"Who is that person?" Ding Ke, who was standing behind Kasperba, asked in a low voice. Her eyes were always staring at the young nobleman standing not far away talking to Meka. He was tall, with brown hair and bright black and blue eyes, a humble smile on his face, but also a majesty that people dare not underestimate.

"The Duke's son." Kasperba also replied in a low voice, "it seems to be called Mdolph."

"What does the Duke's son do to Sister Meka?" Ding Ke asked in confusion.

Mdolph and Meka were standing by the river, with four armored guards guarding each other, holding the hilt of the sword around their waists and the iron shields on their other hand; Meka was wearing the cloak of the Ghost Sword Brigade, with loose linen robes underneath, with light yellow flower patterns; while Mdolph was wearing a thick cloak with a black background, with a squirrel skin on the edge, and a light military uniform inside, and perhaps a chain mail lined inside. He held the sword around his waist with one hand, just like a noble young master who was preparing to go out to hunt.

"Curse?" Meka frowned after hearing the word, "When did it happen?"

Mdolph did not answer immediately. He lowered his head and thought for a moment before continuing: "I hope you can keep it secret, but now I can only believe you. In fact, last night, the assassin sneaked into my sister's room, but left without doing anything."

"Did nothing?" When Meka said this, she found that Mdolph's face had changed, so she just nodded and did not continue to delve into it. "What?"

"This was known to my father's vassals, so they began to speculate whether the assassin had cast any curse on my sister. A servant saw the assassin using some kind of witchcraft and disappeared into smoke, so people thought that the assassin was a wizard." Mdolph said to Meka seriously.

"Turn into smoke?" Meka has never heard of this kind of thing. At present, the discussion on "magic" that appears after the new version is in full swing on the forum. New "magic" are constantly being discovered, but most of them are just some simple-model magic, such as "fireball", "fasight" or "feather technique", but I have never heard of such magic turning into smoke? If this kind of magic exists, it is also an extremely high-end magic.

"Is there a wizard of this level in Golden Falls?" Meka seemed to be asking Mdolph, or she seemed to be asking herself. If the assassin was really so strong, why didn't he kill the Duke of Golden Falls directly last night but chose to escape?

"The assassin extinguished all the flames at the banquet last night, and Lord Fower of Linle Town thought it was caused by witchcraft," Mdolph added.

So… “There is indeed such a possibility,” Meka nodded, and then looked at Mdolph seriously, “So the purpose of the adults coming to me…?”

"I hope you can investigate this." Mdolph said, taking out a roll of parchment from the pocket of his cape, with yellow wax dripping on it, and covering it with the Duke of Golden Falls' rolling waterfall emblem. "This is an investigation order written by the Duke himself. The main reason is that everyone who holds this inner castle will assist you in your investigation," Mdolph paused, "but the requirement is to be as low as possible and not to speak out."

Has it reached the point where we cannot refuse? Meka smiled bitterly, but still took the investigation order, "How is Miss Kadiya now?"

Mdolph pursed her lips, then looked toward the Canjin River next to her. The guards began to hold a torch and light the braziers along the street. The braziers on the banks were lit one by one. The brilliant firelight reflected on the river water that turned black with the night color: "She is in a bad state. Now any man will become very nervous when approaching her," Isn't this the same as someone? Meka thought to herself, "She has been afraid to fall asleep due to nightmares from last night to now, so she is very haggard now." Mdolph's tone was heartbroken, and he looked at Meka again. Meka noticed the uneasiness in his eyes, "Ms. Wizard, I ask you in my personal name to help her. I am grateful for it." As he said that, Mdolph lowered his head sincerely.

But even if you ask me, I can't help it. Meka really wants to tell him like this, but seeing how he looks, Meka has no way to refuse him. "I will do my best." Meka also lowered her head and said.

Mdolph seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but his brows frowned. "Then this matter will be left to you. The matter in the inner castle was fully entrusted to the Duke's guard captain Pav, who would be the leader of the Duke. If you need help, go directly to him."

"Yes, I'm grateful." Meka lowered her head respectfully, while Mdolph didn't say anything more, and then left directly with the guards.

"Ah, I'm leaving." Ding Ke watched the noble young master leave with his guards. Before he left, he nodded slightly in the direction of theirs.

"What a good man." Meka, who walked over, teased, "If it weren't an NPC, I would be moved."

"Hmph, maybe it's a NPC! After all, killing NPC won't break the law. If he dares to betray you, you can just take him-" Ding Ke said and made a move to wipe his neck, "Crack."

"No one wants you like this." Mai, who was standing aside, said.

"Hmph! I don't need it! And definitely no one will want you, a stinky little villain!" Ding Ke fought back.

"No, many boys like me like this type." Mai said expressionlessly.

