Great Nobleman

The next morning, Brand got up slowly to wash up, and then had breakfast served by Catherine.

At this time, many library members hadn't gotten up yet.

Although I really had a good time yesterday, but because it was a game, I was walking on both feet the whole time, and I didn't use spells to get on the road.

For a mage who is physically weak, the exercise intensity yesterday was still a little too high.

So they have no plans to go out for fun today, but are going to rest near the camp.

"Catherine, let's go to Furnace Town."

After breakfast, Brand stood up and walked towards Furnace Town next to the camp, with Catherine following.

At this time, there are many more merchants and adventurers coming and going in Furnace Town than yesterday.

Brand knew that this was probably the news that Furnace Volcano had discovered the "treasure".

Furnace Castle is not too far from here, and if you ride a war horse, it will only take half a day's journey.

Even if it is a poor horse, it will definitely be able to arrive in half a day.

At most it's just a little bumpy road.

Previously, because the orc treasure was just an unsubstantiated rumor, many people didn't pay much attention to it.

Now, since things have been "settled".

Then these people in Furnace Fort also acted immediately.

Brand felt that perhaps not only adventurers and businessmen, but also nobles might be attracted.

...

The imperial capital, the Military Affairs Department of the Kaya Empire.

Chief Jonas, who was looking at various intelligence documents, was attracted by a line of fine print in the document in front of him.

[Xiaoqiaobao went out to patrol and reported that there seemed to be huge tauren that surpassed the size of elite tauren around. 】

As the director of the Military Affairs Department, he knows every fort in the northern border area, even every small fort.

So when he saw the words "Xiaoqiaobao", the old gentleman immediately recalled its location.

——The border area of ​​the Northland, located in the north of the east.

There is no doubt that Xiaoqiaobao is within the boundary line, and the area patrolled by its soldiers on a daily basis must not exceed the boundary line.

And this means that the location where the patrolling soldiers suspected of finding the "large-sized tauren" should be within the scope of the empire's large war circle.

——For a long time recently, the Imperial War Circle did not issue any warnings to that area.

When thinking of this, the old gentleman frowned slightly at the word "suspected" on the intelligence document.

——He doesn't like to see such descriptive words.

When you see it, you see it. There is no such thing as saying that you have seen it.

With such a description, it is easy to think that the person who wrote the information may be affected by some external factors.

for example:

Because the empire's large war circle can monitor the movements of all big orcs and creatures above the border.

So they subconsciously rejected the possibility that some big orcs escaped the monitoring of the war magic circle.

Jonas has always believed that nothing is perfect.

Therefore, in his opinion, it is not impossible for the orcs to find a way to deal with the magic circle of war.

Considering this situation, before that, Jonas even summoned the think tank of the Military Affairs Department to discuss how they should deal with this situation.

Although it's not that he doesn't believe in the brainchild of countless mages, Jonas is not a researcher.

He will only make judgments from the position of the director of the Department of Military Affairs.

Therefore, now that there are "signs" of the failure of the war magic circle.

So to be on the safe side, the "response plan" discussed before must be implemented step by step.

...

On this day, the command room of the Sixth Infantry Regiment of the Crucible Empire.

Anthony was looking at the intelligence map of the war information room on the empty video screen in front of him with a relaxed expression.

Suddenly, a communication request was sent to the empty video screen in front of him.

Looking at the unfamiliar space code displayed on the empty video screen in front of him, Anthony frowned slightly.

There are not many people who know the space code of his empty video screen. Apart from Mesa and the allied family, only Brand has the Military Affairs Department.

So who is this contacting him?

With doubts in his heart, Anthony agreed to the communication request.

After he connected, the figure of the old gentleman Jonas sitting in the office of the Secretary of Military Affairs appeared in front of him.

Seeing that it was this old gentleman, Anthony quickly stood up and gave a military salute.

Unlike Brand and several elders, as the head of the legion under the imperial military system, Anthony needs to show enough respect to this old gentleman.

On Jonas' side, looking at Anthony who was bowing heavily, he smiled and said:

"I haven't seen Anthony for a while. I didn't expect to get a movable empty video screen. It seems that you have been doing well recently."

After hearing what Jonas said, Anthony smiled and said:

"I happened to have a little friendship with Brand, so I exchanged such an empty screen with him with three big knight golems."

Hearing this, Jonas nodded and said:

"It's normal for masters of rune circles to charge high fees. More people have all kinds of resources but they can't hire such a master."

After a simple comment like this, Jonas talked about the business:

"Let's stop here for the gossip, I'm contacting you this time for a serious business.

Yesterday, the Imperial Military Affairs Department received a report from Xiaoqiaobao that their patrolling soldiers saw a tauren the size of a large orc.

Considering that some big orcs may have escaped the monitoring of the empire's large war circle, the Military Affairs Department will successively issue early warnings to the fortresses on the border.

At the same time, we have also started to activate the emergency response plan, released the empty shadow butterfly, and followed the established route to monitor the northern border area until the Military Affairs Department lifted the warning. "

After hearing the old gentleman's words, Anthony's expression became a little dignified.

It is not a trivial matter that a large orc escaped the monitoring of the empire's large war circle.

Although they also have a countermeasure, it is obvious that it is not as easy to use as the war magic circle.

Before Anthony wanted to ask anything, after explaining the current situation, the old gentleman continued:

"If the orcs have the means to evade the magic circle of war and hide it, then it is very likely that they want to make a big move.

After our analysis, the Furnace Volcano not far from Furnace Castle may be one of their candidate targets.

According to the information you have reported in the past two days, someone in Furnace Volcano also found some things left by the orcs, right? "

Hearing the old gentleman's inquiry, Anthony nodded in response:

"That's right, a few days ago, Brand and the library team used a powerful extreme spell to kill the orcs, and some underground lava passages of the Furnace Volcano were revealed.

Our legion and adventurers found some weapons and equipment made by the tauren there.

Not only that, but the frequency of orcs is much higher than before. We speculate that there may indeed be important items left by orcs there. "

The old gentleman nodded and said: "It is based on this information that we have come to such an inference, and this is also the main reason why I contacted you."

Having said that, the old gentleman added with a smile:

"Of course, it also has something to do with your free video screen. This thing is much easier to use than that troublesome magic communication device!"