The ancient castle walls kept flashing with the scene of countless figures running back and forth, mixed with the light reflected by many weapons and armors. These cold metallic lights also made the air in this hall even colder, along with the surrounding breath.
The sound became more obvious. Perhaps because of some kind of trial that was going on here, the serious atmosphere with a hint of murderous intent quickly penetrated into the atmosphere of Duan Qing and others who had just been brought here.
Among the flesh and bones, they looked back and forth at the imperial soldiers standing on the central high platform looking down at them. After a while, they finally smiled and said, "Well... what did you just say?"
"We have received complaints from people in the empire. They accuse the noble Lord Volavos of the empire of accepting money from everywhere."
Withdrawing his armor-covered arms, General Steele, who was sitting on the central throne, grimaced with his Chinese-shaped face: "In response to his behavior of bullying the market and causing public dissatisfaction, I will exercise the power of the highest local governor.
Permissions will be reviewed.”
"An imperial noble who is already so arrogant and domineering even before he officially takes office is indeed worthy of our attention."
A man who looked like an officer standing in the front right corner of the hall said this loudly, attracting the attention of Duan Qing and others. Several people turned towards the young officer who was also leading a large number of soldiers.
Looking in the direction where he was, he saw the figure of the fat man named Volavos with a face as pale as paper and shaking in that direction: "If found guilty, we will conduct a fair trial and continue to uphold the justice that the empire deserves.
."
"Wait, wait a minute! I haven't done anything that violates the laws of the empire at all!" Wiping the cold sweat on his head, the fat and white Volavos immediately shouted: "Your accusations are baseless! Neither do you.
Judge me for any reason or position!"
"We are imperial soldiers and have the obligation to safeguard the honor and dignity of the empire."
Tilting his head slightly, the general who called himself Steele turned his gaze in the direction of Volavos: "If we are unable to judge your crimes, you nobles of the empire will be even more miserable on the borders of the empire.
Lawless.”
"Of course, we can also hand you over to the Emperor's disposal." The officer escorting the fat noble then said calmly: "When the time comes, your end may not be better than now."
"The premise is that his charges can be established." A bearded officer standing on the other side with his hands behind his back said in a low voice: "The accusations about his corruption are still in a state of uncertainty..."
"We found many items of unknown origin in his residence." The young officer responsible for escorting Volavos said loudly: "Gold foil lamps, treasure necklaces, classical books, weapons and equipment, and many other similar things, there are enough.
It fills two large pages."
"Isn't this enough to prove his serious crime?"
He tilted his head and pointed his spread fingers at the face of the fat nobleman. Faced with heavy and accusatory eyes, Volavos also hurriedly threw away his white handkerchief with cold sweat, and vigorously raised his hand.
Neck: "You are talking nonsense! Those things are all luxuries I brought from home!"
"Oh? I have never heard that the Ida family has so many valuable assets." The young officer squinted his eyes: "And our Thebilis Castle has strict entry and exit records and statistics of personnel and materials.
, do you want to take it out now and compare it together?"
"Ha, then why don't you take it out and take a look?" Moving his eyes back and forth twice, Volavos straightened his back suddenly: "I don't believe you can bring out any records. I don't know what kind of records you can bring out."
Never heard of it at all”
"I know that Your Excellency the General has previously given great convenience to certain imperial nobles who travel in and out of this area, using the name of 'supporting the imperial nobles to come to Tbilisi Castle for negotiations.'" Interrupting the other party, the man
An elusive smile gradually appeared on the young officer's face: "But in fact, we decided to do this after receiving intelligence reports from other channels in advance."
"This information comes from the Imperial Ministry of Water Resources." He said a shocking name: "Do you want to bet your innocence and verify the authenticity of our information?"
The fat man's face began to look ugly.
"What's more, we don't just have entry and exit records, many imperial people living here can also prove this." Looking at the embarrassed look of the other party not continuing to speak, the young officer continued to raise his voice further away.
In the fortress hall: "There are also some imperial nobles who have lived here for a long time. They all claim that you have threatened them in various ways to force them to pay you their property."
"Presumably our Lord Volavos must have been very busy during the past period." He turned his head and looked at where Duan Qing and others were: "Right, guardians?"
"...We are only responsible for your protection. After all, we are mercenaries." Duan Qing, who stared at the young officer, replied in a low voice: "As for your itinerary and what exactly he is doing.
, naturally we don’t know either.”
"It doesn't matter, we just need your testimony to prove Volavos's itinerary." Putting his hands on his back, the young officer turned his head and looked at the location of the bearded officer who spoke before:
"What do you think, Lord Dallion?"
"...Have you really done something so outrageous? Volavos?" The middle-aged officer known as Dalyan tilted his head with a serious face and set his sights on Volavos's face.
On the body: "You asked for all those treasures?"
"No, that's not the case!" The fat man with a golden face shook his head hastily: "They insisted on giving it to me, so I accepted it because of my carelessness..."
"That is to say, you also lied in an attempt to cover up the fact of the source of these treasures." Slapping the other party's shoulder hard, the young officer interrupted the fat man with a stern question: "You were actually still in front of His Majesty the General before.
He insists that it is all his own, and he still refuses to let it go, right?"
The fat man suddenly turned pale.
"It seems that the previous accusations made by the people of the empire are not groundless, sir."
