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7. The death penalty

Palace.

The king ordered, "Come, give the strong man a seat." ”

I did it, "I don't know what the king is looking for me, why is it important?" ”

But the king did not speak immediately, but withdrew all his servants.

"Young man, can I trust you?"

"What does the king mean by this?"

"Since you were just rescued from the elves, I have known about this, and I have been sending trustworthy people to observe you, and I have known everything you have done during this time, according to my observation, you are a person with enthusiasm and courage, but with a calm mind and steady action, I think that this matter, please complete it, there should be no problem."

"What is it that makes the king so important?"

"Let me ask you a question first, what kind of man do you think the king is?"

"Hmmm......"

"Just tell the truth, don't worry."

“…… He is a powerful and prestigious, but he doesn't know why he wants to start a war against the elves. ”

"That's all?"

"Yes.

"These are just appearances."

"Did the king say ......?"

Instead of answering directly, the king asked another question, "You just said that you are curious about why you are waging war against the elves?" ”

"Exactly."

"This is how it came to pass...... "this was the case when my father was the king, and the humans and the elves were very good friends, and my father and the elven king were very close, and the two often went on trips together. On this day, the two of them took their wives and found a secret place while playing, so they went in, but they didn't expect that when they were sharing the treasure, the elf king's wife suddenly broke out and seriously injured my father's wife, that is, my mother. My father returned with his mother, who was seriously injured, but she died not long after. His father was so angry that he waged war against the elves.

"A year ago, my father died, and I took the throne. But when I came to power, I realized that my power had been hollowed out. I wanted to resist, but I didn't have the power of my own. Moreover, I am very suspicious of what happened back then, I have also met the wife of the Elf King many times, she has a good relationship with her mother, I don't think she is the kind of person who can hurt her mother. I always thought there was something strange about this, but I am afraid that the only people who knew where it happened were father, mother, the elven king, and his wife. I don't even know where it is, so I can't find out. In addition, my father's death was also very strange, my father was in good health, and although he was 60 years old at the time, based on his physical condition, I thought that there was no problem in living for another 20 years, but he died only two years later.

"These events are connected, and I always think that the people below are doing ghosts, but for the past year, I have been so restrained that I can't do anything. It wasn't until you appeared, knowing what you did, that I suddenly felt that I had hope.

"I hope you can help me find out the truth and help me find out the real culprit."

"Okay."

"Acting is a full set. In order not to make those people suspicious, I will pretend to be angry, lock you up, wronged you for a day or two, and then someone will secretly release you. This matter will trouble you.

"We'll see."

The king was furious and said, "How dare you be so rude! Guards, put this man in the dungeon! Elective execution! ”

The squire took me away and threw me into the dungeon.

VIII. Investigation

When I had nothing to do in prison, I chatted with Tia remotely.

"How's Ji Ke? I looked like she was scared. ”

"It's not a big deal, but I've noticed something strange."

"Huh?"

"Ji Ke also seems to have spiritual energy in his body."

"Really? But I don't usually feel anything unusual. "I reminisce about the usual.

Of course I can't see it now, it was when the prime minister's son approached Ji Ke that Ji Ke's body suddenly erupted, and he never appeared again. It seems that she has inherited my spiritual power, but it is still too weak. ”

"If that's the case, she'll help later." Tia's spiritual power is more peculiar, and I once wanted to have this ability, so I asked Tia to transmit some to me, but it may be that my physique is not suitable for this kind of energy, and finally the energy will automatically dissipate. Now it actually appeared on Ji Ke.

"By the way, what are your plans for that?"

"I think we'll have to meet the Elven King."

"It's dangerous, I'm going too."

"It's not a big deal, I'm confident that I can handle it well, and Ji Ke is more important. I'll take a break and let Ari go with me is enough. ”

……

Night.

"Mr. Fogin." A voice woke me up.

I opened my eyes, sat up, and saw a man standing in the door of the cell. "You are?"

"Eat bread today."

I knew in my heart, "Drink milk tea tomorrow." ”

The man opened the cell door, "Quick! The guards had been drugged by me and couldn't wake up for a while. ”

I escaped from my cell. When I was far away, the man began to shout, "Come on, people, the prisoner has escaped." ”

……

Elven King City.

