It was already three days after Suldak heard the news that the Knights Team of the Bena Provincial Intelligence Agency was attacked in Oak Ridge.
The escort officer of the Intelligence Agency was ambushed by unknown persons on his way back to Helensa City. Not only were the two rebels killed, but even the escorting knight team did not make it out of Oak Ridge alive. The personnel responsible for the response in Helensa City
We found the place where the battle took place, and it turned out to be in a mountain col less than fifteen kilometers away from the city of Halanza.
At such a close distance, this knight team was not able to reach the city of Helensa. It is estimated that the opponent used thunderous means to kill the entire escort knight team. After investigation by the Magic Union Law Enforcement Team, a large number of electrical magic traces remained at the scene of the incident.
Preliminary judgment should be that a great mage who is good at electric magic took action himself.
At the same time, the security team in the deserted land outside the Paglos Pass also received an investigation order from the Hiranza Guard Battalion, ordering Surdak to cooperate with the Bena Province investigation team to collect evidence on site.
A week later, an investigation team from Bena Province arrived at the village of Wall.
It was an investigation team composed of fifteen nobles and knights. The leader of the investigation was Viscount Frank, who came from Bena City. He was a senior investigator of the Bena Provincial Intelligence Agency, with two assistants, and
Two magicians from the law enforcement team of the Magic Federation of Bena Province and a knight squad from the Helensa City Guard Camp. The captain of this knight squad happens to be Carl Casement.
As the captain of the rescue squadron, Karl is familiar with most of the areas outside the city of Helensa, so Captain Sauron asked him to be responsible for receiving the investigation team and serving as the team's guide.
Karl was riding at the front. When he crossed the Paglos Pass, he stopped at the pass and looked up at the wooden crosses on the top of the mountain. At some point, several bodies were hanging on the wooden crosses on the top of the mountain.
, although Surdak had already understood it from the written report passed from the security team to the guard camp, but when he actually stood at the mountain pass and looked at the corpses of the bandits, he had another feeling.
The last time Karl came to Helensa City was during the Harvest Festival. At that time, Wall Village had begun to build a reservoir upstream of the village. This time he came to Wall Village again, only to find that the reservoir in his original memory was only roughly
The outline of the first-level reservoir has been completely completed, and even the second-level reservoir has a very clear outline. This visual impact is quite big for Karl.
Outside the village, on the river bend tidal flat, a group of kobolds are busy digging an artificial canal. A low flood control dam less than two meters high is also built around this ditch, which surrounds hundreds of acres of river bend tidal flat.
Villagers set fire to a large area of reed grass on the tidal flat. The clearing of wasteland is the first step in reclaiming this tidal flat. Soon, the old village chief Bright will personally divide the land here.
Surdak led all the members of the security team to wait under the dead tree at the entrance of the village. Currently, the only official members of the security team are captain Surdak, team members Andrew, Samira and Andrew.
When Karl jumped off his horse, the knights from the guard camp who came with him greeted Surdak one after another.
"This is Knight Surdak, the Sheriff of the deserted land outside Paglos Pass..."
Karl was very smooth-talking and could rattle off this list of names in one breath. He introduced them to Viscount Frank.
This Viscount Frank is a middle-aged nobleman, wearing tight-fitting soft sheepskin armor and leather breeches. He sits upright on a handsome green-scaled horse. He holds the horse's reins with one hand and jumps flexibly from the horse's back.
When he got down, he handed the horse's reins to the assistant who caught up behind him.
Karl introduced to Suldak: "This is Viscount Frank, a senior investigator of the Bena Provincial Intelligence Agency. This is a magician from the Bena Provincial Magic Union Law Enforcement Group... This time, Viscount Frank made a special trip to the security team.
In order to investigate the attack that occurred at Oak Ridge ten days ago, Captain Sauron told me that you must do your best to cooperate with Viscount Frank's investigation."
When Karl was making the introduction, the senior investigator, Viscount Frank, kept looking around with a straight face, and finally his eyes fell on the ogre, and his eyes were slightly surprised. Then he said to Karl and Suldak:
"Then let's start now!"
