Chapter 564 The missing Lord of Gelin City
"Oh? How do you say this?"
After hearing Marquis Rose's words, Lei Xiao couldn't help but have a look of doubt on his face.
"Back to your lord, a month ago, Marquis Hod, the lord of Gelin City, ordered a batch of fine wine from his subordinates and agreed to pick it up in person."
Bowing to Lei Xiao, the Rose Marquis responded: "But more than a week has passed, and there is still no movement or news from the other party. This is not in line with Marquis Hodder's behavior." < br>
"I have also heard about Marquis Hod. It is said that he is one of the very few high-ranking nobles in the eastern region of Cold Flame who adheres to the traditional spirit of chivalry. From this point of view, it is indeed unlikely that he will break the contract."
Ariel nodded in thought and continued.
"Lord, Your Highness the Princess is right."
The old general Bert took a step forward, caressed Lei Xiao's chest and saluted: "Back then, my subordinates once fought side by side with Huo De for a short period of time at the Fortress in the far north, and learned that he was an extremely punctual person. , and worthy of respect.”
"So that's it. It seems that something has happened to Marquis Hodder, and that's why he hasn't come to get the wine."
After listening to what several people said, Lei Xiao affirmed thoughtfully.
Regarding the city lord of Gelin City, I only met him once from a distance at the alchemist conference at that time, and didn't have much impression.
However, judging from the intelligence currently available, the other party is indeed a leader with a good reputation and integrity.
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao rubbed his chin and said to the elegant man: "Since you just mentioned that it is not that easy to capture Gelin City, there must be other clues, right?"
"The lord is indeed aware of everything. This is exactly what I want to report next."
The Marquis of Rose smiled and bowed in response: "Because this matter is a little too strange, so during the period when Lord Huo De broke the appointment, my subordinates specifically inquired about the situation of Ge Lincheng from other nobles who were coming and going. situation.”
"Finally, I learned that since the Alchemist Conference, the Lord of Hod had not appeared in public in Gelin City for a long time. It was as if he had disappeared out of thin air."
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After speaking, a trace of doubt appeared on Marquis Rose's square face again: "This is obviously extremely unusual."
"Qing Shuanghua, are you saying that the Lord of Gelin City has probably disappeared inexplicably?"
A hint of surprise appeared on Ariel's fair face, and she blurted out.
"Back to Your Highness, Princess, that's exactly what happened."
Nodding gracefully, Marquis Rose turned to Lei Xiao and said, "Lord, this is what my subordinate just said. It doesn't seem that easy to take down Gelin City now."
After a pause, Marquis Rose added: "Of course, this is just the speculation of my subordinates. Everything in Gelin City is currently operating normally, and there is no news about this."
"It turns out that if you can't directly conquer the city lord, it will be really difficult to quickly control a city."
Upon hearing this, Lei Xiao shrugged helplessly.
"Lord, the strength of this city lord is at the fourth level, and he must be surrounded by personal guards. How could he disappear so casually?"
A trace of doubt appeared on Ariel's delicate face, and she said puzzledly: "Moreover, for such a big thing as the disappearance of the city lord, there is no official news coming out of Gelin City. It is simply incredible."
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"It seems that there must be a hidden secret in this."
Lei Xiao pondered for a moment, and then said: "In that case, let's just go directly to Gelin City to find out."
"Yes! Lord!"
All the subordinates bowed and responded in unison.
Next, Lei Xiao first went to the underground of the wine cellar again and took out 10 million golden dragons for spare use.
Later, we went to the secret treasure house of Blue Cold Castle, which is also located in the wine cellar, and performed some refreshing upgrades.
In the end, in terms of weapons, we obtained 100 level 3 long swords, 200 level 3 staffs, 200 level 3 crossbows, 200 level 3 heavy swords, 2 level 4 staffs, and 2 level 4 long swords. There are also 100 level 3 shields.
