Sylvia felt that Leo had some changes in his personality after returning from No. 9 Golden Oak Street. Although this change was somewhat different from the Leo in her inner memory, she did not resent this change.

, deep down in my heart, I prefer this change, and that trace of emotion also takes root and sprouts under the influence of this emotion.

Sylvia knew it was enough, and before Leo's embarrassed expression changed, she stopped laughing, then returned to the topic, and said: "I do want you to stay for a while, and this is consistent with your arrangement.

"As she said that, she thought about it again, and then continued: "If you don't have anything else to do during this time, I have some troublesome things that I would like to ask you for."

"If it's not a problem, I can help." Leo quickly calmed down his embarrassment and looked at Sylvia again.

Leo's response made Sylvia stunned for a moment, and then she looked Leo up and down again, and then said with a hint of meaning: "You have indeed changed a lot since you came back there. If you were a few years ago,

You will definitely ask me what it is about first, and then negotiate a price with me based on the principle of equal exchange. You will never agree to it without asking anything like now."

Leo could also feel the subtle changes in his personality, and he was not disgusted with it, so he said disapprovingly: "I just think the previous way of doing things was a bit too utilitarian, and now I just want to change the way of doing things. If you don't

If I get used to it, I can change it back."

"No, this is good!" Sylvia quickly shook her head and continued: "Although your method of doing things has changed, I will still pay you the remuneration that should be paid to you."

"It's up to you!" Leo responded calmly.

Sylvia stood up and walked out. After a while, she returned to the room again, but with an extra folder in her hand. This time she didn't close the door again. She directly placed the folder in front of Leo.

, said: "I have several things to do now, but the underground base here needs to be evacuated, so I don't have time to deal with it. You can see which thing you are interested in and help me deal with it."

Leo took the folder and looked through it. He soon saw a document with a somewhat familiar content. He picked out the document and looked through it carefully.

On the side, Sylvia also showed concern after seeing the document that Leo picked out. There were four mission documents in this folder. The difficulty of these four mission documents ranged from high to low, and Leo picked out the document.

This document is the most difficult of the four tasks. Both teams of investigators she sent have disappeared. If Leo had not appeared this time, she might have gone to investigate the matter personally.

The content of the document was not very large, and Leo read it quickly. Then he closed the document, put it on the table, and said, "This task is unnecessary because I know what's going on?"

"Ah?" Sylvia, who was about to explain the details of the mission to Leo, couldn't help but froze when she heard this, and looked at Leo with a puzzled face.

Leo explained: "The Sons of the Swamp are the work of the Sons of the Swamp and a group of dependents."

Later, Leo explained in detail what he had experienced in the village yesterday, which made Sylvia surprised.

The task chosen by Leo happened to be the sacrificial ceremony that Leo experienced yesterday. The reason for this task was because a very important military supplier from the United Kingdom of France was retreating from Miria City.

Disappeared on the outskirts of the Dibia Mountains.

After investigation, the United Kingdom of France discovered the general scope of the missing location. Because this military supplier had a very important piece of information, the United Kingdom had no choice but to send troops to investigate the matter under the urgent situation of the frontline war.

However, not only did the two consecutive investigations yield no results, but the investigators disappeared, and only one investigator escaped back to the United Kingdom's secret stronghold in the Dibia Mountains.

However, the investigator was not only seriously injured, but also unconscious. He could only repeat some crazy words, and these crazy words were mixed with words like monsters, fog, etc., until the investigator because

He died from his injuries and did not wake up.

Because the French Empire has completely blocked the Dibia Mountains, the United Kingdom on the other side of the mountains cannot send a new investigation team here, so they can only pass this matter to Sylvia, who monitors the excavation site of the ancient ruins, through special channels.

Sylvia herself had her own tasks at hand, so she didn't take the task assigned by her to heart. She simply asked her subordinates to investigate some surrounding situations, and did not actually send anyone to the area to investigate.

If Leo had not appeared, Sylvia might not have thought about completing this investigation task, because she instinctively felt that things here were not as simple as they seemed, and she recorded from the investigation materials

One thing reminds me of another piece of intelligence information.

After listening to Leo's description of yesterday's experience, Sylvia frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and confirmed: "You can really be sure that those patrol soldiers from the empire have been sacrificed to the swamp by the villagers in that village.

Son?"

"That's for sure." Leo nodded very firmly, and then asked: "Why do you think those villagers will not attack the soldiers of the empire?"

"Because of the thick fog created by the Son of the Swamp." Sylvia spoke, stood up again, brought in a piece of intelligence data from outside, spread it out in front of Leo, then pointed to a paragraph of text on the data, and said

: "Look at this."

Leo followed Sylvia's fingers and read the re-edited intelligence information. Soon his eyes fell on the time and what happened, and he understood why Sylvia said that.

.

I saw a time clearly marked on this paragraph of text. This is only one day different from the time when the dense fog first appeared in the outer forest area where the village is located in the mission information that Leo just felt.

What is recorded is that after the Emperor of the French Empire led a group of royal guards into the Black Forest three days ago, he walked out of the Black Forest alive and intact.

"Do you suspect that these two things are connected?" Leo asked.

"It's not a suspicion, I'm sure the two things are connected." Sylvia said this, found several documents in the intelligence folder, and showed the time marked on the documents to Leo only, and said

: "After Louis left the Black Forest, mysterious events of varying degrees occurred in various countries on three continents around the world. It has never happened before that such mysterious events occurred all over the world at the same time."

