Not a Witch

After the search at night, after the noise and surprise at the beginning, everything gradually calmed down.Although the people murmured and complained about the harshness and knocking of the guards, they still restrained rationally and did not resist when faced with the shining spears and swords.

"Search!"

The door of another small house was pushed open, and several soldiers poured into it.

"You look familiar, where did you come from?" These guards are all locals, so they are naturally familiar with the local situation.

In the small yard, apart from the head of the household and his wife, there were also two young men. They did not look like farmers working in the fields.

"We are adventurers from Iron Hill City. Recently, I heard that there are many monsters that need to be dealt with here, so we came here." The two explained reasonably.

"Is that so?" Several soldiers briefly looked at the two of them, and asked them to take out the adventurer's badge to have a look.

"Here." The two obediently took out the badge inside the collar, and shrugged again, expressing their innocence.

Facing the torch, he looked at the two badges in the palm of his hand. There were a few stains on the copper-colored metal, reflecting a faint light.

"It's true." The guard checked and threw back the two badges, which were carefully caught by the two.

Not long after, several soldiers who were inspecting the room also came out and reported to the team leader who led the team.

"Boss, it's normal inside." As he spoke, he also held a few sausages in his hand, and he took a bite out of them, and his mouth was a little greasy.

"It's quite normal." The team leader looked at the sausages, smiled, and nodded slowly.

"Let's go."

After finishing speaking, these soldiers greeted and started to go to the next house, and behind them, an accompanying sergeant in black took a meaningful look at the yard, and then quickly followed.

The search was still going on, and the night was getting dark at this time, and it was the most exhausting time in the early morning.

The two investigators walked down the town's clock tower, and several black-clothed sergeants stepped forward and began to report the situation one by one.

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"Above, the most noteworthy ones are these." As he spoke, the sergeant pressed a rough yellowed map on the wall of the clock tower, and then raised a torch to illuminate it.

The map roughly depicts the outline of the small town and the distribution of streets, among which there are four circles drawn with red pens, which are eye-catching.

"There is a half-old knight at the house near the city wall on North Street. It is said that he is a distant relative of this family. He came to visit."

"There is a guest from the East in the 'Barrel Bar' near the market in the middle. He has certificates and documents on him, but our soldiers don't know how to verify the authenticity."

"In the courtyard where the Central Chamber of Commerce gathers, there are two very good-looking girls. One of them is the swordsman who escorted the Roentgen Chamber of Commerce. Their strength is far from that of the people around them. It is not normal for them to appear in this small town. "

"In the remote eastern corner of the city, there are two adventurers staying at a commoner's house. Although they claim to be adventurers to deal with monsters, they are practicing the devil sequence, and the imprint on the badge is several years ago. During the mission The records are rather sparse, which is a bit odd."

As an adventurer, every time a task is completed, a corresponding mark will be engraved on it in the Adventurer Hall, which is a symbol of strength and honor.

"Most of the other foreign adventurers are weak, and some are still injured. There is nothing unusual about them."

"According to our previous inspection, the person who stole Viscount Moruo's treasure must have at least Sequence 4 in order to avoid the guards and unlock the protective device." The sergeant analyzed calmly.

"Yes, this operation is much stricter than in the past."

"Then let's start to act now." The seasoned investigator covered the brim of his hat, then walked forward slowly, picked up the handle of the knife at his waist, and pointed to a corner of the map.

"First of all, these two people."

The handle of the saber has long been polished, and it is on the right side of the map, which is the eastern corner of the city.

"Other targets have special features, and it is unlikely to carry out such a covert operation, so these two seemingly normal adventurers are even more suspicious."

"Even if they weren't thieves, I think we'd get something out of it."

"Yes, my lord!"

These sergeants from the center of the empire immediately stood at attention, and then, led by one of them, hurried to the east of the small town.

They moved swiftly, and the cloak wrapped in armor fluttered in the night, like bats, quickly approaching the intended target, but when they were not far away, their speed suddenly slowed down, becoming stealthy and silent.

Bang!

The dilapidated wooden door was kicked open directly, and the sawdust flew in the sound waves, and the sound of the explosion suddenly awakened the surroundings.Immediately, soldiers in black with sabers rushed into the small courtyard.

"You——" the head of the household was in the yard at the moment, looking at the men in black in surprise, before he could ask any questions, he felt a chill in his chest, and a sharp long knife directly pierced his chest.

"Ah, ah..." He opened his eyes wide and made an unknown creaking sound with his long mouth. He just felt that all the warmth ran out of his chest, and everything became cold quickly.

The owner slowly knelt on the ground, and then fell heavily, everything in his vision began to blur, only the black military boots slowly enlarged in his pupils.

There was a sound of weapons clashing in the backyard, and then it quickly returned to silence.

"Damn, let one of them get away."

"No hurry, hehe, as long as the target is determined, they can't escape."

Listening to the low voice coming from in front of him, the owner's consciousness slowly fell into darkness until everything was silent.

Main Text Volume Chapter [-] Hunting and Interrogation

In the night, a figure was running fast in the streets.

In the early hours of the night, the hasty and rapid footsteps were particularly obvious. Some guards patrolling the intersection of the street immediately shouted together when they heard it.

"You! Stop, what are you doing, if you run again, you will be killed." The voice was urgent and fast.

Hearing the yelling behind him, the adventurer in the hunting suit didn't stop, but ran even faster.

He nimbly jumped onto the low wall beside him, and then approached the city wall, ready to find a gap and forcefully break through.

Although Viscount Mo Ruo is a real nobleman, he doesn't have too many guards under his command. Although there are people on duty on the city wall, they are all scattered, with only two or three people every 100 meters.

