"But they know Aman and are really looking for Aman." Hitzfeld didn't keep the secret any longer. He put his feet down and let out a breath.
"An outsider must have given them orders in this regard. They may not really be looking for him, and Aman may not really be nearby."
"But at least they have a basic impression of him, and they may use this impression as an excuse when they encounter an emergency, because they can't think of any other reasons in a short period of time."
"You're awesome! Heath!"
Ashley wanted to jump up with excitement.
She had never experienced this feeling before.
This kind of thing, getting clues from messy information bit by bit, piecing them together, and deducing the facts that happened out of thin air - even if she didn't see those things with her own eyes!
This is even better than the clairvoyance in the hunting team! ...This is so refreshing!
But what does this have to do with the case they are handling?
After calming down, Ashley fell into confusion again.
Indeed, this information can confirm that Heath's speculation is correct, that is, there is indeed an outside force interfering behind Old Sind, and they are very likely being instructed by someone.
But what does this have to do with the train murder case?
That Aman, he never appeared in the case at all, right?
"We should not only look at the local situation when looking at the problem."
Hitzfeld nodded. "Sometimes you have to step out of this framework and look at the whole picture. You will find some details that you have overlooked before. There are actually reasons why they appear."
"I don't understand……"
"It's not your fault, Ashley. I can see that because I have accumulated a certain amount of knowledge. This takes time. I'm just giving you an example."
Ashley had no idea what she was saying and could only stare at her, expecting her to explain later.
"Aman-Anluo..."
The girl in the candlelight repeated the name, and a sneer came from under her hair.
"The surname Anluo is very rare. Coupled with his unique body shape, and the fact that he was first active in the South China Sea, it's not hard to guess where he came from. The purpose of Wayne News publishing his news is not hard to guess either."
"So what's the purpose?"
"To warm up his upper position."
Hitzfeld lowered his voice.
"Rather than 'An Luo', it's better to say 'Angel Luo'."
"The Angelo family rules the last dynasty of Goli in the southern continent."
"They always have long arms and short legs, are good at using longbows, and have eyes that can see through sea fog and miasma."
"There is a legend that they signed a contract with the sea god Colossae, and they can drive the most ferocious fish in the sea to open up shipping lanes."
"Many people thought that the members of this family were extinct and set their sights on the Goliath envoy."
“But it was never really about him.”
"Am i right?"
At this point, Hitzfeld suddenly turned his head and looked towards the shadow in the corner.
"Mr. Treeman from the library."
Chapter 22 Sea God's Families 2
"Who?"
Ashley jumped off the bed immediately and pulled out a sharp dagger that Hitzfeld had given her not long ago.
"Wang! Wang Wang Wang!"
Lily also quickly woke up from her half-dead state, stood up, and barked softly at the shadow corner.
Thus, under the gaze of the two men and the dog, the shadow in the corner stretched and squirmed little by little, like a sapling growing vigorously - speeding up the process countless times, and finally forming a humanoid creature wearing a crown of flowers, with the texture of bark still remaining on its body and arms.
"I am Baliu." The tree man spoke, the last syllable in a very light voice, "Your Majesty and the elders sent me to ensure your safety."
Hitzfeld immediately realized that her assessment was wrong. This might not be Mr. Treeman, but the opposite gender.
But is there really a gender definition for the tree people group?
With Hitzfeld's current understanding of this, she could only barely distinguish between the tree people and the wooden people.
The wooden men are similar to Darent, whose bodies have turned into wood due to various accidents and other reasons. They only look like wood on the surface, but their internal organs are still flesh and blood.
The tree people are the library, the real and regular members of the tree people clan. They have nothing to do with humans, and the reproduction method among the tree people is not recorded in any files.
Hitzfeld had often confused the two groups earlier, or rashly called them "wooden people" in her mind. Now that she had sorted out the relationship, it was the first time she had seen... such a complete transformation process.
If she guessed correctly, the treeman warrior named "Baliu" had just completely attached his body to the wooden board in the corner of the room.
