The Dark King - Chapter 357

Chapter 357

Barrier wall . Commercial district .

Auburn was looking at the horizon from the edge of the wall . The land and sky came together . The black radiation clouds kept rolling as they swallowed the light . There was the smell of reign of terror as the dark clouds covered the sky with the help of the wind .

He narrowed his eyes as he checked the place .

A handsome officer with golden hair came over . He put his hand on his chest as he saluted Auburn: "Everything is ready . We can begin the war!"

Auburn heard his voice but didn't look back .

Adjutant Junlang (pretty, bright? Can't find proper western name) raised his head to look at the awe-inspiring legendary figure in front of him . The latter was a man who was just over forty and had won five stars because of his accomplishments in wars . Auburn was the young of the five star generals of the military and one of the most respected ones: "General the barbarians have occupied the Red Maple Mountains for the last seven or eight days . According to the official analyzis there are wide range of materials and rich water in the fort . Aren't they satisfied?"

Auburn slowly said: "I also hope that they would be satisfied but the barbarians aren't a bunch to appease their greed with just a fort . Their appetite won't be filled with this place alone . Even the entire outer wall area may not be able to fill their stomach!"

Adjutant Junlang bowed his head: "Then why didn't they attack from the slums or residential district? The barriers there are protected by less troops . If they had attacked from there then I'm afraid the barrier wall would have fallen long time ago . "

"There won't be much of a influence if they break in through slums or residential district . Instead they would fall into a more unfavorable environment because of the walls . . . They would have fallen into our net in that case . " Auburn calmly said: "Make sure that spirits are high in the barracks and soldiers are ready to fight . Thunder may be the beginning of the war!"

"Thunder?" Adjutant Junlang was startled as he doubted his ears . However the next moment he thought of something and his face changed .

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Near the giant wall . Outside the fort .

A knight wearing a silver armor appeared in front of the barrier . A young handsome teenager who seemed like to be around 16 years old twitched his nose twice as he quickly ran forward .

The captain's brows wrinkled as he saw the teenager .

Everyone's face turned ugly as they reached the barrier .

"Bastards!"

"It's as the intelligence had told us!"

"Damned beasts!"

Several of them cursed .

Captain Koln glanced around: "Search to see if there is someone alive . "

"Yes . "

The other immediately dispersed to search the barrier wall . They turned to check each corpse to see if they were alive .

The former handsome teenager shouted out as he stood on top of the high wall: "Captain over here! There is one!"

Koln immediately put down the body in his hand and turned to ran in the direction of the voice . He saw the teenager was holding onto a primary knight of light . The latter's beck was cut off and bloodstains were all over . He didn't know how he was able to survive . However he was pleased to see the man . He quickly touched the man's waist: "Wake up! Who has attacked you? We are the people from investigation group!"

The young knight opened his eyes as he vaguely said something for a few times .

Koln quickly leaned over as he put his ear close to his mouth .

"Yes . . . " The sound came to an abrupt end .

Koln waited for a few seconds but saw that there was no follow-up . He couldn't help but look at person's crooked neck .

"Oh, bastard!" Kold punched the ground in anger .

The handsome teenager put down the knight's body onto the ground: "Captain this man was the only one with scratches on his throat . The rest are full of injuries . His body was under the corpse of another so I assume the killers haven't check his death . The murderes have acted very carefully . They have even confirmed the death of the knights . I assume its more than one person!"

Kol slowly stood up as the several other came over quickly to inform their findings one by one: "Captain no one is alive . All dead!"

Koln's eyes were gloomy: "No one was left alive so that dead would talk . Check the wounds on the bodies and see if there is something is missing . Koge you try to memorize the scents from the scene . We will check the suspects and you will confirm . "

"Yes . " Koge nodded .

The others dispersed to work separately .

"Captain . " A girl's voice echoed from distance: "There is a clue!"

Koln was startled as he quickly rushed and jumped from the wall that was 20 meters high . He rolled few times in the air and then landed . He quickly rushed over and stopped in front of the girl with freckles all over her face .

Koln had seen the armor on the corpse from distance . He was able to distinguish the man as an intermediate level knight of light which should be the captain of the fort .

"Here, the words . . . " The woman pointed towards the ground .

Koln looked: "The murderer is . . . . . . Dean?"

The young woman continued: "Captain its written that it was Dean . Is it the Dean from the Temple or someone else with the same name?"

Koln frowned as he looked around the corpse: "These words weren't written by him but added after his death . "

The woman was surprised . However she realized after carefully looking around: "Oh, no wonder I felt wrong . The words are so deep and different to his lying position . " She walked a few meters away and lied down the same way and posture as the corpse . Then she tried to use her fingers to write . Although she was able to write but she felt that it was tough and awkward to write in that manner . Why would a person who was dying choose such a difficult posture to write his last words?