In terms of armor, we obtained 100 sets of third-level light armor, 100 sets of third-level leather armor, 210 sets of third-level plate armor, 320 sets of third-level heavy armor, 1 set of fourth-level heavy armor, 1 set of fourth-level light armor, and fourth-level leather armor. 2 sets of armor, as well as 100 sets of precious third-level elven cloth armors and 200 pieces of third-level elven robes.
In terms of potions, they obtained 550 second-order charging pills, 5 third-order holy moon charging pills, 430 second-order healing potions, and 6 third-order healing potions.
"Not bad, not bad. It perfectly meets the needs of a heavy infantry squadron, a swordsman squadron, two magician squadrons, and a ranger scout squadron that is good at reconnaissance, a total of five Guards squadrons in Blue Cold Castle!"
Nodding with satisfaction, Lei Xiao waved his hand.
100 sets of third-level heavy armor, 100 third-level heavy swords, 100 third-level large shields, 100 third-level long swords, 100 sets of third-level light armor, 200 third-level staffs, 200 third-level robes, 100 A set of third-level leather armor and 100 third-level crossbows appeared in the secret treasure house.
Facing this dazzling scene in front of him, it goes without saying that the Marquis de Rose was astonished and ecstatic.
Lei Xiao, on the other hand, asked the other party to slowly change the clothes of his close guards without attracting attention, and then walked out of the door of the huge secret treasure house with light steps.
After completing all of this, Lei Xiao did not stop any longer. He took the main force and subordinates to bid farewell to the reluctant Rose Marquis, and galloped straight towards the direction of Gelin City.
As for the subsequent safety issues of Rose Marquis, Lei Xiao is no longer worried.
First, through his own equipment upgrades and potion supply, this elegant man named Shuanghua has made a qualitative leap in strength compared to before.
Secondly, the second-level guards have been redressed, and their combat effectiveness can also be raised to a higher level.
Thirdly, the current situation in Leng Yan is changing rapidly. After the fortress offensive and defensive battle, he and Ariel have become the primary targets of the three princes. The pressure on Marquis Rose will naturally be much lighter.
After a fast and furious journey, Lei Xiao and his party arrived at their destination, Gelin City, which was covered with dust.
It's almost sunset.
"See you Lord!"
In a spacious room on the second floor of the "Drink without a Sword" tavern, the tavern owner Maia, Shadow Squadron commander Fran, and a group of Shadow Squadron soldiers all saluted Lei Xiao with their chests pressed, and they bowed deeply. 's head.
Not long ago, under Maiya's suggestion, this humble tavern has become our own spy base in Gelin City.
"No need to be polite."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly, and while gesturing to all the main and subordinates to stop and drink tea, he said to Maiya and Fran in front of him: "How is the operation of this spy stronghold?"
"Back to Lord, everything is going on in an orderly manner!"
Fran, who has short ear-length hair and a wheat-colored complexion, responded neatly: "With the illusion cloak and invisibility cloak provided by the lord, it will undoubtedly be much easier for my subordinates to move!"
"That's good, I'll keep the story short."
Immediately afterwards, Lei Xiao told the two of them the purpose of coming here this time and what he had just learned from Marquis Rose about the suspected disappearance of the Lord of Gelin City.
"I didn't expect that the lord would be so well-informed."
A rustling voice sounded. Surprised, Fran bowed and said: "Lord, just before you came here, the shadow members who were monitoring the main palace of Gelin City and the surrounding areas of the city had just sent back Message.”
"Just now, the commanders above the deputy captain level of the Gelin city garrison who held an unknown meeting in the city lord's mansion for most of the day have begun to operate secretly."
"Not only has all the mining areas being mined been sealed off in a rare move, but a large-scale secret search operation has also been launched in the city."
After a pause, Fran continued: "This, coupled with the fact that the Lord of Gelin City has not appeared during the recent period, my subordinates and Mr. Mai Ya came to the conclusion that the Lord of Gelin City may have disappeared. .”
"It seems that due to the disappearance of the city lord, chaos has begun in Gelin City."
Lei Xiao nodded and asked again: "If the Lord of Gelin City has really been missing for many days, then who is managing Gelin City now?"
