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Just the disappearance of footprints can scare an expert assassin like this?

Worried about the problem with the fog, Link used physical contact to secretly cast a requiem spell on Linde that could dispel mental attacks. It really worked, and he quickly regained his composure.

It seems to have no effect on me, is it the effect of physical enhancement?Or is the child of nature resistant to poison?

The fog was getting thicker and thicker, and no one could be seen a few meters away, which completely dispelled Linde's idea of ​​sneaking to explore the road.The fog was weird, he didn't want to get lost.

"What should we do now?"

"Wait for the sun to rise."

"What if the fog doesn't clear?"

"That's no ordinary fog."

After waiting until the spell slot was reset, the fog did not dissipate, and Link's heart sank.

Is it really a magic effect? ​​The red that Shen Qi saw before really is blood that represents danger.If there were enemies hidden in the fog, why didn't they show up?Is it because we are not affected by fear... or is it because we are useless to walk around?

After struggling for a while, Link activated the divine knowledge that could predict the past and the future.

He saw Linde running past him with a terrified expression on his face, flying past stalagmites soaring to the sky. There was a cliff in front of him, but Linde rushed over as if he didn't see it. After a scream, he fell down up.After a long fall, the sound of flesh and blood falling made Link's scalp tingle, and then the prediction was over.

Because the scene he saw was too short, it was impossible to tell whether Linde was being manipulated, or if there was some reason why he couldn't see the cliff in front of him.

Invisible and suspected to be formed by magic, dense fog and cliffs are connected together. Link suddenly grabs Linde and walks forward.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't move!"

Although he was a little confused, Linde stood still obediently under the influence of Link's serious expression.

Since it's a magical effect, the only way to dispel the dense fog is... Link caressed the feathers of the wind falcon, "Ney, please."

The wind falcon fluttered its wings and stopped at a height of about five meters above Link's head. A whirlwind quickly blew up, and the dense fog was quickly dispersed.

"This is..." Linde's eyes widened.

As the mist dissipated, so did the hills.They were still at Sword Edge Mountain, and a few meters ahead was a cliff, hundreds of meters away from the ground, and they would surely die if they fell.

Linde's face was pale.If it wasn't for Link's stop, he might have fallen to pieces.

"What happened just now? Illusion? Or magic? Did the orcs do it?"

The question that was almost talking to himself coincided with Link's thoughts.

"Even if there are any secrets that they don't want to be discovered, they can kill us directly, and then pretend to be outnumbered by the orcs. Why do we need to spend so much time? How could it be such a coincidence that we happened to be patrolling and met a small group of troops that sneaked into the village? "

"what do you mean……"

"There must be traitors in Longyan Castle." The reaction of the holy emblem made Linde insist that someone must have deliberately leaked their whereabouts to the orcs.

Even if they were orcs, why did they bother to deliberately kill two insignificant scouts?It doesn't make sense.

Link didn't forget that Bishop Chenxi said that there was a traitor in Longyan Fortress, could it be one person?If so, what was his purpose?

Link looked at the landmark marked Hohenheim, the truth might be hidden there.What should I do, should I also use up the divine revelation?Cool down once a day, in case of danger later...

Link was a little unsure.

Since God is omniscient in Edgar's setting, let the gods decide.

With the use of divine revelation, a huge sign appeared in the sky, pointing in the direction of Hohenheim.

Seeing Link walking towards the border with determination, Linde couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?"

"To find the truth that the orcs are trying to hide."

Feeling that it would be safer to stay with Link, and afraid of encountering danger on the way back, Lin De gave up the idea of ​​persuading Link to go to Longyan Fort, and just went back empty-handed. Can the leader listen to their side of the story?

After walking northward along the landmark for less than 10 minutes, there were soft footsteps ahead.

After Linde and Link looked at each other, they quickly lurked in the shadow of the stalagmite.

A group of people pushed a few wooden trolleys and sneaked over. When they saw Link, they were stunned for a moment, and then they took out their weapons and rushed over.

Link aimed at the non-lethal limbs, and those who were hit by the arrows fell to the ground. By the time they rushed to him, more than half of them had disappeared. Seeing that the situation was wrong, the rest turned around and fled in all directions.Strictly speaking, these people are not even mercenaries, they can only be considered punks.

Lin De, who had been lurking all this time, suddenly appeared and threw one of them down.When Link walked in and took a look, he was full of fat. Even if he was wearing a linen shirt, he couldn't hide his identity.Looking at the goods on the trolley, they are all grains. The purpose of their coming here is self-evident.

"Look what we caught~" Linde grabbed the businessman by the lapel and picked him up from the ground.

"I'm just a hired farmer... I don't know anything..." the businessman tried to deny.

"The farmer can grow so fat, are you insulting my IQ?" Linde punched the businessman while making a vicious look, making him scream.

