The legendary path of the abandoned half-elf

The Queen has not said anything about Lorenno's matter, but the nobles below are more anxious than her. Finally, someone couldn't help but want to ask what to do.

The lazy Emperor looked up, and the expression on his face seemed to suddenly remember this: "Oh, you said Lorenno, she is my child, but since the Empire Competition has just ended, I didn't think about it at this time. As long as you know what kind of grand ceremony it will be."

Is that an understatement? !

The noble who asked the question didn't know how to speak for a while. It took a long time to recover from the shock that the emperor had nothing to do with him: "Your Majesty, you mean that Miss Lorenzo will be the second princess of the empire from now on?"

Majnus showed a matter-of-fact expression: "Of course, although she has not yet been fully announced to the world, she is already here. All that remains is to find a time to reveal Lorenno's existence to the common people."

"Your Majesty," an old Duke walked out of the queue, "This matter needs to be reported to the nobles of the empire and other countries..."

"Alas~," the Queen waved her hand, "No need, let's wait until my daughter completes the task I assigned."

Task? !

The nobles suddenly raised their heads and stared at Majnus in confusion, brainstorming, guessing what task she had assigned to Lorenno, and what to do if it related to their territory or related nobles.

"……Yes."

After thinking for a moment, the Duke did not continue, and took a step back to his original position, looking at his nose and heart. Many nobles were like this, and they all knew that some places might become the achievements of the half-elf princess whom he had never met. .

Others are terrified, wondering what to do if that person's fist hits them or their subordinates...

"Okay, let's do that for today."

The Queen yawned and signaled that everyone could go back. As soon as the nobles and officials left the palace, they rushed to the carriage. They must establish a relationship with the second princess as soon as possible, at least leaving a good impression. Some people ran Go home and inform the nobles in other areas not to mess with Her Majesty the Great Princess.

Majnus in the palace looked at everyone's expressions and raised his lips, as if he was watching a drama.

……

"what?!"

Within half an hour, nobles began to go to General Puss's residence, but the guard's reply surprised them——

A day ago, His Highness Lorenno had already met with Connie and her companions.

Went to Lakeside City together.

When a noble in the crowd heard this, his eyes were shocked. He didn't bother to verify whether it was true. He hurriedly ran back to his mansion, turned the vase in the bedroom, and the bookshelf in the room moved to reveal the secret room. Before he could wait, he As he walked into it, a long knife was already placed on his neck.

"Huh~~, I finally caught you."

The captain of the fifth team, Jatis, came into contact with the effect of the invisibility spell. The panicked noble stood there in a cold sweat. Seeing that Jatis was the only one, suddenly a fierce light appeared in his eyes. Just as he was about to take action, he swatted away the long knife and turned around, and immediately stopped. There, not just Jetis, but three or four law enforcement teams stood motionless.

"Okay, okay, come with us."

The city guard received Lorenno's whereabouts earlier than this nobleman, and took the opportunity to deceive the nobles in the capital who were related to the Lakeside City incident.

At noon the day before the incident happened, a portal opened on the edge of Lakeside City. Five girls walked out of the portal in a swagger. Connie and Lorenno couldn't help but look nostalgic as they revisited their old place.

"Well……"

Aisha shrugged her nose and asked about the smell of the environment, then frowned: "It smells so bad."

The half-elf girl looked around and realized: "The place we are standing is the ancient city that was destroyed by the devil as mentioned before. The power of purgatory has not completely dissipated, so Aisha, you will feel bad."

"not only that."

Shaluo stretched out her hand to pick up the branches of the sick trees. The current season was close to late autumn and had not yet reached winter, but the maple tree in front of her did not have a single leaf left. She murmured: "The surrounding environment has also been affected. If If we don’t clean it up as soon as possible, I’m afraid the soil here will gradually lose nutrients.”

"Hey, who are you!!"

When the five of them were preparing to head to Lakeside City, a vigilant voice sounded from behind them. Lorenno turned around and saw several members of the Good Camp Church standing far away from them, looking at them nervously.

Lorenno shouted loudly: "I am Lorenno, blood beast Lorenno! I came here to deal with the disappearance of the population on the order of the Queen! Is the area around here closed?!"

The priests and paladins looked at each other and responded: "Please stand there for a moment while we go call someone!"

A paladin who looked like a captain stayed where he was, while the others went to ask for help. Soon a large group of paladin climbed over the small slope and saw Lorenno and others. They cautiously approached and verified Lorenno's identity.

"Hello, Executor Lorenno."

After confirming Lorenno's identity, the leader of the paladin team apologized: "Sorry, this damaged dungeon is being transformed by us and some druids, and sometimes demons will try to break through the defense line."

"It's nothing, it's just my duty."

The half-elf girl nodded and walked towards the edge of the encirclement with the people from the temple. On the way, she thought of asking about the mission: "Mr. Paladin, do you know about the population disappearance in Lakeside City?"

"I know." Speaking of this, the paladin became serious. "We can confirm that it was not directly caused by the devil or devil believers, so we handed it over to the city guard."

