Chapter 665 Clues and Progress

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"Hidden knight?" Amber is also hearing this for the first time - after all, she has only roughly straightened out the nobility structure on the bright side of the Old Kingdom, and it is only for those apparently more secret, more special titles and titles. Confused, "What are you doing? A stalker like you?"

"...It's not like that," Dark Crow had just been in contact with the new boss for a few days, and it seemed quite difficult to adapt to the other party's speaking rhythm, and he was stunned before responding, "The Hidden Knight is a non-public secret noble. Collectively - Royal shadow guards who have made special merits, extraordinary people who are tainted but sheltered by the king, directly loyal to the "secret hand" of the king himself. Those who cannot be identified publicly for various reasons are called 'hidden knights'.

"The king will give these people surnames as recognition of their credit and loyalty, but these surnames will not be recorded in the normal heraldic register and noble lineage, only direct members of the royal family and a small number of people who are responsible for managing the directory. Knowing that these people exist. And generally speaking, more than half of the Hidden Knights are Royal Shadowguards - and the reason is self-evident."

When it came to the end, the dark crow had an obvious pride on his face. There was no doubt that he was also a "secret aristocrat" with a "secret surname".

However, Amber was very disapproving of his pride: "The royal family of Ansu... They don't work hard on production development and national systems, but they do their best in these dark areas. It's really just like what the old zongzi said, seven. It's been a hundred years, and you must have new tricks on the basis of the Royal Shadow Guard."

"Old Zongzi?" The dark crow heard this novel word for the first time and repeated it subconsciously, "What do you mean?"

"Password, don't use it casually, it's easy to be killed if you use it incorrectly," Amber waved his hand indifferently, and then looked up and down the dark crow's eyes, "Don't say this, it seems that you are also a hidden knight? Surprisingly... how can someone like you be a hidden knight?"

The doubts in these words are obvious, and the dark crow's face is slightly embarrassed, but he really can't explain to a "master" who kicked him out of the shadow world three times in a row that he is actually a good player in the way of shadows - this Miss Half-elf's shadow talent is really unreasonable. In front of her, she, a stalker who ranks among the top royal shadow guards, is like a new apprentice.

It seems that as long as this half-elf lady continues to be her boss, then she will not be able to get ahead on the path of the shadows... I really can't, consider the suggestion that Duke Gawain Cecil once put forward, and go back to practice. Two-handed swordsmanship?

Amber didn't know what the dark crow was thinking in a moment, but she was obviously very dissatisfied with the other party's daze: "What are you stunned for? I'm talking to you!"

"what,

Yes, I'm... a Hidden Knight too, because I've done a little bit of credit during my allegiance to the royal family," the Raven said hurriedly, skipping the subject quickly, "If you're looking for someone there is The noble surname is not on the list of normal noble lineages, so he may also be a hidden knight. "

"I think his surname was made up by himself...but in case..." Amber smacked his lips and looked up at the dark crow, "You have a directory there, right? Why don't you find it out?"

"Yes!" The dark crow immediately took the order and left quickly.

After the former royal shadow guard left, Amber glanced at the shelves full of books and dossiers, as well as the subordinates and scholars who were busy among the bookshelves. make a statement.

"Director..." A nearby MIIA operative cautiously approached, "Then... shall we continue to look for it?"

"Of course, keep looking!" Amber glanced at the subordinate angrily, "Who knows if there are any clues in the directory of the 'Secret Knight', if not, why don't you still read it here?"

The MIA operatives quickly returned to work, and the Ravens who went to get the directory didn't make Amber wait too long.

After just ten minutes, the former royal shadow guard returned to the archives with several heavy and thick books.

"These are the lists of hidden knights who have been secretly canonized by the royal family over the past few decades, and some of their materials," the Raven said, placing the large tomes, old and new, on the table next to Amber. "Earlier 's files are kept in another archive, and if it's before the Foggy Moon civil unrest...it's even harder to find, there's a lot of confusion and mistakes. If you need it, it may take some time and manpower to sort it out slowly. "

"Don't need it for now, he's just an ordinary human, a few decades... a few decades is enough," Amber looked at the thick books, and his always confident tone suddenly became hesitant, as if he had a hunch She looked at the black covers, as if she saw a shaggy and decadent face that was already vague in her memory, "Look here first, first here...you guys, don't worry about it for now. Those bookshelves! Come and help me find them!"

Several subordinates responded immediately: "Yes, Director."

"Be careful, don't break it, some of the books are very old," Amber urged as he distributed the books to his subordinates, "Remember, Surrey Randolph."

Soon, there was only a slight and cautious sound of flipping books in the archives.

Amber climbed onto a high reading chair and slowly turned the book in front of her, confirming word by word the name that appeared on it and the portrait attached to the pages. She almost held her breath, but a Hours later still nothing.

But an MIIA operative suddenly shouted: "Director! I found it!!"

"Bring it to me to see!"

Amber took the roster handed over by her subordinate, and before the words "Surrey Randolph" came into view, the first thing she saw was a lifelike portrait drawn with recording spells attached to the pages. ——It was a young man of less than thirty years old, with black hair neatly combed behind his head, wearing a dress, his appearance was not outstanding, but there seemed to be a hint of cynicism in his eyes.

Amber looked at the portrait quietly for a moment, then whispered to himself: "Ah... so you were once young..."

