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Bright nodded, somewhat skeptical.

After sending Tyron away, he handed the report to Fiona and relayed Tyron's words to her verbatim.

However, after reading the entire report, Fiona smiled faintly: "This report was written by Karen Waller, and there are four other people involved."

"But Tyron...!" Bright paused, about to defend himself, but then seemed to remember something, and changed the subject, "That damned guy, daring to lie to me! I'll go teach him a lesson right now!"

"No need for now. Since Karen Waller and the other four haven't said anything, let's pretend we don't know." Fiona shook her head, but her gaze remained fixed on the report in her hand. "What you need to do now is immediately take a team to the 'Old Oak' tavern and see if there's any trace of that so-called Mystic Society."

Bright nodded immediately: "Understood!"

He immediately organized a squad of Order Keepers and headed towards the "Old Oak" tavern in the east of the city without saying a word.

The group secretly deployed a surveillance operation against the Old Oak Tavern.

Unfortunately, no trace or clues about members of the Secret Society were found.

It's unclear whether the other party was being overly cautious or changed locations after contacting Dewey Ruff.

In short, they staked out the area for a day and a night but found nothing unusual.

Following this, based on the fact that Duwell Ralph had said in the report that "the member of the Mystic Order asked him to keep an eye on the movements of various forces," the Order maintained a heightened surveillance of the major powers in the city.

They even placed close surveillance on the Order Keeper's branch, a place they knew all too well.

Even so, no suspicious figures were seen.

The so-called secret ritual seemed to vanish into thin air during this period.

However, after Fiona personally conducted a brief interrogation of Dewey Ralph, she confirmed that the report was neither fabricated nor perfunctory.

In other words, even though no clues about the Secret Society were found, Karen and the others did put in a lot of effort.

At least the "Secret Society" was brought to light because of their investigation.

Therefore, the Seventh Squad received praise from Fiona.

Everyone in the team received a reward, and Karen, in particular, even gained some prestige within the Order Keepers as a result.

Many of his colleagues now know that this young baron, who is quite famous in the city, not only has a keen sense of smell and is good at deduction, but has also been able to discover key clues on many occasions.

Furthermore, they dared to directly point out the shortcomings of their captain, Tyronn.

It should be noted that most people in the Order Keeper division had heard about Tyrone's character.

Therefore, they all developed a certain fondness for Karen, who dared to speak her mind.

But in comparison, Tyron was even more unhappy.

He not only gained nothing from falsifying the report, but was also given a stern warning by Bright afterward.

Afterwards, due to the spread of rumors, his already poor image within the Order Keepers took a sharp turn for the worse.

He blamed all of this on Karen.

If it weren't for this newly joined young baron, how could he have ended up in such a state?

At the same time, Karen did not feel relaxed.

He didn't care that the trivial matters between him and Tyron were being spread.

What he was concerned about was that he had not found any clues about the Secret Society during this period, which meant that the other party might have already become aware of it.

Or perhaps the other party is plotting some nefarious scheme.

...

A few days later, inside the Order Keepers.

Karen, who was reviewing information about the supernatural, suddenly heard the sound of a door opening and then saw Kelly walk in.

She placed a document on Captain Tyron's desk: "Captain, we just ran into Vice Chief Bright, and he gave our Seventh Team a mission."

"A mission?" Tyron, who had been lost in thought, picked up the document on the table and glanced at it. His pupils contracted slightly. "A clue to an unknown sacred artifact?"

Upon hearing this, Karen, who was still reviewing the information, immediately stopped.

Sacred artifact?

He recalled the artifact swapping incident that had almost led to the destruction of the Waller family.

From that time on, he learned that sacred artifacts, such incredibly precious and powerful objects, were generally kept and guarded by the Holy See in the Imperial Capital.

But now an unknown sacred artifact has appeared?

Before he could continue thinking, Tyron stood up and looked at everyone, saying, "Get ready to get to work. An unknown sacred artifact has appeared in Blackwood Village outside the city. We need to go and take a look."

Although it was a mission, his expression was rather unpleasant because it was assigned by the deputy leader.

In his mind, how could such a rare treasure as a sacred artifact appear in a small village?

This is just making trouble out of nothing.

Soon, after Karen and the rest of the Seventh Squad were ready, they quickly headed towards Blackwood Village outside the city, led by Tyron.

...

Blackwood Village is located on the edge of a dense forest outside the City of Death's Breath.

The village is small, with only a few dozen households. The simple wooden houses are scattered around, and most of the villagers rely on farming and hunting for a living.

When the seventh squad arrived at the village entrance, it was afternoon, and sunlight shone through the sparse clouds.

The village was unusually quiet, with only a few stray dogs lying lazily by the roadside, occasionally glancing at the group of unfamiliar visitors.

Captain Tyronn yawned, looking somewhat uninterested.

"What kind of clues about sacred artifacts could there be in this rural area?" he grumbled as he walked into the village. "It's probably just some drunk guy making things up again."

When the villagers saw this group of people wearing various armors and Order Keeper badges, most of them showed wariness and fear.

They all moved away, or simply went home and closed their doors.

At Tyronn's signal, several team members began to move.

"Hello, we are Order Keepers of the City of No Breath, and we would like to ask you something." Jack stepped forward and stopped an old farmer who was about to retreat back into his house, trying his best to make his tone sound friendly.

The old farmer nervously rubbed his hands, his eyes darting around: "Sir...sir? Our village has always been peaceful, we haven't...we haven't done anything wrong..."

"Don't be nervous, sir." Kelly stepped forward, her voice rather cold, but her attitude relatively calm. "We'd like to ask if anything strange or unusual has happened in the vicinity of the village recently?"

The old farmer shook his head blankly: "Strange things? No... The harvest in the fields is poor, and there are fewer prey in the forest. Isn't that strange?"

As for anything unusual… I’ve never heard of it before.”

They then inquired with the village blacksmith, asked several villagers who seemed quite talkative, and even found the village's old priest.

But the answers were all pretty much the same.

Everyone said that the village had been very peaceful recently, and they hadn't seen anything unusual or encountered anything strange.

They had never even heard of the term "sacred artifact" before and had no idea what it meant.