In fact, the nobles of Ruit City did not have the courage to fight against Lord Suldak. Viscount Duwei stepped forward and proposed to these nobles to organize a massive parade, but unfortunately there were very few responders.
The nobles were even more worried that Lord Surdak would launch a series of counter-actions after the parade incident.
At the beginning of this gathering, everyone was still fiercely criticizing Suldak. However, when Viscount Duwe revealed the parade plan, the nobles fell silent.
Then someone quietly slipped away.
Soon, there were only a few nobles who had good personal relationships with Viscount Duwei among the guests in the hall. Seeing that they were also restless, Viscount Duwei knew that this lobbying was a complete failure, even if it was only in Rui.
They didn't dare to hold a parade in Special City.
"Viscount Duwei, we also say goodbye..."
After hesitating for a moment, the last few nobles also came up and said to Viscount Du Wei.
After the nobles left one after another, the hall immediately became empty. The rows of tables and chairs seemed a bit messy, and there was still wine left on the table. The servants began to clean up the messy living room.
Viscount Duwei sat on the sofa in the lounge a little tiredly. He pinched the corners of his eyes with one hand and closed his eyes in disappointment.
When he opened his eyes again, there was a world-weary sternness in his eyes.
The butler stood behind him silently. Viscount Duwei didn't even turn around and asked the butler behind him:
"How are the preparations for the ceremony at the manor?"
The butler took a step forward, bent down to Viscount Duwe's ear, and whispered: "Everything is ready, we can hold a soul awakening ceremony for Earl Benton tonight."
Viscount Duwei nodded, lying on his side on the sofa and said: "The city has recently changed a group of guard camp knights. Please tell those warlocks to be careful these days and try not to go out if possible."
The butler immediately agreed and said, "I understand, sir."
Du Wei suddenly sat up from the sofa and began to look at the calendar on the coffee table. He took out a quill pen and scribbled on the dates originally circled in red, and then said:
"Let them pour medicine into all the wells in the slums in the city before dawn tomorrow. This time, the dosage will be increased. The corpses sent to the cemetery are starting to be insufficient."
The butler agreed:
"Okay, I will inform them personally."
Viscount Duwei paused and then asked: "Who is in charge of the noble area? Let's start taking action tomorrow!"
The housekeeper hesitated and said: "Early tomorrow morning, the nobles in the city may not have time to evacuate..."
Viscount Du Wei showed a disappointed expression on his face, and after a while he said: "They have already lost the courage to resist. I have given them a chance. Since they don't have the courage, let them perish with this city!
"
"Understood, sir."
The butler agreed.
The room fell silent again...
…
Samira walked into the castle with a man wrapped in a linen cloak.
The man walked into the castle and lifted the hood on his head, revealing an iron-green face with faint corpse spots.
She walked a little unnaturally and her steps were very stiff. She looked curiously at the gorgeous decorations in the castle. Her eyes moved from the rock sculptures in the corridor to the oil paintings hanging on the walls, with a look of surprise in her eyes.
When Surdak, who was waiting in the study, saw Naomi, he found that her body was still further turning into a corpse, but she didn't seem to care about it.
There was no fluctuation in Naomi's eyes, and she couldn't even squeeze out a smile on her stiff face.
Suldak stood in front of the desk, asked Naomi to sit down in the chair opposite the desk, and then said:
"Recently, several things have happened in Ruit City that we can't understand. I'm very sorry for disturbing your peaceful life."
"Although I don't know if I can help, it's an honor for you to think of me when you are in trouble!" Naomi's voice was a little hoarse, but she was extremely calm.
Surdak mentioned that he met a necromancer in the city the day before yesterday. The necromancer cleverly used a substitute to escape in front of Surdak and used the inland river in the city to escape Samira's pursuit.
Naomi's pupils shrank slightly.
Surdak said to Naomi: "I want to find them. I know he must be hiding in the city. Although I don't know why he is in Ruit City, I think they are probably not willing to hide in the Magic Guild." Activities under the nose.”