Lorenno said: "Is there anyone who knows the details? I hope I can understand what happened through a different perspective."

The paper information is very clear, but the half-elf girl still hopes to clarify the context through other people, so that she can know the truth more comprehensively.

After hearing this, the paladin readily agreed: "No problem. One of our team members happened to have rescued a child and even met the kidnappers."

Following the paladin team to the edge of the blockade, the paladin captain led Lorenno and others into a lounge. After a while, a paladin wearing heavy armor walked into the lounge and looked at him with a look of embarrassment and longing. Half-elf girl.

"Are you Miss Lorenno, the blood beast who won the Intermediate Championship of the Empire Competition? What do you want from me?"

Chapter 434: People First

"It's me, what's your name?"

"My name is Jack."

"Mr. Jack, I'm mainly looking for you to find out more about missing persons. I heard that you have met those people?"

"Yes," when talking about this matter, the low-level paladin named Jack showed anger on his face, "The thing is like this..."

"Jack, be careful when you go home, don't let the ghost scare you so much that you wet your pants!"

"If you continue to laugh at me, believe it or not, I will tell the instructor, you are a bunch of bullshit!!"

The paladin named Jack finished his day's duty and changed shifts with his companions. They exchanged a few words and prepared to walk home under the moonlight. He looked around from time to time and couldn't help but feel nervous.

As a paladin, Jack has a big weakness - he is afraid of ghosts.

Rather than being afraid of ghosts, he is more afraid of things that suddenly appear in front of him. For this reason, he works hard to exercise his perception ability, so that he can hear all sounds more clearly in a silent environment.

It was midnight at this time, and everyone had closed their doors and windows to rest. Only some night watchmen and patrolling paladins were left wandering in the dark corners. Jack bought some food in the night tavern and rushed home, his ears slightly perked. Listening to the sounds around.

Just when he was about to go home, something heavy suddenly came from the originally quiet environment.

At the sound of landing, Jack immediately stopped where he was, and his eyes became sharp. As someone who has participated in the dungeon battle against the devil, he knew very well that this was the sound of a human body landing with both feet from a height of four or five meters. It should be the same as the sound of the human body landing on the ground with both feet. A warrior weighing about 200 pounds.

At this time, there had been several incidents of missing children. As a kind-hearted citizen of the empire, Jack felt that even if the matter had been fully handed over to the city guard, he had an obligation to go and take a look.

Without wearing heavy armor, he threw the food in his hand in front of the door, picked up the pitchfork hanging in front of the door and tiptoed toward the place where the sound came from. He quickly found the person who made the sound, and couldn't help but squint his eyes——

There were five people standing there. Judging from their size, they were one warrior, four rangers or assassins. The warrior was quietly walking towards the intersection carrying two snakeskin bags. Jack made some calculations and found that the volume in the snakeskin bag was just enough for one. Children of eight or nine years old.

He also knew the owners of this house. They were two siblings who had lost their parents. They usually relied on working in churches and some charitable organizations in Lakeside City to obtain living funds. By comparing them with each other, he could basically confirm that what was in the snakeskin bag was Two children.

Damn human traffickers!

Just as Jack was about to take a step forward and rush over, the instructor's words echoed in his mind: "We must ensure that our actions will not cause losses to the people. Remember, anger and recklessness cannot solve anything."

The paladin retracted his left foot and followed the group of people, thinking carefully about how to save the two siblings safely, and soon came up with an idea.

……

"After finishing this order, we should leave. I think the city is gradually entering into martial law."

One of the five people said to the soldier, and the leading soldier nodded: "I think so too. Although there is a lot of money to be made, it will not be good for the customer to sell us out when the time comes. We will not even have his face." seen."

"It's not bad. At least the city guard won't kill us directly. It would be terrible if that guy kills and silences us."

The five people were talking about their work. They worked for a masked man, and they met in the mobile black market. Although the black market prohibited the buying and selling of civilians, which would be wanted by the empire, it did not prevent the client from interacting with the target. Known to the client.

The next job for the five of them is to kidnap some children and put them in a location in the slums. Someone will come to collect them when the time comes. There are more than a few of them. Due to the extremely high salary, it seems that a large group of people from the evil camp are doing this. This kind of thing happened, and it was precisely because of this that the city guard station never caught the main characters, only a few minions.

As they chatted, they gradually approached the corner of the alley. When the warrior turned around, a palm was placed in front of his eyes——

【Flash】!

"Ah!!" "Ah!!" "What the hell!"...

The sudden and violent light instantly blinded the soldier and the four people behind him. The soldier couldn't help raising his hand to press his eyes, and he realized something was wrong only when he let go of the two snakeskin bags containing the children, and reached out to grab the baby at his waist. The old sword was broken, but it was too late.

Jack rushed out and hugged the two snakeskin bags. After confirming that they were two children, he had no desire to fight. The safety of the children's lives was the first priority. He immediately ran towards the main road with the two bags on his back!

"Stop him!"

The warrior's eyes were blurry, and he could barely see the fleeing paladin and the pitchfork in his hand, and couldn't help shouting: "Run!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran away.