"Is it him?" A subordinate came over and asked cautiously.

Anyone can see that the person who appeared in the secret information of the royal family is definitely related to their director.

"It's him, my adoptive father." Amber muttered in a low voice, and then his eyes quickly swept across the relevant information of "Surrey Randolph" - which mentioned the background of this young man, mentioned his Family members and some resumes, which were all very brief and worthless over time, but Amber looked at it very carefully until she noticed a black heraldic stamp at the end of the document, and A few words immediately after the poke: defected or missing, delisted.

"What does this mean?" Amber pointed to the stamp and text, and looked up at the dark crow.

The dark crow looked over and frowned slightly, seeming hesitant, but still said: "This stamp shows that he used to be a royal shadow guard, and defecting or disappearing... is a literal meaning. But for the royal shadow guard Saying that, disappearing is seen as defecting - we know so many secrets that as soon as we lose contact without being able to prove that we are indeed dead, we are seen as 'hidden'."

"Defection... is he a defecting royal shadow guard?" Amber muttered to himself, "But why did he defect..."

The dark crow looked at the roster in front of Amber for a while, and suddenly said: "If it is the action record corresponding to this roster... there should be, I have seen it. Please wait a moment, I will look for it."

This time, he returned faster than before. In just a few minutes, he returned here with a file that was obviously some years old.

"Here, Surrey Randolph's last mission record before his disappearance - thank goodness, it didn't involve any court battle, and it wasn't destroyed." Dark Crow handed the document to Amber, and pointed to a line of handwriting that was already a little blurry. Said, the latter immediately took it and read the above content in a low voice:

"...In 690...Go to the Dark Mountains in search of Gondor's heritage, but haven't returned. No evidence of death has been found, suspected of defecting."

That's all about Surrey Randolph's last assignment as the Royal Shadowguard.

"Dark Mountains... He went to the Dark Mountains, and then didn't return to the capital to return to his life, so he is considered to be a suspected defector?" Amber frowned, his mood changed sharply, "No... If it follows the guidelines of the Royal Shadow Guard, he is true. He defected... In 690, he lived incognito in the South for more than 20 years..."

She flipped through all the memories of her adoptive father in her mind, trying to draw a clearer outline from those memories to explain the life trajectory of her adoptive father and the choices he had made—

A Royal Shadow Guard, trusted by the King and even granted the title of Secret Noble, went to the Dark Mountains in search of the Gondor heritage, then defected without warning, lived incognito in the South for more than 20 years, and adopted one and a half. The adopted elf daughter was kidnapped by a druid with a bad style. In the end, she was caught stealing books from the church. She was executed by the local nobles and bishops. The death was meaningless, like a lame thief...

The turning point of everything seems to have happened in the "Dark Mountains".

Surrey Randolph went there to find the Gondorian heritage, and now Amber knew very well - there really was a Gondorian heritage there!

There is a fortress of disobedience there!

Did Surrey Randolph find the fort? What did he find in the fortress? Or is it because he didn't find anything that he failed his mission and had to hide in the South?

Judging from logic, Amber thinks that the second possibility is not very big. A royal shadow guard who can be canonized by the king can't defect because of such a reason, and the first possibility...

According to Amber's information, Cecil's explorers have been operating in the fortress of disobedience so far, and they have not found any traces of invasion by a third party. Except for Cecil, no one should have entered the ancient fortress.

But this conclusion is not 100% reliable - because the fortress of disobedience is too big, and many areas are hidden or in an unexplorable state for various reasons, so far the commanders of the exploration team dare not say they have mastered it. Even the "disobedient" Kamel didn't know how many divisions there were in the fortress, how many different project teams were occupying different laboratories, and how many kinds of disobedience were being carried out. The gods, an attempt to fight the tide of magic.

Amber shook his head vigorously, suppressing all the chaotic thoughts, then grabbed the materials on the table, jumped off the high reading chair and ran to the door of the archives.

Dark Crow couldn't help shouting from behind: "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to find the old zongzi!"

With those words down, Amber's figure has disappeared from the door.

The dark crow scratched his hair and looked at a loss - so what does the password "Old Zongzi" mean?

At the same time, in the study room of Silver Castle, Veronica/Ophelia was reporting to Gawain part of the progress of rebuilding the church administration.

"We have spread the oracle, and the middle and lower class believers firmly believe in the oracle, and have not raised much doubts about various restructuring measures...

"The upper-level priests are a little sensitive, and the right to interpret the classics touches their interests, but the situation is within control.

"Stopping heresy trials will help ease the relationship between the Holy Light Church and other denominations and help restore domestic order, but there is also the possibility that the once oppressed Ability God believers have prejudice and resentment against the restructured Holy Light Church. One point we need publicity support from the Council of Ministers...

"The Patriarch is in the process of incorporating and reorganizing the original Holy See Knights. Because these knights have been severely reduced, they are in urgent need of reorganization and reconstruction, so the process is very smooth."

"Let's go here for the report on the church first," Gawain said after Veronica's report came to an end, "Let's talk about something else."

Veronica maintained a calm and gentle expression: "What do you want to talk about?"

"Let's talk about you, Miss Ophelia," Gawain said with a smile, "and the rebellion plan you know about—I think it's time we dig a little deeper into this topic."