An assistant brought two chairs for Viscount Frank and placed them under a dead tree at the entrance of the village. Viscount Frank asked Suldak to sit down opposite him. He stared at him with hawk-like eyes and said: "Knight Suldak, please
Tell us the whole process of how you captured the two rebels, and be as detailed as possible."
…
Surdak sat down at the entrance of the village.
A group of half-grown children from Wall Village squatted in a row from a distance and looked here curiously, but no one dared to run over.
"About half a month ago, our security team received a notice from Hailansa City, ordering us to pay close attention to two rebels who had fled from Hailansa City. According to intelligence, these two rebels
It is possible to pass through the barren land, go north along the Paglos Mountains, and leave the Bena Province," Suldak said.
Viscount Frank asked seriously:
"There are only four people in your security team now?"
Surdak turned his head and glanced aside. Andrew, Samira and Gulitem were all standing aside, and then said: "Yes, our security team has a full strength of five people, but due to the time it took to form,
It’s very short, there are only four people at the moment.”
Viscount Frank nodded and asked again:
"How did you discover these two rebels? Could it be that they sent people to guard the Paglos Pass?"
Surdak said truthfully: "It was not us who discovered these two rebels, but a group of Uta villagers living here. The two rebels were exposed when they entered the small village to steal food, and then ran away.
Report to me here...this is the specific process."
He narrated the arrest process in one breath, and took two sips of water during the process. Viscount Frank sat there and listened quietly without interjecting any questions.
After Suldak finished speaking, Viscount Frank asked Suldak:
"You mean the two of them were locked up in a wooden cage at the entrance of the village for a day and a night?"
"Yes." Suldak said.
"Did the two rebels say anything?" Viscount Frank asked again.
"No."
Viscount Frank was silent for a short while before asking Suldak again:
"Can I see the cage?"
"sure."
After Suldak finished speaking, he led the investigation team along the path of Wall Village toward the upper reaches of the river.
The wooden cage where the rebels were imprisoned was carried outside the security team's premises by the ogre Gulitem, and it had been covered with a layer of varnish.
At this time, the fence of the new premises of the security team has been erected, and several bricklayers are setting up plywood on the fence. According to Suldak's description, after weaving the iron mesh on the roof, they will immediately use volcanic ash cement
Grouting was carried out and everything looked dilapidated.
Karl poked Suldak, pointed at the building, and asked him in a low voice: "Is this the place your security team is building?"
Surdak nodded and said 'yes'.
Karl stepped forward, touched the already wet wall, and asked curiously: "What kind of stone is this, and why is it one piece?"
Surdak pointed to the pile of volcanic ash outside and replied: "This is not a stone, but made of mud made of volcanic ash!"
Karl saw Viscount Frank standing next to the wooden cage looking a little impatient, so he didn't ask any more questions.
Viscount Frank's two assistants inspected the wooden cage. After more than half a month, the wooden cage was painted with varnish. All traces had been removed, and no useful clues could be found at all.
…
Viscount Frank called Andrew to him again and asked him:
"Your name is Andrew?"
"Yes" Andrew nodded and answered concisely.
Viscount Frank asked: "Did you notify the villages in the deserted land to be on guard against the two rebels?"
"Yes, this is my duty." Andrew said.
Viscount Frank touched the oak cage with his hand and asked Andrew: "You are the last guard guarding the two rebels? Are you also the first to see the knights escorting the team?"
Andrew answered honestly: "I was responsible for guarding the two rebels during the day on the second day. They were very honest at the time. It was sunny and warm that day. They lay in the cage and slept almost until night because they woke up a little late.
, leading to the mistake of dinner at the kobold slave camp... A little later, the escorting knights came to Wall Village along the dirt road at the mountain pass, and I even waved to them on my own initiative."
Viscount Frank stared at Andrew with a sharper look.
However, this indigenous warrior who crawled out from among the dead on the battlefield, especially the one who had awakened the ‘Berserker Soul’, felt nothing against Viscount Frank’s mental oppression.
…
Viscount Frank asked the half-elf archer again: "Samira..."
The half-elf archer standing next to Andrew said on the spot: "I was out on patrol at the time, and I didn't know any of the details..."
