Carlotta's Daily Report
Chapter 64: Hunt is Dead

Chapter 64: Hunt is Dead

After stepping out of the tent, Carlotta let out a long sigh.

She thought about it and felt that her interactions with the maid were sufficient enough to ensure that tonight’s intelligence would include information related to the maid. Once the maid’s information appeared, the entanglement between the maid and Wales Castle would follow, allowing her to better understand Wales Castle.

Carlotta then found a member of the knight order and asked where Amelia was. Upon learning that Amelia was still chatting with the soldiers from Wales Castle, she didn’t interfere further and continued to practice outside the tent.

As a fifth-tier apprentice, her progress was rapid, but it still wasn’t enough. She wanted to achieve a higher rank and greater strength.

...

Night gradually fell.

Mist filled the air, obscuring the moonlight. The vast sky was shrouded in darkness. However, the inside of the tent was not dark. Those who had practiced card magic had mostly created light cards, which illuminated every corner with their bright glow.

There were indeed many people who practiced card magic, though not necessarily as their main focus. Many chose it as a secondary skill because of its convenience. As a result, card magic was a popular choice among many superhumans.

Within the Carnation Knight Order, many members knew card magic, making the journey of this knight order quite comfortable. Various cards were sufficient to handle many daily life issues.

Carlotta continued to practice outside the tent, only returning for dinner before taking a short rest and then resuming her training.

The first five movements of the Elven Knight path were used repeatedly by her, becoming second nature. Often, she didn’t need to think about which movement to use; her body instinctively chose the most suitable combat method.

After practicing for a while, she noticed Amelia approaching.

"Amelia, do you want to spar again?"

Carlotta asked with a smile.

Amelia shook her head, "No, I came out to meditate for a while."

Generally, the quieter the place for meditation on the path of magic, the better the effect. Compared to the noisy tent, the outside was indeed more peaceful.

Seeing this, Carlotta nodded slightly and decided to meditate as well, feeling the slow rise of her internal mana.

In the blink of an eye, the night deepened.

Carlotta was used to sleeping only after midnight. She took out her clock card to check. The card had a clock with moving hands, and it was still a long time until midnight.

Carlotta continued her training.

Amelia, however, was used to sleeping early. When the time was right, she bid Carlotta goodnight and returned to the carriage.

Carlotta practiced alone, occasionally checking her clock card, and finally, midnight arrived.

She calmly summoned the intelligence panel and scanned it.

[ 1: York didn’t expect the empire’s reinforcements to arrive at Wales Castle, which initially startled him. However, he later discovered that this knight order had only a little over three thousand members, and he felt relieved. Moreover, he had already sent a message to Cliff Durant in advance, and Cliff would make corresponding preparations.]

This piece of information made Carlotta frown, as she didn’t quite understand its meaning.

She knew York; he was the leader of the Wales Castle squad today, the man with the small mustache.

But who was Cliff Durant?

Why did the arrival of the Carnation Knight Order initially scare York?

Carlotta felt something was off and quickly looked at the other pieces of information. As she scanned them, her expression changed.

[ 2: Jenny Heste finally managed to escape from Wales Castle after much effort. No one knew how she had lived during this time. She had slept under bridges, in trash bins, and in restrooms, living in constant fear every day. She had to escape and spread the news of the upheaval in Wales Castle, but this was somewhat difficult for her as a mute person. She was accidentally discovered again, and although she encountered a group of reinforcements from the empire and wasn’t captured immediately, she still felt deep despair.]

Was Jenny Heste the maid from today?

[ 3: Wales Castle has undergone a drastic change. Baron Wales, who believed he could rest easy due to the presence of the Thorn Mountains, did not take the city’s defense seriously at all. He never imagined that the people of the Velmoria Empire would go to such lengths to cross the Thorn Mountains and launch a night attack. The baron had already returned to the earth, and all those around him could not escape the blades of the Velmoria people. This all happened on a certain night and was carried out very discreetly. The ordinary residents of Wales Castle didn’t even know this event had occurred and would never suspect that the Baron Wales they still saw was merely a fake created by Illusion Magic.]

After reading the three pieces of information, Carlotta felt a sense of horror rising within her, and her body couldn’t help but tremble slightly.

Had Baron Hunt Wales already died?

Had Wales Castle fallen into the hands of the Velmoria people?

There were only three pieces of information tonight, but the amount of information they carried was shockingly impactful, leaving Carlotta somewhat stunned.

She carefully read each piece of information again, and the picture of the upheaval in Wales Castle became clearer in her mind.

There was mention of a magic called Illusion Magic.

This magic could allow one to disguise themselves as trees or rocks by the roadside, blending in seamlessly without being detected. It could even allow one to take on the appearance of others without any issues.

After assassinating Baron Wales and the other high-ranking officials, the Velmoria people used Illusion Magic to disguise themselves as Baron Wales and his entourage, continuing to rule the city?

This revelation greatly surprised Carlotta. After reading the information several times, she was certain that the citizens of Wales Castle were unaware of this.

But the maid, Jenny Heste, for some reason knew about this and wanted to spread the news. However, she had been discovered and was now being pursued by the Velmoria people.

The squad leader with the small mustache, York, was a Velmoria person.

"What a joke!"

Carlotta felt a headache coming on. She never expected that what seemed like a simple arrangement actually carried such immense risks.

The entire high-ranking officials of Wales Castle had been replaced. Who could have imagined such a thing?

Even Duke Francis probably couldn’t have foreseen this, because for this plan to succeed, one essential condition was that Baron Wales had to be utterly incompetent. Only someone sufficiently incompetent could allow this plan to be carried out silently.

