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The dark ranger Marla raised his head and saluted, saying, "Come and report, ma'am."

She was surrounded by two companions, Carrira and Cleya, who were both the backbone elites of the Dark Ranger.

Veronara finally waited for the person she was waiting for and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Marla. I think you should know why I am coming to you."

The three dark rangers looked at each other. "Yes, ma'am, we already know. Tatsel's fleet ships were attacked, you need us to investigate."

"Not bad. But how do you plan to check it out?"

Cleia said: "We plan to ask Captain Hacker first, find out the situation at that time before going to the on-site investigation."

Carrila kept her contemplative.

Seeing that she was thinking, Veronara asked, "Do you have nothing to share, Carrira?"

"I thought we were going to find Lord Dead. As long as he came back, all problems would not be a problem."

Veronara responded immediately without thinking: "Don't think about letting the Wither help us solve everything. We must learn not to rely on his power."

"But lady..."

"There is no time to find the Wither. You haven't seen what happened at the meeting. Tatsell has now become a radical and has not done any intensification yet, but I don't think she can control her anger, especially when she complains about the decision of the other members of our parliament to deal with the Shadow Tooth and Withering events rationally."

"You mean she might get revenge?" Marra realized the seriousness of the matter. She spread her hands and bowed deeply, and said, "We'll do it right now, ma'am."

"Okay, you guys go."

...

"There are people who will come to investigate, Dark Ranger."

Hacker sat in the command room of the ship and looked out through the window. The Witherer was not bombarded and the damage was not serious. After repairing it, he could stand by again.

"Often people will choose to stay on land for a few days when encountering fierce battles at sea, but you seem very special, Captain." As early as an hour ago, Marla and one of her companions found the Withering One on the dock, but Hacker never showed up. It was not until just now that the captain came back from Tatsel.

She was surprised that Marla would come and knew what the other party was doing, but she didn't like them. She turned around and stared at Marla with a arrogant look. "You want to know why? I can tell you, because I hope that Chief Tatsell's order to attack the league, and I will always be prepared. The first shell that hit Urien's head will come out of my warship."

The Dark Rangers had no right to inquire about the Navy's actions, and they were only ordered to investigate.

"So please tell us where the Withering Number was attacked. We can help investigate..."

"Why do we need to investigate?" Hacker asked with an angry expression. "The fact is that the alliance has attacked us, and the corpse I brought back is the best proof."

"Because this is the task assigned to us by Ms. Veronara." Carrila said, feeling that she did not feel the need to continue confronting the captain. The other party only believed in the truth in front of her, and just wasting time to reason with her. "If you are still willing to accept the Forgotten rank hierarchy, cooperate with our investigation."

Hacker shrugged indifferently. “I only obey Lord Tatsel’s orders.”

"What Lord Tatsel means is to refuse to cooperate with our work?" Carrira asked sternly. "Then we can only go to other crew members, those injured and cannot continue to stay on the Witherer. I think they should say something."

Hacker stood up. "Improve the truth, Dark Ranger, your behavior is despised. Those crew members finally returned to Maraton safely. Even if they need treatment, they are no longer my crew, okay, but they have just experienced the battle. Please don't let them recall the thrilling moment."

Marla felt a little guilty when she heard this, and she wanted to apologize, but Carrila took over the right to speak first, and she seemed more concerned about the mission. "This is also the decision within the Dark Ranger. The Navy has no right to ask. We have no choice unless you say it yourself."

Hacker glared at Carrira. "It seems you have more means than Belmont's men."

"If Chief Tatsell is willing to believe in the Angled Blade, you can ask Belmont to send someone to take over our job."

The captain had nothing to say, just glaring at Carrira. After a while, she shouted to the guards at the door of the command room: "Go and take my spoils and give them a good look."

After a while, two people came into the small room. They were all weathered sailors, with steady gaits. At this moment, they were carrying a long wooden box without a lid. Marra thought it was a corpse, but she didn't smell the rot.

The two sailors placed the box on the ground and retreated.

"You can see for yourself." Hacker said as he walked back to his chair. "This is the most powerful evidence."

The two dark rangers frowned when they saw what was in the box. Carrila squatted down and checked carefully.

"This is a sword of the great marshal of the alliance, only the senior officers of the alliance have it."

"You said this is your spoil? Then you fought with the master of this sword? And you also killed the other party."

Hakel glared at Kalila, then looked at Marla. Her hand was more like a pistol and shot Marla. "You must be wondering why I didn't capture this person alive at that time. I'm sorry, I didn't give him this opportunity. Because once he was caught, the final result must be to release this person. Fortunately, the law formulated by Lord Withering does not stipulate that living prisoners must be captured."

"Did you ever think that a high-ranking captive of the alliance can help us gain diplomatic advantages?"

"I only think of the wreckage of Shadow Tooth and the bodies of the Forsaken Ones." Hacker's fierce words made Marla believe that Veronara was worried about was true. "I have finished saying anything. Now, I still have patrol missions. Please leave my ship immediately."

Marla stared at Hakker for a while, then sighed and said, "Very good, Captain, thank you for your cooperation. Let's go now."

"What a waste of time." Carrila murmured and left.

...

Cleya kept paced back and forth on the port deck. When she saw Marra and the other two walking out, she went up to meet him. Marra shook her head with a serious expression. Carrira shrugged, as if she was saying that they had not gained much.

