Derek Alwood gently knocked on the door of the Disaster Investigation Office and found that the door was not locked. The human man in a gray windbreaker simply pushed open the thick elf oak door and pushed it in.
He looked up and saw the elegant elf scholar sitting behind the desk. The other party was wearing the usual black silver silk scholar's robe, holding a quill pen, sitting between a copper mechanical astrology and a thick stack of books to sign documents.
Karandil knew that it was his old friend who was visiting just by pushing the door. He raised his head and saw the short beard on the man's face. He couldn't help but smile, "It seems that he has been rushing back all the way from Ravenell, but he has not smoothed your temperament. My friend, I thought you would at least shave your beard or something first."
"I don't have as much time as you," Derek threw a stack of information on his desk. "As your poor short-lived mortal friend, I have finished half of my life so far. If I want to shave first, I will waste at least one-five hundred thousand of my remaining time in my life; and my sleep time may have shortened my life by another forty thousand. It sounds a lot, but it is actually very rare-especially compared to the elves."
Karandil smiled slightly, "Don't worry, when you wait for the day you'll sleep, I will engrave this paragraph on your epitaph to alert future generations." He looked at the stack of papers on the table and asked, "What is this?"
"The information from Nian Lott is related to the gray tree, you can see it," Derek replied. "But you better put it in the back, because before coming here, the disaster prevention and control department gave me another document."
He took out a few pages from the stack of documents and threw them to the elf scholar. "The disaster of grey branches that happened in the port not long ago produced elite grey branches, and near its growing branches, shadows appeared--"
He paused, "It's still two ends."
"I know this," Karandil nodded, "There are some special circumstances at the scene. This message was reported by a Saint Chosen named Dark Crow. He belongs to the Silver Wind Watcher and should be trustworthy. It is also sent with this information-"
He raised his hand holding the pen and pointed at the dead bark beside him with one end of his feather.
"Holy White Tree Heart?" Derek reached out to pick up the thing and looked at it carefully.
Although this action is theoretically a bit unruly, the evidence was specially delivered by the person from the custody department, and in theory it should only be done by him, but Karandir looked at it and did not give a reminder.
A soft knock sounded outside the door again, "Please come in." Karandil spoke with permission, and then he saw his slim female assistant pushing the door and walking in with a handful of documents.
The elf lady couldn't help rolling her eyes when she saw the Holy White Tree Heart in Derek's hand. She was about to speak to remind her boss of the rules related to the evidence, but Karandil had already taken the evidence from Derek's hand and put it aside.
"This is not in line with the rules, Derek," he reminded.
"Oh," Derek nodded, "Next time to remind you, good morning, Miss Lilysel."
The Elf Miss looked at the two people angrily.
"It's afternoon now," she replied coldly.
"Oh, that's because I haven't had lunch yet," Derek replied. "It's all morning before I've had lunch, so why don't I invite you to have lunch together later?"
"Thank you, no need," Lilithel refused with a straight face: "I've eaten it."
Derek looked at Karandil flipping the documents sent by Miss Elf and asked, "There is only the Silver Wind Watcher's person on the scene?"
"And his companions," Karandil turned a few pages, and suddenly he stopped and said with some interest, "Oh, there is an interesting little accident here."
"What?" Derek stretched his head to look. But the Elf reached out to block his sight and looked at the other party with a bad look. Karandil had to state: "In fact, there are also members of the Saints Association at the scene."
"Holy Maiden?" The man touched the short beard on his chin. "I guess they must have nothing to do with this case, otherwise you wouldn't sit here and talk to me so leisurely. But how could you mention them specifically, if they really have nothing to do with this?"
"Indeed," Karandil nodded, applauding his old friend's keenness, "This case has nothing to do with them. This Holy White Tree Heart has another origin, but there are some interesting things about this lady."
"Okay, don't keep it aside, old friend," Derek became a little impatient, and he looked at the elf assistant, "Miss Lilysel, if I can listen, I might as well tell me directly."
Lilysel snorted angrily.
"This unicorn girl named Merell Starlight has gone in and out of multiple areas where gray matter spreads. She has dealt with a total of twenty-four gray branches in the disaster." Karandil stared at the pages of the opened documents and said interestingly.
