Steven asked the question sternly. The guy didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore and had to answer: "Yes! We came from Santa Vera City!"
"Where are you going?" Steven asked the second question.
"I don't know! Only the leader knows! We will get to Pallas City first!" The warrior in black gave up resistance completely.
Steven continued to ask: "What organization do you belong to?"
"We are members of the Polestar United Company task force! You must have heard of the Polestar United Company! So I advise you not to hurt me! Otherwise you will pay a price you cannot afford!" The warrior began to feel brave again.
Steven said: "Stop talking nonsense! Answer the question! I don't care where you are from! If you don't want to be tortured, just be honest! Tell me, did you massacre a farmer's family on the outskirts of Santa Vera City?"
The warrior replied: "There is such a thing, I just obey orders! I..."
"Why did you kill the farmer's family? And set fire to the farm?!" Steven interrupted his nonsense and continued to ask.
"I don't know! I only know that the leader asked the farmer about the whereabouts of a certain book. After finding the book in his house, he ordered them to be killed and the farm set on fire." The warrior replied.
Steven was a little strange and asked: "A book? What kind of book?"
The warrior replied: "I didn't see clearly. The leader immediately put it into his pocket after getting the book. I only saw what seemed to be a manuscript..."
"What's your leader's name? Is he an elemental user?" Steven asked.
"Our action team is only called by code name, not by name. I only know that the leader's code name is Leng Feng, and he is an elementalist." The warrior replied.
Steven continued to ask: "What elemental ability does he have?"
"I don't know. We change the leader every time we perform a mission. I haven't seen him before!" the warrior replied.
Steven asked some warriors questions about their organizational structure. The warrior's knowledge was very limited and he only confessed some irrelevant information.
Finally Steven sighed and said: "That's it! You can hit the road!"
The warrior opened his eyes wide, and just as he was about to struggle, Steven's dagger had already pierced his temple!
Seeing the warrior staring at the sky and twitching to death, Steven wiped the blood from the dagger on his clothes, then stood up and walked to the other side of the bonfire to sit down and began to think about what to do next.
Polestar United Company is a giant company in the Northern Federation. It is powerful and has a monopoly on the trade of minerals, spices, gold and various agricultural products from the Federation to the northern part of the New World. It is even engaged in slave trading. It can be said that they will do whatever money comes from.
Which.
Because of this, this company rose rapidly after humans discovered and colonized the New World, and became a giant power organization with the top power in the continent. Most people would have to avoid Polestar Company when encountering it, let alone go against them!
Judging from the confessions of the warriors, these guys should have carried out a special operation this time, which was to obtain a manuscript book from the farmer's house. As for what kind of book it was, Steven still doesn't know.
The next step is to consider how to avenge the farmer and his family!
If Steven doesn’t think the other party is from Polestar Company, he has to let them go!
The murderer must be punished! Especially members of such a powerful organization, it is basically impossible to bring them to justice from a legal perspective! Only the most direct violence can make them pay the price!
After carefully considering the action plan, Steven stood up and began to inspect the surrounding environment. This location was only a few kilometers away from the town of Tula, and the other party could easily find it by following the tracks left by the horse's hooves.
In addition to the grass that is half a man's height for several hundred meters around, there is also a large forest one kilometer away to the east. The forest is located on a hill and covers an area of about several square kilometers. Steven has set it up as the second battlefield.
Steven led the war horse to a few hundred meters between the bonfire and the forest, and hid the war horse behind a tall grass.
There was a slope here. The grass on the slope was taller than a person. The war horses hiding behind the slope could not be seen nearby. Steven stood on the slope and observed the nearby terrain again, and then returned to the bonfire.
He took out the coarse wheat bread and dried meat and began to eat breakfast. By this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and the sun would soon rise behind the eastern hills.
At this time, in the tavern in Tula Town, the leader codenamed Lengfeng stood in the tavern hall with a frosty face, surrounded by black-clad members of the task force who dared not show their dignity.
His deputy opened the door and walked in from outside the tavern and whispered: "A war horse is indeed missing! But it's not that boy's war horse! Maybe it was dark at night and he couldn't distinguish his own horse, so he just took one and ran away!"
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The leader stood there motionless, seeming to be thinking about something. The deputy was a little anxious and said: "Sir..."
The leader raised his hand to stop what the deputy was about to say. He looked up at the ceiling of the hall, and then walked towards the stairs. On the way, he waved behind him, indicating to the deputy to follow him. The deputy quickly followed the leader up the stairs to the second floor.
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They came outside Steven's room. The leader leaned over and put his ear to the door and listened. Then he stood up straight and knocked on the door. After knocking several times and seeing no movement, he turned the door handle, opened the door and left.
Go in.
There was no one in the room, not even a luggage or backpack, indicating that the occupants had already left. The deputy looked at the leader in confusion, while the leader looked at the two kerosene lamps side by side on the table with an ugly expression!
The leader turned to his deputy and said, "Go to Sler's room and see if there is a kerosene lamp in it."
The deputy turned around and went out, and came back more than ten seconds later: "There is no kerosene lamp in Siler's room! Could it be..."
The leader nodded, turned and left the room and led his deputies down to the hall. The task force members were still standing neatly in the hall.
The leader loudly ordered: "Everyone follow me immediately to the stables to take out their horses and look for the hoof prints of the stolen horses! Follow the enemy! Find the enemy!"
This group of people immediately took action. After a while, they formed a column and rode out of the town of Tula, galloping towards the east under the leadership of the scouts who were checking for traces in front.
It had only been a few hours since Steven had left on his war horse. The hoof prints left by the war horse on the grassland were fresh and conspicuous. The team of horses and men ran quickly along the traces left behind. It didn't take long before they spotted the embers of the bonfire in the distance.
Smoke coming out.
They ran directly towards the bonfire, and found the bodies of their accomplices beside the bonfire a few dozen meters away. The leader made a gesture, and the few riders behind sprinted to the surroundings to put on guard. The leader led the rest to the bonfire.
Pile close to the front.
They turned over and dismounted, and led their deputy to the body and squatted down. He reached out and touched the side of the body's neck. The skin was cold and there was no heartbeat. His men had been dead for a long time!
The leader checked the wound, then rummaged through his pockets and took out some money and personal items. He threw them on the ground and turned around to give orders to his deputies.
"Whoosh"!
This is the sound of an arrow penetrating the air!
In the quiet environment of the early morning, this sound clearly penetrated the ears of everyone present!