Before evening, the news that Count Klein, who had just been expelled, had been killed while fleeing the Borderlands had already spread back to Trikla City, and his body was also brought from the Borderlands by a foreign caravan.

Brought back there. Although he was convicted and expelled, in the final analysis, considering the contributions that the Klein family has made to the duchy over the past generations, Duke Michael still allowed the already stinking Darthnil Klein to enter the country in accordance with the usual practice.

Noble cemetery in the burial city.

As for the cause of Darthniel's death, some nobles in the city actually don't quite believe the theory of "died at the hands of horse bandits". Some even directly believe that it was done after Duke Michael secretly executed Darthniel.

A poor disguise. But the truth was exactly what they thought. In order to appease this group of dishonest guys, Alubeg later held a secret meeting with the judge of the Noble Law Institute as a notary to explain.

fact.

It is true that Darthniel did not die at the hands of the horse bandits, but he also did not die in the Duke's conspiracy. With the help of magic tools that can detect lies, Alubeg's rhetoric really made everyone

He was convinced, at least on the surface. Darthniel was indeed chased by a group of horse bandits during his escape, but the people who actually killed Darthniel were a group of dwarf troops passing by the local area. This is from

The outside caravan members confirmed it. The reason why Alubeg announced that Darthniel died at the hands of bandits was just to avoid the conflict between humans and dwarves. After all, even if Darthniel was expelled from the knighthood,

However, he was also a person with the blood of Earl Klein's family. His death at the hands of the dwarves for no reason could usually give the principality an excuse to launch a war against the dwarves.

However, Alubeg did not want any quarrel between the Principality of Michael and the dwarf team that had entered the Principality not long ago. In addition to the racial issue, the more important reason was that the Principality currently did not have the troops to mobilize to face it.

A heavily armed dwarf heavy infantry team.

In short, this excuse is very powerful, and it finally temporarily silenced the opposition nobles. However, there are still many things to do in Arubag, and the follow-up issues about the Chris kidnapping case are still unresolved, because

As the investigation deepens, this seemingly coincidental kidnapping case is inexplicably cast an invisible shadow.

The alchemists in the sewers all showed signs of conscious interference, and the time was not short. Moreover, even the group of mercenaries who escaped before were found to have conscious interference after being captured by Liz and others who were guarding elsewhere.

For a while, Chris boldly speculated that the reason why she was kidnapped at that point seemed more like a conspiracy. After all, as she slowly recalled the scene at that time, the more she felt that the group of professional mercenaries had leaked the information at that time.

There were too many tricks, so it caught my attention at that clever time, and then I was inexplicably kidnapped into the alchemist's lair.

As for the mastermind behind the scenes, it was probably the fifth alchemist who disappeared. However, after sorting out the entire incident, Diana felt that the act of kidnapping Chris was not at all like an attempt to frame Chris herself.

Judging from the final results and the possibilities that may evolve, the person who suffered the most serious damage from the whole incident was Darthnil Klein himself, or rather the evil laboratory hidden in the sewers.

It's a pity that everyone can only rely on various speculations at the moment. After all, no one has found any evidence to prove this speculation so far, and the whereabouts of the missing alchemist is also unknown. Diana only traced the other party and teleported to

The ground, but the problem is that there are no other traces after reaching the ground, so this clue has no choice but to be interrupted.

This hidden danger is indeed a headache. After all, this unknown guy took away the research notes of the group of alchemists on the red pill. Who knows if that guy will use these things to cause any trouble again.

Although this is indeed a headache, fortunately, the principality will be very stable in the next two days. With the elimination of the dark street and black market and the undercurrent in the capital's aristocratic circle, the Michael Principality will be in a state of chaos for some time to come.

A stage of relatively stable development.

After all, in addition to these troubles, the Principality of Michael itself has a lot of things waiting to be solved. This also caused Duke Michael Alubeg to be so busy for a period of time that he barely had much time to rest. Fortunately,

The visit to Algasburg went very smoothly. After the talks, the principality directly established a new embassy for them in the city. On the same day, the remaining members of the mission began their return journey with the letters of credence signed by the Duke.

The members of Algarsburg still fly to the southern city of Wilsk in a floating ship, and the members of the mission will return to Algarsburg, which is thousands of miles away, through the portal.

Aurora did not go with everyone, because she was still moving with Erica and others, and their return date would be two days later than the people in Algasburg. After all, they had nothing to do here yet

Completely resolved, the original vacation plan was completely disrupted, and even the return date was postponed for a day or two.