"Catch him!" Seeing that figure jumping onto the city wall, anxious shouts came from the street, and the guards on the city wall also reacted and began to gather here.

The iron chain suits and armor pieces rubbed against each other while running, and some guards began to take out their bows and crossbows, aiming at the figure that kept jumping and running in the dark night.

whoosh-

There were several bow sounds, and the arrow pierced the air and shot over. The tip of the arrow shone with a little blue light, like reflective glass, and suddenly sank into the right chest of the adventurer, making him let out a muffled groan, and then his body fell down.

"Chase!"

Several sergeants in black speeded up again, jumped over a long arc, and rushed to the place where the figure fell.

"Ah!" In the dark alley, the adventurer pulled out the knife in his hand, a bright and dangerous red light attached to it, and then his figure was like lightning, and he recoiled in front of the pursuing soldiers in black.The demon sequence has always been so dangerous, whether it is against people or against oneself.

clang clang-

There was a violent collision sound in the alley, sparks flashed in the darkness one by one, and then there were several muffled groans of injury.

'Cutting o beheading array! During the brief stalemate, another man in black came rushing to the alley, with epaulets on his body, he seemed to be an officer.

Under the command of this newly joined officer, several pursuing sergeants immediately changed their figures, and the sabers of several people emerged with pale magic power at the same time, distorting the space, and then slashed continuously at an extremely high speed, killing all of them. The narrow space is divided into several areas.

The blood splashed suddenly, soaking the walls and the ground. The adventurer who had resisted fell down with a look of astonishment. There were still several open wounds on his body, which were sharp and neat.

A sergeant stepped forward, checked the corpse again, and then turned around.

"My lord, he is already dead." In fact, the sergeant was a little puzzled. According to the form just now, it is obvious that he can be caught alive, but why did he suddenly use the joint combat technique of "cutting o beheading formation" to kill this man? A sinner was killed on the spot.

"Hmm." The young officer looked at it before giving an explanation.

"We've got another one of them, this one's not needed."

Afterwards, the night in the small town became peaceful again, the streets became more and more quiet, and no one dared to stand up and run around.Even those restless little bastards know that now is an extraordinary moment, and if one fails, it will be fatal.

Inside the castle, the lights were brightly lit. Viscount Moruo was sitting in the lord's hall, surrounded by two rows of guards in full armor. These people were direct confidants of their family, and only under the protection of these Sequence Three guards, Viscount Moruo could get some sense of security.

Apart from Viscount Morrow, there are several other people in the hall now, one is Miss Charlene from the Roentgen Chamber of Commerce, the other is an official of the Imperial Army, and there is Kevin kneeling in the center of the hall.

The original captain of the guard was tied with a rope at this moment, and there were still traces of whipping left on his body. Some of the red marks were directly split open, and there were still dark red scars and bruises in them.

"Useless stuff!" Viscount Mo Ruo tightly held the wine glass in his hand, wishing to crush it.

After a long while, he calmed down a little and drank the dark red and transparent wine in it.

"Is this how you pay back? Captain Kevin! With so many subordinates and such tight protection, people have stolen things. It's hard for me not to suspect, are you colluding with outsiders?"

Viscount Moruo sat on a high throne, looking down at Kevin, the captain of the guard who had failed in his duty.

"I... I'm sorry." Kevin lowered his head and panted, replied hoarsely, and then lowered his head.

"Humph!"

Looking at this familiar face, Viscount Moruo felt as if his heart was burning with poison. Thanks to his trust in this subordinate, the thief stole such a crucial thing.

And what makes him even more anxious and uncomfortable is that there are investigators from the imperial military in the city now. These people are directly under the imperial family's orders and are not easy to get along with.

If one is not good, the existence of the ruins will be exposed, and then ordinary nobles like him will not be able to get their hands on it.

Thinking of this, he felt that the fire in his heart was much bigger.

"How is the situation in the city? Have you found anyone suspicious?" After a pause to calm down, the viscount asked the butler beside him.

"My lord, wait a moment, someone has already contacted you just now." The butler bent over and replied.

"Okay, I'll wait a little longer." He closed his eyes and leaned on the throne behind him, and the hall fell into silence.

A few minutes later, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside, followed by the sound of nail plates colliding.

Viscount Moruo opened his eyes, and a guard who came hurriedly reported.

"He's caught, my lord." He reported panting, and behind him came several investigators in black cloaks and black armor.

"Master Viscount Mo Ruo, I found some traces." The investigator immediately stepped aside and asked someone to press a embarrassed adventurer forward. There were still some bloodstains and tears on his clothes. Had a fight.

"Where are things?" Viscount Mo Ruo didn't care about people's problems, he just wanted to get back that precious magical creation.

"He admitted that he stole the item, but hid it elsewhere." The investigator said the answer he had just received during the interrogation.

"That's right." The adventurer spat, then raised his head and looked at the little old man in front of him.

"You must guarantee my life before I will tell you where I am hiding."

Hearing such an answer, Mo Ruo's face was cold, he did not speak, and stared coldly at the shabby-clothed adventurer.

"You are not an ordinary person."

After a while, Viscount Moruo spoke in a low voice.

"I'm familiar with you guys. If you were an ordinary adventurer, you wouldn't do such a risky thing, and you wouldn't know the situation in the castle."

"You should be a thief or assassin trained by a certain organization, so you have such courage." Viscount Moruo is not those vase nobles who enjoy themselves, he understands the lower classes of these empires.

"Let me think about it. In Longyi Province, there are not many organizations with such intelligence capabilities."