Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

The old butler Li De smiled dryly.

To be honest, he is very strong. The regular knights are part of the Royal Knights. Every regular knight is much stronger than the ordinary knights in the Knights of Dammas Fortress. Although they cannot reach the level of a team leader, they are still good fighters. Therefore, the thugs hired by the Chamber of Commerce can't do anything to Monk.

But in front of Elsa, a knight of this level was nothing to behold. Although Reed didn't understand fighting and killing, he could still clearly see who was strong and who was weak. Elsa was a hero who had defeated the demon general. Even the entire Imperial Knights would probably be unable to do anything to Elsa.

perhaps?

Reed thought of the flattened Ledes Mountains and suddenly felt that his imagination might be a little conservative.

On one side was the Imperial Royal Knights, and on the other side was Elsa, so Reed simply skipped the topic.

Reed changed the subject: "However, this Monk is Sir Leonard's subordinate. I'm worried that he will cause trouble for you..."

"Then let him be. I believe that the imperial law is reasonable. You also saw that he was the one who attacked me first, right?"

Elsa didn't care and didn't continue the topic. She stated her purpose straight away: "Oh, by the way, is Miss Sifreya here? I have something I'd like her help to investigate."

The old butler Reed also guessed it. Elsa wouldn't come here to punish them for no reason, right?

But the current problem seems a bit tricky because the lady is not in the Chamber of Commerce.

Reed was afraid of upsetting Elsa, so he quickly said, "Well... Lady Faris, you've seen it too. Monk deliberately came here to cause trouble for us. To avoid him, the young lady temporarily left the Chamber of Commerce. I'll send someone to inform her now... However, if you have any requests, please let me know first. Since you are the respected Lady Faris, our Chamber of Commerce will do its best to provide you with everything you need."

This is a bit too harsh, but Elsa will not blackmail her for it.

"Well, that's fine." Elsa thought for a moment, "Don't tell anyone else about my presence here. This is also the purpose of my disguise. I don't want others to know my whereabouts. Okay?"

"Of course, it's up to you." Reed said respectfully.

"Then I'll trouble you," Aisha nodded. "I'm here to look for clues about someone who has purchased or commissioned some 'curare grass'. He's a mage affiliated with the Magician Corps, and the purchase must have been made recently. I'd like you to help investigate his whereabouts—or any other information, any information."

"Someone from the Magician Corps? Curare..."

Reed pondered for a moment, relying on his memory.

"These are all easily distinguishable features, but I believe the other party will try their best to hide their identity, so you can start with the clues of the arrow poison plant."

Aisha said.

This made Reed immediately understand that the person Aisha was looking for this time might be involved in the affairs within the Dammas Fortress. Such matters are generally accompanied by high returns and extremely high risks. The Morton Fornia Chamber of Commerce had suffered a loss once and was accidentally involved in the political struggle of other nobles. Otherwise, such a large chamber of commerce would not have fallen into the predicament of being ordered around by Earl Leonard.

Reed was in a dilemma for a moment.

"Well... I'll send someone over right now to investigate all the transaction records for 'Arcane Weed' for you. However... investigating the transactions is fine, but investigating the buyers goes against the purpose of our Chamber of Commerce. I must ask the young lady for her opinion..."

The purpose of the Chamber of Commerce is nothing more than an excuse. Li De really can't make up his mind. He is just a steward.

Elsa also understood this and did not force anything.

"Okay, then if you have any new clues, please let me know immediately. I'd also like you to pass on the message to Miss Sifreya. I have other things to do here, so I won't stay long. Goodbye."

After saying that, Aisha turned and left. Reed suddenly remembered something, but swallowed the words back when they reached his lips.

He hesitated.

Elsa noticed his hesitation, but she didn't stop and just climbed out the window and left.

"Please...take care..."

Reed's voice came from behind.

Seeing that Aisha had left, Reed turned around and walked quickly downstairs. The guards were waiting there with Monk. The middle-aged man who was the head of the guards stepped forward and asked, "Mr. Reed, what should we do with this man?"

Reed glanced at Monk, who was still unconscious and showed no sign of waking up for a while.

