高照的艷陽在午後的時間漸漸西斜,明亮的淡黃色光線漸轉橙黃,如此的日照已無法維持室內所需的光線,在艷陽城的東城區軍情處、指揮官辦公室裡,值勤的傭人將魔法燈裡的魔石點亮,讓辦公的軍官們能夠繼續工作。486Please respect copyright.PENANApaSz6IWHBA
486Please respect copyright.PENANAMNPHdkhgN0
坐在指揮官位置上的男人手上拿著軍情報告一字一字地閱讀,他的眉頭深鎖,似乎正為了難以解決的問題而困擾著。486Please respect copyright.PENANASIWtPxh5Su
486Please respect copyright.PENANA0Xmbz5apst
「……穆里平原的邪神軍團擴張,吞噬西北區聯合軍近兩百餘士兵,並且持續併吞周遭土地,如今已經是這個月來第二次的擴張了,或許不用幾個月,它們龐大的程度會優先往艷陽城攻過來。」486Please respect copyright.PENANA9bydWbPnUB
486Please respect copyright.PENANATgqaj5mHZC
他這麼說著,坐在他身旁另一個辦公桌的副官立刻將他所說的話抄寫下來,接著抬起頭。486Please respect copyright.PENANAzGupP9ZONh
486Please respect copyright.PENANAfmpU5h8Iv3
「真的要這樣報告給高等舊人類嗎?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAVuczatBuFl
486Please respect copyright.PENANApFKsig4OSA
抱著這個疑問的副官不是別人,正是在早晨時和艾利法打過照面的副官:艾莫霍豪.路德,他望著桌上許多被廢案的報告書,心底的不安始終沒有停下過。486Please respect copyright.PENANAjBwNtRieb9
486Please respect copyright.PENANAm1P7XaFa3o
「她主動要求我們提供消息給她,除了這些,我們還能說些什麼?再透露得更多,會遭殃的就是我們了。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAy7Gh2aktwI
486Please respect copyright.PENANAKxujmMFiYa
比起長像斯文的路德,身為指揮官的男人顯得較有陽剛氣息,穿在身上的軍服完全掩蓋不住一身壯碩的肌肉,他就像是個即將出閘的猛獸般,有著隨時都能夠爆發的兇猛氣勢,然而此時的他,看起來卻像是個挫敗的男人般,對現況充滿不悅、卻無能為力。486Please respect copyright.PENANASimxUtind4
486Please respect copyright.PENANA05GFqoRywt
「貴族那邊的動向讓冒險者公會長去處理,我們這裡不能透露更多。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAYGu1gdV4Vp
486Please respect copyright.PENANAc7tN5FygOU
路德嘆了口氣。
「指揮官,艾利法今早已經把會長給打昏了。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAMw0Yr8aChI
486Please respect copyright.PENANASeg5ogqaDd
男人擺擺手表示不在意。
「那頭壯牛少說躺一天就會醒了,和我們沒關係,把報告寫得緊急一點,最好把兵力損失更誇大點,讓北城那邊欠我們一個人情。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAGmJ5IRw6fR
486Please respect copyright.PENANARhxgQxlZou
接受了指揮官的命令,路德抬手開始書寫起一封完整的報告,而發下命令的指揮官並沒有就這樣離開,他拿起了桌上的其他報告書看了起來,思索著別的事情。486Please respect copyright.PENANAYF0sE7KIog
486Please respect copyright.PENANAwQkgYaTfp7
路德在寫好報告之後起身,將報告交給指揮官閱讀,但是才只是將報告書交出去之後,辦公室的房門便響起了敲門聲。486Please respect copyright.PENANAPnPoilenPh
486Please respect copyright.PENANACYVd90A6FK
「進來。」
將到手的報告書放下,指揮官沈聲喝道。486Please respect copyright.PENANADSZEs7wj6k
486Please respect copyright.PENANAKzX0RG6K0k
輕巧的木門在這時打開,走進一位形體消瘦,身穿深色布料衣物的男子,在見到辦公室內的兩人後,男子對著他們單膝跪了下來。486Please respect copyright.PENANATGvfHnVlIT
486Please respect copyright.PENANAW6DfX6Z5bL
「抱歉讓大人久候,在下帶來高等舊人類午後至今晚的動向。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAxYodPMVsmy
486Please respect copyright.PENANADFTDYxGFw2
聽到了重點觀察對象的消息,兩位軍官立刻回到自己的座位上。486Please respect copyright.PENANAr0QBOaHyIf
486Please respect copyright.PENANAtyJS2D4mGU
「說。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAalitb6BOvq
