"This should be it. Poking his head out from behind the bare tree trunk, Pannis said to Nunu, a building more than ten meters away, "If I'm not mistaken, this is the country house mentioned in the secret letter." ”

"There are only four people here?" Lina squeezed out of Pannis's side and said, "If there were only four people, it would be easy to solve." ”

"If nothing else, it should be. Pannis said uncertainly, "At least that's what the secret letter says." ”

"Do you want to take the opportunity to kill it. Amber flicked a sword hanging from the right side of his body, lowered his voice and asked, "If there are only four people, this is a good opportunity." ”

"I'm afraid there are more than four people inside, and it's a trap specially laid for trackers. Teressa, the priest of the wind god, said with some concern: "And maybe there will be big fish coming back here, if we go in now and clean up the murderer inside, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch big fish." ”

"I'm afraid there won't be any big fish. Pannis shook his head regretfully and said, "According to the sum of several secret letters, this is probably the last time the other party has committed a crime." ”

"What?" several people stared at Pannis, looking at him with burning eyes, "How do you know?"

It was deduced from a few casual sentences on the secret letter. Pannis did not explain the derivation process in detail, but directly concluded: "According to their original plan, after this is over, they will completely evacuate." As for the few gold-level people who are still here, they should be dealing with some finishing work, such as killing people and extinguishing mouths. Therefore, it is not very likely that the big fish will come back and be caught, on the contrary, if we don't decide quickly, I am afraid that even the small fish we see will be unhooked. ”

"If that's the case, it's time to do something. "Everyone doesn't suspect that Pannis is talking nonsense, after all, after a few days of contact, you can see that although Pannis is messing around all the time, he will not mess around when he encounters real serious things. It's still quite trustworthy, so everyone directly accepts that Pannis doesn't explain the derivation process, and thinks about it: "We must intercept them before they flee completely, or we will lose all traces of tracking." Once again, let them get away with it. ”

"But we don't have a detailed map of the houses. Ben En, a fighter of the Aeolian Cultists, began to wrap bandages around his hands, and people of this special profession wanted to exert their maximum power, and they could not even carry small items such as knuckle stabs: "It's best to know their location in advance, so that you can make targeted raids, so that it is absolutely safe." ”

A muffled "bang" came from the villa. Several people were surprised to find that at some point Marcia was gone, and at the gate of the villa, a dark hole was like a big grin, mocking the others.

"Well, worthy of being a believer in the god of war, she listened impatiently and has already entered. Pannis was embarrassed for a moment, then said with a wry smile, "Let's go, follow." ”

Pannis knew in his heart. Marcia wasn't just impatient to listen. Having been in the wild with wild animals for many years, Marcia has a beastly instinct in her own right, so she often thinks about problems and is driven by her instincts. For example, from the time soon after they met, Marcia showed unreserved trust in Penis and Lina through her actions, and never refused their instructions. This may seem like a foolish act, but given Pannis's hidden identity and plenty of adventure experience, as well as the character of Lina's priesthood, this unreserved trust can maximize her safety and interests. That's why her intuition makes this judgment, and she does what she does.

It's the same this time, Marcia's direct telling himself that just breaking through directly is the best option, and it will be troublesome if you miss it. So Marcia, who was not used to getting along with other people, didn't think to tell the people around her at all, so she crashed into the villa without concealment.

"Boom", the people in the villa did not hesitate at all for the intruder, and heard the sound of breaking the door. Directly a large magic blasted over, and soon the sound of continuous battle sounded in the villa. Marcia's greatsword is like a battering ram to the interior of such a villa, and the battle is not like a battle, but a house is being demolished. Less than twenty seconds after Marcia burst into the house, three pieces of furniture and half of the room's pillars had shattered glass and flew out of the villa.

"It's dangerous, it's dangerous, but I'm alert. Pannis, who was lazy by the window, bowed his head. Narrowly dodging the air raid on half of the tables, he smiled smugly at Lina, who was lazy with him, poked his head out of the window again, and was hit head-on by the other half of the table that flew again.

"Sure enough, alert. Lina nodded indifferently and gave a thumbs up.