"I want to know why the necromancers came, and I want to find them out of this city..."
Naomi, who was sitting in the armchair, said expressionlessly:
"As far as I know, there are no undead warlocks near Ruit City, and it is very inconvenient for them to move in areas where people gather, unless they are not good at summoning, and they move during the day, and it is difficult to cover up their aura. So they are usually active at night.”
Suldak then talked about the grave robbing incident that occurred in the Benton family cemetery.
"I don't think they are ordinary gravediggers just to steal the grave goods in the tomb." Suldak finally said.
"Samira, I guess they are bound to do something in the city next. Since they like to be active at night, you may have to work harder at night recently."
The half-elf archer immediately stood up and said, "I understand."
Suldak then ordered to Gary Decker: "Callie Decker, I sent people to keep an eye on the slums. As long as someone dies there, they must register with the guard camp. I suspect that there are people over there in the slums." After the dead people were buried in that cemetery, those graves were almost all graves. I am sure that their bodies were no longer in the graves long ago, so I suspect that they had planned this for a long time."
Gary Decker nodded in agreement with a serious face.
She had just assumed the position of chief of the security battalion of Ruit City, and she encountered such a thing, which made this second-level strong man feel very unhappy.
"Thea, have Edgar and his cavalry arrived?" Suldak asked Thea who was standing aside.
"We have arrived at the guard camp. The cavalry has already started handing over positions with the construct knights. This time Edgar has borrowed a thousand guard camp knights from the guard camp in Mukuso City." Siya said.
Surdak did not expect that Edgar was worried that his cavalry had no experience in managing urban security, so he actually seconded a group of guard battalion knights from Mukuso, and then ordered to Gary Decker again: "I actually know this guy.
Mars, Gary Decker, ask Edgar to increase the number of patrolling knights in the city..."
"Naomi, is there any way to find old Earl Benton?"
Seeing Naomi stop thinking, Suldak asked her.
Naomi still said expressionlessly: "Yes, but you need the deceased's belongings before death. You can use necromancy magic to find his breath and find his hiding place."
Suldak said to Naomi: "Then you will follow me to the Benton family later. I want to get old Earl Benton back."
"It's best to wait until night and prepare sacrifices."
Naomi said in a hoarse voice.
Then everyone split up. Naomi did not stay in the guest room prepared by Suldak for her. Instead, she asked Surdak to prepare an unused cellar for her, and she waited in the cellar until dark.
…
The Benton family is in chaos. Many young family members are guarding with family knights and are investigating the whereabouts of old Earl Benton outside.
Within the family, Allen Benton's uncles all came over and asked Allen Benton to give everyone an explanation.
This is the first time that the Benton family has encountered this kind of tomb robbery in so many years.
The wives of old Earl Benton were sitting in the living room of the back house, praying constantly to the golden scepter with wings hanging on the wall, symbolizing the protective light of the Statue of Liberty. Although their prayers did not count,
Big, but very clear, and has the same rhythm as reciting poetry.
Alan Benton saw that his mother and several other ladies were in relatively stable moods, so he immediately stopped and gave up his plan to comfort his mother.
He also has to return to the living room to entertain his friends who have rushed back from various places to help.
When passing by the side hall, Allen Benton saw his stepmother Marilena sitting at the dining table. There was a glass of golden cider in front of this beautiful woman. She originally planned to leave Ruit today.
But now that something like this happened, Alan Benton stopped him. No one could leave the manor until the matter was investigated clearly.
On the other hand, her stepmother Jenny, who is much younger than herself, has been sitting on the terrace on the second floor all day long. She seldom talks or leaves the room. After the death of old Benton, she also seemed very calm.
He had no intention of leaving Benton Manor.
Perhaps because she hadn't had a good rest recently, her cheeks were so pale that they were almost transparent.
I have to say that Jenny has a very special temperament. The more cold and lonely she looks, the more people want to read her heart.
If old Benton hadn't struck faster, Alan Benton looked at Jenny's side face and could only sigh softly...
