The Labyrinth Kingdom

Chaptre 49. Weird News

In the town square, the offices of government officials.

A man in his 50s is busy checking the files that are piling up on his desk.

"hufts... "

The man was William Winston, secretary of Julius, ruler of the city of Bacau.

He looked exhausted at the moment, the files piled up in his office were already high up.

Most of the files in front of him today are files to the Bacau city hall.

Normally Louis would do this task, but he had already died a few days ago.

'Black Smoke, damn it...!!! And the guy who hired him is fucking too. '

He cursed the two men in his heart, for they were his work increasing.

Louis' replacement isn't there yet, so for a while, he's the one who has to do his job.

Who knows how long this will last, Wiliam is pessimistic about this. Because he knows, the number of talented people in the city of Bacau is very small.

Not to mention Louis' position as the city's financial officer was very important, not just anyone could replace him.

The requirements are very strict, Only trusted and educated people can occupy the position.

This is to prevent corruption.

"Huh... My head hurts"

Wiliam massaged his temple lightly, he felt his head ache after reading the files.

There are many errors in it, some documents seem to have been falsified, in addition there are many miscalculations in the files and even some records of the city's construction budget are also lost.

Thinking of all the problems that would befall him if the feudal lord came to know of this matter drove him crazy.

It seems like there are officials who are committing corruption in this city and the number is also very large.

Wiliam began to think that the man who hired the Assassin to kill Louis might be the man.

Louis seems to be investigating the corruption that is going on in this city.

For fear of being discovered, the man hires an assassin to kill him and remove all traces of the wrongdoing he has committed.

His suspicions have been heightened as several important files have disappeared and many documents have been falsified.

While he was focusing on these problems, his attention was suddenly distracted by the smell of a cloud filling his room.

"Sruuup... Ruuup.... "

He turned towards the waiter who was pouring tea into his cup.

"Please drink your tea, sir! "

"...., thank you. "

William took the cup containing the tea and began to sniff the soothing floral scent of the tea.

For a moment, his mind that was filled with trouble, became relaxed and calm.

"Humm... The aroma is very soft and soothing, what is this tea? "

"it was a new product sold in the Baras store, they called it Tulsi tea. It looks like the tea is made from holy basil that grows in the kingdom of Aria, they say that the tea has properties to relieve Stress and fatigue"

After hearing the servant's explanation, Wiliam drank the tea he was drinking slowly while enjoying the aftertaste left in his mouth.

"Huh... Not only is it fragrant, it also tastes delicious, can you fill it again for me" said Wiliam while offering his empty cup

The waiter who saw this smiled and started filling the cup of Wiliam once again.

"This tea is very popular among noble women these days, they often use it at tea parties they hold"

William emptied his stuffed cup and offered it to the waiter once again, he seemed to be enjoying his tea a lot.

"really... Hmmm, that's a natural thing, it feels good from the beginning.why don't you try it too?"

"thank you for the offer, but no, it's not appropriate for a waiter like me to do that"

"you're too stiff Lucy, you won't find your soul mate if you act like one. After all, there are only two of us in this room, so be more relaxed" said Wiliam as he poured tea for the maid

"Thank you for the kindness.... "

"There's no need to thank me, your father asked me to take care of you before he died, so there's no need to overdo it in front of me, just relax"

Before Lucy could finish her words, William had already cut them off.

Lucy is the son of William's best friend Raymond.

Raymond had helped him a lot while he was still alive, He had also saved his life several times in the past.

Raymond was the general of the patrol before Jasper.

Under his leadership, the patrol troops at that time, very liked by the community.

They work diligently, protecting and assisting civilians in distress. The patrol squad had truly become an idol back then.

But sadly, Raymond died 10 years ago.

at that time, he was trying to catch a serial killer who had terrorized the townspeople at that time.

There was a great battle between the two.

Although Raymond managed to win the fight against the serial killer, but he also suffered severe injuries that left him dead a few minutes after the fight was over.

After Raymond's death, many depraved nobles began to turn their attention to Lucy, his son.

As a friend of Raymond, William at that time immediately took decisive steps.

He hires Lucy, as his personal servant to protect her from the depraved nobles who try to harass her.

Even the notorious Jasper, would not dare to touch the personal servant of his father's right hand.

"Tokkp... Geck... Tokkk"

While William and Lucy were enjoying their tea in their study, the sound of knocking on the door sounded.

"come in" said Wiliam

The person outside the room opened the door, after obtaining permission from William.

"sorry has disturbed you sir, but we just got the letter sent by General Hector. Here it is.., please see." said the man, giving William a letter.

On top of the letter is the coat of arms of Hector's family, indicating that this letter is really from him.

"Thank you, you can go"

After the man left his study, Wiliam began to open the letter to find out what it contained.

'it should be a report about the current condition of Mount Torli'

Wiliam started reading the contents of the letter, initially his facial expression was mediocre, but moments later his expression changed, he looked confused.

