Chapter 150: City-wide Search

"My Lord, this is that Small Wood Carving."

Mage Huosite took the wood carving and examined it carefully; although he could feel that it was special, he could not say exactly where it was special.

If he had to point something out, it might be the eyes of this heroic woman on the wood carving; other than that, Huosite did not even discover any Magic Aura on this wood carving.

It was completely an ordinary object! It just used materials from the Elves' side; could the unknown Spellcaster behind this matter be an Elf?

Huosite thought of this possibility; after all, there had been conflicts with the Elves in the early stages of the Territory's development, but that was nearly a hundred years ago, and with the arrogant nature of the Elves, it was unlikely they would do such a thing.

After thinking for a moment, Huosite still decided to send the corpse and the wood carving back to the Mage Tower first; he believed that even if it really were an Elf, they would not be able to cause trouble inside the Mage Tower.

"Lady Patti, if there is nothing else, let's prepare to set off. Have someone take me to see Feierbosi first, and afterwards, I will use a Dimensional Bag to pack it up and take it away."

Upon hearing this, Lady Patti's eyes immediately turned red, and tears could not help but spill out, "My Lord, can you let me personally send it over?"

Perhaps it was the woman's tears that moved Huosite, or perhaps it was the thought that there were five more potential corpses later and he could not personally show up, so Huosite did not insist, but instead said, "You may, but I am returning to the Mage Tower immediately, so you must arrange it as soon as possible!"

"Yes, thank you, My Lord!"

Lady Patti thanked him repeatedly and immediately arranged for manpower, preparing to transport Feierbosi's remains to the Mage Tower.

During this time, Mage Pulaisite had already left first, and along with him left the two Mages who had arrived in the middle.

On the other side, Xia Duo, who was investigating the Liyadun Chamber of Commerce in the East District, did not yet know that the situation had changed again just a short while after he left.

What was originally just a private matter for Feierbosi's family had now actually turned into a public matter for the Territory.

Completely unaware, Xia Duo was still asking for information in a shop in the East District! With the setting of the gorgeous and exquisite decorative Mage Robe on his body, Xia Duo received VIP-like treatment from the shop.

Therefore, inquiring for information was effortless; after all, he only wanted to roughly understand some superficial situations first, and his real goal was actually placed on that Small Wood Carving.

As long as he found the masked person who stopped him during the Moon Festival and asked clearly about the function of the Small Wood Carving, perhaps he could get closer to the truth!

As for the leather shop, that was the first place Xia Duo went, but unfortunately, the owner had already changed, and he did not know if the original Tena had run away or had been killed by the masked person.

In any case, Xia Duo started with the simple things first, inquiring about news of the Liyadun Chamber of Commerce; if finding clues was too troublesome, he would also give up quite decisively, as there were already 400 Gold Coins on the task voucher, and nearly half of the task indicators had been completed.

He was already very content.

Perhaps it was this nonchalant attitude of Xia Duo that instead made the shop clerk full of desire to perform; all kinds of anecdotes and gossip came right out of his mouth.

And this happened to suit Xia Duo's wishes, without him having to speak much, so as to avoid lowering his status.

Of course, when leaving, he still had to lower his status, because he only came to inquire for information and was not really going to buy anything.

Watching the clerk's expression of being angry but not daring to speak, and still having to force a smile, Xia Duo even felt a bit apologetic; after praising the clerk a few times, he quickly went out and left.

The whole set of actions was done in one go, without the slightest bit of dragging.

Next, Xia Duo kept wandering around the East District like this; if he felt a certain shop might know news about the Liyadun Chamber of Commerce, he would go in and ask, and if he was interested in a certain product, he would also go in and take a look.

Just like this, Xia Duo even experienced the feeling of shopping on Earth; someone was paying for him to shop, and it was a rare moment of leisure.

After some inquiries, Xia Duo already roughly understood this so-called Liyadun Chamber of Commerce; it was not a chamber of commerce facing individual consumers, but a chamber of commerce specifically targeting other chambers of commerce, providing convenience for them.

It was a bit similar to Alibaba on Earth; the Liyadun Chamber of Commerce provided channels for local chambers of commerce in the Savile Territory to go out, of course, limited to from the Savile Territory to Konnifila City.

Therefore, although Liyadun had no fame among the common people, it had a high status in the eyes of various chambers of commerce.

It was just that now the owner of such a high-status chamber of commerce had died bizarrely, and even the murderer might not be found; one had to say that ordinary people were really too miserable in this world.

Not only did they have to struggle for survival in the wilderness, but they also had to be under the threat of Spellcasters at all times, which also made Xia Duo more sober: in this world, not mastering Magic was ultimately just a bottom-tier existence.

After obtaining the general information about the Liyadun Chamber of Commerce, Xia Duo prepared to return to the Mage Tower to change his clothes, and then go to a tavern in the South District to inquire.

Inquire about the masked person encountered during the Moon Festival, the owner Tena of the leather shop that was actually a place for fencing stolen goods, and that rather mysterious Small Wood Carving.

But when he walked out of the shop, he happened to run into a squad of soldiers passing by the shop entrance; one of them left the team, came to Xia Duo, first bowed to Xia Duo, and then shouted inside:

"Have you seen a Small Wood Carving in the shape of a woman?"

While speaking, this soldier also took out a wooden stick and gestured to the clerk inside, "About this big, brown, have you seen it?"

"No, no!"

The clerk's slightly panicked voice came out, "My Lord, my little shop only sells candles and has nothing to do with any Statue!"

A squad of soldiers had just passed by the door, and the clerk had also seen it; he knew that this was not something he could get involved in, let alone that he hadn't seen it, even if that Small Wood Carving were in his hands, he wouldn't dare to admit it.

Who knew if there was a risk of losing one's head!

And at this time, Xia Duo, who was preparing to leave, also slowed his pace slightly; soldiers were searching for the Small Wood Carving? Had a change occurred at Lady Patti's place?

Xia Duo was a little worried, not for Lady Patti, but worried that his previous inquiries had been in vain; as for the 400 Gold Coins on the task voucher, he was not worried.

He received this money from the Task Management Office of the Mage Tower; presumably, when Lady Patti posted the task, she needed to pay in advance.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo quickened his pace again, while the soldiers behind were still continuing to ask, their voices getting weaker and weaker, but without needing to go far, Xia Duo encountered another soldier who had just come out of a shop.

After bowing to Xia Duo, he hurried away again.

As for Xia Duo, his pace did not stop at all, heading straight for the Villa District; he had to go to the Olbers Villa first to see what had happened, and why the soldiers of the Territory had all been dispatched!

He did not believe that a merchant's widow alone could mobilize the soldiers of the Territory, especially now, as Xia Duo knew that the Lord could not be contacted at the moment.

There must have been some major change in this.