"I only found out where they were attacked," Cleya said. The Dark Ranger trio did not place all their hopes on Hacker. After all, she was more than the only one involved in the battle at that time.

"I found Hacker's first mate, a goblin named Boli Lake. I gave him a hundred gold coins and he said everything."

"Can you believe the words of the goblin?" Carrila expressed doubts.

Marla approves of Cleia's approach. "As long as there is enough money, the more true their words will be."

"So, let's talk about the news you exchanged for a hundred gold coins."

"The Withering was prepared in advance because it hit the wreckage of Shadow Tooth. According to the situation, there was indeed a ship close to them at that time. However, the fog was too heavy, and the observers only saw the alliance's lion flag and did not see the outline of the ship."

"What fog is so thick? I can't even see the boat's appearance."

"It's indeed a bit strange."

"There are more than these strange things." Cleya continued, "When the alliance started attacking, they first shot a rain of arrows, and then hit the Withering One with a harpoon. The alliance soldiers launched a raid along the ropes on the harpoon."

Marla was very confused after hearing this. "What, how is this possible? Isn't the alliance affected by the thick fog? If they encounter the Withering One just an accident, it will never be possible to organize an effective attack in such a short time."

"Don't forget that there is a Shadow Teeth in front of the Withering. If the Alliance had planned it long ago, how could it be possible to know that the Wither Teeth is coming after hitting the Shadow Teeth, so as to prepare for a second ambush? Hacker did not find that Shadow Teeth was in distress, which means that the two ships were very far apart."

Marla tried hard to sort out the analysis of Kalila and Cleia. The clues are a little messy now, and some places can clearly feel something is wrong. "Let's go and see where the battle happened for the time being. Maybe there will be some unexpected gains."

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Oslo never dreamed that the quietest time of his life was spent holding a fishing rod. But he was used to such a life, without confrontation, no dispute, and wandered outside of war, avoiding bloodthirsty fights, neither having to use a sword to play with a gun, nor having to break his head.

A few years ago, Oslo was a foreman of Lakeside Town. At that time, the world was threatened by the Deathwings, and dangers were everywhere near the Red Ridge Mountain. The kingdom was shrouded in darkness. Until later, the dog-headed man was driven away, the Difia Brotherhood was rioted for a while and then mysteriously disappeared. The Black Stone Orcs were also defeated by several heroes of the B Company. A blue sky and prey was everywhere. Lakeside Town returned to Byrok's eyes again.

Oslow admired Company B from the bottom of his heart. In order to save Lakeside Town, Company B was almost wiped out in the end. They were always regarded as heroes by the residents of Lakeside Town. Their leader Kishan is the person Oslow admired the most. At first, everyone thought Kishan was dead, but unexpectedly, he survived and was still surrounded by dangers from the mouth of a black dragon.

This sounds ridiculous, but the facts are facts. Kishan's experience, or he himself, is a legend. Oslow agrees deeply. So on weekdays, if he has the chance, he will tell the stories of B Company and Kishan to those tourists who come here.

Sometimes people ask him why he is so keen on hero stories. Oslow just answers two words: Regret!

During his time as a foreman, he had presided over the construction of the Pure Water Lake Bridge, but who would have thought that an accident occurred during the construction, and a huge rock pressed him to the ground. If an adventurer hadn't attracted a two-headed ogre and helped him move the huge rock away, he would have died long ago.

However, although he was saved, his injuries suffered from sequelae. Oslo always had a heroic dream in his heart, hoping to go to the battlefield to make achievements as an alliance soldier.

But that accident completely cut off his idea. Over time, whenever he was worried, he would tell the story of Company B, as if he was one of the members.

Later, stories alone could no longer calm Oslo's impetuous heart. He began to apply to the mayor of the town Solomon to build Lakeside Town into a tourist attraction. After all, Lakeside Town is surrounded by heroes. However, the mayor of Solomon opposes him to do this, because there may still be dangers around Lakeside Town.

Oslo, who was rejected, was a little discouraged and even resented Solomon, but not long after he realized that he was actually just pursuing a kind of heroic excitement, and did not have to be satisfied by naming stories to tourists. He just needed to go to the place where Company B had fought.

He would go to the Shishui Lake camp, which was the first place where Company B gathered. He would also go to the Tearer Valley, which was occupied by a large group of Black Stone Orcs. Kishan and his companions not only rescued the humans caught by the orcs, but also wiped out all the orcs without a single soldier. The Tearer Valley, which was razed to the ground by the bomb, is the best proof. Of course, the above places are not as good as the last place where Company B fought. Kishan and his companions manipulated a tank to break through the orcs' defense in the stone fort and fought with the Black Dragon Master behind them. In that battle, the black dragon disappeared, the orcs fled in scattered, and Lakeside Town finally ushered in real peace.

So it is not difficult to imagine how surprised he was when he heard the conversation of three orcs from the ruins of the stone castle.

You know, the alliance has sent people to sweep all areas around Red Ridge Mountain. Moreover, the Black Stone Orcs' base camp in the Burning Plain was also breached. They should have been finished long ago. Even if they are back, why would there be no trace? If Oslo hadn't come here to commemorate the hero's past today, I'm afraid no one knew there were orcs here!

Why did they still appear here?

Although it is very confusing, it is not Oslo’s most concerned issue at this time. Now orcs are already standing on the territory of the alliance, and this is the key.
Chapter completed!