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Amy quickly figured out Sirin's current state of mind. She squeezed Sirin's fingers distressedly, "Even if it was really an attack by an abyssal monster, it doesn't mean that your efforts have completely failed. It takes time for the fire to burn..."

"Don't worry, I'm not that fragile." Sirin snapped back Amy's fingers and held them tightly. "Moreover, whether it's the abyssal monster or not can only be concluded after field verification."

Feeling the strength of Sirin's grip, Amy pursed her lips, "Then what are we now?"

Sirin walked into the small building of the Chamber of Commerce, walked towards the counter, and said to the girl at the counter: "I need the information of Usma, the sheriff of this town, the more detailed the better!"

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Song of the Traveler: Chapter 3 Clues and Investigations

The intelligence gathering ability of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce did not disappoint Sirin. The information that the girl at the counter took out was very detailed, from Usma's life experience, how many members of his family, how he became a sheriff, and how he is now The layout of the residence is listed in the information file.

Sirin quickly filtered through and found an anomaly in the list of people Usma had recently contacted.

"This unknown mysterious mage, can't even you gather information about him?" Sirin asked.

The girl at the counter smiled wryly: "Your Excellency, we are just a branch here, and the information of ordinary people can be archived in detail, but when it comes to professionals, especially mysterious spellcasters, there are always omissions. I hope you can understand." .”

"Understood." Sirin handed back the document and left with Amy.

Outside the tavern, the mercenary Darko was ready to go.

Sirin said in a deep voice: "Before we go to Stone Forest Mountain, we should visit the magistrate first."

The matter might involve abyssal monsters, and Sirin didn't plan to wait for Helen to handle it, as that would be too procrastinating.

"I'll take the two of you there." Darko said, "I know where he lives."

Sirin looked through Usma's intelligence file. Before becoming a sheriff, this person was also a mercenary. Darko and him were teammates in a mercenary team.

Under the leadership of Darko, it didn't take long for the few people to arrive outside a small manor in the northwest of the town.

There is a wooden fence around the manor. After turning over, there is a small orchard, as well as supporting flowers and fountains. The main building of the manor is a three-story building. The wall decoration is quite luxurious and looks expensive.

Amy complained in a low voice: "Can the sheriff in a small place like Tianshui Town make so much money?"

It was more than ten years ago that Usma became a magistrate. Before that, he was poor and had no decent place to live, but now he can build a small manor and live like an emperor.

Darko said in a low voice: "What he has done these years is indeed a bit excessive, and he has completely forgotten his original intention."

When bypassing the fountain in front of the small building, Amy accidentally found a pile of bluestones in the open space beside the house.

The stones have been treated and appear to be intended to be used for building something.

Amy touched Sirin's shoulder: "It's a little strange. If Usma knew that there was a problem with the stones in Shilin Mountain, why would she move to her own home?"

"Go in and have a look, grab him and ask him, and you'll know everything." Sirin replied, she gave Dalkoby a gesture to stay where she was, and she and Amy jumped up to the balcony on the second floor, Sneak into the room through the door on the balcony.

Coincidentally, the owner's bedroom is on the second floor, and Usma is taking a nap at this time. Just like the stick figure on the information, this person has a big head, a tall body, and a fat body, like a small mountain of meat.

He was in a deep sleep, and his snoring sound seemed to be breaking the bellows. It wasn't until Sirin slapped his thin-haired head with a fine iron long sword that Usma suddenly woke up.

The movement was so big that it almost collapsed the bed.

"You, who are you? How dare you break into my lord's mansion! Don't you know that doing so is against the law?" Usma yelled, "You guys retreat obediently now, how can I not pursue—"

锃!

Usma shuddered at the sound of the sword at close range, shut up on the spot, and stopped trying to be brave.

"Look at me." Sirin said coldly.

Usma raised her head tremblingly, looked at Sirin's face, and wanted to cry, "Don't kill me, I can pretend I didn't see you! You can take any money you want, and there are some antique treasures in the collection room on the first floor." , you can take it away, don’t kill me!”

When he begged for mercy, Sirin's face remained unchanged, but the sharpness in her blue eyes became more and more obvious.

A murderous intent as cold as the cold winter gale was revealed in her eyes. Usma seemed to smell blood, and a picture of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood flashed in front of her eyes, which frightened him into a daze, with his upper and lower lips constantly bumping, But nothing came out.

Sirin said coldly: "I ask you to answer, if you dare to hesitate or lie, move your head!"

Usma nodded tremblingly.

"Why did you suddenly mine stones from Stone Forest Mountain? Is it related to the mage you met five days ago?"

As soon as Sirin came up, she threw out harsh information, but Usma didn't expect it at all, and was stunned for a while.

