"Anna," Mark turned to Anna, "you're responsible for contacting Jimmy. Have him use the Beta Adventure Group's connections to secretly track down the man selling potions outside the camp."

"Also, investigate the residences and movements of those adventurers who just left the camp, claiming to have been 'cured.'"

"Yes!" Anna's eyes lit up with fighting spirit, and she left quickly.

The only people left in the room were Mark, Monica and Enzo, who kept trying to stop Tom from pulling his beard.

"Mark, what about us?" Enzo asked anxiously.

Mark picked up the bottle of dangerous potion on the table, his eyes slightly fixed.

"wait."

At this point, the arrangements he made actually don't make much sense anymore.

If it is true as Monica guessed, the layout of the Enlightenment Society has actually been completed.

If we take action now, we can only barely recover some of the losses.

And judging from the information that Oak had previously fed back, perhaps the top leaders of Dragon Slaying City had already been infiltrated by the Enlightenment Society.

These adventurers may not be able to influence the overall situation of this incident at all.

When the Enlightenment Society is about to come and reap their fruits, it will be time for their Mark team to take action.

The Qizhi Society would use his magic to do things, and Mark also wanted to get some faith points from the Qizhi Society.

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At the same time, somewhere in the Warcraft Mountains, the Mountain Tiger Bandits’ temporary base.

Thick smoke mixed with the smell of blood filled the air above a simple wooden village.

Among the broken walls and ruins, there lay the bodies of thieves wearing messy leather armor. Their causes of death varied, but their fatal wounds all bore scorch marks from being burned by holy light.

Kyle stood in the middle of a messy camp, his short blond hair soaked with sweat and stuck to his forehead, his handsome face stained with soot and a few splashes of blood.

The hem of the white robe with silver edges that represented the glory of the holy city was torn, but it was still dazzlingly white.

The heavy cross he held tightly in his hand still emitted the afterglow of holy light, and the hammer head was dripping with golden light spots that had purified the stained blood.

He breathed slightly, his blue eyes scanning the battlefield, confirming that there was no more threat, but his brows were tightly furrowed, without a trace of joy in victory.

Ruby jumped lightly from the roof of a wooden house that had just been burned by the holy flame and landed silently.

The fanatical expression on her face disappeared instantly when she landed. Her black nun uniform was spotless, as if the swift battle just now, in which she cooperated with Kyle to clear the entire camp, had nothing to do with her.

She walked over to Kyle, her voice calm and natural, "Cleanup complete, Sir Kyle. Seventeen remaining bandits, all killed. Bloodclaw Barton himself has not been found, nor has any direct evidence related to the dark magic invasion been found."

Kyle couldn't help but twitch his lips speechlessly as he watched Ruby reporting to him in a serious manner.

"Ruby. I told you not to call me Your Excellency..." His voice was filled with helplessness and frustration. "But we're still late. Ruby, are you sure the prisoner didn't lie? Did Blood Claw leave with the core members four days ago?"

Ruby's eyes drifted towards a well-trodden muddy path behind the camp, leading deeper into the mountains.

According to the last thief who was purified by the holy fire, Blood Claw should have entered the mountain directly from this road.

"The captives are unable to lie while under the influence of 'Holy Fire Purification.' Bloodclaw Barton received a message four days ago and immediately gathered a few of his trusted elite troops, abandoning this newly established stronghold." She paused and continued, "...their destination is the Rot Dragon Swamp."

"Corrupted Dragon Swamp..." Kyle chewed on the name, his face inevitably looking a little bad.

Although this was his first time in Osborne Town, as the most outstanding monk of the Holy City Monastery, how could he not know the most famous swamp at the junction of the outer and central parts of the Monster Mountain Range.

Moreover, compared to ordinary adventurers, he knew that this swamp was the favorite place for necromancers in previous years.

Because hidden in that swamp is the undead magic that even the Holy Light cannot expel, as well as the corpses of many dragons and sub-dragons.

However, the Star-Moon Church, Holy Light Church and other churches had once joined forces there to strangle the necromancers of the human kingdom, and the necromancer's heritage was almost cut off.

Therefore, many necromancers did not dare to continue living in the human kingdom, and all of them hid in the territory of the orc kingdom.

I heard that they are doing very well over there.

Ruby didn't feel any psychological pressure about the Rot Dragon Swamp, but she immediately said:

"...According to one of the remaining bandit leaders, who was in a state of soul purification, Blood Claw told them before leaving: 'Osborne Town is about to go into chaos. If you don't want to die, get out of here as soon as possible. The farther away from that damn place, the better.'"

"Massive chaos?!"

Kyle's pale golden pupils suddenly shrank!

This word was like an ice-cold needle, piercing his already doubtful heart.

Osborne Town!

The dark encroachment investigation has not made any progress for over a month!

Those adventurers who are struggling in the quarantine camp!

And... that unknown force hiding in the dark!

Kyle's breathing suddenly became heavy.

"Ruby! What do you think the 'chaos' the thief was talking about could be?"

Ruby shrugged and said, "Who knows? It won't be a good thing anyway. The guy repeated it twice, his tone full of gloating certainty. However, as long as chaos breaks out, there must be people who are causing it. Then I will cleanse them!"

Kyle slapped his forehead helplessly.

As expected, he knew that the reason why Ruby couldn't stay in the temporary camp was because she wanted to rely on fighting to directly purify the root cause of the incident...

But Kyle, who had learned a lesson from his reckless behavior, didn't think the two of them really had the ability to solve the incident.

Now there are two paths before them.

One is to continue tracking Blood Claw Barton. If Kyle only suspected that Barton was related to the Dark Invasion incident before, now he can almost be sure that the guy is inseparable from this incident!

Now that he knew that there would be chaos in Osborne Town, Barton, as the key figure in the incident, went to the Rotten Dragon Swamp.

This means that the guy may have a more important mission in the Corrupt Dragon Swamp.

Another way is to return to Osborne Town immediately.

Since the other party wants to create chaos in Osborne Town, the other party’s key figures will definitely appear in Osborne Town. They only need to wait for the other party to make a move in Osborne Town, and then solve them one by one!

Both paths seem to have the opportunity to resolve this incident, and it seems that tracking down Patton seems to go straight to the core.

"Let's go back!" Kyle's voice was firm and with an unprecedented sense of urgency. The two thoughts flashed through his mind and he made the decision.

He didn't even glance at the ruins of the bandit camp, nor did he care about the soot and blood on his body. He turned around abruptly and ran towards the direction of Osborne Town with big strides.

"We must get back to Osborne Town immediately! Ruby, hurry!"