of arms is written, which means that this document has formal legal effect, and those who can use the golden Steppenwolf coat of arms can only have the royal family of Desik on this continent.
"Assassin, has something to do with the Desik royal family?" Green said tentatively, but Sei didn't dare to answer, and Green continued, "It can't be..."
Setie's clear eyes were also a little confused, and he had been doing it for a long time, could this matter be an internal struggle among Desik? But why choose Manning?
Green patted his head, "What a headache! Why did you run to our Manning to make trouble in order to fight for the throne?" ”
Alvin's battalion will stay in the camp tent to deal with affairs after they left, last night the Desik border guards lost about two teams of people, and at the same time, the important node of the border West Bridge was also damaged, Alvin pinched his eyebrows with a headache, and a quill pen was turned around in his hand, and he didn't write a word.
When the Western general left, he only explained that he wanted to entertain two guests, and he wanted to place them in the barracks, and no one dared to say anything without his own orders, but he didn't expect that the hunter of the Adventurers' Guild was really like a dog, and he chased after him when he smelled it.
Now that things are getting bigger, I don't know if the Western generals can stand it, if the Western generals can't stand it, then the black cauldron of the scapegoat will be smashed on their heads, which is very uncomfortable.
Sadly, he tugged at his black hair, and Camp Alvin couldn't write at all, and just then, Green and Setie returned. Camp Alvin will not be angry, as if the unpleasantness of the previous period had not happened.
"How's it going, have you found anything?"
Green shook his head, "It's been blown up so thoroughly that there's basically no clue left." ”
"Mage Setty, can't you do it?
"Camp Alvin, magic is not magic, it is not omnipotent. Saitie said.
Alvin picked up the parchment in front of him, which had not written a word, and shook it, "You see, such a big thing happened, and the general is not here, I don't even know how to report to my superiors, it's been early in the morning, and I can't write a word." So, both of you, don't blame me for not being able to help, I'm not able to protect myself. ”
Green stared at Alvin tightly, his brown pupils were clear, and he couldn't see anything, so Green could only choose to believe him. "Let's go, Setie. Then he turned and left.
The Hunters suffered heavy losses last night, and more than two dozen bodies had been collected by Desik soldiers, including those scattered around the Grand Canyon. In the barracks, there were no particularly good coffins, so they had to be wrapped in animal skins, tied with hemp rope, and stacked on several wagons.
Green walked over to the corpses, reached out and stroked the black remains containing them, and fell silent. After a long moment, Green began to mutter, then reached out and tapped on his forehead, and then tapped on each corpse, "Let's go, brothers!"
Setie silently watched Green's actions from the sidelines, he should be bidding farewell to his partner in a way unique to the Business Alliance.
"The hunters of the Adventurers' Guild, although they are all dangerous missions, have lost so many people at one time, which is also the most painful in recent years. Bunier is only twenty-five years old, has just started a family, has a lovely baby, and now—" Greene suddenly couldn't say any more.
Setie stepped forward, took Green's head in his arms, and comforted him, "People cannot be resurrected from the dead, and our task is not to let their sacrifice go to waste." ”
After paying tribute to his brothers, Green grabbed a few carriages and came to the outside of Tarim City. The commotion that had occurred last night frightened the merchants outside the city, and at this time no one had any intention of making a deal, and the camp outside the city was exceptionally quiet.
"Is there a Manning merchant!" Green shouted as he approached, and several Manning-born merchants raised their hands, "My lord, my lord!"
"I need a few guys to help me return the remains of these brothers to the Manning Adventurers' Guild, who will, this bag of gold coins is his. Green held up a small cloth bag in his hand.
A leading merchant stepped forward and bowed, "Lord Green, you're joking, leave this matter to me!"
Green was stunned for a moment, "You know me?"
The merchant smiled, "I am Todd, the president of the Manning City Fur Chamber of Commerce, who provides furs to the Adventurer's Guild all year round, and I have been invited to participate in the drinking party organized by the Adventurer's Guild before, and I have seen Elder Green from afar!"
"Oh, since you know me, I'll leave this matter to you, but don't be too public, and be careful not to cause panic in Manning City. Green commanded.
"Okay, no problem, don't worry, sir. President Todd nodded yes.
With that done, Green climbed back into his mount, and Setie was already waiting for him on the side of the road outside the city.
"Are you, the same idea as me?" asked Green, tilting his head as he looked at Setie.
"Of course!" said Sytie, "There's a letter from Archmagister Merlin, who can't help much with the current situation, but he allows me to decide whether or not to continue the investigation, and he won't call me back to San Jose until he finds the stolen hedrons." So, I'm definitely going to keep checking with you. ”
"Since we want to continue, then we can only go to the legendary Northern Hero City 'White Rock City'! However, the clue is only this scrap of paper, how can we continue?"
The two of them and two horses, chatting while heading north, from the west to Baiyan City, about ten days to walk, the north at this time, has begun to become cold, the harsh wind, rolling up the dust on the earth, whirling in the air, flying everywhere. The mood of the two is also quite complicated.
This incident became more and more weird, and both of them seemed to feel that they were being swept into a huge whirlpool, trembling with every step, and maybe the next moment, they would fall into the abyss.
In the West, by the Grand Canyon, the Westside Bridge was completely in ruins, and Kane, trembling, climbed up to the remaining bridge stake of the Westside Bridge, and looked down with his probe.
"Commander, you really want to go down, this is hundreds of degrees high, and you want to die!"
Kane's Border Commander yelled at Kane angrily, "I don't care, your squad is dead, and you haven't caught the Assassins." Now it said above, even if it is a piece of a corpse, it must be picked up. I'll tell you, Kane, if you go down, you'll continue to be your squad leader, and I'll make up ten of you, and if you don't go down, I'll add you to the list of martyrs. ”
"Commander, I'm not dead, how did I get added to the list of martyrs?" Kane cried.
The regiment commander pulled out his spear from the soldier beside him, "You say, how can I add it!"
Under the red sun, the sharp spearhead of the spear glistened coldly, and Kane felt like he was going to pee his pants. But there was no way, so I had to bow my head, tighten the rope around my waist, and squeeze my eyes at the soldier next to me, "This brother, you have to help me tie the rope at that end." ”
Before the words fell, there was a "whoosh", a spear, quickly brushed Kane's ear, and pierced into the stone pillar next to him, Kane shouted "I'm going down, I'm going down, and I'm scrambling down to the depths of the Grand Canyon!"
"You guys, keep up too!" the regimental commander turned back and gave the order to the other group of soldiers.