Chapter 382 Massacre

Qiao An carefully pushed aside the branches and looked down carefully. There was still a large iron bucket hanging on the fire, and half of the bucket of water had already boiled.

A sea blue soldier cut open a well-sealed oil-paper package with a dagger, poured a large package full of two-inch-long white objects that looked like bolts, about the thickness of a little finger, into a bucket and stewed.

Then unscrewed two large glass jars, poured the full jars of tomato sauce and meat sauce into the bucket, and the tangy aroma escaped.

Joan rubbed his nose and gradually realized that these people were cooking noodles. Of course he knows that noodles with tomato bolognese is the most sea-blue delicacy, and to some extent, it can even represent the cultural and ethnic characteristics of this country.

However, he couldn't figure it out that this group of sea blue soldiers even cared about cooking delicious food during the cross-border reconnaissance period.

Could it be that they really regarded the Brass Mountain Pass as their own garden, and the cross-border investigation as a picnic in the countryside?

This is not taking the Alfheim border guards seriously!

As a member of the Alfheim Corps, Joan felt insulted, swallowed his saliva and cursed viciously in his heart:

"A bunch of shameless bastards! It's okay to cross the border illegally, but they dare to cook noodles on our territory, which is unforgivable!"

The more Joan thought about it, the more angry he became, and he quietly cast a spell to send a signal to Magni.

At this time, the Asa hunting cavalry led by Magni was already approaching the woods.

In order not to disturb the enemy in the forest, all the chasseurs got off their horses and walked, tiptoeing close to the clearing where the sea blue people camped, peeping secretly through the dense branches and leaves at the group of prey who were having lunch around the campfire.

Magni received the signal from Joan using the "Wind Communication Technique", the corners of his lips curled up in a cruel arc, and he raised his hand to signal his subordinates to prepare for battle.

The Asa tribe around them were veterans with rich experience in woodland combat. They lifted their cloaks one after another, quietly took off the crossbows loaded with arrows in advance, and aimed at the defenseless Hailan people who were facing away from them, quietly waiting for the signal to attack.

About two minutes later, the sound of chanting a mantra came from above the glade.

The group of Hailan people also heard the movement, and immediately became vigilant. They dropped the dinner plates, knives and forks one after another, held down the hilt of their swords and looked up to the direction where the singing sound came from.

At the same time, a cloud of flashes suddenly erupted in midair, and the intense light almost blinded the eyes of all the sea blue people in an instant.

There were exclamations in the forest, and the birds fled away with fluttering wings, gathering into a cloud of circling clouds above the forest.

"Let the arrow!"

The moment after Joan cast "Flash Dust", Magni also issued a murderous command.

Fifty Asa hunters pulled down their crossbows at the same time, and the crossbow arrows swept across the glade like a storm, shooting down the group of Hailan people who were blinded and moaning with their faces covered.

Blood stained the glade, and the original picnic atmosphere was gone, replaced by a movement of killing.

After a round of raids, the bodies of the sea blue people lay in disorder around the bonfire that was still burning, and most of them were shot before they had time to resist.

On the chaotic battlefield, only two sea blue soldiers raised their shields to block the screaming crossbow arrows, protected a man in civilian clothes, and retreated to the place where the horses gathered.

A sea blue soldier cut off the reins of the horse with a sword, while his companion tried to push the noble-looking man onto the horse's back.

With a roar, Magni activated "Rage", picked up the battle ax "Giant Slayer" and charged straight up.

First he cut down the soldier holding the shield with one axe, then raised the battle ax high, and swept across the horse's back!

"Stop! I'm not your enemy—"

The man on horseback raised his hands to show that he was unarmed, and tried to dissuade Magny from stopping.

However, Magny Powhatan, who was known as a "madman", was already red-eyed at this time, and in a state of berserk, it was even less likely that he would have the patience to listen to the enemy's long-winded words.

Without any explanation, he swept the man off the horse with an axe, and then took a step forward, raising the battle ax to strike at the man's chest.

Accompanied by the muffled sound of blood and flesh being torn apart, the palm that the man stretched out towards Magni was stained red with blood, and fell down slumped.

The last Hailan soldier, seeing that the big man he was ordered to protect had been killed, hurriedly turned over and jumped on the horse that was originally prepared for that man, and fled.

Joan's eagle man was floating above the clearing in the forest. He wanted to chase down the sea blue man who escaped on horseback, but when he recalled the battle just now, he always felt something was wrong...

In order to find out why this uncomfortable feeling came from, he left the task of chasing the deserters of Hailan to Asa Hunter, landed, changed back to human form, and approached Hailan who was trying to communicate with Magni until he was dying noble.

The corpse was lying on his back in a pool of blood, and the expression frozen on his face at the last moment looked more like anxiety than fear.

This detail deepened Joan's uneasiness, so he knelt down to search the corpse, touching it up and down.

He found a leather fanny pack with some sea blue coins in it, then a platinum tobacco case, a fine meerschaum pipe, and a letter.

Joan picked up the letter and glanced at it.

On the envelope, the words "Petition to Sir John Norfolk" were impressively written, and the signer was "Count Alfonso Antonioni".

Sir John Norfolk is the current governor of the Alfheim colony belonging to the Ashan Empire, and Count Alfonso Antonioni is the current governor of the Muspelheim colony of the Seablue Kingdom.

If the letter was not a forgery, it was an official correspondence between the two governors.

Then it is conceivable that most of the people who hold this official letter are the confidantes of Count Antonioni...

Joan's eyes turned from the envelope to the corpse lying in a pool of blood.

The expression of anxiety and helplessness on the other side's face before he died was forever frozen on his face, as if he was eager to tell the truth, but he had no chance to speak...

The ominous premonition in Qiao An's heart became stronger and stronger, so that it was difficult to breathe.

He unbuttoned his collar and took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.

Gathering his mind, Joan was about to open the envelope in his hand when he caught a glimpse of a golden light in the corner of his eyes. He turned his head and looked over, and his gaze was immediately attracted by the golden ring worn on the index finger of the deceased's left hand.

Joan took a closer look and found that the face of this ring was very special, like a thick coin with a circle of red marks around the edge.

At first, he thought it was blood stains, but after a closer look, he confirmed that it was ink pad.

Qiao An also discovered that the ring surface is divided into upper and lower layers, and there is a thin slit in the middle, which should be able to be opened.

The ring itself has no magical aura, but he can't guarantee that there are no exquisite mechanical traps inside, such as poisonous needles popping out the moment it is opened.

For the sake of safety, Joan first retreated behind a big tree, and then cast the "Hand of the Mage", and touched the golden ring on the dead body's hand lightly with the magic palm of the remote control. Tried to turn it, but this time it unscrewed smoothly.

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