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"Look at what I found." Dark Ranger Carrira sneered, stepping on the soft beach, listening to her loud squeaking sounds. "A corpse."

Next to her, Marla and Cleya also walked over to see her discovery. The flies that had gathered on the body were full of maggots. This was a Naga soldier. Seeing his miserable situation, even the three dark rangers who were both alive and dead felt disgusted. Kalila herself was not kind to these bugs. Their gathering so densely would only hinder her investigation, and she went to beat them.

"It looks like I've been dead for a long time," she continued, looking very upset.

Marla wandered around the corpse and shared her discovery: "There are no serrated wounds formed by biting, so it shouldn't have encountered sharks. Those places crawled with maggots are caused by sharp weapons."

"It seems like a pirate, and the wounds are very chaotic."

Carrira had not been much patience when she was in Maraton, and now she has been investigating for several days, let alone the body is strange and painfully reminding her that she has become a complete dead soul, making her even more irritable.

"We've searched for a few days and nothing happened."

"Be patient, sisters, our work is crucial." Cleya was ready to appease Carrira. Now, it was right that Veronara's decision to send her into the trio was the right one.

"We will be skinny and boned." Carrila said angrily, turning around before she could finish her words.

"Strange, how could there be pirates in Kalimdo?" Marra used a dagger to open the wound on the Naga soldier. "This guy has only three wounds on his body, and the depth of each scratch is the same."

"So what?"

"It means he is facing an enemy, but the pirates never appear alone. There is only one explanation for this situation, that is, there is a small-scale conflict between them."

Cleia nodded. "In other words, it's not just this Naga corpse? But is this related to our mission to investigate the alliance?"

Kalila also wanted to know the answer to this question, but Marla said an amazing guess. "Actually, in Razor Heights, Kalila's words reminded me that there are no alliance strongholds in the south of Kalimdo. How should they replenish supplies after two battles? We always thought they had hidden themselves, but hiding them would not solve this problem."

"Maybe Urien gave up on the soldiers here." Carrila sneered.

"You won't believe this sentence yourself. The Alliance King may be hostile to us, but it's not so cruel. My guess is that maybe we were taken a bypass by the fact that the subjectively recognized facts were the ones who said that the people who attacked Hakker and the others must be the Alliance?"

"But how do you explain those corpses and the Alliance's weapons..." Cleya stopped talking and noticed the problem. "Indeed, Hacker just brought back some corpses, some corpses wearing Alliance armor. If you want to make sure that the other party is the Alliance, you should at least see the Alliance's ships."

Marla turned her gaze to Carrira. The dark ranger turned his head in shame and said, "The observer of the Withered only saw the outline of the ship and the flying blue flag of the lion head, and did not see the ship clearly."

"That's right, sisters, what if the pirates dressed up as the Alliance? After all, the Alliance's armor and flags are easy to get, but the Alliance's warships cannot be built just by pirates."

"It makes sense." Cleia lowered her head and looked at Naga's body. "If your guess is true, then this group of pirates may have had a conflict with Naga in order to get a rest, but where is it?"

"The currents will not rush the corpse too far, and the corpse is not bitten by sharks..." Marra pondered about the surrounding area. When an answer flashed through her mind, Carrila spoke first.

"It's the Dust Swamp, the Dust Swamp Island."

………

Military intelligence master Madias Shore spent the whole night immediately. He only took a two-hour nap in Shinjin Town and is now full of energy.

A few days ago, an emergency information was sent to King Varian. Something happened again on the Red Ridge Mountain. The king sent him and more than 20 alliance soldiers to investigate in Lakeside Town.

Forgotten? Shore rode his horse in front of the team and stared quietly ahead. His copper skin shone with the faint moonlight from the thick clouds rolling at midnight. Compared to the sleepy soldiers riding on the horse behind him, he had been silently measuring the distance between the Lakeside Town.

"Sir." A captain ran to him.

"What's wrong?"

"The soldiers are all tired, can you stop and rest for a moment?"

"No," Shore answered in a deep voice, like a stone, without emotion, "We can only rest after we arrive at Lakeside Town."

"But……"

"We must keep moving forward." He looked at the captain seriously. No matter what words the other party planned to persuade him, his eyes dispelled the other party's idea of ​​continuing to argue.

"Yes, sir."

Shore would not let the loss in the captain's tone affect himself. As an assassin, no one knows the innate laziness of human body functions better than him. Once he reaches the extreme, the "moment" of rest will evolve into several hours, or even longer. And he can't wait.

The abnormal situation in Chiji Mountain is unsettling.

"Master Shore." When he arrived at the high tower at the Triangle intersection, a soldier guarding the roadside recognized him.

"Have you found anything?" Shore hurriedly rode his horse towards the soldier and asked him to report.

Several followers behind Shore followed with loyalty, but in comparison, the pace slowed down a lot. It seemed that their horses were exhausted by the overnight journey.

The soldier saluted and pointed to the lakeside town north of the bridge. Shor narrowed his eyes as he followed the guidance. When he looked towards the night sky in the north, it seemed not as quiet as he imagined.

"The townspeople are very excited." Shore heard another soldier on duty saying in his gaze. "The place where Mayor Solomon works is blocked again."

"Then he can't provide me with any powerful help before he settles these bad troubles. I must act by myself." Shore made a judgment, withdrew his gaze, and waved to his team. Two MI7 spies came to him.

