Fiona knew at least three, and had seen one of them. She also had her doubts in her heart and agreed, "Alright, let’s go in and take a look." The two of them arrived at the warehouse door in the industrial area. Fiona called over the guard to open the door. After entering the warehouse, Lu Heng walked along the aisle, observing as he went. The warehouse indeed stored materials needed for Quenching and Forging skills. The materials were placed on shelves or packed in boxes, looking as if there were no problems, nor any missing materials. Moreover, if an enemy really had infiltrated Kolos City, it would be illogical to just steal a bit of material. Lu Heng continued walking forward and stopped at the last compartment where he saw a pile of miscellaneous items. "What is this place?" Fiona wasn’t quite sure either. She stepped forward, picked up a silver artifact, examined it, and waved to the warehouse manager, asking, "Why are these artifacts piled up here?" The warehouse manager explained, "These are materials that can’t be used, along with some metal tools initially intended for melting into jewelry materials, but we’re not using them for now, so they’re stored here." Lu Heng reached out and picked up a silver plate, looking at it closely. There was nothing special, but when he flipped it over, he discovered a pattern. A pattern from Xiling City, similar to one he’d seen in the Frost Bone Dragon Treasure Cave before. Lu Heng held up the silver plate marked with the Xiling City emblem, showed it to Fiona, and pointed to the mark with his finger. Fiona had never lived in Xiling City but recognized the mark and asked the warehouse manager, "Were these artifacts transported from Xiling City?" The warehouse manager looked through records and replied, "No. Most of these artifacts are miscellaneous items with unknown origins. "Some were captured from Demons, some brought back by trade caravans, not yet ready for use, hence they’re stored here. "These silver artifacts were meant to be melted down to make jewelry, but haven’t been utilized yet." Lu Heng crouched down to inspect but noticed nothing unusual, so he asked, "Do you have records on these miscellaneous items? Has anything gone missing?" The warehouse manager casually answered, "These items aren’t of high value, so detailed records aren’t kept. Just how many silver or iron items there are, but not each individual one... huh..." "What’s the matter?" Lu Heng caught the "huh" and sensed something unsaid. The warehouse manager scratched his head, puzzled, "I remember there was a silver figurine here, why is it missing?" He searched around but could not find it. "Are you sure you didn’t remember wrong?" Fiona pressed. "I’ve been managing the warehouse for almost a hundred years, I remember every material clearly, there used to be a silver figurine here." The warehouse manager was very perplexed. Upon hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in Lu Heng’s eyes, and he asked, "Was the silver figurine’s base round, about this size, with uncertain height and likely corroded with age?" As he asked, Lu Heng gestured the size of the figurine with his hands. The warehouse manager immediately nodded, "Yes, yes, that tall, with a round base, about that size." Lu Heng’s expression turned serious, he looked at Fiona and said, "Something might be happening." Fiona, too, sharply noted something amiss and asked the warehouse manager, "What kind of figurine was it?" The warehouse manager couldn’t describe it clearly, so he picked up a pen and paper and sketched the silver figurine. By the time he was halfway through, Fiona recognized it, "This is Sword Saint Santos, one of the Three Commanders of the Anti-Demon Alliance." Lu Heng, hearing the name again, felt even more perplexed. Sword Saint Santos was Terres’ mentor. Seven hundred years ago, when the Abyss invaded the Queldorei Continent, the Elf Clan united across the continent to combat the Abyss and formed an Anti-Demon Alliance. Three Elf leaders became Commanders of the Anti-Demon Alliance, one of whom was the Elf Sword Saint Santos. "So you’re saying someone stole the sculpture of Sword Saint Santos." Lu Heng swiftly pieced it together in his mind. The warehouse manager uncertainly suggested, "This... not necessarily. The Three Commanders of the Anti-Demon Alliance are our Elf Clan ancestors, perhaps a guard saw the sculpture and took it back." "Doesn’t taking something from the warehouse require registration?" Lu Heng queried. "Well... if it’s material, definitely registered, but this pile is miscellaneous..." The warehouse manager realized this was hard to explain, and since the warehouse had lost something, he bore the brunt of responsibility. "I think this isn’t just simple." Lu Heng stuck to his thoughts. "Why do you think so?" Fiona was unsure. "Because a similar silver figurine went missing in the Frost Bone Dragon Treasure Cave too, such multiple coincidences aren’t normal." Lu Heng voiced his suspicion. Fiona, hearing of another missing silver artifact, also sensed something unusual and said, "Come with me to see the Queen." The two left the industrial area and headed toward the palace district. With Fiona leading, they entered the palace district without needing inspection, walking through the corridors, they soon saw Queen Orelana. Queen Orelana was discussing plans to reinforce the city walls with Terres. Starting two months ago, Kolos City had continually reinforced its city walls. However, for a project like reinforcing city walls, two months is not enough time. So after the Abyss Battlefield opened, the wall reinforcement work in Kolos City did not stop and continued. As the threat of the Bone Sovereign loomed closer, the original plan for reinforcing the city walls was proceeding too slowly, so Queen Orelana considered changing the plan to speed up the process. Lu Heng entered the conference hall, after paying respects, he recounted the investigation into Old Hall’s death, emphasizing the missing Three Commanders silver artifact event. "A silver artifact went missing in the Frost Bone Dragon Treasure Cave, and now one is missing from the industrial warehouse. I feel something isn’t right. "According to the drawing made by the warehouse manager, the missing artifact was a statue of Elder Terres’ mentor, Commander Santos. "If I’m right, the missing one in the Frost Bone Dragon Treasure Cave was another Commander’s statue. "Following this logic, I believe there is a third statue, and once they’re all together, they might form the Three Commanders’ statue collection. "Now, someone is collecting these Three Commanders statues, but I can’t figure out their motive." After Lu Heng’s explanation, both Queen Orelana and Terres showed solemn expressions. Because Lu Heng’s conjecture was indeed very reasonable. Furthermore, Terres remembered something, his expression even graver. "If it truly involves the Three Commanders’ statues, I might know what the person wants to do." Queen Orelana looked puzzled and asked, "Teacher, what do you know? Tell us quickly." Terres pondered for a moment and replied, "This goes back more than three hundred years, I almost forgot. "The Three Commanders’ statues might be keys to a subterranean seal in Xiling City, but I’ve never seen the seal myself, so I don’t know much more than that. "I only recall that my teacher mentioned it once. Their statues served as keys to a subterranean seal, stored in Xiling City. "But after I left Xiling City to travel, I don’t know where the statues ended up." 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