From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star

Early the next morning.

When Lu Heng returned to the woods outside the north gate of Coros, he saw Fiona with a team of elves priests, holding a natural funeral for his companions.

There should be an elf who passed away and is about to return to nature.

The tree burial ceremony of the elves is a special culture and is a very special one among many civilizations in different worlds.

The elves chant the names and experiences of the dead, and then covered with leaves and flowers.

In the elves priest's natural spell chanting, plants grow from the earth, covering the remains of the elves and returning them to nature.

Lu Heng stood aside with his head down and expressed respect for those who passed away.

Fiona turned around and said, "Thank you."

"Is this a dead warrior fighting the demon?" Lu Heng asked casually.

Fiona shook her head: "Old Hall is the guard in the city. She was discovered in the morning and died while on patrol."

"Does it die naturally?" Lu Heng was a little confused.

Fiona nodded: "There are no scars, no traces of struggle, and she walked peacefully."

Under normal circumstances, there is no problem with this peaceful death and usually does not arouse suspicion from others.

However, Lu Heng suddenly thought of something.

The method of killing [Death God Runner] is to quietly take away the target's life without leaving any scars or traces of struggle.

If it were any other time, Lu Heng would not think of this, but recently he has been thinking about this rank, so when he heard Fiona's statement, this thought suddenly passed through his mind.

"Where was the old Hall when he was discovered?" Lu Heng was suspicious and asked more.

"It's downstream of the magical Hexi section." Fiona frowned because she could hear the suspicion in Lu Heng's tone.

"Can you take me there to see?" Lu Heng was not familiar with Kolos City, so he was not sure where the downstream of the Magic Hexi section was.

"What are you doubting?" Fiona asked directly about the doubt in her heart.

"Although there is no wound on Old Hall's body, nor any traces of struggle, there is this silent way of killing in the abyss world." Lu Heng did not directly point out the rank of [Death God's Representative].

In fact, there is no need to directly advance this position.

The elves have seen more skills and ranks than humans have seen before in the face of the abyss for hundreds of years.

So, just need to raise this doubt, Fiona can think of several possibilities.

"You want to say that Old Hall was assassinated?"

"With this possibility, the crisis is coming. Now any storm may be a sign before the storm. If you have more vigilance, there will be no mistake." Lu Heng decided to resolve the doubts in his heart.

Fiona thought for a moment, nodded and agreed, "Okay, let's go to the patrol place where Old Hall is patrolling."

It doesn't take much time to investigate, and if Old Hall didn't die naturally, then the matter would be serious.

...

The two returned to the city and walked along the magic river in the city to the west.

Fiona pointed to a bridge hole and said, "Old Hall's patrol route will pass here. Sometimes when you are tired, you will sit under the bridge hole and take a pipe to get rid of the cold night. In the morning, the patrol guards I found him sitting under the bridge hole. When I walked, I was holding a pipe in my hand, and there were still half burnt shreds of tobacco in the pipe. "

Lu Heng walked two laps under the bridge hole and found nothing unusual.

There are no traces of fighting around, nor any special signs.

As Fiona said, it seems that Old Hall died naturally.

"Is Old Hall very old?" Lu Heng squatted down and looked forward along the position where Old Hall was sitting.

"It's true that I'm old, but I'm not so old that I can't move. If I'm too old, the Queen will retire him," Fiona explained.

"In other words, Old Hall is not as old as he will die naturally."

"Actually, this age is naturally gone, and there are also some, which is within a reasonable range." Fiona explained.

Lu Heng saw no suspicion under the bridge hole. He walked out of the bridge hole, stood on the bridge, and looked around: "Generally, patrols are a team of guards, why is Old Hall alone?"

Fiona explained: "The patrol guards are all in a team of ten. However, Old Hall is old and the guard captain will take special care of him and sometimes he will rest halfway.

"Old Hall is used to stopping and taking a pipe when passing through this bridge hole. This has been a habit for many years and has always been normal."

Lu Heng looked around and found that it was close to the Gem Workshop, and to the left of the Gem Workshop was another building with a closed door.