Ignoring the two live treasures next to him, Kasperba looked at Meka: "What the hell is going on?"

Meka handed the investigation order in his hand to Kasperba, and Kasperba became serious after seeing the wax on it. "The mandatory mission is released, let's investigate the assassin and the possible 'curse' that happened last night."

"Curse?" Kasperba was stunned, "What was cursed?"

"Kadia." Meka looked in the direction where Mdolph left, "our mission goal."

...

Joel saw the girl as soon as he got off the floor. She also saw him at first sight, and stood up and bowed to him from a distance. Joel was not wearing a mask, but pulled up his hood and covered half of his face with a scarf, but was still recognized by the girl at first sight. The girl sat next to Aleya, and opposite their table was a girl with a red boat-shaped hat with white feathers and a red and blue cloak. Joel almost thought that was the irritable girl who used a big sword that he met last night, but when the girl turned around, Joel breathed a sigh of relief.

After getting closer, Joel found three bad-looking mercenaries sitting at another table in the corner staring at him, especially as he got closer, their hostility became more and more obvious.

As the sky gradually darkened, many mercenaries in the tavern had left in groups and started hunting at night. The lively tavern, which was just lively, has gradually become quiet. The drunk mercenaries snorted on the table or leaned on the chairs. The tavern owner, Ximoken and the chef in the kitchen were finally able to rest for a while.

Mozi walked to the table and waited until Joel approached and bowed deeply, "Thank you yesterday." She said calmly.

Her actions also attracted the attention of people around her. The three mercenaries were confused. Ximoken, who had just walked over, was stunned. "No, nothing." Joel also replied calmly, but he felt a little embarrassed.

The girl bowed for a few seconds before she straightened her back again, "If it weren't for you yesterday, I might have died, so," she said, "Thank you very much."

"No... I'm about the same here." Joel said and looked at Eleya, "You know each other?"

And Joel was the girl with a red boat hat. She looked at Joel, then moved her seat and signaled him to sit down. "We met on our journey from Rune Hills to Sentinel Town with Miss Aleya." She said to Joel.

"River Hill?" Joel frowned, but the bandages wrapped around his face covered his expression. Rune Hill is almost half a kingdom away from the Widow Mountains. When did Eleya go from the Widow Mountains to the Rune Hills, and then go from the Rune Hills to Sentinel Town? With suspicion, Joel sat down next to the girl.

"My name is Coria." The girl introduced herself cheerfully to Joel.

"Joel." Joel nodded slightly to her.

"I haven't introduced myself yet," the girl from the West also sat down. She sat upright next to Eleya, but because of her size, she was still the shortest around the table. "My name is Mozi."

"So the last one," Joel looked at her, "You have something to do with me?"

"Yes," Mozi nodded slightly, looking at Joel with big black eyes, expressionless on his face, "I came here to thank you today. I couldn't thank you well because I was injured yesterday. I was very rude, please forgive me."

Just for this? Joel looked at Mozi. The girl's expressionless face didn't look like a joke, and then he looked at Eleeya again. He really couldn't deal with this girl from a foreign country, so he still wanted to leave this kind of thing to Eleeya or Anthony and others to solve.

"I actually came here to thank you. Mozi is so polite." Aleya seemed to feel the same way as Joel.

"Mozi really has a paranoid attitude towards etiquette," said Coria on the side, but Mozi immediately looked at her, "Oh, I'm not saying bad things about you, this is praising you, praise you!" Coria said with a smile.

Paranoid about etiquette? Are people from the Western Regions like this? Joel thought to himself.

"Because...because," Mozi seemed a little embarrassed, but her expression still did not change. "You must thank me well, that's what my father told me."

Father...? Joel nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Feiyu? Do you want to drink something?" Suddenly, Simoken's voice caught Joel's attention. He turned around and saw Feiyu and several others walking into the tavern. They were all wearing brown cloaks. Joel knew the cloak. After being attacked in the alley in the old city, Orson gave Joel the same cloak. There were four square shield emblems with iron lotus patterns on his chest, which were the emblems of the Iron Chain Knights.

There were five people in total, and Joel knew two of them, one was Feiyu and the other was Orson.

"Mr. Anthony is here?" Feiyu asked at Ximoken, and then Ximoken looked in Joel's direction.

"He might have gone back to his room. Do you want me to call him down for you?" asked Ximoken.

Orson nodded and said, "Please be in trouble."

After Qianmoken nodded slightly, he immediately turned around and walked towards the stairs upstairs.

Feiyu also saw Joel sitting in the corner when Ximoken turned around, waved at him and walked over. "Mr. Kangting is here..." Then when he saw the three girls sitting at the same table as Joel, he was stunned, "...Drinking?"

"Hey, do you still remember me?" Aleya greeted Feiyu first, and Feiyu looked at her face for two seconds before she reacted.

