The sudden bad news shocked the people in the Oak Temple, and Augustine directly summoned the elven messenger who came to report the news to Rog's bedside, and Antonio sat on the edge of the bed and watched the grief-filled elven messenger listen to him tell what happened.

"This morning, the eldest princess received a report from her attendants that Her Majesty was missing, and Her Highness sent people to search around the city, but they never found it, so she had to ask the Great Elder of the House of Elders for help, and the Great Elder sent all the troops to search everywhere, and finally found His Majesty's body in a forest southeast of the Holy Maiden Lake. ”

"Virgen Lake Southeast?" Rogge couldn't help frowning when he heard this, Antonio asked, "Is there any problem?" The expression on Rogge's face was suspicious, but he didn't say anything, but let the messenger continue.

"When the soldiers found His Majesty, he had a thick layer of spider silk wrapped around his neck, his body was hanging from the branches of a tree, he had three wounds on his body, and he was dying. The messenger could not hold back his tears as he said this.

"Did you find any weapons or footprints?" Rogge asked, staring at the messenger with concern.

"I don't know if there were footprints, but I heard that no weapons were found at the scene, and the soldiers only brought back His Majesty's body, not weapons. The messenger paused for a moment and continued, "As far as I know, His Majesty is usually unarmed, and he is a powerful magician in his own right. ”

"I've heard of that," Rog nodded to Antonio and said, "The children of the Elven royal family are all priests of the Moon Temple, and they all have different degrees of magical power, and some of the royal families that focus on magic have very powerful magical power, no less than the great magicians of the Mage Tower. ”

"But if Elendil has such great magical powers, who can kill him without knowing it?" asked Antonio, suspicious.

"That's what we need to know, what did Elendil do when he ran into the forest on the south side of Lake Santa Marigen in the middle of the night?" Rog turned back to his teacher and asked, "I think you should be the one among us who knows the Sun and Moon Forest best, and you must be able to tell us what is in the forest on the south bank of Lake Sancen." ”

Augustine stroked the long white hair on his chest, pondered for a moment, and said, "I know what you're thinking, there is indeed a spider's nest in that forest, but if it can hunt the Elven King, I think it's too early to assert it. ”

"You are the same as I thought, so we must see the remains of the Elven King, and then take a look at the scene before we can make a preliminary judgment. Rogge struggled to get out of bed, Grace hurriedly stepped forward to support him, shook his head repeatedly, and said, "No, you can't move now, you haven't healed yet!"

"Thank you Grace, but I must find out the cause of the Elven King's death and determine whether it was an accident or a murder orchestrated by the dark wizard behind the scenes, and the safety of the artifact must not be delayed!" Rog looked at Grace's concerned face with a solemn expression, and was about to push her hand away, but Antonio stood up.

"Miss Grace is right, your present situation is not suitable. Antonio said, holding Rogge's shoulder.

Grace on the side glanced at him gratefully, and heard him continue: "Originally, I was going to leave for Moon Studios immediately, so let me go to the front station first, investigate the specific situation, and then say, how about it?"

Rogge hesitated a little after hearing this, and Antonio smiled when he saw this: "Why? You can't trust me? Although I am not a professional sheriff, it is not the first time to investigate a murder case, don't worry, I will tell you the results of the investigation in time!"

"I didn't mean that," Rogge hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm worried that you are new to the Sun and Moon Forest and are not familiar with the environment, in case it is really William who is behind the scenes, even you may be in danger." ”

He thought for a moment and looked up and said, "If you must go, let Murphy and Tali accompany you, and let Catherine and Lilith also accompany Sophia back, if something like this happens, Sophia must be in pain, and someone must be by her side." ”

Antonio agreed to come down and prepare to leave, but Rogge called him back and told him in his ear: "If you go to the scene to investigate, please be sure to pay attention to a few things, one is the situation of the ground at the scene, whether it is grass or bare soil, how hard the ground is, and whether there are any suspicious traces. ”

"Second, around the tree where the corpse of the elf king was found, are there any traces of other spider silk, if the spider queen wants to hunt, it must be a group activity, it will not be the only one, if a large number of residual spider silk is found, we can determine the suspicion of the spider queen. ”

"Anything else?" asked Antonio, nodding with concern.

"Nothing, be careful!" replied Rogge solemnly.

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon!" Antonio got up and walked out, and suddenly heard Rogge shouting again: "By the way, pay attention to the trees around the scene, see if there are any signs of torn bark on the trees, we need to know if there has been a battle at the scene!"

"Got it, is there anything else?" Antonio smiled and looked back at Rogge, who pondered for a moment, covered the quilt and lay down again, "It's really gone this time!"

Antonio smiled, left the library with the messenger, and followed Augustine back to the hall on the first floor, where the elven princess Sophia fell into Tali's arms and wept, her eyes red with tears, and the faces of the people around her were full of sorrow.

