Chapter 13: Mysterious Commission

"I'm not here, aren't you too unscrupulous!" Raj jumped off the roof, his movements were so clean and neat that he seemed to have completely lost his previous dying appearance.

"Is it you? Didn't the captain of the guard ask you to assist in the investigation?" everyone was surprised and a little surprised when they saw that it was an "old acquaintance" from the previous day.

"You're his boss?" Seeing that Reggie seemed to be a dozen years older than Raj, Bell couldn't believe it.

"His appearance has deceived many people, but he is actually a little smaller than me......" Raj said, pointing at Reggie.

It was heard that Reggie's actual age was younger than Raj's, and everyone's jaws were about to be dislocated.

"At the moment of the assassination, I had already avoided the vital point, so after the treatment of the escort team, it was almost as good as ever. Raj explained to the group, "Although I went to assist in the investigation, I didn't know much about the whole incident, including the identity of the client when the Knights' Guild accepted the commission. So I just described the escort process, and it just so happened that the exclusive train of the escort passed by this side, and I came back. ”

"Coming back?" Fred wondered.

"Yes, I am a resident here, and the Order was founded here. At this moment, Huddle wagged his tail and rubbed it straight on Raj, as if he wanted to lick Raj from his hair to his toes, which was very different from what he had just looked.

"This ...... How close can this Cerberus get to humans?" Amu asked curiously.

"Of course you can, although it's a demonic beast, the prototype is still a canine animal. When I first rescued him, he was just a newborn cub and grew up with me. Raj stroked Hedel, "Every time I leave, it follows me for a long time. ”

"Boss, you...... You all know each other?" Reggie stepped forward, and before he could finish his sentence, with a "bang", Raj punched Reggie away.

Everyone was startled, and the younger brothers of Reggie before all lowered their heads and did not say a word at this time.

Reggie covered his cracked mouth, his eyes widened, and his mouth was speechless. He looked at Raj in horror, clearly not understanding why he was furious.

"Did you know that Ari is dead!" Raj gripped Reggie tightly, snarling angrily at him.

"What, Ari is dead?" Reggie said with a look of disbelief.

"What's wrong with Big Brother Eri?" When the younger brothers heard this, they immediately gathered around.

"Because of you, you can't make it! Ari has been used for soul exchange!"

"Soul Exchange?" As soon as Reggie heard these three words, he was immediately furious, he froze for a moment, suddenly pushed Raj away, clenched his fists and wanted to hit something, but found that there was no place for him to vent, so he had to wave a few times into the air, sat down on the ground with his buttocks, held his head in frustration, and muttered, "Could it be the incident two months ago?"

"Now you know what's the use!" Raj stepped forward to kick Reggie again, but perhaps because his injuries had not healed, he suddenly clutched his chest and bent over.

"Raj, people can't be resurrected after death, and whoever is responsible is useless. Bell stepped forward and helped Raj.

"But all of this could have been avoided!" Raj gasped, "I, Ari, and this guy are all brothers who grew up together here. ”

He took a few deep breaths and slowly calmed down: "As you can see, this place is poor and backward, so the locals often bully some outsiders. Since I was a child, I was very bold and able to fight, so the three of us gathered some other brothers and formed a team, and often did some tricks and abductions. At first we did get some money, until we ran into a real order of knights and were easily thrown into prison. In their eyes, we are probably just fluttering dust, which dissipates with a light brush. From then on, I decided never to do any more dirty things, and after I got out of prison, we went to the Knight Academy, intending to form a knightly order. But this guy can't stand the hard training of the academy, and feels comfortable living here, and would rather be an uninformed ruffian here, so it's a big deal not to provoke those knights anymore. I tried to persuade Ari for a long time, but he didn't listen to any advice at all, so he had to go. ”

"If you don't provoke the Knights, then what are you robbing us of?" Gary scolded the Knights.

"There's even sleepy grass!" added Sophia.

"Sleepy grass!" Raj became excited again, "Why do you use such indiscriminate methods? What are you doing sitting here? Why don't you go get the antidote!"

"Yes...... It's ......" That's when Reggie woke up from a dream, got up, stumbled away, and ran away.