The main reason why Erica and the others delayed their return was that they received a new mission, and the content of the mission was related to the dwarf team that entered the principality two days ago. Of course, the one who also had a headache for this group of dwarves was Archduke Michael Aru.

Berg, because he learned from Night Owl's report two days ago that this group of dwarves did not enter any of the surrounding cities after entering the principality's border checkpoint. Instead, they set up a temporary camp directly in the mountains northeast of Mariaburg and then the next

The sky went straight into the mountains.

The officials at the border checkpoint also sent a letter saying that after entering the customs, the group of dwarves only exchanged a pile of copper ingots for a large amount of dry food and dried meat at the market, and a large amount of wine. They did nothing else and did nothing else.

They have never had any contact with any human beings since the time they left. From various clues, it seems that the dwarves are indeed going into the mountains, but the problem is that until now, after the dwarves have entered the mountains, no one knows what they are going to do there.

Of course, Erica and the others know some things, but this information does not need to be disclosed to Archduke Michael, because this is a matter involving the gods, and even if they want to explain it, they can only let the dwarves go to Aruba by themselves.

Communicate with style.

In the southeastern part of the northern mountains of the Principality of Michael, Erica and others only stayed there for a day and then returned directly with Chris. The group of dwarves left after a brief meeting with Erica.

The wolf god Wormtorre took Agnes, who called over, to the city of Trikla. As for the rest, this group of people from the western part of the mountain range between the Dwarf Kingdom of Norland and the Principality of Michael.

Just when Erica and others started to return, in an unknown deep cave, the guy who had transformed into a human farmer was taken to an artificial place deep in the cave by a very human-like monster.

within the area.

There is a tall and large wall built in this place, but this wall is made of a huge amount of bones, and there is an altar under the wall that is also made of bones and flesh.

After the humanoid monster led the farmer to the altar, he bowed respectfully and walked back the way he came. The farmer looked at this nondescript humanoid monster and snorted, as if it didn't like this half-human, half-ghost creature very much.

Guy.

"Why are you using this inferior creature as a servant?" The farmer grinned and spoke a completely unknown language in the direction of the altar and asked, "And why are there so many less companions?"

"They are dead." Just after the farmer finished speaking, a very slender guy with an invisible face wearing a masking cloak walked out from a shadow on the altar. It was also leaning on a stick made of bones.

The staff came to the edge of the altar and looked at the farmer and said: "Where have you been, Harkanz? Why can't we contact you during this time?"

The light in the cave is very weak, and there are only some small fire basins around the altar that light up some weak flames. But even in this weak light, you can still see the other party's dress clearly. And this one is on the altar.

The person with his head exposed looks like an acolyte of Haikan, but this acolyte of Haikan is slightly different from the ones Hex killed. Although the style of the face-covering cloak is the same, this acolyte

The decorations on the monk's body are slightly gorgeous, and he seems to have a high status among the acolytes of Haikan.

"Oh, so you're still here, Gakanaz." The farmer said and changed. After a muddy earth-gray halo flashed, the originally somewhat rickety farmer turned into a tall and thin man.

The acolyte of Haikan, but the dress of this acolyte was somewhat extraordinary and slightly different from the one on the altar. After the transformation was completed, the acolyte named Harkanz carried

The dirty bundle walked up to the altar and said to another companion: "I went to a nearby human nest for a while and found a group of very interesting toys there. I also got some more toys by the way.

Unexpected gains.”

The guy named Gakanaz took a look at the dirty baggage in the opponent's hands and stopped asking any more questions, because it felt that these things from human society were not good things at all, at least to them.

"Let me see...who are the dead?" Harkanz walked up to the altar and looked at the dark corner under the ancient wall in a teasing tone, and muttered some names in the most powerful voice.

: "Irun Yaz... Markaz... Drengez... Ha, it's really embarrassing, your soul is shattered like this, why did you die so miserably?"

"Varada..." Jakanaz responded to the other party's ridicule abruptly. Suddenly, Harkanz trembled all over and looked back at the other party.

Although they all wore face-covering cloaks and couldn't see their faces under the shadows, after hearing Varada's name, two dark red rays of light shone slightly in the shadows of Gakanaz's face. Those two

The glimmer of light was as hazy as a dark star in the night sky, and it looked like two human eyes staring at Gakanaz under the shadow of the deep dark cloak.

"I'm not kidding, it's Valada, the dark goddess of the night... She has appeared on this dirty land again..." Gakanaz could not help but say Hex's old name again.

He shivered for a long time, and a muddy and confused low growl continued to come out of his invisible throat.

