Chapter 130: Shadow
Hain rushed to Kradil's side to use his water blade power to heal him, but his lute seemed to be injected into a backwater pool, and he didn't respond. Hayne wanted to detoxify, but he couldn't analyze the nature of the toxin, and he couldn't even feel the presence of the toxin.
Hain looked at the crying Lana, who could only shake his head helplessly, "Lana, there's nothing I can do about it." Anyway, Kladir's injury was only a matter of about a minute, and I couldn't save him. He didn't feel the slightest bit of toxin in his body, could it be that this toxin had been absorbed by his body?" Hain felt strange not only this, but also the dart, so close to the distance, Hain didn't even notice this dart, when and what kind of method did it, this murderer must be very simple.
"Hain, forget it, don't bother. Cradil's ability is foresight, and he told me before that if I came to him, his end would come. His prediction was so accurate, but he couldn't predict the assassination. Not many people can do that. I'm afraid only you mercenary group can do it. Lana was soon relieved, she had long been mentally prepared, this truth was not so simple to be unraveled, and there were too many people who didn't want them to know the truth.
"We have such people in our mercenary group, oh my God! I feel like I'm living in fear all the time!" Hain watched around vigilantly. In fact, he still has a guess in his heart, that is, the person who killed Kratir is Lana, but this guess is groundless, if it has to be founded, it is that there are only two of them present.
"Of course you mercenary group can't do this, but there is a mercenary group that you may not know about, the mysterious ninth mercenary group - Shadow. Their existence has always been a mystery, and only they can do it. "The Ninth Mercenary Regiment in Lana's mouth is a mercenary group specially set up for assassination, it is said to be one of the most mysterious mercenary groups, even the number of people is a mystery, and it is rumored that their leader is a very powerful person, as long as the person he fancies, it must be a death. But no one knew what he looked like, they were only loyal to the top of the country, and even the head of the chief mercenary group could not give orders to them.
"Shadow, I just know that there is such a mercenary group, but their abilities have always been a mystery, if they really target us, wouldn't it be very dangerous for us now. This place should not be left for long, it was the body of Kraidier that was discovered, and we can't get out of it. I think we'd better go first!" Hain tossed the chicken bones in his mouth into the trash.
Hain took Lana and Ino along the same path and ran away without much difficulty in their escape route. Not to mention the ambush. By the time they climbed out of the secret passage, it was already late.
"Forget about today's matter, let's stop here! I see! Let's go back to our own homes and find our own mothers! Let's investigate this matter in the future!" After working for a long time, he was still confused, and Hain felt a little unwilling, but if he continued to delay like this, he might be suspected, and he had to rush to the residence of the mercenary group earlier.
Lana agrees with Hayne, and the two go their separate ways.
When Hain returned to the temporary residence of the mercenary group that day, the mercenaries who had already arrived in the imperial capital had already begun to patty, and the atmosphere was very harmonious, and they all looked drunk. Several mercenary groups live in the largest post house in the royal capital, the mercenary inn, this facility is set up to contact various mercenary groups, and usually there are people living here who come to the royal capital on business. Now it's just right to accommodate these out-of-town mercenaries.
Geist had already drunk a lot at the time, and when he greeted Hain, Hain just casually said a few words, and said that he was tired today and went back to sleep. These are the most harmonious days of several mercenary groups, and when the group leader meeting is held, the ghosts of several families will be revealed. When the time comes, the swords may face each other.
As Hain passed by Lorthe, he noticed that he was still so cold, as if he was thinking about something. Hayne asked Loert a few words of concern, and Loert simply said, 'It's okay,' and drank to himself.
Geist looked at Hain suspiciously, and he walked over to Elise's side, "What was Hain wearing when she left today?"
"What clothes can he wear, isn't it just beachwear? Does he have any other clothes? Why do you ask this?" Elise thought that Geist must have drunk too much, and asked inexplicably.
"It's okay, maybe I'm thinking too much!" Gistre pulled Elise and rushed onto the dance floor, ready to play with the music. This night was the most jubilant moment in the whole inn, some old people who had not seen each other for a long time chatted with each other about their achievements in the past year, they used to be friends, but now they were just mercenaries who served different people. They either flatter each other and laugh at each other. Some people drink and talk happily, some people indulge in dancing, and some people use wine to kill their sorrows. Hayne, on the other hand, lay in his bed, recalling the details of everything that had happened today. He knew things were getting more and more complicated.
