Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

Elsa narrowed her eyes slightly, took off her boots, and stepped on Grace's face.

"Don't move, let's finish this quickly, I'm still very busy."

Aisha looked down at Grace and said.

Then, Tricia on the side saw a scene that made her blush. Even though she was mentally prepared, she still couldn't help swallowing.

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264. News from the Chamber of Commerce

At the same time, the Magicians' headquarters has been taken over by the Knights.

Hannah and the investigation team temporarily allocated some of their manpower to investigate Ake and the Knights and the underground magic circle in the lord's mansion.

Early this morning, Hannah received from Sophia the interpretation of the abyss magic runes found in the underground magic circle of the magician group's base.

"Although this is only a preliminary interpretation, I suspect the functions of these runes are 'catalysis' and 'stagnation'."

Sophia explained.

"These runes probably serve some other purpose. 'Catalysis' is like the common strengthening spell in magic, a functional keyword for introducing and strengthening the abyssal aura. As for 'Stagnation', it seems to be some kind of forbidden rune related to the abyssal life magic. I haven't figured out why these two types of runes appeared underground, but I suggest destroying the abyssal runes underground first - you can leave this task to me."

Sophia recommended herself.

There is a certain risk in trying to destroy a magic, especially the abyss magic, so it is most appropriate to leave this matter to Sophia, a witch.

"Then I'll trouble you. If there's anything you need our cooperation for, Renee will help you."

Hannah said.

"Don't worry, I can handle this level of work by myself."

Sophia shook her head. She didn't want other people to come into contact with the abyss magic. Hannah didn't say much, but said a few words to Renee. Then Buck and Renee took Sophia away.

Not long after, Vivian and Filia also came over, along with Levan and others from the Magician Corps.

"Good morning, Miss Trawins, Miss Livret."

"Good morning, Miss Hannah."

"morning."

Hannah simply greeted Vivian and Filia, then looked at Levan and the others.

"And everyone in the Magician Corps, I wonder how you rested last night. Did you get any new clues?"

Now, the Magician Corps is temporarily under the direct management of the Lord's Mansion.

The former leader of the Magician Corps has died, and the acting leader Ryan is not in Dammas. After the attack, the Magician Corps is in chaos, and Sibern has to send someone to take over temporarily.

Levan was also allowed to temporarily join the investigation team.

Levan shook his head, looking listless, as if he hadn't rested well that night. "I went to Ake's workshop again and searched for a long time, but there were no clues. I also asked other people, but no one was familiar with that Ake."

Hannah couldn't help but ask, "How could your magician group let such a person go unchecked?"

Lie Wan scratched his head, looking embarrassed.

"Actually, apart from training and missions, we're all busy with our own things, and we don't interact much on weekdays... We don't really know what each of us does..."

“Who manages personnel allocation?”

"It's... Captain Kuss Hegelman."

But Hegelman had died in the battle against the vampire attack, otherwise Hannah would definitely go to Hegelman to verify the information.

At this time, Renee, who had just left not long ago, ran over again. Her expression was full of excitement, and it seemed as if she had some good news.

Seeing that there were many people here, Renee whispered in Hannah's ear.

"Sir, the man from yesterday is here again!"

"The man from yesterday?"

Hannah was suspicious, so Renee explained, "It's Mr. Reed, the steward of the Morton-Furnia Chamber of Commerce. He said he has an important clue to tell you in person."

Hannah was slightly surprised and looked at Renee, who nodded.

"Levan, you and your people wait here for a moment," Hannah said to Levan, then looked at Vivian and Filia, "Ms. Livlet, Miss Trawins, please follow me."

Hannah, Renee, Vivian, and Filia came to the temporary reception room. Reed appeared in front of them, and it seemed that he had been waiting for a while.

Reed saw Hannah, his eyes flickered from Vivian and Filia, and he bowed politely to them.

"No need for pleasantries. Are you here because of Ake's matter? To be honest, the clues your Chamber of Commerce provided are very useful. It would be great if there were more - I will allocate your rewards after this matter is over."

Hannah didn't wait for Reed to greet her slowly and got straight to the point.

