Explanation

The third letter was sent by a Third Order Mage from the Alchemy School.

The good news is that the letter did not ask him to take sides in this incident; it did not say whether he was biased towards or not towards the Grand Master of the Knights.

The bad news was that the letter was frantically urging him to learn about the mission as soon as possible.

Because Daphne, the disciple of Third Order Mage, had also met Zeno before, she has now submitted her application to join a mage order.

If he can't finish this mission quickly, and Daphne's application fails, requiring her to reapply next year, he'll be in big trouble.

When he saw the letter, he had a headache and cursed the Alliance's censorship mechanism.

When joining a mage guild, the mage to be joined will be vetted, and their loyalty will be investigated, etc.

However, what's truly bizarre is that if a mage gets involved in a case, the review process will fail regardless of whether the candidate is qualified or not, forcing them to wait a year to try again.

Many competitors take advantage of this, deliberately creating situations to cause their rivals to fail.

To avoid this, many monks secretly apply for the service, avoiding their original place of residence, and then return to their original place of residence when the application process reaches the personal review stage.

That mage Daphne was clearly unlucky; even at the Alliance's borders, she still ran into trouble.

Therefore, her mentor wrote this letter specifically to urge him not to worry about it so much, to resolve the matter as soon as possible, and to complete the task before the reviewers discover it.

It's common for Investigator to be urged to complete an investigation task quickly. Usually, the person who writes such a letter will also pull strings behind the scenes to ensure the task gets approved as soon as possible.

After all, it's not uncommon for investigation missions to cause various problems within the Alliance. He's helped with this several times, and it's always been approved immediately as soon as the materials are submitted.

The problem is, Dante doesn't dare to end this investigation so quickly.

Putting aside the fact that he had to write down logically coherent investigation items in the investigation task to meet Elliott's requirements.

Also, you can't just grab anyone to take the blame. After all, the other person is a Formal Mage, and you can't just fill in an ordinary person.

Now, the only clue seems to be the Blood Wolf Knights. Both their past actions and various other clues point to their leader.

The problem is that he can't actually write the person's name down; he has to carefully find a scapegoat.

The Third Order Mage from the Alchemy School was demanding that he close the case as soon as possible, which gave him quite a headache.

If the scapegoat he found denies the charges during interrogation, this matter will not be resolved in a time that satisfies the Alchemy School.

Therefore, he needed to find someone capable of killing Zeno, and someone who would confess to killing Zeno without concrete evidence.

Where is he supposed to find him?!

These matters gave him a huge headache. The important figures behind each letter were not people he could afford to offend, and theoretically, he had to satisfy everyone's needs.

Otherwise, these people might cause him trouble in the future.

Dante rubbed his tense temples. He hadn't slept all day because of this, spending all his time thinking about how to handle it.

"Let's go check out the Alliance's mage reception area first."

He sighed, not knowing what to do. He could only follow the clues in the registration and go to the reception desk to verify the authenticity of the record.

Dante arrived at the reception area specially set up by the Alliance, and just as he was about to go in, a figure blocked his way.

Upon closer inspection, he recognized him as a Formal Mage.

"Is there something you need?" he asked, puzzled as to why his colleague was looking for him.

"Investigator Dante, I have something to tell you about the mission you're investigating regarding Zeno's death," Fran said with a smile.

Dante became interested and followed Fran to a small, soundproof room. After dismissing the receptionist, he asked:

"Tell me what you know?"

Dante's tone was entirely interrogative, without the slightest hint of politeness.

This is his consistent practice, and it also reflects the confidence that comes with being Investigator.

As Investigator specially dispatched by the Alliance, his status was naturally much higher than that of these First Order Mage.

So every time he encountered these First Order Mage, he spoke in this tone, and those mages could only reply with furrowed brows.

Fran raised an eyebrow at his expression and continued:

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Fran, and I am a member of the Forge School. My goal for this trip is to reach the Northern Lands Society."

"On my way to the Northern Lands Society, I passed through the Gede Town, and at the invitation of the administrator of Caleb, I met Zeno at a dinner."

Fran paused for a moment, then pulled a letter from her pocket and said:

"This is a letter of recommendation written by my advisor."

Dante frowned, wondering why Fran had suddenly pulled out a letter in the middle of her speech.

He didn't care at all whether Fran had a letter of introduction to go to the Northern Lands Society. Just as he was about to scold her, he felt the Magic Power fluctuations in the letter.

This was mentioned in their Investigator ' training; one of their training exercises involved using the Magic Power fluctuations on paper to determine the rank of the signer, a very practical skill.

In his perception, the letter emitted a powerful surge of energy, causing a few drops of cold sweat to drip from his forehead.

"I apologize, Fran. My attitude was poor just now. Please continue."

He could easily sense that the Magic Power fluctuations on it came from a Fourth Order Mage, and that these fluctuations were very active, indicating that they had been written within the last month.

This gave him the creeps. What was wrong with this world? How could he be surrounded by four High-Order Mage putting pressure on him just by passing through a small town?

Moreover, this is a Fourth Order Mage, unlike the three Third Order Mage mentioned earlier.

It's important to understand that in the Alliance, Fourth Order Mage are the backbone of the Alliance, and the majority of Fifth Order mages, who can be counted on two hands, are the true rulers of the Alliance.

Ultimately, the management authority over all matters, large and small, of the Alliance rests with these Fourth Order Mage.

He couldn't help but curse himself for his behavior just now, calling himself a complete pig. If only he had checked the list of mages passing through Gede Town on the way.

You can see in Fran's Profile that Fran's mentor is blacked out.

Then he would realize that Fran's mentor was probably a third-tier or higher mage.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling that this was the most difficult day he had had since becoming Investigator.