It was almost integrated with the wooden wall and even the entire wooden house. The subsequent growth was beyond imagination. She felt that this ability could be used for assassination.
"Hitzfeld...Miss Hitzfeld?" After not getting a response for a long time, Bariu couldn't help but tilt his head and call the girl's name.
"I'm wondering whether you are a man or a woman." Hitzfeld asked directly.
"I personally prefer the latter." Baliu pointed at the flower crown on her head, raised her legs, and pulled out her legs and feet that were still connected to the wooden board.
It didn't leave any obvious marks on the wooden floor. There might be some sparse roots left in the gaps, but they couldn't be seen unless you got close.
The pulled-out part quickly solidified in mid-air, gradually outlining the shape of human legs and feet.
Judging from the overall structure, it does tend to be more slender and slim.
"Why don't you tell me how you figured it out?" Bariu looked at the girl with scrutiny, "I'm surprised... maybe they didn't exaggerate you..."
"The consequences of their accusation against me should have alerted many people," Hitzfeld replied, "maybe even caused panic."
"This is the first time that the rulers of this country did not regard them as confidants, but chose to stand on the side of outsiders. This matter is very small, so small that it is insignificant; but it is also very big, and for some people it is a harbinger of destruction."
"How you interpret it depends entirely on your own standpoint," she said. "As for those people who are worried, even if they want to do something, they must not reveal any flaws during this period, at least they must not give the White Shadow Palace any handle on them."
What on earth was Heath talking about?
Ashley slowly put the dagger down. She felt that she could understand each of her syllables, but she couldn't understand them when they were put together.
"Woof~" Just when she was feeling frustrated, Lily came to the bedside, wagging her tail and licking the palm of her hand with her tongue.
Ashley looked down at Lily, and Lily looked up, grinning and sticking out her tongue, with an honest expression that said, "It's okay, I don't understand either."
Ashley raised her eyebrows, suddenly confident in herself again.
"Right..." However, Bariu understood everything. "No matter what they want to do, no matter who they want to do it to, whether it's kidnapping or assassination, they can't let anyone catch them."
This is the real reason behind why Yanke Temple, the messenger of Goliath, died in such a strange way.
In this era and this background, some things just need to be suspected. Although Hitzfeld was not satisfied with this, she also knew that party struggles often did not require evidence.
Just like in this case, knowing that the Goliath Messenger died near Wayne can help us determine who was behind the scenes. Because of the game behind it, the benefits gained by the winners were enough to outweigh the risks of doing so, and she couldn't even think of a reason to excuse them.
And what I'm doing now is just to dig out the sharp knives they sent out.
In the shadowy side where the candlelight could not reach, the girl curled her lips fiercely.
It doesn't matter.
Anyway, the general trend is not on that side, and I don’t mind doing some seemingly insignificant work in the process.
Bringing out Balyu is also part of the plan, isn't it?
I need her information.
Maybe many years later people will still think of this day and think, oh, it turned out to be from this "sharp knife"...
"Since you can understand this much, there is basically no need to keep the following contents secret." Bariu smiled and nodded, "This is the order of Elder Lao. He said that if you can pay attention to the 'Splitting Tooth Shark', I can choose to show up and tell you more about it."
"What is a split-toothed shark?" Hitzfeld didn't quite understand.
Angelo...Isn't the Angelo family emblem a gorse?
"Think about Sarah herself." Baliu lowered her voice slightly, looked up at Ashley, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
"No need to avoid her." Hitzfeld broke the worry, "You know what the relationship between her and me is. If you don't want to talk about it here, then you don't have to say it."
"Heath..."
Ashley was stunned, and felt a little touched in her heart.
What followed was an unstoppable feeling of admiration - Heath is truly so domineering!
"Okay..." Baliu looked at the girl deeply and continued, "Just as Sarah also had a period of 'chaos', during that dark age, any change in any regime was possible."
"That's what the Plantagenets are like?"
