"Orcus may have made a mistake," Bogart said. "Where are they?"
"He was lying down at the basement door. He probably wasn't dreaming." Joey replied expressionlessly. Bogart was confused. He had to say straight: "Orcus is dead. It was you who made the mistake. Someone poisoned the well."
"But... there are no mysterious traces?"
"Not all magic can leave traces. Your magic has limitations. Divine magic is difficult to detect, let alone simple living poisons."
"It's bugs." Uriel expanded on his mentor's words to explain, "Insects from Alanwo, they seem to be able to dissolve in water and suck out the liquid in the human body."
"It does sound like the method of the Alanwo water fairy. But no strangers entered the manor, how did they poison the well?" Bogart scratched his furry chin, "Maybe this poison does not need to come into contact with the water source. Dropping it through the air? But then again, this can only be achieved by mystery."
"It's water," Joey said. He gestured for Bogart to follow. They started walking towards the auditorium. "Flowing water. Where there is water, there are water fairies, and loopholes are everywhere."
"Same thing, Joey, you haven't helped me understand your kindred at all."
"I have no kin."
"Maybe that's the problem. If I could understand the language of goblins, maybe communication would be smoother. Shall we go find Lord Sterling?"
"Don't worry about him. I haven't seen him drink water."
The wizard Bernard Sterling is like a mole living underground, barely visible. The servants who delivered the meals every day whispered, describing the owner of the manor as a demon that crawled out at night to eat human flesh. Joey paid no attention to these rumors, not even the wizard himself. Uriel felt that it should be stopped, but he was not qualified to interfere in these affairs, and he did not stay in the dream for long, so he had to let them go. Now, he is even more unwilling to restore Bernard's reputation.
"Water fairies can travel in living water, Bogart. They know everything in the world, including the construction layout of this manor. That well may be connected to other waterways, but we don't know." Uriel explained . Now they have returned to the auditorium. The ashes of the saplings were swept away, leaving only frozen green slime on the carpet. Parsour and Rego stood by the fireplace, the former motionless, the latter staring at everyone warily. The wizard Zoman looked melancholy, and the tower messenger Du Yilin yawned in her seat. "Have you ever looked down the well?"
"Indeed not," Bogart said unhappily. "Damn water goblin. The iron fence is not enough. We have to completely block it inside or replace it with a new water source."
"Just move away." Du Yilin suggested, "I'm fed up with the endless noise from the other side. Why is there no Astrology Tower in Mortus?"
"Want to know the answer? I sent people to blow it up six years ago." Joey kicked the chair in front of the door with a bang. "It was you who caused the trouble, Du Yilin. I warned you."
"You should have warned the enemy, but you asked me to let the nightingale go!"
"If you let them leave, then they are not Nightingales. You don't understand at all. Secret societies will not waste time for us. They usually don't have enough manpower, but they will avenge themselves."
The messenger shifted haughtily in his chair. "The tower is not afraid of enemies, but I didn't expect the Silver Song Knight to be. I didn't think well. Please forgive me. Who said I'm not an astrologer?" Her rudeness was surprising. Uriel realized that it was Joey's cautious approach last time that made her scorn him. Everyone can see that Du Yilin's respect is only for mystery and power.
"There is no hatred between Orcus and the Nightingale of the Order," Rhaegal pointed out. The female messenger's words offended all Silversong Knights, and it was difficult for him to remain silent. "You didn't originally live here, Ms. Duylin, we provided you with a room for the night, and Orcus also protected your safety, whether you needed it or not. This is a fact."
"The fact is that I have nothing to do with the death of the Silver Song Knight. I have driven away all the original sources in the city, and it is impossible to look for the shadow of the water fairy in every drop of water."
"Speaking of the water source." The Blue Saint suddenly said, "When did the well water have problems? I don't want to die like a dried grape."
"About noon. The chef sent his apprentice to fetch water once."
"Lunch?" The Elf Saint frowned.
"Almost everyone had lunch. Except you and Sterling." Joey added coldly, his words making Zoman and Du Yilin look horrified. "So there's no use worrying about it. Bugs get thirsty at random times, and Orcus has bad luck."