After seeing this, Harkanz panicked and looked back at the surrounding shadows again. This time, he no longer scolded his companions for their failure in a flirtatious tone, but looked seriously ahead.

The wall of bones counted the names of his companions one by one.

"Where are Narhaz and Mara Naz?" After Halkanz finished typing out their names, he turned back to Gakanaz and asked, "Why are their souls gone? Are they really annihilated?"

"Yes. Our stronghold at the ruins of the Garden of Life was discovered by Varada, and Narhaz and Maranaz were a step too late when they escaped, and were directly wiped out by Varada, including their bodies and souls.

, not even a speck of dust was left..." Gakanazi regained some composure, then walked to a large urn of unknown material in the center of the altar with his staff and said: "Fortunately, they were there before.

I left a few soul fragments here, so as long as I have enough materials, I can still repair their souls."

"That's good... we can't lose any more companions. We are trapped in this world and cannot contact the void, so every time one of our companions dies, there will be one less." After Harkanz finished speaking, he looked at Jaka.

Natsu, seeing that the other party was still a little depressed, asked in a deep voice: "What's wrong? Isn't repairing souls your best ability as a soul shaper?"

"No, I don't have enough materials." Gakanaz touched the big urn with his slender and rough palm and said: "Our losses in the ruins of the Garden of Life were too serious. Not only did we lose so much

My companions also lost a lot of resources, and even those handy servants were all killed..."

"Oh... no wonder you would use that kind of defective product as a servant. I also wonder if you have changed your appetite." Harkanz was not discouraged after hearing Gakanaz's reasons, but looked strange.

He laughed and then picked up the baggage in his hand again and said to the other party: "Don't worry about the materials. As long as we finish researching this, we will have as many materials as we want. I even dare to say that as long as this technology reaches a certain level,

Afterwards, we will have new servants that are better than the Fleshwood and the Corruptor."

"What...did you get?" Gakanaz asked, still puzzled.

"Hey, do you still remember the stone from the underworld that I picked up? After I carved it into a new symbol containing self-awareness, I gave it to a human being, and then I quietly followed that

Humans went to a human lair..." Harkanz was telling the story very playfully when he was suddenly interrupted by Gakanaz.

"I know that thing, a death cornerstone packaged as a creation of life." Gakanazi thought about it for a moment, then shook his head impatiently and said: "Are you planning to summon the undead? Forget it,

Those things are also our enemies! We can't control those dead things at all... Or have you found the authority to control death?"

"No, I don't want to have too much contact with that kind of thing." Harkanzi opened the bag and showed the pages of a book inside to Gakanazi and explained: "I said it was an unexpected gain, so

Of course it's not that. I was going to say that I encountered the creation left by our old companions somewhere, and there is a group of people who are trying to study this thing."

"This...this is..." Gakanaz sighed incoherently in a shocked tone.

"Some kind of medicine containing the blood and flesh of Hertogos seems to have the same origin as the corrupted soup of the past, but it is an even worse and defective product." Harkanz also took out a piece of paper from the bag full of words.

The unwritten research note said excitedly: "Originally, I just took a peek at it to kill time, but I didn't expect that these humans are really stupid. As a result, when I was upset, I interfered with their consciousness and

Let them understand the principle of this kind of thing, but they didn't expect that this group of maggot-like humans would follow this line to completely study this defective product, and then make a product that is very close to the corrupted soup...

"

"Where are those humans?!" Gakanaz asked loudly with some excitement: "Why don't you bring them here together? These haven't been completed yet?"

"It's useless. Those humans have been captured. Anyway, they have reached the limit of their wisdom. What is beyond is an area they cannot touch." Harkanz shook the research notes in his hand and said: "What's left is

Let me finish the work. I believe it won’t be long before I can restore the corrupted soup of Hertogos, or... it will be a higher-level product than those things... By then..."

"At that time, we will completely corrupt this dirty world! Then we will lead the re-formed army to directly challenge the gods here. Even if we cannot kill Severna, we will at least destroy her cradle..." Gakanazi seemed to

A little too excited, he let out some rather distorted screams from his throat to express his inner excitement.

"This goal is a bit too far away, but... we'll see..." After Harkanz finished speaking, he also made a strange and incomprehensible cry.

And as the screams of the two Haikan acolytes spread throughout the cave, the various twisted monsters that were busy in other parts of the cave also issued their own screams and roars.

At that moment, the entire cave began to tremble, and even some small animals outside the cave were frightened by the terrible noise and fled in all directions.
Chapter completed!