"Where is there?" Lu Hengxing pointed to the building with a closed door.

"The warehouses in the industrial zone store quenching, forging and inscription materials." Fiona explained casually.

Just now, Lu Hengdun was next to the dead place of Old Hall, naturally looking forward, his eyes passed through the bridge hole, and he saw a corner of the warehouse in this industrial area.

Lu Heng was not very sure, but since he was suspicious, he would feel more at ease to find out clearly, so he pointed to the warehouse in the industrial area and asked, "Can you go in and take a look?"

Due to Lu Heng's reminder, Fiona also began to suspect that there was something strange about Old Hall's death.

It's mainly because of age. Although Old Hall is old, he is not old enough to affect his actions, otherwise he would not have stayed in the patrol guards.

In addition, there are indeed several abilities in the abyss world that can silently take the target's life.

Fiona knows at least three and has seen one of them.

She also had doubts in her heart and agreed: "Okay, let's go in and take a look."

The two came to the door of the warehouse in the industrial area, and Fiona asked the guard to come and open the door.

After entering the warehouse, Lu Heng walked along the aisle and looked.

This warehouse does store materials required for quenching, forging and other skills.

The materials are placed on shelves or in boxes. It seems that there is no problem, and there is no loss of materials.

Besides, if there is an external enemy sneaking into Kolos City, it is too unreasonable to just steal some materials.

Lu Heng continued to walk forward. When he came to the last compartment, he saw a lot of sundries piled up in the compartment.

"Where is this?"

Fiona was not sure, so she walked up and picked up a silver object, lifted it up and looked at it, then waved to the warehouse manager and asked, "Why are these objects piled here?"

The warehouse manager explained, "The materials that are not used are here, and there are some metal utensils that were originally prepared to be melted to make jewelry materials, but they are not used for the time being, so they are piled here first."

Lu Heng reached out and picked up a silver plate, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it. There was nothing special, but when he turned to the bottom of the plate, he found a pattern.

The pattern of Xiling City, a similar pattern had been seen in the Frost Bone Dragon Treasure Cave before.

Lu Heng held up the silver plate with the Xiling City mark, handed it to Fiona, and pointed at the mark on it with his finger.

Although Fiona had never lived in Xiling City, she recognized the mark and asked the warehouse manager: "Are these artifacts shipped back from Xiling City?"

The warehouse manager picked up the record and looked through it, and replied: "No. The artifacts piled here are basically sundries with unknown sources.

"Some were seized from the devil, and some were brought back by the caravan, but they are not used for the time being, so they are temporarily piled here.

"These silver artifacts are ready to be melted and used to make jewelry, but they have not been used yet."

Lu Heng squatted down and checked it, but did not see anything unusual, so he asked: "Are all the sundries here recorded? Is there anything missing?"

The warehouse manager answered casually: "These sundries are not valuable, so there will be no special records. We will only record how many silver and iron artifacts are stored. As for what each one is, we will not record it... eh..."

"What's wrong?" Lu Heng heard his last "eh", and it was obvious that there was something else he hadn't said.

The warehouse manager scratched his head and asked in confusion: "I remember there should be a silver ornament here, why is it gone?"

No mistake, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

He looked around but couldn't find it.

"Are you sure?" Fiona asked.

"I have been in charge of the warehouse management for almost a hundred years, and I remember every material in the warehouse very clearly. There was originally a silver ornament here." The warehouse manager was very confused.

When Lu Heng heard what he said, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he asked: "Is the base of the silver ornament round? It is about this size, the height is uncertain, and it is old, so it should still be rusted."

While asking, Lu Heng gestured the size of the ornament with his hands.

The warehouse manager nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, it's this high, the base is round, and this big."

Lu Heng's expression suddenly became serious, and he looked at Fiona and said, "Something might happen."

Fiona also keenly discovered that something was wrong, and asked the warehouse manager: "What kind of ornament is it?"

The warehouse manager couldn't describe it clearly, so he picked up a pen and paper and drew the style of the silver ornament.