"Captain." Shore called.

"grown ups?"

"During this time I'm leaving, you rest with the other soldiers for a while, and then go to the town to maintain policing."

"Affect the order."

Then he said to a spy, "You go to the town to find out the situation, and come to me."

The spy nodded and left. Compared to the soldiers who were about to rest, Shore was very satisfied with the self-discipline of his subordinates.

"Sir, if there are no dead on Red Ridge Mountain, it may be dangerous. Should we let the soldiers go together?" Another interrogator asked. She was a woman named Anbo Gilney, a sniper who declared far away in MI7. She had participated in the investigation of the Defia Brotherhood in the western wilderness. Shore also brought her with her during this operation.

"That would be too silly," said Shore. "We are not sure what the Forgotten had for the purpose of coming to Red Ridge Mountain, how many of them were, but one thing is certain that they would never be here to assassinate a retired foreman, and it is very likely that Oslo happened to meet them. Because of this, the Forgotten might hide more hidden next, but they would not not go to monitor Lakeside Town. Our blatant appearance would only arouse their vigilance, and I don't want that to happen."

According to information, Oslow's body was found near the stone fortress. Shore could not figure out that place would be there. It was true that it was a fortress of the Alliance in the past, but after the Second World War, Stormwind never thought of regaining the lost land. The Black Stone Orcs and Gnolls have always occupied it. The alliance's army often couldn't get away, Outerland, Northrend. When the Lich King was repelled, and finally had the chance, the Death Wings rushed out again, and the catastrophe caused completely destroyed the place.

Now there is only one ruin left in the stone fort, so there is no need to recover it, and all the funds for repairs have been put into military use.

"This is where the corpse was found." Gilny pointed to a pool of black marks on the ground. "There are clear blood on the weeds on the roadside."

"I need a little time to check. You go around to watch, Gilny."

"As you wish, Master Shore."

After Gilney left, Shore half-kneeled down to check the ground. Fortunately, it didn't rain and some traces could be seen.

He took out the specific situation report sent by Lakeside Town. Oslow fell to the ground with his head facing down, and a dagger with toxin was stabbed in his back, and a knife was also pulled in his hand. The forgotten person who was lying beside Oslow was cut open his throat, and the blade was in line with the knife in his hand...

The military intelligence master frowned. Such a report was incomplete. He wanted to see what the body was in the time, but unfortunately the scene was destroyed. However, he could still see the suspicious points. To be precise, it was full of loopholes.

First of all, Oslow himself. Judging from the two corpses fell in the report, they did not die together, which means that Oslow killed one of them first and then was killed by the other Forsaken. But Oslow was just a retired foreman, without strict military training, and his body was still injured by a huge rock. How could he be able to face multiple undead situations and pull a cushion?

The strangest thing is the body of the Forgotten, why is the body of the Forgotten stayed at the crime scene? If it was really done by the Forgotten, wouldn’t it be self-exposed to leave the body? Not to mention that the body is wearing the Forgotten’s robe.

Or is it too late to deal with the body? Shore shook his head and immediately denied the judgment. Oslow's body was discovered half a day after he left Lakeside Town, and no matter how he did, the other party could not be so slow.

Then there is only one possibility left: someone wants to make this seem like the work of the Forgotten, and wants to provoke a conflict between the alliance and the Forgotten.

All these things were seen at the scene. Shore stood up and whistled. Gilny jumped down from a big tree.

"It seems you've discovered something."

"Let's go back first." Shore's expression told Gilny that there were still doubts. "Look at what clues there are in those two corpses."

………

Seeing Allerick enter his office empty-handed, Belmont was very disappointed. He didn't like the feeling of returning home empty-handed, whether for himself or others.

"I have important information, sir." Allerick reported respectfully.

Belmont put away his thoughts just now, maybe he was too pessimistic. "I'm listening, Death Killer?"

"What you want me to investigate is just the complaints of a small group of Forsakens." Allerick said straight to the point. "But I can't blame their thoughts, Lord Wither..."

Belmont looked up at her, brow raised. "What's wrong with Lord Wither?"

Allerick straightened up. "They hope Lord Wither will come back."

The leader of the Anblade snorted disdainfully. "This is a phenomenon that has existed for a long time, nothing is worth caring about."

But Allerick doesn't think so. "But the negative emotions of the Forgotten are getting older, please forgive me for being too talkative. It is correct for the Withered Master to let you and several other adults take charge of government affairs, but it cannot satisfy everyone. Moreover, we cannot accuse those Forgotten Masters who miss their Masters of being wrong."

Belmont's brow frowned. "It makes sense, Allerick."

"After I understood clearly, I chatted with those people for a brief moment, and I asked them how they could just rest assured? The owner of the Withered Master was just leaving for the time being, not abandoning us."

"So how did they answer?"

"They want to know why Lord Wither suddenly left, when will he come back, and...whether he went?"

After hearing this, Belmont observed Allerick for a while, expressionless, and after a while, he looked back on the copy in front of him. "These three questions are the top secrets of the Forgotten. You tell them that Lord Wither will come back, and when he comes back, the Forgotten will become stronger than before."

"I don't think they believe this."

Belmont raised his head and asked sternly, "Don't believe it? What does it mean?"

"I think it should be literal..."

"Tell me clearly." Belmont stood up and held his chest with his hands.
Chapter completed!