"How many?" Derek asked in disbelief.
"Twenty-four places, you heard it right," replied Karandir, "this is the data they reported themselves, and the staff have also verified it. Otherwise, it would not be sent to me, and there would be a worm scourge."
"I remember correctly that there is no such an outstanding unicorn girl in Silver Wind Harbor," Derek asked. "Is that saint-grandmaster who came in person, or is this Ms. Merell actually the pseudonym of His Royal Highness the Princess?"
"Not they are native to Silver Wind Harbor," Karandil finished reading the information and closed it gently. "It is said that someone helped them, but those people voluntarily gave up the name on the report, that is, they voluntarily gave up the points. According to the rules, this contribution should be owned by the Saints Association--"
Derek raised his eyebrows. Although he was not interested in the battle for power and profits in the upper class of parliament, he also realized something.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Those old people are going to have a headache. They tried their best to suppress the Saints Association, but this happened." He shrugged, "But the Saints Association hired someone to help them do things, which is not very authentic. Is this considered a misunderstanding of the rules?"
"Speaking of two tree shadows, there was no big mess. It must be the other party's work. These people are very powerful," he thought of one thing, "Who guided them to do this-"
"I don't know," Karandil shook his head gently, "It's just that these two coincidences happened together. I guess there are some connections. If you are interested, you can go and investigate and remember to tell me the results."
Derek looked at the heart of the Saint White Tree beside him, "I care more about this thing than that. Every Saint White Oak in Silver Wind Harbor is unique. It should not be difficult to find out its origin, unless it comes from outside."
"It doesn't come from outside," Karandir looked over there, "but its origin is a bit special."
“How special?”
"It's related to another case that happened not long ago."
...
Merriel looked at the numbers on the bulletin board and was so happy that she wanted to fall into a coma.
Everyone sat around the sofa area of ​​a spacious bar. The soft camel velvet sofa made people feel light and relaxed. The small round table in front was filled with various snacks and wine. The comfortable sofa area was facing the bar made of rough oak and hard stone, and a huge information crystal was hanging high above it.
At this moment, a light curtain was cast on the crystal, and there was recent information about disasters and treatments - some branches spreading north of the port, but were dealt with by local guilds in time; while another ordinary gray branch grew in the Mage area, but did not cause much disaster.
These are all information from months ago. Of course, the recent incident occurred in the port area a few days ago. An elite gray branch suddenly tilted, which led to the incident involving the Port Guard and many nearby guilds at that time.
Finally, the Dragon Blood Knights destroyed the gray branches and eliminated the disaster. The personnel sent by other major guilds, adventurers associations and even the Craftsmen associations all performed well in this disaster, but the most eye-catching one is the Saint Association—
Because Fang Zhushi helped, Merriel was not embarrassed to accept the credit calmly, so he hid his name in the announcement. It showed a team from the Saints of Silver Wind Harbor, which promptly eliminated most of the branches of the ash trees during the disaster.
And the Parliament believes that they have played an important role and should be commended...
Alisa was looking through the information in her hand and said to everyone:
"...Tree Shadow is a 32-level gray matter tiller creature, which is usually accompanied by elite gray branches, but there is usually only one such monster next to an elite gray branch. As for its branches, it is even less likely to produce a gray matter concentration that is sufficient to allow the tree shadow to grow, unless someone is artificially affected..."
"The disaster of gray branches is a secondary disaster of the 'death epidemic' spreading on the Holy White Giant Tree. The gray branches are essentially the dead buds of the holy tree, so some products related to the holy tree itself will also have an impact on the gray matter disaster. The heart of the Holy White Tree is one of them."
"The Ninimer among the three major disasters was created by someone using the Terraca tree species. Although I don't know where the withered tree species flowed out and who caused the disaster, the heart and shadow of the Holy White Tree that appeared in Silver Wind Harbor this time are mostly related to it-"
She closed the file folder gently before turning her eyes to Fangzhu.