Antonio told Murphy about the decision to discuss with Rogge, and the adventurer agreed, and Catherine was reluctant to hear that Rogge was going to let her and Lilith accompany Sophia back to Luna Studios, so she slipped upstairs while the people were talking, and ran with Lilith to Rog's bedroom.

When she opened the door, she saw Grace sitting on the edge of the bed, and Rog was talking to her about the Elven King's case, and Catherine couldn't help but sink her heart when she saw them, and Lilith had flapped her wings and flew to Rog's bed.

"Do you want me to go back with the princess with the stupid girl?" the little furball jumped on Rogge's stomach and looked at him with a shaking little head, "The stupid girl doesn't want to go, and I don't want to be with the Grand Master, what if he finds out that I have eaten his griffon?"

"You little fool!" Rogge laughed at her, touched the little owl's furry little body with his hand, and smiled, "If you don't say that kind of thing, how can Antonio know?

"I'm not too talkative, I'm a little bird with a golden mouth!" said Lilith, holding up her little head proudly.

"Okay, well, the whole room is filled with your voice, it's really golden!" Rogge scratched her back lightly with his fingers, looked back at Catherine who came forward with a worried face, and said, "I know you don't like Sophia, so you don't want to go back with her, in fact, I let you and Lilith go with you, there is another meaning." ”

Hearing his words, Catherine's black pearl-like eyes revealed a trace of curiosity, only to hear Rogge continue: "At this time, the happiest person for the death of the Elf King is William, if the murder is really committed by William, according to his methods on the Ice Island, his next target is either Eva or Sophia." ”

"Do you want us to be Sophie's guard?" Catherine vaguely understood what Rogge meant, and Rogge saw that she understood, and said with relief: "That's right, Eva has a steady temperament, I heard that she usually lives in the Temple of the Moon God and rarely leaves, as a high priestess, she has strong mana, and it is not easy for William to harm her." ”

"Sophia, on the other hand, is young and impatient, and is not as strong as her sister, and it would be a big mistake if the dark wizard took advantage of it, so I want you and Lilith to stay by her side, to help her make decisions when necessary, and even to stop her by force if you think her behavior is inappropriate. ”

Speaking of this, Rogge stretched out his right hand to Catherine and said expectantly: "Your performance in the dwarven territory has proven that you can control Sophia, I hope you can help me take care of her, and it can be regarded as helping Antonio's investigation to reduce some worries." ”

Listening to Rogge's words, Catherine nodded silently, although she was still unhappy that Grace could stay by Rogge's side, but she also knew that she had no reason to refuse Rogge at this time, so she had to nod obediently and agree.

"As for you, little villain!" Rogge turned his gaze to Lilith, the little owl who was stealing Rogge's fruit on the bedside table on the other side of the bed, heard his shout and hurriedly turned around, sucking the flesh of the fruit from the corner of his mouth that had not yet entered his mouth, and looked at him innocently.

"Your mission is to protect Catherine, this is the first time you two have worked together, you are not allowed to play pranks, you must ensure Catherine's safety, if there is any problem I will pluck your hair, do you understand?" said Rog as he glared at the little furball with a serious face.

"I know, I'll take good care of the stupid girl!" Lilith took two steps back, as if afraid that Rog would really pluck her hair, and she reluctantly pecked another strawberry, flapped her wings and flew to Catherine's head.

"That's it, you guys go, I'll ask the teacher to help me recuperate as soon as possible, and when the injured leg bone recovers, I'll go to Moon Shadow City to find you. Rog said to the two expectantly, and Catherine and Lilith said yes in unison, and left the bedroom together.

That night, Antonio led the Knights to rush to the Moon Shadow City overnight, and when the Knights landed in the Moonlight Plaza in the Moon Shadow City, many elves who prayed for the Elf King had just come out of the Moon Temple, crying endlessly, and Sophia couldn't help but cry again when she saw this.

Hearing the news, the eldest princess Eva greeted everyone in front of the Crystal Palace, her eyes were swollen and red, but her expression was still calm as usual, after learning of Antonio's intention, she ordered someone to arrange the station of the Knights, and then took Antonio and others to see the remains of the Elf King.

In a hall illuminated by the cold moonlight, the group saw the body of the Elven King covered under the silver silk, and after lifting the silver silk of the shroud, everyone saw the bloody wounds on his chest.

Antonio asked Eva to help light some torches, and let the accompanying knights stand around with torches in hand, and he and Murphy stepped forward to examine the elven king's wounds, and Catherine and Tali stood at the foot of the crystal bed of the morgue, comforting the weeping Sophia while watching them with concern.

After a moment, Antonio and Murphy straightened up at the same time, looked at each other with a hesitant frown, and muttered, "This wound...... It's weird. ”