Chapter 896: Driving the tiger away from the mountain

"Why?" Weilin jumped down from the wall, came to Afahe, and asked, "Is there a monster invasion?"

"Master Weilin, it's not an invasion by monsters, but a group of bandits." Afahe answered without hiding anything.

Seeing this, Weilin felt a little puzzled. He put his hands behind his back and said, "Tell me in detail."

Upon hearing this, Afahe began to narrate, "Master Weilin, this group of bandits appeared half a year ago. Among them are kobolds, goblins, lizardmen, goblins, ratmen, and even half-dragons. There are about a thousand of them. They are plundering by nature. Every time they capture a village or town, they will kidnap the civilians and livestock in the village. It is speculated that they may be used as food."

"According to the adventurers who gathered the information, the leader of this bandit group is a human, who is even more unpredictable."

"Three months ago, this group of bandits ambushed and killed a border patrol team, which led to the Kingdom's army clearing them out. We thought we had completely wiped out this group of bandits, but we didn't expect them to revive in the past half month."

"Late last night, an adventurer came to report that this group of bandits had just finished looting the territory of Barony Deberg and were heading towards Baihuo Town. After the Lord learned the news, he assembled his troops and went to ambush the bandits."

"Where is the adventurer?"

Weilin had a bad feeling in his heart, always feeling that it was too coincidental.

According to Afahe's statement, the fact that this group of bandits had been able to exist for so long and even survive the crackdown by the kingdom's army showed that their means of hiding their tracks were not something that could be discovered by ordinary people. Then how did the adventurer who reported the news discover them?

"Inside the castle." Afahe was confused, but answered truthfully.

"Go and bring the man."

"Yes, Master Weilin."

Upon seeing this, Afahe bowed his head and saluted, then waved his hand to call two knights to go to the guest room to invite the adventurer.

In less than a moment, a slightly thin man was brought to the city wall. He was wearing cheap leather armor, with a dagger hanging around his waist and several cloth bags tied behind his waist.

"Lord Afahe, I wonder what you want to talk to me about." A trace of panic flashed in the thin man's eyes. He glanced at the two men and one woman standing beside him and asked cautiously.

"Sandy, this is..."

Before Afahe could finish, Weilin interrupted him with a wave of his hand and gave Kyle a look.

Seeing this, Kyle directly used [Charm Human].

The next moment, the thin man looked dazed and his eyes were dull.

"Let me ask you, how did you know that the bandits were going to attack Baihuo Town in Huofeng Territory?"

The thin man answered, "Someone told me."

Upon hearing this, Afahe's face changed drastically. This was different from the information he described last night.

"who is it?"

"I don't know. The man asked me to deliver the letter, so I came."

"He asked you to deliver the letter, and you came to deliver the letter. Aren't you afraid of death?" Weilin's expression froze and he asked.

"Afraid." The thin man instinctively trembled, and then continued to answer, "But he told me that Viscount Huofeng would never see through my lies, so I can go and report the news without worry and get the reward."

At this point, Weilin lost interest and waved to Afahe, asking him to take the man away.

Afahe had a gloomy face. He waved his hand and asked the two knights to take the man away and detain him, and deal with him later after his master returned.

"As expected, the other party's target is Fire Peak Fort."

Hearing his master's words, Kyle nodded in agreement and replied, "Master, you are right. Lord Lisis has more than 3,000 elite warriors. Those bandits will definitely be hard to resist."

"In this case, the other party's purpose is very clear, to transfer the elite troops of Huofeng County away from here, so as to spy on Huofeng Fort."

"As for the more than one thousand bandits, they are most likely just bait."

"Master Weilin, I will go and close the city gates and arrange for the city defense."

After saying this, Afahe prepared to leave, but was stopped by Weilin.

"Just keep it as it is, and leave the rest to me. I want to see what dares to target my fourth brother."

After making the decision, Afahe chose to follow Weilin's orders and keep Firefort as it was, maintaining only the most basic vigilance.

……

More than a hundred kilometers away from Huofeng Fort, several men in black robes emerged from underground and looked at each other.

One of them spoke first: "It's time to take action. Those trash can't hold out for long. We have to speed up."

"Let's go and get that thing back, so that we can avoid being swallowed." One of the men in black echoed.

"If it weren't for your wrong decision, how could that thing have been lost and finally taken by the other party? Poor slaves, they were wasted like this." A charming female voice sounded, her tone full of resentment.

"Okay, now is not the time for internal strife."

A tall man in black spoke out to stop the fight, then turned into a shadow, merged into the ground, and headed north.

Seeing this, the other four people crawled underground and followed.

Those bandits were slave sacrifices, but they were also slaves.

If you can’t get that thing back, not only will your body be devoured, but even your soul will be unable to escape.

On the city wall, Kyle opened his eyes, looked to the south, and said, "My lord, he is here."

"Dark elves, why are these guys here?" Weilin muttered to himself with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"We'll know after we capture them and search their souls." Kyle replied.

"That's right. Instead of guessing, we should capture them all and search their souls."

Kyle's figure disappeared on the city wall and appeared dozens of kilometers away. He raised his hand and grabbed five black shadows that had sneaked into the ground.

It was still in the soil one moment and appeared in the air the next.

The five people looked at the blond man floating in the air, twisting their bodies frantically, trying to break free, but they were powerless and could only watch him take them towards the castle.

At this moment, the five men in black completed the first stage of their goal and arrived at the castle, but they did not sneak in quietly, but were captured by the other side.

Looking at the black clothes, Weilin felt that they were a bit annoying and waved them away.

The next moment, five dark elves, three men and two women, all naked, appeared in front of everyone.

The soldier on guard couldn't help but cast his gaze towards the two female dark elves, causing Afahe to scold him.

Xuemia, who was standing aside, coughed lightly, turned her head, and then moved her mind, using the broken pieces to cover the important parts of the dark elf.

"Search for souls."

Seeing this scene, Weilin lost the desire to interrogate directly and asked Kyle to search his soul directly.

Hearing this, Kyle captured the soul of a female dark elf and began searching for useful information.