Not long ago, after receiving a request from the joint commander of the crusading force, England M. Dazan.

Andrea Ferré expressed concern about this.

And immediately drew the backbone of the garrison and formed a team to go to Magdam City to investigate.

The team is made up of high-level spellcasters, maesters, and aliens with perceptual enhancement talents.

In addition, Ataxus also mobilized a number of scholars to check whether there were any records of demon dragons around Magdam City by consulting the records of the classics.

Although in terms of military strength, Ayutthaya did not send a large army to Magtan.

But the investigation process has not been neglected.

The Black Magic Dragon, the Sudden Destruction of the Demon Disaster, and the mysterious Dragon Slayer Strongman.

These elements are mixed together to make the situation in Magdam seem confusing.

After a Naroya day of preparation, the investigation team officially set off.

Eight hours before the water clock, he arrived at the Black Leaf Sentinel 2,700 kilometers east of Magdan City through the Megacity-level teleportation array.

The members of the investigation team were all riding third-order dragon eagles.

A kobold with a proud expression had been sent in advance to inform Baron Bezos.

Kobolds and canine-eared people are different.

They have lizard-like heads and are covered in scales.

Likes to live in dark, damp crypts.

Every kobold is a born miner.

These guys have two claws as hard as a pickaxe, and can easily dig through rocks when they are attached to them.

Due to their perennial underground life, their eyesight is not good.

When moving on land, you need to wear goggles that filter out some of the day's rays.

However, the kobold's sense of smell and hearing is extremely prominent, and it can accurately target most of the smells.

Legend has it that the kobold is a dragon-veined creature that contains a trace of true dragon blood.

But in fact, these little monsters who are not as tall as dwarves are actually not very strong in terms of combat power.

As a distinctive race of wisdom, they are also members of the League of All Races.

At this moment, Baron Bezos received the kobold in the town hall, which had just been repaired.

It was dressed in a decent dress, but it looked a little funny due to its size and size.

Wearing goggles with gray chips embedded in his head, he sat across from Bezos with bright eyes.

Don't underestimate this unsightly, even ugly guy.

It wears several coats of arms made of dark gold on its chest.

Some of them were known to the baron, but some of them he couldn't even figure out.

The coats of arms that can be recognized are also large organizations.

For example, the Duroa Red Gold Diggers Mining Association, the Federation of Crypt Groups, and the Dragon Vein Mutual Aid Organization.

Moreover, the kobold in front of him also has the cultivation of gold-level magic element.

Although kobolds often can't beat humans of the same rank.

But the difference between gold and silver is like a great abyss.

When it really fought, Baron Bezos, who only had a silver-level magic element cultivation, was really not its opponent.

The Duroa Kingdom has relevant regulations, and gold-level powerhouses can be exempted from certain etiquette in the face of nobles.

Even on non-negotiating occasions, Baron Bezos had to salute it.

Similar principles apply to the other four human kingdoms and the major alien powers.

Therefore, for the natives of Naroa, strength is the most intuitive stepping stone to cross classes.

Now, on the long table in front of Baron Bezos and the kobold in dress were a plate of bread, a small bowl of salt, and a brown sugar cube made of beets.

"Dear Mr. Fritz Mayer Phosphorite."

"Please accept the hospitality of Magdam."

Baron Bezos stood up and gave a very standard knightly salute.

Then he pointed to the bread, salt, and sugar on the table.

This is the hospitality etiquette of the Atax region.

As long as you eat the bread, salt and sugar bars provided by the Lord's house, the two sides will remain friendly.

It is a form of communication with an allegorical meaning.

I saw that the kobold named Fritz Meier Phosphorite also got up.

After returning to the same standard of etiquette, he calmly tied his napkin with the assistance of the maid, and ate first the salted bread, and then the sugar cube for a while.

Rinse your mouth before re-seating.

This cumbersome set of etiquette delayed it for more than ten minutes.

However, as a kobold powerhouse who has lived on the surface for a long time and mixed with humans.

It's not like the slightly ignorant and savage kinds.

At least in terms of respecting local customs, it is still doing well.

Naroa is a vast land with many intelligent races.

There are all kinds of customs.

In such a situation, it is a good practice to respect the customs of each place.

