Main Volume Chapter 172: Desperate "Werewolf"
"Earth magic!"
“Dig a hole!”
Lucina yelled twice in coordination, and three earth elves immediately cast earth magic to cover the crime scene in front of the Great Xia Royal Guards. In just ten seconds, a pit more than five meters deep was created on the ground.
Seeing this, all the Royal Guards couldn't help but widen their eyes and looked at Lucina and the earth elves in surprise.
This summoner from the West...
A bit strong huh?
How could such a big hole be dug in ten seconds?
Isn’t this too fast?
“…”
Zhang Yun remained silent.
Well, it's just digging a hole, no big deal.
After all, these three are elemental elves over level 50, and they use magic combination skills, so how can they not be efficient?
"Okay."
"I'll go down and take a look first."
Huang Min, who obviously had the highest status at the scene, was not surprised at all . He didn't even look at Lucina and the earth elf. Instead, he jumped directly into the pit and began to check the things inside.
After staring for three seconds, he squatted down, inserted his gloved right hand into the soft soil, took out a small black stone from it, and held it high above his head so that the people standing outside the pit could see the appearance of the stone clearly.
"look!"
"This stone!"
The Royal Guards suddenly realized: "So that's it... the Demon Sealing Stone!"
After a brief moment of shock, Zhang Yun finally understood how her cousin was abducted by the enemy and why the enemy did not leave any traces of magic or secret techniques here.
First of all, the enemy is a master of earth magic like the earth elves, or a practitioner of Eastern mysticism who controls mud. They are similar in nature, but are called differently in regional culture.
It suddenly jumped out of the ground on that dark and windy night, taking advantage of the opportunity when cousin Liu Ting came here to relieve himself and didn't want to be seen.
Then it first attacked and knocked my cousin unconscious, not giving him the chance to call for help, then carried the unconscious cousin and went into the tunnel it had dug.
Then it used earth magic to cover the land again, pretending that nothing had happened here, and dropped a few magic-sealing stones into the tunnel. Relying on the special abilities of the magic-sealing stones, it absorbed all the surrounding magical elements.
In this way, when officials from Daxia came here to investigate, they would not be able to find any way for the enemy to escape, because there were no conspicuous traces left around, and no residual mystical energy could be sensed.
certainly.
There is no chance that this petty stratagem will actually stop the investigation.
What it wants to do...
It's just a delay.
By the time the Great Xia Imperial Guards arrived at the scene and figured out what had happened, several days had passed.
This period of time is enough for the other party to transfer my cousin to a safe area, and then continue to kidnap him or kill him directly.
No matter what, the Great Xia Imperial Guards could not stop the other side...
Seeing the Royal Guards suddenly realize what was going on, Huang Min put away the Demon-Sealing Stone, squatted down again, pulled out the weapon from his waist, and thrust it hard into the soil under the pit.
"really!"
"It's empty underneath!"
"The magic-sealing stone not only absorbed the remaining traces of its magic, but also made it impossible for it to use magic to seal the entire underground passage, so this escape route was also preserved."
As he spoke, Huang Min mobilized the strength in his body and launched a powerful slash, blasting open the fragile surface of the soil, revealing an underground passage underneath that could accommodate three or four people.
"Um?"
“So big?”
"Could it be that the other party had planned this in advance and set up an ambush here in advance?"
At this time, Zhang Yun stood up and explained: "Yes, this was a premeditated attack."
"Otherwise, the underground passage should be connected in all directions, and it is impossible for it to only extend to the east."
"It's obvious that the other party had already decided to ambush here, and after capturing the target, they would immediately retreat to the east."
"And among the guards protecting the lord, or among the other officials following the lord, there must be a traitor."
"He deliberately led that gentleman here and sent his guards away, giving the enemy an opportunity to kidnap that gentleman."
Huang Min raised his head: "How do you judge?"
Zhang Yun said: "When I came here, I found that there are at least seven alleys on this street. If the enemy does not have enough intelligence and no insider to help mislead the adult, they will definitely not be able to judge that the adult will relieve himself here."
"It's impossible to even guess that the adult would suddenly relieve himself..."
“But it did.”
"And without making the slightest noise."