That's right, he had no intention of chasing after them. The light just now was definitely a spell. No matter who rescued the two children, adventurers like them, who were barely making ends meet, could not fight against them.

"I see……"

Lorenno understood, and coughed after seeing Jack's embarrassed expression. She stood on tiptoes, retracted 1.6 meters and patted his shoulder to encourage him; "You have protected the citizens of the empire very well. This kind of Your behavior is worthy of encouragement, and you don’t need to feel inferior because you let the bad guy go.”

"Yes!"

The helplessness in Jack's eyes disappeared. The captain told him the same thing after rescuing the child, but he was not very confident. But since the competition champion + empire executive said so, he put the child's safety first. It must be right.

After sending the paladin away, Lorenno and Connie looked at each other and realized that the water inside might be very deep. The half-elf girl said: "It took the city guard so long to catch a few people working for others, no. It’s so right.”

Connie nodded and said, "Let's go to the city guard station and take a look. Maybe there's a mole or something."

They learned a lot from Jack's mouth. The escaped abductors said that the person who issued the mission would change the meeting place from time to time, and they would successfully escape from the city guard's search every time.

Either the masked man's informants are all in Lakeside City, or there are his informants in the city guardhouse. Considering that the former is too difficult, it is basically certain that it is the latter. Regardless of whether the leaker is forced or not, such a situation If something happens, we can't act together with the city guard.

"Let's go into the city."

After sorting out the current situation, Lorenno's team got up and said goodbye to the church members, and officially entered Lakeside City.

Chapter 435 The Ship Named Country

At the gate of the city guard station, the director of Lakeside City had long been standing in front of the gate waiting for the arrival of Her Royal Highness. These directors were basically the ones who had received first-hand information. They were the first to know about Luo

Lenno's identity was recognized.

"Director White."

Lorenno, who was walking towards the city guardhouse, saw the director in front of the gate. He walked over and nodded slightly to him. The warrior named White shook hands with the half-elf girl and said with great respect: "Miss Lorenno... Welcome to Lakeside City again.”

Lorenno said with a smile: "There is no need for red tape. Tell me the clues you have discovered so far as soon as possible."

"Yes, please come with me and I will tell you about our findings."

Under the surprised gazes of other city guards, the director respectfully invited Lorenno and others into the city guardhouse. The half-elf girl turned on her senses and watched to see if there were obvious changes in the expressions of the people around her, but unfortunately there was no gain.

Too careful observation prevented her from seeing everyone's expressions. In the corner where Lorenno didn't pay attention, a man dressed in coarse cloth blinked, leaving a few copper coins and walking towards other streets with the black bread he just bought. After turning left and right, I came to a small wooden house. When no one was paying attention, I casually threw a piece of paper into the room.

Shortly after this person left, the owner of the wooden house greeted the neighbors and returned home. After seeing the note, he passed the news to the next person without stopping.

After going back and forth like this, a black glove got the news and murmured behind the scenes: "Is there anyone from Dovlai... I don't know who has been sent here."

"Sir, do we need to suspend our activities?"

"No, it's just the last bit." After hearing the suggestion from his subordinates, the man wearing black gloves rejected the proposal, "Once we catch the remaining ones, we will leave immediately with the federal people."

"...Sir Viscount," after hearing the answer from the person he served, the middle-aged man couldn't help but ask, "Why do we have to go to the Federation? It is obvious that the Empire is more powerful."

"Hmph," after hearing this, the person behind the scenes snorted and pointed upward, "Let me ask you a question, do you think Ma, does that person really need useless old people like us?"

"Uh……"

The person behind the scenes sighed: "I am dying. The family depends on me for its existence, but there are no children with high ambitions in the young lineage. The empire is now like a high-speed warship."

"If civilians are unimportant parts, and a few bad parts don't matter, then nobles and officials are the sailors who control the ship. What is needed are people with ambition and outstanding ability. If anyone falls behind, what awaits this sailor will be Robbed of all property by other sailors.”

"In comparison, although the ships of other countries are shabby, our old sailors can dominate in those places instead of being gradually eliminated like here. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Lord Viscount."

The person behind the scenes looked at the news and guessed who came to Lakeside City: "Let the 'Mole' keep an eye on the whereabouts of those distinguished guests, and you can find an opportunity to find out who they are."

"Your Highness, the information is all here."

Let Sara, Vita, and Aisha go to see the Black Widow first. Lorenno and Connie went into the city guard station to look through the information. There was not much difference with the ones obtained in the capital. After reading it, Connie asked: " In Lakeside City, the nobles have higher control than the city guards, right?"

"Yes," the director nodded, "the power of the nobles is greater than ours, and because the local residents have affluent lives, fewer people join the city guard station. Those in the previous dungeons were all drawn from the empire's regular army, and they are not So that we can directly intervene in the city."

After hearing this, Connie flipped through the information again, raised her finger and cast 2 levels of [Sound Isolation Technique] to isolate this place from the outside world, and asked seriously: "Director White, there is a mole in the city guard station, do you know about this?" Right."