Section Forty-Nine Investigation Conclusion

  Late at night, in the palace, the king was meeting with Rakka, the great demon wizard who was investigating the truth of the matter.

  "Speak up, tell me the whole story from start to finish in detail!" The king said languidly.

  "Yes! Your Majesty!" Kara said: "The cause of the matter is Ishihara Sanlang!"

  "Is it him?"

  "Yes, his family lost a large sum of money in a gamble with the Ryū family, so Ishihara Sanrō's pocket money was reduced to almost nothing. This was really terrible for this young master who was used to being extravagant. In order to find some money to spend, he started uniting his younger brothers to collect 'protection fees' from his classmates!"

  "'Protection fee'? Good heavens! How dreadful! Is he still a noble? What's the difference between him and those street rascals!" The king said in discontent.

  "What's even worse is that he beat up many students who didn't pay him in order to intimidate those who didn't give him money, and some were seriously injured!"

  "Damn it, why doesn't the principal take care of this?"

  "Is Wickler a magician? He's received quite a few benefits from the Ishihara family!"

  "Ugh, damn it! He should have been beaten to death by Long Wu!" The king complained: "Go on, what's the relationship with the Long family?"

  "Do you still remember that year when Wangdu was besieged and General Long led the troops to attack, the personal guard who used his body to block arrows for him?"

  "I remember, at that time I was watching the battle from the city tower, the Whirlwind Array was in front of me, and just after killing his opponent, the Sword Saint of Flowers, who had not yet recovered his strength, was ambushed by an enemy's magic arrow. His personal guard blocked three arrows for him and died on the spot. Afterwards, I even specially rewarded him, what a pity to lose a golden warrior!"

  His children were taken in by the Long family and could attend this noble school. General Long even instructed his five sons to take good care of them. However, the boy was beaten half to death by Shi Yuan Sanlang for not paying "protection fees" and had his arm broken, and still hasn't gotten out of bed!

  "He's really asking for death, treating a meritorious subject of the kingdom like that! I get it, those five young masters from the Dragon family will definitely not let him off!"

  "Yes, he was tied up by the fifth young master of the Long family with a special 'vine technique', and his body had several hundred small holes, and his blood stained his clothes red. Although they were all superficial wounds, the Light Healing Spell could cure them easily, but the pain he experienced must have been terrifying!"

  "Serves you right, then what?"

  Because it was too unseemly, Ishihara scolded him severely. With a grudge in his heart, he took advantage of the moment when the guards at the Ishihara residence were lax and slipped into the study of the head of the household, where he wrote an assassination order and stamped it with the family crest.

  "This little scoundrel is too daring!" The king said in anger: "He's as good as dead. Continue to speak of what happened afterwards!"

  "The masterminds of the Black Dragon Society are mostly absent, and the ones receiving orders can't even recognize different handwriting, so they only know to authenticate with the household's seal. After confirmation, they don't dare to slack off, since most of the experts are not present, they have no choice but to send in inferior fighters, hoping to rely on their numerical advantage to kill Long Wu! They mobilized a total of 164 people, divided into four groups, each group ambushing from a different direction. Each group has one high-level killer as the leader, along with 10 mid-level killers and 30 low-level killers. To be extra cautious, they also equipped themselves with a military-grade heavy crossbow. Each group is further divided into two parts: the main force is ambushed in the inner circle, consisting of one high-level killer, five mid-level killers, and 20 low-level killers. The remaining people are armed with the heavy crossbow and ambush in the outer perimeter. Once the target breaks out of the inner circle's blockade, they will be put to use. Overall, it seems that this time's commander is a cautious person. If nothing unexpected happens, Long Wu is definitely going to die!"

  "Is he dead?"

  "I don't know! Several assassins who were involved got injured and stayed in the city without returning, escaping the massacre at the manor. From them, I learned that Long Wu discovered the ambush while entering the inner circle and decisively decided to retreat, forcing the assassins to act prematurely, so only one group of people clashed with Long Wu. At that time, Long Wu had two golden-level warriors as his guards, who blocked the assassins and covered Long Wu's retreat. This kid threw out a 'Fog Technique' that enveloped both the assassins and his guards, then rode away on his mount, Xiong, with his sister, and was never seen again. To this day, at least 100,000 people have been searching inside and outside the imperial capital non-stop, but there has been no news!"

  "Aren't there some killers behind him?"

  "The fifteen people behind him are all dead, I went to the scene and it was very strange!"

  "What's so strange about it?"

  "The scene is chaotic, someone used 'Gravity Magic', collapsing houses and some trees. Two people were slapped to death, their flesh and blood were blurred, they couldn't be recognized, the rest were pierced by the earth magic 'Earth Thorn' on the stone stakes. No one has disturbed the scene, it's still hanging there!"

  "'Gravity Magic' isn't a 10th-tier Earth-type spell? I heard it's extremely difficult to master, and only the great Earth-type mage, Skret, can use it. Has he arrived?"

  "Not him!" Cara said firmly. "His magic can at most create twice the gravity, which is fine for dealing with heavy cavalry, but absolutely not enough to deal with those assassins. Apparently this spell slowed down the assassins' movements to a large extent, so they were hit by 'Earth Spike', a relatively slow spell."

  "What the hell is going on?"

  "Perhaps the only explanation is that young master's scroll! After all, he even has a 14th-level forbidden spell, so it's no wonder he also has a 10th-level 'Gravity Spell'."

  "That's right! It must be that way. Since he killed the killer, it means he's still alive, just missing! Great, the Ishihara family is finally safe!"

  "But I found the crossbow of the killer and discovered that the arrow had been shot out, so it's also possible that the young master is already dead, and the one who killed him was his own sister!"

  "Never mind. In any case, the Ishihara family must be left behind, otherwise the kingdom's finances will be in chaos and the Northern Genbu Army may even rebel, this consequence is too serious! The kingdom can't afford it!"

  "But the mother who lost her son is terrifying and has lost her mind. Aren't you afraid of provoking the princess?"

  "Isn't this enough to vent her anger with three wolf heads?"

  "Do you think she will accept? Think about the former mistress of the Long family, a kind and gentle saint of the Church, who became a bloodthirsty demon after her two sons were killed. The Wolf Fang, known as the strongest armed group on the continent, with over 10,000 people, led by the Sword Saint and with a Great Demon Commander as vice commander, was still slaughtered by her. Even the surviving Sword God was hunted down for half a year because of this matter, and several thousand people died protecting him. If it weren't for the Pope personally capturing her, who knows how many more would have died?"

  "Oh! Damn it! I think you're right!" The king wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Don't mention her again, let the Ishihara family go to hell, I don't want to provoke the Elf Queen by covering for them."

  "Long live Your Majesty!"

  "Well, let's talk about what happened to the strong ones in the Ishihara family?"

  "In the eastern kingdom of Kote, dozens of major cases have occurred recently. Wealthy nobles were visited by a group of black-clad men who not only took away all their property but also killed everyone. From some clues, it appears that these people came from our country."

  "I see, it seems there's some reason why the Ishihara family's financial crisis can be resolved in such a short time."

  "It is estimated that Cote's envoy on the road is coming to protest against our country."

  "Our two countries have been at odds for a long time and are still fighting, how can I investigate my own minister because of a criminal case from an enemy country? Let him be! You rest well now, you've been busy all day, I'd like to take a nap too."

  "Yes! Your Majesty! I bid farewell!"

  "I hope that little scamp is still alive; otherwise, my Lutz will be in a fine mess!" the king muttered.