Chapter 288: The Force of Contradictions

"You'd better come and see this. "Neumann walked up to Klein's corpse, which had a terrible bloody hole in his abdomen, and no guard had dared to come forward to inspect the corpse before, and the mere sight of that terrible situation made them shudder.www.biquge.info To be sure, at the very least, almost half of the guards were wondering what kind of pain this guy had endured before he died.

"It looks like a hand has been pierced through the abdomen, what kind of person can have that much strength?" Elias examined the wound.

"Ghost hands. Neumann gave a straightforward answer.

"So let's say the man with the ghost hand had a fight with this guy, you see," Elias pointed to the long sword next to Klein's corpse. "There was blood on the sword, but judging by the way this guy died, it was impossible for the sword to get on his own blood. Then it means that the blood stains on the long sword are ghostly, and the other party killed him by piercing the abdomen directly with the ghost's hand. ”

Neumann looked around, looking for any missing clues. "Let me see what else is here. ”

"Do you know what that means?" Elias asked abruptly.

"The only people who usually kill people in this way are those who are controlled by Kazan. Even ghost swordsmen, few of them would kill their opponents in such a direct, violent and bloody way. Some guys will use swordsmanship, some will use ghosts, and some will use fluctuations, and the only thing they have in common is that they will never kill their opponents in such a bloody way. Neumann replied.

Elias shook his head with a wry smile and stared at Klein's longsword. "Do you know Luxi?"

"Of course, the one who actually killed Shylock. ”

"This guy is like her, if there were no other ghost swordsmen in Orcent, then it was Maffeo Frye who was fighting that corpse here. ”

"As I said before, the ghosts and gods appeared. Neumann remembered Maffeo, who had been following Sebastian in the black market.

Elias didn't want to take the conversation away, so he re-spoken. "Can you find out who this person is?"

"Give me a moment. Neumann did not deny it.

"Good. ”

Since this happened, Elias hadn't wanted to relax for a moment. As the captain of the garrison of Aocente, he undoubtedly has to take full responsibility for such a thing. Although there were people who wanted to help him, they couldn't even set foot in the castle. Elias's father's assistant, Viscount Lange, warns Elias that he is not capable enough to handle the affairs of Orsente. In fact, Elias was disgusted by the intrigues within the aristocracy, but he and his father could not get out of it.

Although Viscount Lange was nominally Elias's father's assistant, in reality his rights in Ocente were not much different from Elias' father. Perhaps the biggest difference is that Viscount Lange only has the right to transfer a small part of Orsente's soldiers, but this is extremely important to any nobleman. They often wanted an army loyal to them, even though this was absolutely not permissible for His Majesty Heinrich. Therefore, they can only secretly develop their own forces, but they will not easily come up with the idea of rebellion, because the guys who rebelled in the past have become dry bones.

The proper etiquette of Elias had to be maintained, so he begged Viscount Lange to give him some more time. In fact, he knew in his heart that Viscount Lange had always wanted his son to sit in the position of captain of the garrison of Aucente. Then gradually replace the people who held important positions in the garrison, so that a large part of the army of Orcente would belong to him, although nominally it would still belong to the lord Meyer here.

Viscount Lange was proud but not arrogant, and although he spoke to Elias in a very soft and calm tone, his words always inadvertently plunged into Elias's chest like a sharp blade. But Elias had learned to be patient, and he could not have any confrontation with Viscount Lange because of the anger in his heart, so he still maintained his respect for a nobleman and his elders.

Neumann had eavesdropped on Viscount Lange's conversations with his cronies on several occasions, at least so far they had nothing to think about, but perhaps the hidden danger would eventually turn into a real danger over time. Elias had been warning Neumann not to do that, because if he was discovered, he would end up in a gallows or a guillotine.

Under the mediation of Elias's father, the final result of the negotiation is here. Elias and Neumann continue to be in charge of the security of Osent, but Viscount Lange adds one condition - the elimination of the Revolutionary Army and the Thieves' Guild. He had always advocated the elimination of anyone who did not share his ideas, and that had been the case since the beginning when the Revolutionary Army tried to make peace with the Imperial Army. It can be said that the negotiations between the Imperial Army and the Revolutionary Army of Osente were blocked several times because of Viscount Lange's secret tricks. Since the Ruava was taken by the Oracle Legion, it was finally not something he had to worry about.

"Do you really want to listen to that guy?" Neumann caught up with Elias as he walked briskly out of the council chamber in the hallways of the castle.

"I don't have a choice, time is running out for us, I have to eliminate them. Elias didn't look back and kept going.

"Have you forgotten that the revolutionary army wants to make peace with us?"

"God, forget the hellish plea, Neumann. If they really wanted to make peace, they wouldn't have taken the Ruava and even threatened to cut off my father's head, they were already crazy. Elias was rarely as impatient as he was now, and Neumann knew that was the reason Viscount Lange had put too much pressure on him.

But Neumann insisted on speaking his mind, "Hey, you know what? I've been thinking about ...... all along."

Elias wanted to have a seizure, but he realized in an instant that he had to calm down at such a moment, and then he noticed Neumann smiling mysteriously. "Do you have any ideas?"

"Okay, first of all, I think the sudden change in the attitude of the revolutionary army is ridiculous, and there must be something else going on. I don't believe that they had tried to start a new round of negotiations with us the day before, and they had taken the Ruava the next night with the fellows of the Legion of the Oracle, I had met some schizophrenic guys, but it was clear that schizophrenic guys could not be the leader of a group. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Furthermore, I think there's always been an attempt to draw our attention to the Thieves' Guild. Don't you think that's weird? People just keep saying that the Thieves' Guild wants to rebel, and then talking about the nasty things they haven't seen in person. Have any of our soldiers seen them?" Neumann deliberately emphasized the last sentence.

"Then attack the eastern part of the castle......" Neumann quickly interrupted Elias. "What if it's just a hoax? You know, the soldiers guarding the eastern part of the castle didn't find anything to prove their identity on the bodies of the attackers that day, and the Osiris cultists showed up that night, I don't remember what the Osiris cultists had to do with the Thieves' Guild. We just thought it was the Thieves' Guild and not the others who rebelled, so we subconsciously thought that the people who attacked the castle were the Thieves' Guild guys. ”

"That makes sense. Elias pondered Neumann's words. "Is there anything else you'd like to say?"

"Abandon the Thieves' Guild and go all out to track down the Revolutionary Army, and everything can be answered in them. I can say unambiguously that the Thieves' Guild doesn't exist, and even if they do, they don't have any intention of rebelling. Neumann said categorically.

Elias nodded, "Although we still lack enough evidence, I will focus my investigation on the Revolutionary Army." ”