He remembered what Aisha had said, sighed, and said, "Lock him up first, and we'll talk later."

"Yes."

"Don't let him escape."

Li De gave his instructions again and quickly left from the side of the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce's coachman was waiting on the side of the street, and Li De got on the carriage directly.

Not long after, he arrived at an elegantly decorated women's cosmetics store. Reed glanced at the dazzling array of cosmetics shelves in the store, then looked up in the direction of the attic.

I don't know why, but the young lady seems to like coming here often recently. Although this is the business that the young lady personally established, the young lady used to be a hands-off boss and rarely came here in person. But recently she comes here every day.

Reed couldn't guess what the young lady was thinking. He shook his head, sighed, walked into the store from the side door, and went straight to the second floor. No one here stopped him.

He stopped in front of a room and knocked respectfully on the door.

"Miss."

"Come in."

When Reed pushed open the door, he saw Sifreya leaning quietly on the soft sofa reading a book. The room was clean and fresh. On the low table in front of Sifreya were several account books neatly placed and an opened bottle of red wine. The red wine was chilled and there were water droplets on the bottle - but the wine in the glass was untouched.

Seeing Reed, Xifuliya gracefully turned a page of the book in her hand, but Reed could see that Xifuliya's attention was not on the book.

"The people sent by Leonard left?"

Xifuliya thought Reed came to talk about this matter, but Reed shook his head.

"Lady Aisha Faris was here just now."

"Elsa?"

Sifreya closed the book in her hand, and her eyes left the book and turned to Reed.

"She went to the Chamber of Commerce?"

Reed nodded and told Xifuleya everything that happened in the Chamber of Commerce.

The slight surprise in Sifreya's eyes was quickly drowned out by this incident. She frowned slightly, but nodded without hesitation.

"You did well—just agree to Aisha's request."

"But..." Reed hesitated.

The Morton-Furnia Chamber of Commerce suffered a disaster because it once stepped into the vortex of those politicians. Is it going to step into such a dangerous place again now?

Xifuliya seemed to see Reed's worry, and she smiled.

"Reed, do you trust my judgment?"

"Miss, your intelligence and wisdom are beyond words. I certainly trust you."

"That's right. We are businessmen. A businessman's greatest advantage lies in his vision. You can rest assured to do what I have decided on."

Li De was stunned for a moment and said nothing more.

"Yes, then I will rearrange the staff..."

"Go."

Reed left quickly.

Sifreya watched the door slowly close and the room became quiet again. She sighed slowly.

In fact, Xifuleya hadn't said anything more.

Moulton Fornia's failure was not because he took sides, but because the power in his hands was not strong enough and his voice was not powerful enough, so he was defeated in the struggle.

The Chamber of Commerce has come a long way and can no longer avoid many things.

Wouldn't running away make you a target? It's just another excuse. The weak are dominated and sacrificed, while the strong dominate and divide up the wealth. This is a truth that never changes.

Moulton Fornia simply happened to be divided up.

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248. The plan was disrupted again (4K5)

Time passed slowly and it was evening.

Filia, Vivian, Hannah, and several members of the investigation team had already walked around West Street. Along the way, Hannah was completely impressed by Filia.

Because Filia actually found several people for them based on Ake's characteristics, among whom the owner of "Thorne Tavern" provided them with several clues.

It’s just a pity that these people are not the “Ake” they are looking for.

"If these people aren't the ones who are found, then the remaining ones who haven't been found are very likely to be the ones who are found. However, we don't have any more clues now. We can only wait and see here. I don't think this is a good option."

Filia said, her face remaining expressionless, no matter what her inner emotions were - something Hannah admired.

Hannah sighed and shook her head. "It doesn't matter. Finding someone isn't that easy anyway. We've gained enough today. Thank you very much for your help, Miss Livret. If it weren't for you, we don't know when we would have found someone."

This is the truth.

Filia shook her head. "Nothing. I'm just familiar with this place. Anyone here would be able to find one or two similar people."

“Is… is that so?”

Hannah felt hit.