"three two--"

"I said! Don't kill me!" Usma raised her hands in surrender, "Yes, that mage asked me to do this!"

"Tell me in detail."

"The mage's name is Palus! He told me that sooner or later the beast swarm in Misty Town will spread to Sweetwater Town, and let me build a wall to resist the beast swarm as soon as possible!" Usma said, "He told me that Stone Forest Mountain has high-quality Stone, gave me a way to mine stone! He also personally provided financial support for the construction of the wall of Tianshui Town! One hundred thousand gold coins! I didn’t dare to spend any of them, they are all in the collection room on the first floor!”

"You do what he says? What's your relationship with him?" Sirin pressed, the blade pressed against Usma's skin, and a little force could cut open the bloody mouth.

"Palouse is my nobleman!" Usma did not dare to hide it, "He gave me the money to buy this sheriff! All these years I have been able to secure my position, and it is he who has managed my relationship for me! In return, I became his subordinate and helped him do a lot of things!"

Amy chuckled, under the force of Sirin's murderous intent, Usma's psychological defense was defeated, and even her master confessed casually.

Sirin said: "What's the matter with these stones in your yard? Are they also needed by Palouse?"

Usma nodded sharply, "It's all Palouse's request. He said that he wants to study the stones on the mountain, and if he encounters the kind of stones with khaki deposits, he will move them to my side and store them. He will take time to take them away! "

Xilin and Amy looked at each other, quite surprised that the stones piled up on the side of the building were actually specially selected.

What does that mage named Palouse want to do?

"Where is the Palouse? How can I contact him?" Sirin continued to ask.

Usma was in trouble, "I'm just his subordinate, I have no right to know his specific whereabouts, and there is no way to contact him. Usually, he comes to me and sends out tasks alone. After I finish, he will find me. Time to check."

"The last time you met was five days ago. Based on what you know about him, how long do you think he will come to you?" Sirin asked.

Usma shook her head, "It's impossible to judge, his whereabouts are erratic, and there is no pattern at all!"

Sirin shook her head, this action made Usma flustered for a while, and she quickly cried, "Don't kill me, I have money! Take the money away, don't kill me!"

Sirin shot like lightning, and hit several places in the air, making Usma fall into a coma.

"These few strokes can make him unconscious for three to five days." Sirin said, "It's enough for Miss Helen to clean up the mess."

Amy was a little surprised, "You didn't kill him directly."

Sirin's previous anger and murderous intent were not feigned, she was really murderous, and Amy could feel it.

"Let's go to the mountain to have a look first." Sirin said, "Besides, save this guy's life, maybe we can fish out that guy named Palouse."

The source of this matter is related to Palouse, and he is the key figure.

Amy and Sirin jumped downstairs, and instead of leaving directly, they walked towards the pile of stones.

These blue stones seem to be not much different from what Amy and the others saw before, except that there are some dark yellow deposits on the cross-section of the stones. There is no magic attached to the stones, and those deposits are just stronger stones.

Sirin split a few stones to check, but she didn't get the desired result, which made her fall into thought for a while.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Amy asked softly.

At this time, Darko was still on the other side of the small building, and no one interfered with their conversation. Sirin broke the stone in her hand, frowned and said, "That mercenary's petrification disease seems to be affected by the ability of petrified monsters. When we arrived, the body was still entangled with an unknown magic power. It stands to reason that these stones are also problematic, and there should be residual magic power from the abyss."

Amy raised her eyebrows: "Didn't check it out?"

"Yeah." Sirin nodded.

"That's fine." Amy said, "At least these ordinary people will be fine, which means the problem still lies in the Stone Forest Mountain."

Sirin sighed and rubbed the center of her brows, "I hope so."

Leaving the sheriff's small manor, Amy and Sirin, led by Darko, entered Stone Forest Mountain.

Stone Forest Mountain is not the kind of vast mountain range. Rather, it should be a small plain near Tianshui Town. It is quite abrupt to have such a mountain.

The road up the mountain is not steep, and every once in a while, townspeople can be seen pushing carts passing by, carrying stones down the mountain.

The atmosphere on the road was not lively, even a little lifeless. Many townspeople looked unhealthy, and they were exhausted in the past few days.

Amy and Sirin learned the previous lesson and covered their cheeks with masks, and they didn't meet anyone who approached them along the way.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, not far from dusk, they came to the quarry in Sweetwater Town.

Several well-packed mercenaries used special iron picks to carve out stones on the stone wall, put them into the hanging basket, and lowered them down along the cable.The townspeople are responsible for moving the stones, loading them into carts and taking them away.

Darko's team ran away, the mercenaries on the stone wall were not efficient enough, and the townspeople below waited in a pile, no one chatted, only the sound of clanging and clanging stones could be heard.

There was no supervisor on site, but no one dared to slow down the work, which showed Usma's power.

