256 Traces [4K Extended]
The thick mahogany door slammed shut.
Luo Ning didn’t know what the old king was planning. He was actually here to ask Milia’s whereabouts. If the old king wanted to, he would just answer directly. There was no need to make such a big deal.
“Lord Luoning, before I answer your question, I hope you will answer one of my questions first.”
The old king’s voice became particularly heavy, and his eyes were heavy.
Luo Ning couldn’t guess what was going on in his deep eyes for a while.
“You ask.”
But as the demander, Luo Ning knew that he had to exchange something for the other party to speak.
“Lord Luoning, please don’t blame me. Although I also want to meet all your requirements unconditionally. But now, the crisis of Yilan King City is imminent, and I must seize every opportunity around me.”
“go ahead.”
Perhaps the tone just now was too cold and frightened the old king, so Luo Ning changed his tone to a more relaxed tone.
“Lord Luoning, were you in Yilan King City yesterday morning?”
“…” Luo Ning was silent, looking at him quietly.
The eyes of the two met, the old king’s expression was complicated, and Luo Ning answered him.
“If you have something, you can say it directly. There is no need to beat around the bush. I am in a hurry now.”
“That’s Luo Ning,” the woman standing beside the old king walked in front of Luo Ning with crisp high heels.
Her words were not as euphemistic as the old king said. The woman’s voice was mature and steady, which was far from the gaffe performance just now.
“Yesterday, between the early morning and the afternoon, there was a knight from the Clotar Empire who came to the Royal City of Ilan from the city of Clotar. Just when they were about to arrive at the Royal City of Ilan, this knight team disappeared out of thin air.”
“Not only the knights have disappeared, but also the leader of the knights, the red dragon of the knights, and the great magician who is very important to the empire… The great magician belongs to the peak level in the empire, and is the former An important person who came to help adventurers break through the demon barrier.”
“The current situation is that the important person disappeared with the Knights. The Empire suspects that they were kidnapped or killed by people from the King City of Ilan, so this time they sent more Knights to investigate.”
“Now, you just happened to be here. Your Majesty and I mentioned you before.”
Maria’s voice was on the high side, and even though she lowered her voice, her voice still reverberated in this empty audience room.
“So what do you want to ask?”
Luo Ning’s expression gradually sank.
But he still wanted to get Milia’s information from their mouths, so he held back.
“We analyzed the conclusions and compared the strength and time of everyone who entered and exited the royal city of Yilan during this period. The result is only one possibility.”
“The Knights of the Empire…”
“You did it, right?”
Before Luo Ning could answer, the woman asked another question on her own.
“You tied them up, or killed them?”
Luo Ning looked at her and said.
“What if I say no?”
A faint smile appeared on his face.
It’s just that everyone with discernment knows that such a smile is actually a dangerous signal.
“If you say ‘no’, we can’t do anything about you.”
Maria smiled likewise.
There was a confident certainty in her words.
Combined with the time they left and the time Milia returned to the city last night, and then carefully analyzed and analyzed the few powerhouses in Yilan King City… When Luo Ning appeared here today, Maria was 100% sure what to do. The man is Luo Ning.
“killed.”
Luo Ning saw the determination in her eyes, so he simply stopped talking nonsense.
His short syllable was forceful, with a threatening smell.
As if the next person to be ‘killed’ was the two in front of him.
“Where did you hide Milia?”
Luo Ning’s eyes were terribly calm.
Luo Ning subconsciously felt that they hid Milia, and then planned to use this matter to threaten him.
Maria was a little afraid of Lonin’s gaze.
Although the king said that Luoning was the messenger of light, she actually felt that Luoning was more like coming out of darkness.
“We didn’t hide Milia, she went by herself,” replied the old king.
“Where did she go?”
“…”
Suddenly the old king fell silent again.
This old slick, now wants to use intelligence to get benefits.
As he said just now, although he really wanted to do things for Luo Ning, the current situation forced him to take advantage of Luo Ning’s only opportunity.
