"The first time the guard in charge of guarding the supplies reported to me that a small bag of jaggery was missing from the temporary warehouse, I didn't care at the time...... I thought he was misremembering, or that the bag of jaggery had fallen on the march. ”

A few wooden chairs were placed in the open space next to the carriage tent, and everyone sat in a circle on their chairs, and Charlotte reported the unusual situation in the camp to His Highness Randall.

The blonde and blue-eyed female knight bowed her head in shame, she didn't realize that alchemy humans were meticulous in their work, and they would count supplies several times a day. The guards reported that a small bag of jaggery was missing from the temporary warehouse, which must have been lost in the camp and was what happened that day.

The expeditionary force carried a lot of jaggery, and it didn't matter if there was one more bag or one less. However, if the camp of the expeditionary force is invaded, and the other party can steal something without knowing it under everyone's care, it will be extraordinary.

Charlotte pursed her rosy lips and continued to introduce to Victor: "In the next ten days, there were 6 incidents of missing items in the camp in a row, and almost every other day, something would go missing inexplicably. Lost items include sugar, salt, coffee, fresh fruit, wine, preserves, and condiments...... We found out that something was wrong in the camp, but instead of a big search, we pretended nothing had happened and watched in the shadows, hoping to find the thieves. ”

Victor couldn't help but have a funny look on his face, and said in a relaxed tone: "You thought that the thieves in the camp were Bertina and Caligula, and deliberately indulged them in playing. ”

Everyone laughed, but their smiles were a little embarrassed and frustrated, and Charlotte explained, "The theft happened after Bell and Aka came back, and we all mistook it for a prank on the part of both of them and didn't take it seriously. ”

"How was Aka and Bell's suspicion cleared?"

"On the twelfth day of the theft, Acre's most precious spice bag and iron pot were stolen, and he was anxious to look for them, and then he cried loudly and sadly...... We interrogated Bell, but her guards proved that she was playing by the river behind the camp and could not have stolen it. ”

Charlotte paused, and said, "Aka himself couldn't find his lost items, and we realized that there were invaders in the camp. ”

She glanced at Victor and emphasized, "Terrible intruder." ”

Victor was silent for a moment, looked at Nelson, and asked, "My commander, how did you handle this?"

Nelson habitually touched the back of his head, and said in a deep voice: "I still treat it as if nothing happened, I will stop practicing the secret method of Portanos myself, so that I will not lose my sense, and then I will guard the warehouse with the guards......"

Seeing that Nelson was silent, Victor sat up straight in surprise and asked, "The supplies in the warehouse have been stolen right under your nose?"

Nelson shook his head and said depressedly, "It was my own tent that was visited by thieves, and I lost a pure gold knife and a silver spoon. ”

Victor couldn't help but gasp, although the things Nelson threw were small, but the thieves could avoid his ambush and touch his tent, which was by no means something ordinary people could do, and the other party's psychic perception must be at least stronger than Nelson's.

Victor thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Nelson, there are outsiders invading the camp, and you still have to quietly ambush...... It's not like the Bear of the Northlands. ”

Out of the corner of his eye, Nelson glanced at Dane next to him, and what he meant was: "The guy taught me to do this."

Dane smiled bitterly: "I don't believe that there is a foreign invasion, I think our own people did it...... Lord Nelson also did not believe that an enemy could infiltrate the camp, so he heeded my advice and downplayed the matter. Your Highness, you know, some people will have some strange behaviors that are different from the usual in order to relieve stress in special circumstances, such as stealing. Besides, the things that were lost in the camp were ordinary supplies, and it wouldn't be good if we could find him out with great fanfare for this little thing, and make him lose face?"

Dane's suspicion of a "house thief" in the team is a reasonable guess, and it's no wonder that Nelson and Charlotte would take his advice.

The expeditionary force camp is dominated by four gold-level wurmists, and most of the remaining 200 or so are alchemy militiamen with a perception attribute of more than 15 points, as well as alchemy dragon lizards, alchemy mastiffs, and bear dogs patrolling around. In addition, the razormons, Philip II and Philip III cultivated by Emerson - these unnatural alien monsters are naturally hungry for flesh and blood, and are extremely sensitive to living things, even the horned frogs hiding in the ground, they can dig them up and eat them.

From Victor's point of view, the way of perception and the level of perception of the expeditionary force are three-dimensional and rigorous. Suppose he infiltrates a camp in the same conditions and commits theft, the chances of going undetected are slim to none.

Victor looked at Charlotte again, only to see her nod slightly.

Nelson's tent contained two sword-wielding maids, who had been trained to take turns on their master's vigilance while they slept. Charlotte apparently interrogated them afterwards that if Nelson's sword-wielding maid was not a "house thief", then there really were intruders in the camp.

The "Outer Thief" can steal from the sword-wielding maid, poison or assassinate members of the clan who are unconscious due to the cultivation of the Mystic Technique of Portanos.

