After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

You can't really just want to save your own life, right?

Incomprehensible.

As before, it’s better not to waste time thinking too much.

Aize has other more important things to ask:

"You just said that two teams of brave warriors were deployed to the Holy City to deal with Leah, right?"

Uriel nodded:

"Yes, it's our Silver Star and Gale Shadow teams."

"Silver Star, no need to explain further. Gale Shadow, are you sure that each of the four members of their team has stayed in Wang's place for the past half month without leaving?"

Yuriel blinked, looked at Nain who was sitting next to Aize, and nodded:

"Yes, the Holy City has been under martial law. If I hadn't arrested Leah that night and ended that farce, the church wouldn't have allowed me to leave and come find you."

"Where's the Kazekage? Have you met every single person on their team?"

"Of course I have. Before I left here, I held a meeting with them and handed over some work... No, so what happened? Why are you asking this?"

Aize narrowed his eyes and whispered:

"In the past month, there should be a team of brave men active in the capital."

In this incident, the main players on the stage can be divided into three forces: Aize, Arthur, and the Duke Alliance outside the city.

But this alone is not enough to explain what actually happened.

There is also a fourth force at work.

At the beginning, they instigated the half-blood assassin girl to attack Aize, providing Aize, who originally had no idea where to start, with first-hand clues.

Then, taking advantage of the gap, he attacked Charlotte and others and destroyed the stone slabs in the treasure house, which delayed the progress of the investigation and prevented Villian from further research.

Judging from the burn marks left by the holy sword at the scene of the attack, it must be a hero.

But after that, they did not appear again until the incident was over.

If we review the situation, we will find that they almost have the overall situation in control, and with small and covert actions, they are pushing and balancing the situation in the entire royal capital.

This is somewhat terrifying when you think about it carefully.

After listening to Aize's narration, Uriel subconsciously shook her head:

"Isn't this impossible? An entire team of heroes is in the royal capital... I've never heard of them before. Could someone have acted on their own? When I return to the Holy City, I'll help you investigate."

"No, absolutely not! Just pretend you didn't hear it."

Although the whole story is still unclear, Aize is certain that the complexity of this matter is probably far beyond his imagination.

If Yuriel asked around, not only would it be fruitless, it might even bring trouble upon herself.

So, let’s put it aside for now.

Having said that, Aize glanced at the clock on the wall next to him and stood up:

"It's time. I have to go somewhere. Do you want to come and see it?"

(I have a headache today so I can sleep first. I will continue my daily work tomorrow.)

Chapter 125 The path chosen

As the blood slaves in the royal capital were eliminated and the blockade was lifted, many refugees who were originally housed in the palace chose to abandon the place and flee to other places to start a new life.

The people who stayed behind were also organized and recruited to participate in the reconstruction work in various places.

The safe zone, which was originally crowded with people, suddenly became extremely deserted.

The fortifications that have not yet been demolished, the debris scattered all over the ground, the isolation zone formed by large areas of building ruins, etc., can still show the state of this place in the past few days.

Passing through this scene, the three of them boarded the carriage and headed out of the city along the road that had just been cleared.

Taking advantage of this break, Aize also briefly recounted what had happened in the capital over the past few days.

"Ancient magic, resurrection of the dead, and a new blood plague. I never thought it would get to this point."

The unimaginable developments made Uriel shake her head continuously.

Then he punched the seat under him in great anger.

"Those bastards from the church chose to lock me up in the Holy City at this time and not let me leave. If only I could have arrived a few days earlier—"

I thought it was just an ordinary blood plague, and with Aize's ability, it wouldn't take too much effort to deal with it.

Therefore, Uriel had not been too worried before, and only rushed here just in case.

I didn't expect that it would become such a big deal. If Aize takes a wrong step, he will surely die without a burial place.

The strongest hero with black hair couldn't help but feel a little scared.

In response to this, Aize shrugged rather casually:

"Nothing. Before intervening in the capital, I had already considered the possibility of some unconventional situations. Although the ancient technique is a bit unexpected, it is still within the allowable error range. There is no major problem."

"...That's it."

Uriel lowered her gaze slightly.

Abandoning his identity as a hero not only had no negative impact on Aize, but even made his actions more free and bold.

Even situations of this magnitude can be resolved with the limited resources at hand.

This is certainly a good thing.

But why does it feel a bit bad?

Uriel shook her head sharply and looked out of the carriage through the window.

We were already out of the city.

asked:

"Where are we going?"

"There are still some things that haven't been clarified in the follow-up investigation of this incident. I hope you can take a look... Well, you'll know when you get there anyway."