486Please respect copyright.PENANAsm2p8zwYZR
指揮官重整情緒後,低聲命令男子開口。486Please respect copyright.PENANAxp54Miv8oz
486Please respect copyright.PENANATBEGoinmHr
「是,舊人類在午後回到公會沒多久,便跟著她小隊裡的兩個男人前往伯魯特拍賣會註冊了會員。」486Please respect copyright.PENANA4YVVE5VH6n
486Please respect copyright.PENANA32gzh6RFZY
「伯魯特拍賣會?這傢伙到底又想做什麼?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAcgYeMmsDE1
486Please respect copyright.PENANAz9VWZa8T9v
指揮官面帶困擾地伸手抓起自己的頭,完全無法理解目標做事的原由。486Please respect copyright.PENANAUseAd8XCbo
486Please respect copyright.PENANAQKXvzJ6ZhN
「伯魯特拍賣會是領主分家的子企業,和本家的關係還不錯,恐怕領主大人早就得知消息了。」486Please respect copyright.PENANA8hXTLD9evx
486Please respect copyright.PENANAUZrDP8TECi
路德稍微思索之後說道,艷陽城目前的貴族裡並沒有什麼強烈的碰撞,在領主的次子接手整合事業之後,暗中作亂的反派分子已經完全被清除,城裡的貴族們已經走向團結與利益共有,因此在軍隊方面,每一個城區的鎮守軍都不會有強烈的爭鬥,對於指揮官們而言,那是前所未有的和平。486Please respect copyright.PENANAympfiusXVQ
486Please respect copyright.PENANA5yknjNYhCj
「是嗎?那麼入會之後的事情,有那個天才次子去處理就綽綽有餘,然後呢?那個舊人類買了什麼?」486Please respect copyright.PENANARdE5Y3oFb5
486Please respect copyright.PENANAWlpLRjzEBB
「是,這邊是她的購買清單。」486Please respect copyright.PENANALVImO5PPIW
486Please respect copyright.PENANAwkxniVAPCk
跪在地上的男子從懷中取出兩卷羊皮紙,交到路德的桌上。486Please respect copyright.PENANAoHLlAwHsBX
486Please respect copyright.PENANAHXEG3JIc9X
「她買了這麼多東西?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAxMKUswVxSc
486Please respect copyright.PENANAGFwDSQYUHd
路德皺起眉頭問道,而男子對他搖頭。486Please respect copyright.PENANA1BniZuYSyc
486Please respect copyright.PENANACIFx90IlaW
「不是的,另一份是她的入會繳納物報告。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAHviatTk4t9
486Please respect copyright.PENANAh29ZrzmZk4
兩位軍官一聽見繳納物有如此多的報告整理,路德立刻把物品清單一把抓起,撕開上頭的蠟模後,將紙卷打開交給指揮官。486Please respect copyright.PENANAduPs3Yr3d4
486Please respect copyright.PENANAU5RLxkpciK
指揮官立刻將目光掃向上頭的文字。486Please respect copyright.PENANA2DZ6GiLSpu
486Please respect copyright.PENANAkwdhmfZv7I
「刻有魔法震動切割的銘紋小刀?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAhO8iZLAfAV
486Please respect copyright.PENANAIuDzZt4Lpj
「銘紋?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAg2307grirK
486Please respect copyright.PENANANNFSCa5Rrh
路德皺起眉頭,在他的認知裡,冥紋這樣的東西是運用在魔科技當中,通常龐大又複雜,是種基本只用在巨大產業上的技術,他從來沒想過這個技術可以使用在小刀這種簡單的東西上。486Please respect copyright.PENANAhEZUt6Wqh4
486Please respect copyright.PENANAmrVzWc61SI
「是的。」
重新跪回地上的男子開口。
「根據實際測試後,那把小刀可以割開最堅硬的東西,是巨鐵犀牛的甲殼。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAwESRh39qhT
486Please respect copyright.PENANA8lfzbuOC75
兩個軍官用難以置信的眼神望向男子,讓沉默迴盪在這個空間之中。486Please respect copyright.PENANAaNYY3V0vot
486Please respect copyright.PENANAUYXFIxy9la
「……這東西拍賣出去了嗎?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAUZ2Ogdc2Xv
486Please respect copyright.PENANAvy6iObwd9t