"This means that it knows everything. In addition, the scale of this underground passage is so huge that it doesn't seem to have been completed in an instant. It must have taken many days of preparation..."
"Basically, there is a 90% probability that this is a carefully planned kidnapping case, and there is an insider involved."
Huang Min frowned: "What about the remaining 10%?"
Zhang Yun jumped down the pit and stood next to Huang Min. He glanced at the underground passage in front of him and said, "According to the intelligence, the other party did not kill that adult, but kept him alive for so many days. It is obvious that that adult is useful to them."
"To capture someone who is useful to you, you use such a troublesome and strange method. It is obviously for some special needs."
"Otherwise, we can just attack head-on, kill the guards first, then kidnap the master, and finally escape underground..."
"This is fast and convenient. Even if something unexpected happens during the process, we can adapt to it and solve the problem."
Someone questioned, "But this will easily attract the city guards, right?"
Zhang Yun slowly asked back, "Do you think that with the fighting power of those city guards, a small team can defeat the enemy who dug such a long and wide tunnel?"
"cannot……"
Zhang Yun continued, "After the enemy ambushed and killed all the guards , they fled underground. During this time, at most one team of city guards arrived?"
"Yes……"
Zhang Yun touched his nose and said, "The enemy has that gentleman as a hostage and can control the soil. Do you think the city defense army can stop the enemy from escaping in such a narrow environment as the underground passage?"
"I don't think so..."
Zhang Yun said: "Isn't that right? No matter how you look at it, a direct attack is the better option!"
"But the other party still chose to carry out the kidnapping secretly. Obviously, a direct attack would cause problems. They couldn't do that, so they carefully planned such a plan."
It's like.
Zhang Yun wanted to capture the city lord. He could choose to break in directly and then let Veronica use the space matrix and teleportation to take the other party away.
You can also choose to plan carefully, use various specialized followers to help yourself enter the City Lord's Mansion, and then use messy methods to avoid the guarding Daxia soldiers, and finally take the City Lord away.
There are two methods. Even a fool knows that the first one is better. It is faster and more efficient. You can catch and run away immediately, and the other party cannot stop you.
After all, Veronica's fighting power completely crushes these ordinary soldiers of Daxia. In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or trick is a waste of time. Why should Zhang Yun spend so much energy on some troublesome plans?
unless……
This is the mission requirement...
I have to sneak away with the city lord...
After a pause, Zhang Yun raised his right index finger and said, "Also, the other party has prepared a magic-sealing stone and knows how to activate its effect."
"This shows that he is a very intelligent being. He could be a human, a demon beast, or something else..."
"But from our previous judgment, there is a traitor around that adult, and the other party was able to reach an agreement with the traitor, which means that the other party is most likely a human being and can communicate with the traitor who is also a human."
Huang Min frowned: "Are you saying that all this is man-made?"
Zhang Yun said: "It's most likely a human, but not 100% certain. After all, accidents can happen sometimes... But even if the other party is a human, there's no need to be surprised, right?"
"With Western magic, digging such a long underground passage would only take a few more days."
If it's an Agito member...it'll be even faster!
It only took him a few hours to build such an underground passage, and then he escaped with his unlucky cousin. The Daxia guards at that time were unable to stop him.
"Well……"
Huang Min said helplessly: "I know this. There are many humans who have the ability to create such underground passages. The West has magic, and we in the East also have secret arts..."
"What I find strange is that there are still humans on our Great Xia territory who dare to kidnap our officials and go against our Great Xia Dynasty?"
"brother."
"You swear so confidently that this incident is most likely man-made."
"You must have your own judgment, right?"
"Can you tell me?"
Zhang Yun: “…”
Oh no?
Almost exposed?
I thought these Great Xia Royal Guards were ignorant. They never expected that there is earth magic in this world that can allow people to walk underground as if on flat ground.
I didn't expect that the other party was just simply proud, thinking that ordinary humans would not dare to go against their country, so they would not dare to kidnap their ministers and create such a big grudge...
Fortunately, this royal guard named Huang Min did not dwell too much on why Zhang Yun did not know such simple common sense, but instead focused all his attention on why he judged the enemy to be a human being.
In that case...
