The man with curly hair approached the female mage with a somewhat ugly smiling face, equally surprised by Virin's appearance and age, but the experience he had gained from his past roles as captain of the guard, captain of the soldiers, and officer of the garrison had finally allowed him to maintain the proper etiquette and caution at this moment.

The man glanced at the lake-level mage insignia on the magic book, and then became more respectful, he stood solemnly aside with his saber, and said, "Your Excellency Mage, I am the head of the garrison at the south gate of Seren, you can call me by my first name, Faruna Swift." ”

"Swift ......"

Wei Lin raised her right hand slightly, and the mage's hand, who was inspecting a few anti-magic wall tiles, also stopped, she turned her head, looked at the middle-aged garrison, and asked softly, "Sounds like you're from Derene?" ”

"Half-blood, Master Mage."

The Faruna garrison looked up, "My father was an officer in Deresa, and my mother was a tailor in Waterl. ”

Verin nodded, then dismissed the mage she had summoned with a rather graceful gesture.

After that, she pulled out a document with a bright red seal from her spell book and gently shook it twice in front of the Garrison of Faruna: "According to the No. 8 maintenance order issued by the Judicial Committee, a regular spot check will be conducted on the south gate and its surrounding stations. ”

Faruna, who has a lot of experience, carefully and quickly glanced at the paper document full of dense words, and then immediately lowered his head: "I will cooperate with the implementation of Order No. 8 throughout the process. ”

"Good."

A smile finally appeared on Wei Lin's face, and she clipped the paperwork back into the spell book, and her gaze quickly swept over the soldiers who were still secretly observing her: "Except for the garrison of Faruna, please return to your posts." ”

Her tone was soft, but no one present dared to disobey.

Legend has it that those lake-level mages can easily use their magic to blow off ordinary people's heads, and no one wants to accept such an ending.

Soon, all the soldiers who stayed here left, and the entire camp near the southern gate entered an unprecedented solemnity, and even the soldiers standing at the outpost did not dare to talk casually, and this state would continue until the female mage left.

"Bullshit Order No. 8!"

Faruna, who stayed behind, cursed in his heart.

He is well aware that the so-called Legislative Affairs Commission's No. 8 Rearmament Order is simply a dispensable thing.

Compared with orders such as Arrest Warrant No. 2 and Search Warrant No. 6, which have clear rules for use and strict restrictions on both parties, the No. 8 Warrant is very versatile, and the handling methods and application environment of each of the regulations are also extremely broad.

To put it mildly, once the No. 8 Maintenance Order is issued, the final interpretation of its handling and enforcement will all belong to the executors of the Legislative Committee.

Therefore, for caravan shops, camp strongholds, and even some small kingdoms, the appearance of Order No. 8 often means a sudden public extortion and robbery.

However, just when Faruna thought that he was about to be blackmailed for no reason, the calm voice of the female mage came: "The maintenance and maintenance of magic protection is quite acceptable, but the arrangement of some anti-magic stone bricks does not meet the requirements...... Some of the ones that are too old are not replaced in time. ”

In the confusion and surprise on Faruna's face, Wei Lin said the "inspection results" she had just made: "Although all kinds of weapons are available to counter magic, the soldiers here obviously lack experience in using them, if I just wanted, I could even 'dispose of' all the soldiers I encountered along the way, it is obvious that everything here is not so in line with the requirements of the Law Committee for the maintenance of important strongholds in the city." ”

"Mr. Swift, if something happens, then you, as the person in charge here, need to bear a lot of responsibility."

A barrage of words smashed into Faruna's face, shattering his thoughts in an instant.

This was a situation that a seasoned garrison had never thought of.

He didn't expect that the other party really came to carry out the "spot check" work, and this female mage's observation was extremely meticulous, although the conclusions she gave were simple, but without exception they were all old problems that did exist in her own territory.

Wei Lin glanced at the gate guard with his mouth open, and then threw out more questions he had observed, and for a moment Faruna's face turned red, and anyone's careful thoughts would not look good if they were pointed out in front of him.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Wei Lin unfolded the spell book in her hand, and her right palm swept through the book at an extremely fast speed, so one of the pages was immediately torn off by her, and the standard magic engraved in the page in advance took effect immediately, and an invisible magic barrier quickly unfolded, completely enveloping this area.

At the same time as the soundproofing magic took effect, the vanished blue mage's hand resurfaced, and the cold fingers stretched forward and pressed precisely against the forehead of the gatekeeper Faruna.

The speed of Viline's actions was so astonishing that before Faruna could react, her mind was already included in Viline's perception.

"Time is limited, Mr. Swift, so I ask, and you answer."

Under the terrifying restrictions imposed by the icy magic, Faruna shuddered and let go of his saber, then nodded stiffly.

So the questions that Verine Ernst had been preparing for a long time were thrown by her one after another.

"Who do you know of the last person who entered and exited the gates? When was the last time the gates were opened? ”

"It was five days ago, five days ago in the middle of the night...... A convoy of nobles from the Kingdom of Teresa entered the city through the South Gate, holding a magic pass issued by the Council of Justice and the Kingdom of Teresa. ”

"What is the size of the population? What's being shipped? ”

"The scale is more exaggerated than the average caravan, there are about three convoys, some of them carrying crystalline guns from Teressa, and the style is very new...... As for the goods being shipped, the passes they presented were clearly from the royal family of Deresa, and we had no right to inspect them. ”

Wei Lin quickly imprinted the important information into her mind, and then she asked, "You said those guards are carrying the crystalline guns from Teresa?" How do you judge? ”

"My father was an officer in Derean, and I used to follow him to meet the master gunsmith of Derean...... All the masterpieces produced by Master Gastini will leave his unique silver snake insignia on the gun, which is easy to recognize. ”

"Where did the team end up and did you keep track of it?"