With a napkin, he elegantly wiped his mouth full of scales and fine teeth.

The kobold Fritz then looked at Baron Bezos with his yellow vertical pupils.

"Your Excellency, let's make a long story short."

"Having received an invitation from the Ataxs City Hall, we have been ordered to come to Leontaxs for investigation."

"My colleagues include the Archmage of the Mega City Magic Association, the most prestigious stalker of the Adventurers Association, the Dark Gold Scholar who has been awarded the emblem of the Academy, and the Detective Master of the Security Army."

"Our mission is to investigate the truth about Magdam's solution to the Scourge."

"And analyze the beginning and end of the appearance of the magic dragon."

"Please cooperate fully with our investigation."

"On the instructions of the Marquis of Andrea, all expenses incurred by the survey team during their mission in the Magdam region are to be borne by the state city."

"This part of the expenditure will be used as a tax deduction for the next quarter."

Fritz Mayer Phosphorite said as he read from the script.

Baron Bezos was reminded of the sharp-toothed tax collectors in the Giant City.

Now there is no shortage of money in Magdan City, so there is no need to waste time on this topic.

So he nodded cheerfully.

"Of course."

"The city of Magdam has been blessed by the demon plague and has obtained many demon cores."

Baron Bezos said according to the reasons that had been discussed.

As long as the monsters are not destroyed, there is almost no shortage of money.

This is because dead monsters are a treasure in their own right.

There is a consensus on the continent of Naroa.

That is, only dead monsters are good monsters.

Holding up the delicate aluminum teacup, Kobold Fritz took a sip of pretending to be elegant.

Due to the difference in jaw structure, it cannot make the posture of pursing the mouth.

You can only open your mouth and pour the tea into your mouth.

Moistened his throat, which was not dry, before he continued.

"After three to four hours, the survey team will officially arrive in the Magdam area."

"You may be questioned then."

"Please don't be resistant."

"In addition, the investigation team may visit the surrounding area to find witnesses of the demon disaster to check the situation."

"It is up to you to issue a number of documents to demonstrate the compliance of the team's actions."

Fritz's style of speech is very similar to that of the aristocratic lords in the big city.

It's not like a small place like Bang City.

The nobles in the giant city should be even more twisted.

It seems to be polite, but in fact it is a kind of hypocrisy and arrogance in the cloak of politeness.

Because there is an unmistakable implication in its words.

Many of these words are "scene words" commonly used among the nobles of the Duroa Kingdom.

"Don't worry."

"The whole city of Magtan will fully cooperate."

Chen Xuan had already greeted him in advance.

If the investigation team from Ataxs Megacity comes.

Whatever the other party asks, they should cooperate.

At least not on the surface.

Anyway, this matter will end up being a dead end.

And after nearly two Naroa days of rest and reconstruction.

The original battlefield has been carpet cleaned repeatedly.

The soil caster cooperated with the construction team to sift the floating soil on the ground several times.

The vast majority of shells and shrapnel were removed.

This is not the end, all the strata of the battlefield have basically undergone secondary excavation and landfilling.

The locations of those battlefields and rebuilt defense zones largely overlapped.

In the case of a city-wide renovation, it is also normal to level or turn the ground.

Similar operations were carried out on temporary defensive lines on the outskirts of the city.

At the same time, as a preparatory position for Chen Xuan's planning, construction is also in full swing.

It is undoubtedly difficult to find clues from the battlefield.

On the contrary, it is possible to find a small number of warheads flying out of the horns one or two kilometers away.

But as long as it's not in number, it doesn't matter.

Naroa's resources are not too scarce, and it is not uncommon to see weapons in the wild that are too late to recover.

Just like the black iron short spear that Chen Xuan saw on the goblin corpse in the forest when he was just [crossing].

There are so many strange weapons here, many of which even Chen Xuan has never seen.

It doesn't matter if the investigation team collects scattered pieces of shrapnel from warheads.

In small numbers, they are not included in the main factor of destroying the scourge.

As for the corpses of the Black Demon Dragon and other monsters, they had already been dismantled into pieces and dismantled into countless parts.

The flesh and blood of monsters have a certain erosive effect, and they are easy to pollute the land and vegetation.

