Ravenna led the way, and the three of them immediately walked out of the passage. Soon, they found another mark.
"It's this again." Once again, a large pile of poisonous insects appeared on the ground. And just like before, they were also gathered together. It seemed like they were also spilled on the ground to chat. It seemed like they didn't go the wrong way.
The three of them immediately sped up and walked forward again. Soon, they found more things. Corpses appeared on the ground again. This time, there were four corpses. There were two corpses of the Gangara tribe and two corpses of the slave hunters.
"Looks like they resisted here and were killed as a warning to the others." Li Huailin looked at the corpses and said. The two slave hunters' corpses were obviously poisoned to death. The Gangara tribe's corpses were decapitated and their heads were taken away. It seemed like they were using the heads to intimidate the other tribesmen.
Seeing the corpses of her tribesmen, Ravenna became even more anxious. She anxiously ran out.
"Don't worry." Anthony pulled Ravenna and said, "It's useless to worry now. They've been gone for a day. We can't catch up with them even if we run at full speed. The most important thing is to calm down."
"I can't calm down now. The ones who were killed are my tribesmen." Ravenna said with a broken heart. "I can't even recognize who they are. Their heads were taken away. I … I …"
"Don't worry. They only killed two people, which means they don't dare to do anything." Li Huailin said with a smile. "After all, your tribesmen are important commodities. According to their character, they won't just casually slaughter them. So, there's no need to worry. The important thing is to find clues."
"Their character?" Anthony asked. "Look at the corpses here.
"Just look at the corpses here. All the dead slaves here are the corpses of humans and orcs. That's because human and orc slaves aren't worth much and can only be sold as labor. However, the Elves are different. Their prices are higher. It's obvious that this is a mercenary slave-catching team. It seems like the Ganga tribe, which has a higher price, is safer. As long as they don't commit suicide, nothing will happen to them," Li Huailin said.
"Even so, Huailin, you should also look at the timing." Anthony looked at Ravenna and said.
"Right now, the number one strategist in the entire continent is helping you arrange a battle strategy for free. I think it's already good enough." Li Huailin said, "How about this? I think this guy's movement speed is the slowest among us. Anthony, why don't you carry her and run? Consider it as saving her energy."
"Yes." Anthony didn't say anything else. He immediately grabbed Ravenna, activated his combat qi, and accelerated forward. Li Huailin also immediately followed. Li Huailin's current speed was very, very fast. Not only because he activated Defense Mode which increased his movement speed by 50%, but also because he had the "Vulgar" buff which increased all his attributes by 80%. This buff from Ravenna lasted for a week, and there were still two days left. With such a huge increase in agility, coupled with the percentage increase, Li Huailin's speed could also keep up with Anthony's speed.
Sure enough, the marching speed this time was a lot faster. Following the direction that Ravenna pointed, it didn't take long for the three to reach the entrance of the cave. As soon as they got out of the cave, they closed their eyes because of the sunlight reflected off the snow. When they opened their eyes again, they realized that they were in a mountainous area. Then … everything around them was white.
"Oh no, it's snowing." Anthony looked at the ground and said. If it wasn't snowing, they could continue following the footprints. But now, there were no footprints on the ground. It was obvious that there was a heavy snowfall during this period of time, and everything was covered.
Ravenna immediately began to look around to see if there were any clues left by her people. Seeing this situation, Anthony and Li Huailin also quickly began to search. Anthony searched on the ground, while Li Huailin rode on Millet and ascended into the sky. They mainly wanted to see if there was anything around.
Unfortunately, after riding on Millet for a while, they didn't find anything noteworthy. There were mountains all around, and the ground was covered in snow. There wasn't even a single moving thing. Li Huailin also tried to let Millet sniff a little to see if she could find anything like a hunting dog, but it didn't work.
When they returned to the ground, Li Huailin saw Anthony and Ravenna's faces and knew that they didn't find much.
"Did you find anything?" Seeing that Li Huailin had returned, Ravenna immediately asked.
"No, there's no movement around." Li Huailin said, "You guys didn't find anything?"
