Steinblade is the second largest city in the Kingdom of Alterac. It is located on the foothills of the northeastern part of the Alterac Mountains. This city firmly controls the connection between the Kingdom of Alterac and the northern plains of Roland.

The only way to pass through the Wilder region of the Kingdom of Danlon can be said to be a choke point.

The Kingdom of Alterac's territory is mostly mountainous, and agriculture and animal husbandry are underdeveloped. Therefore, there have been constant border disputes with its southern neighbor Stromgard in history. Alterac intends to expand its territory to the plateau area under the mountains, which can hinder

It has suffered repeated setbacks due to insufficient national strength. Stannbrad City is located on the northern border of the country where there has been no war for a long time. It is adjacent to the friendly country of Lordaeron and has frequent trade exchanges. Therefore, the road guarded by Stannblade City is equivalent to a road for

The blood-transmitting artery of the capital city of Alterac can be called the Silk Road of the continent of Lordaeron.

After a whole day of bumpy driving, Tailan and his party of fifteen finally arrived in the city at noon the next day. Med'an's hands holding the wolf saddle were so frozen that he could hardly take it off, but Jindi got off.

The Frost Wolf was still not satisfied and seemed to want to ride for a while longer.

After discussion, everyone split into two groups. Tailan and Van Gaal went to the prison where the prisoners escaped to investigate, while Gunn, Med'an and Jindi led the remaining people to contact the city defense army to learn about the case.

Van Gaal revealed his identity as Captain Frostwolf to the jailer, and was easily approved and allowed in. Seeing this, Tyran secretly despised: No wonder the prisoners escaped on a large scale. It turns out that the prison's review is so simple, and the door is simply wide open.

The two of them entered and sat for a while, when someone trotted over enthusiastically, shouting: "Frostwolf warriors, I'm sorry for missing you so far."

The visitor is a middle-aged man with a long beard. He is bald on the top of his head, and his hair is combed to both sides, hanging down on his shoulders with high deltoid muscles. But what does not match his appearance is that he has a

A simple smile, an optimistic look.

"I am Baron Vardus who was assigned to assist the two warriors in their investigation." The strong man said with a smile: "I have been working in Steinblade Prison for eight years and am currently the prison warden. Maybe under the two warriors

It seems that this job is very dirty, but it can bring great merits to return criminals to society. I am very proud of this job."

"Oh, how long have you been the warden?" Van Gaal asked casually.

"Just two and a half months ago, the former warden unfortunately died in the line of duty during a prisoner riot." Vadus still smiled, showing no regret or regret at all: "I took over smoothly as the deputy warden."

"Huh? So the prisoner riot helped Brother Zhonghai," Tailan said sarcastically.

"In a sense, it is like this." Baron Vardus admitted with a smile. However, he secretly muttered in his heart: What does this man mean by calling me Brother Zhonghai? Is it a new popular name in Alterac City? Is it possible?

Is it the abbreviation for Loyal, Reliable and Blessed as the East China Sea?

Tai Lan also murmured to himself: This guy was too frank and seemed to have no suspicion, but he always felt that something was wrong.

Van Gaal said to Vardos: "Baron, please tell us in detail the process of the prisoners' riot."

Vadus muttered: "I also have a lot of doubts about this. I checked here and there, but I couldn't find out which cell was the first to open the door. When the jailer found out, there were already two or three prisoners pouring out.

Ten people, they smashed other cell doors while resisting the delaying jailer, eventually forming a large riot of more than a hundred people, and a total of twenty-two prisoners escaped."

"That is to say, you have just noticed the riot, and the prisoners have already formed a large scale." Fan Gaal frowned: "That is to say -"

The three of them exchanged glances and said in unison, "There's a traitor!"

"What's even more strange is that the former warden did not die in a conflict between the two parties, but died in a cell." Vadus continued: "It was like he was kidnapped and killed before the riot."

The more Van Gaal speculated, the more confused he became: "Or... he is a traitor? He was harmed by one of his own people because the conditions were not negotiated?"

"Warrior, this is a serious accusation, don't talk nonsense." Vadus dissuaded him with a smile.

Tai Lan became more and more suspicious. This Vadus smiled with a knife hidden in his face. With a few words that were neither salty nor bland, he led the suspicion to the former warden and then excused it. It was like deliberately muddying the waters.

Van Gaal said: "Let's not talk about the traitor. How did this fugitive cross the high wall and escape from the prison?"

"What a coincidence." Vadus spread his hands helplessly and said, "During the conflict, a prison guard was killed by the prisoners, and he happened to have the key to the outer gate. That's why twenty-two people escaped."

Van Gaal asked: "What is the current number of these twenty-two fugitives at large?"

Vadus smiled and said: "Due to the limited manpower in the prison, only a small team was sent to track down the fugitives, and one has been captured so far. The city defense army captured three and killed two. In this way, there are still some fugitives at large.

There are as many as sixteen people.”

Sixteen people? Tailan secretly thought in his heart, there are more people than our elite team, plus the syndicate forces hidden behind the fugitives, it will definitely be difficult to deal with! I don’t know Med’an and Jindina

How is border intelligence handled?

On the other side, Med'an and others have arrived at the office of the city defense army. With the cooperation of the young Duke Faculest, the commander-in-chief of the city defense army, they reviewed the previous case files and physical evidence.

"The eight deceased were all men, all with military backgrounds!" Med'an put down the file after reading it and said in a deep voice: "Four of them had served in the Alterac Royal Forces! The other four had served in the Alterac Royal Forces!

Trunk Army Corps!”

"We have also made the conclusion that someone is hunting these retired soldiers!" Faculest nodded.

"And it was an organized act." Jin Di added in a sharp voice: "Some of the deceased were hacked to death with random knives, and the wounds were of varying depths. It must have been committed by multiple people; some of the deceased were killed with one knife, and the wounds were very thin and

Deep. The person who used the knife should be an experienced warrior or butcher with a good psychological quality. From this, it can be inferred that the number of murderers in these cases, their knife skills and experience levels are completely different."

"How do you know so much?" Mad'an asked Jindi in surprise.

Jindi said proudly: "The wizard's thirst for knowledge is omnipresent. Master Krasus once studied the knowledge of corpse identification, and as an apprentice, I helped him complete some auxiliary work."

"Who is Crassus?" Gunn asked curiously.

"Yes -" Jin Di was about to answer when Madan covered her mouth.

"He is one of the Royal Mages of Alterac!" Med'an quickly concealed it. Only then did Jindi realize that he could not reveal that he was from the Magic City in front of the orcs and the Duke. After all, Dalaran and the Horde were still at war.

.

Gu En believed it to be true and simply said: "Oh, I've never heard of his name. Is he very skilled in magic?"

"Master Krasus is very powerful." After Jindi said this, he secretly stuck out his tongue. He and Gunn got along well these days, and they had exchanged some magic experiences. They had forgotten that he was from the tribe.

The Duke was not suspicious and continued to introduce: "On the other hand, the city defense army has solved three cases so far. Three murderers were captured and two murderers were killed on the spot. All five of them escaped from the prison during a riot a few months ago.

The fugitives who escaped. Those arrested confessed that they were ordered to commit the murder.”
Chapter completed!