'Squeak~'

The heavy bronze door was slowly pushed open, and a covered figure walked in from the outside, and a light shone through the bronze door, behind which was a very secret underground space;

When the mysterious figure entered the secret room, the bronze door slowly closed, and suddenly from the depths of the secret room, a voice came out, asking the visitor;

"How's the investigation going?"

"There is still no result, and as you provided me, when the incident happened, there should only be those few humans!"

"Your Majesty the Marshal has appointed you to investigate this incident, and now Your Majesty's instructions to us are to select those Imperial civilians who disappeared at that time!"

"This... I'll do my best!"

As soon as the visitor said this, the figure who had been questioned before came out of the darkness, and like the outsider, his whole body was covered in a hood, completely obscured, and he was exactly the same dress and body shape as him;

It's just that the number 'one' is depicted on his mask, and the figure that comes in later is the number 'nine' depicted on the mask;

"I hope you can complete this task as soon as possible, after all, this is the first task you have returned to the empire, and His Majesty the Marshal will definitely attach great importance to it!"

"I understand!"

"You just need to know it yourself, but don't worry, the impact of this mission is very bad, especially at this critical juncture, a few of us will definitely cooperate with you!"

As the words fell, the bronze door opened again, and several other figures appeared, almost the same as the two of them, wearing special hoods, the same body shape, different only the numbers on the masks;

When they entered, they saw that there was one more person in the secret room this time, and before they could ask, Number One spoke;

"This is the Nineth, he has returned from the Holy Federation, this time the matter is handled, His Majesty has decided to hand it over to him to deal with, all we have to do is cooperate with him in all aspects!"

"No problem!"

"Got it!"

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Several people quickly replied to No. 1's words, obviously these people had already known about No. 9's arrival, seeing this, No. 9 turned slightly and greeted the others;

"Then it's going to bother a few adults. ”

"It's all for the security and interests of the Empire! If you're really sorry, get this matter done as soon as possible!"

Among the several people, a figure with 'seven' engraved on the mask came out, and when he spoke, his voice revealed a cold breath, which seemed extremely calm;

And those who are familiar with him know that this is a situation in which No. 7's heart is on the verge of exploding, and the main responsibility for such a thing is because of him, after all, he has always been responsible for the security of the existence in the imperial capital;

The accident that occurred before the league was a provocation to his previous ability, originally he thought that the task of dealing with this matter would fall on his head, but he didn't expect the marshal to send this task to Nine to investigate;

This move did not seem to be anything strange, but in the mind of the seventh, other thoughts had already appeared, and in his opinion, it was a sign that the marshal did not believe in himself, and even doubted himself!

'Nine' may have been specially sent by His Majesty the Marshal to supervise his next moves, so as to determine that he had nothing to do with the mastermind behind this incident.

In order to prove his innocence, he must quickly find out who caused all this, who abducted nearly a thousand imperial citizens in the imperial capital, and even more than a hundred imperial soldiers!

"Let me introduce you, this is the seventh, according to the rules set by the marshal, none of us know who the real identity is under this mask, the only thing we know is their respective numbers, and the tasks they are responsible for;

The seventh is responsible for all the security in the imperial capital, if you don't come back, the main person in charge of this incident should still be him!"

"So that's the case, let's start this combat deployment, there is not much time left for the league, the requirements of His Majesty the Marshal, I believe you should know!"

"Understood!"

"This league is not just a game for the Empire, behind it is also the alliance with the Holy Federation, which is also our plan all along!

But now there is such a thing, no matter who is behind all this, it must be very detrimental to the development of the empire, and next, Nine also has some information to share with us. ”

"No. 1 is right, His Majesty the Marshal's purpose of holding this league must not be clear to everyone, and you may just think that this is a simple exchange;

But the truth is not so simple, the cause is all because of the existence of blood essence, some time ago, in the territory of the Human Federation, blood essence appeared, and the number is not small;

According to my investigation, these blood essences that suddenly appeared did not come from within our Scarlet Empire, but were formed in the body of a crimson demonic beast!"