抬手揉著眉心,指揮官感覺自己的疲勞遽增,很想撒手不管這種破事,但顯然事情的發展持續下去後,他將無可避免地必須跟這件事攪和在一起。486Please respect copyright.PENANARH7GNQmVJN
486Please respect copyright.PENANAjmWhygMQUN
「還沒有,舊人類所交付的三件物品全都尚未拍賣。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAE7Q5Pxn895
486Please respect copyright.PENANAb4AuI4oVNn
男人嘆口氣,將視線往報告上下滑。486Please respect copyright.PENANAyrdnr6VS43
486Please respect copyright.PENANArsejcSpCGr
「沒有副作用的魔力與血量藥水,外加擁有恢復傷口的作用……雖然也很誇張,但是至少只會在貴族製藥師裡燒起來,我們暫時不受影響。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAqLkLtvwRtC
486Please respect copyright.PENANAAsdaHMkS1c
聽著指揮官的喃喃自語,路德暗自嘆口氣,雖然軍隊方面肯定也想要搶到這種藥水來做研究,不過他明白指揮官話中的含義,這東西交給專業團隊處理才是最好的。486Please respect copyright.PENANAmabS9cTy7V
486Please respect copyright.PENANAbX9dYYYoEg
不過,路德還沒有說出任何意見,眼前的指揮官猛然站了起來,棕色的雙眸瞪大,緊緊盯著紙面上的資料。486Please respect copyright.PENANAZqvK45hO8h
486Please respect copyright.PENANAWHaFjajJud
「……指揮官?」
他開口呼喚,但男人沒有任何反應。
「……瓦爾特指揮官?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAWPGY7Z7Zbq
486Please respect copyright.PENANAsHgCLbNCce
直到提出了名字,震驚的男人這才有了反應,他疲憊地坐下,把手上的報告交給路德。486Please respect copyright.PENANApvYeXUIiWQ
486Please respect copyright.PENANAo9HnCxacdW
「這是、她到底在……到底想做什麼啊……?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAYWIUotdgs5
486Please respect copyright.PENANA710WlGm1QT
一眼掃過報告上的文字,路德終於理解為什麼指揮官會震驚到無法察覺周圍的事物,不是因為舊人類顛覆了他們的認知,而是她一手拋出一個能夠輕易挑撥起城與城之間的競爭物品。486Please respect copyright.PENANAbpFsjMSWBu
486Please respect copyright.PENANA4blpd2FTIR
「無論如何,軍方必定需要這個附魔法陣,它將成為我們對抗邪神軍團最大的助力。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAKAKAZHG95z
486Please respect copyright.PENANAlgsibuScMv
「但是恐怕會有貴族希望優先拿到這個法陣。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAMajBtZY7ub
486Please respect copyright.PENANA5Xw1x3kZPX
路德開口對指揮官的說詞提出意見。486Please respect copyright.PENANA4K3na3qnaG
486Please respect copyright.PENANAUdSkS3W2Pk
而這句話讓瓦爾特頭痛地大嘆口氣,他站起來走動,試圖驅散心中的煩躁。486Please respect copyright.PENANAGsoDVhSl59
486Please respect copyright.PENANAdGVmzu01BX
「必須等待,將軍那邊必定也收到消息了,我們得等待將軍那裡有動作之後,才能向他們發出請求,先擬好信件……你可以退下了。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAX1Q0QRbtQ1
486Please respect copyright.PENANAmvvPTgDA2n
準備開始文書工作後,瓦爾特隨意對下跪的男子揮手,讓情報單位離開,接著再度回到自己的位置上坐下。486Please respect copyright.PENANA8xQOAdST1q
486Please respect copyright.PENANATstKBKBHnG
「……奴隸軍團準備的如何了?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAzeS3SGczkb
486Please respect copyright.PENANAnBPfjA5EY8
「堪用的兵種沒幾個,我還是不認為那是可行的方法,就算只作為測試也沒有效率。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAtUMcdsDjoI
486Please respect copyright.PENANA53SYcq2Qor
把記錄在腦中的資訊報告出來,路德從抽屜裡取出幾張羊皮紙,再度準備書寫。486Please respect copyright.PENANAF8z0WTGYv4
