Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 67: The Mage Association, the Target of Public Criticism
The next day, something big happened in Degen City.

All the Tok mercenaries stationed in the outer city were killed tragically overnight, without a single one spared.

Witnesses claimed that more than a dozen huge explosions were heard at the Tok Mercenary Group's base that night, and this was verified when the city guards arrived the next day.

The camp was in ruins, the buildings were destroyed, and the ground was littered with broken limbs that had apparently been trampled by monsters.

The body of Tok, the leader of the mercenary group, was found in the center of the training ground, exposed to the scorching sun with a sharp wooden spear piercing his body.

"Humph!"

Charles slammed the teacup in his hand to the ground, and his eyebrows trembled with excessive excitement.

"The Silent Mage Society, good, very good." Charis gritted his teeth and said word by word.

He looked into the shadows of the room and said coldly, "The plan can begin tonight."

"Very good." An unreal voice came from the shadows.

Charis turned his head and looked at the pentagram mark on his palm, his eyes revealing desire and greed.

"Strong power, enough to rule Inbutu. Three years ago, that damn green dragon ruined my chance, but I will never let it pass me by again this time!"
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At this time, Marrow and Oliver were standing on the outskirts of the mercenary group's base, which was crowded with citizens who came to watch the fun.

The tabby cat man seemed nonchalant, but his furry ears were quietly erected, and he was constantly eavesdropping on the conversations of the people around him.

"It's terrible, what happened?"

"Haven't you heard that there are traces of a large number of monsters in there? Who can bring so many monsters in from outside the city?"

"It must be those damn wizards. I heard that they are like the devil and can summon bloodthirsty monsters. Do you know that many people have disappeared in the city recently? I heard from others that it was those wizards who kidnapped people and fed them to the monsters they raised!"

"Ah, I've heard this rumor too. Is it true? Oh la la, this is really scary. For the love of Shantia, why doesn't the city lord wipe out that damn wizard society?"

"Who knows? Maybe he's getting old and confused. Mende Rossa's glory was lost when the green dragon attacked three years ago."

"Haha, who said it wasn't true? The respected Archbishop Chantia risked his life to stop that abominable green dragon, but Mende Rossa closed the door and acted like a coward."

"The king should have his earldom abolished!"

"Perhaps those mages are Mende Rossa's own men!"

"What you said makes sense. I once saw someone sneakily carrying a large sack into the Rosa family's castle. Maybe the sack contained the missing person!"

"The case is solved! Those mages are professionals supported by the coward Mende! They are using the lives of us civilians to feed those mages' pets!"

As the citizens whispered about gossip and rumors, Marlowe's expression gradually became speechless.

"Where did these people hear these rumors? They are so wrong." Marlowe complained to Oliver.

Oliver shook his head with a gloomy expression. As a wanderer who mingled among the neighbors, he had a very accurate intuition about conspiracies.

"I feel like something is not right. Maybe someone is deliberately trying to spread rumors about the Mage Association."

Marlowe was startled and was about to say something when Oliver raised his hand to interrupt him. He was listening attentively to what people were saying nearby.

"My old man just came back from scavenging outside the city. It was so scary. There were several corpses at the sewer entrance. Tsk tsk, the guards didn't care and just left the corpses there for the wild beasts to take away. I wonder whose poor person this is." The two looked at each other and left the crowd tacitly.

"Let's go and have a look. We've searched the entire city for that client's husband, but there's still no trace of him. Maybe he's really dead." Marlo pondered.

Ever since he learned that the young woman's husband actually worked for Tok, Maro has been investigating this as the main task of the Yorozuya.

Although Tok is dead now, his secrets are still to be uncovered.

Thinking of this, Maro couldn't help but sigh. His master had done things without considering the tasks of his followers. If he had known that his master would take action last night, he would have definitely applied to follow and ask for the clues he had entrusted him to do.

However, Maro had no complaints. He was very clear about his position - running the Yorozuya to earn gold coins and intelligence for his master. Such a small matter would not be noticed by Nemesis at all, and the other party might not even know that he had this mission.

The two walked out of the city and came to the sewer entrance on the eastern outer wall of Degen City.

"This is it, it stinks." Oliver covered his nose with a distorted face.

The sewer outlet outside the east wall discharges garbage from the entire outer city area. Sewage and garbage continuously flow out of the huge holes, causing the entire sewer outlet within a radius of several hundred meters to be soaked in a shallow layer of sewage and garbage.

"Look there!" Oliver pointed near the sewer entrance.

Marlo looked over and saw several bodies lying on the ground, covered in filth.

He walked to the side of the corpse and was about to turn it over with his hands, but was stimulated by the foul smell. He pinched his nose and waved his hands, and an invisible mental force appeared and turned the corpse over.

This is the benefit that Maro gained after accepting the blessing of dragon blood. Although his mage level was not affected, he gained the fifth-level psychic professional level!
Of course, such an exaggerated change was also due to Marro's naturally strong mental power, which was well suited to the profession of psychic.

Unfortunately, since Maro did not establish a corresponding idealistic worldview, the Psion and his wizard thinking conflicted, and there will probably be no chance to upgrade the Psion in the future.

The telekinetic power transformed from psychic energy turned all the corpses over. Maro took out the portraits given by the young woman and compared them one by one. He actually found a corpse that matched the portrait!
"Look, that's him! Tom, the young woman's husband." Marlowe said excitedly.

He then used his telekinesis to search Tom's body and found a letter soaked in sewage from the inside.

He endured the stench and opened the letter, only to find that many of the characters on it had been stained by sewage. He could not make out the original shape and could only glance at it roughly.

"Transport. Goods are located in the sewer. Altars are set up. No pigs allowed. 10 people."

Maro looked into the depths of the sewer, where there was no light in the darkness, as if a giant beast hidden in the shadows was swallowing up all outsiders who entered.

Oliver swallowed and said, "You don't want to go in and take a look?"

Marlowe nodded, and Oliver's hair stood on end. He stammered, "Are you sure?"

Maro scratched his head, thought for a while, took out a ball of colorful powder from the spell material bag on his waist, and sprinkled it on the two people.

As the spell was cast, the magic turned the two people covered in powder into invisible.

"That's okay."

Oliver sighed and said, "I will never be with you next time. Brittany is more suitable for you."

Two invisible figures in the air walked into the sewer.

(End of this chapter)