Time passed, and by mid-November, Jingyu Forest had already snowed heavily under the influence of cold air.

Road construction in the kingdom has gradually stagnated, but the food that should be harvested has been harvested. In general, there are joys and sorrows this year - the sharp decline in population is worrying, and many villages can't even find many men to farm. However, it is good that after the fall statistics ended, the originally barren Iverta area successfully feeds back the damaged southeastern area with explosive grain output. Coupled with the decline in freight costs caused by the smooth roads, and in line with the cabinet's grain price limit policy, this winter is not too sad for the living people.

There are many dragons in Hollier City who have celebrated a festival in the Hercino Demon Tower, and the scene is very grand. The wood elf Nata is curious about these things, but she can only imagine the images of "The Age of Karen" - and now she naturally has no time to watch this, and tied her warm coat tightly, Nata continues to search for targets in the cold wind.

Nata is actually not in a good mood at the moment, because over the past period of time, the information from the Intelligence Agency has proved that there seems to be more than one "relic" in the Jingyu Forest.

"Wagra Ruins" is a trap specially disguised by the intelligence department. All the books and materials there are forged. In order to achieve the effect, every time a mercenary group goes in to explore, a special person will go in and re-arrange it. At the same time, this mercenary team will be followed, and those books or cultural relics sold as treasures will be traced to their destinations...

However, the news of "another ruin" disrupted all previous plans - you should know that the ruins of Wagra Imperial City are very large. According to historical records, the towns and villages around the Imperial City should have disappeared in the long river of time, but Nata believed after investigation... Someone did find a new ruin that the Intelligence Bureau had never grasped before!

However, there is still a lack of relevant evidence. Either find the ruins or find physical evidence of the existence of the ruins. Otherwise, Nata would not have reported it to the cabinet with some rumors, because it may also be a smoke bomb that the enemy fired to confuse the public.

Faced with this situation, she could only apply for the Intelligence Bureau to send more people to search for clues. In order to ensure concealment, this kind of search cannot send troops to make a big splash, so now all three-person teams of the Intelligence Bureau were released. Nata, as the wood elves who are most familiar with Jingyu Forest, had no choice but to rush to the forefront.

Because she was able to skillfully identify the direction in the jungle, Nata's teammate was Nora and another Tifflin Kasen. The agile threes were far more efficient than other teams. They were not blindly searching, but tracking the mercenary groups in the forest - the news and the wind were released by the other party, so naturally the clues had to be found among these people.

The mercenary teams that dare to enter the forest this season are not good. Nata's men followed the mercenary team to monitor, and she was also following a mercenary team with a population of about ten:

“We’re two to three days behind.”

Nata identified the footprints on the ground, while Nora next to her was carefully learning this tracking technique. However, the group didn't go far, but she suddenly sniffed: "The smell was not right."

Taflin's sense of smell is more sensitive than that of wood elves and humans. The smell of blood in the air is very sensitive to them. Nata's expression tightened, and the three of them immediately followed the traces and accelerated their pursuit. Sure enough, they soon discovered the corpses of humans in the area...

“Confirm that the surroundings are safe.”

Tifflin Kasen climbed up the tree to observe the surroundings and reported the situation. Nata and Nora frowned and looked in front of her - this place was obviously a built-in camp. If you want to maintain your strength during rest in winter, you must set up a tent, otherwise the cold wind will definitely blow people stupid. At present, you can see five simple tents in this camp, but three of them have collapsed and look directly crushed by some external force.

The corpses were in sight. Some of these human mercenaries were still holding weapons in their hands, but they did not escape the fate of death. But Nata looked at her more and more and more, because they died very strangely.

"Warcraft attack?"

Nora looked at the already stiff corpse on the ground, looked closer, but said, "No, there are no footprints of monsters or beasts here...their clothes have many charred places. Could it be that they were attacked by the mage?"

Nata reached out to pick up his long sword from the side of a corpse, and there were magic patterns on the hilt. It was obviously a valuable magic weapon, but its blade looked like a bending or even melting under some external force. I am afraid that at least one intermediate magician could do this.

"What are the magicians doing when they come here to attack the mercenary group?"

The strangest thing is that there is nothing missing in these mercenary camps. Nata searched and found that the intact weapons, equipment and even silver coins in their pockets were still there. This proves that the attackers were not for money - you should know that the fire of the mercenary group that occurred in the wild was often for money and murder.

She continued to search, hoping to find some clues among these things, and then her eyes suddenly became determined: because in the pocket of a tent, Nata saw several relief stone slabs.

She looks very familiar with the relief style, because Nata has seen similar patterns in Elson and Hercino Tower...and this means that the thing in front of her must be the work of the high elf!

After many days of pursuit, there was finally clue. Nata reached out to take out the stone slab and judged from the edge marks that it should have been directly chiseled with an axe. She personally participated in the "forgery" process of Wagra ruins, so she knew very well that this was not something inside Wagra ruins. In other words, the news of other remains in Jingyu Forest was considered conclusive at this time!

But even greater doubts followed... How did this group of people who had successfully found the remains died? Who did they offend?

After checking, Nata gathered all the things related to the High Elf ruins and prepared to take them away. Nora had already explored the surroundings for a while and said, "There are nine people present, but there are ten kettles."

"Someone escaped?"

"It should be, but this person should know how to counter-track and leave no footprints."

Nora pointed to the snow next to her, and there was a small, unobvious horizontal mark on it. This was the look of the footprints being swept by branches. It was still possible to distinguish them from the nearest point. After walking thirty meters, there was no obvious mark to confirm. The possibility of tracking was zero.

"What should I do now? Go find this ruin?"

Nora analyzed the current situation: "This group of people were attacked after exploring the ruins. The traces we saw before were within three days. So have they not moved in the past few days? Does that mean the ruins are nearby?"

This is indeed a correct judgment, but Nata shook her head directly: "Don't ignore the danger behind this. This group of people die strangely. When they go to search for the ruins, who knows what they will encounter?"

She carried the relief slab on her back, grabbed the longbow and said, "Go back now."

Nata is the leader, and Nora and Kayson naturally would not refuse such orders. Besides, what she said is not unreasonable, Nora's originally relaxed mood began to become nervous. The three of them quickly left the camp and marched towards Elsa Village - but as soon as they walked far away, a buzz suddenly sounded from behind.

"Do not!"

After Nata finished speaking, a ray of light suddenly appeared after the three of them. A deafening explosion sounded, and an impact bombarded the three of them!

But after landing, Nata and the two Tifflins were unscathed, because the three of them were equipped with crystals that passively activate shields - but this attack broke the two big trees next to them, bringing up a large area of ​​soil and snow mist.
Chapter completed!