"Your Majesty, Lord Consul Suldak is here to visit." The butler appeared at the end of the corridor and walked up to Alan Benton and said.
Alan Benton did not expect Lord Suldak to visit at this time, and was a little surprised.
Thinking of the fact that he actually visited the scene in the morning, I thought it was just a formality. Investigating this matter should have been the responsibility of the security battalion. Unexpectedly, it was so late that Surdak came to visit again.
"Please invite Archon Suldak to come in... Forget it, I'll greet you personally!" Alan Benton adjusted his collar and cuffs and hurried out to greet him.
The butler immediately followed behind Alan Benton.
"Lord Earl Suldak, this time..." Alan Benton walked down the steps and said earnestly when he saw Suldak.
Suldak pointed at Naomi who hid her face in her hood, and quickly introduced to Ellen Benton: "This is my friend Ms. Naomi, a warlock who is proficient in necromancy.
The purpose of coming here with her this time is to track down the specific whereabouts of old Earl Benton."
"..."
For a moment, Alan Benton didn't know how to express his gratitude to Suldak.
Surdak has an undead friend. This is no secret in Ruit City. There are even stories circulating in the city. When he was outside Mukusuo City, he faced the chaotic Lord McDonnell's army and troops outside the city.
As a low-level legion of the hell demons, Surdak asked his undead friends to fight their way out of the city.
In order to investigate the theft of the tomb, now he actually brought this great friend here in person, which moved Earl Allen Benton even more.
The undead warlock wrapped in a black cloak was standing next to Suldak. Her figure looked a bit petite and she should be a lady.
She didn't speak or even make any movements, and her head was covered with a hood, making it impossible to see her face clearly.
"Lord Consul Suldak, do you have any way to trace the whereabouts of my father's body?" Eileen Benton asked in a low voice.
“I’m not entirely sure, but it’s at least worth a try!”
When Suldak revealed his method of inquiry, Alan Benton said without saying a word, just like a maid behind him ordered:
"Please come in quickly, Dasha, go find my mother and bring over a relic from her lifetime. It must be something that my father always had on hand when he was alive."
The maid saluted: "Yes, sir!"
Then he ordered the butler: "Go and clear out the pavilion by the pool in the back garden. I will take the distinguished guests there later!"
After waiting for a while, the maid did not return. Allen Benton could only wait patiently and quietly.
Not long after, about a quarter of an hour, a plump and beautiful lady came from the end of the corridor carrying a wooden tray. Alan Benton looked over and saw that she was sitting in the restaurant drinking alone.
Marilena, Cider's stepmother, looked a little bad, as if she was frightened by this incident. She didn't know why she came to the front hall with a tray this time.
At this time, Surdak also saw that this beautiful lady was the woman who wanted to seduce him at the funeral yesterday.
After being introduced by Earl Allen Benton, Suldak learned that her name was ‘Marilena’.
"This cloak is what your father usually wears. He usually puts it at my place. Madam asked me to bring it to you..." The lady mentioned by Mrs. Marilena refers to Ellen Benton's mother.
Allen Benton just nodded, thanked him very perfunctorily, handed the cloak to Suldak, and asked: "Lord Archon, do you think this cloak is okay?".
Suldak deliberately did not look at Mrs. Marilena, took the cloak and handed it to Naomi who was standing aside. When Naomi nodded slightly, he said: "Okay..."
Allen Benton took Suldak to a relatively clean pavilion in the backyard. All the people in the back garden had been cleared away. The yard seemed quiet, and only the manor house seemed brightly lit.
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Naomi lowered her head and glanced at the clean slate floor. Without much hesitation, she took out a few small jars from her backpack, poured some of the dye inside into a saucer, and then smashed it hard with a pebble.
After smashing it into pieces, a few drops of viscous blood were poured out from a test tube and mixed with the dye to form an even thicker muddy dye.
Then Naomi squatted on the stone floor and began to set up the undead tracking circle.