No longer paying attention to the fat man's expression, the young officer raised his fists to his chest and gave an imperial military salute to General Steele on the central throne: "For the benefit of millions of people in the empire, this kind of daring to do...
A nobleman who dares not admit it is simply a disgrace to the empire. No matter in terms of moral character or magnanimity, people like him are not qualified to be one of the empire's cabinet ministers."
"Especially when a group of adventurers from the empire risked their lives to assassinate and were killed by his sword in the end." His voice gradually became louder, and his accusing gaze gradually shifted: "Even for dozens of people.
We should also uphold justice for the adventurers who died for this, General."
How could the adventurers really die? Couldn't they all be resurrected if they turned around... No, no, those guys who were caught on purpose must have been acting on purpose before.
These words flashed through his mind involuntarily, and Duan Qing turned around to face the stern glare of the young imperial officer: "Even if our employer really committed some crime, attacking him in the street like this
The method is not advisable, right? Using crime to stop crime should not be something worth advocating in the laws of any country."
"That makes sense, so we originally wanted to hold those who were dead accountable for their crimes." The young officer grinned and replied: "Unfortunately, they have all died of serious injuries, so now we can only deal with the living issues for them.
Already."
"Although I don't know what my employer did behind our backs, is it too hasty to confirm this crime based on just one side of the story you investigated?"
Duan Qing looked at each other with several teammates around him, and then walked forward with his head held high: "The death of those so-called righteous soldiers only increased the emotional weight in your hearts. Before they died,
Those words were most likely false accusations, the result of them deliberately misleading us for revenge."
"Of course this possibility exists, but we have also determined other evidence based on the results of this riot and the recently received intelligence." The young officer's eyes showed a bit of eagerness: "And... I...
What people are best at is observing words and emotions. When I stated those conclusions and evidence just now, the emotion on Mr. Fravos’s face didn’t seem to be a lie.”
"Although I don't know who you are, I can't count the reactions you get by using bluffing language at will." Duan Qing's retort tone was almost calm: "As for Lord Volavos' guilty conscience... maybe it's...
For any other reason?"
"Other reasons?" Ignoring Duan Qing's previous disrespectful words, the young officer slowly opened his eyes: "Is there any other crime on him that we haven't discovered?"
"It would be a waste of talent if you don't become an interrogator."
After muttering this sentence in a low voice, Duan Qing turned around and slowly held up his fists: "There is a saying in our world of adventurers that no crime can be committed without ruling out other possibilities."
Determined to be true crimes, all the accusations stated by this military officer are full of doubts, and they cannot fundamentally establish Mr. Volavos' corruption charges."
"General, please make a decision."
He raised his head and faced General Steele who was sitting on the central throne in this posture. The latter's eyes that had been slightly closed slowly opened, and his resolute and quality face gradually began to change.
There was a certain radiance of determination: "Luo Asong."
"……ah?"
"As the leader of the empire, I will use the most just way to reach my conclusion to the second son of the Date family." The determined light in his eyes finally focused on Duan Qing, the general of the empire issued this message
The voice was heavy and thorough: "But before that, I can provide you with another clue to your argument."
"That's what Volavos has been looking for during this period." His eyes moved slightly, and his chest-straining voice continued to echo in the hall: "The name is Loazon, right?"
"That, that, that..." As if he could not withstand the heavy pressure exerted on him by the general, the fat noble replied tremblingly: "That was entrusted to me by a good friend, saying that he wanted me to go
Looking for its whereabouts, I, I..."
"So you agreed." The heavy voice asked slowly: "Have you found it?"
"me……"
The voice became more hesitant, and the fat man with a pale face breathed heavily as if he couldn't breathe: "Not yet..."
"It seems that you already know what that thing is." Instead of waiting for the imperial nobleman to speak his answer, General Steele turned his eyes away: "The name Loazon, I
I also inquired about this castle for a while, but later I found out that that was not its real name."
"That's just the ancient magic language left here by the ancient magic empire. I don't know who passed it on." The eyes on Guozi's face became sharp again and suddenly fell on Duan Qing: "Translate into common language
If so, its name should be Oknos."
"What you are looking for is the Okonos Disc." He said the final answer in a low voice: "Those ancient relics that the Restorationists are deliberately looking for, right?"
The fat man suddenly turned pale.
"Oh, I think I saw something more interesting."
A heavy feeling suddenly descended on everyone with a moment of silence in the air. However, this heavy feeling was different from the feeling brought about when the general spoke before. I noticed this clue.
But the young officer set his sights in the same direction, and then said loudly with the excitement of discovering a new world: "The reaction of this adventurer seems to be a bit special."
"..."
"As expected of General, you have found a new breakthrough so quickly."
In the atmosphere where the surrounding strings were gradually tightening, the young officer who took two steps forward crossed the position of Volavos, and then looked at the face of the gray-robed magician in front of him with a condescending gaze: "With you.
I have been debating for such a long time, but I still haven’t asked you your surname.”
"May I have your name?"
"……fine."
Secretly waving towards Xue Ling Huan Bing beside him, Duan Qing, who sighed deeply in his heart, also came to the officer. He took a deep breath, then raised his head to meet the other officer's eyes with a dull look.
They looked at each other: "I am Linyuan Duanshui."
"Please give me more advice."
This chapter has been completed!