Chapter 259: Action

Outside the city, Su Lun came to a wet forest according to the information obtained from the crystal ball. There were few people here, and the ground was very wet. Every time he walked, his feet would sink into the mud.

"Hey! There is a swamp ahead. You will drown if you walk in like this." Renee rushed over from behind.

She supported her knees with both hands and panted heavily. It took a lot of effort to catch up with Su Lun.

She continued: "I have a prop that can walk in the swamp."

Su Lun knew that the other party wanted to cheat money again. He walked directly to the forest. At the same time, a lot of cold air came out of his feet. The wet ground was immediately frozen and formed hard ice. He had no problem moving forward on the swamp.

Renee shrugged and said, "Just pretend I didn't say it."

She immediately followed him. Her body was as light as a feather and she could step on the water without falling.

They moved forward in the forest swamp. Because they didn't know the exact location, they could only search slowly.

Su Lun stopped after searching for a while, because the road had ended here, and there was a swamp with no exit in front of him.

Because the roads here are very wet, it is impossible to tell whether anyone has been here by footprints, but since Lamb often comes to this place, he must have left traces.

"This swamp is very dangerous. Usually, no one comes here. I wonder what the Knight Commander is doing here?" Renee said in confusion.

She walked to the side and looked around. The trees around here were rotten, and many unknown vines were growing everywhere. The mud in the swamp was constantly bubbling, and there were some monsters not far away still staring at them.

The air was filled with the stench of various animals and plants. If it wasn't for investigation, no one would come to such a place.

She looked around and was a little disappointed. If she couldn't find the information she had, she would have to return empty-handed.

Just as they were about to return, Su Lun suddenly saw a piece of cloth floating in the distance from the corner of his eye.

Su Lun immediately walked towards that place.

After passing by, he found that it was an exquisite sleeve with a lot of blood on it, and most of the clothes were in the mud of the swamp.

"This is the uniform of the academy!" Renee shouted.

She quickly recognized the origin of this costume. This is a special costume of the Blood Academy of the Boro Kingdom. Only the people in the academy can wear it. People who can wear this kind of costume must be blood inheritors with certain strength.

Su Lun grabbed the sleeve and pulled it hard. A lot of bubbles suddenly emerged from the swamp. After the mud kept rolling, a human corpse floated out of the swamp.

Renee was surprised to see this and said, "It's really someone from the academy."

The corpse has been rotten, but the general human shape can still be seen. The clothes and decorations on the corpse indicate that this is a person from the academy.

This swamp is very secretive and is indeed a good place to kill people, but it is also bold for someone to dare to kill someone from the academy.

The academy represents the extraordinary power of the entire kingdom. Daring to kill someone from the academy is equivalent to provoking the kingdom.

Su Lun observed some of the bodies under the swamp and found that there were more than one body in the swamp. He stretched a branch into the swamp and moved it a few times, and bodies kept floating up.

Most of these bodies were wearing the clothes of the academy, and some bodies were wearing armor. They should be guards or officers of the kingdom.

Renee frowned at the scene and said, "Some strange things have happened in the kingdom recently. People have been missing in the kingdom. The bodies here should be those missing people."

The situation found here was completely beyond her expectations. This is a big deal.

Su Lun asked, "When did the people in the kingdom start to disappear?"

Although there are not many clues now, it is definitely not accidental that so many people died here. Maybe something happened in the kingdom that the outside world doesn't know about.

Reni thought for a while and explained, "There were rumors of disappearances a month ago, and the real disappearance time should be earlier."

She felt a little numb when she looked at the pile of corpses in front of her. She didn't even know that such a thing happened in the kingdom.

"The news must be sent back immediately, otherwise I don't know how many more people will be killed."

She was about to return after she finished speaking, but Su Lun held her back.

Su Lun said, "We can't tell it now. We don't have evidence now. Sending the news out will not be of any use except to make people panic."