"No, the poisonous insects we raise are actually creatures that are afraid of the cold. It's like spring in the cave all year round, which is suitable for them to survive. But it's hard for them to survive outside. So even if my people put food here, no insects will come out to look for food." Ravenna said, "And now, everything is covered in snow. Even if there's food on the ground, I won't know."
"They left for almost a day. I think they're already out of this mountain area." Anthony frowned and said, "We don't know where they went, so it's hard to track them."
"What should we do? What should we do? "Ravenna anxiously pulled Li Huailin and asked.
"Don't worry, I'll immediately send people to search this area." Anthony thought for a moment and said. The first solution he thought of was to send people. Of course, the main thing was to search this area with the army. A carpet search would definitely be effective. Although this place was big, there were still a lot of people. Moreover, the reason to wipe out the illegal slave hunters was very reasonable. Anthony felt that no one would dissuade him.
"This won't work." Li Huailin immediately said, "You said before that they are very well-informed, and they have people in all three countries. If you send troops to search here, the other party will immediately hide after receiving the news. According to their standards, it will be very difficult to find them after they hide. Right now, although the elves and beasts don't have slaves to capture, they can still hide if they want to. If they really hide there, it will be even more troublesome for us to find them. "
There was one thing that Li Huailin didn't say, which was that this method of finding people was too slow. Although there were a lot of people, with tens of thousands of people searching in such a big place, it would take a few days to find any clues. If they ran away, it would be even more troublesome. Li Huailin didn't have that much free time to deal with this task. Of course, the sooner the better.
"Then what should we do?" Ravenna placed all her hopes on Li Huailin this time. This was because it seemed that Li Huailin was the most capable.
"Huailin, what should we do?" Anthony, of course, knew his brother's ability, so he immediately asked.
"Your people are safe for the time being, as I said before." Li Huailin said, "So what we need to find now is the place where they imprisoned your clansmen. To put it simply, we need to find the person who knows this place, and the person who knows this place is a member of the Yaffle slave catching team. So now we need to find a member of the Yaffle slave catching team and ask him to lead us to your clansmen."
"Isn't this nonsense?" Anthony said with a bitter smile. "Isn't it impossible to find them?"
"What I mean is that we don't necessarily need to find the slave hunters. We can also find the slave sellers," Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Huh?" Anthony paused for a moment as if he understood something, but he still asked, "What do you mean?"
"Since the Yaffle slave hunters have captured this batch of slaves, of course they want to sell them. According to their current situation, they must be in a hurry to sell them." Li Huailin said, "Fortunately, the consumer of this batch of people we are looking for is very clear."
"Consumer?" Anthony didn't understand the word at all.
"Simply put, we definitely know the person who bought them," Li Huailin said, "and that is the alchemist."
"Eh?" Anthony's entire body trembled as he suddenly understood.
"Do you understand? We don't know who sold them, but we know who they sold them to. Let's find the buyer first, then we will naturally find the seller. Once we find the seller … "
"We can ask them to take us to the buyer," Anthony said. "If you really have Huailin, then now … what should we do?"
"Of course, contact the Alchemist Guild." Li Huailin said with a smile, "They definitely want to sell them at a sky-high price. Naturally, they will sell them to the senior alchemists. They have money, so the people they are looking for are of course the master and grandmaster alchemists of the Alchemist Guild. I guess that when the people here were captured, they would start contacting them."
"The Alchemist Guild, but we don't have any affiliation with the Alchemist Guild. Moreover, this kind of slave trade is probably not something we can bring to the public. Will they admit the existence of this kind of trade?" Anthony asked with a little worry.
"Oh, of course they won't admit it." Li Huailin immediately said, "But of course, we won't use this identity to communicate with them."
"How?" Seeing Li Huailin's arrangement, Anthony also knew that Li Huailin had a way.
"In fact, I happen to have such a grandmaster alchemist in my house. I think he seems to be very rich recently. Maybe he is ready to buy one or two slaves from the Ganga tribe. Let him go to the Alchemist Guild. Maybe he can meet someone who wants to sell them …" Li Huailin said with a smile.
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