That's why Charlotte said that the intruders in the camp were terrible.

Nelson said angrily, "Stealing from my tent is a provocation. I also carried out a general search of the entire camp, regardless of who the burglars were...... There were no footprints, no smell, nothing, as if a ghost was roaming the camp...... But I can't feel it, and Aka can't feel it. ”

Victor turned back to Leila behind him and asked, "What about you? Don't tell me, you didn't do anything." ”

The master's rebuke was full of severity, and the dragon maid Leila pursed her delicate red lips and said aggrievedly: "What is lost is not my king's treasure...... I have not lost any of the wealth that my king wants me to guard. ”

"Charlotte asked us for help, and our sisters searched carefully and found no thief. The dragon maid Furgree added from the side.

Charlotte nodded in approval, and said, "The sisters searched an area of 300 square kilometers, but unfortunately they couldn't find clues. Over the next few days, we set traps, but the thieves didn't touch the food in the traps, and the camp lost crystal lanterns, ropes, shovels, scissors, and other tools. ”

Lyra suddenly thought of something, so she took out the Hydra Orb from her waist pocket, held it in her slender and fair hand, and looked at Victor with a blank eye, indicating that the treasure she was guarding had not been stolen.

The Argonians have the talent of the Dragons, and when the treasure they guard is stolen, they can use their ability to retrace the past to locate the thieves and treasures, and then hunt down the thieves to death. But the taste of the Argonian maids is not enough to label a small amount of food and tools as "the treasure of the dragon king", and the personal belongings of others have nothing to do with them.

Mei Wen blinked her charming blue eyes and said, "I'll go get Bell over......"

Bell is also the "treasure of the dragon king", and Mei Wen wants to take Bell to prove that they are not slacking off in their duty of care. Victor shook his head with a wry smile, stopped Mei Wen, and instructed the dragon maids, "You all go back to the car and wait for me." ”

"Yes. The four sisters of the dragon maid said in unison.

When their tall and graceful figures disappeared into the carriage hut, Victor furrowed his slender sword-like eyebrows and said thoughtfully, "Is it really a ghost?"

As Randall's highness asked himself, the atmosphere suddenly became cold and eerie, and Nelson and Charlotte seemed to have the same idea.

When encountering an unexplained situation, it is human nature to attribute the problem to ghosts and gods. But the shepherd of the Lord of Radiance would never openly support rumors of undead horror, and Dane said in a firm tone:

"The naturally occurring spirits of the dead have no support and cannot last forever, unless they are the vehicles that the shamans have given to the spirits through witchcraft to parasitize. Even so, the undead didn't last long. Because they are all sustained by the magic of wizards, and the magic of wizards is limited, and it is impossible to control the undead all the time. Moreover, even if ghosts can steal things, they must show up when they take the items, and they will be hit, otherwise the ghosts will not be able to pick up anything. And what about the stolen items? Ghosts don't need food, they don't need water...... They don't need anything. The people who need these supplies are the ones who control the ghosts. ”

Victor nodded and asked, "Priest, what do you think of these thefts?"

After pondering for a moment, Dane raised his head and said, "I still think the problem is inside the camp...... I suspect it's Bell, because Her Highness says she's a little wizard, but she hasn't shown her witchcraft abilities, and if she's a mind-body wizard, she might be able to manipulate someone to steal something for her...... Of course, when the little wizard awakens his talent, most of them don't know what's going on? I mean, Bell may have been unintentional, she used witchcraft in her dreams, but I don't have proof. ”

He wears the Randall family's special leather inner armor and a gray priest's robe, a simple outfit that stands out as a pastor.

In the realm of the devil, wizards, and the undead, priests undoubtedly hold the most authoritative voice. In fact, ninety-nine percent of the undead events in the human kingdom are related to wizards, and there are many natural undead, but their activity time is very short, and the parties often disappear before they feel it, and there is no need to ask a priest to expel them.

Dane has no practical experience in dealing with the undead, but without compromising his authority, at least in Nelson and Charlotte's opinion, the priest's opinion should be accurate.

Charlotte's delicate mind and the noble master behind her would not fully believe Dane's statement, and she asked cautiously, "Lord Dane, can't you see if Bell has awakened witchcraft?"

"I can't answer that question. Dane spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders. In the face of Mrs. Charlotte's questioning, he assumed a posture of indifference. He wasn't afraid of Charlotte getting angry, nor was he afraid of being ridiculed by the other party, because he was telling the truth.

At the beginning, His Holiness the Pope personally performed the art of true vision to examine the root cause of the disease for Bertina. However, even the Pope couldn't detect Bell's status as a wizard, let alone a fifth-level priest?