"Madam, all convoys using the Deland Royal Pass will be required to go directly to Iris Street, where the Deland Kingdom is located, to register, and we have no right to inquire about the itinerary after registration."

Looking at the sweaty gatekeeper, feeling the fluctuations and feedback transmitted from the mage's hands, Vilyn nodded in satisfaction, she relaxed her grip on Faruna slightly, and then asked, "I made a request to your soldiers before, and I told them that I had an urgent matter to leave the city of Salem to deal with...... However, they told me that only those on the 'list' were allowed to enter and exit, which was not consistent with the orders used in the past by the independent government of the city of Seren. ”

Wei Lin slowed down her speech to make sure her every word was heard, "Tell me, Mr. Swift, what's going on with this list that popped up?" ”

Hearing this, the face of the garrison officer Faruna finally changed drastically, his mouth continued to tremble, and his originally red face turned pale at an alarming rate.

The mage's hand flickered, and the female mage's eyes, hidden behind the lenses, narrowed slightly, and the relaxed control tightened again in an instant, and the mage's hand, which was originally just pointing at Faruna's forehead, suddenly changed its posture, it stretched out, and then pressed straight on the top of Faruna's head.

A bone-chilling chill surged with invisible magic, and at the same time came the pleasant, but non-negotiable, voice: "Answer my question, Mr. Swift, don't let me really do what you're afraid of." ”

The gate guard's body began to tremble, but as an ordinary person who had never touched magic, he could not resist the magic that pierced into his brain like a sharp sword, so he shook his head with difficulty: "I...... I can't. ”

In this reaction, Wei Lin was keenly aware of something unusual.

She realized that the man in front of her seemed to be caught in two contradictory fears, and in addition to the threat he posed, he also seemed to be suffering from another kind of constraint, which made him still afraid to explain what he knew in this situation.

But the matter has come to this point, and with the clues already caught, it is impossible for Wei Lin to make concessions no matter what.

The experience accumulated in the field of magic for a long time became Wei Lin's confidence at this moment, she once again tore a page from her spell book, with the surge of magic, another convenient magic recorded in advance through the magic book began to take effect, the mage's hand floating in the air was amazingly strengthened in an instant, and a huge amount of magic power fell on Faruna's body with the turn of Wei Lin's mind, causing him amazing pressure at the same time, but also carefully protecting his body.

The poor gatekeeper collapsed to the ground.

"Tell me, everything you know about that 'list...... I can swear to Goddess Mel not to harm your mind and body, and even to protect them in any way I can. ”

After hearing these words, Faruno glanced at Wei Lin in a dejected manner, and in the midst of deep fear and helplessness, he finally opened his mouth.

"On the night of five days ago, at the same time as the noble convoy arrived, all the gates received an order signed by General Butz of the General Defense Department."

Faruno swallowed hard, he glanced at the magical light pressing down on his head, and stammered, "According to the ...... As required by that order, the original magic pass standards for the major gates were temporarily abolished, and we had to judge who could enter and exit according to a specific magic list. ”

"Where's the list?"

"No...... I don't know. ”

Faruno's words became confused, and he waved his hands in a panic: "Ma'am, I ...... I swear to all the gods I know that I really don't know what's in that list, and though the order asks us to do so, the list was never sent to us! So we don't know exactly who will be able to get in and out! ”

Wei Lin's eyebrows gradually raised, and a deep sense of unease began to brew in her heart, she turned and walked to the side of the wall, pressing her palm against the wall, this time, she did not "pretend" like before, but focused her spirit on the wall in front of her.

The magic power belonging to the lake-level mage was mobilized, as if there was really a lake rippling in the wind, and the invisible tide was surging, and it was constantly lapping on the thick and ancient wall in front of him.

A trace that had been hidden deep in the wall slowly revealed, and Wei Lin's body shook slightly, and as the terrible resistance from inside the wall burst out, Wei Lin involuntarily stepped back, and her palm left the wall in front of her.

Under that impact, even the mage hand that had been summoned by her and had already received a magic amplification trembled continuously.

Vilyn immediately returned to Faruno's side, and her face, which had always remained calm, finally showed a little hideous at this moment: "Speak quickly! Who else has been here except the one who gave you the order that night? ”

"No, no...... Well, but the messenger who carried the order had been inside the gates that night, and that was the order was required, and we had to do it, and I don't know what he was doing here......"

At this moment, the city gate guard, who revealed all the information he knew, suddenly let out a terrible scream, and he struggled violently, and he actually forcibly broke away from the control of the mage with pure physical strength.

At the same time, Faruno's eyeballs began to bulge, and he raised his hands as he wailed, pressing his fingers to his eyes with all his might, as if trying to prevent them from "leaving".

Some kind of magical ritual that had been inflicted on Faruno at some unknown point began to work inexorably at this point.

Wei Lin found that the magical protection she had set up was as brittle as paper in the face of this terrible ritual restriction, and in just two breaths, these protections were completely torn apart, and Faruno's head and his eyes became the scene of the explosion of ritual power!

Seeing that the situation could not be reversed, Wei Lin immediately quickly retreated, and with a simple gesture, the protective magic engraved in her mind appeared in front of her, and a huge magic shield formed out of thin air, firmly protecting her body.

Immediately after, she heard a bang.

It was as if the wheels of a carriage had mercilessly run over a ball.

In the agonized howl of the gatekeeper, his skull exploded, and blood and debris burst out in all directions.

Faruno's hands hung limply, and his two eyeballs finally rolled slowly down from the severely deformed eye sockets......