"Damn it. Pannis rubbed his nose and leaned against the window, indignantly watching the five-on-four battle inside. Marcia's initial assault directly and seriously injured an enemy, making the battle even more suspenseless. Four gold-level enemies, in addition to the seriously wounded one mage, one mage and two warriors, the four of them held tightly in a corner and struggled to support, but the strength of Moore's legendary rank made all their resistance in vain.

"No, get down. Pannis, who was watching the excitement, suddenly changed his face, and slammed Lina next to him to the ground. Mur in the room also spread the magic shield to the maximum extent as quickly as possible, protecting Teresa beside him. The other three close pros heard Pannis's shout, and before they could finish their lying movements, they heard a loud explosion, and their vision was filled with blood.

The roar of the explosion sounded, and the wooden villa collapsed with a bang, completely turning into ruins. A large amount of dust rose as the villa collapsed, enveloping the entire villa area in a thick layer of smoke. After the villa collapsed, the edge of the ruins shook for a while, and Pannis and Lina, who were covered in dirt, drilled out with waste wood on their heads, and then after a while, several heads also appeared in the middle of the ruins, and everyone was not hurt much, but everyone became like an earth element, and they couldn't see the original appearance of a few people at all.

"What's going on. Listening to the voice, it should be the Anemo God priest who was originally well-mannered and elegant, and then said with a confused face: "What exploded?"

"It should be the security mechanism they have set up in advance. Pannis slapped the dust on his short hair hard, but he choked Lina next to him and coughed, and only after being elbowed by Lina did he become honest: "It should be a trap laid by a few high-energy hedrons, just in the position where a few of them are guarding." This group of people is so ruthless, not only to the victims, but also to themselves, in order to keep the secret, they would rather blow themselves up, and even want to die with us. I don't know who they are behind the scenes, and they can actually let a group of high-level professionals do this. ”

"Whoever it is, we don't have a chance to know. Amber, who paid great attention to his image, also gave up cleaning his body at this time, endured the filth all over his body, and said very disappointedly: "Even if the autopsy can sometimes ask the dead to tell us some information, but the dead man who exploded into pieces can't say anything." ”

"Not necessarily. Teresa looked thoughtfully at the position where the four people were holding and said, "Maybe they had already said what they had to say before they were blown to pieces?"

"You mean there's something there?" None of the people present were stupid, and Amber immediately understood what Teresa meant. But when he looked over, there was only a piece of broken wood and two stumps, and there was no other thing to see: "Even if there are really clues there, after this explosion, there will be nothing left." ”

"There's definitely something there. Pannis stepped on the shards of wood and rubble, and every step made a strange creaking sound: "The purpose of those people to detonate the safety device is probably not only to kill themselves or kill us, but also to keep it a secret, otherwise they might as well put the safety device in the place where the power can be maximized, not in that small corner." So there must be secret rooms, tunnels, secret grids and the like there, so it's better to notify the lord now and send someone to dig it up. If we're lucky, we might be able to find some remaining clues. ”

"I've always had bad luck. Amber smiled wryly, but the face that had been enough to evoke reverie became hilarious under the gray-black covering: "So I'll run to inform the lord, you guys should stay here in case anyone destroys it again." ”

Watching Amber run into the woods next to the villa—the horses they had ridden when they came were hiding far away from the woods—Moore looked at the group of gray men around him, and said helplessly, "Shall we take turns to find a place to wash first?"

"I think we can try to dig first. Pannis crouched on the scrap pile, his fingers poking at the wreckage of the houses on the ground: "Maybe we have already found it before they send someone." ”

"So you dug things out first?" Catherine asked strangely, seeing that everyone was silent, "Is there any problem?"

"Unfortunately, no. Pannis sighed, covered his face and said, "Hidden below is a basement that has been blown down, at a depth of fifteen meters underground. Later, seventy or eighty soldiers came, and they dug all day, almost digging the area of the house before digging it again, and if we had only relied on a few of us, we might not have succeeded in digging for half a month. ”

"Basement?" Catherine seemed to think of something, nudging Vivien and said, "You mages seem to like to hide things in the basement, why?"

"Huh, what are you talking about?" Vivien, who had been holding her cheeks in a listening motion, blinked in confusion under Catherine's push, and asked innocently, "What why?"

"Forget it, nothing. Catherine covered her face and lamented, "You better go ahead, what's in the basement?" )

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