The mercenary post did not rest that night, and Ayrt, the leader of the third mercenary group, did not rest. The third mercenary group he commanded, the Silver Cross mercenary group, was mainly in charge of the security of the royal capital. And the murder case in the National Archives has already alarmed him, at the critical juncture when the meeting of the heads of the mercenary group is about to be held, this kind of thing has happened, he can't help but pay attention to it!
When Ayrt arrived at the scene, a group of people had already rushed in front of them, and when he took a closer look, he saw that this person was wearing a black mercenary uniform, and his heart was beating.
"Yo! Isn't this the leader of the Third Mercenary Regiment, Elt? I didn't expect it! Why are you late? If you had caught the criminal, the criminal would have run away from Ammir. Lance turned, he had already seen Cratill's body. He deliberately laughed at Ayrt, they never dealt with each other. This is also something that everyone knows.
Elt's men immediately drew their swords, and Elt stopped them. "Oh? I thought it was? I didn't expect it to be Brother Lance! I don't know what you're doing here, why don't you take good care of your prisoners, don't let such an important prisoner escape, we also worked hard and worked day and night to catch those criminals who broke the law, you can't just let them go!"
"You, you, hmph, isn't Hain, who let go of that prisoner, also your friend? Lance said angrily.
"Hain is my friend, but you said that I was in the middle of it, do you have any proof? Without evidence, I will sue you for slander! Besides, you should be the one who is the one who is in the way, right? How else would someone take the blame for you?"
"Huh, let's go!" Lance shouted, and left the scene with his men in disgrace.
"Don't be in a hurry to leave! I remember that in terms of the division of duties of the mercenary group, you are in charge of the incarceration system and assist our third mercenary group in managing law and order, right!
Enraged, Lance put on his gloves and took out a chicken bone from the bag, and with a wave of his hand, a crow flew over and sniffed the chicken bone. This raven is none other than Lance's Ecstasy.
Elt's men try to rush up to stop Lance, but Elt stops them from doing something stupid.
Lance handed the evidence back to Ayrt, "Put your evidence away, you can make some soup when you go back!" Lance left angrily.
"Don't send it, go back and be careful, I'll tell you tomorrow how the soup tastes." As Lance's men walked away, he called one of his men, "Go, go and see what they do?" Be careful, whatever they do, just watch." Others continued to work. I'll see who the dead are?" Ayrt continued to survey the scene. Others are also working in an orderly manner.
After a brief investigation, Ayrt only briefly knew the identity of the deceased, "Kladir, why did you still die like this......?" This thing is not easy to handle!" He knows the difficulty of this case, but he is not so melancholy, because the above will not embarrass him, his job is only to maintain law and order, and it is not the first time he has seen this kind of assassination method, he knows that this is a good thing done by 'Shadow', and the above will naturally not investigate the murderer. It's just that he thinks this Lance is going to make a fuss.
Ayrt walked around the archives, and by chance he found the secret passage, but he just glanced at it and shouted, "Let's get here today!
Just as Elt announced the end of the team, the mercenary who was tracking Lance returned with a grin.
"What's wrong with you, did you pick up any money on the way? Look at the way you smile?" Alt didn't scold his men very harshly.
"Captain, you don't know! Lance's group tracked down the smell of the chicken bones, and kept looking for it. Guess what?" The subordinate kept smiling from ear to ear.
"Okay, let's talk about it!"
In the end, he chased into a high-end restaurant, and Lance led people to rush in to arrest the murderer, and the result was that several high-ranking nobles were eating in that restaurant, and he was so disturbed! In the end, he apologized and paid before the meal. ”
Alt laughed when he heard this, "Okay, let's close the team, it seems that the murderer is much smarter than Lance." That's all for this, and you don't need to delve into it. ”
Ayrt didn't say anything, but he thought a lot in his heart, "That chicken bone, there is a faint green substance in it, this is the emerald pheasant that supplies the mercenary station!" This Lance usually never interferes in the case of our regiment, but today he is so active in this case. Kindness...... It's a mess. Could it be that his purpose is still Hayne? ’