This bar belongs to the Tower of Stars and Moon, and is jointly owned by the Ring of Stars and the Investigation Society. Originally, Fang Zhuo planned to leave the port directly, but he had to stay because of the permit.
He learned about the investigation and learning from the bounty hunters, and wanted to see if he could find an opportunity to cooperate with it. After the disaster in Silver Wind Harbor, several ladies from the Saint Association proposed to entertain their guests, so he chose this place.
"For the sake of the survivor of Silver Wind Harbor," Ms. Papamo jumped to the table, holding a glass of streamer wine emitting a faint blue light, and shouted in a sharp voice: "——Cheers!"
A friendly laughter came from the next table.
Just as the port was reborn after the disaster, people cheered up and raised their cups: "Cheers!"
"But in fact," the poet described it truthfully with a quill pen: "that gray branch has not affected one third of the dock area and one half of the forest wind area. Even if it grows and grows, it can only destroy one sixteenth of the Silver Wind Port at most."
"It's no good to care about so many things, my god... Miss Mathil," said the Paparals, "Besides, they really have to be at ease, why do we have to go ahead and die, and let those noble men go to the front line."
"That's it." People cheered.
"The Speaker of the House of Commons of the Silver Wind Harbor Parliament, Sir Edmund Renault, and the three members who were with him," Choi Xis sighed, "that is, the noble master you mentioned."
Of course, she was very quiet and didn't let others hear it.
Only Jita picked up a snowflake-like muffin and tasted it. It was so sweet that she couldn't help but squint her eyes and gave it a little to Nini, who was not visible to others on the side.
The little guy was also so sweet that his tail was wagged.
The fairy lady was savoring the tea alone, leaning against a hill made of cookies, without being disturbed by the outside world.
Fang Zhu was talking to Miss Nightingale and Merriel. He had just learned from the elf girl that learning to conduct external audits is very strict, and it is almost impossible to allow a bottomless outsider to join the investigation team.
But there is no way out, Merriel said softly again: "But if Mr. Ed wants to investigate the gray matter, I might recommend it to you."
Shortly after the Ash Branch Disaster was resolved, Fang Zhu told them that he was not Elyon de Fellin, but was mistaken when he was in the port because he was in a hurry and could not explain it.
Due to the situation at that time, several bounty hunters saw it with their own eyes, and when they recalled it, it seemed that it was true that Fang Zhu said - and he also saved their lives, everyone easily believed this statement.
What's more, Fang Yu showed extraordinary strength in the process of cleaning up the branches behind him, and also won the trust of everyone. With his strength, there seemed to be no need to lie at that time. Merell believed it even more.
Of course, for this elf girl, the more reason is that Fang Zhuan helped them solve a big problem.
Although a disaster treatment is not enough to explain anything, the ranking of points that dominated the leader is almost the same as that of the Dragon Blood Knights is enough to make a name for the Saint.
As reserve saints selected for the goddess, the unicorn girls of the Saint Society have no combat power, but as the forest guards of the Saint White Tree Forest, everyone has excellent auxiliary abilities as the daughters favored by the God.
If more people work with them in the future, the reputation of the Saints Association will go further and further until they truly prove themselves - by then, the rumors about the Saints and theirs will be self-defeating.
"So Miss Merell has any solution?" Fang Zhu asked.
There is a very disagreement between the Investigation Society and the Silver Wind Watcher. Although both are the mainstream of the Saint Selected One, one mainly operates in the wild area, while the other stays in Silver Wind Harbor.
Moreover, because of investigating gray matter, the former has a close relationship with the Saints Association, and Merriel has worked with them many times.
So she actually has a fair say:
"It's like that. A few days later, the Investigation Society will send a team to conduct an investigation outside the Silver Wind Port. They have decided on the personnel, but they will also recruit some guards from the outside."
"And since we need to investigate gray matter, it is best for these guards to have a magician accompanying them-"
She then asked, "If Mr. Ed is interested in this, I can recommend you to join this team and guarantee you. But that may take up some time for you, because this task is to go to Sanshak--"
Fang Rong asked: "Can you ask what you are investigating?"
A few days are nothing. It is almost half a month away from the agreed time for the second delegation to join the second delegation, and Sangxiak is also on their route plan, so it is actually a way to go.
