After receiving the Queen's secret mission, we didn't leave immediately.

In the past few days, Danio and Amy have used the bounty given by the queen to buy some things.

Danio replaced it with a sharper dagger that was a little longer than the previous one. And Amy said that she bought the right to use a lot of weapons, and there is a thing that teaches "quantum bombs", which is very dangerous when you hear it. As for how to use that weapon, I'm afraid I'll escape from that four-dimensional skirt when the time comes......

And I've been in the hotel for the past few days doing nothing, reading books about the continent of Arad, and by the way, thinking about Nicole's other two high-level magic.

I can now use Celestial Thunder and Annihilation Black Hole at will, but I haven't used the other two, the ice-based "Polar Ice Feast" and the fire-based "Jack's Arrival".

The Polar Ice Feast and the Annihilation of the Black Hole are similarly large-scale attacks, and Jack's Arrival is equivalent to a meteorite from the sky of Pinochio.

In the past few days, I have tried to recall the process of casting spells, and have successfully mastered the Polar Ice Feast, but Jack has not been able to use it for a long time.

At first, I thought that the power of annihilating the black hole was very great, and it was the strongest of the four high-level magics, but now it seems that this Jack Advent is the most powerful, after all, it is difficult to use!

However, I don't have time for that right now. I secretly bought a common dagger on the West Coast at the time, and now it's chopped all over the gap.

These notches are half of Logan's and half of Marcel's.

Originally, I didn't want to change the dagger, but now I'm on a mission, so I should get a new one.

It's just that before I can do that, I'll have to get the staff done. I used a mahogany staff, and it was left in the forbidden ground, so why should I ask the Imperial Army or others to go down and pick it up?

So I went to Lorian's shop, ready to pick a new one, but the shop was closed, so I had no choice but to go to the blacksmith shop in Kakun next to it, and try a short sword first.

Kakun was a Mogatha driver and blacksmith shopkeeper, and he should have good weapons.

And in the blacksmith's shop, I found a weapon that suited me perfectly.

It was a staff that was neither long nor short, longer than a wand, shorter than a staff, and as thick as a staff.

It's also made of wood, and it's divided into two ends, one with a mana head that can be used to help gather mana (in fact, the magicians who venture on the Arad continent often don't use their wands to gather mana to cast spells, but I'm special), the top of the staff, and the other end is the hilt of the sword.

Pull out the hilt of the sword, and hide a short sword inside!

This short sword is stored in the cane, which is extremely convenient to use, as long as you put the cane horizontally, you can pull out the short sword!

So I immediately paid for it. Now, the staff and dagger are ready.

Moreover, this time the investigation was about infectious diseases, and if I was not careful, I would get sick myself, so I also bought some antidotes, detoxification powder or something, hoping to use it at the top, and also bought four bird masks stuffed with activated charcoal, which are the kind that doctors often wear, and then returned to Celia Hotel. As a result, as soon as this mask was taken out, the others were ugly and unwilling to wear it, so I fortunately threw it all away, wasting the parcel space.

To cope with the adventure, we each carried a bag full of food and water, as well as some camping essentials, before heading to Camp Affalia.

When we passed by the barracks, we showed the Queen's token and were let go.

The Afaria camp is located beneath the valley, and the legendary kingdom of the Dark Elves is even more beneath there.

At the moment, the two sides have not officially started a war, and it is not known where the other side is stationed.

But that's none of our business.

The Afaria camp was dimly lit, and it was daytime outside, but in the valley, the sun's rays were blocked by the trees, making it a long night, with only dark blue torches illuminating the nearby roads.

Here, we see a tall man dressed in a purple-black robe, with dark skin and a pair of extremely long pointed ears.

He's a dark elf.

He still had the griffon beside him, which had always been huge......

"Hello, my name is Krent, and I am the Queen's Emissary. ”

I thought for a moment and said, "Hello. I'm an adventurer from the principality who came to investigate a contagion. ”

At the same time, I also showed the Queen's letter: "I hope your country can understand that we do not want to go to war. ”

"You've come just in time as we hope to postpone the war and investigate the pandemic. Karen nodded, "If we can find out the truth, we can accept it even if war breaks out." If it had been a misunderstanding, this tragedy could have been avoided. What do you think?"

