In the central plains of Nord, the historic megacity is bathed in rain, and under the close protection of several fortresses nestled in the surrounding mountains, the war that has swept through the North Continent has not reached here at all, and the regular army and some familiar mercenaries greet passing merchants at the outpost of the southern gate of Sagoth, and the gate that has been tightly closed and barricaded has been closed to unrelated people.

"Ma'am, there was a murder in Nancheng today, and no civilians are allowed to enter, please go back. ”

"My name is Lucia, a secret agent under the Lord of Tuya, who is here to investigate the murder, and if you don't let go, you will be responsible for the consequences. ”

The sentries in front of her were each dressed in long chain mail, and they were holding heavy double-edged axes in their hands, and although the woman's tone was very firm, it was actually a lie, and after groping in her pocket a few times, she finally took out a golden medallion and held it up in front of her head.

"That's Ms. Tuya's badge. ”

One of the guards recognized the ornament on the medallion and removed the barricade with the brethren, and opened the closed southern gate for her, and the leader of the caravan was very curious about how she had opened the gate, but the guards did not give him a good look, and had to watch the girl in a long black cloth garment enter the city.

In 1260, the largest city on the Continent and the capital of the Nords, the city of Sagos, a woman named Lucia, accompanied by several Nord axemen, walked through the deserted bazaar south of the city, and the bustling business district was now empty, the stalls of grocers were full of spoiled ingredients that had not been sold, and the mailbox in front of the tailor's shop was filled with orders from outside the city. The iron felt in the artisan workshop has long since become rusty due to the damp effects of the rainy season, and it is unlikely that the place will be able to regain its former vitality until the murderer is apprehended.

Upon arrival at the residential area where the quarantine is being placed. The sky suddenly changed, and the raindrops the size of beans fell like a basin of water, and Lucia hurriedly hid under the eaves of a fir house, taking advantage of the opportunity to hide from the rain with the others, and asked a few tentative questions.

"Can you give me a general description of the case, such as the identity of the deceased, the clues left by the murderer......

Before the beautiful 'secret agent's questions had dissipated, the soldiers rushed to answer for her. In the end, it was the elder of the men, an axe-bearer, who answered her question.

"Uh...... The murderer must have been a full-time killer and left almost no traces, but the deceased ...... It is the owner of the house. He was famous, Zadu Grandi, the director of the Fenrad Shrine. ”

Hearing this, Lucia noticed something suspicious and asked, "If he is a Fenrad." and that shall dwell in the city of Tihath. Why would you have your own property in Sagos, it's unconscionable, isn't it?"

"Strange to say, although this guy is an authentic squire, his family property is indeed outrageous, not only in many prosperous towns in the North Continent, but also in the real estate business of Sagoth and Tiha, but unfortunately he was killed by an unknown murderer as soon as he lived in his house in the city. ”

After receiving further responses. Lucia asked a few more simple questions, saying she knew enough. When the rain subsided, he dismissed the Nord soldiers and rushed to the largest villa in the residential area, the house where the murder took place.

"Zadu Grandi, the noodrian man who led the Nord's sacrifice to the national heroes Gangding Harebrex and Ganggang Harebrix and his son, is an escapist with a fortune that almost no one has ever seen for himself. Yesterday afternoon, the association's cronies arrived in Sagos and stayed in their house for less than half a day, when they were assassinated by a mysterious murderer at midnight......"

Although they arrived at the master bedroom at the first scene, the body of the deceased had already been sent to the morgue in the inner city, leaving nothing but bloodstains, Lucia had to summarize the case decently, and then changed her previous attitude and kicked open the door unreasonably, wandering around the huge living room for a while, locking on an inconspicuous statue.

The statue is carved from the finest wood, and holds an imposing long-handled throwing spear in its hand, while the bearer is dressed in leather armor and carved with a pattern that she has long been accustomed to.

"It's ...... Legend has it that Ganggang was a bloodthirsty spear, but its owner was wearing armor with the Drua emblem on it...... Could it be that!?" she thought of some other possibility, and suddenly turned back to find that a set of equipment was missing from the armor rack in the corner of the living room.

An inexplicable nervousness welled up in her mind, and she hurried up the stairs to return to the bed in the master bedroom, where she found a blurry piece of parchment under the blood-red sheets, and the sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the window made her even more nervous, so much so that it took several times to fold the paper and stuff it into her pocket.