Two men in cloaks appeared at the sentry post, their faces covered by hoods.

"Stop, what's the matter!"

"We are two renegades from the human race, and we have come to seek refuge with the Elven King with great information."

"Wait, I'll report to you."

After a while, the guards came back and took out all the things on their bodies and examined them, "The Elf King has arranged for the Prime Minister to receive you, go in." ”

Prime Minister's Room.

"What information did you two bring with you?"

"We are the people of the human king, and we have received information that the human king is preparing to attack a transport fortress in the west in the name of launching a general attack. It was just a feint, of course, there would be a lot of people, this was to mobilize all the elven forces to go there, and the real main force would take advantage of the emptiness of the army to sneak attack here, capture the elven king alive in one fell swoop, and achieve the goal of victory. ”

"What about time? Will you two be able to show your true colors? ”

"I'm afraid that if we show up, we will be put to death immediately when we return to the Terrans. We have received information that some of the people around the Elven King have been bought. So about the details, we can only say to the Elf King. Your Excellency, please rest assured that we have been searched and do not have any weapons on us to pose any threat to the Elven King. ”

"Okay, you two, please wait a moment, I'll go and ask the Elf King for instructions."

……

Human territory, a wilderness outside of County Clay.

Three cloaked men came to a stone gate, their faces hidden from their hoods, and they couldn't see it really. One of them pressed several mechanisms on the stone door, and the stone door opened, and the three of them walked in.

This is a secret realm, which is divided into several secret rooms, and the three of them act separately to find clues.

One of them stopped in a large hall with many statues, among them some of them elves, in various forms.

"Huh?" The man looked in front of the statue one by one, and finally, found a strange place.

"There's residual magic fluctuations here."

The man reached out and touched the statue, and the magic invaded, and the man was instantly controlled by violent emotions.

"Kill them!" A voice whispered.

"Fog Cause!"

I woke up instantly, withdrew my hand, and secretly feared.

"What's the matter?"

"You come here and have a look."

I walked in the direction where Ari was.

Our plan was this, Ari and I went to meet the Elven King, falsely claiming that we were human beings who had betrayed the human race, and that we had important information to bring to the Elven King. At this time, there are two plans, plan one, we meet the elf king directly, and directly tell him that we are investigating the events of the year, and inform him that the human king wants to end the war, but because the power is hollowed out, he is thinking of a way. In order to put an end to the war, the Elven King will be more than happy to cooperate. The second option is that we will not meet the Elf King directly, so we have the fake information that we have compiled in advance to get the opportunity to meet the Elf King.

We were accompanied by an experienced old elf, and I thought that since there was an accident in the secret realm, the problem must be in the secret realm, and there was an elf companion who could see the problem more clearly.

I made my way to Ari's room, where there were some traces of the battle, and I could tell at a glance that the marks on the ground were exactly the same as the magic I had just come into contact with.

So I called the elves to go to the hall to check it out.

The elf walked up to the statue and froze, "How so?" ”

"What's the situation?"

The elf didn't say anything for a long time.

"What the hell is going on, say."

"It's ...... Night Magic! ”

9. Night magic

"That was not so far in the past, and there were many branches of magic, such as blood magic, light magic, and night magic. Night magic, as a branch of this, has been used for a long time. ”

"But the night magic I saw just now seems to have a demagogic element, so I guess night magic is not welcome."

"Not at first, it was only a tiny fraction of night magic, in fact, all magic has this part, even light magic has a spell that drains the life of others. However, the benefits of this part of night magic were huge, so later there were extremely vicious night magicians who took pleasure in controlling others, causing great damage, and finally concentrated the power of many people to eliminate them. Since then, night magic has become unpopular magic, and its spells are obscure, and it has since been slowly lost. Among the current elves, except for me, the oldest, I am afraid that no one knows night magic.

"But what's strange is that the magic here seems to have been cast only a few years ago, who could it be?"

"Will the Elven King?"

"The Elven King won't, he's good at light magic, which happens to be incompatible with night magic."

Well, if it's not those four, who would it be?

……

At night, I lay in my room on the ship, thinking about what the elves said.

