The Battle of Mossat was over, and Kist returned to the Allied garrison on the banks of the Red River with his troops, where Commander Christet had already led the Mozart home army out, leaving only an empty camp on the riverbank, just for the Thirteenth Regiment.

Koster, who had been exhausted during this time, lay comfortably in the camp tent that Feida had arranged for him, writing and drawing, as if he was summarizing the battle.

Jon, Rober, and Ricken have joined forces today to visit the wounded soldiers, and since Mossart's rebellion, the 13th Regiment has suffered more than 700 casualties, thanks to the hellish training of the Khster, the casualties of the 13th Regiment are not particularly large.

General Calvin was a good old man, and when he saw that Kost was injured, he specially asked the adjutant to come and tell Koster to rest well, and that he didn't have to run around, so he took the officers of the New Sixth Army to Mozart City to receive the commendation of Grand Duke Mossart.

Chester speculated maliciously that this time the Grand Duke of Mosat was estimated to be bleeding profusely, and the Karman and Tra reinforcements were both guest troops of the Shang Alliance, and what he could reward was nothing more than gold coins, and there was only one Grand Duke of Mozart City left, and it was estimated that the treasury would be emptied.

As for a local officer like Commander Christit, a general's position will definitely not be able to escape, which is really a blessing and a curse.

However, Chester was not idle. Shortly after the end of the Battle of Mosat, the Merchant Alliance and the Adventurers' Guild sent a team of dozens of people to investigate many aspects.

First of all, the headquarters of the Business League sent officers to investigate the fighting situation of the New Ninth Army. As part of the new army of the Shang League, the new Ninth Army is an extremely important part of the military force in the southern region of the Shang League, but I did not expect to be involved in the civil war of Mozart again, the new army of the Shang League, which was pinned on high hopes, was actually beaten by a group of miners and could not find the north, more than 10,000 people finally left only a few thousand remnants of the army retreated to Mosat City, and most of the losses in the siege war were due to casualties, disease, and hunger.

This makes the Shang League** quite annoyed, if the other new armies of the Shang League are like the New Ninth Army, then the gold coins spent by the Shang League on the army are not spent in vain.

The second part is the condolence group of the Business Alliance. On the mainland, especially the high-ranking nobles of the Shang Alliance, most of them are related to each other. This time the Mozart rebellion, many nobles were involved in the relatives, so as soon as the war was over, these people came to the city of Mozart under the banner of condolences.

The third group of people are businessmen with a keen sense of smell and hands and eyes. The nine-nation business alliance is based on commerce, and the most important thing for all countries is powerful businessmen. The Mozart rebellion is over, and everything is in ruins, and those merchants have already smelled the smell of gold coins. Whether it's someone who sells goods or has a lot of money in hand looking to invest, Mozart has a place for them. Even if it is Grand Duke Mosat, who has been emptied of the treasury, doesn't he need to borrow?

If the first three parts are normal, then the fourth type of people is a little special, they are not from the headquarters of the Business Alliance, but from the Adventurer Guild.

At the end of the Mosatt War, there was a trace of a dark magician, who used dark magic openly, and tens of thousands of people on the battlefield witnessed the horror of magic, which was absolutely not allowed by the adventurer's guild. Therefore, a huge investigation team led by three elders and more than a dozen hunters came to the border of the Duchy of Mozart as soon as possible.

Of course, Turce was dead, and his body was handed over to the elders of the Adventurers' Guild in a wooden coffin, the Adventurers' Guild, and there was a way to get some more information from the corpse. More than a dozen hunters, scattered to the territory of the Duchy of Mosat, starting from the city of Tara, followed the traces of Tours' activities: how did he join the dark organization, where did he learn dark magic, what was his purpose? These are all clues that the adventurer's guild will not let go, hoping to chase Tours to dig out more lurkers of the dark rise.

Of course, Rika, they didn't let it go either.

Early that morning, shortly after Koster got up, he saw Feida leading two strangers dressed in the robes of the Adventurer's Guild into the barracks. Koster frowned, feeling a little bad in his heart, and Feida was secretly squeezing his eyes at Koster.

"Lord Koster, really? We've met, I'm the elder of the Adventurers' Guild, Hodgson, and this is my assistant, the Hunter Warrior Stone. We've heard that there's a Dark Rising sleeper in your camp, right? We want to take her for interrogation?"

Kerst gave them a cold look, "Elder Hodgson, isn't it, why don't I have an impression of you?"

Hodgson smiled, "Lord Koster, I didn't expect to be young, but my memory is not very good. You forgot, at the scene of the Manning Business Alliance, you killed an assassin of the Dark Rise at that time, and I was one of the members of the Adventurer's Guild who was investigating at the scene at that time, so I don't want to impress you, and it's impossible. ”

Kester frowned again, this Hodgson, in his words, the ** smell seemed to be very strong, I don't know where I offended him, "I'm sorry, there were too many people on the scene that day, I didn't know any of them, so I'm sorry I don't remember you, Elder." ”

"It's okay, don't you know each other now? I'll say it again, we're here to interrogate that captive of yours, what's it called, look at my memory!"

