Path of light

Chapter 444 445. Timid Dennis

Roy just sat on the big rock with a calm face, looked at the Carlos mine owner like a bereaved dog, and said casually:

"I originally wanted to send you to the trial court in Padstow City, but you still resisted arrest. There is no other way..."

The owner of the Carlos Mine, who was standing under the boulder, collapsed to the ground in fear. He looked at Roy with wide eyes and tried his best to keep his voice from vibrating:

"Resisting arrest? Luo... Boss Roy, don't make such a joke. How could I resist arrest? I am willing to accept the trial in the court..."

But Roy just gave him a faint smile. Before the owner of Carlos Mine could finish his explanation, a dagger pierced his heart from behind. The magic pattern structure on his body couldn't even form a shield. Carlos The mine owner saw the tip of the knife coming out of his chest.

His face suddenly fell into a deep despair. He even tried to look back, but when he turned his head halfway, he didn't see the assassin behind him.

At this time, his body was no longer under his control.

The soul of the Carlos mine owner floated out of his body.

Because of his experience in assassinating the owner of the Avar mine, Roy immediately used 'purification' on the owner of the Carlos mine.

A beam of holy light shone on the soul of the owner of the Carlos Mine floating in the air. The soul of the owner of the Carlos Mine turned into an elf and flew away...

However, the owner of the Carlos Mine did not sell his soul to the devil, and his soul was not demonized after his death.

This purification only allowed the soul of the owner of the Carlos Mine to be washed in the holy light. It would not turn into a wraith due to the resentment in his heart, nor would it resonate with the surrounding sacred light.

Ever since Roy discovered last time that purifying demons would greatly increase the power of holy light in the body, he actually had some expectations for purifying the soul.

He has stayed at the level of ninth-level priest for half a year. This time the sacred power has increased, making him feel that the bottleneck seems to be loosened slightly, and the sacred tree in his body has also grown a lot, which makes it even more... He solidified his idea of ​​purifying the devil.

Roy watched the elf transformed from the soul of the owner of the Carlos Mine fly away into the distance, feeling somewhat disappointed in his heart...

After all, there are only a few elves who are willing to sacrifice their souls to the devil.

Vice-Captain Tennyson, who was standing behind Carlos's body, bent down and pulled out the dagger. He made a gesture to Roy and jumped onto the waiting gryphon, and was carried by the gryphon cavalry and flew into the quiet night sky.

Roy simply jumped off the rock. He covered Carlos' face with the parchment with the portrait of the owner of the Carlos mine, and wrapped his body tightly with the black magic pattern cloak of the owner of the Carlos mine. One end of the rope was tied to the owner of the Carlos mine, and the other end was tied to his saddle, and the horse dragged him down the mountain.

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Roy walked out of the dense forest on horseback, and a layer of white mist had already risen in the mountains and fields.

Dennis and his two companions were still waiting by the road when they saw Roy riding a horse and dragging a body out of the dense forest. Dennis and his two companions looked at each other silently.

Roy took out a money bag from his body and threw it to Dennis.

"Help me bring him back to Padstow City. Don't forget to send my horse back to the hotel. If there is news about other mine owners, remember to notify me in time..."

After saying that, he rode his horse and walked slowly along the road to Padstow City.

Dennis saw Roy's back retreating in the white mist, and his body seemed to be exuding a holy light.

It's not surprising when you think about it. Boss Roy himself is a priest, a priest that is very rare in the Elf Continent. Dennis said to himself in his heart.

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In the next two days, Roy let the ten warehouse managers he recruited formally put into work.

The main thing is to organize these warehouses.

Not only did they have to clean the warehouse from the inside out, but they also had to move out the useless junk from the fifth warehouse and use a horse-drawn carriage to pull it out of the city and throw it away.

These groceries should have been left by the previous tenant who rented the warehouse. According to the landlord, these groceries have been left in the warehouse for more than four years. They are old furniture, doors and windows that are of no use. If it is to build a tree house If so, these sundries may still be useful.

Obviously Roy had no plans to build a treehouse in Padstow, so the debris had to be cleared away.

