Plan

Fran pondered the scene she had just witnessed.

She's no longer worried about whether she can handle the attack.

She had already seen herself in the scene, just as she had planned, killing all the knights and leaving the second-tier enemy alive.

At this point, she can use the Blood of the Furnace to finish off her opponent.

It's not just the Blood of the Furnace in her ring, but also the one she already knows how to use.

With those two Blood of the Furnace, she was no longer afraid of their siege.

Another thing that caught her attention was her conversation with the enemy; she remembered mentioning something like a 'token'.

Moreover, the reason the other party attacked her was because of this 'token'.

The only thing she has now that's connected to this thing is the token given to her by the administrator of Gede Town.

She opened her package, took out the yellow keepsake, and saw that the red part in the center was glowing.

Caleb gave him this thing. Was his involvement in the attack on him?

And what exactly is this token? It actually attracted a second-tier being and several First Order to attack me.

What was Caleb's mindset when he entrusted this to me?

Fran put the token back into her bag and began planning her next move.

The first and foremost thing is to develop the Gale Swordsman Profession and strengthen yourself; this is the most important thing.

Then comes the task of finding out the origin of this token and figuring out its purpose.

Finally, there's Caleb, the administrator of Gede Town, what exactly was he thinking when he entrusted this to me?

Suddenly, she heard people running around in the hallway outside, and even the sound of heavy objects being carried.

She frowned. What was going on outside?

She opened the door and saw a receptionist rushing down the hallway in a hurry. She called out to him immediately.

"Hey, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Upon seeing that a Formal Mage had appeared, the receptionist had no choice but to stop and explain to Fran.

"I apologize, Your Excellency, for disturbing you."

"That's right. In the past, a Formal Mage died, and the Alliance learned of this, so they specifically sent an Investigator here."

"The deceased monk had stayed here, so the Investigator asked us to clean up the room he stayed in and provide relevant accommodation information."

Fran found it strange; it seemed that the only mages passing through this town recently were those attending Caleb's banquet.

After she spent five days hunting Magic Creature outside the city, she returned without hearing of any other mages passing by.

She realized something and immediately asked:

"What was the name of that sorcerer who died? Maybe I even know him?"

The receptionist dared not refuse her question, so she had no choice but to tell her the name.

"Zeno Harper."

At the city gate of Gede Town, the Alliance Investigator Dante pondered the mission the Alliance had sent him with a headache.

The task is not complicated. Judging from various clues, Zeno's registration procedures in Gede Town are very complete, including entry and exit procedures as well as accommodation procedures.

It can be roughly seen that Zeno died after traveling to the Antir Region.

This was already mentioned in various records sent through magical means after the Alliance discovered he was nearby and notified him to come here for investigation.

Logically, the investigation should have focused on the Antir Region, and the Gede Town should have been limited to checking the clues.

After all, internal strife is still raging in the Antir Region, so anything could happen. What if someone there accidentally killed Zeno?

The problem is that the focus of this task is not on the task itself, but on the pressure exerted on him by various parties behind the task.

Before he even reached Gede Town, three magical messages arrived, the contents of which he now dares not read a second time.

The first letter was from the Laurenbu Mage Family. Judging from the patterns on it, this family should live in the Floating City.

There are probably two Third Order Mage in his family, and his letters also bear the spell imprint of one of them.

The letter essentially stated that a member of the author's family was serving as the leader of Mercenary group in the area north of the Alliance, and asked the author to look after him.

After learning in detail that the Mercenary group in question was the Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps, he understood the meaning of the letter.

The Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps was quite well-known among the Investigator. He learned from several Investigator that this knightly order had the blood of several mages on their hands, but because of their powerful background, it was suppressed.

After understanding the specific situation, if only this letter had arrived, the matter would be relatively easy to handle.

After all, as a Mage Family, they still have some influence within the Alliance. If it really was this knight commander who did it, he only needs to pretend to write some investigation results, and it will pass the review process.

Although it was a bit troublesome, at least I completed a survey task, which can be counted in my performance record.

However, the problem lay in the second letter; the sender's signature made him take a second look.

He is Elliot Sheffer, a first-level professor at the Skeleton Society, Third Order Mage, and has a long list of honors to his name.

He was incredibly envious of the trophies he received, such as the Necromancer Trophy and the Soul Spell Award.

The letter began by mentioning that the deceased mage Zeno was somewhat connected to him, being a disciple of a disciple's disciple's friend, which was why he was very concerned about the matter.

Then came a long explanation of the principles of magic in the letter, which Dante completely lacked patience for, so he skipped to the end.

The last line of text asked him to find evidence of Zeno's death as soon as possible, preferably to find the exact murderer and the time of death.

He later learned from various sources that this Elliott wasn't genuinely concerned about Zeno's death, but rather wanted to test a new Spell Apparatus of his.

This Spell Apparatus can link to a person's life, and three hours after that person dies, it will display on the device the method of killing them and the time of death.

Elliott urged him to investigate as soon as possible in order to verify whether the device was effective and to view this case as a 'public experiment' of the device within the Alliance.

This put him in a dilemma, because the data Elliot had sent him clearly stated that Zeno had been beheaded by a greatsword forged from the bones of a frost wolf.

This is the weapon of that knight commander; he doesn't even need to investigate, he can guess who made it.

There was even a third letter putting pressure on him.