Chapter 116 Key Clues
Chapter 116 Key Clues
"Job, what's with that look in your eyes? Tell me clearly, don't be secretive, just say what you have to say." City Lord Simmons' heart skipped a beat and he quickly distanced himself from the matter. He could not afford the charge of attacking an apprentice.
He glanced at Ivan, and fortunately Ivan's expression did not change.
"My Lord, I really said it."
"explain."
"It was an order you gave yourself."
Under the urging of the city lord, the originally hesitant guard told the truth.
The other guards nodded in agreement with Job's words.
"Nonsense, when did I give the order?" Simmons' face was very dark.
"Last night." Seeing this tragic situation, Job was determined to go all out.
"You said it yourself, Lord City Lord. I can testify to that." Another guard next to him said, and the others echoed him.
"Shut up, everyone. How could father give such an outrageous order?" Naxi shouted hurriedly.
Attacking the apprentice was an act of insubordination and the person who was offended was the Mona Ant Cottage. This crime would cost the lives of the entire Albert family. How could he not be anxious?
"Nassi, just shut up and let them continue talking about what happened." Simmons knew that it was useless to cover up, so he might as well tell the facts as they happened and find the flaws in them.
The guard said frankly that it was the order issued by the city lord, which was very clear and logical, which made Simmons and his son's eyelids twitch and they kept looking at Ivan.
Ivan knew that the situation should have nothing to do with Simmons and his son.
"Mr. Ivan, what do you think?"
"Let me see what they have."
"Please come this way."
In another room on one side of the cell, the long table was filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items, almost full to the brim. Ivan turned around and looked at the city lord in surprise.
Simmons explained: "I sent someone to where they usually live and brought back all the special items."
"Have a heart."
Ivan nodded slightly and looked at the items on the table, including weapons, leather armor, disposable runes, various potions, books, magic stones, etc. His eyes stayed on the magic stones and he picked up one of them and studied it carefully.
Not far away, Simmons and his son looked at each other thoughtfully. Simmons gestured to Nasi, and Nasi left in a hurry.
After a while, Ivan pointed to a few of the magic stones and said, "I want to take these magic stones away."
"understand."
Simmons understood and found a box to put all the magic stones in. There were only eight in total.
Ivan didn't care about his little action.
"Mr. Simmons, can I ask you a question?"
"Please tell me, Your Excellency. I will tell you everything I know."
"Tell me about Stone Creek Town. What is so special about this place? I'm sure you, the Abel family, know something about it, right?"
"this---"
Hearing his question, Simmons' expression froze.
Ivan looked at him steadily: "Can't you tell me?"
Simmons nodded gently: "I'm sorry, sir, we are bound by the blood contract. This information must not be leaked from the Albert family. If we violate it, we will be doomed."
At this time, Nassi came back and handed a box to Simmons, who handed it to Ivan. "Sir, you helped my Albert family get rid of the disaster. This small gift is not a respect."
"Well, I'll be polite then."
Seeing the expectant looks of the two, Ivan accepted the box and reminded them, "It's not entirely clear, but now that we have a clue, the matter will be resolved soon. Please be alert in the near future."
"Troubling you."
After seeing him take action, Simmons' attitude became much more respectful. In his heart, he had already regarded him as a senior apprentice like Heidi. When he accepted their gift, Simmons and his son were obviously relieved.
After returning to his residence, Ivan opened the gift box, which contained twenty low-grade magic stones. For a lord of a border city, this was indeed a considerable gift.
With Ivan's current vision, he would naturally not take a mere twenty magic stones seriously.
"So the problem lies with the magic stone. It's really hard to guard against."
He picked out seven magic stones from a pile of magic stones, and then picked out three from the seven. Comparing the strange marks inside these magic stones, he could judge that the medium he needed to find was the magic stone in front of him.
Magic Stones are of high value, and with Magic Stones as a medium, countless people will be tricked without knowing it. No wonder even the city lord's personal guards cannot avoid it.
He suddenly thought of Simmons and his two sons, and wondered which one of them had become a pawn.
"It seems I have to be more careful tonight."
He took out a rune pen and a small bottle of elemental ink and wrote a rune directly on the box, temporarily sealing the magic stone and waiting for Heidi or the hunting team to come back before dealing with it.
Time passed minute by minute, but what he didn't expect was that until dark, there was no reply from Gina, and the hunting team had not returned, as if the two sides had made an agreement.
"These bastards have no sense of the overall situation."
Ivan couldn't help but curse. In this situation, it was hard to say that the two teams hadn't found any clues. They just had their own thoughts, but they both excluded him from the mission.
Under the cover of night, he left the residence arranged for them by the city lord. He had to find a place to hide tonight to avoid being found.
Late at night, several dark shadows appeared in front of the house. Two of them were wearing apprentice robes, and the others were dressed as adventurers.
The door opened silently, and several people walked in one after another, rushing directly to Ivan's bedroom, but they found nothing.
The target was not found anywhere else.
One of the apprentices, Yousai, cursed: "What a cunning boy, he actually hid somewhere else."
Another person, Allen, said, "This is normal. Your assassination during the day has already startled him. The people in the Mona Ant Hut should not be underestimated."
"What should we do now?
"We'll deal with the other group first. We've laid out a lot of bait, and they'll soon be unable to resist being fooled and fall into our trap. We'll then be able to take advantage of them."
Time was running out, so Yousai and the others didn't stay for long. They came and went in a hurry and headed straight for the south wall of Swamp Forest City, where there were guards to meet them and quietly sent them out of the city.
Outside the city, several demonized beasts were waiting there in an orderly manner. When they saw Yusé and Alan, the demonized beasts approached them affectionately.
Alan sensed something and activated a secret mark. A ray of light emerged, revealing a vague figure of a female apprentice.
"Melinda, we were too far away just now and couldn't get in touch."
"Don't talk nonsense. How's it going over there? Did you kill that guy?"
"We didn't find anyone. That guy is very cunning and hid himself first. After all, this is not our territory, so we shouldn't search it in a big way."
"Forget it then, come over here quickly, they've taken the bait."
Hearing what was said, Allen and Yusse's eyes lit up, and they rode on the demonized beasts and quickly headed away from Swamp Forest City.
(End of this chapter)