"Master! Uh, I mean, Miss Mage?" Feiyu remembered that he had fought side by side with Aleya when he was in the ruins of Lengxi Town.

"What's wrong, Feiyu," Orson also walked over with his three companions. The three mercenaries at the table next to him were silently observing the situation. "Do you know these three ladies?" Then he immediately noticed Mozi and Coria's cloaks, "Are you members of the Ghost Sword Brigade?"

Mozi nodded slightly, but said nothing.

"Hello, I am Orson of the Iron Chain Knights." Orson said with a smile. At this moment, he looked like an old gentleman. His beard had not been shaved for a long time, but he did not look sloppy. His shrewd black and green eyes carefully observed everyone present.

"Knights of the Iron Chain?" Coria suddenly remembered something, "So, after we came to Golden Falls, we seem to have never seen anyone from the Iron Chain Knights, right? Isn't Golden Falls your territory?"

"The members of the Iron Chain Knights followed President Barovov to the valley north of the city to establish outposts." Orson replied.

"I have heard of this, too." Aleya nodded and said.

"Then this one is..." Orson looked at Elea and asked.

"This is Aleya," Feiyu introduced immediately, and he also recalled her name, "I was lucky enough to fight with her once when I was in the north. She was a wizard."

"Master?" Orson's eyes seemed to lit up suddenly.

"That's what happened before," Aleya said helplessly, "for some reason, I'm no longer a mage."

For some reason? Joel looked at her in confusion, but did not speak out. Didn’t he die and then resurrected?

"It's a pity," Orson said slightly lowered his head, "but it seems that Miss has not joined any guild..."

"I'm sorry for disappointing you. I have no intention of joining any guild for the time being." Aleya refused politely.

"That's right," Orson nodded, "I'm rude, but the situation in Golden Falls is too critical now. Our Iron Chain Knights urgently need manpower," Orson said, "Asen looked at the three people sitting on the table next to him. "If you have any intentions at that time, you can come to the Iron Chain Knights Mansion in New Town, and we will definitely treat each other with courtesy."

"Why do you hear you advertise here?" Anthony's voice came over, "I heard from Ximoken say you are looking for me?"

Then before Orson and the others could answer anything, Anthony immediately noticed Joel's gaze. "Simoken said he would help me watch on it." He quickly explained, "and I haven't heard any strange sounds for a long time."

"Strange sound?" Coria looked at Joel curiously.

"I just communicated with Barovuff offline." Orson looked at Anthony and said.

Anthony immediately fell silent.

"Do you want to talk to it?" Orson asked.

Anthony looked at the rest of the pub, "No, let's talk here." He said.

"It's right here?" Orson was a little surprised, but nodded.

Two members of the Iron Chain Knights immediately went to the door to guard them. The shop owner looked at them uneasy, and then Orson threw a few silver coins to the shop owner. "You saw nothing." The boss nodded, and then Orson began to move the tables in the tavern. The players in the tavern showed surprise. Anthony also came forward to help. They put the four tables together and formed a large table.

"What are you going to do?" Coria asked excitedly.

"Is this a meeting going to be held?" Aleya also looked confused, and then she looked at Anthony, "Do you need me to call my sister down?"

"No, no need, just report to her again." Anthony waved his hand and said.

"What are you doing?" The three mercenaries who had been sitting next to him couldn't sit still. They stood up and walked to Anthony to help move the stool. "We have a share, too?"

"Everyone has a share," Anthony said to him.

The table quickly surrounded, and Anthony and Orson took the lead in sitting down. "Flying fish, go to the door to see the wind, and tell us immediately whenever there is another npc approaching."

"Yes." Feiyu immediately walked to the door.

The three players sat down without hesitation, but the other players just watched. They stood not far away, looking at them with curious or suspicious eyes. "Come and sit down." Anthony said to the other people. Coria immediately sat down without hesitation, and Mozi followed Aleya to Coria, and Joel walked to Anthony to do it. Now the big table was still half empty.

"Let's do it first." Anthony said, "Let's talk about what Baroloft thinks."

Orson exhaled, then nodded: "Barowf is ready to take his team to evacuate from the outpost outside the city."

"What happened?" Anthony asked in surprise.

Orson looked at the people around him, then took a deep breath. His next words made everyone present gasp: "The temporary fortress established by the Duke has been broken by the giant monsters. Most of the guards in charge of guarding and the craftsmen who built the fortress are killed and injured. The survivors are retreating under the cover of the Iron Chain Knights."

The expressions on everyone's faces became solemn. Passers-by who were just about to watch the show also looked at the people around him and looked at each other.

And Orson's next words made many people exclaim.

"According to Barovov, that was just a pre-molder force for the trolls."

"The real army is behind."
Chapter completed!