Extorting a confession is a technical job, and an assassin is obviously more suitable. Link only reminded not to strike too hard and stood aside.

It didn't take long for the fat man to recruit all of them. He was a merchant in Nax City, and he exchanged food with the orcs for ore and beast spirits unique to the Kaogo wilderness.Nax's mage instructed him to do it, to reduce the number of border invasions by secretly exchanging food with the orcs.In order to prevent being detected by Longyan Castle, they set up a fog barrier near the landmark. If the patrolling scouts were not attracted by the orcs who deliberately attacked the refugee village, they would become unlucky ones who accidentally fell off the cliff.This plan is indeed effective, and the frequency and number of orc invasions of Hohenheim have been greatly reduced. With this feat, Nax was commended by the Mage Council and named the small town of Rose after him.

There's one thing Link can't figure out.What if the scouts report the discovery of orcs, and Longyan Fort sends troops to wipe them out?Even if the fog barrier can trap dozens or hundreds of people, if so many people fall off the cliff and die, Longyan Castle will definitely find something abnormal.

"Ha~ Longyan Fortress will not offend Hohenheim for a few refugee villages, let alone send a large number of soldiers into the border. Now you know why Longyan Fortress can never recruit enough scouts." Linde shrugged. I have just inquired, and the scout loss rate of Longyan Fort is second only to the northern battlefield.

After a moment of silence, Link made a decision that surprised both Linde and the businessman.

"What! Are we going to stay and trade with the orcs?" With previous experience, Linde didn't think that Link was developing his nerves in a whimsical way.

"Only relying on 'witnesses' will not only fail to convince the commander of Longyan Fort, but he may also be charged with slander. This guy only brings some gangsters who can't protect him to do business with orcs. Greedy to make money, there must be a pusher behind him." Link's words completely froze the smirk on the businessman's face.

The ore and beast spirits exchanged for food are all produced in the hinterland of Kaogo. This alone is enough to prove that the merchants in Nax City have private transactions with the orcs.

Footsteps came from the direction of the landmark, and Link let Feng Falcon blow a small whirlwind, blowing away the small amount of bloody smell that was still in the air.Linde pressed the dagger against the merchant's back, warning him to cooperate obediently if he wanted to survive.

Soon, the orcs came into their sight, and they were actually the group that attacked the refugee village last night.Link shot the leader of the team with the firelight in the building, and was very impressed with this one-eyed guy.

"Kurke, why did you only bring two guards with you today?" The businessman who used to hug him only brought two men today, and the orc leader felt that something was wrong.

"Captain Gul..." As soon as the businessman paused, he felt the dagger point on his back vest pierced into his flesh. He suppressed the pain and pulled out a smiling face, "This is my newly hired mercenary, one is worth ten."

Realizing that the aura of those two people was indeed stronger than the previous trash, the orc captain gave his companions a look of caution.

Until the end of the exchange, the merchant Kulk didn't expect anything to happen, he could only watch the orcs leave with their food on their backs.

"They are all good items for enchanting~" Lindela opened her pockets to pick and choose, grabbed a few spars of different colors and put them into her arms, then half pushed and half pushed the merchant towards Longyan Castle.

Worried that the orcs would come back, Link let the wind falcons follow and monitor them until it was confirmed that they really left the cliff.

"Only those guys with strong muscles can climb up the almost straight mountain wall of Sword Blade Mountain. Why don't they domesticate mounts that can fly, so that they can break through the geographical restrictions?" I regained my nature and talked endlessly along the way. Fortunately, I brought enough rations when I went out this time.

The merchant snorted coldly, mocking the assassin's ignorance, "Kaogo has no flying creatures."

"Then we can also build an underground tunnel."

Link's footsteps stopped because of this unintentional remark.He thought of the scene he saw with divine knowledge, orcs, dwarves, and underground caves. These were connected in series, and Link came up with a bold inference—the orcs might dig an underground tunnel that could bypass Longyan Fortress and go straight to the interior.The project is huge, but not impossible.

Is it possible... The commander of Longyan Castle already knew about the secret contacts between Nax City and the orcs, and deliberately turned a blind eye to the private transactions of the merchants to reduce the possibility of war with the orcs.God knows that he will not show me those pictures for no reason, this must be a warning!Once the orcs invade the interior, the balance between species will also be broken. Is this the so-called "main mission"?

As soon as Linde turned around, he found Link standing behind him in a daze.

"What are you doing standing there alone?"

Link who caught up did not speak, and his heavy heart kept him silent until he returned to Longyan Fort.

ps: I heard that the "description" in the introduction is very deadly, so I deleted it after several considerations.By the way, I did a small survey. I feel that the chapters so far are tight at the beginning and loose at the end. Will the jump be too fast at the beginning?In addition, the time for easy daily life is over, and from here onwards, the plot will develop in a direction that you can't imagine.