If it weren’t for the intelligence revealing this, Carlotta could hardly believe what kind of terrible treatment they would have faced upon entering Wales Castle. Facing a calculated scheme with unpreparedness, they would undoubtedly have paid a heavy price!

This matter was extremely serious. Carlotta immediately ran towards the tent and quickly returned to the tent, heading straight to the carriage.

Inside the carriage, Amelia and Camella were already asleep. Since the carriage was spacious enough, each of them stayed in a corner, not interfering with each other.

Carlotta had also slept in the carriage before.

She quickly approached Amelia, looking at the beautiful silver-haired girl. Just as she was thinking about how to wake Amelia, she noticed that Amelia had opened her eyes, her blue eyes looking over.

"Carlotta? What’s going on?"

Amelia propped herself up and rubbed her eyes.

She had been asleep, but being outside, she still had her usual alertness. So, Carlotta’s approach instinctively woke her up.

Carlotta had already prepared her explanation on the way here and immediately said, "Amelia, I discovered something very serious, related to the maid who appeared before us today. I went to see this maid earlier. She had something she wanted to express but couldn’t, right? So, I asked her to draw for me, but her drawings were too abstract. I couldn’t understand them at the time..."

Amelia knew about this; the Carnation Knights would report everything to her.

"While I was training, I kept thinking about this matter. Just now, I finally understood; I figured out the meaning of those patterns. Perhaps Baron Wales has already died."

Carlotta’s expression was very serious.

After hearing this, Amelia’s expression also became grave, "Can you prove this?"

"Come with me to see the maid."

Carlotta whispered.

Amelia nodded.

The two immediately left the carriage. As for Camella, she wasn’t awakened by them and was still sound asleep.

The camp at night was exceptionally quiet, but there were still some knights moving around with light cards, maintaining order.

Carlotta and Amelia passed through the camp and soon arrived at the tent of the maid, Jenny Heste, and entered.

The maid Jenny was already asleep, curled up in a corner. Although the Carnation Knights had brought a sleeping bag, Jenny hadn’t used it.

Carlotta didn’t wake Jenny but took out her own light card. After inputting a bit of magic, a gleam of light appeared, making the interior of the tent clearly visible.

The abstract patterns Jenny had drawn during the day were still on the ground.

Carlotta brought the light card closer to these patterns, and Amelia also looked over.

In fact, after Carlotta left here during the day, Amelia had also come to look and found the patterns drawn here, but she couldn’t understand their meaning either.

"Carlotta, what about these patterns?"

Amelia asked.

"Look here, doesn’t this look like two little people? One of them is killing the other from behind with a weapon."

Carlotta pointed at a pattern.

Amelia couldn’t help but look over. Without Carlotta’s explanation, it would have been hard for her to associate the pattern with one person killing another. But with Carlotta’s explanation, the more she looked, the more it seemed to fit.

This is a strange human psychology. It’s like when you’re reading a novel smoothly and don’t notice anything wrong, but if someone points out issues here and there, you suddenly feel like there might indeed be something wrong.

Carlotta also inferred the process from the result to understand the meaning of these patterns on the ground. After pointing out the correct meaning, she gave Amelia a similar feeling of inferring the process from the result.

"And then these patterns, look..."

Carlotta slowly explained, analyzing each pattern one by one, making Amelia’s expression grow more serious.

After explaining all the patterns, Carlotta said, "So, based on the patterns, it seems that the Velmoria people crossed the Thorn Mountains and infiltrated Wales Castle, secretly killing Baron Wales and other high-ranking officials, then replacing them with other means, making the residents of Wales Castle unaware of such an absurd event."

Amelia thought for a moment, "How could such a thing happen so easily? Wales Castle couldn’t be completely defenseless, could it?"

Carlotta sighed, "As far as I know, Baron Wales is a relative of Duke Francis. I don’t know the exact relationship, but he probably became a baron through connections, and might not have much ability himself. Plus, everyone says that Wales Castle has the Thorn Mountains as a natural barrier, so the Velmoria people couldn’t threaten it, which made him careless."

Amelia was speechless.

Although she still thought it was absurd, after thinking it over, she felt that Carlotta’s explanation made a lot of sense.

For something that seems outrageous to happen successfully, there must be someone equally outrageous among the participants.

Hunt Wales was undoubtedly such a person.

Amelia thought for a moment and decided to wake Jenny up.

Actually, Jenny wasn’t sleeping deeply. She had already woken up while Carlotta and Amelia were talking, and as Amelia approached, she quickly propped herself up, looking panicked.

Seeing this, Amelia stopped and asked, "Did you hear our conversation just now? Are Baron Wales and the others already dead? Has Wales Castle been taken over by the Velmoria people?"

Upon hearing this, Jenny’s eyes immediately lit up, and she nodded frantically, her face unable to hide her joy.

"I understand the situation now."

Amelia took a deep breath, considering what to do next.

Carlotta suggested, "I think we can take action against those soldiers from Wales Castle who came today. They were probably sent specifically to chase this maid, and are likely Velmoria people themselves."

"Exactly."

Amelia’s eyes lit up slightly.

She immediately walked out of the tent and, without causing any commotion, called over some of the elite members of the Carnation Knights, then surrounded the tents of York and the other soldiers.

Since they chose the elite, everyone moved very carefully. The process of surrounding the tents was silent, and even after the encirclement was complete, York and the other soldiers were still sound asleep.

Seeing this, Amelia waved her hand, and the knights rushed into the tents. In a short time, they tied up York and the others, bringing them out of the tents one by one.

"What are you doing?"

The Velmoria people were all startled, looking around in panic, momentarily unsure if they were dreaming or in reality.

York looked up and saw Amelia, quickly shouting, "Miss Fenwick, what are you doing? We are from Wales Castle. Since you’re here to support Wales Castle, you’re technically our superior, and we are your people."