I really can't control myself

It was originally just an exhibition team. Although it was in the name of the empire, such trivial matters could not be reported to Yalan. But this matter was Yalan's main concern, so the incident was reported to Yalan as soon as possible.

Of course, Linton took over directly after that. After all, Yalan didn't know what Linton wanted to do. Regarding the matter of the core of the world, Linton didn't seriously mention it to Yalan.

After saying goodbye to Yalan, Linton went directly to the location of the incident, Antorom City, which was located in the northeast of the empire. This is a relatively large city in the northeastern part of the empire. At this time, the exhibition has already walked around the western part of the empire, and is about to continue the exhibition from west to east, from the northeast to the east part of the empire, and is about to pass by Something happened while in Antorom City.

Linton has a mark on the core of the world, so if necessary, Linton can teleport directly to find someone. It's just that because of Yalan's focused attention, the report was too timely, resulting in news being received over there as soon as something happened here. Linton estimated that this thing might not have been brought back to the opponent's base yet. His goal was to catch a big fish, so it was best to give the opponent some time for this thing to be sent to the big fish, so he came here first. Take a look at the situation and confirm whether the opponent's target is the core of the world or an ordinary money grab.

When he arrived at the scene of the incident, Linton realized that the incident was more exaggerated than he thought. When Linton came to Antorom City, he found that the entire city was under martial law. After asking a little about the man named Sekedin who was in charge of the exhibition, Linton found out what he had done. What an exaggeration.

It happened this morning in Antorom City. The exhibition team actually arrived at Antorom City two days ago. After two days of preparation, they are preparing to open the exhibition tomorrow. At this time, the exhibits were all placed at the exhibition location, the warehouse of the Tesla Temple in Antorom City. Yes, this exhibition borrows the boundaries of a temple, because Antorom City does not have a dedicated museum, and this temple is large, so it is just right.

Then, this morning, a group of people probably stormed the temple and robbed all the exhibits. It was probably because the other party did not leave a single person alive. All the guards, temple personnel, and even passers-by were silenced. Sekedin was lucky enough to survive because he was not there in the morning. It was not until the patrol team who noticed something was wrong in the afternoon that they discovered the tragedy here and notified him. When he arrived at the scene, Sekedin was frightened. , and quickly reported the situation to Yalan.

Just as he was talking, Linton also followed Sekedin to the scene of the incident. As expected, the scene was in a tragic situation. Linton saw obvious blood stains at the entrance, but he did not see the body. After asking, although the scene had been sealed off, it had not been moved. It is estimated that the body was moved by the person who robbed it before, and the body was concentrated here. Inside the temple, it should be delaying discovery.

Sure enough, after entering, Linton directly saw a room of corpses, at least thirty people, half of whom were guards, and the other half should be original personnel of the temple. And this is not all of them, I heard that there are many more rooms over there.

The city lord of Antorom City was also present. Of course he knew Linton. He guessed that Linton should be in charge of this matter and immediately came over to report the situation. There are more than fifty corpses discovered so far. Considering that the opponent was able to kill so many people in a short period of time and was not discovered yet, the city lord felt that the attacker at least had a complete team and was professional.

For such a vicious incident, of course the city lord issued martial law immediately and blocked the entire city. However, because the discovery was a little late and the other party looked very professional, it is possible that the other party has already evacuated. But now the city guards are still searching for this group of people from house to house.

"Master Sword Master, look at this wound. I suspect that these people should have received formal military training and are not ordinary bandits." The city lord here was obviously also from the military, and he deduced seriously. Of course, anyone who can take the position of city lord basically has to have achieved military merit. It is estimated that it is difficult to achieve such a position of real power just by relying on the family's shadow.

Linton took a quick look and found that the people who died had basically had their throats cut with a knife, or stabbed in a vital position. They were indeed very professional. Although Linton himself had never joined the army, he could understand the city lord's inference. After thinking for a while, he said: "Being able to kill so many people without triggering an alarm is indeed quite professional, but if you want to figure out the defense configuration here, you may need an internal agent..."

"Plop!" As soon as Linton finished speaking, Sekedin next to him knelt down and said, "Sir, I am not an internal agent."