According to Naroa's disposal practice, incineration is used.

The burned ash can be used as fertilizer.

Valuable monster materials are immediately stripped of them.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say.

It was difficult for the investigation team to find the entire corpse of a monster.

What's more, the vast majority of monsters are not killed with firearms.

Instead, he was strangled by the people of Magdam City after the Demon Dragon and the Cave Keeper were destroyed one after another.

Chen Xuan and Bai Zhiyong's troops also contributed, but after all, the number was limited, and they could not be regarded as the main force.

In such a situation, the investigation team can investigate as much as they like.

Just in case, Chen Xuan had already ordered Baron Bezos to send a garrison.

Travel to the remaining areas of the surrounding caverns, capture a few second- and third-order monsters, and release them into the mural ruins of the Misty Canyon.

After luring them to wreak havoc, and leaving traces that belong entirely to monster attacks.

Kill those monsters and take them away.

The original mural was repeatedly examined and confirmed to have been painted on ordinary mountain rocks.

The material itself has no meaning, all that is valuable is the pattern on it.

Therefore, after Chen Xuan backed up, he decisively asked the garrisons who arrived later to tear down the murals and transport them all away and hide them in a certain piece of storage jewelry.

And through the destruction of the scene by the monsters, it can cover up the truth.

And the garrison will still stay there.

This would explain the possible remnants of human activity there.

Chen Xuan's principle is to check casually.

He does not prevent, does not interfere, and conceals it to a limited extent.

Anyway, the process of his overthrow of the demon dragon itself is supercognitive.

As for operations such as asking for confessions, it doesn't matter.

All those who knew in Magdan were his slave contractors.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, in case the investigation team really finds something wrong.

This is not entirely without room for turnaround.

Magdam's ability to eradicate the scourge is a good thing, not a bad thing, for all the natives of Naroa.

Even if you hide something, it doesn't hurt.

Big cities will think more about cooperation than suppression.

Because the core contradiction is not internal.

That's the key to everything.

What worried Chen Xuan was the secrets that might be hidden in the mountains deep in the Misty Canyon.

The frescoes were left behind by neither the natives of Naroa nor the monsters from the Outlands.

But Chen Xuan was sure that there must be a big secret in those few marking points.

But his instinct told him that it was definitely not that simple in the misty mountains.

Anyway, let's fool around first.

If it really doesn't work, Chen Xuan can only find a way to use the means of "light speed attack" to deal with the investigation team.

Even if all of them are at the gold level, as long as the resistance to beatings is not comparable to that of the Dark Magic Dragon Belle, they will not be able to block the power of the "Light Speed Strike", and they may even be wiped out.

At best, it consumes some ammunition and explosives.

What's more, Chen Xuan himself also possessed a gold-level magic element cultivation.

If you want to worry, you don't have to worry.

The arrival of the investigation team was inevitable, and if Chen Xuan was the lord of the giant city, he would also be suspicious.

has explained in advance, and Baron Bezos can respond so calmly.

Since you can't stop these guys from coming.

Then just deal with it calmly.

The baron's attitude pleased the kobold Fritz.

It also made the threatening words it had prepared useless.

In fact, this is not the first time it has faced such a situation.

Because of the autonomy and independence of the state cities and settlements.

The lords of these small places are often arrogant and rarely willing to cooperate.

At the end of the day, a lord is not a prisoner either.

The investigation team can only "ask" them to cooperate, not impose mandatory orders.

Unless they can find some key evidence in the investigation.

It was rare to meet a local nobleman like Baron Bezos who was willing to cooperate, and Fritz was in a good mood.

As the vanguard of the investigation team, it rode the faster Mutant Dragon Eagle to get here.

In addition to coordinating the baron, it will also be responsible for the preliminary investigations.

Of course, Fritz can also choose to take advantage of the absence of his teammates to take a good rest.

Three or four water clocks may not be long, but they can make it a pastime.

Perfectly coordinated with Baron Bezos.

This guy thinks he's done his job.

I felt a little slack in my heart, and I couldn't help but relax.

The larynx began to vibrate, making a slight "chirping" sound.

Seeing this scene with his own eyes, Baron Bezos silently hooked the corners of his mouth.

……

(End of chapter)