"Yes, strictly speaking, this dynasty has long been extinct. The people who have been gathering the lords' tribes under the banner of Plantagenet are not the orthodox bloodline of this family at all. They were devoured by the sea monster more than a hundred years ago."
Baliu slowly told the truth behind the incident.
"Angelo is the schizodon." She said, "There are countless creatures that are said to be the followers of the sea god, but there are only two real ones, one is called the silver-eyed seagull, and the other is the schizodon... The silver-eyed seagull is called the 'sea elf', and the schizodon is praised as the 'son of the sea god' because of its unique ability."
That being said, there should be two branches of the Sea God's clan.
Hitzfeld thought.
One is symbolized by the split-toothed shark, and the other by the silver-eyed gull.
But she still has a lot of questions -
"I have also read a lot about Goliath," she said, "those travel notes and histories... I have never seen similar legends there?"
"That's right." Baliu grinned, "Because the beliefs of Colossae were the first to be eliminated from Goliath. According to the records of the tribe, the Goliaths have been believers and voters of the goddess of wisdom Sophia from the beginning. The influence of Poseidon is limited there."
Sophia, the goddess of wisdom...
The corner of Hitzfeld's eye twitched, and she instantly remembered... the four ancient gods she had met in the flashback.
The one with silver hair and purple eyes, who claims to be wearing a crown of wisdom and has been acting as a megaphone to help communicate here, is she probably Sophia?
Colossae is just a sea god of some importance, probably a second-generation or even third-generation god. It is normal that he cannot defeat such an old monster.
But the current situation is that the elects of the God of Sea have fled to the land of the God of Wisdom and are secretly developing under the banner of the local dynasty.
Hitzfeld looked up at the tree man, wondering what she could say.
But even with her current shrewdness, Baliu's next words still made her face change.
"Angelo is a Goli who fled from Elsa."
Aisha... She was talking about the "Lost World", one of those continents, Aisha Continent?
"As far as I know, Aisha has already..."
"It has fallen and has been a dead place for nearly two hundred years." Bariu nodded. "In its most prosperous period, Aisha Continent accumulated 70% of the wealth in the entire ocean. It was a land formed by gold mines, and butter could flow out of the tree trunks..."
She began to describe the magnificent scene: On the most prosperous northern shore of Aisha, there are many kinds of beliefs, including the sea god. The Icarolin Continent in the west and the Laceres Continent in the east both use Aisha as a transit hub. Countless races and cultures have merged, taken root, sprouted, and borne fruit here, eventually giving rise to a very distinctive South China Sea civilization.
Ashley looked longing as she listened.
If you ask her what books she likes to read most after returning to civilization, they must be various travelogues with illustrations.
She was trapped on the back of a giant monster for fifteen years, which was no less than imprisonment. Hitzfeld brought her back to give her the wings of freedom, and she also fantasized about traveling to all the places she had never been to before.
Hitzfeld pursed his lips and said nothing.
It sounds very romantic and gorgeous, yes, but it is precisely because it is too gorgeous that it creates such a strong contrast compared to Elsa's current situation.
She also...had witnessed the destruction of Laceres, or the continent of Ceres, with the help of the great book in the Gray Mist Temple.
Although she was not in the normal flow of time, and only saw how those dusty ruins were resurrected little by little and restored the past glory of civilization through the reverse flow of time; she could still imagine that in a distant continent there were countless dust-like people struggling to survive.
She could sketch those faces and imagine from the records in the Howling Book the work they did, the environment they lived in, and the difficulties they encountered.
And the despair that erupts when destruction comes.
This is the case in Ceres Continent, and it may be the same in Aisha Continent as well.
This time she couldn't imagine it... She couldn't imagine how many people would die in these disasters. She refused to imagine more desperate faces in her mind.
So first it was Ceres, then Elsa, and who's next?
The legendary continent Cambia that one reaches after crossing the Storm Sea?
Or was it simply Icarolin, the land she privately called "The Long Summer"?