Although there is no evidence to determine who killed these people, it can be determined that it is related to Lamb, and Lamb's traces can prove this.

And the other party is the knight commander, it is easy to contact people in the academy or officers of the kingdom.

"What should we do now?" Renee asked in confusion.

She usually relies on her crystal ball to investigate intelligence. Now she starts to investigate the intelligence carefully and finds that it is so troublesome. It is just to find a magic beast, but it involves so many things.

Even if she is not very smart, she knows that these dead people here have a certain relationship with Lamb or the princess.

Su Lun thought for a while and said, "The princess will definitely not come out only once. Next time the princess comes out, you can ask for some useful information."

He has some understanding of the situation here. He only needs to open the guards around the princess.

"Then how do you get close to the princess? The guards around her are not ordinary people." Renee blinked. Although she can feel that Su Lun's blood is very strong, she doesn't know the specific strength of Su Lun's blood.

"We'll talk about it later."

Su Lun continued to investigate in the swamp. This time he investigated more carefully and almost looked through the entire swamp.

It took them a long time to return. There were no other clues in the swamp except for the corpses, so they had to return.

In the house in the city, Renee sat on a chair and said, "The princess rarely comes out. Sometimes she goes to the library, sometimes she goes to the square outside. Where do you want to find her?"

She is getting more and more interested now. In addition to fulfilling her duty of providing intelligence, she wants to know what happened in the kingdom.

Although the kingdom often encounters various threats, it is the first time that someone dares to kill the blood inheritor of the academy and the general of the kingdom.

Su Lun shook his head. He didn't have a good way to see the princess. Now he could only go to the library and wait.

As far as he knew, the princess's wedding was still a few days away. Something big might happen on the wedding day, so he had to see the princess before the wedding.

...

In the next few days, Su Lun became a frequent visitor to the kingdom library. He stayed in the library almost every day, and occasionally went out to investigate the surrounding situation.

Now Barton and others he brought with him have already returned, and he is the only one left in this kingdom.

So he basically couldn't find anyone to help, and he didn't need anyone to help.

In addition to waiting in the library every day, he would go to the entrance of the academy every day to observe the people coming in and out.

Every academy in a kingdom represents the backbone of the kingdom, and the strongest in the kingdom is among the king's relatives.

The people who come in and out of this kingdom's academy are all bloodline inheritors of the second and third levels, and the strongest in the academy should be the fourth and fifth levels, so Su Lun guessed that the king and the princess should be around the sixth level.

The strength of the academy in the kingdom is basically related to the king. The king cannot suppress an academy that is too strong. An academy that is too strong will directly kick the king off the stage and become the king himself.

So Su Lun thought he would not encounter any danger, but he was still very careful.

This library has few people coming, and it is only open to nobles. Su Lun is also very leisurely here.

In order not to miss the information, Renee disguised herself as Su Lun's servant and sneaked in. Su Lun couldn't stop her, so he could only let her do whatever she wanted.

"How long do we have to wait here? The princess will have her wedding in two days. It's not certain whether we can get in."

Leni stood aside and looked around. She knew that the wedding would definitely be held in the castle of the kingdom. The nobles in the territory might be invited, but Su Lun was an outsider noble and might not be able to enter the castle.

"Since you are dressed as a servant, you should act like one. Which servant is as talkative as you?" Su Lun said speechlessly.

This place is indeed very leisurely, but Leni ruined the atmosphere.

Leni shrugged. She didn't care about Su Lun's words at all. Anyway, there were not many people here. Even if she was a chatterbox, no one would pay attention to her.

They waited for many days. Whether they could meet the princess depended on today.

After a long time, when the sun was about to set, a noisy sound suddenly came from the library.

This sound was far inferior to the noise outside, but it was a big movement in the quiet library.

Renee, who heard the noise, went over to take a look immediately. She ran back and whispered, "The princess is here, but there is a new person beside her."

