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The origin of Baron Dahl's wealth has always been a big mystery. The surrounding lords have been investigating this matter, but have never found any reliable clues.

Of course, there are still clues, and all the clues point to smuggling. But "smuggling" is not just talk, it requires caravans and the flow of goods on both sides. Among the lords around Dahl, there are also people who have connections in big cities such as the capital, but they can never find evidence of the purchase and sale of goods by Baron Dahl in successive generations.

It's not that Baron Dahl doesn't do business, but the businesses he does are very normal and there is no problem.

But this doesn't bother Sui Xiong. Just because mortals can't find clues doesn't mean that Brother Xiong can't find them.

Just use a little bit of divine power to read Baron Dahl's heart...

Then, he was a little embarrassed.

He couldn't read it.

Baron Dahl's strength is not strong, but he carries extremely advanced protective gear on his body. Mental attacks below the legendary level have no effect on him at all. Even if the power is raised to the legendary level, although it can break the protection of the item, it may not be able to read minds well.

Of course, Sui Xiong can continue to increase his power. As long as he is serious, let alone the spiritual protection items at the mortal level, even those artifacts specifically used for spiritual protection may not be able to block it. But if he does this, it will be difficult not to leave traces, which is not in line with his wishes.

Leaving traces is nothing, but leaving traces is easy to be discovered. If other gods find out, it will be so embarrassing to mention it at that time!

Gods are almost immortal. Unless they lose the war of gods, even if the faith is exhausted, they can be solved by creating tribes and opening up the world. In most cases, the gods are fighting for face.

Sui Xiong certainly does not want to take the risk of losing face for such a small matter, but how can this little problem stump the great Majesty of the Void Mask? He rolled his eyes and came up with a solution.

Trace back time!

No matter what Baron Dahl did, as long as we trace back the time with him as the target, from now to the past, little by little, we will find clues sooner or later.

Faced with this kind of magical power that can be called cheating, any means of concealment are meaningless.

In fact, there was no need to use "sooner or later". Sui Xiong found the clue only after tracing it back to more than ten days ago.

"Haha! This guy is really... creative!"

After seeing it clearly, Sui Xiong couldn't help laughing. It turned out that Baron Dahl actually dug a long tunnel under the castle, which led to the suburbs. His smuggling business was done through the tunnel, and the two organizations that cooperated with him were surprisingly large, one from the Gold Coin Federation and the other from the Great Swamp.

In fact, Baron Dahl played a role equivalent to that of a middleman in the smuggling industry. Whenever the two parties to the transaction had any goods that needed to be sold or wanted to buy something, they would come to him to leave a deposit or goods, and then he would contact the other party, buy or sell, and get the matter done.

At first glance, this matter seemed a bit strange, as if he was redundant, and both parties could completely ignore him and trade on their own. Even Sui Xiong felt a little puzzled, so he continued to investigate, and this time he spent much more time and mana than before. After tracing the matter for almost fifty years, Sui Xiong finally sorted out the cause and effect of the whole matter and completely understood what was going on.

This matter is a long story.

Since the first generation of Baron Dahl, the Dahl family has been engaged in smuggling business. They do business with tribes in the Great Swamp, buy some rare materials, and sell those important war materials at the same time.

There is no doubt that this kind of business is illegal. Especially the military heavy crossbows they sell, once they are found out, they are often destroyed.

However, as the saying goes, the greater the risk, the greater the benefit. Relying on this kind of business on the edge of the knife, the Dahl family quickly accumulated a lot of wealth.

About thirty years ago, the grandfather of the current Baron Dahl, the elderly old baron, accidentally got a treasure. This treasure can neither be used for attack nor for defense. Its greatest use is to hinder the prophecy spell.

Ordinarily, such a treasure should not belong to a mere baron and smuggler. The most appropriate way is to present it to the bigwigs in the capital. But the old baron thought for a long time and finally decided to keep this treasure that should not be kept in his hands, and specially arranged an underground secret room for it.

It took almost ten years to complete this work. Since then, the Dahl family has expanded its business scope. They not only smuggle themselves, but also provide trading places for other smugglers. As long as the transaction is carried out in that secret room, the prophecy spell can be effectively avoided.

The prophecy spell is what smugglers fear the most. No matter how well you prepare, how carefully you make it, and how carefully you do things, you can't resist people directly using the prophecy spell to track you. Because of this, any treasure that can resist prophecy spells is extremely valuable and in short supply - not only do smugglers need them, but the big guys need them even more!

The origin of this secret room of the Dahl family is strange, but the origin is not important, what is important is that it is indeed effective.

A few years later, the Dahl family began to transform from smugglers to middlemen in the smuggling business. This business is not only profitable, but also does not involve the entry and exit of goods, which is quite hidden. Therefore, even though the lords in the surrounding areas have been eyeing it, they have never found any clues.

In this way, more than ten years have passed, and the Dahl family has accumulated more and more wealth, and their lives have become more and more luxurious.

In the eyes of Baron Dahl, this is naturally the result of his family's wisdom and luck, and he can enjoy it for a long time. But in Sui Xiong's view, the family assets left by Baron Dahl's ancestors are not only a great benefit, but also a great crisis.

He does not have a deep understanding of the field of "fate", but just looking at the evil black air rising from Baron Dahl's castle, he knows that the prospects of this family will not be so bright. Although it is just a beautiful hope that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil, if you walk too much at night, you will eventually encounter ghosts.

Even if you don't use any prediction methods, Sui Xiong dares to bet that there must be powerful big men who have set their sights on the Dahl family. The reason why they haven't taken action yet may be that they are waiting for a perfect opportunity, or perhaps they are discussing the issue of dividing the spoils.

But no matter what, if the Dahl family doesn't try to sell the treasure that brings wealth and crisis as soon as possible, there will definitely be no good end waiting for them.

Although these have nothing to do with Sui Xiong in theory, Sui Xiong can't help but be curious, so he decided to stay for a while to see when the Dahl family will be unlucky.

Of course, it's just in time to help his own clergy, so that they won't suffer a great loss when they are unfamiliar with the place and alone.

I don't know why, I always feel chest tightness and difficulty breathing... It seems that I haven't fully recovered yet...