She knew that the Morton Chamber of Commerce came for Elsa, and they had actually made it clear yesterday. Hannah guessed that the Morton-Fenia Chamber of Commerce most likely came for the opportunity to contact Elsa, so she used "reward" to block the talk.

Reed also heard the hidden meaning in Hannah's words, but he didn't show it.

"I'm very pleased to receive your praise, Lady Hannah. I came here today because we have found new clues about Ake."

Without further ado, Reed took out an emerald crystal stone wrapped in white cloth and handed it to Hannah.

"Ake had dealings with the merchants we manage. This is something he hasn't been able to take away yet. It's a mineral mined in the northern permafrost. It's mostly used as an auxiliary material for soul magic and is one of the most expensive trade items between the North and the Northern Kingdom."

Recently, the Morton-Furnia Chamber of Commerce is planning to expand into the north, so it is more knowledgeable about this aspect. He talked about it and introduced the emerald stone.

As he spoke, he took out another roll of parchment, on which were densely written names of people.

"Also, here are the sellers of this ore we found. Many of them are from the North. There are also other buyers besides Ake, including other members of the Magician Corps. Their transaction time is very interesting, as if they had received the news long ago. They made transactions as soon as those merchants arrived.

We have compiled and recorded the names and registration information of all these people here——"

This was very important news. Hannah immediately took the parchment scroll from Reed and found two familiar names at a glance.

Reed caught a look of surprise and slight excitement from Hannah's expression, and he knew that this trip was worthwhile.

Hannah looked up. "Where did you get these things?"

“For businesspeople, intelligence is paramount.”

Reed smiled and continued, "By the way, there are rumors that some of these people have connections with slave traders—I have no evidence, I just heard it."

Hannah glanced at Reed.

Since Reed said so, that's basically it. Reed wouldn't bring this up for no reason.

"Thanks a lot, these are very useful."

Reed bowed slightly. "My young lady asked me to deliver it. Now that it's delivered, it's time for me to go back. Please allow me to say hello to Miss Aisha Faris on behalf of my young lady."

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265. Celtic Emerald

After Reed left, Hannah carefully read the information Reed sent her.

The records above basically contain detailed information about the transactions related to the investigation into Ak. In addition to the transaction records related to the poisonous grass received yesterday, it also includes an item called "Celtic Emerald", which must be the emerald green crystal sent by Reed - the identity information of the two parties to the transaction, the transaction location, time, transaction goods and amount, etc., as long as it can be found, it will basically be marked in detail.

It has to be said that this clue provided by the Morton-Furnia Chamber of Commerce is very valuable to the investigation team.

Hannah set her eyes on the emerald crystal that Reed had given her. She observed it for a moment, but since she didn't know much about this kind of magic item, she handed it to Renee beside her.

"Go find out what this thing is used for. You can ask Levan and the others. Also, I remember that man was called Li De. Yesterday I asked you to find out about him and the Chamber of Commerce behind him. What happened?"

"Well, I've figured it out," Renee said, taking the emerald crystal. "He's the family steward of the Morton-Fenia Chamber of Commerce. The young lady he was referring to must be Sylphrea Morton, the daughter of the Morton family and the current operator of the Dammas branch. Her father is Earl Clayton Morton."

At this time, Felia said:

"I've seen him."

Hannah and Renee both looked at Filia, a little surprised.

Feilia looked at Vivian and said, "Vivian, you have seen him too."

"Eh? Me?"

Vivian showed a surprised expression, "When..."

When Reed delivered the letter yesterday, Filia and Vivian were searching for Ake on West Street with Hannah. It was Renee who received Reed. Vivian didn't think she had met Reed before.

Felia explained, "About twenty days ago, he came to express his gratitude to Aisha, and at that time he was accompanied by a young girl—I think that was Sylphrea Morton."

However, Elsa left Dammas for the town of Weilin not long after that, so Reed and Sylvia returned empty-handed. After all, they had only met briefly at that time and did not have a deep impression. Vivian did not communicate much with others, so naturally she did not remember much. At that time, many people came to the door, but Filia and Vivian happened to have some impression of Reed, but they did not know that Reed was actually the steward of the Morton Fornia Chamber of Commerce.

"Oh...I think I remember now."

After hearing this, Vivian also had an impression.