"Rika, Commander of Mosat. Hunter Stone on the side reminded in a low voice.

"Yes, yes, it's Rika, that's the name, our investigation shows that she works for the dark mage, and I heard that she also assassinated Lord Kester, this kind of person, don't worry, we will take her back for a good interrogation. Hodgson said with a smile.

Behind them, Feida shook her head imperceptibly, and Kerst understood, she was saying that these two people still didn't know about Rika's situation, and Nicker immediately made up his mind in his heart: "Elder Hodgson, Stone Hunter, I'm afraid you're a step too late." Kerst said in a mournful tone.

"What do you mean?"

Elder Hodgson and Stone Hunter looked at the large pit in front of them, a little shocked. Elder Hodgson stammered and asked Kerster, "You mean, the one named Rika is in this pile of corpses?"

In front of their eyes, there was a huge pit, in which about a thousand corpses were buried, most of them unclothed, and a large number of severed limbs, which looked extremely disgusting. Kerst told them that he hated Rika for assassinating him, so after the interrogation, he ordered his guards to trample Rika in a sack and trample her to death, and the body was dumped in this burial pit, where the bodies of many miners, rebels, and war criminals who had been tried for the most heinous crimes.

Hodgson and Stone looked at each other, and they had to believe what Kster said, after all, they had heard that Lord Kester had almost died at the hands of this Rika, and his actions made sense. It's just a pity that a clue was broken like this.

The two men from the Adventurer's Guild quickly left, and Köster didn't go far. Before leaving, they gave Kerst a detailed account of the results of the adventurer's guild's investigation in various places.

The Rise of Darkness is indeed a known organization, they are so large that they spread all over the countries of the mainland, and the military and political dignitaries of many countries have been infiltrated by the dark organization, their purpose is still unclear, only that this organization is keen to create chaos in the countries of the mainland. The Mozart Rebellion is now also confirmed to be controlled by the Dark Rising Personnel, known as Tours. The investigation has not progressed much, although some peripheral personnel of the Dark Rise have been found in various places, but most of them have been tricked into doing things for this organization.

Originally, the Adventurers' Guild hoped to make a breakthrough from Turce, a seemingly capable member, but he didn't expect to die in the chaos. Of course, as the commander of the new army of the Shang Alliance, they could not criticize him for the choices he made in battle.

When Kerst recounted the incident to Feda, Fayda was also shocked. Unexpectedly, the "Manning Incident", which I thought was just a single assassination incident, was just a small link in the fine web woven by the Dark Rising organization. "Hope Green is okay?" said the kind-hearted Feida, who also thought of their friend Green.

"Master Koster!" suddenly a female voice came from outside the door, it was Rika, she had changed into a Carman military uniform, and was opening the door of Koster's tent.

"Come in, Rika. Caster didn't get up, but commanded.

Rika walked into the house, came to Koster, and fell to one knee suddenly, "Master Koster, I ......" Rika's voice was a little choked, and she couldn't continue. Felda was on the side, trying to help Rika up, but Kerst shook her head slightly, and Feyda had to stop what she had already taken.

"Rika," said Kerst solemnly, "you don't have to thank me, it was the kind thoughts of your own heart that saved you. Although you assassinated me, but you did not aim at me, I said, I want to confess your love. ”

"But," Kerster said, "because of you, I lost control of the final battle, and many soldiers were wounded and killed as a result, and Lika, you can't escape this responsibility." Koster took his own saber on the table, "Heartbroken", drew out the silver glittering Thorsilver sword, and stretched it out to put it on Rika's shoulder, "Rika, you would like to be my squire knight." (Note 1)

Hearing Caster's words, Rica was obviously stunned, looked up at Chester in disbelief, and muttered in disbelief, "I ......"

Feda was on the sidelines, looking at Rika with encouraging eyes, and finally, after a long time, Rika finally said the words, "I do, my lord." ”

As soon as Rika got up from the ground, the door of the tent was opened again, "Commander, the princess has come to condole!"

"Princess, which princess?" said Kerster, looking at Ricken with a questioning face.

"Of course it's our Kaman flower, the eldest daughter of the old duke, the regent's sister, Princess Monica Mu!" Ricken looked proud.

Note 1: It has been a practice since the history of the mainland that every nobleman has the right to canonize someone to become his own squire knight, who is equivalent to a domestic slave of a noble lord, and must serve the noble knight for the rest of his life until he dies. But in exchange, the squire knight also has some gains, such as being able to obtain the status equivalent to the lowest noble, or the recognition of the noble, and even, clearing the past crimes.

Rika's situation belongs to the third type, she accepted the position of squire knight, and what happened since then, the adventurer's guild can no longer be held accountable, theoretically speaking, she is already a house slave of Kerst and belongs to Kerth.