486Please respect copyright.PENANAUC4rGZR1Cx
「曼拉希爾的消息回來了沒?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAv1SPXhg5nA
486Please respect copyright.PENANAtrJMXt7NnI
話鋒一轉,瓦爾特提起當時派出去跟蹤艾利法的情報消息。486Please respect copyright.PENANA7H5SjZKd3X
486Please respect copyright.PENANA35w3YcMmHI
「還沒有收到回應,我認為受到那邊的干擾,訊息要傳遞回來會慢上許多,能夠今天到達那就算快的了。」486Please respect copyright.PENANATc63qPCiok
486Please respect copyright.PENANAzBDHKN30qi
瓦爾特哼了口氣。
「那幫下賤人種……事到如今還敢對我們做出干擾?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAzEyWhNnLvm
486Please respect copyright.PENANAIri4EtfaK7
路德只能聳肩。486Please respect copyright.PENANApYEeo97af8
486Please respect copyright.PENANARVg9sICDSQ
「只要邪神軍團的事情結束,帝皇大人絕對會出手的,他們只不過是在苟且偷生罷了。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAD4NfwigXnj
486Please respect copyright.PENANAX9mTJ99feF
兩人的談話進行到一個段落,路德再度提筆擬起信件,而瓦爾特則是取出地圖,看著上頭的分布思考著軍隊動向。486Please respect copyright.PENANAlO5dMazaqg
486Please respect copyright.PENANAB9ruq5MfKz
過了好一會時間,毫無人聲的辦公室裡只有羽毛筆的書寫與羊皮紙的磨擦聲,兩位軍官專心地做著自己的事務。486Please respect copyright.PENANAnarl5kzanY
486Please respect copyright.PENANAduURP1TnmY
直到牆邊的文件矮櫃上,一顆不規則的紫色水晶發出了些微的光芒之後,才使兩個男人們停下了自己的工作。486Please respect copyright.PENANAm6dOp2s0zL
486Please respect copyright.PENANApO1k4Vgq4O
「終於來了。」
路德站起身走近矮櫃,伸手觸碰水晶,隨後那紫色的光芒擴散而出,一名恭敬下跪的男子出現在光芒裡頭。486Please respect copyright.PENANAd93AR3VnCT
486Please respect copyright.PENANA30LUOdsP1p
「指揮官、副官,抱歉讓您們久候,我帶來舊人類在曼拉希爾的消息。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAPS8bSspf91
486Please respect copyright.PENANAjzmpPnlv5U
「很好,快說。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAi2pldOhEuu
486Please respect copyright.PENANAXVYYiW43PI
總算可以知道他國的消息,瓦爾特屏息等待。486Please respect copyright.PENANATo6GX4leYV
486Please respect copyright.PENANA45R4XMMb0e
「是,舊人類這一次只是前往了邊境的村落,首先是雇用了當地傭兵調查了有關神獸的傳說。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAJH5jItvzM1
486Please respect copyright.PENANAesOdBxtrcp
瓦爾特與路德相互望了一眼,路德立刻回到自己的桌子前,使用魔法儀器準備調查資料。486Please respect copyright.PENANAysoWqkVb4c
486Please respect copyright.PENANAZTWtqX44ku
「知道她所調查的神獸名字嗎?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAeAWmgxTwtb
486Please respect copyright.PENANAerPewOKG7s
「是,該神獸名為納紗羅。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAGSdxk1gtdK
486Please respect copyright.PENANAHNqJLqFZze
聽到名字,路德立刻把這幾個字輸入進儀器中查詢,然而經過短暫的幾分鐘後,魔法儀器向路德顯示了沒有結果的答案。486Please respect copyright.PENANAmcfXlR10cm
486Please respect copyright.PENANAuObnJ6UAMz
「那件事先放著吧,問了神獸傳說之後,怎麼了嗎?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAJx8rkTFpwz
486Please respect copyright.PENANAYTsqbD1Oty
「之後她帶著一群人前往一區似乎是受詛咒的區域,實在抱歉,那個地方沒有一個線人敢跟著進去,所以只能等待她出來,但似乎什麼事都沒有做……」486Please respect copyright.PENANAm0O7yLZ3VB
