Chapter 1797 Tracking Down the Suspect (Ⅰ)

"I felt that the thieves were not only short in stature, but also thin in stature. They exuded the smell of rock and fresh soil from head to toe, and their thin voices sounded a bit like dwarfs." Jialu recalled.

Although the stone-blind barbarians have poor eyesight, their keen sense of smell and bat-like echolocation talent can replace the role of vision to a certain extent. Qiao An believes that Garu's judgment on the thief's figure, smell and voice is credible.

"Judging from Garu's description, it is highly suspected that the thief is a dwarf. I suspect that this case is inseparable from the subterranean dwarf clan in Sudli Stone City." Klein guessed, stroking his bushy beard.

"Ninety-nine times out of ten it was done by those dwarfs!" Scholz said contemptuously, "Dwarfs are a race that is known to be wicked. It is rich in whimsical lunatics, brazen fraudsters, and of course cunning and wretched thieves. This kind of stealing is too normal!"

"Mr. Hodge hired a lot of dwarf miners. Could it be that group of cunning little guys guarding and stealing?" Scholz proposed a hypothesis.

Gray Bird shook his head lightly: "This possibility is unlikely. If they really have such abilities, why would they come to be miners."

"The miners may be just a disguise to facilitate their criminal activities." Klein paused, as if he suddenly thought of something, and turned to look at Joan: "Do you still remember the dwarf boy who was prospecting with us?"

"You mean Belling?"

"That's right, he often wanders around the mining area, and he can chat with everyone. He is very likable. Brother Joan, if I remember correctly, Belling is also a mage, right? I don't know if he will Casting the 'Petrochemical Technique'..."

"Are you suspicious of Belling?"

"That's not the case! I just said it casually, brother, don't worry too much."

Klein forced a smile, quickly changed the subject, and stopped mentioning Belling.

Joan wanted to say that Belling would never be a thief, but he swallowed the words again.

What qualifications do I have to vouch for Belling?

As for theft, isn't what Belling did in the Oaknell Dungeon count as a criminal record?

Garu seemed to sense that Joan was depressed, took two steps closer to him, and said in a low voice, "Dr. Vader, although I also think that dwarves are very suspected, there are two details that impress me and do not support this. A guess."

"Tell me, what are the details?" Joan asked curiously.

"The group of thieves seems to be using the Tu language, which is the language of the earth elemental creatures and underground goblins. Although the gnomes can also speak the Tu language, they usually don't use this language to communicate with each other." Jialu said cautiously. .

Joan nodded in agreement. Gnomes have their own ethnic language, and there is no need to speak native language among themselves.

"Dr. Vader, after I was hit by the thief's petrification magic, I didn't turn into a stone statue instantly. It took about a minute or two from the beginning of petrification to the complete loss of consciousness. During this period, I vaguely heard the two leading thieves happening. Arguing, inadvertently revealing each other's names, one seems to be named Karaka, and the other seems to be named Robin Hood, which doesn't sound like the usual names of dwarves."

"Karaka and Robin Hood?" Joan memorized the two names, and said gratefully to Garu, "Thank you for the clues you provided, it was a great help."

At this time, Gray Bird's discussion with Klein and Scholz also came to an end, and he turned to Joan and said, "Dr. Vader, we are going to check around the mining area to see if there are any suspicious dwarves appearing recently, and you will accompany us." Are you going to investigate together?"

Joan shook his head lightly, and said to Gray Bird, Klein, and Scholz: "You guys go, I plan to stay here for a while, maybe I can find other clues."

"Well then, Dr. Vader, good luck."

Gray Bird left Garu to assist Joan to continue searching the warehouse, and hurried away with the two dwarves.

"Garu, take me to warehouses 3 and 8."

"Okay, Dr. Vader, please follow me."

Garu led the way, passed through the guard posts, and led Joan to visit the other two stolen warehouses.

Warehouse No. 3, which was stolen first, has now resumed normal storage functions. Qiao An asked Garu to communicate with the safe and the four security guards who stood guard in front, and finally persuaded them to open the safe and show the coarse crystal to Qiao An.

There are 100 cuboid minerals neatly placed in the iron cabinet, which look like large square bricks.

Joan picked up a piece and weighed it. It weighed about 20 pounds, and a group of 100 coarse crystals was exactly one ton.

"Garu, are the coarse crystals produced in the mining area all of this uniform specification?"

"That's right, Dr. Vader, the rough stone is crushed to remove impurities, and finally compressed by a machine. The compressed coarse crystals are rectangular cubes of the same size and weight, which are convenient for storage and counting." Garu explained.

"In addition to our mining area, the rough crystal processing factories run by other underground races also use this specification for the coarse crystal produced?"

"That's not necessarily true." Garu hesitated for a moment, then continued, "As far as I know, the mines of Immortal Fei across the street also use this technique."

"What if the mines run by humans are excluded?" Joan then asked.

"Then I'm afraid there will be none." Garu further explained, "There are not many races in the underground world capable of smelting magic crystals, mainly the dark elves of Oaknir, the dwarfs of Sudri Stone City, and the gray dwarves of Glastor , and the stone giants of Brimir."

"The four major underground cities all have magic crystal processing factories, but the process standards they adopt are different from our mining areas. The coarse crystals produced by drows and dwarves are smaller, the coarse crystals produced by gray dwarves are cubes, and the coarse crystals produced by stone giants are very small. Big, weighing up to 100 pounds each."

"In addition to the four major dungeon cities, other races in the underground world, such as the lizardmen and orcs, also have a set of methods to smelt the raw magic crystals, but they are all small workshops with rough craftsmanship, and the size and weight of the coarse crystals produced are not uniform. Specifications."

Jialu's narration confirmed Joan's conjecture, and a thought of hunting for stolen goods came to mind.

Taking a deep look at the large chunks of neatly stacked coarse-grained square bricks in the safe, Joan kept the impression in front of him firmly in his heart, then closed the safe, turned around and sat on the crate next to the safe, and opened it to cast spells. The material package, took out a forked branch and a piece of red cloth, and started to cast the spell.

As the spell-casting ceremony progressed, the magic net in the warehouse trembled regularly. Joan threw the red cloth into the air. The next moment, the red cloth burst suddenly and transformed into a large group of bats. Each bat had only the fist of an adult. It was so big, screaming and flying around Joan.