She quickly stood up and squatted in front of the corpse: "Captain, it seems that someone was planning to use us to frame the person called Dean . The person should be the architect Dean from the Temple . Moreover the forces who would be interested in dealing with him would be able to quietly kill the people in here . They would have enough time to destroy the evidences and traces of wounds . "

Koln frowned: "Don't rush to make conclusions! Currently we can be sure that someone else has held his fingers and wrote the message . The man who had killed him made sure to write deeper so that we will be able to read it later on . It is a proof that the knight hasn't written it himself . "

Young woman added: "Captain but it seems that they were killed around three hours ago . We have to check the wounds on their bodies and try to recreate the battle scene . We can find out if there were several murderers . "

"Alright . " Koln shouted "Go on . "

The young woman returned back to the wall .

After an hour .

"Captain the information that we got from the research is that there were without a doubt three murderers! There are traces in the distant bushes about their movement . They should be around senior level knights to do such a massacre . The magistrate wouldn't do such a thing and military is concerned with barbarians now . The greatest suspects are nobles and the alchemists from the dark church . " A middle-aged blonde man said . Apparently he was a noble form his hair color but he didn't favor nobility as seen from his analysis .

Koln nodded: "We can reduce the scope . According to writing found by Ally the murderer is 90 percent related to genius architect Dean . Either it is him or his enemies! Koge go and find architect Dean . Check if his smell related to the scent of murderers! Moreover secretly check the consortia which have disputes with architect Dean . I'll focus on dark church and to see which forces are trying to frame the architect against Holy Church!"

"Yes . "

Everyone nodded .

Rumble~~

Sound of thunder echoed from the sky .

The crowd looked up to see the dark clouds floating in the direction of the giant wall . A heavy rain was coming!

It was the beginning of the black snow season . The temperatures were going to be very cold when the season reached its peak .

Rumble~~

The lightning rushed through the clouds like snakes racing against each other . .

Koln's face changed: "Damn it!"

Ally quickly said: "Move the corpses into the wall . We can't let the rain wash the marks off . "

Other people quickly reacted .

"Ungodly hour!" Koln clenched his teeth .

"It's about time!" Dudian looked up at the sky as he heard the sound of the thunder . There was a slight smile on his face as he stood up and looked at Gwyneth and Sergei: "Our battle is about to start!"

Sergei was shocked: "Battle? Are we going to join the barrier war?"

Dudian smiled as he looked at the broken part of the King's Fort . He waved at both of them to follow after him . He avoided the eyes of sentries that were checking the place .

Dudian turned towards a more remote place . He took off his hunter jacket and filled it with sand .

He indicated for Sergei and Gwyneth to do the same .

Dudian took the lead as they sneaked into the fort .

Sergei and Gwyneth understood the Dudian's idea as they secretly went into the fort .

Whoosh!

After few moments the trio were in a town behind the fort . This town had been emptied for a long time . The streets and houses were clean . There were chickens at some houses which issued sharp calls once in a while .

"The guards are fast as they have retrieved the civilians so quickly . " Sergei smiled as he walked in the street .

Gwyneth was silent all the way .

Dudian picked a house and they were about to enter it when he turned around and looked at a different house . His brows wrinkled as he noticed something . He immediately turned and walked towards that house .

Sergei and Gwyneth kept up with him .

Dudian kicked the door and entered the house . He quickly found the way leading to the basement . He jumped down . There were bags piled in a corner and a wine barrel . However he was able to see to red heats behind the bags . He reached out and grabbed one of the bags and threw it away .

"Ouch!" A loud voice echoed .

puff!

A knife stabbed towards Dudian's face from behind the bags .

Dudian used his two fingers to grab the knife and pinch it . It was a boy who was seven or eight years old that had tried to stab him . His hair was brown and his face was full of freckles . There was a surprised look on his face .

Dudian frowned as he slightly bent his wrist . The boy's hand was in pain as he loosened his grasp on knife .

Dudian threw the knife away as he looked at the figure that drilled out from behind the bags . It was a girl with pale green hair and white skin color . She had huge lovely eyes . She seemed to be five or six years old .

"Brother, brother, are you alright?" The girl rushed at the boy as she saw him fall to the ground .

The guy clutched the girl as he bit his lower lip . His legs were trembling and there was a frightened look on his face . However he was courageous as he faced Dudian . He didn't even blink .

Gwyneth and Sergei were surprised to find the pair of brother and sister inside the basement .

There was a wide smile on Sergei's face: "We have two little devils hidden in here . "

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