She glanced around. This was not her first time in West Street. In the beginning, West Street was known for being dirty and messy, but recently it had become cleaner and tidier than other streets. Even now, there were adventurers cleaning the streets. Most of these people came here to undertake the missions issued by Elsa.

Hannah suddenly felt a little emotional.

At this moment, a member of the investigation team appeared in front of everyone. As soon as she saw Hannah, she hurried over.

"Boss, our investigation has yielded results. Renee asked me to bring this thing over!"

Hannah looked at the visitor with some surprise and took the neatly folded paper with words on it from his hand.

"Renee? Is this about the sale and commission of 'curare weed'? Why so fast?"

After all, it involves the investigation of those merchants and the Adventurer's Guild, and the workload is huge. Hannah thought that Renee would at least spend a day to do this.

So she felt strange.

The visitor explained, "It wasn't supposed to happen this quickly... We were having a headache, so we wanted to start with the Adventurer's Guild. Suddenly, the people from the Morton Fornia Chamber of Commerce sent us transaction records and guild commission records. They were all well-organized. Not only were all the arrow poison weeds categorized, but they also specifically picked out items we found more suspicious... Their steward asked us to send their young lady's regards to Lady Faris..."

Hannah then understood that it was Elsa who gave the push from behind.

But how did Elsa know they were investigating this? Isn't that strange? She hasn't been seen since she left...

Some things just can't be thought about too much. When I think about Hannah, I feel like something is not right.

"In short, now that we have this intelligence, our work will be much easier."

Hannah regained her enthusiasm.

……

"Master, they seem to be targeting Ake."

"understood."

The dim space was filled with an unpleasant musty smell. The man waved his hand and let the puppet leave.

There were only a few candles burning around, and the dim light reflected the man's profile. He was sitting in an irregularly shaped magic circle. In each corner of the magic circle was an inverted cross - exactly the same inverted cross in Luther's hand.

The magic circle extracted the vitality from the cross, and then it was all absorbed by him - yesterday, he still looked like an old man, but today he has returned to middle age. Only his gray and withered hair still retained traces of old age, and his originally skinny arms were now covered with strong muscles.

These life forces are absorbed and stored bit by bit by subordinates like Luther, which can provide him with powerful vitality. Now he is not easy to be killed, and once a battle occurs, after sacrificing these life forces, he will gain powerful strength from the abyss.

This is also his last trump card, just in case.

It’s just that… because Luther was killed, the inverted cross pendant on Luther’s body was also lost, and now he just lacks some vitality in his hands to fill his body.

"Things have come to this point... I'm afraid this much vitality isn't enough. Now Ake is being targeted again..."

He was thinking while absorbing the vitality.

Ake was an ordinary chess piece under his command. One of his few functions was to serve as an eye placed next to Deputy Captain Ryan. Deputy Captain Ryan was one of the most important people in the Magician Corps, and he had a great chance to meet the Sage directly, so he did not take action against Ryan.

Not taking action does not mean leaving it alone. Ryan is a scholar, and it would be too risky to take action against people around Ryan, so he set his sights on Ak. Ak's workshop is right next to Ryan's workshop, and the two are not close and familiar with each other, so Ak is the best candidate.

So he killed Ake and made him into a puppet, but it was of little use now that Ryan was no longer around.

So he didn't care much about Ake being targeted.

He knew that Hannah from the Lord's Mansion had been tracking the whereabouts of the missing magicians. He had to admit that this young-looking guard was quite capable, forcing him to choose to sacrifice one of his subordinates.

It is only a matter of time before Ak is found. This period of time is equivalent to abandoning Ak. The other party wants to use Ak to follow the clues, while he wants to let Ak delay as long as possible.

You can't give up chess pieces in vain, right?

Although puppets are not worth pitying and will be dead if they die, it is quite troublesome to refine such puppets. If you want to make them perfect and not be discovered, you must proceed step by step from placing them in the magician group. Any mistake in any step will expose your identity.

It took him a lot of effort to prepare these puppets - he didn't have many men under him to begin with, and if one died, it would be one less person, which would delay his original plan.

"Someone is coming."