Chapter 237 Investigating the Traitor
When he was in Black Rock City, Lu Heng saw a man wearing a black cloak and a hood talking to the blood-born banshee Sarain.
At first, I just heard their conversation. Because the voice was low, it sounded like the voice of a Dark Iron dwarf.
At that time, Lu Heng suspected that there was a traitor in the Black Iron Tribe, but when this man walked out of the Blood Sacrifice Tower, he overturned this suspicion.
Because the man in the cloak is about the same height as a human, much taller than the Dark Iron Dwarf.
Then this cloaked man might be a human with supernatural powers, such as Xie Shien.
Yes, Lu Heng had doubts about the spiritual master named Xie Shien whom he met in Blackstone City.
The sudden appearance of this person in the heavily guarded Blackstone City is suspicious in itself.
Lu Heng relied on the Transformation Orb to transform into a blood demon before he sneaked into Black Rock City.
How did Xie Shien get in?
Judging from the height, Xie Shien looks very similar to the cloaked figure coming out of the Blood Sacrifice Tower.
Anyone whose identity is unknown needs to be vigilant.
Therefore, Lu Heng had been observing him while escaping with him.
However, until he escaped from Black Rock City, nothing suspicious was found on him.
Even in the end, Lu Heng invited him to form an alliance, but the other party also refused.
If he agrees to form an alliance and go together, Lu Heng will become suspicious.
Lu Heng had previously thought about Xie Shien's motives for taking him to escape from Black Rock City.
If Xie Shien is a traitor, there must be some purpose in taking him out of Black Rock City.
For example, forming alliances is a very reasonable motive.
But he had no intention of accompanying them, and they parted ways as soon as they got out of the mine.
In other words, Xie Shien brought himself out of the lava abyss, but he did not gain any substantial benefits.
He even exposed himself.
According to his ability to suddenly appear in Black Rock City, if he is not a traitor, it means that he has the ability to enter and exit Black Rock City at will.
At that time, he could even hide in the dark and watch the show without having to show up.
Judging from the whole incident, Xie Shien did not benefit from this incident and did not achieve any purpose from the time he appeared to the time he escaped from Black Rock City together.
Unless he wants to play a long game and catch big fish, there is only one possibility. He just wants to help the superpowers in his country.
At present, this motive is the most consistent with Xie Shien's behavioral logic.
In fact, it was for the same reason that Lu Heng helped the seven Daxia superpowers to block Charles Walter's attack.
For this reason, Lu Heng basically ruled out the possibility that Xie Shien was a traitor.
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Now, Darkwill III discovers that his father's ashes contain lingering traces of black magic.
The traitor issue was brought up again.
Darkwill II died of black magic, and in this world, it is mainly the Dark Iron dwarves who practice black magic.
So, it is basically certain that there was a traitor among the Dark Iron Dwarves, and that this traitor killed Darkwill II.
Combined with the conversation heard in the Blood Sacrifice Tower, even if the cloaked man was not a Dark Iron Dwarf, he should have obtained the information from the Dark Iron Dwarf traitor.
So the most important thing now is to find this traitor.
After Lu Heng connected all the information, he said:
"Leader Darkville, I now have a clue that can narrow down the scope of the investigation of the traitor."
Since Lu Heng retrieved the ashes of the previous generation leader, Darkwill now trusts Lu Heng.
He just wanted to catch this damn traitor now, and quickly asked: "What clues are there, tell me quickly."
Lu Heng paused for a moment to organize his words, and then said: "I can be sure that this traitor in the tribe left the Fortress before I met you to deliver a message to the blood demon.
"I probably haven't come back yet, or maybe I just came back not long ago.
"So, the leader will find out the list of clan members who have left the Fortress during this period. The traitor must be on this list."
This clue was obtained while eavesdropping on the conversation in the Blood Sacrifice Tower.
At that time, the conversation between the cloaked man and the blood-born banshee was about the Dark Iron Dwarves hunting down humans.
This information was out of date at the time.
Because after Lu Heng and Darkville III reached an agreement, the Black Iron Dwarves suspended their pursuit of humans.
From this, another piece of information can be determined, this cloaked man is not a draftee.
If he is a conscript, then he can see the changes in the first main mission and naturally know that the Dark Iron Dwarves have suspended their pursuit of humans.
Not a conscript, nor a Dark Iron dwarf, so who else could this cloaked man be?
Even if this cloaked man is not a Dark Iron Dwarf, there must be a Dark Iron Dwarf traitor.
Darkwill III followed Lu Heng's prompts and called his personal guards to investigate the list of clan members who had left the Fortress in the past few days.
Since the conflict between the Darkiron Dark Iron Tribe and the Blood Demons has never stopped, the Dark Iron Dwarves in Fortress rarely leave the camp.
Every time a Dark Iron dwarf leaves the Fortress, they are fully armed and led by a captain.
So, after a little inquiry, the list was handed over.
