The first stop for Allen and others was the small town of Villach, which is somewhat similar to Leoben. It is also an unknown town. It is more than a hundred kilometers away from Graz, which is almost half a day's horse ride.
The three of them rode all the way and arrived at the small town of Villach at dusk.
The three of them found the only hotel in the town and planned to stay one night and let the horses rest before setting off again the next morning.
As soon as they entered the hotel door, Allen and others were surprised to find a group of more than a dozen Knights Templar, drinking and eating, and making constant noises.
"Kevin!" Allen said in surprise. He recognized the comrade who shared the bloody crisis at the first sight. He had a great impression of this cheerful boy. Besides, everyone was saved by Kevin once.
"Alan? It's you!?" Kevin immediately recognized the three of them and said happily. At the same time, Kevin seemed to suddenly remember something and said in shock: "Alan? You're not dead?..."
So, after Allen forcefully explained something similar to the previous nonsense, the group quickly joined the dinner. There were also many members of the 7th Cavalry Team present. Two weeks ago, everyone had been through life and death together, so naturally they quickly became friends.
We got to know each other well. We drank together and chatted.
"Is Miss Lucy at your place?" Kevin's first question turned out to be this.
"No!" Tina shouted, why are these big shots so cowardly?
"Do you know where she went? The Major General was so anxious that he was scolded by the Bishop." Kevin asked quickly.
"I don't know!" Tina pushed back instantly. It seemed that there was more than one pervert!
"Haha...ah! You are already a second lieutenant!" Allen saw Kevin's rank shoulder insignia and quickly changed the subject. He didn't expect that this boy, who was not much older than him, was making rapid progress!
"Thanks to the brothers..." Kevin said with a dark expression.
Allen noticed something strange in Kevin's expression, and instantly thought of the sacrifices and burning of faith of the Templars when they broke out of the siege that day... It was probably related to this.
"Why are you here? Where are you going?" However, Kevin quickly recovered his expression and asked with his usual cheerfulness.
"Go to the Alps to hunt monsters!" Tina answered excitedly.
"So far? Is it a mission?" Kevin asked in surprise.
"It's a mission, what about you? Why are you here?" Allen asked, thinking to himself, this is not what George asked for.
"Investigating missing persons." Kevin replied.
"Huh? This requires you, the Knights Templar, to take action?" Tina said in surprise. This kind of matter is usually handled by local authorities themselves or entrusted to mercenaries. This is their old profession.
"Yes, after the blood crisis, the higher-ups conducted an investigation and found that it was caused by missing persons. By the way, the information reported also showed that the same thing happened in your town Graz." Kevin said as always.
Answer carefully.
"That's the case we solved!" Tina was very proud and immediately claimed the credit.
"Really?" Kevin immediately admired: "Awesome! Awesome! Maybe you were the one who stopped a crisis!"
"Of course!" Tina said with a proud smile, so proud that Allen next to her was speechless. Didn't you just go to the street to play a trick on William?
"Then what did you gain?" Allen asked, ignoring Tina.
"That's right. The higher-ups are worried that such a disaster will happen again, so we Templars have been asked to collect information about missing persons in every place. After all, once blood servants are mixed into a place, someone will definitely be fed. This time the blood disaster crisis
, not only dispatched five legions
, even the Son of God personally took action, and we really can’t afford to do it again." Kevin said in one breath: "These days, we have been running all over the nearby towns, and our legs are almost broken. There are other cavalry teams responsible for other areas,
We just exchanged information. We don’t have a clue yet.”
"Do you have any information? Show it to us. Maybe we can get a clue." Tina said carelessly: "We are doing this well!"
"Really? That's great!" Kevin said happily, so a few Templars took out a stack of thick parchment, information as thick as the "Holy Code"...
"Isn't this too much!? How can you finish watching this!?" Tina shouted.
"There is no way, there are too many small towns in the empire. The information is compiled by the local authorities based on the cases reported by the families of the missing persons. In fact, which ones are really missing may not be accurate, and there are many that may not have been reported.
It is even more unclear who has committed the crime, and this is only information from the past six months." Kevin also said helplessly, it is really not easy to dig out clues from such a huge pile of information.
"Narrow the scope first, and then use the elimination method." Allen said seriously: "We only look at whether there is at least one missing person case every week in the past three months. If you want to raise a blood servant, you need to feed it every week.
Let’s first look to see if there are any cases of this kind of situation, and if not, then think of other solutions.”
"What a great idea! Sure enough, you guys have experience!" Kevin's eyes lit up and he said.
As a result, people at the table were still drinking and chatting, and all of them came over to look through documents. Others in the hotel gathered around to watch, and they couldn't help but marvel. It was rare to see a group of gentlemen dressed as knights actually looking through documents.
William said nothing from beginning to end. He had been particularly silent these days, but now he suddenly said: "I found one."
"Where?" Tina was the most excited and quickly came over.
"Zurich," William replied.
"The capital of the Swiss city-state? Zurich Castle?" Allen was surprised: "Isn't it in the Alps where we are going?"
"No way, Zurich has penetrated so far into the empire. How dare anyone in such an inland area dare to raise a blood servant?" Kevin said in disbelief. He felt that the target must be in the area near the blood disaster incident at this time, or
An area closer to the shady area of the Vampire Clan.
"Anyway, the data shows that, at least one person has gone missing every week for half a year." William looked unconvinced.
"I heard there is a lot of money in Zurich." Tina looked like she was obsessed with money.
"My impression of Swiss castles is that they are backed by the Alps and are all mountainous. How can they be so wealthy?" Allen asked doubtfully. Apparently his knowledge of economic history was very average.
"I heard it's very wealthy. It seems to be the territory of a certain marquis or duke." Kevin confirmed.
"Zurich is a big city, with three to four hundred thousand people. This is a bit difficult to check." Allen frowned.
At this moment, the hotel owner, who had been watching for a long time, suddenly interrupted and said, "Are you looking for missing persons?"
"Yes, do you have any information here?" Kevin said politely.
"Oh, it's like this. I once heard from travelers that Belgrade used to be a nice small city, but in recent decades, as long as someone goes in, they can't get out again." The hotel owner said.
"Huh!? Really?" Tina said in surprise.
"Is it after the Battle of Tamesh Castle?" Kevin stood up directly and asked in surprise.
Taymesh Fortress!? Belgrade is very close to Taymesh Fortress... That battle seventeen years ago...