Zhang Yun coughed twice and slowly spoke out the excuse she had prepared: "This is because I had a secret mission to complete. I went to the West and just came back recently. On the way, I passed by the Rising Sun Country and learned a little bit about the trouble."
"What's the matter?" Hearing these words, all the Great Xia Imperial Guards, including Huang Min, pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
Zhang Yun said: "In the territory of the Rising Sun Country, there is a group of hidden monsters. They have human forms and are as powerful as high-level monsters. They have also recruited a group of human subordinates."
"And in our Daxia territory, there are also such monsters lurking , constantly tempting our compatriots to become their subordinates and work for them."
Huang Min frowned and said, "There is such a thing!?"
Zhang Yun nodded: "Yes... and soon there will be a big news coming back, that is, all our soldiers guarding the western Great Wall have been killed!"
Everyone was shocked: "!!!"
Huang Min asked seriously, "What's going on?!"
Afterwards, Zhang Yun told the story about the Rising Sun Country and the border area, but he did not tell the whole truth, but mixed it with half truth and half lies.
For example, he did not mention the matter of the ancient evil god Zero, nor did he mention the origin of Ajid. He only said that Ajid had three branch bases on the border of Daxia, and he and Lucina worked together to destroy all their bases.
But before the base was destroyed, all the soldiers on the western Great Wall were killed. I don’t know if it was done by those monsters.
"so!"
"I suspect that this incident was also caused by those monsters!"
"Or it could be the work of their human subordinates!"
“…”
After listening to Zhang Yun's story, Huang Min and other Great Xia Imperial Guards realized the seriousness of the matter. They immediately began to discuss the next plan and after spending some time, they came up with an action plan.
The gathered Great Xia Imperial Guards were divided into three groups.
The first team enters the underground passage and follows this path until they reach the exit where the enemy escapes, or the end point where the enemy has re-buried it with magic, in order to determine the approximate whereabouts of the enemy and the older cousin.
The second team went to find all the people who had contact with Liu Tingda's cousin in the past few days, arrested them all, detained them in the prison, and conducted strict interrogation.
The third team will find the mayor of Baxia, mobilize the entire city's army, close the entire city and not allow anyone to enter or leave, and investigate any possible enemies of Akito hidden inside.
In addition, they also sent a group of Great Xia Imperial Guards back to the imperial capital to meet with the twelve dragon clans and tell the Great Xia rulers the intelligence that Zhang Yun brought...
“Hey, isn’t this too conspicuous? What if Ajid, who is hiding in Daxia, hears about this and immediately accuses us of being monsters and sends people to capture us?” Lucina asked worriedly.
Zhang Yun replied in a low voice: "It's okay, don't worry."
"If they use smoke bombs to get Daxia's soldiers to target us, I will counter their moves. I'm not afraid of them playing dirty tricks."
"What I'm afraid of now is..."
"They hide in the dark and won't come out. Not only will it be troublesome to clean them up, but they may also secretly trip us up and cause trouble."
Lucina asked, "So you want to lure them out on purpose?"
Zhang Yun nodded: "Yes... but I don't think they are that stupid. If they dare to jump out and target us now, they will reveal their werewolf identities and seek death."
After all, with the badge of the Great Xia Royal Guards, those ordinary people and officials would definitely trust Zhang Yun and Lucina more.
The so-called wanted order could not arrest the two in time, and at most they could be taken to the imperial capital.
When they arrived at the imperial capital of Da Xia, the two saw the Twelve Dragons reveal their identities. They were able to immediately follow the wanted order to find the Ajid member who issued the order, and then follow the clues to find the other Ajid members and kill them all!
Of course, if those Ajids were smart enough and chose to continue lurking, waiting for the critical moment of the war to defect, and trick the Great Xia Dynasty and Lucina...
It's no use.
Because Zhang Yun will make good use of the Deep Sea Emperor's invincible sense of smell and his own insight skills to catch all these Ajid members!
Execute them on the spot in advance and don't give them any chance to play dirty tricks at the critical moment!
The development of the whole thing was like a crushing game of Werewolf, where the prophet screened out all the werewolves at the beginning.
Regardless of whether the werewolves jump into another identity or not.
It's a dead end...
