From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 399: Statues of the Three Commanders

The next morning.

When Lu Heng returned to the woods outside the north gate of Kolos City, he saw Fiona and a team of elven priests holding a natural funeral for their companions.

It must be that an elf passed away and is returning to nature.

The tree burial ceremony of the elves is a special culture and is a very special one among many alien civilizations.

The elven priests would chant the name and life experiences of the deceased, and then cover it with leaves and flowers.

As the elven priests chanted their natural spells, plants grew out of the earth, covering the remains of the deceased elves and allowing them to return to nature.

Lu Heng stood aside with his head bowed, expressing respect for the deceased.

Fiona finished the ceremony, turned around and said, "Thank you."

"Is this the warrior who died fighting the devil?" Lu Heng asked casually.

Fiona shook her head. "Old Hall was a guard in the city. He was found dead this morning while on patrol."

"Natural death?" Lu Heng was a little confused.

Fiona nodded: "There were no scars or signs of fighting. He passed away peacefully."

Under normal circumstances, there is nothing wrong with this peaceful death and it usually does not arouse suspicion from others.

However, Lu Heng suddenly thought of something.

The killing method of [Death Agent] is to take the target's life silently without leaving any scars or signs of fighting.

If it were any other time, Lu Heng would not have thought of this, but recently he had been thinking about this class, so when he heard Fiona's words, this thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

"Where was old Hall when he was found?" Lu Heng was suspicious and asked another question.

"In the lower reaches of the western section of the Magic River." Fiona frowned because she heard the doubt in Lu Heng's tone.

"Can you take me there to have a look?" Lu Heng was not familiar with the city of Kolos, so he was not sure where the lower reaches of the western section of the Magic River were exactly.

"What are you doubting?" Fiona asked directly.

“Although there are no wounds on Old Hall’s body, nor signs of fighting, in the abyss world, there is such a silent method of killing people.” Lu Heng did not directly point out the class of [Agent of Death].

In fact, there is no need to mention this rank directly.

The elves have been fighting against the abyss for hundreds of years, and have seen far more skills and classes than humans have ever seen.

So, just by raising this doubt, Fiona could think of several possibilities.

"You mean to say that old Hall was assassinated?"

"It is possible that the crisis is about to come. Any disturbance now may be a sign of the coming storm. It will never go wrong to be more vigilant." Lu Heng decided to resolve the doubts in his heart.

Fiona thought for a moment, nodded and agreed, "Okay, let's go to where Old Hall is patrolling and take a look."

It wouldn't take much time to investigate. If old Hall didn't die of natural causes, then the matter was serious.

……

The two returned to the city and walked along the magic river in the city to the west city.

Fiona pointed to a bridge hole and said, "Old Hall's patrol route passes through here. Sometimes when he gets tired, he sits down under the bridge hole and smokes his pipe to keep away the cold at night. In the morning, the patrolling guards found him sitting under the bridge hole. When he walked, he was holding a pipe in his hand with half-burned tobacco in it."

Lu Heng walked around the bridge twice and found nothing unusual.

There were no signs of fighting or any special traces around.

Just as Fiona said, it looked like old Hall died of natural causes.

"Is Old Hall very old?" Lu Heng squatted down and looked forward along the position where Old Hall was sitting.

"He is indeed old, but not so old that he is unable to move. If he were too old, the Queen would let him retire," Fiona explained.

"That is to say, old Hall is not so old that he will die of natural causes."

"Actually, it is possible to die of natural causes at this age, which is within a reasonable range," Fiona explained.

Lu Heng didn't see anything suspicious under the bridge hole, so he walked out of the bridge hole, stood on the bridge, and looked around: "Usually there is a team of guards patrolling, why is Old Hall alone?"

Fiona explained: "The patrolling guards are always in teams of ten. However, since Old Hall is old, the captain of the guard will take special care of him and sometimes let him rest halfway.

"Old Hall used to stop and smoke his pipe when he passed through this bridge tunnel. This has been a habit for many years and has always been normal."

Lu Heng looked around and found that this place was relatively close to the gem workshop, and to the left of the gem workshop was another building with a closed door.