After Reggie left, Raj continued to tell the crowd: "Two months ago, a traveler came here, and he didn't look like he had any skills. He stayed in the best hotel in town for several days, and he made a lot of money, and then he was targeted by Reggie and the others. Unexpectedly, he was about to attack in the evening, but he underestimated the strength of the man, and he almost killed all our brothers by himself, just as Ari came back and fought the man. After a while, the man suddenly kidnapped a brother and fled, and Ari immediately chased him out, and after a long time he did not return, and we tracked it to the vicinity of the Hundred Grass Forest, and then we lost a trace. It was three days before Ari returned, covered in blood and faltering, telling us that the kidnapped brother was dead and that the mysterious man had fled. Come to think of it, from then on, we felt that Eri was indescribably incongruous, and that he was not as strong as he used to be in a few battles. We thought he hadn't recovered after the fight with the Mystery, but now we know that Ari was probably dead by then, and it was the Mystic Man who had used the Soul Swap technique to return. ”

"Did you hear clearly, this is how Ari died!" Seeing that the brothers around him were silent, Raj became emotional again, "How many times have I told you that you can't do such a shady thing again, and now you have killed Ari!" A sword aura shot out, and each of these little brothers turned on their backs, lying on the ground and wailing continuously.

"Raj, calm down!" Bell hurriedly stopped, "So, this mystery man's target was Eri from the beginning, everything was arranged in advance, even if Reggie didn't rob this person, he would find another way to replace Eri!

"This ......," one of the younger brothers struggled to get up, "it feels very strange, we can clearly see his face, but we just can't remember it, and the memory of his appearance is very vague when we think of him......"

Soul exchange is originally a very advanced form of witchcraft, and this mysterious man can actually make people forget his appearance, and the level of witchcraft is really amazing. But it seems that the whole event was planned two months ago, and the question is...... Bell asked Raj, "How the hell did you get the Doctor Escort commission?"

"A little over a month ago, I found an unusual escort assignment in the Knight Guild, with ridiculously high pay, with only one content: no quest content until any knight accepts the commission. So I asked the liaison officer of the association, and they were also confused, because this task was also sent by the client, and even paid a large deposit in advance. Today's knights are generally reluctant to accept such commissions from unknown sources, and if it weren't for a large deposit, the liaison wouldn't have written it on the task board at all. But there are always adventurous knights, and I immediately accepted the commission. It wasn't until a few days ago that I received instructions from the liaison officer to meet with Dr. Dogg at Alder Station and escort him to his lab. I often see the doctor in the press, so I recognize him as soon as I get to the station. As you all know, this mission was used by the military to cover people's eyes.

"It doesn't make sense," said Bell, "you only accepted the commission a month ago, and the mysterious man was ready for it two months ago, how did he know that you would accept this commission?

"I said the same thing in the Railroad Guard, and Captain White was surprised that there had been a state ban on witchcraft, and he was currently pursuing it. ”

"There is still a question," said Fred, "so many knights, with all due respect, why did they choose you like this...... Such an inconspicuous little order?"

"Fred!" Gary looked at him with some dissatisfaction.

"It's okay, it's the truth. Perhaps, the mysterious man thought that such a knight would be easier to start. Instead of getting angry, Raj fell into deep thought.

The Crimson Star incident involved a storm in River City two months ago. Where did this gem come from, and why did the various forces look at it? Many questions hung over the minds of the people like a mist. Although the students did not feel that it was directly related to it at this time, they did not expect that a seemingly ordinary robbery incident was the beginning of the fate of their group.

At this time, the other students also came to their senses under the effect of the antidote, and they all looked very surprised when they saw Raj, and it took a lot of time for Bell and the others to explain the matter clearly.

"I'm so sorry," Raj said to the students sincerely, "for all that has happened before, please give me a chance to make amends, Regi knows a shortcut into the forest of grass, and it will definitely help you." ”

"It's just a misunderstanding!" Hearing that there was a shortcut to the destination, everyone was overjoyed, completely forgetting the "poisonous hand" they had encountered before.

A ray of dawn sun shone into the town, and it was time for the Hundred Grass Forest to remove its defenses.

Raj said goodbye to the others one by one, and the would-be knights, led by Reggie, left River City and made a quick march towards the Hundred Grass Forest.

After the group had walked away, Raj's body bent down again, and he couldn't stand up with a violent cough. After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he wiped his mouth, beads of sweat the size of beans seeping out of his face.

"Hehe, how can this injury heal so quickly......" Raj smiled self-deprecatingly, remembering some of the scenes he had seen in the railway escort before, and of course he had hidden them from Bell and the others. "Reggie, please don't live in the past, there are some people who are even quasi-knights, and they are not something you can provoke. I'll save you one last time, so do it yourself!"