rune hunter

Chapter 97
While Leon was attracting everyone's attention, Luther quietly left the scene from the secret passage in the basement. With the strength of the silver rank, he easily jumped out of the siege net that the black knight had hastily arranged, and came to another In a seemingly ordinary and unremarkable dwelling.

One can imagine the difficulty of arranging such a hiding place in the city of Istaren under the control of the army, especially when people are panicking and the whole city is under martial law, it is impossible to guarantee absolute safety.Luther didn't dare to waste time. He listened to the movement on the street, and after confirming that he hadn't been spotted for the time being, he immediately sat down and took out a crystal ball engraved with a magic circle from his bosom, and fiddled with it according to the steps he remembered.

After about a few seconds, the crystal ball emitted a soft light. Luthor coughed and said to the crystal ball in a low voice, "We got a map."

"Where's the map?" An indifferent voice could not tell the difference between male and female came from the crystal ball.

"It's a map of the mountains in the northwest of Istaren, but I don't have a reference object for comparison, so I can't be sure." Luther said.

"Know what they're looking for?" the voice asked again.

"It should be a mine lode. According to the information obtained from Leon's torture, Maryvian has a piece of green raw ore." Luthor looked at the note in his hand and read the truth. He didn't have the time or thought to do it. These details and clues were all picked out by Leon bit by bit.

"Green ore? Life essence or psionic crystal?"

"I don't know, that nun doesn't know her."

"waste!"

Not knowing whether this sentence was scolding the little nun or himself, Luther couldn't help leaving a drop of cold sweat on his face, he opened his mouth but didn't dare to speak.

"Don't come back, go directly out of the city to find Master Xi Luo, I will contact him to help you." The voice in the crystal ball was silent for a moment, and then spoke again.

"Of order, my lord." Luther nodded and said, he put the crystal ball back into his arms and hid it, and slipped out of the alley at the back door of the room.

He didn't run far when he heard a loud sound of houses collapsing behind him. He looked back and found a cloud of smoke and dust rising into the sky in the block behind him, and the tower building that had been beating the alarm bell disappeared completely.

"It's big enough, just don't play yourself to death." Luther sneered, turned around and ran towards the city wall with big strides.At this time, the city gate must have been closed and it is not difficult to break through, but it is not difficult to climb over the city wall with his strength.

Not long after he left, a large number of black knights lurked from all directions, completely surrounding the house where he stayed.

"The man has already left. He only stayed here for a few minutes just now, so he shouldn't have left any valuable clues." El explained to Pross with a bitter face, and walked into the room.

He was recruited again, this time temporarily recruited as the guide of the monitoring force, and he was approved only by volunteering.It doesn't matter if you don't want to "volunteer", if you have other opinions, you can only go with the magician girl as company.This time, no one else was to blame, it was entirely his own fault.

Walking into the room with a sad face, El suddenly raised his head, the blue light in his eyes flashed away, and there was a clear expression on his face.

"What did you find?" Pross followed him, and asked immediately when he saw the difference in his expression.

"There are residual magic fluctuations here. Someone just used magic." El squatted down to look at the footprints left on the ground, rubbed his chin and thought for a while.

"It's the guy I've seen, named Luther, who claims to be a subordinate of the imperial envoy. The shoes he wears are southern styles, and the material is different from what we wear. Judging from the footprints, this guy entered the room. , sat down and released a magic...he should not be a magician, that is, he used a magic item."

"It must be conveying information." Pross nodded and said, "I have seen all the silver-ranked knights under Earl Snake. How come I don't remember the Luther you mentioned?"

"Because he was crippled by me when he first arrived in Istaron, I guess he just came back from some temple." El shrugged and said disapprovingly: "Don't talk about him, I guess you don't like that stupid big man. I have no impression, I have never seen him in Earl Snake's escort team."

"Lyon is a notorious wanted criminal, so it is naturally impossible to sneak into the ranks of the imperial envoy in an open manner." The expression on Pross's face was very ugly, and his mind was also thinking quickly.

The sudden visit of the imperial envoy was full of weirdness. Everyone could see that Earl Snake had other plans, but it was difficult to judge his real purpose.For the nobles, it is not surprising that they stab each other behind their backs.Conspiracies and tricks are part of the daily life of nobles, and occasional small fights are harmless.

But now that two people are killed, this is a bit too much.The White Lion family can turn a blind eye to Earl Snake's armed forces, but that doesn't mean they can act recklessly in Istaron.Kidnapping and killing a Maple Leaf nun is tantamount to an open provocation to both the White Lion Family and the Temple of Life.What good does this do for Earl Snake?
Could it be that he wanted to destroy the alliance between the Temple of Life and the White Lion Family?This idea flashed in Pross's mind. From a common sense, Earl Snake might indeed have this plan, but to achieve this goal, there is no need for such drastic means.

"In any case, we have to catch this person first." Pross temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart, calmed down again, and asked El: "If he has already left the city, can you still track him down?" ?"

"This guy doesn't know how to hide his whereabouts at all. It's easier to find him in the wild outside the city." El nodded and said, "But I think if he runs out of the city, he will definitely have an accomplice."

"Then let's see what cards the imperial envoy is hiding." Pross sneered and strode out of the residence, shouting a password, and the black knight quickly led the two horses.

Luther really didn't know how to cover up his whereabouts. When El followed Pross on his horse and rushed to the gate of the city, the harsh siren just sounded.Someone forcibly climbed over the city wall, killed three city guards patrolling the night, and then walked away. Under the sword of the silver-ranked powerhouse, ordinary soldiers died before they even had time to warn.

Anderson, who was in charge of city security, looked as ugly as if he had eaten a poop. When he saw Prouss coming, he yelled, "Did you release that bastard? I'm going to pull his skin!"

"Open the city gate, call a team of cavalry to follow me." Pross said bluntly without talking nonsense.

Anderson saw that Pross's face seemed more gloomy than his own, and closed his mouth with a snort.Half of the black knights brought out by Pross have more than 100 people in the squadron, and the manpower needs to be increased just like this, which shows the seriousness of the situation.He turned around and ordered, and two cavalry squads were allocated from the city defense army to belong to Pross.

The three-headed dog has controlled the military affairs of Istaren for ten years, and they are like brothers to each other. It can be said that it is commonplace to borrow troops from each other.The matter was so important that everything was kept simple, and the handover was successfully completed within a few minutes, leaving El dumbfounded.In his impression, no lord dared to hand over the army to his subordinates so casually. Even if the issue of mutiny was not considered, it would be easy to mess up the army by changing generals.

In his heart, facing the heart of the young lord, he sighed, and taking advantage of his free time, El drove to the notice board at the gate of the city, lowered his head and curiously studied the various official documents posted on it.Originally, he was just bored and wanted to kill some time, but he didn't expect to find something interesting on it.

"what are you doing?"

For some reason, the black knight Palanti, who had been following behind him, couldn't help asking when he saw El reached out to tear off a wanted warrant.

"I still want to know what you are going to do." El laughed and threw the arrest warrant into her hand: "Isn't this the portrait of the murderer, and you still let me draw it?"

Pallanti froze for a moment, caught the arrest warrant and opened it, and the first thing she saw was a lifelike portrait of a young girl.As far as this painter is concerned, it is absolutely impossible to be a real official arrest warrant, and the city defense army can't afford a painter of this level.Under the portrait of the girl, her name was written: "Shirley Assal"

(End of this chapter)