"What is that place?" Lu Heng pointed at the building with closed doors.

"The warehouse in the industrial area stores quenching, forging and inscription materials." Fiona explained casually.

Just now, Lu Hengdun was next to the place where old Hall died, so he naturally looked forward. His sight passed through the bridge hole and saw a corner of the warehouse in this industrial area.

Lu Heng was not very sure, but since he had doubts in his heart, he would feel more at ease if he checked it out, so he pointed to the warehouse in the industrial zone and asked, "Can I go in and take a look?"

Thanks to Lu Heng's reminder, Fiona also began to suspect that there was something fishy about Old Hall's death.

The main reason is age. Although old Hall is old, he is not so old that it affects his actions, otherwise he would not continue to stay in the City Patrol Guard.

In addition, in the abyss world, there are indeed several abilities that can take the target's life silently.

Fiona knew of at least three and had seen one of them.

She also had doubts in her heart and agreed: "Okay, let's go in and take a look."

The two came to the door of the warehouse in the industrial area, and Fiona asked the guard to come and open the door.

After entering the warehouse, Lu Heng walked along the aisle and looked around.

This warehouse does store materials needed for quenching, forging and other techniques.

The materials were all placed on shelves or packed in boxes, and there didn't seem to be any problems, and no materials were missing.

Moreover, if there really were foreign enemies sneaking into Kolos City and just stealing some materials, this would be too unreasonable.

Lu Heng continued to walk forward, and when he reached the last compartment, he saw a lot of miscellaneous items piled in the compartment.

"here it is?"

Fiona was not sure either. She walked over and picked up a silver object. She held it up and looked at it. Then she waved to the warehouse manager and asked, "Why are these objects piled here?"

The warehouse manager explained, "The materials that are not needed are stored here. There are also some metal tools that were originally prepared to be melted to make jewelry materials, but they are not needed for the time being, so they are piled here first."

Lu Heng reached out and picked up a silver plate, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it. There was nothing special, but when he turned over the bottom of the plate, he found a pattern. It was the pattern of Xiling City. He had seen a similar pattern in the Frost Bone Dragon Treasure Cave before.

Lu Heng held up the silver plate with the Xiling City logo, handed it to Fiona, and pointed at the mark on it.

Although Fiona had never lived in Xiling City, she recognized the mark and asked the warehouse manager, "Were these artifacts shipped back from Xiling City?"

The warehouse manager picked up the record and looked through it, then replied, "No. The objects piled here are basically sundries with unknown origins.

“Some were captured from demons, and some were brought back by caravans, but they are not used right now, so they are temporarily piled here.

"These silver objects are going to be melted down and used to make jewelry, but they have not been used yet."

Lu Heng squatted down and checked it, but didn't see anything unusual, so he asked: "Are all the sundries here recorded? Is there anything missing?"

The warehouse manager answered casually: "These sundries are not valuable, so we won't keep a special record. We will only record how many silver items and iron items are stored. As for what each item is, we won't record it... Oh..."

"What's wrong?" Lu Heng heard his last "Huh?" It was obvious that there was something else he didn't say.

The warehouse manager scratched his head and asked in confusion: "I remember there should be a silver ornament here, why is it gone?"

He looked around but couldn't find it.

"Are you sure?" Fiona asked.

"I have been in charge of warehouse management for almost a hundred years. I remember every material in the warehouse very clearly. There was originally a silver ornament here." The warehouse manager was very confused.

When Lu Heng heard what he said, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he asked, "Does the base of the silver ornament have a round shape? It is about this size, and the height is uncertain. It is very old, so it should still be rusted."

When asking, Lu Heng gestured with his hands to indicate the size of the ornaments.

The warehouse manager nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, it is this high, the base is round, and this big."

Lu Heng's expression suddenly became serious. He looked at Fiona and said, "Something might happen."

Fiona also keenly noticed that something was wrong and asked the warehouse manager: "What kind of ornament is it?"

The warehouse management couldn't be described clearly, so I picked up a pen and paper and drew the style of the silver ornaments.