486Please respect copyright.PENANAI7G4EyFoUi
瓦爾特嘆口氣,明白這些事情沒那麼好徹底搜查,便也不責怪那男子的失職。486Please respect copyright.PENANADC57ZTKKZU
486Please respect copyright.PENANAnTb1KObgL4
「然後呢?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAGysMldTNcN
486Please respect copyright.PENANAsrwwmfRnSe
「接下來,她把當地村子裡村長的兒子捆綁為契約奴隸,並且委任村長否決村子裡本來和貴族談好的合作建設。」486Please respect copyright.PENANALjVTraJoIQ
486Please respect copyright.PENANAN6Y2XCCEvV
兩位男人再一次雙雙愣住,完全無法理解這中間到底是發生了什麼事才會造成這樣的變化。486Please respect copyright.PENANAJxNbYet9AE
486Please respect copyright.PENANAn0NzgBE5Qv
「似乎在她剛到達那個村子時,便和村長的兒子引發衝突,才會發生接下來的事情。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5RvzmsECk
486Please respect copyright.PENANApr51xDsV1R
在魔法光芒裡頭的男子趕緊補充,但顯然不足以撫平男人們在這中間造成的震驚。486Please respect copyright.PENANAa05Gk6N0FH
486Please respect copyright.PENANA70BHEbnlWT
「繼續報告。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAqSpUvhE7MY
486Please respect copyright.PENANA69pJAmj7VH
瓦爾特懶得再聽更多解釋,揮手要男子繼續報告。486Please respect copyright.PENANAzIagopopSP
486Please respect copyright.PENANAg3LNA60c1y
「接下來她把那個村子裡的藥草店收為己有,連同店裡的所有人都納入自己的保護之下,隔沒幾天就騎著一頭純白的龍回去艷陽城。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAYWtzjsvIxa
486Please respect copyright.PENANA8vuzE6cRts
「曼拉希爾的貴族動向呢?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAhIDRkjKmHj
486Please respect copyright.PENANAGIzsQp9WN6
路德趕緊接著問,把事情鬧得這麼大,必定會讓別國的貴族也想對舊人類出手,若是這樣,那麼他們的動作就必須快起來了,486Please respect copyright.PENANAE3g7Ag0SHz
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「他們發現有高等舊人類的存在之後,就立刻封鎖了魔法通聯網,把消息鎖在那個小村子裡,想要察清事情的真相。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAz91HtCwVSQ
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瓦爾特握緊拳頭,顯然兩國之間的爭端已經無法避免,想到這,他便不禁埋怨起領主那裡下達的命令,若是在一開始就積極與舊人類接觸,沒準現在艷陽城裡就會有一個高強戰力,那也就不需要擔心還有什麼國家能勝過日皇帝國。486Please respect copyright.PENANALBsgNguQS0
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「除了這些,他們還做了什麼?」486Please respect copyright.PENANAR6Nq0T2LX5
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「是,他們似乎試圖對村長動手,但是那村長已經被舊人類保護起來,所以任何傷害都無法造成,於是那個村長現在成為村子裡的最高掌權人,正在安排貴族與舊人類的會面。」486Please respect copyright.PENANAtGHafKpZMG
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一聽到這個消息,瓦爾特的拳頭重重捶在桌面上,發出了巨大的聲響。486Please respect copyright.PENANABIzTx8D8Yx
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「明天要立刻要求公會長與我們會面,路德,準備寫信!」486Please respect copyright.PENANASkJ2QQJeJB
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「是!」486Please respect copyright.PENANAsbLVqvHiNP
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取出多張羊皮紙,路德知道,接下來這幾天,他是有得忙了。486Please respect copyright.PENANA5vyGNB3NcK
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