Alien paradise

At the same time, the West Block of Brilliant Fort.

Sandra rode wildly on her horse, followed closely by his adjutant. After the two passed through two long dilapidated streets, they stopped at an alleyway surrounded by layers of city guards.

"Uh-" The commander-in-chief turned over and dismounted, and a soldier immediately came over to hold her horse's rope, "Sir, the missing brother is in the alley."

With a cold face, Sandra pushed aside the crowd and walked into the depths of the alley.

"grown ups!"

Seeing her appear, Zhang, a team leader, quickly stepped forward to salute. Behind him lay two pale-faced city guard soldiers, and there were several colleagues around him taking care of him.

Sandra had some impression of this person, "I remember your name is Shi Dong..."

"Stone Bradley." The other party quickly replied.

By the way, the leader of Group 14 was also the one who made him discover the fact that cultists had infiltrated into the city.

"Huh, huh..." At this time, the adjutant Woody came over panting, "Did you find the person...the person?"

"My team found it," Shi Dong immediately replied. "We were ordered to search for the whereabouts of the missing persons. When we were outside the alley, we heard a small cry for help. After entering, we found that the caller was the person the city guard was looking for. Because We were afraid of damaging the scene, so we didn’t take them back to the camp, but informed you as soon as possible.”

"Well done." Sandra came to the two soldiers and squatted down. They are all members of the second group and are also elites in the city guard. One is named Vala and the other is Fantir. They lost news two days ago. When they disappeared, their mission was to monitor the Jedi Brothers newspaper office.

"My lord... I'm sorry, we... were attacked." It was Vala who spoke. His condition was slightly better than the other person, but even so, he looked weak, and his lips were cracked with blood stains due to thirst. .

"They probably haven't eaten or drank water for two days." Stone said solemnly, "When we found them, their hands and feet were tied to wooden pegs, they had blindfolds on their heads, and their mouths were gagged. Fortunately, Vala bit off the cloth straps and was finally able to call for help.”

"Have you seen Judy in person?" Sandra asked.

"Yes... we are sure... it is her. She... is not dead." Vala replied with difficulty.

Although this result had been expected, when it was actually confirmed, Sandra still felt a heavy feeling in her heart.

In order to avenge Dan En, another kind-hearted person threw himself into the flames of hatred.

In this way, things become much clearer.

The theater burning incident and the attack on the police station in the north of the city were all due to Judy attracting cultists. She may have only wanted to take revenge on the criminals at first, but now that the cultists are here, how can they leave easily?

"Then what?"

"Then we... followed her all the way, trying to see where she was now... but in an alley near Oak Street, we... were suddenly attacked..."

"Have you seen the attacker!?" Woody asked impatiently.

"Sir... no. They seemed to have planned it... jumped from the roof. When we heard the noise... ahem... our heads were already covered with sacks."

"Damn cultist!" The adjutant punched the wall hard.

In fact, this incident was an absolute shame for the city guards. They actually dared to openly attack the lord's troops in broad daylight. The enemy's courage was as high as heaven!

Sandra was also angry.

In the previous week, most of the city guards had been clearing out miner rebels in the foggy suburbs, which left her with a very limited number of available personnel. Although the lord emphasized that the murder case in the north city police station was over, she still did not give up. She did not completely withdraw from the surveillance team, but only reduced the manpower. Unexpectedly, it was because of this reduction that she ultimately failed.

But while she was angry, she was also a little confused.

Theoretically, there was no need for the cultists to spare the lives of these two people. The slums were quite a distance away from the Jedi Brothers, and it would take a lot of effort to move them there. If she killed them and threw them into the sea, making the disappearance a mystery, she couldn't even be sure now whether it was related to Judy.

Why didn't the other side take the lives of soldiers?

Is it because they are afraid of arousing the hostility of the city guards?

Sandra looked around, trying to find any clues about the enemy. There are several types of footprints around, including soldiers' military boots, and poor people's bare feet and cloth shoes. However, if you look a little farther out, the latter two are quite seriously damaged, indicating that the footprints have been cleaned deliberately.

The enemy is obviously not a novice and has rich counter-reconnaissance awareness.

Sandra walked about ten meters further outside, and when she was approaching the city guard blockade, she suddenly saw a shimmering thing hidden in the mud. When he picked it up and looked at it, he found that it was a special scale - it was thicker than fish scales and had a pearlescent color on the edge, which meant that it belonged to Triton. There are many foreign races living in the slums, and it seems that it is not uncommon to have Tritons. But as far as she knows, the vast majority of Tritons are scaleless people. Only those Tritons with the purest blood can have scales on their faces. and scales growing on his arms.

"Damn it," she couldn't help but curse.

From this point of view, the miner rebels may have really colluded with the cultists.

Your Lordship is right to be concerned.

"Sir!" Woody came from behind. "I suddenly remembered that two days ago, the newspaper published news about a fire on Oak Street. It seemed that a house was burned down, but there were no casualties. And the place where the soldiers were attacked , only less than 500 meters away from Oak Street."

"You mean... the fire was just a cover. After the enemy discovered that Judy was being followed, they chose to burn down the residence to cover up their traces?"

"Probably!"

"Then we are one step too late." Sandra sighed. Since it can be burned with a fire, there will definitely be no valuable evidence left at the scene. But now that we have found this place, we have to go take a look at the house where the fire broke out. What if there are witnesses around who can provide clues? "Let Stone take good care of those two people and let's go to Oak Street."

…

After the two left the West Block, they headed north. While passing by Favre Avenue, Sandra was suddenly attracted by a large group of people.

I saw them surrounding the door of Yeni Holy Church, cheering from time to time, and it seemed very lively.

She subconsciously tightened the reins, slowed down her horse, and headed towards the crowd.

After the city's martial law was lifted, this was the first time she had seen such a noisy scene.

After getting closer to the crowd, Sandra was a little surprised to see that the church door seemed to have been renovated. The shabby stone pillars were even repainted. Now the entire entrance and the outer walls have been painted white, which is bright and bright. Appear clean. At the gate, two golden plaques were hung side by side, with the words "Destiny Gate Pharmaceutical Company, Partner of Yeni Temple" written on them.

Below the plaque, there are red satin and silk flowers wrapped around it, and several wooden baskets with flowers are placed around it.

The two nuns held plates filled with sweets in their hands and threw handfuls to the crowd from time to time. The onlookers held up their clothes to try to receive more free sweets, which was also the source of cheers.

"Why does Yeni Temple distribute relief food? I remember they don't have much money, right?" Woody asked confused.

"How can anyone use candies as relief food," Sandra said disapprovingly, "and this matter should have nothing to do with the Holy Church. Gate of Destiny... This is the first time I have heard such an exaggerated name, so I went to find someone to watch. Citizens should ask."