The center of Hongchuan City, adjacent to the west of the Federal Assembly, and the main hall of the City Defense Army. Sam and four of his subordinates are listening to reports of the last five days' losses.

"Including Hongchuan, plus nine of the four surrounding acropolis and forty-seven towns, they have all been visited. ”

The young female civilian major of the city defense army was also shocked to read this.

Subconsciously glanced up at the five people, and saw that the Golden Guard only frowned and thought about it, before swallowing his saliva and continuing: "A total of nineteen security officers were killed, and no injuries were disabled. Three hundred and eleven mercenaries were killed, and nearly eight hundred were seriously injured and disabled. ”

At this time, two drops of cold sweat had oozed from the major's forehead, but the five of them were still silent. In desperation, he had no choice but to continue to stubbornly continue: "The rest of the minor injuries and minor disabilities, three, three thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine! Lost, two missing!"

At this time, the female major's hands couldn't help but tremble slightly, this kind of feat was really done by just one person? One person killed more than 3,000 mercenaries in less than ten days?

Although the major was only a civilian officer, the basic tactical theory was learned. She didn't know how strong this enemy in the intelligence would be to have the ability to calmly escape in the face of a siege of thousands of people.

But even if he dared to face it, it was nothing, and the opponent still won unscathed! Forty-one pages of battle information did not contain any record of the opponent's detailed information.

I only knew that the other party was thirteen or fourteen years old, male, and wore a very ordinary cotton hooded long cloak. The strange gun in his hand can take him to fly short distances, he is not afraid of guns and bullets, and he acts at night, specializing in stealing salt.

I don't know anything else about the place of origin, name, reason for theft, rules, hiding place, salt hoarding location, transportation method, etc.!

Could it be that the other party is a ghost who eats salt as some rumors say?

Sam, who was the leader, saw that the female major's report was over, and was standing in place in a cold sweat. couldn't help but immediately cough lightly and waved his hand: "Put down the documents, you leave first." ”

When the female major heard this, she immediately took the order, put down the information, turned around and left quickly.

With only five people left in the room, Sam took the papers on the table and placed them in front of him. After looking around at the four companions, he asked, "Did you find anything strange?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a soothing knock at the door, and the voice of the female major sounded again: "Five lords, the messenger Tias, and the apostles Morpheus and Kildan, have arrived. ”

When Sam heard this, he immediately got up and walked quickly to the door to open the door, only to see two men and one woman in gray robes, three young men and one woman, standing at the door and looking at Sam with a smile.

The leading woman stroked her chest slightly and said, "Messenger Tias, I have seen my lord." ”

Sam didn't dare to delay the time, so he just gave up the door with a little pleasantry. After the eight of them sat down in their own seats, Sam pushed the information to Tias beside him.

"Your Excellency, take a look at the information. After nodding to the other two apostles, he continued, "Let's talk about it after that." ”

Tias divided the document into three parts, and looked at one copy with Morpheus and Kildan. After a cursory reading of almost ten lines at a glance, they each looked at each other and nodded silently to put down the information.

"Your Excellency. Tias nodded with a serious look on his face and said, "This guy should be the 'salt ghost' we've been catching!"

"Salt ghost?" Sam raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Is it really a ghost?"

Tias glanced back at the two subordinates, especially Kildan, who nodded slightly, and then looked back at Sam and confirmed, "In a way, yes!

"But!" Sam was dumbfounded, "But you weren't before, didn't you propagate that ghosts can't leave within a hundred meters of the place of death?"

"That was before. Tias couldn't help but sigh and explained, "There should be more troublesome ghosts in the future, so my task for God and us will become heavier and heavier!"

As soon as these words came out, the five of them were completely speechless, and Sam had no choice but to temporarily suppress this question, which may be grim in the future, but should not be too urgent now.

After sorting out his thoughts a little, he continued, "Okay, so what should we do next?"

Tias smiled when he heard this: "Please bring the local topographic map of Hongchuan, the text information is always more intuitive than the picture!"

"Okay!" Hearing this, the round-faced Golden Guard immediately got up and left: "I'll go get it, please wait." ”

The remaining four Sams took the opportunity to remove everything on the table, and after the map was completely laid out, the eight looked at the mountains and rivers and muttered for a long time.

Tias raised his hand and pointed to the map and continued: "There are five cities and nine towns, basically in the south-southwest of Hongchuan. From the process of tracking the salt ghost in the past, we can summarize a pattern of the other party's behavior. ”

Speaking of this, he officially looked up at Sam Five: "He only steals once in each area!" And from the information provided by several adults, it can be seen that the other party is still acting according to this law. ”

"Regularity!" the five Golden Guards immediately fell into a brief contemplation. They are all one-in-a-million tactical masters, and they were completely led by the nose by the other party within ten days, which made them lose their calm for a short time.

But now after Tias's introduction, they immediately came out of their anger. Looking at the fourteen marks on the map, everyone had some idea in their hearts.

Sam is worthy of being the strongest of the five, and when the other four just had a thought, his eyes suddenly lit up and he snorted coldly: "Found a pattern!"

One sentence caught everyone's attention, and Sam immediately raised his hand and pointed to the fourteen towns and explained, "From Red River City, where this guy was first discovered, to Brown Town at the end, every action is to skip a town!"

The four companions suddenly realized, and even Tias couldn't help but nod secretly. He glanced at Sam deeply and asked with an approving smile, "Now that you know the rules, what's next?"

Sam also frowned and pondered for a long time before sighing helplessly, pointing to the three small towns located directly north, northwest and northeast of Brown Town: "According to Lord Tias's intelligence analysis, the probability of choosing one of the three is probably difficult to catch him at one time!"

"Sam-sama is indeed smart!" Kildan smiled at this time, and interrupted Sam's tangled words with a smile: "But there is another rule for the 'salt ghost' to choose the location, and Sam has not discovered it yet!"

"Oh?" Sam frowned when he heard this, "Lord Kildan, please make it clear." ”

Kildan raised his hand and pointed to a shadow on the map and continued, "Even if he skips a town, he may still choose the closest distance to save time!"

"Qingfeng Town?" the five Golden Guards exclaimed in surprise almost at the same time, and Sam immediately frowned and whispered, "Is it possible here?"