'what's really going on there. '

The more he read the contents of the letter, the more unreasonable the contents became.

Lucy was worried, after seeing Wiliam whose expression looked strange.

"is mister okay?"

Hearing Lucy's question, Wiliam regained consciousness from his daydream.

"Ahhhhh... It's okay, I'm fine. I'm leaving the office for a while. If anyone's looking for me, tell him I'm meeting with Mr. Julius" Wiliam said

He seemed to be in a hurry at the moment, though,

But as he reached the entrance of his office, he turned towards Lucy once more.

"Can you help me to tidy up the files, just group them according to the year. I'll read it again later"

"Okay sir... "

"Thank you, it'll be very helpful, then I'll leave now"

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In the elite zone, Julius mansion

While Julius was in his study, William stood before him with a letter in his hand.

Only the two of them were currently inside the room, Julius had already driven all the servants who were serving him out.

"What's up? "

"I just got a letter from General Hector, I've read it. But the contents are too confusing for me, I want you to also read them and hear your opinion on this matter"

William handed the letter he held to Julius.

"........"

Julius looked at the letter for a while, before starting to read it.

As he read it, the expression he displayed was exactly the same as what Wiliam displayed when he first read the letter.

"What the fuck? Hector's not under the influence of hallucinations? "

"I don't think master, he was fully aware while writing the letter"

"then what is this? It doesn't make sense"

"I feel, Hector is trying to explain what he has seen with his own eyes into the letter. "

"....., then, we will describe one by one the words he wrote in this letter.

first of all he wrote that, the headquarters of bandit Rotten Fangs had been attacked by a group of unknown creatures. But in the next line he said that there was no trace of the creature that had attacked, around the headquarters. What the hell does this mean? " said Julius

"it is possible that the creature has Teleportation ability or the like and suddenly appeared in the middle of the bandit headquarters" said Wiliam

"But here Hector also wrote that the base's defensive wall had been torn down. If the creatures did appear in the middle of the bandit headquarters.then, why did they destroy the defensive wall.

Then the other strange is where the bodies of the bandits go, if the motive of the attack that the creature did is to plunder. Why did they leave all the treasure behind and just take the corpse of the bandit" Julius said

"I think the motive for their assault was to rescue the women held by the bandits, because it looks like Hector's men have found a secret room where the women are being held" Wiliam said

"The bandits were a bunch of cowards they wouldn't dare to kidnap high-ranking girls, so there should only be village girls being held there.

There was no point in risking lives to save those dying girls.

You forget, the combat power of Rotten Fangs equaled the combat power of patrol warriors and expeditionary warriors combined.

So it should be that the combat power of the enemy they are fighting against, is at least equal to or even stronger than the combat power of our defense warriors.

Such a powerful combat power, sent only to save a group of dying village girls, it was absurd" Julius said

The two of them actually looked very confused at this moment, all the answers they thought of did not meet a bright spot.

"In addition to that the headquarters of the bandits Rotten Fangs had become a brutal battlefield, there was even a huge hole that was extremely deep had been discovered by Hector. This attack should have been carried out by a lot of people" Julius said

"But there was no trace of the enemy leaving the place, as if they had simply disappeared.It was also impossible to use Teleportation magic to move many people at once. Even the magic empire, which is an expert in magic can't do it."

The more they discussed the contents of the letter Hector sent, the more confused they were.

"We just wait for Hector to come back, I can't get clear information from the letter he sent. Tell him to see me as soon as he gets back, I want to hear his explanation directly"

"Okay sir.... "

After Wiliam finished his report, he walked out of Julius's study.

He still had a lot of work piling up in his office, so he didn't have much time to waste.

Right now only Julius is in his study alone.

He seemed to be thinking of something.

'The strange events began to appear one by one since the appearance of the labyrinth, what all these things are related to it'

To be honest, this isn't the first time Julius has gotten such strange reports.

There are some reports that make him confused, such as:

Reports of goblins suddenly leaving their village for no apparent reason.

Earlier the expedition managed to find an empty, uninhabited goblin village.

It is very strange because, there is no sign of damage to the village.

Which means goblins do not leave their village because they are attacked by other creatures.

The food reserves they had stored in the warehouse were also still there, even some of the gems and jewels they had collected were still left in that place.

Given the miserly nature of the goblins, it was impossible for them to just leave those things unattended.

The reason goblins leave the village is still a mystery until now, no one even knows where the goblins went.

In addition, there were also reports of blue-armored knights, who appeared out of nowhere and started attacking the patrol warriors and expedition soldiers of his own.

There was a lot of damage that strange knight inflicted on his troops.

This of course made Julius very angry, but at the moment he ordered the soldiers to capture the man.

The knight was never found, he was very good at hiding.

'Or something else is going on around me without me noticing'

He had been thinking about this matter for days, but had yet to find any answer.

Julius looked at the letter on his desk and muttered

"What's really going on here? "