After a long silence, Luo Ning felt that there was no way for the two sides to be so tense, so he asked again.
“Then tell me first, is she safe now?”
“Safe.” The old king nodded.
“Did the Empire throw suspicion on her head?”
“No,” replied the headmistress.
Seeing Luo Ning breathe a sigh of relief, the headmistress said again.
“Although we know that there is a high probability that you did it, we did not share this information with the empire.”
“You also know that our relationship with the empire is actually very tense. You guessed right last time. We are indeed planning to rebel against the empire.”
After Maria finished speaking, she turned her head to confirm her eyes with the old king.
The old king nodded, indicating that she could continue.
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Only then did she put aside her concerns, and then said to Luo Ning.
“As you said, the enemy of the enemy is the friend…”
“You don’t need to tell me these polite words. My purpose is very clear. You tell me Miria’s whereabouts and information, and what are the conditions, just tell me directly.”
Luo Ning feels that he has always been a decisive person, and he has no time to go around with these politicians.
Moreover, there was an old slick and a cunning woman in front of him, and Luo Ning might not be able to bypass them.
It’s better to just open up.
“Help us deal with the next wave of knights.”
The old king’s voice was slow and heavy.
His tone was unabashed, including his now worried look.
The old king has indeed helped Luo Ning a lot, and his encounter with Miria can be regarded as his lead.
If it wasn’t for the rush to find Milia, Luo Ning might have agreed now.
It’s just that he doesn’t want to make extra troubles.
“Milia embarks on a new journey.”
“‘The hemp rope is cut at the delicate point, and the bad luck only finds the poor people’.”
“She said that yesterday. I saw her expression and thought she was having trouble with you, but she told me no.”
“If you want to find her, go to the Holy See of Light…”
“She said that her fate was too tortuous and bizarre. Maybe she made a mistake in the last life, and the gods gave her a punishment… She said that she wanted to pursue the light and purify her sins.”
Raz moved in Luo Ning’s arms.
Even Luo Ning couldn’t help swallowing his saliva.
However, she didn’t know that the god who ‘took’ her was actually always in front of her…
“His Majesty……!”
Maria hurriedly interrupted the old king.
“If you tell him directly like this, we have no leverage…”
The old king waved his hand helplessly.
“I don’t want to deceive him, just like the white faith I have always longed for.”
Luo Ning’s hands gradually clenched into fists, and his heart became mixed for a while.
“Where is the ruins of the Holy See of Light?”
“…Actually I don’t know either,” the old king shook his head, his slack face swaying from side to side as he shook his head.
“The time and characters of the Holy See of Light are always mysterious. They will emerge like light, but disappear in the next shadow… They have the magic blessed by the God of Light and have many special abilities.”
Luo Jing listened quietly.
He recalled the map in his hand in his mind.
The map was given to him by Ratiel, the Fallen Angel Demon Lord of Demon King City. It marked the information about the Holy See of Light that Latier had collected from the human world over the years.
There are many circles on the map alone, more than ten, Luo Ning didn’t even have time to count them.
“However, there is one more thing I can tell you together.”
The old king sighed in relief as he sat in his chair.
In fact, he didn’t know if it was the right thing to hand over all his intelligence information directly. After all, Luo Ning was his last straw.
However, if Luo Ning really clapped his hands and walked away like this, he wouldn’t be able to blame anyone, just before he died, he would dedicate a small amount to the angel he believed in.
“Did Milia tell you what she got paid from me?”
Luo Ning shook his head: “Don’t tell me.”
“When I was looking for a magic tutor for you, I found Milia. I knew that what she wanted most should be gold coins. I set a high price, but in fact she didn’t ask for my gold coins in the end…”
“She asked me at that time that it was a letter from the Holy See of Light to me. She said that after the task was completed, she would come and take it.”
“…The Holy See of Light found me before and wanted to use my city lord identity to cover their establishment of a branch. I refused at the time. That letter was left to me by them, saying that I could contact them if I regretted it.”
