Volume I: The End of the Outlaw 93
Lordaeron's city defense was not far east of the palace. It was already past two o'clock in the morning when I took out my pocket watch. Generally speaking, starting from this point and continuing until 4 o'clock in the morning is probably the most sleepy time.
There was no one standing guard outside the door of the Defense Division, and there was no one on the silent street, so I leaned against the door of the Defense Office building and looked inside. Most of the candles in the hall on the first floor have been extinguished. In this dimly lit environment, two officers on duty, who had slept like dead pigs, leaned back in a chair and the other on a table.
I looked up at the windows on the second floor and the balcony on the third floor. This time I decided to enter through the main entrance.
It wasn't hard to pry open the door, but I don't think any thief before me would dare to pry open the door so openly and walk through the hall.
I'm lighter than a mouse's steps, and I'm quieter than a cat's movements. Walking up to the two guards, I reached for the key on their waists.
A little lighter, a little lighter. Faster, faster. After figuring the key, I went to the office of the Minister of Defense on the fifth floor. I don't know why, but the further I went upstairs, the more I felt a strange feeling in my back.
The last time was from the window. I always had a strange feeling when I walked into the house this time. I don't have the excitement of sneaking into someone's room anymore, but rather an anxiety and uneasiness.
The file of Fred's assassination case is prominently located on his desk.
Inside the thick dossier. At the top is Fred's little lover Eve Presto...... Testimony.
Miss Eve's confession is in two copies. The first is from the day of Fred's accident, and it only records how overwhelmed he was after being frightened. and harsh rebukes for the defense of Lordaeron, and King Pirenod, a nobleman who clamored to find Alterac...... But there is no mention of Fred's recent contacts.
However, two days later, the second confession was redacted and heavily expunged. In the transcript, Miss Eve seemed to be a little devastated. There are many texts of him crying, complaining, and cursing.
But this report has too many words smeared, even a few pages, and there are basically no lines left. I'm not going to give this thing to the lone wolf, and now it's going to be handed over to the lone wolf, I don't know what the lone wolf will look at me? The worst possibility is that he suspects I've messed things up.
If the lone wolf wants to investigate, leave these things to himself, he really wants to see them, he ...... There are always people under him who have the ability to do this.
I started rummaging through the papers and belongings locked inside my desk again. I wanted to get inside my desk and turn it upside down, but inside I found nothing more valuable than money and stamps.
The contents of the Defense Minister's notebook are all trivial and scattered words and information, and it seems that they have nothing to do with this matter. However, there are some accounts and gift-givers on it, and none of them know it.
There seemed to be a little light outside the window, and it was getting dawn.
I went back to church after a night of sleep, but when I stepped into the church I suddenly wanted to leave, I didn't want to just step into Uther's room and lie down and sleep. Is this a barrier? Or...... I wouldn't describe it, but there was a moment when I was going to leave here.
I gently pushed the door open, and Uther had already gotten up and left the room. I covered my head, and my mind was in a mess.
I don't know how long I slept, but I opened my sleepy eyes. At that moment, looking at the light outside the window, I suddenly felt in a trance, how long had I been asleep, and whether it was morning or afternoon now.
I really don't know how I slept so soundly, I guess it was here, or maybe I slept so peacefully next to him.
When I got up, I didn't go to Uther, but deliberately avoided everyone and climbed out of the courtyard wall.
The embassy and consulate in Alterac were empty, and the guards who had followed Fred were nowhere to be found. Obviously, this woman is no longer here, as a woman with a noble status, and a woman next to a prince, she will definitely not be put in a low-class prison where the ruffians are stayed, and certainly not let her enjoy the treatment of the Tower Cold Palace.
Looking at her second conversation, she was in tears and tears that she was supposed to be in some of the intermediate cells of Lordaeron City Prison.
After going around the prison several times, this prison is not small, and if you want to escape from here, not to mention the wall that is more than ten meters high, the high wall is covered with sharp thorns, and the possibility of trying to climb over this wall is zero. I couldn't see it inside the cell, it was all blocked by the high walls. And according to my observation, the defense posts in here, not to mention whether I can get in or not, in case they are exposed, the possibility of me getting out is almost zero.
As I finished my third lap around the prison, I suddenly noticed a familiar figure not far behind me. What a carelessness...... This alertness made me feel like I was in the back for an instant, and I felt uncomfortable all over. I'm going to die without knowing it!