"We all have to die?" Zoman jumped up in shock. Before seeing this scene, you would not have imagined how high the wizard could jump. "I can't help but worry! I still have subjects... assessments..."
"It's such a pity." Parsul rolled his eyes, "The guy under the ground doesn't even drink water. It's even more pity. Wizards who blaspheme the gods should go to hell."
"Shut up and go away, heretic." Joey scolded. There was no trace of fear on his face, as if the threat of death was nothing more than a weather forecast. But because Orcus lost his life, his anger was palpable. "The enemy is coming for you, Ms. Duylin. I think after they achieve their goal, they will not send people to die without hesitation. Bogart scouted the manor and found no intruders or nightingales. He can only take the initiative. Where did you find Chu Yuan?"
"This is a secret." The female messenger said solemnly, "I won't tell anyone. You can't keep secrets."
"Let me do it, sir." Rego said, "No matter what the secret is, she will tell it all." He had already held the sword, with the bright steel blade in front of him. Du Yilin's expression changed.
No one could remain calm at this moment. When Uriel was surrounded by the Silver Song Knights outside Mortus, he didn't even have the slightest idea of resisting. Joey tried to escape and almost died on the spot. Violence is the ultimate guarantee for the execution of all orders, regardless of the target's status, power or wealth.
"I bear the mission of the tower!" The female messenger looked around the room, but there was no doubt that except for Otto's plaster statue, no one here was in the same camp as her. There is no need for wizards and Silversong Knights to please Croita, let alone the Blue Saint. She wishes that the empire would be in civil strife and all the believers of the Three Gods would die.
"Who cares about the mission?" Rego asked, "You are not within the scope of protection, and you have no right to protest."
Bogart stroked his beard. "This is the only way." The middle-aged knight persuaded, "Duilin, you have to find them yourself. Only water fairies can detoxify. Mortus is not Alanwo."
Du Yilin hesitated. You can hear a pin drop in the room. Of course she didn't want to fall into Rego's hands. There was a reason why Joey chose him to take care of the Blue Saint. Except for scout Bogat, the other two Silversong Knights are experienced veterans. Orcus is good at bows and arrows, while Rego uses daggers and is especially good at torture. Uriel learned that Rego had served in the judicial authority.
But the confession task, to be honest, is bound by a mysterious contract, and the party who reveals the secret will most likely have to pay the price of breach of contract. Du Yilin doesn't seem like someone who values honor more than life, but it's still difficult to convince her.
"Speak quickly!" Zorman shouted.
She succumbed, "Jayne Hesser, the lord's son, who exchanged a chest of gold for the support of the secret society 'Twilight Veil'."
"I have heard of this association." Bogart replied immediately. "They attacked the villages and towns on the border of Alanwo three years ago and introduced underground races into the castle."
Uriel has also heard that there are only two secret societies whose names he knows. There are so many names for Starless Night, but "Twilight Veil" seems to be just one. In Kamaria, Sita York once described the cause of the dragon disaster to persuade Nikles Timir Sinodir, hoping to make the last king of Alanvor give up his resurrection. Of course he failed, and Nicholls, undaunted by the Nameless Ones' history of betrayal, resolved to unite all secret societies to rebuild the kingdom. His grand plan was ended by Aurora. The leader of the Kamaria water elf clan did not want to see his people ruled by moon elves again.
York didn't say much about the "Twilight Veil", maybe he thought everyone in the mysterious field knew about it. Uriel thought he didn't know too well. Sita was able to gain access to her parents' memories, but it wasn't micromanaging. The Twilight Veil recorded by Croita is only the most disgraceful role in the Dragon Scourge. The Nameless One betrayed the order and took refuge in the abyss, bringing disaster and death to Knox. People in the occult field know enough about this, who cares why they do it?
Uriel cared. “Why do secret societies attack border villages and towns?”
"They must avenge themselves." Bogart explained, "It is said that the locals hurt the birth of the first source and sold her to the nobles of the castle. So." He shrugged, "After the news came out, these idiots What a bad luck."
"Then we are the unlucky ones now?" Zuoman said angrily.
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