Dane believed that Mistress Miller, the Radiant Attendant, had made some arrangement for Bell to conceal her wizarding identity, and he also believed that His Highness Randall, who was incredibly intelligent, must have known about Bell's special features, whether Master Miller told His Highness or His Highness himself thought of it.

Sure enough, when Charlotte was about to raise her eyebrows, Victor took her slender and soft jade hand and asked, "When was the last theft?"

Charlotte smiled lightly at her beloved owner and replied, "The day before yesterday afternoon, a guard reported the loss of two air-dried prairie grouse. Aka was the first to run to look for it, but unfortunately he couldn't find it. ”

Victor stretched out his slender fingers, rubbed his eyebrows, and sighed, "Is this an intruder or a 'house thief......' doing it?" Dane, do you have any good ideas?"

Dane thought for a moment and tried to say, "I think we can send someone to keep an eye on Bell, and ask His Highness and the four ladies to search outside the camp, if the intruder did it, it only stole the wind chicken at noon the day before yesterday, and it shouldn't have run far." ”

Victor immediately got up, nodded and said, "Okay, without further ado, the dragon maid and I will go out of the camp to search and see if we can catch the thief, but Lyra will stay...... The search on the camp side was left to Dane. ”

Soon, Victor left the camp with three dragon maids, searching in different directions for clues that the intruders might have left behind. As Victor intended, Dane sent Bertina to the carriage hut and left it in the care of Charlotte and Leila. Then, as he wandered around the camp, he stumbled to the outside of Emerson's tent.

Philip II and III and a group of razormons lay dormant on the grass around the tent, the two alien beasts were like two hills, and even if they lay still, they gave a strong sense of oppression. Dane involuntarily slowed down, carefully walked through the gap left by the alien beast, approached the tent, and called softly, "Imoson, Imoson, are you there?"

The wizard of the Randall family bent over and emerged from the tent, followed by two sword-wielding maids with slender waists and long legs. As soon as he saw the chaplain, he greeted warmly, "Dane, you're here...... Well, Bell, what's going on with her?"

Dane glanced at him and joked, "You guy can give birth to such a lovely daughter." ”

Emerson rubbed his hands and said with some pride: "The master never mentions the father-daughter relationship between me and Bell, and I don't want to go around promoting Bell as my daughter, after all, the reputation of wizards is not very good, and I am afraid that I will affect Bell." ”

"Alright, alright, I know that your father and daughter used to have a hard life...... I'm here to ask if you've lost anything here. Dane asked with a smile.

"We didn't lose anything, did we?" Imerson turned to ask his sword-wielding maid, and when the two of them nodded affirmatively, he said to Dane, "We didn't lose anything...... Why? Hasn't that thief been caught yet?"

Dane nodded with heavy eyes, patted the wizard on the shoulder and said, "His Highness Randall has gone out to look for it, hoping to catch up with the intruders...... Don't practice the secret method of Portanos until you get results, so as to prevent accidents...... Bell is in His Royal Highness's car house, with Mrs. Charlotte and Miss Leila in the care, and the stupid big one sleeps outside the car house, you don't have to worry about Bell's safety. ”

“...... That's good. Imerson breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I still dare to practice the secret method taught by His Highness, and I am now sleeping with Lisa and An Wen in turn...... This thief is so elusive that everyone is nervous. Master Pastor, do you think it's really a ghost?"

Dane was silent, the blood on Imerson's face gradually faded, and his lips trembled, "There can't really be ghosts in the camp, right?"

He possesses great supernatural powers, but like most normal people, he has a natural fear of the undead.

Dane coughed and said, "The possibility of a ghost is slim...... It's not impossible. I'd like to ask you to do me a favor. ”

Imoson's eyes lit up, and he said with a lifted spirit: "If your Excellency needs my help, just ask." It would be my honor if I could help the servants of the Most High to dispel evil!"

Dane smiled and nodded, and asked, "Didn't Bell catch an old fox when he came back?

"Behind the tent, I've raised it well!"

The two walked around the back of the tent, and the sword-wielding maid followed them like a shadow. Dain didn't care about the maid's following, his attention was all focused on a prairie fox with dark red fur and a white-haired beak.

When the old fox saw Imerson, he leaned over and looked very affectionate and obedient.

Emerson pushed away the prairie fox that was coquettish to him with his foot, and asked nervously and excitedly, "Pastor Dane, can this old fox catch a ghost?"

Dane's eyes became deep and unpredictable, and a trace of laughter appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said lightly: "It's also the first time I've used exorcism, if there is really a ghost in the camp, I have to find it first...... By the way, don't make a noise about this matter for now, and when I really find the undead, I will expel it at all costs!"

Imerson stood in awe and nodded three points from his chest to his forehead, "May the Lord of the Supreme Light shine on our path and dispel all darkness and uncleanness." ”

Dane clenched the holy crystal in his pocket and prayed silently in his heart: "May our Lord protect me and give me authority, and the fortunate enemy will suffer doom!