Aize did not explain much and let the carriage move along the designated route.

Soon, the group arrived at the half-ruined royal tomb, and followed the route Heidi took to the ground, returning to the tomb where they had fought before.

This place suffered irreversible and severe damage in the previous battle.

All the bodies originally buried there were dug out under the plan of Regent Arthur, and then destroyed by George during the resurrection process.

So in fact, this place has completely lost its function as a mausoleum.

But there are still points that need investigation.

"Aize, you're here... Hey? Who are these two?"

Villian arrived here first and was controlling several puppets to move the collapsed earth and rocks.

Seeing Uriel and Nain behind Aize, she tilted her head in confusion.

"They heard about the blood plague and came from the Holy City to help."

Aize introduced.

"Uriel, you've met me before. This is Nain, also a member of the Silver Star team."

The silver-haired android girl remained expressionless and silent on the way here. She just sat quietly beside Aize or followed behind him.

But after seeing Villian at this moment, her eyes changed inexplicably.

It seems a little sharper.

But in the end, he didn't say anything, just bowed silently to the witch lady.

No problem, Aize continued:

"How's the progress?"

"No problem, we've cleared a path and we can go in."

The magic workshop built underground for the study of ancient spells was affected by George's astonishing power during the previous battle and was completely buried underground.

The tunnel connecting the front and back was also blown up by magic by Aize and others who were fleeing at the time.

However, the information contained therein, related to the ancient techniques and the entire incident, is still of great value.

The capital city is currently short of manpower, and it is somewhat unrealistic to assign a team of workers to excavate the royal tomb, so they have no choice but to trouble Villian.

In order to avoid causing secondary damage to the half-destroyed facilities, even the Great Witch, who was once one of the thirteen leaders, could only use the clumsy method of moving the puppets bit by bit.

We set out early in the morning and now it is almost evening when we finally get results.

So, through the path dug out by the puppet, several people entered the workshop.

"……Um?"

As his eyes adjusted to the darkness in front of him, what he saw made Aize frown.

The facilities used for research, including various bottles and jars, the control mechanisms of the magic circuits, and the most critical magic-breaking stones, were all deliberately and severely destroyed.

The bookshelf that was once packed with books is now empty.

The various notes and books that originally filled it had now turned into ashes piled on the ground, trembling slightly with the movement of the puppet.

Yuriel was a little confused:

"You did this?"

"No, in our previous attack, we only cleared out and captured those hiding here. We retreated without even having time to conduct a search. In other words..."

Aize squatted down, grabbed a handful of ashes from the ground, and crushed them gently in the palm of his hand.

He showed a very unhappy expression.

"That is to say, someone secretly returned here while we were fighting George and destroyed all the evidence."

"This……"

"Interestingly, I interrogated several of the arrested sorcerers involved in the research yesterday and obtained some very interesting information from them."

Shaking off the dust in his hands, Aize clapped his hands, stood up, and looked at Uriel with an unusually serious expression.

So much so that the latter swallowed his saliva unconsciously:

"What information?"

"Arthur's research into ancient techniques had actually reached a bottleneck a long time ago due to a difficult problem he couldn't overcome. It wasn't until two months ago that he received information and assistance from an unknown source that he was able to continue."

"Unknown...source?"

"Well, specifically, the research team didn't know who the other party was; only Arthur had met them. They suggested changing the original direction, switching from simply using ancient techniques to combining them with the blood of the True Ancestor. This is how the subsequent new blood plague was created. Do you know... what this means?"

Several people shook their heads.

"This means that if we look at it from a broader perspective, even George and Arthur were used as tools in this incident."

The whole incident was the product of manipulation by certain people.

They learned of the royal family's plan through some means, and when its research made no progress, they intervened and pushed it in another direction.

"Do you know who they are?"

This question left Uriel a little confused for a moment.

But she did not shake her head in a hurry, but immediately lowered her head and began to think.

Recalling what Aize had just said and the reason why she was brought here, the black-haired brave immediately understood what Aize meant.

Then he blurted out in surprise:

"You mean... all of this was done by that mysterious group of brave warriors you mentioned before!?"

Just now, Aize mentioned that there was a mysterious team of brave men operating in the royal capital, and that they were suppressing both ends, which greatly affected the progress of this incident.

It is a role similar to that of a trader.

The possibility of two behind-the-scenes manipulators in the same incident is extremely small.

Therefore, the mysterious group that provided the research ideas and the brave team can basically be considered to be the same force.