“But that was a long time ago. I didn’t contact the Holy See of Light. The letter was attached with light magic. For a magician with strong magic perception, finding a location based on magic is like a compass.”
“So it’s not because you caused her trip. She actually had the idea of this trip long ago, but you gave birth to and gave her the courage to implement her idea.” The old king said with no consolation.
Luo Ning listened quietly, and suddenly he felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of Milia’s long journey alone.
… How many ups and downs will she have to endure alone along the way?
“Why does she know you have a letter? And why did you have such a plan so early?” Luo Ning asked repeatedly.
The old king exhaled, this time he didn’t hesitate any longer and decided to tell it all.
“She has always been an unlucky person. The adventurers in the Royal City of Ilan know this, and everyone is reluctant to form a team with her. As an S-rank adventurer, I will naturally observe her specially…”
“So I gradually discovered that she has a special temperament. I feel like I see a thick light, and I even think she will be an angel…”
“Don’t get me wrong, the angel I said was simply judging that she was an angel. You know, my obsession with angels…”
“That’s why I asked Miria like I asked you.”
“She’s not an angel. I confessed my mistake and leaked my secrets at the same time, but Milia is a good girl. She has never told anyone for so many years.”
“She said that what she swore would never be violated, that she had never done anything evil in her life, but she was always so unlucky, and she once joked to me that if she knew which god was playing tricks on her, she would have to It’s impossible to grab the gods and beat them.”
“But there is no god who controls fate in this world. The closest to us humans is only the god of light, so she has always had the idea of looking for gods to purify herself.”
The old king’s wrinkled hands rested on the armrests of the chair.
He said too much in one breath, and coughed a few times with a dry throat.
He said everything.
After speaking, he sighed deeply.
“How many times have you dealt with the people of the Holy See of Light?”
Facing Luo Ning’s next question, the old king said slowly without hesitation.
“From childhood to adulthood, there have been five or six times… Because of my special status, I even met their saintess once.”
“Then, you don’t know where they are at all?”
“This… I really haven’t been there, but maybe from the direction they left, I can probably estimate it?”
“Row.”
Luo Ning’s response was decisive.
He didn’t hide it anymore.
Take the sheepskin map from the space ring.
Luo Ning walked in front of the old king and pulled the map away.
The old king has always been sincere and faithful to Luoning. This sheepskin scroll is also one of Luoning’s most important pieces of information so far.
He was willing to show it to the old king, because he was infected by the sincerity of the old king.
The map in Luo Ning’s hand is very large, and it even contains detailed demonic territory.
But in fact, it is just some lines. Among those lines, there are more than a dozen ink circles of similar size.
“In these positions, if you think it is possible, point me to it.”
Luo Ning said to him.
The old king frowned, his eyesight was not very good, and he was trying to discern the direction with his eyes open.
“This is the territory of the Elan Kingdom…”
The old king raised his trembling fingers and pointed.
“Then this is my Elan King City…”
“Yes.” Luo Ning nodded.
“Then their location is to the northeast of Yilan King City…”
The old king said, pointing his finger to the upper right.
When he pointed, there were only three of the dozen or so circles left.
All the circles on this map are places where Latier has seen the ruins of the Holy See of Light. The former Holy See of Light had a particularly wide branch in the human territory. Later, after people reneged on their faith and stopped believing in the God of Light, only the ruins of the once prosperous church remained.
And among so many ruins, there is only one that gathers the remnants of the Holy See of Light.
The old king finally put his hand on the easternmost circle.
“I think, here,” he concluded.
“The place where the light shines is their belief… And here, the most east, is the original position where the sun hits the earth.”
The old king’s tone was quite certain.
Luo Ning listened to his analysis and felt that there was some truth to it.
Compared to going through these dozen circles one by one, being able to directly eliminate the redundant options here is undoubtedly saving too much time for Luo Ning.
And he has a white feather dragon, it is not difficult to catch up with Miria.