The pits and pits dug on the stone wall looked like a face covered with pockmarks. Amy felt a little uncomfortable looking at it from a distance.

Sirin pulled out the silver and white sacrament, closed her eyes, and sensed the magic around her.

After a while, she led Amy and Darko to avoid the crowd, came to the side of the stone wall, and found a small cave.

In the depths of the small cave, six small towers were built with stones. In the center of the small tower was a human head whose flesh and blood had withered and whose face could not be seen clearly, emitting a foul smell.

This seems to be a ritual circle of black magic. Amy held her nose and looked closely at the runes connecting the stone tower on the ground, and a conclusion came to her mind.

"This is a black magic ritual, blood energy overdraft." Amy said, "The effect is to strengthen the body's strength, relieve fatigue, and reduce mood swings within the envelope of the magic ritual; the aftereffect is that after leaving the coverage of the magic ritual, it will become Irritable and irritable, the body will also fall into a period of weakness for a certain period of time. The longer you stay in the ceremony, the more serious the weakness will be after you leave the scope of the ceremony, and you may even die of withering blood."

Hearing her words, Darko gritted his teeth and endured his anger. No wonder the team members were in a bad mood after going down the mountain today.

This time, Sirin didn't say "you still know this" in surprise, she was used to the occasional erudition of the moon elves.

"Usma doesn't know magic. The technique of this ceremony is very professional. It should be that Palus did it." Amy speculated.

"Black magic ritual..." Sirin was lost in thought, is this the source of the unknown magic power left on the mercenary with the broken arm?

No, if this is the case, Darko and the others will also have abnormalities, which can be detected by the Silver Saint.

Amy retreated a distance, away from the stinking skull, and began to think about the incident.

Hire professional mercenaries to knock stones, force townspeople to carry stones, and even use black magic rituals to speed up the progress of the project...

After these stones were moved to Tianshui Town, even if a wall was built, it would not make much sense.

If she wanted to do research, Amy didn't think there was anything special about these stones.

So what if the Palouse's goal was not these stones in the first place, but the rock wall from which the stone was mined?

A flash of inspiration flashed in Amy's mind. She felt a little uncomfortable when she first saw the potholed stone wall. It turned out that the "inspiration" in a trance was at work.

She quickly exited the small cave, came to the side of the crowd, and gathered the magic power to the pupils of the eyes.

Under the vision of magic power, there was a faint light shining in the pitted stone wall, and there seemed to be something really hidden in the depths.

Amy grabbed Sirin's wrist and whispered her speculation.

Sirin also suddenly realized that something hidden deep in the stone wall should be the culprit that caused the petrification of Reese's palm.

Moreover, at such a close distance, Sirin used the silver-white holy order, which is very sensitive to the breath of the abyss, but still could not find the location of the abyssal monster, indicating that the culprit might not be the creation of the abyss, but something else.

Thinking of this, Sirin's tense nerves were relieved a lot. She rubbed Amy's hair with some gratitude. Fortunately, with the Moon Elf by her side, she did not make a rash decision too hastily.

If she faced this incident with the attitude of 300 years ago, when she left the tavern, she was ready to kill.

Those images of mountains of corpses and seas of blood are not pure illusions. When resisting the invasion of the abyss monsters in the early days, Sirin's hands were often stained with the blood of those leading the way.

"Dark, is there any special legend about this stone wall where the stone is mined?" Amy asked suddenly.

"Is it a stone wall? It's not clear, but there is a stone forest on the top of the mountain!" Darko pointed to a higher place on the stone wall. "At the top of this mountain, there is a very special stone forest. I explored it when I was young. Yes. Impressive there!"

"Tell me." Sirin followed.

She understood the meaning of Amy's question. If the thing in the stone wall was not invaded by an object from the abyss, it might be related to the local past legend.

"The reason why this mountain is called Stone Forest Mountain is because there is a strange stone forest on the top of the mountain. There are many strange stone sculptures scattered in the stone forest. There are human figures and beasts, and each stone sculpture is lifelike."

Darko said: "When I was young, I heard from the old people in the town that the statues in the stone forest were actually made of living things, so they were so realistic. A mage came to investigate and knocked open the stone carvings to verify, and found that The theory of 'living creatures' is not valid, but we left without finding out the cause of the stone carvings."

Amy squeezed Sirin's fingers, and Sirin hooked her fingers backhand.

The two secretly thought there was something going on at the same time, so let's go to the top of the mountain to see it!

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There may only be one update today, I slept too late yesterday, and my spirits are not good, adjust it, and continue to double update tomorrow~~

Song of the Traveler: Chapter 4 Strange Discoveries

The three of them went up to the top of the mountain from the other side of the stone wall, without attracting the attention of the people below and the mercenaries on the stone wall.