Tilagarr City. Li Huailin's group of four had already arrived. Very quickly, they asked the guards for the location of the Radiant Church's team and immediately rushed over.
The team's current location was the City Lord's mansion. Because of the Radiant Church's influence, the City Lord had no choice but to personally receive them. Naturally, he also had to send his own troops to help them find what they wanted. Although the City Lord was very annoyed, he couldn't do anything about it.
"Your Excellency, these people from the Radiant Church are really too much. Our people are already exhausted, yet they still say that we didn't do our best. Our city guards are here to protect the country, not to help the Radiant Church find what they want. What does losing their things have to do with me?" As soon as they arrived, City Lord Mirsa started to complain to Li Huailin.
"I know, I know. I'll handle it." Li Huailin replied casually. Then he arrived at the location of the Radiant Church's team. Very quickly, a group of Church Knights came out to greet them. The one leading them was the person Li Huailin was looking for, Captain Kroenwa.
"Your Highness the Duke of Aquitaine." Kroenwa looked to be a middle-aged Knight in his forties. He looked very capable and clean, giving him the demeanor of a Church Knight. However, his manner of speaking was the same as the rest of the Church, with a faint arrogant tone. "We are here for official business. There is an urgent matter that needs to be dealt with. I don't know if Your Excellency has anything urgent to discuss with us. If not, I still have some matters to attend to."
"It is urgent that I look for you," Li Huailin said as he handed over Bishop Drusby's imprint.
"This is?" Kroenwa took a look at it, and his expression changed slightly. Then he turned to City Lord Mirsa and said, "City Lord, I have something to discuss with Your Excellency in private ….. I don't know ….."
"Oh, Your Excellency, is there anything else?" Mirsa immediately understood the other party's intention. Kroenwa felt that he was in the way, so he immediately asked Li Huailin.
"You can leave first," Li Huailin said.
"Yes, Your Excellency." Miersa was also very experienced in handling matters. He had specifically asked Li Huailin to show that he was a citizen of the Empire and not a dog of the Church. He was very considerate of the Empire's reputation. Then, Mirsa backed out of the room and closed the door behind him.
"Your Grace, this is Bishop Drusby's seal. May I know why it's in your hands?" Cromwell immediately asked after Mirsa left.
"As a matter of fact, Bishop Drusby and Pope Carlo are very worried because you can't find the relic. Bishop Drusby is still facing punishment from the Church. Pope Carlo has sent us here to check on the progress. We are in charge of finding the relic," Li Huailin said.
"What?!" Kroenwa was taken aback. "Really?"
"Of course it's true. You can check with your boss." Li Huailin said. "Anyway, tell me the current situation so I can get to work immediately."
"This …" Kroenwa didn't expect to suddenly send someone over. Moreover, it wasn't a member of the Church, but a Duke of the Human Empire. It was too unexpected. But when he looked at Bishop Drusby's seal in his hand, he felt that Li Huailin wasn't lying. He nodded. "Alright, Your Excellency. I'll report to you the results of our investigation."
Kroenwa stood up and said, "Four days ago, Bishop Drusby's first group led by Captain Linman arrived at Tilagarde. Of course, according to the rules, Lord Mirsa also received them and arranged for them to stay in the Lord's Mansion, which is where I am staying now."
"Here?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, of course. We've already searched this place," Kroenwa replied. Cromwell replied, "After Linman arrived here, he immediately left the city and went to the ruins in the east to retrieve the relic. He spent the whole night there, and he should have successfully retrieved the relic. According to Lord Mirsa, he saw them return with a box the next day. That afternoon, Captain Linman bid farewell to Lord Mirsa and left with all the items. Logically speaking, Captain Linman should be returning to report to Bishop Drusby with the relic."
"But they didn't show up. There's no news of them either," Li Huailin said. "Yes.
