The sun is high

The man with curly hair approached the female mage with a somewhat ugly smile. He was also surprised by Weilin's appearance and age. However, he had served as a guard captain, soldier captain, and garrison officer in the past. The experience accumulated during his duties finally allowed him to maintain due etiquette and caution at this moment.

The man glanced at the lake-level mage emblem on the magic book, and then became more respectful. He stood aside holding his saber solemnly, and said: "Mr. Sir, I am from the south gate of Salem City. Chief of the defense, you may call me by my name, Faruna Swift.”

"Swift..."

Weilin gently raised her right hand, and the mage's hand that was inspecting several anti-magic wall tiles also stopped. She turned her head, looked at the middle-aged defense officer, and asked softly: "Listen Get up, are you from Delan?”

"Hybrid, Your Majesty the Mage."

Garrison Faruna raised his head: "My father was an officer in Delan, and my mother was a tailor in Votel."

Wei Lin nodded, and then used a rather elegant gesture to dismiss the hand of the mage she had summoned.

After that, she took out a document with a bright red seal from her spell book, and gently shook it twice in front of the Faruna garrison: "According to the No. 8 Maintenance Order issued by the Legal Committee , conduct regular spot checks on the south gate and its surrounding stations."

Faruna, who has rich experience, carefully and quickly glanced at the paper document filled with dense words, and then immediately lowered his head: "I will fully cooperate with the implementation of the No. 8 Maintenance Order."

"very good."

A smile finally appeared on Weilin's face. She put the document back into the spell book, and her eyes quickly passed over the soldiers who were still secretly observing her: "Except for the Faruna garrison, the rest of them please go back." Go to your post."

Her tone was very light, but no one present dared to disobey.

According to legend, those lake-level mages can easily use magic power to blow off the heads of ordinary people. No one wants to accept such an ending.

Soon, all the soldiers staying here left. The entire southern city gate and the camp near the city entered an unprecedented state of solemnity. Even the soldiers standing at the outer sentries did not dare to talk casually. This state will last until the female mage leaves.

"Bullshit Maintenance Order No. 8!"

Faruna, who stayed behind, cursed in his heart.

He knew very well that the so-called Law Commission No. 8 Maintenance Order was simply a dispensable thing.

Compared with orders such as the No. 2 Arrest Warrant and the No. 6 Search Warrant, which have clear usage regulations and strict restrictions on both parties, the No. 8 Maintenance Order has a very wide range of uses. The handling and application of various regulations The environment is also extremely broad.

To put it harshly, once the No. 8 Maintenance Order is issued, the final interpretation power of its handling and implementation will belong to the executors of the Legal Committee.

Therefore, for caravan shops, camp strongholds, and even some small kingdoms, the emergence of the No. 8 preparation order often means a sudden and public extortion and robbery.

However, just when Faruna thought that she was about to be blackmailed for no reason, the calm voice of the female mage came over: "The maintenance and maintenance of magic protection is still satisfactory, but the arrangement of some anti-magic stone bricks is not good. Meet the requirements...some that are too old have not been replaced in time.”

While Faruna's face was full of doubts and surprises, Weilin told her "inspection results" just now: "Although various weapons used to counter magic are available, the soldiers here obviously lack experience in using them. If I just wanted to, I could even 'process' all the soldiers I met along the way. Obviously, everything here does not meet the Legal Committee's requirements for the preparation of important strongholds in the city."

"Mr. Swift, if an accident occurs, then you, as the person in charge here, need to bear a great responsibility."

A series of words hit Faruna in the face, shattering his thoughts into pieces in an instant.

This is a situation that the experienced garrison officer has never thought of.

He did not expect that the other party actually came to conduct a "spot check", and this female mage's observation skills were extremely meticulous. Although the conclusions she gave were simple, they were all real in her territory without exception. Old question.

Weilin glanced at the city gate guard with his mouth open, and then asked more questions she had observed. For a moment, Faruna's face turned red, and anyone's little thoughts were criticized in his face. Come on, your face won’t look very good.

Seeing that the time was right, Weilin unfolded the spell book in her hand. The palm of her right hand swept through the book at an extremely fast speed, and one of the pages was immediately torn off by her. The formula engraved on the page in advance was The magic took effect immediately, and an invisible magic barrier quickly unfolded, completely covering the area.

While the soundproofing magic was taking effect, the disappeared blue mage's hand reappeared. The cold fingers stretched forward and accurately pressed the forehead of the city gate guard Faruna.

The speed of Wei Lin's series of actions was extremely astonishing. Faruna didn't even have time to react before his thoughts were already included in Wei Lin's perception range.

"Time is limited, Mr. Swift, so I ask and you answer."

Under the terrible restrictions imposed by the cold magic, Faruna tremblingly let go of his own saber, and then nodded extremely stiffly.

So the questions that Vereen Ernst had already prepared were thrown out one after another.

"As far as you know, who was the last person who entered or left the city gate? When was the last time the city gate was opened?"

"It was five days ago, late at night five days ago... A convoy of nobles from the Kingdom of Deland entered the city from the south gate. They held magic pass certificates issued by the Legal Committee and the Kingdom of Deland."

"What's the size of the crowd? What's being transported?"

"The scale is exaggerated compared to ordinary caravans. There are almost three escort teams. Some of them also carry crystal muskets produced in Delan. The style is very new... As for the goods transported, the passes they presented clearly come from the royal family of Delan. , we have no right to inspect.”

Wei Lin quickly imprinted these important information into her mind, and then she asked: "You said those escorts carried crystal muskets produced in Delan? How did you judge?"

"My father is an officer in Derain. I once followed him to meet the master gunsmith of Derain... All the fine products produced by Master Gastigny will have his unique silver snake emblem on the gun. Easy to identify.”