"Crimson Demonic Beasts, the former leaders of the Mercenary Guild, the magicians, and those people from the church seem to be investigating the existence of the Crimson Demonic Beasts for this bloody trial tower!"

In the corner, after hearing the mention of the Crimson Monster, Number Two also revealed the news he had gotten, while Number Nine nodded in agreement after hearing it, and then continued;

"That's right, the reason why this situation has occurred is because of the predecessor of the place where the imperial capital is now established, that is, Rock City!"

"Rock City, that suddenly disappeared human city!"

"That's right, it suddenly disappeared, and it can also be said that it was broken overnight, and a beast tide composed of crimson demonic beasts attacked Rock City!"

"Beast tide? The beast tide that can break through a human city should have a level 7 Warcraft commander, even so, it is impossible to break through a city-state in one night... ”

On the side, the figure with a mask of 6 said his guess, and the person under the mask was the Sky Mouse, as a heavy official in the empire, he knew best that the battle was consumed.

"If it's an ordinary beast tide, it's true that you can only do it if you reach this level, but this beast tide is composed of red monsters, and among the corpses of the dead monsters, there are no monsters that have reached the fifth level!"

"There are no fifth-level demonic beasts, so the beast tide composed of crimson demonic beasts is really a bit terrifying, but I can't imagine that this has anything to do with the empire? Is it because of the blood essence?"

Listening to Nine's words, Seven gradually became more and more confused, and gradually became a little impatient, after all, what he had heard so far had nothing to do with the missing people in the Empire;

"The blood essence is just one of them, the more important thing is the dream of the survivors, not one, two, whether it is the survivors in the beast tide or the mercenaries who cleaned the battlefield later, they all have a dream about the blood trial tower!"

"Ridiculous! How could those people dream of the Scarlet Trial Tower, you must know that the place where the imperial capital is hidden, but the Misty Forest!"

"This is also the strangest place, in the dream realm, those mercenaries saw that the crimson demonic beast was cultivated by our empire, which also led to what happened when all the forces came to the imperial capital later!"

Knowing that Nine said this, One stood up again, "It happened that the Mercenary Guild, the Magician, and the Church sent people into the Scarlet Trial Tower before, and then it was confirmed that it has nothing to do with our Empire;

And for this reason, His Majesty the Marshal later signed a treaty with the various forces to allow a part of the human race to enter the Scarlet Trial Tower for trials, and they expressed their recognition of the legitimacy of the Empire!"

At this time, Nine took out two parchment scrolls from his bosom and handed them to everyone, the one was the treaty of union mentioned by One, and the other was the covenant of alliance with King Karl III of the Holy Kingdom;

"Before coming, His Majesty the Marshal handed me these two treaties, I have carefully observed them, and there are no traps in them, which shows that several forces are sincere in uniting with our empire!"

"Sincere, hehe, if they are sincere, then what happened to the torture and killing of the Imperial Clansmen by a few humans a few days ago?"

"According to my investigation and the examination of the corpses of those human beings, it is they who killed the Imperial Clan, but it is not necessarily their own will!"

"What do you mean?"

"This is still going back to the Crimson Monster I just talked about!"

"Crimson Demon Beast again? Hasn't it been confirmed that it has nothing to do with the Scarlet Trial Tower in the Empire?"

"It's true that it doesn't matter, this has been recognized by many forces, but the incident caused by the Crimson Demon Beast is not just the destruction of Rock City!"

"Could there be anything more terrifying?"

"That's right, the Crimson Monster is just a Demonic Beast after all, and it can be killed by fighting, but the most terrifying thing about it is that its blood, the magicians of the Tower of Truth have done research;

An ordinary swordsman, magician, or even a half-orc warrior, after being contaminated with the blood from the red-blooded demonic beast, will rapidly increase his combat power in a short period of time, and even break through the level!"

"Hey, the blood of this crimson beast is a good thing. When the fifth on the side heard the news, he immediately became interested;

"Indeed, the increase in strength is good, but by that time it will also have a terrible consequence, and the blood-stained humans and orcs will gradually be lost;

In the thrill of increasing strength, until the spirit and soul collapse, and finally become a bloody corpse that knows how to attack, and is not afraid of pain, until death!

