Chapter 400 The Invisible [Death Agent]

“If the key to the seal is the statues of the three commanders, and two of them are known to be missing, the key now is where is the third statue?”

When Lu Heng learned that the statues of the three commanders of the Anti-Demon Alliance were the key to opening the seal of the Hiss Mountains, he immediately thought of the most critical issue at the moment.

Fiona came along to investigate and was also aware of the context of the incident. She continued, “Yes, if the Abyss Faction is looking for the statues of the three commanders, as long as we find the last statue first, we can predict the opponent’s action targets and respond, or even ambush them.”

With a gleam in her eyes, she looked up at Queen Oriana and volunteered, “Queen, please let me lead the team to find the last statue of the commander.”

But Orianna did not agree. After a moment’s silence, she said, “There is no need to look for the last statue.”

Lu Heng and Fiona looked at the Elf Queen with confusion, not understanding what she meant at once. Only Tyrese looked calm, as if he already knew the reason.

Queen Oriana paced back and forth and answered their questions: “The third statue of the commander is in the palace.”

Lu Heng and Fiona were a little surprised.

Tyrese helped explain: “Among the three commanders who established the Anti-Demon Alliance seven hundred years ago, the first commander was Aureanna’s father.”

Queen Orianna’s father, Tarnas, King of the Quel’dorei.

It is precisely because of the prestige of the Elf King Tarnas that the elves scattered across the continent can be united to form an anti-magic coalition to fight against the abyss.

Queen Oriana said slowly: “The last one is indeed a statue of my father. I have kept it and placed it in the palace.

“When I was very young, my father once told me that a statue is like a key and should be kept well.

“It’s just that more than three hundred years have passed, and there has been no need to use this key, so I almost forgot about it.”

Lu Heng thought for a moment and asked, “Do you want to confirm whether the statue is still there?”

Queen Orianna and Terris looked at each other and had a guess in their hearts, worrying that they were looking for the location of the last statue in this way.

“If the Queen confirms that the statue will not be lost, it’s okay not to go and see it.” Lu Heng could see what the two were worried about.

Queen Orianna hesitated for a moment and said, “Let’s go and take a look. I’m not sure if anyone has touched the statue.”

There were only four people present. Tyrese and Fiona were the people she trusted the most. Apart from the two of them, only Lu Heng was considered an “outsider”.

However, after the last call-up, Queen Orianna trusted Lu Heng very much.

Moreover, the identity of a conscript is itself a kind of protection.

The recruits from other worlds, although not of the same race, will not stay in this world to survive, so there will be no conflict of interest.

Coupled with the restrictions of battlefield missions, the identity of the recruiter is simple and the mission objectives are clear. As long as it is not a special team such as a looting team, it is a very trustworthy identity.

Besides, the statue of the Elf King Tarnas is just a seal key and has no great value in itself.

As for the recruiter, there is no benefit in taking the key, so there is no need to worry.

……

The group followed Queen Orianna to the study in the back hall and saw the statue of the Elf King Tarnas.

Oriana took down the statue of her father from the cabinet and placed it upright on the table. Then she closed her eyes and folded her hands in front of her chest. It was unclear whether she was praying or recalling the memory of her father.

Lu Heng also lowered his head and closed his eyes to show his respect to the former commander of the anti-demon coalition.

After a moment, Orianna opened her eyes and said, “You must be talking about this statue. I do know that it is a sealed key, but I have never explored the reason.”

The elves were once the most prosperous race on the continent of Quel’dorei. They established a brilliant elven civilization and their footprints were spread all over the continent.

When the elven civilization was at its most prosperous, there were outposts and towns built by the elves in the five major mountain ranges and three major oceans of the Quel’dorei continent.

As the abyss descended, the elves slowly retreated back to the city of Kolos.

Because the elves abandoned many of their once prosperous towns, the shrines and temples in these towns could not be moved and eventually became ruins.

There were so many abandoned temples and towns of the elves that the seal of Xiling City was not given much attention.