When he was halfway through the drawing, Fiona had already recognized it: "This is Sword Saint Santos, one of the three commanders of the Anti-Demon Coalition."

When Lu Heng heard this name again, he was even more confused.

Sword Saint Santos was Teris's teacher.

Seven hundred years ago, the Abyss invaded the Quel'dorei continent. In order to fight against the Abyss, the elves scattered across the continent united and established an Anti-Demon Coalition.

Three of the elven leaders became the commanders of the Anti-Demon Coalition, one of whom was the Sword Saint Santos of the elven race.

"So, someone stole the sculpture of Sword Saint Santos." Lu Heng thought quickly in his mind.

The warehouse manager was not sure: "This... not necessarily. The three commanders of the anti-demon coalition are the ancestors of our elves. It is also possible that the guards saw the sculpture and took it back."

"Don't you need to register if you take things away from the warehouse?" Lu Heng asked.

"This... if it is a material, it must be graded, but this pile is miscellaneous..." The warehouse manager knew that this kind of thing is difficult to explain, and he is the most responsible for the loss of things in the warehouse.

"I don't think this matter is that simple." Lu Heng insisted on his thoughts.

"Why do you say that?" Fiona was not sure.

"Because a similar silver ornament was missing in the treasure cave of the frost bone dragon, so many coincidences appeared together, which is obviously abnormal." Lu Heng said his guess.

Fiona heard that another silver ornament was missing, and she also felt that it was unusual, and said: "Come with me to see the queen."

The two left the industrial area and walked towards the palace area.

With Fiona leading the way, there was no need to be inspected to enter the palace area. After passing through the corridor of the palace area, they met Queen Orianna.

Queen Oriana is discussing the wall reinforcement plan with Terris.

Since two months ago, Kolos City has been reinforcing its walls.

However, two months is not enough for a project like reinforcing the walls.

So after the Abyss Battlefield was opened, the wall reinforcement work in Kolos City did not stop and continued.

As the threat of the Skeleton Monarch approached, the original plan to reinforce the walls was too slow, so Queen Oriana considered changing the plan and speeding up the progress.

Lu Heng entered the conference hall, greeted him, and told him about the previous investigation into the cause of Old Hall's death. Finally, he emphasized the matter of the three commanders' silver ornaments.

"A silver ornament was lost in the Frost Bone Dragon Treasure Cave, and another one was lost in the industrial zone warehouse. I feel something is wrong.

"According to the pattern drawn by the warehouse management, the ornament lost in the warehouse is the statue of Commander Santos, the teacher of Elder Terris.

"If I'm not mistaken, the statue lost in the Frost Bone Dragon's treasure cave should be the statue of another commander.

"So, I think there is a third statue. After collecting them, there should be statues of the three commanders of the Anti-Demon Coalition.

"Now, someone is collecting these three statues of the Anti-Demon Coalition commanders. As for what the purpose is, I can't think of it."

After listening to Lu Heng's explanation, Queen Orianna and Terris showed serious expressions at the same time.

Because Lu Heng's guess is indeed reasonable.

In addition, Terris thought of something, and his expression became more solemn.

"If it is really the statue of the three commanders of the anti-magic coalition, I may know what the other party is going to do."

Queen Oriana looked puzzled and asked: "Teacher, what do you know? Tell me quickly."

Tyres pondered for a moment and replied: "This happened more than three hundred years ago, and I almost forgot it.

"The statues of the three commanders of the anti-magic coalition may be the key to an underground seal in Xiling City, but I have not seen the seal with my own eyes, so I don't know enough details.

"I only remember that my teacher once mentioned this matter. The statues of the three of them were kept in Xiling City as the key to the underground seal.

"But later I left Xiling City and traveled outside, and I don't know where the three statues went. "

Time has passed too long. Three hundred years have made many things disappear in the past.

Xiling City was once a city of the elves. Later, due to environmental changes and a sharp decline in the elves' population, they eventually chose to abandon the city.

Since then, Xiling City has become a city site of the elves.

Many artifacts of Xiling City were once scattered all over the continent. Some were taken away by demons, and some became collections of dragons.