"There's something to ask. Danio interjected, "Can you tell me why the Dark Elf Kingdom thinks that the matter of the contagion is related to the Duchy?

Krent shook his head and said, "Although there are some eyewitnesses, there is no conclusive evidence. Queen Meia did not want war, but the senators thought the opposite, insisting on going to war. ”

"So, under pressure from the senators, Queen Maia declared war on the principality?"

"Yes. ”

Danio sighed and stopped talking.

I continued: "The most important thing now is to find out the true source of the epidemic and clear up the misunderstanding between the two countries. Since you are the Queen's emissary, you will certainly assist us in investigating this matter!"

"Yes, but I am not the one who is helping you. Krent turned and pointed.

We looked there and saw three people slowly coming from the darkness.

At the head was a tall female dark elf with white hair, exuding an ominous aura and wearing light armor, but smiling.

The other two have a cold and indifferent attitude, one is a demon boy like Logan, with long black hair and a hint of aristocratic air on his clothes, and a woman holding a short sword and wearing revealing clothes, she is a female ghost swordsman.

"They are also adventurers sent by the Queen, and in order to stop the war, they will work with you to investigate the contagion. Krent pointed to the Dark Elf Woman, the Demon Boy, and the Female Ghost Swordsman, respectively, and said, "They are Matthew, Eddard, and Lifa. ”

"I'm Matthew! I'm the leader of this squad!" the tall female dark elf held out her hand to Danio, "Hello!"

"Hello...... My name is Danio. Danio shook her hand, then looked at me and said, "This is our captain, Nicole." ”

"My name is Amy. ”

"Logan. ”

The other two also introduced themselves.

Matthew smiled awkwardly at me, "I'm sorry, I thought he was the captain." ”

I shrugged, "It doesn't matter, I don't care much about the title of captain." ”

"I must tell you about the clues about the contagion. "It's a terrible contagion, it's so virulent that it resurrects dead people, turns them into zombies, and attacks anyone who passes by." Anyone who is attacked by these zombies will be infected with the virus. ”

"So how do we avoid being infected by the virus while we are investigating?" I said, "and we can't guarantee that we won't get hit." ”

"Don't worry, my friend, the alchemist Morgan, investigated the sick corpse and found traces of a rare chemical reaction known as the 'purple mushroom'. We sent the purple mushroom to the Dark City for research, and eventually created a magic immunity book. ”

Then, he took out a few small books that looked black and handed them to us, saying, "You don't need to open this, you can wear it on your body like a talisman, and you won't be infected with the virus." ”

"Then we are relieved. "The four of us took the little book and put it away, and Krent didn't give it to Matthew, he must have given it before.

"The contagion broke out from the nearby dark elf city of Nojpella, and I don't know how long it spread, the city suddenly turned into a dead city, and the nearby villages were also affected by the epidemic, and no one in it was spared. Now there is immunity to suppress the virus in this vicinity. Morgan, on the other hand, went into the interior of Afaria with the investigation team and did not return for three days. So, I want you to go into the shallow habitat first and look for Morgan. ”

"It's easy to do. Matthew smiled, "If you had said it earlier, the three of us would have gone and retrieved him." Tell us, what does Morgan look like?"

This guy exudes a foul and ominous aura all over his body, but his personality is cheerful, which is extremely incompatible with her temperament.

"It's also for your safety. Now that the messenger of the principality has arrived, it will be safer for the seven of you to act together, which is why I will not let you go. ”

"Aren't you afraid that the alchemist will be in danger and die if he is saved? Ed said coldly.

"I wish I was overly distracted. Anyway, go and explore the shallow habitat. ”

"Wait, you haven't said what Morgan looks like. I asked suddenly.

"He's got blonde hair, wears monocles, wears yellow, and he's a dark elf," Krent said. ”

Well, yellow clothes...... It should be easy to identify in this place.

"Then let's go. Matthew took the lead and walked towards the cave in front of him, after all, the Dark Elf Kingdom was underground, and the epidemic broke out in a city underground.

Actually, there is a road on the other side, but Krent reminds us that the army of the Dark Elf Kingdom can be behind there, so let's not come close.

So, we're going all the way down.