Chapter 108: I Figured It Out!
Zong Ge pursed his brows, “Don’t tell me we need to hand over Xu Ma? That can actually be explained. According to Xu Ma, the thin person was the one who stabbed him, no?”
Cang Xu chuckled, “I have a better way, that can both prove ourselves while at the same time also earning us some money.”
Zi Di’s eyes flashed, and she smiled, “I know, you are thinking of communicating with Hun Tong and telling him about the fishman attack?”
“Yes.” Cang Xu nodded.
After the dragonman youngster realized that he clapped his hands, “That is a good method. Before Hun Tong finds the necromancer, they won’t be able to learn of the fishman’s planned attack of the island. Xi Dai Zi escaped.”
“But the feudal lord and the Wealth Church aren’t aware of his existence.”
“Everyone’s attention is on the necromancer that appeared.”
“This would be a terrible time for the fishmen to assault Two Eyes Island.”
“For humanity’s sake, we should warn Hun Tong.”
“The only worry is being implicated with the necromancer. But since the investigation team had just stopped by, this is the most opportune moment to send Hun Tong a message.”
Cang Xu profoundly added, “Hun Tong is an intelligent person, and we have cleaned ourselves of suspicion. We need to give some clues so that they hypothesize and authenticate.”
City government building.
The study.
Hun Tong was having a discussion with the imperial secret spy through an alchemy device.
Hun Tong said, “The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps has been investigated, nothing was found.”
At first, the imperial secret spy was silent, but shortly after said, “Even so, the suspicion on them cannot be completely eliminated. This world holds many concealment and disguise methods. The investigation team’s main detection method was the silver level divine spell, and if their disguise method surpassed the silver level, they could remain hidden.”
“According to current intelligence, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps has a gold level cannon. During the Snake Rat naval battle, that cannon mysteriously vanished. Therefore, they it is possible they have a gold level storage device.”
“The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps is newly established and is likely a front for a group of arms smugglers. According to this layered conjecture, them having a disguise method is quite rational. It being gold level isn’t strange either.”
Hun Tong nodded, “Makes sense. But what other clues have you seen? The black gowned magician who bought the ice blade fish bones at a premium is far more suspicious!”
“Apart from that, there is another trail you should be clear about. Two level seven elders suddenly came to Wisteria Store. The two popular potions came from them. Those two are elusive and very dubious.”
Hun Tong continued to analyze, “The Wisteria Merchant Alliance was a grass roots organization, born from the lower class. After being annexed and broken up, the survivors of that crave power and influence even more. Under those circumstances, it is normal for them to renounce their bottom line and be infiltrated by the corruption of necromancers.”
The secret spy replied, “I have some inside information on those two. In fact, I have already investigated those two. Besides discussing the matter with Xi Dai Zi, I also assigned some people to slander the Green Hat Healing Potion’s healing effects. If there was a problem with the potion, I believed that the two elders would show themselves.”
“Interesting.” Hun Tong smiled.
But soon after, his smile dwindled and his brows creased, “After carefully pondering all of the clues, I have a strange feeling about this. Furthermore, this feeling is getting stronger.”
“What is the origin of this third party power? How did they suddenly emerge without any prior indications?”
“Why were they eavesdropping on the negotiation? Were they shadowing Xi Dai Zi? Were they hired investigators from the merchant alliances who were robbed? What other goals do they have?”
“The eavesdropping was also odd.”
“Since there was a powerful magician capable of doing battle with Xi Dai Zi, why wasn’t the magician eavesdropping? Wouldn’t that be more dependable?”
“Why would they first dispatch an inferior eavesdropper that people would notice?”
When the secret spy heard this, he immediately expressed that he had the same feeling, “There is another strange area, Feudal Lord, do you remember? Someone notified the city guard. When the necromancer and Xi Dai Zi fought, there indeed were constant explosions. But the notifier did it really fast. The timing is amiss. Another irregularity, the notifier did not do it in person, instead they used a beggar to convey it. Why did that person want to hide themselves?”
The study sank into silence.
Hun Tong and the secret spy on the other side of the line were both contemplating.
The more the two pondered, the more questions they found.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was looking for the third party, they were also looking for the third party.
“Hold on, I have some new information!” The imperial secret spy suddenly interjected; it was very difficult for him to conceal the joy in his voice upon receiving the latest information.
“While the two magicians were fighting, someone saw a wounded person running from them in a panic.”
“According to what the information describes, this man is known as Xu Ma, a member of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps!”
“Is that so?” Hun Tong immediately flipped to the information on his desk and found Xu Ma’s record, “There is indeed such a person, moreover, he is recuperating.”
