From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star

When in Black Stone City, Lu Heng saw a man wearing a black cloak and a hood talking to the blood demon Salain.

At first, he only heard their conversation, and because the voice was low, it sounded like the voice of the Dark Iron Dwarf.

At that time, Lu Heng suspected that there was a traitor in the Dark Iron Tribe, but when this person walked out of the Blood Sacrifice Tower, this speculation was overturned.

Because the height of this cloaked person is about the same as that of a human, much taller than the Dark Iron Dwarf.

Then this cloaked person may be a human superpower, such as Xie Shien.

Yes, Lu Heng suspected the spiritualist named Xie Shien he saw in Black Stone City.

This person suddenly appeared in the heavily guarded Black Stone City, which is itself worthy of suspicion.

Lu Heng relied on the illusion orb to transform into the appearance of a blood demon to sneak into Black Stone City.

How did Xie Shien get in?

Judging from the height, Xie Shien is very similar to the cloaked figure coming out of the Blood Sacrifice Tower.

Anyone with an unknown identity needs to be vigilant.

Therefore, Lu Heng had been observing him while escaping with him.

However, until they escaped from Black Stone City, he did not find anything suspicious about him.

Even in the end, Lu Heng invited him to form an alliance, but the other party refused.

If he agreed to form an alliance, Lu Heng would be suspicious.

Lu Heng had thought about Xie Shien's motives for taking him out of Black Stone City before.

If Xie Shien was a traitor, there must be some purpose for taking him out of Black Stone City.

For example, forming an alliance is a very reasonable motive.

But he did not mean to go with him, and they parted ways after leaving the mine.

In other words, Xie Shien did not gain any substantial benefits from taking him out of the lava abyss.

He even exposed himself.

According to his ability to suddenly appear in Black Stone City, if he was not a traitor, it meant that he had the ability to enter and exit Black Stone City at will.

At that time, he could even hide in the dark and watch the show, and there was no need to show up.

From the whole thing, Xie Shien did not gain any benefits from this matter from his appearance to escaping from Black Stone City together, nor did he achieve any purpose.

Unless he wants to play the long game, there is only one possibility, that is, he just wants to help the supernatural people in his own country.

At present, this motive is most consistent with Xie Shien's behavior logic.

In fact, Lu Heng helped the seven Daxia supernatural people to block Charles Water's attack for the same reason.

For this reason, Lu Heng basically ruled out the possibility that Xie Shien was a traitor.

...

Now, Darkwell III found traces of black magic in his father's ashes.

Once again, the issue of traitors was brought up.

Darkwell II died of black magic, and in this world, it was mainly the Dark Iron Dwarves who practiced black magic.

Then, there was a traitor among the Dark Iron Dwarves, and this traitor killed Darkwell II, which is basically certain.

Combined with the conversation heard in the Blood Sacrifice Tower, even if the cloaked man was not a Dark Iron Dwarf, his information should have been obtained from the Dark Iron Dwarf traitor.

So the most important thing now is to find this traitor.

After Lu Heng linked all the information together, he said:

"Chief Darkwell, I now have a clue that can narrow the scope of the investigation of the traitor."

Darkwell now trusts Lu Heng because he retrieved the ashes of the previous leader.

He now only wants to catch this damn traitor, and hurriedly asked: "What clue, 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 Sharpening Castle before I met you and passed the message to the Blood Demon.

"He should not be back yet, or he just came back not long ago.

"So, the leader found the list of tribesmen who left the Sharpening Castle during this period, and the traitor must be on this list."

This clue was obtained when eavesdropping on the conversation in the Blood Sacrifice Tower.

At that time, the conversation between the cloaked man and the Blood Banshee said that the Dark Iron Dwarves were hunting humans.

This information was outdated at the time.

Because after Lu Heng and Darkwell III reached an agreement, the Dark Iron Dwarves stopped hunting humans.

From this, another piece of information can be confirmed, that this cloaked man is not a conscript.

If he is a conscript, then he can see the changes in the first main task, and naturally know that the Dark Iron Dwarves have stopped hunting humans.

If he is not a conscript, nor a Dark Iron Dwarf, then who else can this cloaked man be?

Even if this cloaked man is not a Dark Iron Dwarf, there must be a Dark Iron Dwarf traitor.

Following Lu Heng's instructions, Darkwell III called his guards to investigate the list of tribesmen who had left the Fortress of Sharpening a few days ago.

Because the conflict between the Darkwell Dark Iron tribe and the Blood Demons has never stopped, the Dark Iron Dwarves in the Fortress of Sharpening rarely leave the camp.

Every time a Dark Iron Dwarf leaves the Fortress of Sharpening, he is fully armed and led by the captain.

Therefore, after a little inquiry, the list was handed in.

In three days, a total of 152 Dark Iron Dwarves left the Fortress of Sharpening.

They were divided into 10 teams, two of which had 16 people, and the others had 15 people.

Lu Heng looked at the list and asked, "Among these teams, has anyone ever acted alone?"

Darkville called all the captains of these 10 teams over and asked them one by one.

The answers from these captains were also very concise:

"Only the scouts in the team have acted alone. Even if the other soldiers go alone for convenience, it won't last long."

"The scouts went out to investigate, that's for sure. The 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 have not come back yet, or have they 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?"

Since the previous generation of tribal leaders died of black magic, this traitor must have mastered black magic.

Darkville then added: "It's 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, in 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 thoughtfully 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, "Besides 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.

…

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 look at 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 it, 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 mentioning him, Lu Heng stood up, nodded slightly to 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.

"And 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's easy to fall into the trap."

When Darkville heard this, his expression was stunned for a moment and he thought seriously.

The remaining traces of black magic 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.