I slowed down, and I was no longer thinking about anything at this point. The lone wolf is not only suspicious of me now, this guy is the person next to the lone wolf, I have seen. He should be the one in the slums, I hope he is the only one who follows me! Now it's suspicious, and I'm worried in a few days if something happens to me.
I'm not worried about making a move on these unfamiliar guys, but I'm still a little scared of the lone wolf.
I couldn't think of a better way to walk aimlessly along the King's Road. If they escape, they will be caught up before they leave the kingdom of Lordaeron. What can you do if you don't run away......
So I can't dump this guy just yet, at least I didn't do anything out of the ordinary when he went back to report.
As soon as my eyes lit up, a large group of cavalry slowly walked in the direction of me, and their orange robes and fluttering eagle flags made my heart flutter! This outfit is not the group of people that Fred brought with him! Alterac has sent someone!
Standing in the crowd on the side of the road, I watched this group of people walk by the road, majestic or not, besides, this group of people must not be good here this time. I limped behind them with my injured leg.
They did not go to the embassy or consulate, but went directly to the royal palace. I was outside the palace, except for a middle-aged man at the head, all the guards he brought stood outside the palace until it was dark, and the group of Alterac snow seeds quickly left the palace. It seems that King Minethil did not want to keep them for dinner.
The gates of the large villa of the embassy and consulate in Alterac were locked, and the group was only stationed in the barracks around the embassy and consulate. After observing for a long time, I immediately went to find the lone wolf.
Lying is a habit, when a person lies, he will panic at first, then it will become flat, and then it will be taken for granted, until he habitually lies. And sometimes to tell a lie, you have to make up more lies to support the lie you told in the first place. And the more lies are weaved, the chances of a breach increasing exponentially over time. It is rare for this kind of talent to be undiscovered and exposed in the end.
And I'm obviously not this kind of talent, at least not yet, when standing in front of the lone wolf, I try to be a little tired, thirsty to death.
His eyes weren't stern, but they seemed to give me the impression that there was a hint of banter in his eyes. Did he really see through me?
No! You have to keep going, no matter how tired you are, you have to keep going!
"How's your injury?"
"It's better."
"I'll let you rest."
"Only the dead have holidays with God, someone said." I was not disgusted, but I was serious.
"Where have you been?"
"What?"
"Where are you from?"
"Embassy and Consulate of Alterac."
He lifted his eyelids and looked at me.
"Alterac is here, not the group brought by Fred, they went straight to the palace."
"When?"
"Afternoon."
"And what about them?"
"Back to the embassy or consulate."
He stared at me with a frown. "Anything else?"
"No, my leg can't work now, please don't blame Lord Lone Wolf."
"Go back. Your injuries are so severe. ”
"I ......"
With a big wave of his hand, he interrupted me. "Go back and rest. When you're ready, I'll use yours naturally. ”
This sounds good at first glance, this tone, this tone! I almost believed it.
Coming out of the house, I still limped away. Although I can't see and hear all directions, I occasionally walk through the streets and alleys at this time, and occasionally wander around the most crowded places. After making sure that no one was following me a dozen times, I made my way into the slum again.
Poor stocks don't show vitality and vitality just because the sun is shining. None of these things are available here. There are only people waiting to die and those who have died.
I still circled the alley, but finally I was standing outside the door of the big house I had been here the last time I came.
But strangely, the last time I came, the door was closed, but this time the door was wide open. I tilted my head and looked inside, and it didn't seem to change much. I pressed my right hand lightly against the weapon at my waist.
I remember that there seemed to be a few more people last time, but at this time, not only did I not see anyone, but even the chickens I saw last time were gone. With that glimmer of memory, I walked through the house in front of me to the pauper's stock behind it.
But when I pushed the door open and was about to go inside, I was stunned by the scene in front of me. There were at least twenty tents behind the house, but blood stained their tents red, and I saw the bodies. I'm sure it's a corpse! The color, and the stench.
I drew the dagger and sword from my waist and gently opened the curtains of each tent. The only difference between this and Hell is that there is no legendary sword mountain and sea of fire. And when I picked the tent in the middle of the group of tents, a headless corpse fell on the brazier. The fire has long since been extinguished.
Ralph...... Lawrence! I chuckled in my heart!
Something really happened!