In three days, a total of 152 Black Iron Dwarves left the Fortress. Divided into 10 teams, two teams have 16 people and the others have 15 people.
Lu Heng looked at the list and asked: "Has anyone in these outgoing teams acted alone?"
Darkville called all the captains of these 10 teams over and asked them one by one.
The answers of these captains are also very concise:
"Only the scouts in the team have acted alone. Even if the other soldiers go alone for convenience, it will not last long."
"Scouts go out to investigate, that's for sure. Scouts can't stay in the team all the time."
Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked: "Among these scouts, are there any who have been away for more than half a day and haven't come back yet, or have just come back not long ago?"
Several captains shook their heads and said: "That's impossible. A scout can act alone for no more than three hours at most, and then he has to return to report the situation."
Three hours would definitely be enough to pass on information, but it was absolutely impossible to go to Blackstone City.
If the traitor is among these scouts, it cannot be determined by relying on time clues.
Lu Heng then asked: "Which of these scouts has mastered black magic?"
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Since the previous generation of tribal leaders died of black magic, this traitor must have mastered black magic.
Darkville then added: "It is high-level black magic."
The captains shook their heads one after another: "There may be scouts who can master low-level black witchcraft, but high-level black witchcraft is impossible. Tribesmen who master high-level black witchcraft are all powerful wizards, and they will not be arranged to be scouts. .”
Indeed, within the Black Iron Tribe, a Black Iron Dwarf who can master high-level black magic cannot have a low status. Even if his original status is low, he will be promoted immediately after mastering high-level black magic.
It is indeed impossible for a scout to master advanced black magic.
This resulted in the clues being cut off at this point.
Darkwill thought and said: "Perhaps this traitor has already left the tribe."
This possibility is indeed very high. After all, Blackstone City fell three years ago.
This traitor of the Black Iron Tribe killed the previous generation of tribe leaders three years ago. It would be too scary if he still dared to stay in the tribe.
Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked: "Apart from these, has no one else left the Fortress in the past few days?"
"No more, they are all here. It is so dangerous outside, and we will only leave the Fortress if we lead the team to perform tasks." Several captains answered.
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The investigation into the traitor has gotten stuck here and there is no way to continue.
Darkwill was not willing to cut off the clues just like that. After thinking carefully, he sent someone to ask the tribe's witchcraft elders.
Didn't have to wait long.
The leader's personal guards respectfully escorted a witchcraft elder of the Dark Iron Tribe to the Fortress.
"Elder Gru, you are finally here." Leader Darkville went out to greet him personally and invited him to the Ancestor Hall.
Elder Gru is older, and you can tell by his aura that his level is not low.
He took a lava turtle and walked into the ancestral hall slowly, then left the lava turtle outside the hall door.
This kind of lava turtle is a special creature found in lava plains. The entire shell is black, like cooled magma, with a little dark red.
After Darkwill invited Elder Gru into the Hall of Ancestors, he asked him to check his father's ashes: "Elder, take a look. My father died at the hands of black witchcraft. There must be a traitor in our tribe."
Elder Gru knelt down on one knee in front of the earthen jar and saluted respectfully before stepping forward to inspect the ashes.
After checking, he nodded and said: "There are indeed traces of black magic."
Darkwill said emotionally: "There is a traitor in our tribe, and my father must have been killed by the traitor!"
Elder Gru thought for a moment and asked: "Who took the ashes back?"
"It's this human ally, his name is Lu Heng." Darkwill motioned to Lu Heng at the door.
Lu Heng was squatting at the door, teasing the lava turtle with his fingers.
When he heard the two men mentioning him, Lu Heng stood up, nodded slightly towards Elder Gru, and said, "I brought it back."
Elder Gru took over and asked: "When you brought the ashes back, were they touched by anyone else?"
Lu Heng shook his head and replied: "No, I will come back directly after getting the ashes."
Elder Gru whispered in Darkville's ear: "Chief, I can understand your mood, but there is one thing I want to remind you. The traces caused by black magic may also be added later.
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"The person who brought the ashes back was an outsider. Are you sure the leader wants to trust him?
"If this is a conspiracy by the blood demon to cause internal strife in our tribe, the leader is so excited right now, it is easy to fall into the trap."
When Darkville heard this, his expression was stunned for a moment, and he began to think seriously.
The remaining traces of black witchcraft can indeed be added after the ashes are burned.
This is easy to do, just cast a black magic spell and burn the ashes.
Therefore, after being reminded by Elder Gru, Darkville discovered that it was not 100% certain whether his father died of black magic.
As for whether the human beings in front of us are trustworthy, this is also a serious question.
Darkwill really trusted Lu Heng just now, because Lu Heng brought his father's ashes back.
However, if there is something wrong with the ashes and the whole thing is a conspiracy to gain his trust, then the process of retrieving the ashes needs to be re-examined.
(End of chapter)