When the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone on Graycastle, the fire in Colin's bedroom had already been put out.

Fortunately, most of the building materials in Graycastle are non-flammable rocks, otherwise the fire might not have burned down only this one room.

In a messy room, the housekeeper Aemon stood with his hands behind his hands, staring at the charred corpse in front of him in a daze.

Dong dong dong...

Amidst the heavy footsteps, a tall figure appeared in the room.

"Aemon, I have people seal the castle, and all entrances and exits of Graycastle Town have also been stepped up security. Hmm, I don't believe we can let the murderer escape this time!"

The person who came was three meters tall and as strong as a black bear.

His whole body was wrapped in thick armor, but he did not wear a helmet, revealing a big round bald head. With a face full of flesh, a ferocious expression, and a huge battle ax with mottled blood in his hand, it was enough to destroy Graycastle. All the children in the town were frightened and cried.

"Thank you for your hard work, Knight Rego." Aemon did not look back, his eyes were still staring at the charred corpse, but the focus was a little blurry, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing this, Rego thought that the old butler was sad about the young master's death, so he sighed: "Hey, let's arrange the young master's body and bury it after the master comes back."

Aemon didn't respond.

Rego touched his bald head, thinking that the old butler was blaming himself, so he took a few steps closer to Eamonn and whispered: "Eamonn, I didn't see Knight Carter today. I suspect..."

Hearing Carter's name, Aemon's distracted eyes instantly condensed, and then he turned to the servants who were still cleaning up the mess in the house and ordered: "There is no need to clean up here. You can go down."

"yes."

After the servants left, Aemon raised his head slightly and looked at the tall Rego, and asked: "I remember, three years ago, you and Carter competed once in the knight championship held by Count Uman?"

Rego was a little confused. He didn't understand why Aemon suddenly mentioned the previous knight championship, but he still replied: "Was that three years ago? It seems like. Hehe, I beat him badly that time!"

Aemon smiled: "Yes, you shot him off his horse, broke his arm, and lost two teeth."

"Hehe." Rego felt a little embarrassed when he mentioned his glorious record, but at the same time, he was also extremely confused, "Why are you talking about this now?"

Eamonn did not answer, but continued to ask: "Do you still remember whether the two teeth Carter lost were on the left or the right?"

"How would I know this!" Rego was a little anxious, and Aemon's reaction made him very confused and dissatisfied.

Eamonn did not pay attention to Rego's attitude, but showed a mysterious smile and pointed to the charred corpse on the ground: "If you can't remember clearly, you can go and take a look for yourself now."

Rego frowned and stared at Aemon for a long time with his copper bell-sized eyes. Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, he finally knelt down and reached out to open the corpse's mouth.

"Crack!"

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Aemon's mouth suddenly twitched as he watched Rego, who had rough hands and feet, break off the whole jaw of the corpse.

Rego was also startled, and then he hurriedly tried to put his fallen jaw back together...

"Okay, stop doing it, take a closer look at his teeth." Aemon looked at the clumsy Rego and was really speechless.

"Oh, okay...hey! There are indeed two gaps on his lower left gum!" Rego turned back with gleaming eyes and asked eagerly, "Did Carter lose his left tooth?"

Obviously, this reckless man also realized that there was something wrong with this body.

Unfortunately, Eamonn shook his head: "I don't know which two teeth Carter lost back then."

Rego frowned and was about to speak when he heard Aemon say slowly again: "However, I know that Master Colin has never lost any teeth."

"That's right!" Rego stood up suddenly and shouted excitedly.

But then, he seemed to realize that his voice was too loud, and quickly lowered his voice: "So, this corpse is not Master Colin at all, but that bastard Carter!"

"No." Aemon smiled and shook his head, "The young master has been killed by Carter. You must now lead people to capture this evil betrayer."

"What?" Rego's eyes widened again, "Are you stupid?"

Aemon sighed and explained patiently: "Think about it, why did the young master set this fire? And why did he leave without saying goodbye?"

Rego touched his round bald head and seemed to understand: "Are you saying that the young master deliberately burned this body to make others think he is dead?"

"Yes."

"Why did the young master do this?"

"Maybe he wants to see who is behind Carter? What is his purpose? Or maybe he wants to hide himself... In short, since the young master has his own plan, what we can do is cooperate with him and put this situation to an end. Keep doing it.”

"Okay, I understand." Rego headed out and said, "I'm going to order the arrest of that bastard Carter."

Eamonn watched Rego's tall back disappear outside the door, and silently added in his heart: "It may be that the young master no longer dares to trust us..."

"Why don't I trust you?" Colin smiled and said to the old mercenary in front of him, "What I mean is that I will pay you half of the commission first, and the remaining half will be waiting for you to introduce me to a man who is going to fall. I’ll give it to you after the caravan in Eagle City.”

"Then what if you refuse to pay the rest when I introduce you to the caravan?" The old mercenary was obviously not satisfied with this payment method of paying the deposit first and then the final payment.

"Do you think I'm in need of that little money?" Colin took out a gold coin and tossed it up and down in his hand.

The old mercenary's eyes widened instantly, and his eyes followed the gold coin up and down.

There is no way, for people at the bottom of society like him, copper coins are the daily currency, silver coins are rare, and as for gold coins, they are only available to nobles and big businessmen.

"Then I want thirty copper coins!" The old mercenary realized that he was in front of a fat sheep and immediately began to increase the price.

"Twenty pieces. If there are more, I will find someone else."

"Deal!" The old mercenary happily caught the ten copper coins thrown by Colin and began to lead the way.

After a while, the two came to the west area of Graycastle Town and walked into an old tavern.

"The Bearded Tavern."

After entering, Colin discovered that the name of this pub was indeed worthy of its name. At first glance, almost all of the people drinking inside were bearded.

The old mercenary was obviously very familiar with this place. While greeting everyone, he led Colin inside.

The two came to a long table in the corner of the tavern. The old mercenary hunched over and muttered for a moment in the ear of a bearded man sitting at the head table.

The bearded man looked at Colin a few times in the direction of the old mercenary's finger, and then waved to Colin to come over.

"This is Lord Saru, the leader of the Fire Fox Mercenary Group. Lord Saru is a second-level warrior, and he is about to go to Falling Eagle City. You will definitely be safe with their team!" The old mercenary first told Ke Lin introduced the bearded man.

Then he turned to the bearded man, his attitude was obviously much more attentive: "Lord Salu, this is my nephew. Don't think he is not strong, but his martial arts skills are quite good..."

"He is your nephew?" Saru sneered and interrupted the old mercenary.

"Yes...yes!" The old mercenary choked slightly, with a trace of panic flashing in his eyes.

Then he quickly explained: "Don't look at him, he doesn't look like me. The main reason is that this boy's appearance is similar to that of my brother-in-law. Moreover, I have been running around outside for so many years, and this old face has long lost its appearance. You know, when I was young I was handsome and had an extraordinary temperament..."

Saru sneered and interrupted the old mercenary again: "Is your nephew a knight?"

Hearing the word knight, the old mercenary seemed to be suddenly strangled by the neck, and his bragging words immediately choked in his throat.

Colin's pupils shrank instantly.