Some cabinets that could still be used were sorted out by several warehouse managers and placed neatly in the corner of the warehouse, forming a small rest area.

Roy has been waiting for Lysander's pack team. Vice Captain Tennyson told him the day before yesterday that the pack team has reached the outer suburbs of Padstow City and will arrive in Padstow City within the next two days.

It's just that Roy hasn't seen Lysander until now...

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Because he had received a generous reward from Roy, Dennis had been actively seeking information about other mine owners in the past two days, and even found many family members of other mine owners in the Pagisto Plateau in the city.

However, the family members of the mine owners were not among Roy's targets this time, so Dennis ignored them.

Following the clues about the owner of the Carlos mine, Dennis finally found some clues. A member of the Thieves Guild revealed to her the news that there have been some new faces in the Silver Moon Elf residential area in the city recently. And they are all mixed-blood elves who are very generous.

Dennis quickly came out of the tavern with his men and went to the Silver Moon Elf residential area to investigate the matter.

To say that Padstow City is the cleanest, neatest and most beautiful place, it must be the living area of ​​the Silver Moon Elves. Only the Silver Moon Elves have the strength to lay stone pavements in the forest glades and build patches of flower gardens on the streets. Fountains and sculptures were built at the entrance, making the entire living area look like a garden.

The Silver Moon elves living here are basically engaged in military and political work in Padstow City. Some of them serve in the Silver Pegasus Legion, and some work in the Council of Elders. It can be said that although more than 90% of the entire Padstow City has The residents of the city are all mixed-blood elves, but the real managers of the city are the Silver Moon elves...

Generally, mixed-blood elves rarely visit this living area. Dennis and his companions also spent money to find a job as a gardener, carrying flower shears and hand saws and sneaking into the living area of ​​the Silver Moon elves.

After two days of investigation, Dennis discovered that the remaining mine owners from the Nicobar Mountains were indeed in Padstow City, and they were also hiding in the Silver Moon Elf residential area in the city.

What's even more terrifying is that these mine owners seem to have a relationship with the Silver Moon elves of the Silver Pegasus Military Department, and they go out to participate in various entertainment and dance parties every night.

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Dennis threw the flower scissors on the flatbed truck, leaned against the truck and wiped the sweat on his face with a towel. The afterglow of the evening sun dyed the entire forest golden, and a carriage was parked at the door of a tree house in the distance. She I'm sure it's inside that tree house.

The companion bundled the pruned flower branches and loaded them on the flatbed truck, and gave Dennis a look.

Dennis turned his head and looked in the direction indicated by his companion, and saw an officer riding a horse with white feathers on its hooves coming over the stone road.

Behind the officer were four Silver Moon Elf guards riding war horses.

"Captain Helix is ​​now in charge of Padstow City's guard regiment. He is nominally the highest military officer in the city." Dennis put one hand on the branch of the flatbed truck and looked at Helix with squinted eyes. Captain Lix said casually.

"Why is he here?"

"I heard that our leader of the guard brought his lover to Padstow some time ago. Recently, he has been living in an apple orchard outside the city." The companion seemed to be interested in the people in the city. The whereabouts of these big shots are well known.

In fact, their thieves' guild relies on various taverns, and usually makes a living by selling all kinds of latest news.

Dennis moved his eyes away from Captain Helix and continued to monitor the treehouse of the mine owner opposite. After a while, their team was about to finish their work, and the team responsible for night surveillance would arrive in another identity. Monitor the mine owner here.

Dennis was sure that the mine owner must live in this tree house, so she would go to the tavern later to provide the information to Boss Roy.

"Dennis, look quickly, Captain Helix went to the target's tree house..."

A low cry from his companion made Dennis tremble slightly.

Dennis raised his head and saw Captain Helix dismounting in front of the tree house, handing the reins to the waiter waiting at the door, and then walking into the tree house with four Silver Moon Elf guards.

Judging from the action of Captain Helix walking into the tree house, we knew that he definitely didn't come here to capture the mine owner, so what else could he do here?

Thinking of this, Dennis felt like the pores all over his body were about to explode!