"Among the current elves, except for the oldest elf like me, I'm afraid no one knows night magic."

Genie?!

When the truth came out, I figured out a lot of the key points at once.

"Tia, let's go."

……

The royal city of mankind.

"Then you mean, you want to be a personal guard for a while?" ”

Now that I'm attached to the dough, I don't have to worry about someone recognizing me, "Yes." ”

"That's what you want."

"My wife will join in."

"Female guard, it seems that something is wrong."

"It's okay, just dress up as a man."

At night, the king told me how he had been set aside.

"In fact, this was already the case when my father was still alive, and those parties, on the grounds that the war required a lot of money, encouraged my father to form a parliament. The father did not know what was at stake, so they put a large number of their own people in the parliament and passed a series of laws to restrict the king's actions. Over time, the king could do nothing but be led by the nose by the Parliament. (The quotation marks are not put here, because the next paragraph is said by the same person.) ）

"By the time I took office, the situation was already very bad, the parliament passed this bill, that bill, and issued decrees through my hands, and I, the king, existed in name only, and had no autonomy at all, in fact, the parliament had been doing things, but fortunately they had not done anything out of the ordinary, so that this contradiction did not intensify too much.

"Among the people in these councils, the prime minister is actually the prince's faction, and from the previous king to the present, those people in the parliament have had many out-of-the-ordinary ideas, and it is the prime minister who mediates in the middle, so as not to embarrass me too much. But the prime minister is actually very difficult to do, because the prime minister is elected by the parliament, and they can be removed at any time. So, he can only do small actions, and he can't help me with a lot of fanfare.

"Among these subordinates, the prime minister can be said to be the one I trust more, so I asked the prime minister to invite you, but there was a previous accident."

I waved my hand: "It's okay, it's all trivial, I'm used to being hurt." ”

"So this is the current status quo, I can only remind you to be careful, the prime minister's invitation to you into the palace is not a trivial matter. Although in the end it was said that you were sent to prison, the fact is that you escaped, and from their point of view, they will not think that things are so coincidental, and they will definitely suspect that I have reached some agreement with you. So they might take action against me, or against you. ”

So I told Tia to be vigilant and keep an eye on the movements of the council and the king's side.

As for me, I need to find the night mage among so many people.

Once you figure out that humans can also use night magic, everything is clear, this person must be someone next to the king, taking advantage of the characteristics of the king and the elf king who like to travel in the mountains and rivers, set up an ambush in the secret realm in advance, causing an accident, and then take advantage of the gap between the king to launch a war and take advantage of the opportunity to empty the king.

10. Ceremonies

After two weeks of investigation, I have surveyed all the members of the council.

However, no one was found to have any sensational abnormalities. It is true that there are some people who behave perversely, but if you look closely, they do not look like people who can harm the king.

This shows that the other party is very well hidden.

So I went to the Elven King City again.

"How do you find the Night Mage? Is it? This is actually not difficult, light and night are incompatible, you just need to find a stronger light magician to release spells, the night magician naturally needs to cast magic to counteract, when he casts magic, there will be that kind of night magic on his body.

So I went back and reported my plan to the king.

"Yes, that's it." The king pounds the table.

And so a recruitment boom began, and there was a preferential policy: if you were a magician, you could go straight from a soldier to a ten-man commander. However, the review conditions are more stringent.

At the same time, preparations began for the king's thirtieth birthday. The king announced that there would be a number of events to be held during the ceremony, and that the performers would be selected from among the common people.

All of a sudden, all over the country was in full swing to prepare for the show, hoping that their own show would pass the review, because in this way, they would be able to take the stage and see the handsome king up close.

……

On the night of the ceremony.

I stood beside the king and watched the show being performed.

Later, a light mage will come on stage, ostensibly performing a lot of novel pyrotechnic magic, but in fact, he will suddenly release the Holy Light Descent, which is a harmless spell that is only used to illuminate the darkness, and the magic is extremely expensive, and there is no actual combat use, so it is more frivolous. However, at this time, it is the best choice to find the Night Mage.

This light magician was selected from among the people who served as soldiers, and if the result is good this time, he will be promoted directly.

