Chapter 1058: Rasha New
Time passed, and in mid-November, under the influence of cold air, there was already a heavy snowfall in Jingyu Forest.
The road construction in the kingdom has gradually come to a standstill, but the grain that should be harvested has been harvested. Generally speaking, this year is full of joys and sorrows—the sharp drop in population is a worry, and many villages can't even find many men to farm. But the good news is that after the autumn statistics, the originally barren Efta region successfully fed back the hit southeastern region with explosive grain production. Coupled with the reduction in freight costs brought about by the smooth roads, and in conjunction with the cabinet's food price limit policy, this winter is not too sad for the living people.
In Houllier City, many dragons had some kind of festival in the Helchino Magic Tower, and the scene was very grand. The wood elf Nata was curious about these things, but she could only dream about the images of "The Age of Karen"—and now she naturally didn't have time to watch this, so she fastened her warm coat, and Nata continued to sleep in the cold. Searching for targets in the wind.
Nata is actually not in a good mood right now, because during this period of time, the information from the Intelligence Bureau has proved that there seems to be more than one "relic" in the Silent Whispering Forest.
"The Ruins of Wagra" is a trap specially disguised by the intelligence agency. All the books and materials in there are forged. In order to achieve the effect, every time a mercenary group goes in to explore, someone will go in and rearrange it. At the same time, this mercenary team will also be followed. Books or cultural relics sold as treasures will also be tracked down...
However, the news of "another relic" disrupted all the previous plans - you must know that the ruins of the imperial city of Wagra are very large. According to historical records, the small towns and villages around the imperial city should have disappeared in time. In the long river, but Nata believed after the investigation...someone has indeed discovered new ruins that the intelligence agency has never grasped!
It's just that there is still a lack of relevant evidence. Either find the ruins or find physical evidence of the existence of the ruins. Otherwise, Nata would not be able to report it to the cabinet based on some rumors, because it may also be a smoke bomb released by the enemy to confuse the public.
Faced with this situation, she could only apply to the intelligence agency to send more people to search for clues. In order to ensure concealment, this kind of search cannot send troops in a big way, so now all the three-member teams of the Intelligence Bureau are released. And Nata, as the wood elf who is most familiar with the Silent Whispering Forest, is obliged to rush to the forefront.
Because she is proficient at identifying the direction in the jungle, the teammates following Nata are Nora and another tieflin Kaisen. The agile trio is much more efficient than other teams. They didn't search blindly, but followed those mercenary groups in the forest - the news and rumors were released by the other party, so the clues should naturally be found among these people.
The mercenary team who dared to enter the forest this season were not good at it. Nata's subordinates followed the mercenary team to monitor, and she herself was also tracking a mercenary team with about ten people:
"We were two to three days behind.
"
Nata identified the footprints on the ground, and Nora next to her studied this tracking technique carefully, but the group of people didn't go far, and she suddenly sniffed: "The smell is not right."
Taifling's sense of smell is more sensitive than wood elves and humans, and they are very sensitive to the smell of blood in the air. Nata's expression tightened, and the three of them immediately followed the traces and speeded up to catch up. As expected, they found it not long after A place of human corpses...
"Make sure the surrounding area is safe."
Taiflin Kaisen climbed up the tree to look around and report the situation. Nata and Nora frowned and looked in front of them—this was obviously a well-established camp. If you want to maintain your strength while resting in winter, you must set up a tent, otherwise a night of cold wind will definitely blow you stupid. Right now, there are five simple tents in this camp, but three of them have collapsed, and it seems that they were directly crushed by some kind of external force.
The scattered corpses were in sight. Some of these human mercenaries still held weapons in their hands, but they did not escape the fate of death. It's just that Nata frowned more and more - because they died very strangely.
"Warcraft attack?"
Nora looked at the stiff corpses on the ground, took a closer look, and said, "No, there are no footprints of monsters or wild beasts here... There are many scorched black spots on their clothes. Could it be that they were attacked by mages?"
Nata reached out and picked up his long sword from the side of a corpse. There were magic lines engraved on the hilt. Obviously this was a valuable magic weapon, but its blade also appeared under some kind of external force. The appearance of bending and even melting. The one who can do this is probably at least an intermediate magician.
"What is the magician doing here to attack the mercenary group?"
The weirdest thing is that nothing is missing in these mercenary camps. Nata rummaged around and found that the intact weapons, equipment and even the silver coins in their pockets were still there, which proved that the attackers were not looking for money—— You must know that the mercenary group fires in the wild are often for the sake of money and death.
She continued to rummage, hoping to find some clues among these things, and then she fixed her eyes sharply: because in the pocket of a tent, Nata saw several relief stone slabs.
The style of the relief is very familiar to her, because Nata has seen similar patterns in the Elson and Herchino Towers... and this means that the thing in front of her must be the work of a high elf!
The result of many days of searching finally had a clue. Nata reached out and took out the stone slab. Judging from the traces on the edge, it should have been chiseled directly with an axe. She personally participated in the "forgery" process of the Wagra Ruins, so it is clear that this is not what is inside the Wagra Ruins. In other words, the news that there are other ruins in the Silent Whispering Forest is conclusive evidence at this time!
But even greater doubts followed... How did these people who had successfully found the ruins die? Who did they mess with?
After checking around, Nata gathered all the things related to the high elf ruins and prepared to take them away together. Nora has already checked the surroundings at this moment, and said: "There are nine people present, but there are ten kettles."
"Someone escaped?"
"It should be, but this person should know how to anti-track and leave no footprints."
Nora pointed to the snow field next to her. There was a small inconspicuous horizontal mark on it. This is what the footprints looked like after being swept by the branches. They can still be distinguished at close range, but after walking 30 meters away, there is no obvious mark anymore. Confirmed, zero chance of tracking.
"What should we do now? Go find this ruin?"
Nora analyzed the current situation: "This group of people was attacked after exploring the ruins. The traces we saw before were within three days. Did they not move their place these days? Does that mean that the ruins are nearby?"
This is indeed a correct judgment, but Nata shook her head directly: "Don't ignore the danger behind this, the death of these people is strange, who knows what will happen if you rush to find the ruins?"
She carried the relief slate on her back, grabbed the longbow and said, "Now return immediately."
Nata is the leader, so Nora and Kaisen will naturally not refuse such an order. Besides, what she said was not unreasonable, and Nora's originally relaxed mood began to become tense, and the three quickly left the camp and marched towards Elsa Village—but they hadn't walked far when a buzzing suddenly sounded from behind.
"Get away!"
As soon as Nata finished speaking, a ray of light suddenly lit up behind the three of them, and there was a deafening explosion, and a blast sent the three of them flying!
But after landing, Nata and the two tieflings were unscathed, because the leather armors of the three were equipped with spars for passively activating shields—but this blow still broke the two big trees next to them, There was a large piece of dirt and snow fog.
Nata raised her longbow and shot three arrows in a row. There was a muffled hum from a distance, but there were seven or eight shadows in the snow mist. Before Nora and Kaisen could counterattack, a large area of spells flickered The light flickered again!
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