Su Lun went over to take a look. The princess was no different from before, but the three knights beside her were replaced by a tall man in armor, who was stronger than the previous three knights.

The princess walked into the library, followed by a group of people, but these people were stopped outside.

Su Lun didn't understand why the princess came to a place like the library before. Given her experience, she shouldn't be in the mood to read any books, nor would she find a way to leave from the books.

But now he understands that the other party must be looking for an opportunity to leave, and the people around the princess completely left the princess no chance to leave.

The people guarding the princess this time were stronger, but Su Lun changed his mind, which meant that he had two fewer opponents. Instead of trying to contact the princess, it would be better to take the princess away directly.

Su Lun said to Renee next to him, "Find a way to leave by yourself, I'll take the princess away."

"What?" Renee was surprised, and before she could say anything, Su Lun hid in another place.

Seeing that Su Lun had already started to act, Renee also walked to the corner to avoid being affected by what happened next.

Su Lun called on his bloodline ability, and a mask made of ice crystals suddenly appeared on his face, covering his face completely, so that no one could see his appearance.

He found a hidden place to hide, and then waited for the princess to come.

The princess came to the wooden table on the library as usual, and continued to read the book that she had read over and over again.

The tall guard next to him looked around, and he didn't find anything wrong.

Then he said to the princess: "My lady, your bloodline ability has been restricted. No matter how many times you go out, you can't find a chance to escape. Even if you escape, where can you go? Only that adult has a way to unlock your bloodline restriction."

The princess didn't say anything when she heard it, and she didn't even stop reading the book in her hand.

The guard continued: "This is how the world is. A sudden event or a sudden appearance of a person will make everything messed up."

He was about to continue, but a black shadow suddenly passed by the bookshelf not far away, forcing him to divert his attention.

"I agree with what you said." Su Lun said, and the cold air in his hand flew towards the guard like a breath.

He is not known for his speed now, so if he wants to take the princess away, he can only deal with this guard.

The guard did not see the figure, but he could sense that the danger was approaching, and immediately dodged and hid to the side.

Where he dodged, a cold air exploded quickly, and everything around him turned into ice sculptures.

"Who dared to attack the kingdom guard?" He shouted.

A man wearing an ice crystal mask appeared in front of him, and Su Lun stood between the guard and the princess.

The guard and the princess were a little unresponsive to this sudden attack.

There were few people here, and such a little movement would not attract the attention of the people around. Only Renee was watching nervously from a distance, but they couldn't stay here for long.

Su Lun said to the princess: "I'm here to take you away."

The princess's expression was a little surprised, and her indifferent face changed for the first time, but she didn't understand why Su Lun came to help her.

Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly saw black mist coming out of the guard's hand, and she immediately shouted: "Be careful!"

The guard suddenly drew out the long sword from his waist, and the black air in his hand enveloped the long sword and stabbed Su Lun.

Su Lun narrowed his eyes slightly, and he sensed a familiar force on the guard's body. It was the shadow world again. This guard had a certain relationship with the shadow world.

He did not dodge, and put his arm with thick ice crystals in front of him. The hard ice crystals directly blocked the long sword.

The guard was shocked, he did not expect that his sharp sword would be blocked.

When he was surprised, the cold air quickly spread along the long sword. When he found it and retracted the long sword, the long sword suddenly broke into several pieces because of the excessive cold.

"What a strong cold!" The guard took a few steps back in surprise, and he immediately threw away the hilt of the sword in his hand, but even so, his hand was still covered with a layer of frost. If the cold air really spread over, his hand would also turn into ice cubes.

Not far away, Renee also opened her mouth in great surprise. If she hadn't been afraid of making a sound and exposing her position, she would have almost screamed in surprise.

Su Lun took this opportunity and immediately picked up the princess and jumped out of the window sill. Because the princess knew that Su Lun was the one who came to save her, she didn't struggle at all.

The guard wanted to chase him, but the cold wind he faced made him dare not move forward.