Hannah nodded slightly when she saw this. She had an idea in her mind and didn't ask any more questions.

She took out the information and said:

"The clues the Morton-Furnia Chamber of Commerce has given us are probably only part of their records. This Ake is just a clue left to us. Our job is to use this clue to find his accomplices and the people behind him. The Chamber of Commerce has been very helpful to us in this regard. However, Ake and the people behind him will not make all their transactions public, so there are definitely many things we don't know, such as the 'slave trade' that Reed mentioned -"

As she spoke, Hannah's expression became serious and solemn.

"Since Li De specifically mentioned this matter, I think he must be intentionally reminding us that the so-called 'slaves' may include innocent civilians."

Felia's eyes moved slightly, but quickly disappeared.

No one noticed the change in Filia's expression. Hannah glanced at the list in her hand again and continued, "A large number of these merchants are from the North. The North borders the demi-human nation of Helansis Butana, which also happens to be one of the production areas of Celtic emerald.

The slave traders in the North are very rampant, especially those who travel to and from Hellensis Butanna. I guess if they are indeed connected with Ak and the people behind Ak, then those Celtic emeralds may also be related to them. We can start the investigation from here.

Regarding this part, I will ask the Inquisition for help and obtain the relevant files regarding the capture and wanted slave traders in the past. I will be responsible for this matter personally."

After all, only Hannah, who was directly authorized by Shibern, had the power to directly contact the Inquisition and retrieve the files. Moreover, Hannah was more familiar with this matter - she was from the Knights Templar and had dealt with the Inquisition for some time.

"In short, now that we've obtained such an important clue, our next steps are clear. Renee, take the others to investigate the people on the list. Don't alert them for now. I'm going to the Inquisition and then to the Lord's Mansion to meet with Lord Hibern. We're short on manpower, so we must request more support."

At this time, Filia suddenly said, "To avoid arousing suspicion, let me continue to track down Ake. By the way, give me a copy of the list of people in West Street - I am more familiar with West Street."

Making sudden changes is bound to arouse suspicion.

The best way to conceal something is to appear to have nothing changed and continue doing what needs to be done. Besides, catching Ak was also what Filia had promised Vivian. After completing this task, it would be time for her to leave the city.

"Filia, I'll go with you..."

Vivian also said.

Hannah nodded in agreement. "Then there are Miss Laurie Frate and Miss Trawins. I will send someone to assist you."

"You're welcome." Filia didn't say much, but paused, "I may not leave anyone alive."

Hannah didn't care.

"It doesn't matter. Undead puppets have no intelligence value."

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On the other side, in the dark and quiet underground prison of the church, a crow flew low over the deserted corridor and then landed steadily on Tricia's shoulder.

The crow flapped its wings and gently touched Tricia's hair with its sharp beak. Then it realized that its master was staring at the two people in the cell without blinking, his face flushed, and he seemed to be stunned. The crow made a strange sound and looked over. In the cell, the nun who scared it, Aisha, was holding her hands to her chest, stepping on the face of the poor gray-haired woman, and even stuffing her toes into the woman's mouth as if in a humiliating way. She looked down at him with a cold gaze, and the water-colored light on her fingertips flickered slowly.

There were traces of moisture everywhere on the ground.

The gray-haired woman lying on the ground made unusual shuddering nasal sounds and gasps from time to time, and sometimes her whole body was shaking, with her limbs drooping limply. Her expression was indescribable, and her eyes rolled back as if she had lost consciousness - in short, she looked miserable, with snot, tears, saliva, and sweat all mixed together, and her originally pretty gray hair was stuck together into a ball.

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266. The weapons have arrived

Crow went to set up a soundproof barrier and saw this scene when he came back.

That woman on the ground is so miserable—the crow thought.

The crow looked at Elsa again, the only person who made it feel scared, and met Elsa's gaze. Although the crow felt that Elsa should be looking at its master Tricia, it still shuddered unconsciously, quickly withdrew its gaze, and shrank towards Tricia's shoulder, leaving only a piece of crow-black feathers, and then disappeared completely.

Tricia didn't notice Aisha's gaze, but just stared at Grace who was lying on the ground helplessly and in disheveled.

The air was filled with a charming, humid smell.