As I meditated, one of the actors seemed to get too close, and I couldn't help but feel nervous.

The man saw my eyes, too, but he did not hesitate, took out a dagger, and threw it at the king.

With a wave of my hand, I knocked out the dagger and shouted, "Assassin! Escort! ”

The man turned and ran, and the crowd began to disperse, and the attendant stared at him, but he slyly turned around the crowd a few times and disappeared.

Harm! Now the opportunity slipped away, when this kind of thing happens, who will watch the performance?

When the search was fruitless, I escorted the king back to the palace first. After this incident, the strength of the guards will be raised to the maximum, and even if there is another assassination, it will not be possible.

At night, I stood on the high ground in the city and looked down. Due to the Assassins, a curfew had been imposed in the city, and there was no one on the road.

Suddenly, a movement in a corner caught my attention, and a man came out of his house, sneakily looked around, and then walked down the alley.

It was a member of the council, who, after such a great event as tonight, was still going out alone at night despite the curfew, and I felt like a ghost.

So I landed from the vantage point, jumped a few times, landed on the roof of the house 40 meters behind him, and slowly followed.

There are no clouds tonight, and it is also a full moon, and the bright moonlight is sprinkled, and there is no way to hide the filth.

During this time, the man looked back from time to time to see if anyone was following, but he only looked at the road and ignored the air.

Not quite right, this man seems to be going around in circles.

After a while, the man went around and went back to his home.

Fooled!

It turned out to be just a decoy bomb! Fake!

Underestimate the enemy!

The next day, I held my first all-hands meeting on board the spacecraft to report on the latest developments.

"The current situation is that our enemies are very cunning and have many accomplices. The problem is that the enemy is especially smart. It's not that we're not smart, but when it comes to intrigue, we're as far apart from others as a child is with an adult. Therefore, we can only use the stupidest way to do the right thing. This discussion is to come up with some stupid ways to cope with all changes. ”

Eventually, we decided to let Yashin join us and Ari take care of Jike. After all, Yashin had a premonition that I can't describe, and it was so accurate that it would have saved us from many detours.

11. Unless

"Can you tell which of these people are problematic?"

"I feel like there's something wrong with it."

It's equivalent to not saying.

"Who do you think has the most problems?"

"I can't see it."

Well, it seems that you can't find the answer by guessing.

The problem we are facing at the moment is how to find out the night mage, and the last assassination is by no means a coincidence that can be explained. It hadn't happened in the human kingdom for many years, but it happened when it was time to find the Night Mage, indicating that it was most likely a countermeasure for the enemy, using assassination to stop the show from continuing. The enemy, then, must have been alert, found out the identity of the light mage, and guessed our intentions. This becomes a dilemma, like playing Go, to make the opponent fall into his own layout without the enemy knowing. The key is that the opponent's chess strength is much higher than ours. This is one of the challenges.

Another problem is that once we have found the Night Mage, how can we prove that he is the mastermind behind the accident in the secret realm. Even if we prove that the other party is a night mage, the other party can completely deny the secret realm accident and not admit to doing it. And 3 years have passed since the accident in the secret realm, and there are no more valuable clues that can directly point to whom.

Unless, in danger, please enter the urn.

I made several pairs of dough and carried it with me.

The next day, a man from the council did not come.

At night, at curfew.

One quietly left the house and went somewhere.

At the door of the prime minister's house, he stopped and turned his head to inspect.

As soon as he turned his head, he was slashed in the neck with a knife and fainted.

The man gently lifted the fainted man to the ground and stuffed it into a trash can. He took out a pair of dough from his bosom and took out one and attached it to his face. He came to the Prime Minister's door and knocked on the door.

The small window on the door opened, someone took a look, and then the small window closed, and the door opened a crack.

I got in.

I sat at the table, and the Prime Minister slowly came down from the upper floor, with a look of determination on his face.

I got up to greet him, and I've done this many times, so I'm confident that I won't be seen as timid.

"Has anyone been following you?"

"Nope."

The two sat down.

"Did you hear that? Cyrus is missing. ”

"I know about it."

"You say, could it be that they found something and are knocking on us?"