"That's right. We haven't seen anyone, and the Sacred Artifact is nowhere to be found. I just arrived here yesterday, and that's all I know. We're planning to leave the city to search for clues. We roughly know that Lin Man's group left the city from the west. We've already verified this with a few city guards. They saw Lin Man's carriage leave the city through the west gate with their own eyes," Kroenwa said.
"West?" Li Huailin was taken aback. "Wait, I remember Blessed City is to the south of here. Why did they leave the city from the west?"
"It's like this." Kroenwa picked up the map beside him and pointed to the south of Tilagarde. "To the south of Tilagarde is the Solar Mountain Range. It's impossible to head to the main city like this. We can either go around by water or take the land route to the west."
"Why didn't they just use the teleportation circle?" Millennium couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah, that's a good question," Li Huailin chimed in.
"That's a relic imbued with the divine power of the God of Light. How could they use a teleportation circle to transport it?" Kroenwa immediately said.
"…" Li Huailin facepalmed. Why couldn't they use a teleportation circle? It seemed like it was a restriction of the mission. They had to throw the relic away. Otherwise, how could they complete the mission?
"All in all, from the looks of it, Captain Linman chose to go by land. Our next target is to follow the same route," Kroenwa said.
"Why didn't they go by water?" Li Huailin asked again.
"I … I don't know. I've asked around. There were ships at Tilagarde's docks, and they could have gone directly to Galello. It would have been faster to reach the main city from there, but I don't know why Captain Linman didn't choose this route. I'm very confused as well. Now that Captain Linman is missing, there's no way to find out," Kroenwa said in confusion.
"Then the land route to the west," Li Huailin said, pointing to the map in front of them, "Don't tell me we have to go through Glen Canyon."
"Glen Canyon?" Kroenwa was taken aback. "That's impossible."
"Eh?" Li Huailin was taken aback. Was he wrong?
"Duke, look here," Kroenwa said, pointing to the map. Kroenwa pointed at the map and said, "Glen Canyon is here. In other words, if Captain Linman wants to go through Glen Canyon, he can only go north. That's the Elves' territory. However, their destination is obviously south, so they definitely won't go through Glen Canyon."
"Really?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes." Kroenwa nodded. "I'm waiting for the results of the soldiers' search. Once they're back, we'll search along the western road to see if there are any clues. What do you think, Your Grace?"
"I've decided to go to Glen Canyon," Li Huailin said after some thought.
"Eh?" Kroenwa was taken aback. It was impossible for Lin Man and the others to head towards Glen Canyon, because it was the complete opposite direction. How could they head there? It didn't make sense. "Duke, this …"
If Li Huailin hadn't passed by Glen Canyon and discovered the situation there, he wouldn't have chosen to go there. But he had passed by Glen Canyon and heard that the bandits had robbed a carriage belonging to the church. Although he didn't know if it was this carriage, it should have something to do with it. If they left Tilagarde from the west, they could indeed reach Glen Canyon. Although it was in the opposite direction, Linman might have a special reason to pass by Glen Canyon. So, Li Huailin decided to take a look first.
"You can continue your search according to your plan. I'll bring some men to Glen Canyon to take a look," Li Huailin said.
"That … works too." To be honest, Kroenwa didn't want to work with Li Huailin. After all, Li Huailin's identity was rather special. Kroenwa didn't know what was going on with Li Huailin, and he felt that he could find the relic on his own. He didn't need Li Huailin's help. "Duke, we'll continue our investigation according to our original plan."
"Okay, let's do that." Li Huailin stood up and said to the three people behind him, "Let's go to Glen Canyon. I have a feeling that we'll find something there."
"But I heard that it's impossible for them to go that way. Is it good for you to randomly lead the way?" Unchangeable didn't know what Li Huailin had seen before, so he asked since Li Huailin had a history of randomly leading the way.
"When did I mislead them? Tell me," Li Huailin said.
"Uh … forget it. Pretend I didn't say anything," Unchangeable said after some thought.
"Okay … Let's go, then." Li Huailin waved his hand.
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