"Lady Lucia, maybe you have your own reasons for being here, Tuya doesn't have you at all! The Grandi Mansion is surrounded, and you still have one last chance to come out and face me from the front!"

There was a familiar shout outside the door, Lucia was obviously surprised, Tuyaar was a border guard, and the Sagos had only heard of his family and had never met him, and it was very easy to disguise himself as a subordinate of father and daughter, but her false identity was discovered under such circumstances, which really puzzled her, so she grabbed two short knives that slipped out of her sleeves and walked slowly towards the main gate.

As she opened the door, dozens of archers outside braved the rain to draw their bows, and more than a dozen royal guards rushed out from nearby hideouts, each holding a weapon in each hand to surround her, and the person who shouted was none other than the heroic man who led the royal guard, Joshim Coldblade.

"Joshim...... I should have thought that you were the one who found out my identity, why would a big man like you care about a murder case for unknown reasons?"

She remained indifferent to the capable warriors around her, and it was not difficult to hear from her words that she knew Joshim, of course, one-sidedly.

"As the king of Nord, how can you not investigate the murder of your own capital?

On the other hand, Joshim, he is still wearing the gorgeous leather coat suitable for battle, and his handsome cheeks have added a little silver hair, and he has a little more stability in the vicissitudes of life, and in the past three years, his career has undergone great twists and turns, and the former chief of the royal guard has become the leader of the whole people today, the new king of the Nords, the story of which is intriguing, and at this moment, he led the people to stop Lucia's action, and ordered the other party to be captured as the king.

At the critical moment, Lucia frowned, her eyes showed a hint of murderous intent, and the short knife in her left hand shook for a while to deceive the defense line of the royal guards, and the real target was Joshim, who was less than ten steps away from him and was still pacing back and forth on his horse in the rain.

"Enough! you dare to offend me, talk about it in prison later!"

In the blink of an eye, Josim knocked down the two sharp blades flying towards him with his sheathed saber, and the horse under his crotch let out a neigh, raised his front hooves and turned his head and rushed towards Lucia, picking up the weapon in his hand and knocking it down, but the other party was not affected by this sudden attack, and rolled to dodge the attack, causing Joshim's horse to crash through the wall, lose balance and fall off the horse's back.

In the next few seconds, she survived the hands of the Nord elite guards with a snake-like supple body, avoided the royal guards' dual-wielding dance, escaped the archer's rain of arrows, and climbed onto the eaves, taking advantage of the heavy rain to cover her hiding, and disappear from the guards' field of vision.

When the royal guards had helped Josim out of the mess, he cursed a few words and told his men to stop the pursuit, but to ask them to go to a place called 'Fish in the Wine Pond', and he stroked his horse's wounded neck and began to remove the reins and saddle for it.

"You, send it back to the stables, this case is far from over. This woman is unlikely to be the murderer, she must have come here to get something, and there are still many doubts about Grandi's death that have not yet been revealed, which makes me wait for the doppelganger, so I need the help of some old friends......"

The sunset reflected the projection of the three-masted galleon and fifteen coconut trees on the distant rock face, and the pirates who lived here were busy storing summer food. There was a shortage of ale, and the huge sailing ships on the beach came here to deliver supplies, and in a short time dozens of barrels of wine were carried out of the stern warehouse, and a group of hungry pirates rushed out of several newly built huts on the island, and took the barrels from the people who delivered the supplies at the first time, and lit a bonfire in the sand, and began a picnic of considerable scale.

The flagpole at the top of the mainmast of the sailing ship floated the eagle flag on a blue background, which was the symbol of the Goshawk Regiment's flagship, and many of the sailors on board also left their posts to join the picnic procession at the stronghold, except for two people who remained on deck, namely the first mate and the captain of the Goshawk.

"Why don't you join them and have a good time once in a while!"

"There's no need...... If you want to eat a big meal, you can eat delicious food on board, and we are here only to resupply and recruit men. ”

"Makes sense! But I don't think so, Lemuel! Stay and watch the boat, I have to go and get drunk with the brethren for the night!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the big captain landed on the beach along the sail line, spread his legs and ran towards the campfire, leaving only the first mate on the Goshawk, and in order to pass the boring time, Lemuel took out the diary he had carried with him from under the leather suit that he had not changed for several years, and fell into endless memories...... (To be continued......)