This is a long and narrow mountain col, with two deep ruts extending into the mountain col.
Arthur and the others quietly followed the ruts into the col, stopping every few steps to observe the surrounding environment.
After walking more than a hundred meters into the mountain col, I saw trucks that had been hijacked before. The musk oxen pulling the trucks were untied and scattered around the mountain col, grazing leisurely. The outermost trucks were deliberately turned sideways, blocking the road from the col to the outside, so there was no need to worry about the musk oxen escaping.
Arthur glanced around and found no orcs or humans. The stolen things seemed to have been discarded by the orcs.
"Does this count as solving the case? It's a bit too boring." Qing muttered in a low voice.
"Don't think that the orcs are as stupid as you and come so far just to throw away stolen goods? Just wait, those orcs will come back again, or someone will come to take these things away, let's wait and see." Arthur speculated.
So a few people found an extremely secluded place where they could observe the entire mountain col and hid again, preparing to wait and see.
During the long and boring wait, the sky brightened, and then it reached its peak. When several people began to fall asleep, Moral suddenly let out an excited shout, "Someone is coming!"
Following the direction of Moral's finger, a short human man appeared at the entrance of the mountain pass, with his head peeping out.
He acted very carefully. He stayed at the entrance of the mountain col for a long time, and after confirming that no one was around, he carefully slipped into the mountain col.
"Catch him, and we will definitely find out the mastermind behind it." Moral was about to rush out.
"Don't move yet. This is a pathfinder. He can't transport these goods alone." Arthur stopped Moral.
Sure enough, the man walked around the mountain col, opened the compartments of several cars, checked them, and then left quickly.
At this point, the whole story is basically clear. Someone within the Frost and Thunder Legion revealed the information about the transportation team's itinerary to the orc hunting team. After the orcs robbed the gods, they left the goods at the agreed location, and the person who revealed the information arranged for someone to transport the goods away.
Although the two races of humans and beasts have been hating and fighting each other for thousands of years, there are also countless dirty and dirty transactions between them. There are many people on both sides who have temporarily given up their hatred for the sake of profit. The previous transaction between Arthur and Leon is the best example.
"You can inform Dino to send someone to close the net." Qing said sadly. The process of solving the case was far more boring than expected. It was just another plot of internal and external collusion to make money.
Arthur could guess what Joan was thinking by looking at his expression. As a "fool" that ordinary people couldn't understand, Joan was a guy who never took things too seriously.
Arthur blinked, "Then let's make things a little bigger and don't worry about closing the net so quickly."
Joan immediately became energetic and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Arthur showed a wicked smile and said, "There is still time, let's go inspect the goods."
Not only do we have enough time, we simply spend the days like years! Arthur and the others waited for two days before anyone showed up again.
During this period, Gold and Huey turned back along the marching marks left by Arthur and the others, but there was no more gain. Those demonic ape warriors and leopard cavalry did not stay in the area controlled by the Frost and Thunder Legion at all, but went straight back to the war zone between humans and beasts. The two of them were worried about being exposed, so they did not continue to follow.
This time came a group of people dressed as coachmen. These people did not look like warriors at all, but Arthur found among them the short man who had been here last time.
These people were very skilled in their movements. They hitched the musk ox back to the vehicle. Each person took care of two or three vehicles, and drove the vehicles out of the col. Then he changed the road, made a big circle, and drove the convoy back to Twilight City.
However, the convoy did not go directly into the city. Instead, it stopped at a large inn outside the city. Then the short man directly paid the drivers to dismiss them.
The other party is simply too cautious!
Now, Arthur was a little glad that he didn't rush to take action at the mountain col. These coachmen were all hired on a temporary basis, and it would be useless to capture them. Once the short man, the only one who might know the inside story, either spits out or commits suicide, all clues will be immediately lost.
The large inns in the Kingdom of Isaac also provided accommodation, cargo storage and other services to business travelers. The short man temporarily left his cargo and cart at the inn and then left in a hurry.
Arthur and the others had to separate again. Gloria and Huey followed the short man, while Arthur continued to stare at the goods. As long as these things were there, the mastermind behind them would definitely show up.
The short man left without any movement for another day. In the middle of it, Gel came back angrily, and the short man actually went to the romantic place to have fun, and he plunged in and didn't come out all night.
Moral looked at Ge Li with longing eyes, "I wish I had known that I would be in the same group as you. Is it too late to change now?"
Moral's desire was rewarded with a heavy kick from Gold.
This operation did not test the wisdom, but the real test was the patience of everyone.
While Arthur and others were eagerly waiting for the short man to appear again, the dark magic mark Arthur left in the cargo suddenly moved.
A few people hurried over and found that the people who took away the goods were a group of guys from Xing yuan Trading Company. Xing yuan Trading Company was one of the food suppliers selected by the Frost and Thunder Legion.
The inn will issue a voucher for guests to store their items, and they will be authenticated when picking up items. While Arthur and the others were still waiting for the short man to show up again, the other party used a receipt to pick them out.
The guys from Xing yuan Trading Company drove the convoy straight to Twilight City, and the place they went to completely shocked Arthur's jaw - the Frost and Thunder Legion's military supplies department in Twilight City!
The person behind it never showed up from beginning to end. One by one, the transport convoy was hijacked by the orcs, changed hands three times in five days, and now it was sold back to the Frost and Thunder Legion!
Calculating time, the Frost and Thunder Legion will definitely start purchasing the next batch of food immediately after the last batch of food was robbed. Now, this food just meets the urgent need of the Frost and Thunder Legion.
The other party's methods are simply too high!
Arthur was sure that none of the handlers at any stage, including the orcs, hired coachmen, merchant clerks, or even the short man, would have guessed that this batch of goods would go around in such a circle. But after this round, the goods were not even unloaded, but the people behind it made 100% profit!
The only ones who were tricked were the Frost and Thunder Legion and Dino!
Everything is designed so perfectly that any flaw in any link will not draw fire to the person behind it.
However, because Arthur and the others suddenly wanted to play bigger, this mine was completely detonated at the last moment...