Merriel nodded and replied: "It was a missing case. The case happened more than half a month ago. Recently, there have been some new progress. The clues point to the Sanshak area. Because this incident has some relationship with the gray matter disaster, the Star Ring has been intervening in the investigation."
Fang Yu thought for a while and thought it was okay, so he nodded. "Then I'll bother you, Miss Merrell."
"We should be the ones who say thank you."
Merriel is sincere and authentic.
Although Fang Ling denied his identity, she was not as simple as telling them her true purpose. She only said that she was a tourist coming to the Giant Tree Hill and was also interested in this "death epidemic" - because the gray matter disaster had actually spread outside the Giant Tree Hill.
He made up a background: "I came from near Saint Hugh'an, and I am also a descendant of a magician family. Although the disaster there is far less severe than here, it is not enough to prevent any problems, so I plan to come here to take a look."
"As for helping you," he explained, "it's also helping me, so please don't mind."
But the more he said this, the more Merriel felt that the magistrate had a noble character and was filled with gratitude and trust.
But it finally seemed that he had done the matter of leaving the city, and Fang Yu felt relieved. While taking the folder from Alisa, he asked another thing:
"So where did that Holy White Tree Heart flow out?"
Although the Holy White Tree Heart has little to do with them, the two monsters always make him feel a little strange. The military told him that the two worlds were intertwined and that the Shadow would have a wide influence on the other side of the Star Gate, which made him subconsciously distrust some guilds and senior executives in the second division.
Maybe there is a shadow behind this incident.
So he asked Miss Nightingale to investigate, but unexpectedly, not much information was found.
"It's not clear, both inside and outside the port are possible," Alissa shook her head indifferently. She looked at Merriel beside her. "The Silver Wind Harbor Council will not announce the results so quickly, but because Miss Merriel was at the scene, they first checked the temple where she was, where the St. White Oak was intact, so further ruled out Miss Merriel's suspicion."
"But the bad news is," she looked at the message circulating on the crystal, "this thing has begun to spread. Just as Miss Merrell imagined, most of the fingers were directed towards the Saints Association. Fortunately, Miss Merrell's extraordinary performance has restored some of its reputation for the Saints Association."
"Now ordinary people are roughly divided into two factions. They linked the previous spread of insect scourges, believing that this was done by suspicious people who sneaked into Silver Wind Harbor-"
"The news spread so quickly that even ordinary people know?" Fang Yu keenly noticed something, "In theory, in order to prevent the spread of panic, this information should be kept confidential to the outside world."
Even if the fire cannot be covered in the end, it will not spread to the point that passers-by will know it in two or three days.
Miss Nightingale sneered, "Tianlan told me that the people of Silver Wind Watchers spread the information, of course they are not really behind the scenes. There must be someone behind them, and I can guess who it is."
"Who is it?"
"Linnorel-Sangshak Council, the leader of the Saints is Saint Etira Greenhill Stars, and the daughter of this generation of Elf Kings, Princess Lian Quya Alsana is its actual leader."
"The purpose of the Elf Court suppressing Aitela Greenhill Stars is to seize the right to designate the next unicorn girl, but the existence of the Saint Society is actually in its interests. Their biggest goal is to eliminate the contemporary Saints."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind it! "But for the parliament, both of these are his enemies. Although the Silver Wind Harbor Parliament was first subordinate to the Elf Court, it has gradually become a secular regime after alliance with Sanshak—"
"The nobles of the parliament are eager to get rid of the influence of the first two, so whether it is the Elf King or the Temple, they can be regarded as their potential opponents. It is also in their interests to attack the Saints' Association by tainting their reputation."
Alisa put a grape into her mouth and licked her fingers.
Merell, who was beside her, was stunned. Although she was not from a noble family, she also received a good education in the temple. She never thought that a noble daughter would act so...sexy.
However, Miss Nightingale's analysis of the situation at Silver Wind Harbor was so meticulous that she couldn't help but look at it. Many of these truths were slowly understood after she was involved in it.
Moreover, she never thought that the part of the Elf Court had been so far-reaching.