After all, the entire city has been abandoned, so how could they have the energy to care about the seal in the city?

The reason why Queen Oriana has kept the statue so well is simply because it is a statue of her father Tarnas.

“Can I get a closer look?” As Lu Heng said this, he had already moved closer and bent over to take a closer look.

Aureanna did not stop it. After all, this incident was related to the statues of the three commanders and it really needed to be investigated thoroughly.

Moreover, she also heard from Fiona that an elf guard died because of this incident, and the cause of death has not been found yet.

As Lu Heng looked at it, he asked, “Can you tell me about the seal in Xiling City?”

After a moment of silence, Terris said, “To talk about this seal, we have to start from the location where Xiling City was built.

“Xiling City is a city built on the Xis Mountains. There is a moon well in the city, which is also one of the three largest moon wells on the continent…”

In fact, many of the elven cities were built around moon wells.

Because the Moon Well can provide the elves with sufficient magical energy, even if they do not build a town on the Moon Well, they will build a town around it.

Tyrese went on to say, “Xiling City was once one of the ten most prosperous towns on the continent, but after the advent of the abyss, the Moon Well in the city was polluted.

“The three commanders tried to find a way to purify the pollution, but failed. In the end, they had no choice but to seal the polluted Moon Well.

“This is the reason why the underground seal of Xiling City was formed. As the Moon Well was sealed, Xiling City gradually declined.

“The surrounding forests gradually withered and the living environment deteriorated, so we had no choice but to abandon Xiling City.

“And my teacher Santos stayed there forever to protect the last glory of Xiling City.”

Lu Heng had never heard of the secrets of these elves before.

When Tyrese recounted these past events, his face was full of nostalgia and regret.

What he missed was his teacher, but what he regretted was that he didn’t get to see his teacher for the last time.

Lu Heng had already heard him mention it when Tyreese taught him the third sword master skill.

His teacher, the previous generation of Elf Sword Saint Santos, entered the Moon Well in the Heath Mountains and never came back. After that incident, the Elf King Tarnas decided to abandon the city of Xiling and move the people in the city to the city of Kolos.

The abandonment of Xiling City is no secret among the elves, but not many people know the reason.

……

After listening to this, Lu Heng made a guess: “Is it possible that the source of pollution from the Abyss is sealed under Xiling City, and the Abyss Camp wants to unseal it and release the source of pollution?”

Tyrese thought about it and nodded in agreement: “This is very likely. When I was in Xiling City, I heard that the underground moon well was seriously polluted, so serious that it had to be sealed.

“Moreover, after the Moon Well was sealed, there were many cases of abyssal energy overflow.

“So the seal under Xiling City could indeed be the source of the abyss pollution.

“If this guess is correct, then we must stop the Abyss Faction from breaking the seal. This is the last of the three statues, so we must keep it safe.”

Queen Oriana looked at her father’s statue with a serious expression, nodded and replied: “I will keep it well, and no one can take it away.”

Lu Heng continued, “In addition to keeping the statue safe, we also need to investigate the death of the elf guard. Let me just tell you my guess. I suspect someone has sneaked into Kolos City and killed the elf guard using special means.”

Fiona continued, “Old Hall passed away peacefully, so we didn’t think it was murder at first. But this time there are indeed many suspicious points, so I also suspect that an intruder killed Old Hall. We must find the murderer.”

Aureana pondered for a moment and asked, “Have you found any clues?”

Because Lu Heng had additional information, he suspected that Old Hall was killed by the class ability of the [Death Agent], so he decided to start from this direction:

“I think we can start with the silent killing method. There are not many similar assassination methods. It can be used as a clue for investigation.”

Queen Oriana then asked, “What method do you think the murderer used?”

Lu Heng didn’t want to be the first to talk about the class abilities of the [Agency of Death], because no one had mentioned this class so far.

So Lu Heng looked at Terris beside him, wanting to hear his thoughts.