Cyrus was the decoy bomb that night, and we just killed him to lure out the big fish behind.

"No, if they find out what we're doing, you and I won't be here now, not just a pawn."

"It's really risky to think about it, but luckily we knew their purpose in time."

"Well, you and I must not reveal our identities as magicians, otherwise they will follow the vine and find out, which will be bad for us after all.

"What happened back then, you say, will they find out?"

"No, I've already erased the traces, they won't know. Unless ......"

I looked at the Prime Minister.

"Oh, nothing."

"Do you want to take them?" I made a neck-scratching gesture.

"No, that would increase suspicion. Rest assured, we won't be in any danger. ”

"Then I'll take my leave."

I turned away.

See, this is the essence of undercover. You must not ask for details, or you will be exposed.

It seems that the one lying in the trash can can't be kept.

However, whether you keep it or not, it will be exposed after all, and if you don't keep it, it will be a little later.

Now, the evidence of the magician was found, however, the evidence of the accident was not found.

Unless?

What does the prime minister want to say?

12. Backtracking

Elven King City.

I went to the old elf and told me about it.

"Senior, do you know what the prime minister means by 'unless'?"

"Let me think about it, huh...... There seems to be a spell in the night magic that can restore the scene, what is it called? The old elf slapped his head, "Situational Tracing Technique!" This magic can restore the scene at that time. Such spells are only found in night magic. So, the prime minister meant to say, unless the other party was also a night mage. But as far as I know, there aren't many people in the human race who know night magic anymore. ”

"Will you do this spell?"

"Well...... I forgot, this kind of spell is basically useless, so no one cares to memorize it. I'm going back to find the Night Magic Spell book. ”

"Okay, I'm sorry for you."

After a while, the old elf returned with his book.

"Found it, here. The mantra is 'san′c the morola nado......"

……

Clay County.

I, Yashin, and the old elf appeared at the door of the secret realm.

Press the mechanism, the door opens, and we enter the secret realm.

"Mr. Fogin, I have a bad premonition, you be careful."

Coming to the hall, the old elf began to cast a spell.

"Be careful!"

A feathered arrow was shot from the old elf's back, in the chest. Shot out, through the heart, the old elf slowly fell.

I hurriedly went to help, and found that the arrow had a green glow.

Poisonous!

Just listening to the laughter, a person walked out from behind the statue.

"The Prime Minister is really clever, I guessed that you would come here to find the truth, and I specially asked me to stop you."

Archers poked out of the statue.

"Yasin, I'll hold them back. Do you remember the spell? ”

Yashin nodded.

"Hide behind the statue, read it out, find the truth, I'll hold it back!"

Feathered arrows fired.

I kept dodging.

Really, no weapons.

I drew my feathered arrow from the ground and threw it violently, and one of the archers fell with a scream.

The rain of arrows does not stop.

"Mr. Fogin, I saw it! It's a curse from the Prime Minister! ”

"Let's go!"

We dodged the rain of arrows and left the secret realm.

……

The royal city of mankind.

We were blocked on our way to the palace, and a wave of attendants blocked my way.

"I'm the king's attendant, what are you doing!"

"You're the one you're waiting for!" The prime minister laughed and walked out, behind him, Tia was tied.

Oh! It's so old that I don't think it will work for us.

I gave Tia and Yashin a look, and then attacked.

Of course, I don't need to worry about Tia, Tia's spiritual power can be used to protect herself.

Soon, all the attendants fell.

I walked slowly to the prime minister, "Let's go, culprit, go with the king and confess your guilt." ”

……

on the spaceship.

I enjoyed Tia's massage, "Alas, I'm so tired, and I'm tired." I'm not stupid, but I'm not good at anything like intrigues, and I've put a lot of things on the other side, and if it weren't for Tia's mental strength, maybe we would have planted it. ”

Ari asked, "What happened to the Prime Minister in the end?" ”

"He, he cursed and killed the old king's wife, killed the old king, and set up the new king, what else could he do? Hanging, of course. ”

"I think Ling Chi is better."

"Where did you get that? Do you still know Ling Chi? To be honest, this kind of punishment is really bad...... But I like your idea a lot. ”

"Haha!"