Almost everyone who has a certain understanding of mysticism knows very well that the Black Forest is a refuge for various mythical creatures in the world of Velen. No one knows where such things exist in Velen. Some people even think that there are still people living there who have already lived in Velen.

The world's lost gods.

Therefore, once any mysterious event occurs around the world that cannot be analyzed by common sense, investigators who know the inside story will definitely think of the Black Forest. This time, the time when the Emperor of the French Empire left the Black Forest coincided with the simultaneous occurrence of mysterious events around the world.

The timing is so coincidental that it is difficult not to make people suspicious.

Leo closed the document in his hand and asked again: "Do you know what the Emperor of the French Empire did in the Black Forest?"

"The specific things are not clear. It's just that one month later, a large number of special departments were added to the French Empire army. The people in these departments are all dependents without exception." Sylvia said with a solemn expression: "And half a year later,

A 50,000-strong army of the French Empire crossed the Black Forest during the thick fog in the Black Forest and attacked the West France region. This ultimately directly caused the United Kingdom to lose all the towns and lands north of the Dibia Mountains, including Miria City.

, we can only retreat to the area south of the Dibia Mountains."

Saying that, Sylvia paused for a moment, organized her thoughts, and then continued: "However, after listening to your experience last night, I have some doubts about this matter. After all, even if the French Empire treats those dependents and ancient

The mythical species is very thirsty, but it is not enough to send out its own soldiers to sacrifice to others..."

"Not necessarily." Leo denied Sylvia's view and said: "For those with power, as long as the benefits are sufficient, even a little sacrifice is worth it, not to mention that the person who sacrifices is not them."

Here, he looked at Sylvia again and said: "It seems that you are not a qualified rights holder."

Sylvia did not refute Leo's statement, but her face showed a little sigh and confusion. It seemed that Leo's words reminded her of some bad things, which shook her confidence and ideas.

However, Sylvia's heart was very strong, and her mind was only in a trance for a moment before she returned to her original state. She did not dwell on the topic of the rights holder's behavior, and returned to the task, saying: "This task has been initially completed.

, we still need to monitor the follow-up to see what’s going on in the empire and the rewards for this mission..."

"I don't need money or things like that." Leo interrupted Sylvia, then took out the king and queen and put them on the table, saying: "These two weapons have suffered some damage, although they do not affect their use for the time being.

But if left alone, the damage will spread and eventually destroy the two weapons, so I hope the reward from this mission can be used to repair the two weapons."

Sylvia picked up the king and queen on the table, felt the unusual structure and weight of the two weapons, and asked about the details of the use of the two weapons, then looked at Leo in surprise and said: "You

You should know Master Jean Valjean, right?"

Leo nodded and said: "If you are talking about Jean Valjean in Cage City, I do know him and got these two weapons from him. If my guess is correct, Jean Valjean should already be there

Your United Kingdom is here to stay.”

"He is the director of the National Mechanical Research Institute." Sylvia said as she pulled out an exquisite revolver from her waist, placed it in front of Leo, and said: "My weapon

He made it with his own hands."

Leo took the weapon and looked at it, and found that the shape of the weapon was somewhat similar to that of the Queen, and the pattern on the gun body that resembled the root of Turing was exactly the same as that of the Queen. It could almost be said that it was completely imitated by the Queen.

Leo tried to ask: "The function of this weapon..."

"Same as the queen in your hand." Sylvia took the weapon from Leo's hand, opened the magazine, and took out a bullet that was slightly smaller than the ordinary special bullet, and said: "It's just that the special bullet cannot

Use the kind of special bullets commonly used by the military, which can only be made separately, and the power should be much less than your weapon."

Leo picked up the bullet, looked at it, put it back on the table, and said, "Since he can imitate the Queen now, repairing these two weapons shouldn't be a problem."

"I also think it shouldn't be a problem." Sylvia brought the king and queen to her and promised Leo: "I will personally give these two weapons to Master Jean Valjean and ask him to repair them as soon as possible.

Weapon." She put her pistol and some special bullets in front of Leo and said: "Before the weapon is repaired, you can use mine first!"

After saying that, her cheeks showed a trace of rosy inexplicably, and she turned her head to the side, as if she wanted to hide the inexplicable emotions that even she didn't understand.

"Don't you need to use it?" Leo asked.

"After I got this weapon, I rarely used it. I'm used to using this old man." Sylvia casually patted the mechanical crossbow hanging on her waist and said.

"In that case, thank you." Although Leo now has no king and queen, it will not have much impact on his combat power, but he did not refuse Sylvia's kindness, but extended his hand.

He took Sylvia's weapon and bullets, played with them and got familiar with them, and asked, "Does this weapon have a name?"

"No, I don't have the habit of naming my weapons." Sylvia shook her head and said, "However, you can call it princess. This is what I just thought of."

Upon hearing this, Leo looked at Sylvia's rosy cheeks that had not completely faded away. Without saying anything, he put the princess into his holster and put the special bullets into his pocket.

Seeing that Leo did not refuse her kindness, Sylvia also smiled on her face, and the atmosphere in the room became a little weird for a while.

"Let me help you complete this task!" Leo was not used to the current atmosphere in the room, so he randomly picked up another task, handed it to Sylvia, and said as if to change the subject.

Sylvia took the folder, glanced at it, and said: "This mission requires returning to Miria City. However, Miria City is now under martial law and requires identification to enter. You have a rest tonight, and I will let you

People will help you make a fake identity overnight, and you can set off again after dawn tomorrow."
Chapter completed!