'Operation Crusade' has made great progress.

——'Elged' also received the news. According to the original plan, the city lord's palace will send a response force of 2,000 people in two days.

Day 11, afternoon.

The people sent by Miya to monitor the city lord's palace routinely sent back news.

An intelligence officer said: "Since noon, the guards in the city lord's palace have been gradually transferred outside the city to gather with other troops. There are not many guards left in the palace. At the same time, the city patrol team has dispatched a large number of patrol members into the city lord's palace to replace the guards.

Military work.”

Mia: "Is this the original plan of the Lord of Chano City?"

An intelligence officer said: "There are no relevant discussions between the temple and the city lord's palace."

"..."

The Guards of the City Lord's Mansion are completely directly subordinate to the Lord of Chano and are the elite among the elite.

Judging by normal logic, it is really possible for the Lord of Chano City to ask the guards to respond to him.

But...it is very unusual to transfer almost all the Guards.

After thinking for a while, Miya recorded this point and asked someone to forward it to the Great God Envoy Office.

"The Guards are loyal to the Lord of Chano City. They have done a thorough investigation on their backgrounds and can guarantee that there are basically no problems. After they are transferred, the people who come to replace them have many uncertainties in terms of background and loyalty.

…”

She thought seriously for a while and felt that it was necessary to follow up on this matter personally.

So, she arranged for a person to stay in the temple to help her pay attention to the latest information, while she went to monitor the movements of the city lord's palace in person.

…

And in a place that Mia knows nothing about.

Marte, the 'Senior Priest' of the 'Salmon Temple', intercepted the file that Mia wanted to upload.

‘Mart’ is the person who was talking secretly with Prince Witan in the ‘Red Rose Castle’ before.

The unclear conversation between the two at that time was actually communicating about the progress of their respective actions.

He has worked in this temple for decades. He was a righteous little priest at first, but later he gradually became disappointed with the temple. Coupled with the temptation of the devil's agent, he degenerated into a dark undercover...

For more than ten years after his fall, the devil's agent gave him only one task, which was to be a 'model priest'.

He completed this task very well. In the entire Salmon Temple, from top to bottom, no one would think that he had something to do with the "darkness".

His personal image and temperament are that of a 'senior priest'. Even if he is doing evil things, he does not look like a villain at all:

"Miss Mia, do you know how long it takes to achieve a seamless plan?"

"You weren't even born when those devils started planning."

"They quietly anesthetized the entire 'Elged', and only you outsiders could notice..."

"But even if you find it, what's the use?"

"..."

Malte muttered a few words to himself, then tore up the documents in his hand, lit them, and threw them into the brazier, just like the other 'confidential documents' he burned.

As soon as he finished burning, there was a sound of movement outside the door.

After a few minutes, the door was pushed open.

A man who looked like a chef came in pushing a dining cart. He said respectfully: "Priest Malte, dinner is ready."

Malte glanced at the chef and said something: "Where is the dinner for the angels of the gods?"

The chef's hands trembled slightly: "I'm preparing to give it to them."

Malte's voice was gentle and friendly: "Take your time, don't be in a hurry."

The chef lowered his head: "Understood."

"..."

…

…

the other side.

Mia came to the 'Intelligence Cabin' located outside the city lord's palace and met with two other intelligence personnel who were temporarily under her management.

Leading intelligence stations may have the latest news.

She asked: "Still no news from 'Tom'?"

Intelligence officer: "No."

"..."

These people had previously searched the hotel room where 'Tom' lived, and found some gold coins there, as well as weapons and daily necessities used by 'Tom'.

Judging from the personal belongings left in the room, it was impossible for Tom to leave without saying goodbye.

Thinking of the 'fire explosion' incident more than ten days ago, Mia suspected that Tom might have been killed in that incident...

As for the traces at the scene...according to the performance of the investigation team at the time, the truth was probably covered up...

…

Mia asked several questions in a row, but received no useful reply.

She asked again: "Is there anything unusual in the City Lord's Mansion?"

Intelligence officer: "After the guards in the city lord's palace were replaced by patrols, the movement trajectory of the people in the palace changed greatly, which is difficult to control."

"What about the entry and exit of items?"

"When the patrol team settled in, they brought a lot of supplies."

"What supplies? Is the quantity large?"

"The ones exposed are vegetables and fruits, accounting for about one-third. The rest are not exposed, so it is speculated that they may also be vegetables and fruits. The total number is about the capacity of seven standard carriages."

"Wait and investigate the relevant details."

"OK."

"What about the construction status of the 'Red Rose Castle'?"

"Still under construction."

"Did those construction workers behave abnormally?"

"No."

…

After the 'fire explosion', the garden of the 'Red Rose Castle' was completely destroyed, and the main part of the castle was damaged. It would take at least a month to repair it.

Although some of the people who went to do the construction there were not locals from Elged, the minimum of those people had four years of work experience in this city.

——Up to this point in the investigation, most people would not think that they have ‘something wrong’.

Mia was also impeccable about the backgrounds of these people, but she always had some doubts due to reasons such as intuition.

…

After asking, Mia arranged for one of the personnel to investigate the patrol team, and arranged for another to monitor the city lord's palace, while she went to monitor the 'Red Rose Castle'.

She monitored from dusk to midnight, and there was no problem at all during this period.

On the roof of a certain house.

Miya's eyelids became heavier and heavier. She summoned the 'Timber Wolf', pointed at the red rose garden, and whispered: "Xiaoqing, help me look there. I'll squint for a while."

Timberwolves: "Woo~"

"..."

Mia closed her eyes and after sleeping for more than twenty minutes, she gradually felt something strange coming from her face.

She opened her eyes and found that it was 'Xiao Qing' licking her face.

Being woken up by 'Xiao Qing' at this time, something must have happened.

Mia looked towards the red rose garden. Although the distance was dark due to the weak light, she still saw many vaguely flickering figures.

"???"

"You need to get closer to see what those people are doing."

…

Mia jumped off the roof, quietly came to the outside of the 'Red Rose Castle', and then jumped onto the wall with a light body.

In the garden, the construction workers were carrying boxes one after another from the castle to the other end of the garden.

"That side is... the City Lord's Mansion?"

In doubt, Mia walked around to the other side and jumped on the wall again.

There, she saw a big hole, which connected the 'City Lord's Mansion' and the 'Red Rose Castle'. Those personnel were passing through this hole to carry boxes to the City Lord's Mansion.
To be continued...