Linton frowned. This guy kneeled down too quickly, and he didn't mention you.

"Sir, I know that I am the only one left in the exhibition team now, which is indeed suspicious, but I am really not an inside agent. The reason I am not here is because I am a guest at Sir Sera's place. I overslept this morning..." Saikedin said.

"Yes, sir, I hosted a banquet for Lord Sekding last night." The city lord next to him also answered, "I did drink a little too much. Lord Sekding spent the night at my house yesterday."

It turned out that the rest of the team sent by Yalan to take charge of the exhibition had died, and the only one left was Sekedin. When Linton said there was an insider, of course this guy immediately felt that Linton was talking about him. But to be honest, Linton felt that the courage shown by this guy did not seem like someone who could do this. Moreover, Linton was not actually here to catch the real culprit. It didn't matter what he was like. What he wanted was someone who understood the world. The core person.

"Okay, I didn't say it was you." Linton said, "The most important thing now is to investigate this matter quickly..."

Before he finished speaking, a soldier next to him rushed over very urgently: "Lord City Lord, the situation has been found out."

"Speak quickly!" City Lord Serra said immediately. Of course he was also very anxious. Of course he must be responsible for such a vicious incident under his rule. Now he wants to find out this matter quickly, otherwise This city lord may also come to an end.

"According to the staff report of the teleportation array, they encountered a very strange mercenary team this morning. There were more than ten people in this mercenary team, and they all chose to use the teleportation array. What's even more strange is that they Five different cities were actually chosen for transmission, and the staff said that some of them carried several boxes." Weibinghui reported.

"It must be them." City Lord Sera immediately said, "If the time matches up, it's so suspicious, it must be them."

What Sera said was suspicious was obvious. It was not just a problem with the box, but a problem with the use of the teleportation array. You must know that the teleportation array is not free, and the charges are very expensive. It's not that mercenaries can't afford it, but if a dozen or so people use it together, the price is too high. Generally, with so many people, it's obviously more suitable for the mercenary team to choose to go directly overland. What's more, they actually dispersed to five cities. , does this make their tracing more difficult?

Hearing this, Linton was overjoyed. Yes, Linton could easily understand the purpose of this group of people. What he was happy about was that the other party was separated. Because according to the report, these people worked in groups of two or three and went to different cities with boxes suspected of containing treasures. Since they were separated, it means that what the other party actually wanted was not all of the treasures, but some of the treasures. One of them, the others are all suspects, and the thing they want most should be delivered by one of them. This... is exactly in line with Linton's expectations.

It was obvious that Linton felt that what the other party wanted was the core of the world, so it seemed that he might have found the right thing.

"Hurry up and contact the city lords of those cities to help track down this group of people." The city lord here, Sera, said.

"Yes, sir." The soldiers here received the order and went down immediately.

"Even if they go to those cities, the other party is likely to have moved. After all, since they retreated through the teleportation array, they can still continue to use it." Linton said, "These people are so well prepared, I guess I didn’t just focus on you in the past two days.”

"Lord Sword Master, please rest assured, I will do my best to search for them." Of course, the city lord Sera that Linton mentioned also knows about it, but as long as the teleportation array has been used, it will naturally be recorded, and you will know it wherever you go. In this way, it is not traceable.

"Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to take charge of this matter. You must assist me well." Linton said.

"Yes, sir." They both said at the same time. After all, Linton had no intention of direct accountability, which made them relax a little.

"Sir, there is news!" At this moment, another soldier hurriedly ran over, "There is news from Monserrato City. Their teleportation array has passed three very Suspicious people, the city guard over there noticed something was wrong with them. During the investigation, these three people suddenly launched an attack, killed several city guards, and then absconded. The city has been blocked over there, and they are Chase these three people, and these three people passed by our side before, the Lord of Monserrato City sent someone to our side to inquire about the situation."

"It must be those guys." Serra said immediately after hearing this. "Immediately tell the Lord of Monserrato City about our situation and ask him to help us catch these three people as soon as possible."

"Yes." The soldier said immediately.

"Sir, we have a clue." Sera said, "As long as we capture a team, we can follow the clues and catch them."

"It's a bit easy to be exposed." Linton suddenly touched his chin and said.