"Back to the lord, the lord of Gelin City, Huo De, has a son and a daughter. They have both been adults for many years, and their strength has reached the third level."
Maiya, who had gray hair on his temples, bowed and responded: "Since these two people took over some of the duties of the Lord of Gelin City after they reached adulthood, it should be led by these two people, assisted by the elders of the clan, and jointly Manage Ge Lincheng.”
"It's interesting."
Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows and then asked: "Besides, what other information did you learn?"
"Back to Lord, let's talk about what Fran mentioned just now, sealing off all the mining areas in Gelin City."
Maiya, who was about to enter his sixtieth year, continued to maintain a respectful posture and said: "In the more than ten years since my subordinates settled in Gelin City, there has never been a blockade of mineral veins. After all, this is Gelin City. From this, my subordinates speculate that the disappearance of the Lord of Gelin City may have some potential connection with the mineral veins.”
"Potentially connected to the mineral vein?"
Hearing the sound, Ariel couldn't help but frowning and said: "Could it be that the disappearance of the Lord of Gelin City was not caused by man, but because of some unknown accident?"
"The possibility is very high. In this case, the fact that the other party did not issue an official announcement can be explained clearly."
Lei Xiao held his chin with one hand and said thoughtfully: "Firstly, it is to maintain the normal operation of the city, and secondly, it is of course to maintain the reputation of the family. After all, it is definitely not a matter for the lord of a city to disappear for no reason. Something worth bragging about.”
"What the lord said is absolutely true. I'm afraid the other party wants to take advantage of this period of time to secretly find the traces of Lord Hod."
Bert gently stroked his gray beard and echoed: "However, since there has been no news about Lord Hod, we had no choice but to expand the search scope."
"However, as a fourth-level strong man who rules this city, he would disappear inexplicably on a land he is familiar with? This is simply unbelievable."
Next to the tall and burly Bert, the slender orange-white man had one hand on his hip and looked puzzled.
"It can be seen that there must be another mystery in this."
Lei Xiao shrugged, and then said: "However, for us, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as we can find out the secret, rescue the Lord of Gelin City, and then find a way to conquer the other party, it will not be a one-off An impossible thing.”
"Your Lordship is right!"
At some point, Chaoyan put on the witch hat again, her starry eyes flashed and she raised her chest and said: "As long as the lord takes action, nothing is impossible!"
"Lord, what should we do next?"
First, he nodded towards Chaoyan, and then Ariel came up and said, "According to the clues we have so far, finding the master of Gelin City is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"The next thing is simple."
Looking at the main subordinates in front of him, Lei Xiao smiled lightly and said: "It can be imagined that the children of Lord Gelin must be in an extremely panic state now."
"What we need to do is naturally go to the door of the city lord's mansion and ask them if they need help."
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"Sister, after searching for so many days, there is still no news about my father. Where can he go?"
In a small meeting hall in the main palace of Gelin City, a young man dressed in knight's casual clothes spoke to another young woman wearing light armor with a sad face.
I saw that the faces of these two people were very similar, and they were both handsome men and beautiful women.
However, from an emotional point of view, the young man was obviously much more uneasy.
Although the young woman was also a little at a loss, there was a hint of composure and stability between her brows.
"Sister, do you think my father will be in any danger?"
Seeing that the young woman didn't answer, the young man couldn't help but follow her again.
"Crow's mouth, don't talk nonsense."
Staring at the young man, the young woman crossed her arms and frowned: "My father is a powerful fourth-level man, how could he be in danger at the door of his house?"
"However, there is currently a strange atmosphere permeating the clan, and several elders have begun to give up hope of finding their father, and are even discussing holding a funeral for his father..."
Swallowing subconsciously, the young man spoke again.
"That's because those guys are eyeing the position of Lord of Gelin City. Although they don't dare to show it obviously, their ambition is already obvious!"
With a disdainful snort, the young woman's already frowned brows almost twisted together.
"Sister, what should we do?"
A trace of panic suddenly appeared on the young man's face, and he quickly asked: "Do they still dare to take advantage of my father's absence to attack us?!" (End of Chapter)