"Where did this team go in the end? Have you followed it?"

"Madam, all convoys using the Delan Royal Pass will be required to go directly to Iris Street where the Delan Kingdom is located to register. We have no right to interfere with the itinerary after registration."

Looking at the sweating city gate guard, feeling the fluctuations and feedback from the mage's hands, Weilin nodded with satisfaction. She slightly relaxed her control on Faruna, and then asked: "I I made a request to your soldiers before, and I told them that I had urgent matters that needed to be left for Salem City to deal with... However, they told me that only those on the 'list' are allowed in and out, which is independent of Salem City. Orders the government has used in the past have not been consistent."

Wei Lin slowed down her speech to ensure that every word she said could be heard clearly: "Tell me, Mr. Swift, what's going on with this list that suddenly appeared?"

Upon hearing this question, Guardsman Faruna's expression finally changed drastically. His mouth kept trembling, and his originally red face turned pale at an alarming speed.

The mage's hand flickered, so the female mage's eyes hidden behind the lenses narrowed slightly, and the relaxed control tightened again in an instant. The mage's hand that was originally just pointing at Faruna's forehead suddenly changed its posture, and it relaxed It unfolded and then pressed directly on the top of Faruna's head.

Bone-piercing coldness surged with invisible magic power, and at the same time came the voice that, although pleasant to the ear, did not allow for any room for negotiation: "Answer my question, Mr. Swift, don't let me really do it. Something like that happens to you that you’re afraid of.”

The body of the city gate guard began to tremble. However, as an ordinary person who had never touched magic, he could not resist the magic power that pierced into his brain like a sharp sword, so he shook his head with difficulty: "I...I can't."

In this reaction, Wei Lin was keenly aware of something strange.

She realized that the man in front of her seemed to be caught in two conflicting fears. In addition to the threat he posed, he seemed to be suffering from another kind of restriction at the same time. It was that restriction that kept him here. Even under such circumstances, I still dare not explain clearly what I know.

But now that the matter has come to this, and with the clues already captured, Weilin cannot make concessions no matter what.

The experience accumulated in the magic field for a long time has become Wei Lin's confidence at this moment. She once again tore out a page from her spell book. With the surge of magic, another convenient spell was recorded in the magic book in advance. It began to take effect, and the mage's hand floating in the air was surprisingly strengthened in an instant. A huge amount of magic power was poured onto Faruna's body as Weilin's thoughts turned, causing astonishing pressure on him. At the same time, he also carefully protected his body.

The poor gatekeeper collapsed on the ground.

"Tell me, everything you know about that 'list'... I can swear to the goddess Mel not to harm your spirit and body, and I will even do my best to protect them."

After hearing these words, Faruno glanced at Weilin dejectedly. In the midst of deep fear and helplessness, he finally spoke.

"Five nights ago, when the noble convoy arrived, all city gates received an order signed by General Boots of the General Defense Department."

Faruno swallowed hard, glanced at the magic light above his head, and stammered: "According to...according to the requirements of that order, the magic passes originally implemented by the major city gates Standards were temporarily abolished and we had to follow a specific magical list of who was allowed in and out.”

"Where's the list?"

"No...don't know."

Faruno's words became confused, and he waved his hands in panic: "Madam, I swear to... I swear to all the gods I know, I really don't know the contents of that list, although the order requires us to do so. Yes, but that list was never sent to us! So we don’t know exactly who can come in and out!”

Weilin's eyebrows gradually rose up, and a strong sense of uneasiness began to brew in her heart. She turned and walked towards the city wall aside, pressing her palms on the wall. This time, she did not act like before. Just pretending", but focused all his energy on the wall in front of him.

When the magic power belonging to the lake-level mage is mobilized, it is as if there is a real lake stirring up waves in the strong wind. The invisible tide surges in and continuously hits the thick and ancient wall in front of it.

A trace that was deeply hidden in the wall slowly emerged. Weilin's body trembled slightly. As the terrifying resistance burst out from inside the city wall, Weilin involuntarily stepped back, and her palms left her body. The front wall.

Under that impact, even the hand of the mage summoned by her, which had received an increase in magic power, began to tremble continuously.

Wei Lin immediately returned to Faruno's side. Her face that had always remained calm finally showed a bit of ferocity at this moment: "Speak quickly! Except for the person who conveyed the order to you that night. , who else has been here?"

"No, no more...well, but the messenger who was responsible for conveying the order that night stayed inside the city gate all night. This is the requirement of the order. We can only comply with it, and I don't know what he is here. What have you done……"

At this moment, the city gate guard who had revealed all the information he knew suddenly let out a shrill scream. He struggled violently and was able to escape from the control of the mage with pure physical strength. .

At the same time, Faruno's eyeballs began to bulge continuously. He raised his hands while wailing, and tried hard to press his eyes with his fingers, as if he wanted to prevent the eyeballs from "leaving".

Some kind of magical ritual that was imposed on Faruno at some unknown time began to work ruthlessly at this moment.

Wei Lin discovered that the magic protection she had set up was as brittle as paper in the face of this terrible ritual restriction. In just two breaths, these protections were completely torn apart, and Faruno's head and his The eyes became the scene where the power of the ritual broke out!

Seeing that the situation could no longer be reversed, Wei Lin immediately retreated quickly. With a simple gesture, the protective magic engraved in her mind appeared in front of her. A huge magic shield was formed out of thin air, firmly protecting her body.

Then, she heard an explosion.

It was as if the wheels of the carriage had ruthlessly rolled over a ball.

Amidst the pained howl of the city gate guard, his head exploded, and plasma and residue spurted out in all directions.

Faruno's hands dropped weakly, and his two eyeballs finally slowly rolled down from the severely deformed eye sockets...