Is there anything else to investigate?

If the investigation continues, the Thieves Guild in Padstow City may simply disappear.

The companion took Denise's arm and said to her tremblingly:

"Dennis, I think we should go hide in the Blackwater Swamp!"

"We are leaving tonight, but before we leave, I want to see how our Captain Helix has contacted several mine owners in the Nicobar Mountains..."

Dennis's pupils were constricted, looking like a tanuki with an exploded fur.

Lord Alves originally sold slaves to meet the needs of the mine owners on the Pagisto Plateau...

Now Captain Helix seems to have embarked on the same path as Lord Alves, and standing behind him is the most elite Silver Pegasus Legion in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom.

Dennis felt cold all over. It was already time for the gardeners to finish their work for the day, and Dennis and his companions were about to evacuate from here.

Captain Helix did not stay in the treehouse for too long. When he came out, he was followed by four mixed-blood elf businessmen.

Several people got into a carriage parked at the door of the tree house, and then the carriage slowly drove away from the tree house.

Dennis and the others also had to push a flatbed truck loaded with branches and leave from the other direction.

Two night watchmen carrying lanterns passed by Dennis. Dennis put a small note into the hand of one of the night watchmen and pushed the flatbed truck away...

These two night watchmen are the night reconnaissance team arranged by Dennis at the tree house.

After Dennis left the Silver Moon Elf residential area, she did not go to the tavern to meet Roy because she didn't know what to say after meeting.

Moreover, the night investigation team here has not yet made a final confirmation.

If the four mine owners were caught by the Padstow City Guards tonight and escorted to the trial of the Council of Elf Elders, then Dennis could only say with shame that he had misunderstood them.

Dennis Comics waited with anticipation and anxiety until midnight, when he received the news from the night investigation team: these four mine owners actually followed Captain Helix to visit Chief Lucius, and had a cordial conversation with Chief Lucius. Happily, at the end of the dance, Chief Lucius even sent the four mine owners to the gate of the manor.

"Let's go! We can't wait for a moment. We are leaving Padstow City now. We will decide where to go on the way..." Dennis said decisively.

The companions on the side also said quickly: "I'm going to ask them to come back. Let's go together!"

Later, Dennis and his companions packed their luggage at the residence...

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There are many guests in the tavern, and now it seems that the whole topic in the tavern is talking about the two mixed-blood elf mine owners who died in Padstow City in the past two days.

It is said that the two mine owners had done many evil things on the Pagistok Plateau, and that was why they were caught up and killed by their enemies at this time. Moreover, the killing was not over, and the two mine owners also had to be killed. Identity revealed.

Thinking that these mine owners were doing all kinds of evil, and in the end good and evil were rewarded, the drinkers in the tavern burst into cheers. In this atmosphere, two more drinks were inevitable.

The bartender was just cleaning glasses silently at the bar at this time, and he didn't want to get close to Roy.

Ever since he heard about Roy's behavior from Dennis, he never wanted to have contact with Roy again.

Roy waited in the tavern for half the night. Dennis had agreed with him that the two of them would meet in the tavern tonight.

She investigated the information of a mine owner and was making the final confirmation, but this time she missed the appointment.

Roy waited until it was completely dark and didn't see Dennis before he paid for the drink and left the tavern.

When we got back to the hotel, we didn’t see Dennis either.

Early the next morning, when Roy was about to go out, he found a letter on the floor at the door:

‘Dear Boss Roy: When you read this letter, my friends and I have already embarked on an adventure trip to the Blackwater Swamp, or to Sun Island Bay to see the sea.

I have already investigated the matters you entrusted me to investigate.

The following are the residence addresses and other information of the other four mine owners in Padstow:...

Of course, I would like to give you a piece of free information at the end. These mine owners have close contacts with Captain Helix, and they also attended the dance held by Mr. Lucius last night. The details of the dance must not be disclosed. And know! ’

He held the note tightly in his hand and then tore it into pieces.

Roy adjusted his breathing to slow down his breathing as much as possible...

How could he not have imagined now that Dennis hid out after hearing this news.