…
Viscount Frank stood in front of the ogre, and Gulitem stared at him with wide eyes. Being stared at by a powerful ogre, people who were not strong enough in their hearts simply did not dare to look at it.
In particular, this ogre was wearing simple armor and carrying a large bone-crushing mallet behind his back. He looked very vicious no matter how he looked at it.
Viscount Frank touched his chin implicitly, looked at the ogre, and asked him:
"Gulitem? You and Knight Surdak entered the Gobi. Can you describe the fighting situation at that time?"
Gulitem immediately became energetic. He still vividly remembered the battle scene at that time, especially the process of throwing a piece of stone cake with his hand and knocking a rebel off his horse. He even described it vividly. Viscount Frank did not
Come to think of it, the ogre who looks the most stupid and clumsy is actually the most eloquent one. He sat there talking and spitballs were flying everywhere. Moreover, his memory was very good and he could describe every detail clearly.
In some places, some subjective emotions and psychological descriptions of the ogre Gulitem are added.
So that at the end, Viscount Frank had to interrupt Gulitm, who was eloquently telling the whole process, with the next question.
This ogre who likes to reason with people also likes to tell stories.
Viscount Frank asked him again: "Are you responsible for guarding the rebels at night?"
"Oh, that's right. To be precise, it should be the second half of the night. The person guarding them both in the first half of the night was Luke. He..."
Viscount Frank decided not to give the ogre a chance to continue, and then asked: "Is Luke also a member of your security team?"
The ogre Gulitem shook his head and said: "No, he is a young man from the village."
Later, Viscount Frank asked some people in the village.
"Luke..."
"Chief Bright Village..."
After a round of investigation and questioning, it was already dark.
Village Chief Bright is already in the village, preparing a room for dinner and rest for the investigation team.
Wall Village is a remote area. Although there is a lot of construction work in the village, the temporary residence used to host the investigation team is the home of the old village chief Bright. The conditions are a bit difficult, but it is the best house in the village. Usually, Wall Village hosts seamen.
The largest official in Lanza City is Tax Collector Bird, who also lives in the old village chief's house.
There were a lot of people accompanying this time, so the knights from the guard camp set up two tents in the open space outside the old village chief's house to protect the safety of Viscount Frank.
Viscount Frank and his two assistants stayed at the old village chief's house, and the old village chief and Luke warmly entertained him throughout the process.
No one expected that Surdak, as the only knight in Vol Village, would live in a two-room mud house. Standing in the old village chief’s yard, he had a panoramic view of the entire village and looked at Surdak.
The roof of Ke's house was covered with thick red thatch, and everyone's eyes were full of surprise. They didn't expect that a knight officially conferred by the Green Empire was said to be so shabby.
The two magicians who followed him throughout the whole process never spoke. At this time, they looked at Surdak with some curious eyes.
Viscount Frank stood in the yard of the old village head's house and said to Suldak: "I want to go to the Gobi scene where the two rebels were captured. Suldak, can you still find it?"
Suldak said: "Yes, Lord Viscount!"
He may not be able to find that place, but the villager in Uta Village will definitely be able to find it. No one is more familiar with this desolate land than the residents here.
Viscount Frank nodded and said to Suldak: "Okay, we will set off tomorrow morning... everyone should go to bed early tonight!"
It wasn't until Suldak and Karl left the old village chief's house and the old village chief Bright began to arrange a room for Viscount Frank that Viscount Frank asked Luke, who looked very honest and honest, "At Knight Suldak's house?"
Very poor?"
Luke nodded and shook his head subconsciously...
Then he quickly explained: "Their family was very poor before, but after Dak retired from the army, the situation at home suddenly turned around. He learned a superb skinning technique and often skinned black demons on the battlefield.
, and saved a lot of money. After returning to the village, he also spent his own money to build a reservoir in the village."
After hearing Luke introduce the situation of Surdak to the investigation team, the old village chief turned around and hit Luke on the head with his pipe, and said angrily:
"What nonsense are you talking about? The village also paid some money out of its own pocket. Most of the money he spent to build the reservoir came from the output of his open-pit sulfur mine in the Knights Territory."
Luke touched the big bag on his head aggrievedly, not daring to say another word...