Surdak plans to deal with the steel mill project, and then deal with the legacy of the iron ore area, and try to relocate all the residents there, settle them, and think about their future life.

Unexpectedly, there were almost only some elderly people left in the villages on this side of the iron mine, and almost all the young people came out of the mining area and went to the city to work.

Surdak opened a dossier sent from the guard barracks, and he just casually looked through the missing people in the mining area for the past two years, and he found that the missing people had obviously become a little abnormal this year.

In previous years, there were an average of three or five people missing people every year in the abandoned mining area, after all, it was a special area, and the abandoned mining area was full of dark pits and cracks in the earth, and it was normal for one or two villagers to disappear occasionally.

But this year, 12 villagers have been missing in a row in the village of Selia, the deepest part of the mining area.

In the past two months, the knights of the guard battalion have been to the village of Selia six times in a row, and even conducted a major search on the outskirts of the village, but unfortunately they have not been able to find the twelve villagers, they seem to have left the village quietly, not even any trace has been left.

What makes Surdak even more unacceptable is that there are now only two families left in the village of Selia, one of which is the old Avi and his wife, it is said that the children of the old Avi live in the slums of the city, and the old Avi and his wife were also brought to Ruyt City a few years ago, but unfortunately the old Avi is not suitable for the life in the city, and the couple barely lived for half a year, and then returned to the village again.

The other family is a family of five, Craike worked as a miner in his youth, and he experienced the period from the glory of the iron mines to the decline.

However, young Craek could shoot arrows, and after the iron mines closed down, he became a hunter.

He hunts wild beasts in the mine all year round, and his income is not bad, and the village of Celia is located in the deepest part of the mining area, and Craik still insists on living here, mainly because he can still hunt valuable prey here.

At this time last year, there were 31 villagers in the village of Selia, and in the last three months, 12 villagers have gone missing.

It was precisely because of this incident that the village of Selia was written in the file of the guard battalion.

Supposedly, the remaining seven villagers should not continue to live in the village of Celiya, and the knights of the guard battalion also issued a notice to the village that wild beasts were wreaking havoc in the vicinity, so that several villagers disappeared in succession, and they defined the disappearance of all villagers as being eaten by predatory beasts in the surrounding mines.

But even though the announcement has been issued for nearly a week, the two families still live in the village of Selia.

Moreover, the guard battalion saw that no one complained, and the investigation of the missing case was closed, and the culprit was the predator in the mining area, as for the bones of the missing person...... It has become the feces of those carnivores.

It's perfunctory, Surdak tapped his fingers on the table, thinking with some exasperation.

Thea, who was sitting in the outer room, stopped what she was doing and looked up at Surdak......

Only then did Surdak remember that both Andrew and Samira had now stayed on the side of Dodan Town on the White Forest Plane, and there were no excellent investigators around him, and the knights of the guard battalion had not been able to find out any useful information about this matter, and he was not satisfied with such a perfunctory investigation.

If Samira had been here, it might not have been long before she could get to the bottom of it.

It occurred to Surdak that someone might be able to help......

He gestured to Thea and walked into the lounge inside.

……

Just as he stepped into the Void Gate in the light of the Demon Pattern Circle, the next second, Surdak appeared in the lava cave of Pusbag Mountain.

Surdak walked out of the Void Gate, just in time to see Aphrodite crouching on the edge of the lava pool, she seemed to be using magic to throw something into the lava pool to wash, when she saw Surdak come out, she immediately stood up from the edge of the lava pool, and sneered at Surdak:

"I thought you had forgotten about this most obscure territory......"

During this time, Surdak did not come here to visit Isser, who was in the treasure chamber.

"Well, I recently took over Ruyt, and I'm getting acquainted with the affairs there." Surdak explained.

Aphrodite turned, revealing a delicate face.

The succubus's face was a mixture of innocence and bewitchment, and she smiled a little intriguingly, saying:

"I know, and I've been sleeping late every day lately, and it's really hard work!"

Surdak felt even more embarrassed...... He couldn't help but scratch his head and said:

"Ahem, I'm here to ask for your help this time......"

Aphrodite stimulated Surdak without pain, and then said:

"Say, what do you need me to do?"

Surdak hurriedly leaned over and said, "Help me investigate a serial case of missing people in the mining area of Ruit City......

Surdak then gave him a general explanation of what had happened, and he hoped that Aphrodite would come forward to investigate.

"Well, yes, but what's in it for me to help you do this?" Aphrodite asked very dryly.

"Say it! As long as I can do it. Surdak spread his hands and said very generously.

Aphrodite's black-purple eyes rolled slightly, and she said casually:

"I can't think of what kind of request I want to make, but when I make it, you can't refuse!"

After a slight hesitation, Surdaks immediately added an additional condition: "The premise is ...... On the premise of not going against my will! ”

Then, the two high-fived!

A black halo of magic erupted from the palms of the two of them.

Aphrodite didn't have much to prepare, so Surdak took the magic crystal and went to the treasure chamber to visit Isser, and then returned to Ruyt with Aphrodite.

The two of them crossed the Void Gate at the same time, returning to the office of the Ruyt City Hall.

Thea greeted Aphrodite cordially.

Because she needs to go out, Aphrodite wears a magic robe with no emblem, a magic cone hat on her head, and a Mithril mask on her face, which looks like a very mysterious alchemist, especially the Mithril mask she wears without carved facial features, which makes her even more mysterious......

Not long after, Aphrodite followed Thea out of Surdak's office.

Thea took her to register her personal information at the Ruit City guard barracks, and also helped him get a war horse.

So Aphrodite's magic robe had a temporary identity badge of the Ruyt City Guard Battalion, and she didn't stop in Ruyt City, and rushed directly to the abandoned iron mine on the eastern outskirts of Ruyt......

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