Chapter 413 Back to Ironcrest
The next day...
The soldiers who had just arrived in Millfall were already at work, investigating the disturbing events that had recently occurred in the city.
With only one day's work under their belts, some of the group's investigators had already uncovered some clues. They were studying them, tracking down possible violators of the royal laws.
While this was happening, another group of Mages arrived in town on the afternoon of that new day.
This group hadn't come from the capital but from Ironcrest, and they were finally in Millfall to find out what had happened to their group after the auction a few days ago!
The Faceless Ones faction had finally arrived in Millfall to deal with the deaths of three of their Mages and the disappearance of Sarah Mercer.
But as soon as this group of Low-level and Mid-level Mages arrived in this city, they noticed a big problem on the ground!
"Boss, what should we do? Soldiers from the capital are in town to investigate some recent events." One of the weakest of the group said to their leader after quickly gathering information about the many Mages they had sensed in the city center a few minutes ago.
The number three of The Faceless Ones faction listened seriously, knowing it wouldn't be easy to act under the observation of this group of soldiers from the capital.
He said. "First, let's look at the situation with the Mazzanti family. We need to find out what happened to Sarah and find a way to get her back. Even if we can't destroy the enemies because of these soldiers, getting our companion back shouldn't be too much of a problem."
"Okay!"nOVe-lB.In
The group headed to the east side of town, where the Mazzanti family headquarters were located.
Little did they know that soldiers from the capital had already found some of the clues left by Vicente's men and were slowly getting closer to information about their soldiers' involvement with The Faceless Ones and the deaths of members of the Congregation of Revelation.
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"Your skill is easy to detect. If you and I act together, someone will more likely recognize you. That would be bad for our plans..." He said, looking at the mask that hid the rest of Layla. "Your job will be to infiltrate the enemy base while I distract them, rescue Jasmine, and get away. So I don't want you to be with me unnecessarily."
She had nothing to debate since her ability was more compatible with what Vicente had in mind.
He said. "But you will first meet a friend of mine to do me a favor. It will not affect our mission but help me with other things. We're not going to act until at least next night, so you're free until then."
"Why don't you go and talk to this contact personally? Would that compromise you?" She asked. As much as she wanted to work with Vice, she didn't want to be his errand girl.
"That's the case. I've already met this man with my current identity. If I do this now, I could be identified by our enemies." He said before handing Layla a closed scroll and an open letter.
"You must give the scroll to the person I am talking about in this letter." He gestured to her as she began to read what he had written.
Vicente didn't know what might happen in the next few days, so he preferred not to reveal anything about himself to Sarah, who watched them with a sharp expression.
Layla quickly discovered that Vicente was in contact with Newton, a provincial genius praised even by the king of the state.
'I didn't expect that... When did he manage to make contact with this guy?' She wondered as she looked at Vicente's mask.
"Okay, I'll go to him and give him the parchment." She put it in her spatial ring. "Anything else? I can look into other things since I'll be working as a message girl for you. How about we check out the situation at the local temple? I heard that the Mages of this outpost recently fell."
Layla didn't know everything about the people she was dealing with. Even though she was Vicente's ally, she was in the dark about the fact that he had lured three members of the same organization as her to The Vile Altar, where they died.
Even though Vicente hadn't killed any of them, he had always caused the death of those three.
He remembered that. "No, avoid this organization. Concentrate on the person I referred you to. You'll find out from him if there's anything else for you to do."
With that, they would soon finish their rest and get back on the road to Ironcrest, where they would arrive in the early evening.