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Schwer Mountains.
This was the second time Frieren had been here.
The last time was when she was tracking the Demons of the Sword with Himmel and the others.
Perhaps it was due to the high altitude.
Or maybe something else.
It was a bit cold on the mountain.
Frieren tightened her clothes.
She walked with a somewhat sleepy expression.
Fern and Stark naturally came along as well.
The two followed behind Frieren.
From time to time, they looked around with curious eyes.
"Mistress Frieren, it seems there are traces of people walking here."
The continuous mountain peaks looked desolate and uninhabited.
However, there were obvious traces of a large group of people walking on the road.
It seemed not long ago.
About a month ago?
In short, it happened recently.
"As expected, there's something strange."
Frieren slightly perked up.
She slightly squatted down and carefully observed the almost worn-out traces on the ground.
Then she decisively took out her staff and cast Magic.
"Fern, Stark."
"Let's go."
Since there was a clue.
Then Frieren wanted to see who had moved the villagers into this deep mountain.
And what was their purpose?
Following the guidance of the Magic.
After crossing a mountain ridge, neither large nor small.
The guidance of the Magic disappeared.
This was the bottom of a valley.
It looked no different from what was seen on a normal day.
"Mistress Frieren?"
Fern looked around in confusion.
Had the Magic failed?
Or was this... the destination?
But she didn't see anything!
"Stark..."
"Move aside."
Frieren's beautiful face was a little gloomy.
Magic would naturally not fail.
Then it could only prove.
They had reached their destination.
As for the figures of the villagers?
If they weren't on the ground?
After Stark returned from the open space in the center of the valley bottom in front of them.
Frieren activated Rock Magic without hesitation.
She turned over the open space in front of her.
The next second!
A strong stench instantly rushed into the noses of the three as the rock and soil surged!
Accompanying it were bursts of bones!
"Dead, they are all dead."
Frieren quietly stared at the bodies on the open ground.
She waved her hand.
A barrier rose around them, isolating the area.
She also activated Purification Magic to purify the air within the barrier.
Only then did the few of them get rid of the smell that made them want to vomit.
They could speak and breathe normally.
"How could the villagers die here!"
Fern covered her mouth.
She was so shocked by the tragic sight in front of her that she couldn't speak clearly.
"Stark, go take a look."
Frieren bit her lip.
She spoke, asking Stark to go and check the cause of death of the villagers.
"I, I'm going!"
Stark was on the verge of tears.
However, after seeing Frieren nod seriously.
He also had to take a deep breath and run out of the barrier's range.
He rushed to the bodies and started examining them.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Stark's speed of rushing out of the barrier was very fast.
His speed of returning was also not slow.
"There are sword wounds on the bones."
After Stark ran back, he took large breaths of fresh air.
He said without hesitation.
"Sword wounds?"
Fern's purple eyes flashed with confusion.
Why would the villagers have sword wounds on their bodies?
"Are you sure you saw clearly?"
Frieren asked again.
Stark naturally gave the same answer.
"I saw it clearly."
Getting a definite answer.
Frieren no longer hesitated.
She turned around and walked towards the way they came.
"Mistress Frieren..."
"Why are there sword wounds?"
Fern pressed on.
"Why?"
Frieren paused slightly.
Lowering her head.
She also wanted to know why.
However.
"This question has to be asked of Count Graf."
Going back to question a noble about why villagers under his rule died of sword wounds.
And he didn't know?
Isn't this ridiculous.
It was clearly asking for an answer while already knowing the question.
But Frieren felt she still wanted to ask.
There seemed to be something behind this.
...
It was also night.
It was also dinner time.
Back at the Count's castle, the three of Frieren finally met Count Graf, who was wearing a noble green robe.
"How was it, did you find the heirloom sword of our family?"
Count Graf asked with a slightly excited smile.
However, the answer was destined to pour cold water on him.
"No, but we found something else."
Frieren's face was slightly cold.
"What thing?"
"Didn't I assign you the task of finding the stolen sword?"
Count Graf showed displeasure on his face.
"What about the bodies at the bottom of the Schwer Mountains?"
Frieren asked.
Count Graf, however, had a confused look on his face.
"What bodies?"
"Bang!"
Stark angrily slapped the table.
The plates and porcelain cups on the dining table rattled.
"They are the bodies of the villagers..."
"Why did so many villagers die there!"
Speaking to a noble like this was absolutely disrespectful.
But Stark didn't care about that much.
The anger in his heart was greater than the fear of the noble's status.
"Count, what is the situation?"
But unexpectedly.
Count Graf seemed to genuinely not know about this matter.
Seeing Stark's actions.
Count Graf was not angry either.
He just asked his butler behind him in a low voice.
"Count, your subordinate does not know."
Earl also frowned tightly.
Showing a confused expression.
Seeing this.
Count Graf had to ask Frieren.
"Mistress Frieren, can you be more specific?"
"Okay..." Seeing this.
Frieren nodded gently.
She told the whole story.
Of course.
She changed the part about Yulian taking away the Demons of the Sword to.
The Demons of the Sword's whereabouts are unknown.
"So, those dead villagers' bodies are those people?"
Count Graf looked at Earl uncertainly.
The countnodded heavily.
"Count, who are the people you are talking about?"
Fern saw that there was a hidden story.
She immediately pressed for an answer.
"Well..."
A hesitant expression flashed across Count Graf's face.
But after thinking about it, he still awkwardly said.
"The villagers' bodies you found should be the miners recruited by the United Empire before..." "I remember they seemed to have gone to the Saum Marshes."
"But how did they appear here again?"
Count Graf said, touching his chin in confusion.
"And there are traces of sword wounds on their bodies."
Stark clenched his fist.
He added.
"Sword wounds?!"
Count Graf was instantly stunned.
"That shouldn't be!"
"Even if those people from the United Empire wanted to silence them, they wouldn't attack them!"
"Why?"
Frieren frowned.
"What's going on with the United Empire recruiting miners from you?"
"Well..."
Count Graf said awkwardly.
"Some time ago, people from the United Empire approached me and asked me to provide them with manpower to collect a certain ore."
"Then under their coercion and temptation, I agreed."
"But I didn't expect them to actually attack these villagers..."
Count Graf fell silent after speaking.
He didn't have any anger.
He was just a little worried about whether he would also be approached by people from the United Empire.
"So, was it the people from the United Empire who did it?"
Frieren frowned.
He didn't quite understand what plan the United Empire had.
They actually wanted to attack the villagers.
However, it seemed to be related to mining.
"You said they went to the Saum Marshes, right?"
Frieren suddenly thought of something.
"Mhm, yes, that's the place."
Count Graf nodded vigorously.
"Magic-Nullifying Crystal!"
Fern and Frieren reacted at the same time!
The United Empire was actually mining Magic-Nullifying Crystal!
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