Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 256 The Abnormal Forest

The lord's office hall did not escape the fate of being surrounded by vegetation like other buildings, but the luck of this building is obviously better. It is covered by the greenery of a giant tree, which is full of white flowers at this time. As soon as the wind blows, the large petals flutter and fall on the gray bricks, adding some agility to the originally serious building.

Azike led Cyril here familiarly. Along the way, Cyril's uncovered elf ears caused many people to look sideways, but Azike didn't mean to explain, and led Cyril directly. He sat down in the conference room on the second floor and closed the door.

The facilities of the meeting room itself are extremely old, and there is a lot of dust accumulated in the corners and other places, but the table top of the long table is spotless.

"My lord... No, it's the baron who should be on his way back to Siliki from Yevwind at this time. I think he should be arriving soon."

Atzke spoke naturally, and at the same time bent down to take out a stack of stacked papers from the side cabinet—it was made of special bark, which was considered a specialty of the Amasir region.

"You don't seem to care that I will take away the position of the lord, you are his staff—" Cyril couldn't help asking, although Atsk's straightforward attitude and analytical ability satisfied him, But the other party's seamless attitude made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Staff?" Atzke shook his head suspiciously, "No, of course I am not. I just try to do something for the city I live in. Those soldiers told you?"

Cyril recalled what the soldier said, and indeed he did not list the "lecturer" and "the baron" as a subordinate relationship, but juxtaposed.

And Azike continued to say at this time: "In fact, my lord... oh, it's the baron, forget it, I will call it by name directly, so as not to get confused all the time-in fact, Baron Jean was kicked here from home, I think you should know his father, the Duke of O'Connor. If the Duke of O'Connor had been kind to his fourth son Jean, Jean wouldn't have come to be a baron in such a poor, shabby and unlucky place..."

"Baron Jean has been busy with this matter for two years, and he is about to collapse. I think he can't wait for someone to replace him, so it's great that Solkonan has a new Earl of Ciligi now. but."

In a few words, he clarified the relationship between Gene O'Connor, himself, and the city.Cyril nodded slightly, and then asked Atsk for information, but Atsk did not hand over the paper in a hurry, but turned it over in his hand first, picked out the middle one, and handed it to him individually. Cyrillic.

"I think you should first understand the whole story of this incident. It happened two years ago. There was a change in the outskirts of the Elgin Jungle. The trees there became taller and bigger. At that time, we didn't even care about it— —”

Elgin Forest is the name of the forest close to the three cities of Siliki, Yevwind and Somi. It is a high-security area——a high-security area refers to an area with high security and natural order. Travelers travel in During this period, it is rare to suffer damage beyond imagination.

As for the Elgin Forest, further to the northeast, there is a black forest, which is the so-called low-security area. The security is low and it is extremely easy to die suddenly.

Cyril looked at the paper in his hand, which recorded exactly what Atsk was talking about, but it was more detailed, and at the same time recorded the remarks of the witnesses.

"No one paid attention to this at first, but soon those abnormal trees began to expand on a large scale, and even hurt the walls of Suomi City. From then on, everyone noticed that something was wrong."

"Somi City organized a team to enter the forest to find the reason, but they were stopped by the elves before they could go far. It was still within the legal hunting area of ​​humans, but the elves would not let them go deep. So humans and elves There was friction, and most of the people in Suomi City were injured and fled back to Suomi City."

"But the situation didn't change, and then the farmers found that they couldn't plant, and the crops they planted would soon be replaced by natural grass or trees, and the original small cultivated land was replaced by new grass and trees. .”

Cyril finally understood why those villagers were pale and emaciated, and even said that they could only eat grass. It turned out that it was because they couldn't grow grass at all.

"So there was another friction between humans and elves, but the power of the northeast corner of Amasir can be imagined. A frontal breakthrough failed, and I wanted to send rogues to sneak in, but how can humans compare to elves in the jungle? The fact that the elves are guarding things in the forest leads us to believe that the elves caused this - though they may have suffered the consequences themselves."

Cyril roughly read the whole story, raised his head and asked, "So those children are afraid of elves?"

"It can be said that although the elves did not actually harm us by force, somehow, the elves have become something that children in the three cities are afraid of."

Azike folded the remaining stack of papers on the table neatly: "Although I am very interested in why Solkonan sent an earl here, I have to say that you are the most unlucky person I have ever seen My Earl—it's no one who has come across this kind of mess from the very beginning."

"Oh? So, you've been to the capital?" Cyril looked back at the quest clues that he had just gone through, and asked.

Azike seemed to see the boy's temperament clearly—although he was a young and high-ranking nobleman, he was not difficult to speak at all, but he was more like a member of an adventure group, and he could speak easily.So he simply opened his seat and sat down, continued to select useful content from the paper, sorted it out, and said:
"I'm a graduate of the Kingdom Military Academy. It's just that I didn't do well. Is the Earl also a student there? Judging by your age...it seems...you haven't graduated for a few years?"

But he didn't notice that Cyril's eyes lit up. The half-elf boy didn't answer his question. He stopped and raised his head and asked, "Graduated from the Kingdom Military Academy? What is your major?"

"It's... tactical." Atzke was a little confused, and he didn't know why Cyril suddenly became excited.

"The militiamen in Siliki, were you trained?" Cyril continued to ask excitedly, watching the young lecturer nodding, he suppressed his inner excitement—

At this time, Cyril even felt that he could wrestle with the dragon, and after winning, he threw the dragon over his shoulder and knocked the dragon to the ground!
If it is said that Azike's knowledge and intelligence-related abilities displayed just now made him admire, then the identity of "Graduate of the Kingdom Military Academy" shown by the other party is like a shining golden light surrounding him, just like He almost wrote "SSR" on his face!

Azike Angers, this is not only a treasure, but also a great treasure!
　Thanks to Kiritani and Asuna for the 1500 starting coin rewards, and thanks to the Khan of the World for the 200 starting coin rewards, thank you!

　　
　
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