"Even at this time, these people still do not forget to fight for power," the girl herself couldn't understand why, "But the imminent disaster should not attract more attention? The scholars and masters of the Ring of Stars, the Holy Maiden, His Highness, and even those like-minded people from overseas are running for this, but the question is just on the heads of these people, why?"
She couldn't help biting her lower lip.
...
When Fang Zhu walked out of the bar, it was already quiet outside. Night had already fallen. There were not many street lights on the street. From a distance, it seemed like a circle of quiet and warm soft light was hanging.
The night at Silver Wind Harbor is very beautiful. There is not as much industrial pollution as Ayin Brock here. The night sky inside the port is like the countryside of Kaurin-Ishurien, and the sky is full of stars.
Fang Zhu raised his head and looked through the tree branches. The stars were shining faintly in the sky, reflected on the dark sea not far away - in fact, it was on the wind element layer, which looked dazzling and beautiful under the clouds.
Then he saw an elf girl sitting on the flower bed on the street, looking up at the sky like himself - two elf guards, Faela and Ellovin, standing not far away, carefully guarding their princess.
Fang Ru saw the two of them and walked over. Lian Quya Alsana turned around. Fang Ru Ru realized that the elf princess's face was filled with worry, and she apologized to him softly:
"I'm sorry, I made you laugh, Mr. Ed."
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I always thought I was right, and Mr. Ed was a bit too reckless," replied the elf girl. "But in fact, I am the naive one. I must apologize for my misunderstanding of Mr. Ed-"
Fang Rong looked at her unexpectedly. Although he had been together these days, he had long discovered that this elf princess had a good upbringing and reasonable attitude, and her previous attitude towards him was based on misunderstandings.
But the other party suddenly said such things, which was a bit beyond his expectations. What happened?
Fang Yu suddenly thought of something and couldn't help asking: "Miss Lian, you are still thinking about Merriel and the others."
Lian Quia Alsana nodded slightly.
"The Father once taught me to take responsibility for my own affairs," she replied. "I always thought I did this, but the Holy Maiden would be established by me. I hoped that it would call on everyone to realize the faith of Lord Aimeya, to protect this land and the forest."
"But I didn't expect that my innocence would cause such great trouble to others. Merell and unicorn girls like them shouldn't have been involved in this political struggle. If you weren't there, Mr. Ed..."
She paused for a moment, her voice a little quiet, "I dare not think about what would happen. If I killed them, how could I make up for my mistake?"
Fang Rong then remembered that this princess was the real founder of the Saint Association. If there were traitors within the Saint Association, Merriel and the others would not be responsible - but this princess had to take responsibility.
But he was a little dissatisfied with Lian Quia Arthana's words. The Elf King said it nicely. Did he do it himself - take responsibility? He just threw the responsibility on others - the Elf Miss.
"Nonsense," he shook his head, "You are trying to call them to run for this disaster. This is self-rescue, and it is something that everyone should do in the disaster. It has nothing to do with you, but it is closely related to each of them. If you don't believe it, ask them what they think?"
"As for those who have involved them in conspiracy and struggle, they are the real culprits, but there are always some people who like to apply some dark purposes of their own on the noble purposes and ideals of others. I am used to these humanoid creatures-"
He has indeed seen too many things from Istaniya to the Empire, from Dorifin to here.
The elf girl was a little funny about his 'humanoid creature'. She had never seen anyone around her scolding like this since she was a child, but she still held back her smile, "I'm not pitying myself, Mr. Ed, I just want to not go back to the elf court for now."
Fang Rong looked at her unexpectedly - Faela and Ellovin on the side both looked at him with help. This elf princess was well-educated most of the time, but she was also truly willful when she became willful.
"I care a little about the Holy White Tree," she replied, "I can't leave Merriel and the others behind and let them face it all alone. This is because of me, so I must take responsibility."
"I heard from the town hall that the origin of the Holy White Tree Heart may be related to something about Sangshak, so I plan to go there to investigate first," Lian looked at Fang Ling, "Mr. Ed, can I go with you?"
What?
Are you going to Sanshak too?
Chapter completed!