"Let's check inside first, maybe you can find some clues." After a while, Enzo said.
Subsequently, the convoy entered Giethoorn.
After the small village burned by the fire, it was now a piece of scorched earth. Among the collapsed ruins, some of the broken bones of the villagers could be vaguely seen.
"Three months ago, Giethoorn village experienced a death incident." As he walked forward, Orlandon recounted, "More than 3,000 people in the village died silently in their sleep. No injuries were found on their bodies. "
"At the time I received the news, when I rushed here, I could clearly feel the residual energy fluctuations around!"
"Energy fluctuations?" Enzo raised his brows and asked, "Have you found the source?"
"It's a pity, not." Orlandon shook his head and sighed. "The energy fluctuations at that time were very strong, and I didn't dare to act rashly. In the following time, the energy fluctuations became weaker and weaker. Find the root cause."
"Chip, scan the surroundings." Enzo calmly ordered in his heart.
"Ding! Scanning... mild radiant energy is detected around." The mechanical voice rang, and the chip answered, but Enzo frowned slightly.
"Is it true that some kind of energy erupted in Giethoorn, causing all the villagers to die?" Enzo's eyes flashed with reflection, and he asked in his heart ": Chip, analyze the energy intensity detected by the chip, what will be the consequences of the human body? "
"In analysis... the radiant energy contained in the air will gradually become weaker for ordinary people to bear for a long time, and may eventually lead to death, and the host has magical powers and can automatically produce resistance."
"Wizards can resist, but mortals can't bear it." Enzo stroked his chin and thought, "What could it be?"
"Since we are investigating here, why don't we act separately." When we came to the central area of Giethoorn, Orlandon suggested, "This way we can also be faster."
"Okay, you can." Enzo thought slightly and nodded.
Afterwards, everyone in the convoy separated, and Orlandon ordered the cavalry to investigate in the north, while he went to the west, while Enzo and Dias also walked towards the east and south respectively.
Separate from Orlandon, Enzo can also act freely.
"Radiant energy can kill ordinary people, but it often takes a long process." Enzo walked forward, looking around the surrounding scenes, thinking, ": The death of Giethoorn happened overnight, so it is not radiation. Caused by energy."
Entering a collapsed house, Enzo squatted down beside a charred corpse.
"The corpse has been burned in flames, and there is no clue." He reached out and grabbed a mass of ashes and muttered, "The timing of this fire is too coincidental, it can't be an accident."
"What on earth is Orlandon hiding?" Enzo's eyes flickered.
Standing up, he continued to inspect the surrounding houses, trying to detect some useful information with the chip, but due to the fire, all traces related to the strange event have been erased.
One morning passed, and Enzo found nothing.
"Ding! 100 meters ahead, a trace of soul energy was found." The mechanical voice suddenly sounded, and Enzo raised his head to see a rock tower not far in front of him.
It is the tallest building in Giethoorn, but it has not collapsed after being baptized by the fire.
"Soul energy traces? Where have the undead haunted?" Enzo's eyes flashed, planning to step forward to check.
At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the north side of Giethoorn.
Enzo looked terrified and hurried over immediately.
Walking quickly to the shouting place, Orlandon had arrived ahead of time. Surrounded by a group of cavalry, it was a big tree whose canopy had already withered, but its gray trunk was extremely thick.
"My lord, we found this place just now when we investigated."
A cavalryman bowed his body and said to Orlandon, "The fire spread to Giethoorn and everything was burned down, but this tree was safe and sound, which is really strange."
"Well, something is really wrong." Orlandon nodded slightly, and then swept towards Enzo.
"Chip, test!" Enzo stepped forward and cast his eyes on the tree.
"Ding! Energy radiation is found ahead..."
"You guys, dig up this tree." Before Enzo could speak, Orlandon had ordered the cavalry to do something, and when he found tools, he began to dig under the tree.
A large amount of soil was dug up, revealing the roots of the roots under the tree.
"My lord, I found a piece of ore!" Half an hour later, as the cavalry digged, a cold atmosphere gradually exuded around the tree, and a blue ore the size of a skull was dug out.
"This is...tungsten stone!" Orlandon exclaimed.
Enzo's eyes moved, and he searched for information about tungsten stone.
According to the data recorded by the chip, tungstenite is a radioactive mineral. Under certain special circumstances, it will release its own energy to the surroundings, causing certain energy fluctuations.
"The deaths in Giethoorn are all because of this tungsten stone?" Enzo muttered to himself.
"It looks like it's because of this thing!" Orlandon took the tungsten stone presented by the knight and smiled bitterly. "This kind of mineral is not common in the commonplace, and it is usually used by wizards for experiments."
Enzo lowered his head and said nothing, but his eyes flashed with thoughtful luster.
"It's really lucky. I found this on the first day of the investigation." After a while, he raised his head and chuckled lightly. "Whether or not Senior Orlandon can give me the tungsten stone as a proof of this mission."
"Of course it's okay." Orlandon nodded quickly and smiled. "The schoolboy was ordered by the academy to investigate the death of Giethoorn. Now that the cause has been found out, I naturally have to submit a mission certificate!"
"Then thank you senior." Enzo nodded and thanked.
A trace of joy flashed in Oranton's eyes, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and handed over the tungsten stone to Enzo, and then ordered the cavalry to return to Snowshoe City.
One morning's investigation, the tungsten stone was successfully found.
The cause of the death in Giethoorn seems to have been ascertained. Orlandon and Enzo returned to Snowhoof Castle. After Enzo asked to write an investigation report, they returned to his room.
"Tungsten stone? Huh!" In the room, Enzo sneered while playing with the blue ore in his hand, ": In order to fool me, Orlandon really took a lot of thought."
"If I don't have a chip, I'm afraid I might have believed his nonsense!"
According to the information recorded on the chip, tungstenite is indeed a radioactive mineral, but the energy it can produce can kill at most some poultry such as chickens and ducks, and it is impossible to cause the collective death of 3,000 people in Giethoorn.
"Use tungsten to mislead me, so as to cover up what I really want?"
Enzo narrowed his eyes, and a smile appeared on his lips.
"A third-level apprentice who has been sent out from the academy for twenty years and has no hope of being promoted to an official wizard in this life, what kind of secret is hidden?"