Halfway through the painting, Fiona had already recognized him: "This is Sword Saint Santos, one of the three commanders of the Anti-Demon Alliance."

When Lu Heng heard the name again, he became even more confused.

Sword Saint Santos is Tyrese's teacher.

Seven hundred years ago, the abyss invaded the Quel'dorei continent. In order to fight against the abyss, the elves scattered across the continent united and established an anti-magic coalition.

Three of the elven leaders became commanders of the anti-demon coalition, one of whom was the elven swordsman Santos.

"So, someone stole the statue of Sword Saint Santos." Lu Heng thought quickly in his mind.

The warehouse manager was not sure: "That... is not necessarily the case. The three commanders of the Anti-Demon Alliance are the ancestors of our elves. It is also possible that the guards saw the sculpture and took it back."

"Don't we need to register when we take things out of the warehouse?" Lu Heng asked.

“Well…if it’s materials, they must be graded, but this pile is just junk…” The warehouse manager knew that this kind of thing was difficult to explain, and he was the one who was most responsible for the loss of items in the warehouse.

"I don't think this matter is that simple." Lu Heng insisted on his thoughts.

"Why do you say that?" Fiona wasn't sure.

"Because a similar silver ornament also disappeared from the treasure cave of the Frost Bone Dragon. It is obviously abnormal for so many coincidences to occur at the same time." Lu Heng expressed his guess.

When Fiona heard that another silver ornament was missing, she also sensed something unusual and said, "Come with me to see the queen."

The two left the industrial area and walked towards the palace area.

With Fiona leading the way, there was no need to be inspected when entering the palace area. After passing through the corridor of the palace area, we met Queen Orianna.

Queen Orianna is in Terris discussing plans to reinforce the city walls.

The city of Kolos has been strengthening its walls since two months ago.

However, two months is not enough for a project like reinforcing the city walls.

Therefore, after the Abyss Battlefield was opened, the work of reinforcing the city walls of Kolos City did not stop but continued.

As the threat of the Skeleton Lords approached, the original plan to reinforce the city walls was too slow, so Queen Orianna considered changing the plan and speeding up the progress.

Lu Heng entered the conference room, greeted everyone, and then recounted the previous investigation into the cause of old Hall's death. Finally, he emphasized the matter of the three commanders' silver ornaments.

"A silver ornament was lost in the Frost Bone Dragon's treasure cave, and another one was lost in the industrial zone warehouse. I feel like something is wrong.

“According to the pattern drawn by the warehouse management, the missing ornament in the warehouse is the statue of Commander Santos, the teacher of Elder Teres.

“If I’m not mistaken, the statue lost in the Frost Bone Dragon’s treasure cave should be that of another commander.

“So, I think there is a third statue. When all the statues are complete, we should have statues of the three commanders of the Anti-Demon Alliance.

"Now, someone is collecting these three statues of the commanders of the Anti-Demon Alliance. As for the purpose, I can't think of it."

After listening to Lu Heng's explanation, Queen Orianna and Teresa both showed serious expressions.

Because Lu Heng's guess was indeed reasonable.

Moreover, Tyrese thought of something and his expression became more solemn.

"If these are really statues of the three commanders of the Anti-Demon Alliance, I may know what they are going to do."

Queen Orianna looked puzzled and asked, "Teacher, what do you know? Tell me quickly."

Tyrese pondered for a moment and replied, “This happened over three hundred years ago, I almost forgot about it.

“The statues of the three anti-demon coalition commanders may be the key to an underground seal in Xiling City, but I have never seen the seal with my own eyes, so I don’t know the details.

“I only remember hearing my teacher mention this matter before. The statues of the three of them were kept in Xiling City as the key to the underground seal.

"But later I left Xiling City and traveled, and I don't know where these three statues went."

Time has passed too long. Three hundred years have made many things disappear into the past.

Xiling City was once a city of the elves. Later, due to environmental changes and a sharp decline in the elves' population, they eventually chose to abandon the city.

Since then, Xiling City has become a city site of the elves.

Many artifacts of Xiling City were once scattered all over the continent. Some were taken away by demons, and some became collections of dragons.

(End of this chapter)