"This seems a bit like the undead skeletons in the Blood Trial, except that they have no corpse parts, and high-level undead skeletons even have the same intelligence as adult orcs!"

"Nine, do you think that the humans who tortured and killed the half-orcs in the imperial capital before were also the blood corpses you were talking about?"

But at this time, Seven also expressed his opinion, "It shouldn't be possible, if according to Seven, then those injured orcs should also turn into 'blood corpses' now?"

"That's right, I think that's why, before, after the riot lasted for a while, nearly a thousand orcs disappeared, and someone must have been planning something to hide these orcs!"

Nine's bold speculation made everyone else have an association, imagining that kind of picture, almost the blood corpse of the predecessors, although the scale is not large, it is enough to cause a riot!

"We must find them quickly, if someone is really behind the scenes, then for so long, he hasn't released those bloody corpses, which means that he is waiting for an opportunity!"

Hearing No. 1's analysis, everyone raised their heads one after another and said in unison;

"League Match!!"

"His goal is the big league competition! he wants to release those bloody corpses, even the red blood beast herd, while the big competition is going on!"

"That's right, if we release these existing monsters during the league competition according to the plan of the people behind the scenes, then even if we can know in time, in the eyes of those human forces, the Crimson Demon Beast must have a connection with the empire!"

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Thinking of this result, everyone fell silent, and after a moment of silence, Number One slowly got up and watched as the others told their plans;

"The league will be held soon, and I will report to His Majesty the Marshal on this matter and the possible impact of this event, but the time I can buy will not be too long;

Nine, since you've guessed the conspiracy of the manipulators behind it, is it possible to find him, or is there any plan to stop this from happening?"

"The only way to stop the Crimson Monster from appearing in the Empire is to find out and destroy all the Crimson Beasts that exist in the Imperial Capital, as well as the blood corpses that may be transformed, before the manipulators behind them can do all this!"

"Find him, if we could easily find him, we would have looked for him a long time ago, but now we don't have a clue!"

Knowing the possible consequences of his mistake, No. 7 couldn't hold back the irritability in his heart, and when he heard the words, he thought it was impossible to achieve it, and shouted directly at No. 9;

Suddenly, in the dim space of the secret room, a pale green light flashed, enveloping No. 7, and then everyone looked at No. 2 in the corner, and the green light was his means!

"Don't be nervous, it's just a spiritual technique to relieve his nervousness!" As the second voice fell, the seventh, who was originally in a rage, actually calmed down, as if nothing had happened;

"In fact, if you want to find out who is behind the scenes, it is very simple, you must know that before the league started, none of these things happened, and after the human race entered the imperial capital, these things happened, and everything is inseparable from the human race!"

"Yes, and if he wants to cause a mass riot, he must prepare more bloody corpses, then he should still be collecting;

It's just that it's not as obvious as the previous incident, and the place where he hides the bloody corpses is only those areas that belong to humans!"

"That's right, I have to think the same way, as long as we hurry up, we should be able to find these demonic beasts and blood corpses, after all, the number is not ordinary!"

"Then what are you waiting for, hurry up everyone! But this kind of thing, I can't help much, then I won't participate" I saw that after No. 5 finished speaking, he got up and left here in No. 9's confusion.

None of the others stopped him, but it was normal for Number Five to do so, perhaps considering that Number Nine had only recently returned, and Number One explained it to him;

"The content that No. 5 is responsible for is about various matters in the Scarlet Trial Tower, including the league competition this time, and the same is true, after all, the freshman competition in the military academy is still being selected;

As for the matter of this 'Crimson Demon Beast and Blood Corpse', it will be assisted by No. 6 and No. 3, their fields are all related to the Imperial Capital, with their help, your investigation should be faster!"

"That's the best of course, but human beings put that side ... At this moment, there was hesitation in Nine's voice, and One-One instantly understood Nine's predicament;

"Don't worry, His Majesty the Marshal will definitely get it done!"

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