“The specific reason of his injures?” The secret spy instantly questioned him.
“Didn’t ask. Who would think he got it from something related to the necromancer?” The feudal lord coldly snorted.
The study quickly lingered with killing intent.
The feudal lord growled, “Based on this, the third party is the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps. The investigation team didn’t notice anything, your conjecture might really be true. They have an advanced disguise technique.”
“How should we deal with them?”
Hun Tong’s first notion was that he acted personally and annihilate everyone in the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps!
But after reflecting on it, he, with some astonishment, noticed that this matter was comparably thorny, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps would not be easy to deal with.
This new mercenary corps had formidable military successes.
They had been a major force in the defeat of Rou Zang’s pirate group.
Their commander, Long Fu, directly vied with gold levels, something many people witnessed during the Snake Rat naval battle.
Hun Tong had met Long Fu once. Upon recalling that meeting, from the onset, he could confirm that Long Fu had abundant battle talent.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps also had a gold level cannon, and it would be unpleasant if Hun Tong was hit by it.
What restrained Hun Tong more was that if he made a move and didn’t immediately control the situation, the cannon would bombard Two Eyes Island, a terrible consequence.
Especially during the preceding period of the auction, when the necromancer was making everyone anxious, and the large search was harming the commerce ambience. If he started a battle recklessly and caused a bombardment, that would be even worse.
Hun Tong didn’t want his foundation to be damaged.
The communication device transmitted the imperial secret spy’s voice. While the feudal lord was fixated on the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, he was not and maintained his cool, “That might not be so. There is no evidence that proves the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps is the third party power. Currently, we haven’t even confirmed the information on Xu Ma.”
“Then let’s verify it. This time I will go myself!” Hun Tong impatiently said.
This time, he would find them himself.
If the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was the one, conflict would likely break out.
At this moment, a subordinate came to the study door to report.
The subordinate brought considerably urgent and important information.
A warning letter.
The letter stated that the writer of it learned of something endangering Two Eyes Island and Hun Tong’s rule. Furthermore, this information had to do with the necromancer!
“Who sent this letter?” Hun Tong was intrigued.
After receiving the answer, his brows wrinkled deeply. “A beggar?”
“This trick again?” Hun Tong couldn’t help but associate this to the city guard incident when a beggar had warned them too.
The warning letter didn’t detail the contents of this information; however, it indicated the place and time to negotiate the transaction of this information.
The other party made it known that in order to ensure the reliability of this information, Hun Tong’s side could use divine spells, magic, and other methods to verify it.
Through the communication device, the imperial secret spy also found out what had happened on Hun Tong’s side.
“Wait a moment.” The secret spy suddenly said, “I figured it out! Could this be the truth of this matter?”
“If the wounded man was really Xu Ma…”
“Perhaps our initial guess was wrong, the eavesdropper and the necromancer are unrelated.”
“What do you mean?” Hun Tong was puzzled.
“Feudal Lord, who do you think this letter is from?”
“Of course it is from that damned third party power.” But as Hun Tong said that he paused.
He sensed that his logic had a grave error.
The secret spy laughed, “Correct, it seems you too, Feudal Lord, realize it. If it was the third party power who sent this letter, they wouldn’t have disclosed their identity in front of us for such a small reward. Conversely, I surmise that those who want to claim the reward should be innocent and know the inside information on this matter.”
“Xu Ma…the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps?” Hun Tong soliloquized.
“You are wise, Feudal Lord! I have always felt that the truth of this matter was never that simple. But this time, I really do need you to go out yourself.” Said the secret spy.
Two Eyes Island, the old island.
A hidden chamber.
The necromancer Chi Yu sighed to himself, “The outside investigation is getting more and more rigorous.”
“The mask will instead make me more suspicious.”
“That necromancer who made a move was truly a fool. Why don’t they just drop dead? They left me so much trouble.”
Since Cang Xu and Xi Dai Zi fought, Chi Yu had been sheltering here to painstakingly refine his magic item.
He didn’t have much talent in alchemy, and even though the refinement threshold for necromancy magic items was lower than other magic sects’, Chi Yu had suffered unspeakable misery during it.
“Perhaps I should rest and not be so tense.”
“It wasn’t me who did it!”
“This place has been very safe.”
Chi Yu fretfully comforted himself.
This hidden chamber was deeply concealed in the underground abyss, in a small space between the branches of the coral ball cage tree, it was concealed well.
Chi Yu had discovered it by accident and treated it as his base of operations.
For the last several years, he had been sneaking into Two Eyes Island and living here.
With his arrangements, this hidden chamber became even more covert.