Tyrese thought for a moment and said, “There are indeed similar methods of killing people. As far as I know, the Death Curse can do it, but the success rate of this curse spell is relatively low.”

The Death Curse is a curse spell that, if cast successfully, can kill the target directly.

However, the success rate of this curse spell is relatively low. A mental check is required after casting the spell, and usually the mental power required to kill the target multiple times is required to meet the casting conditions.

Because of this special mental check rule, this spell is more accumulative.

When a spellcaster’s mental power multiplies the opponent’s, it means that both the level and combat power are overwhelming the target. In this case, there are too many ways to kill the target. A mental skill can crush the target at will. There is no need to use this curse spell.

The only use of the Death Curse is probably to make the target look like he died of natural causes, without any struggle or suspicion in the process.

“Is there anything else?” Lu Heng asked.

“There is also a fourth-level job, [Death Agent]. I have heard of this job before. It can also take the target’s life silently.” Tyrese finally mentioned this job.

Lu Heng waited for a while and said, “This is very likely. At present, the third-level job class in our human world has been popularized and there are many of them. According to the development of energy levels, it should be about time for the fourth-level job class to appear.”

Queen Orianna thought for a moment and asked, “Do you have any clues?”

Lu Heng pondered for a moment and said, “Let me get this straight. I suspect that another human recruiter in the city is Ke Yiming. I have seen this person a few times in the human world, and his identity is very suspicious.”

The elves are a civilization that is relatively friendly to the recruiters, but that does not mean that they completely trust the recruiters.

At all times, the elves will remain vigilant against the recruiters.

Now, even Lu Heng suspected Ke Yiming, so the elf leaders present naturally became more vigilant.

Aureana hesitated for a moment and asked, “What are you going to do?”

Since Lu Heng had thrown Ke Yiming out, he was planning to let the elves identify him: “Just arrest him and interrogate him. Check if he has the class of [Death Agent].

“If it is confirmed that he has this rank, then the matter can be basically confirmed. If not, it means that the direction of the investigation is wrong and we need to re-analyze it.”

In his previous life, Ke Yiming was the first psychic among humans to obtain the fourth job rank, which was [Agency of Death].

Lu Heng didn’t know whether it was such a coincidence, but he had already had this guess in his mind. Without clarifying this doubt, he would not be able to continue the investigation.

Aureana agreed, “Okay, let’s do as you say. Fiona, take people to control Ke Yiming and test his rank.”

“Yes!”

Fiona agreed loudly, turned around and ran out of the palace area quickly, taking a team of guards with her to find Ke Yiming.

Ke Yiming had previously completed a mission to help the elves fight against demons. He was slightly injured and was resting in a hotel in the commercial district.

When Fiona found him, he looked puzzled.

Fiona took him away without explaining the reason.

This is the world of elves, and in the main city of the elves. The Elf Guards really don’t need to provide any reason to capture a human.

……

Lu Heng, Queen Oriana, and Terris were waiting in the study in the palace area, continuing to discuss the underground seal of Xiling City and the statues of the three commanders.

About an hour and a half later, the sound of armor rubbing against each other was heard outside the door. Fiona hurried back, bowed her head and reported:
“Your Highness, we have tested it and found that Ke Yiming does not have the class of [Death Agent]. His highest class is the third-level [Spellbreaker]. He does not have any other class abilities that can kill the target silently.”

Hearing this result, Lu Heng’s face showed confusion for a moment: “Are you sure he doesn’t have the [Death Agent] class?”

Fiona nodded again to confirm: “Yes, it is confirmed that he does not have this rank. The detection method used cannot be wrong.”

As a high-level magical civilization, the elves are unmatched by human civilization in terms of accuracy and convenience in detecting job ranks.

Therefore, since Fiona said that Ke Yiming does not have the [Death Agent] class, then he definitely does not have it, and there is no need to doubt it.

Lu Heng became even more confused.

The death of Old Hall was obviously due to the appearance of the [Agency of Death] class, but this class was not in Ke Yiming’s possession.

So who got this rank?

(End of this chapter)