Pries means that someone inside Serlandir leaked the information, allowing Digran to learn that Alda was captured, which triggered the fallback hidden within Alda.

Herag pondered, "Could it be that I was discovered by their people on my way here?"

Although he was in a carriage on his way, he might have been noticed carrying Alda before boarding.

Moreover, it's possible that the coachman was one of the Abyssal Cultists, so there were many places where the information could have leaked from, not necessarily from inside Serlandir.

Herag was careful along the way but couldn't completely guarantee not being discovered.

Furthermore, it might have been that Alda's unusual absence was noticed when he didn't return home on time.

These were all possibilities.

Pries shook his head, "What you mentioned is unlikely. Based on my understanding, the Abyssal Cultists generally don't have enough manpower to monitor someone like Alda, so the chance of you being seen on the way is extremely low."

"They are already short on people, a more likely scenario is having informants inside the City Hall. After all, Silver Moon City is so large, it's easier to place an informant directly in the City Hall than in other places."

"Since all our actions against the Abyssal Cultists are actually initiated and summarized here, if they want to know our actions, they would definitely place informants here."

Herag pondered, "If there are informants, then why wasn't there any information leaked the last time we caught Max?"

"The Abyssal Cultists are each acting on their own, and many of them actually don't know each other. The Evil Gods they worship are also different. That's precisely why they can never gather enough strength, making it easier for us to act against them."

"So, the strength of those Abyssal Cultists varies; their connections, channels, status, and forces are all different. Some have extensive contacts and can know any commotion, while others, like Max before, are not that well-informed."

Pries has captured many Abyssal Cultists and is experienced.

In his view, the other side being able to directly trigger the fallback within Alda causing instant death indicated that they definitely knew Alda was captured by Serlandir; otherwise, they wouldn't have been so decisive.

From Herag capturing Alda to now, it had only been half an hour, and the information leaked, which was too fast.

The interrogation had just begun and ended before even formally proceeding.

"Let's go, we should find that Digran now. But I estimate that he won't be there." Pries said without much hope.

Since Alda is dead, it was most likely Digran's doing.

Having received the information, he certainly wouldn't stay there foolishly.

Serlandir insists on evidence before arresting anyone, but in matters involving Abyssal Cultists, as long as there is reasonable suspicion, you can be asked to cooperate with the investigation.

After all, Silver Moon City is Serlandir's territory, and Serlandir has the final say here.

So if Digran got the information, he'd definitely flee.

Otherwise, once in the interrogation room, all the rules are as Pries dictates.

The group quickly sprang into action, and a team was immediately dispatched to Digran's residence, with Herag among them.

...

Inside the Root Bar, a few people were still drinking, seemingly no different from before.

Herag and Pries stood in the backyard of the Root Bar, and as expected, there were no traces of Digran here anymore.

Digran's place was messy, indicating he left in a hurry, taking some things with him and leaving directly.

The door to the basement was already open, and it was completely empty inside.

"Issue a warrant for Digran."

Pries instructed those beside him, having anticipated this outcome.

He glanced at the surrounding people and said, "Also, immediately conduct a thorough internal investigation after we return. We must find out who their informant is. This matter certainly involves someone leaking information; otherwise, it wouldn't have happened so quickly."

Herag reflected, "It was my oversight; I should have been more cautious."

"It's not your problem, but that there's a traitor internally," Pries said.

Herag recalled the previous events and was nearly certain that he hadn't been seen before boarding the carriage, given the Shenlan environment detection he had running all along.

The only possibility of being seen and the information being leaked was the coachman.

But that coachman was merely an ordinary person at the time and needed to be investigated.

After Herag mentioned the coachman, Pries gave some instructions and quickly had the City Hall people start checking on that coachman.

With Serlandir's skills, finding an ordinary person would be easy, especially a coachman who had been working for a long time.

The results came out shortly; the coachman was found sleeping.

After some questioning, it was essentially confirmed that he had nothing to do with the matter.

The internal investigation started quickly, and every communication record via Talisman Stone was pulled out for strict examination.

But this was destined to be futile because everyone knew the Magic Net could be monitored by major Wizard Organizations.

No Abyssal Cultists would use Talisman Stones to communicate crucial information, as they had other means.

If there was a mole in Serlandir, they certainly wouldn't use Talisman Stone to inform Digran of this news.

After two days of investigation, no suspicious personnel were found.

The means of Wizards are numerous, and there are many ways to leak information.

If you don't know what method the mole used to leak information, it's hard to pinpoint exactly who it is.

But the investigation must continue; even if nothing was found for now, knowing there's a mole warrants keeping an eye out in the future.

The warrant for Digran was officially issued, but no news has come up yet.

What is certain is that he's still in Silver Moon City because there aren't many ways to travel between cities in the Land of Dawn, and it's not easy to leave town.

But Silver Moon City is too big; Digran could hide in a secluded corner for a long time.

After a few days, the matter calmed down.

To Silver Moon City, it was just a routine small issue.

Besides the internal investigation secretly continuing at the City Hall, everything seemed to return to normal.

Herag was at home, holding a data file; it was Digran's complete personal data.

He was not yet discouraged; a living person couldn't just disappear like that.

Herag had a sense that this Digran was not that simple.

If he could solve it, he might earn a lot of Contribution Points.

Since there weren't many targets at the moment, he might as well continue looking into Digran's data to see if he could pull out any leads.

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