What he meant to say must have been, "The Life Protection Box is lost."

    The Life Protection Box is lost!

    That means, the person who attacked him targeted the Life Protection Box.

    Who would want to steal the Life Protection Box?

    A Witch Demon?

    Or the "unknown forces" from the Main Quest?

    Or perhaps the mysterious assassin that appeared before?

    But why was the assailant able to strike in Moonshadow Forest?

    In an instant, countless questions surfaced in Lu Heng''s mind, but the most urgent task at hand was to take Xie Shi''en back to the treehouse to treat his wounds.

    As he thought about these issues, Lu Heng gently lifted Xie Shi''en up and carefully carried him to the treehouse, laying him on the bed. After making sure the wounds had stopped bleeding, he turned around and walked out of the treehouse.

    Everyone had gathered in the open space in front of the treehouse because the situation was somewhat eerie.

    If the attacker was still around, then the rest might be in danger too.

    After pacing back and forth for a moment, Lu Heng looked up at Seren and asked, "Elder Seren, while I''m inclined to believe you, I remember you''ve said that all the trees in this forest are your eyes. Yet something like this has happened in the forest, how do you explain that?"

    Seren''s expression was calm as he replied, "The statement that the forest trees are my eyes isn''t quite accurate. To be precise, the trees in the forest are all alive.

    "They are all living beings, they talk to me, and they would tell me about the interesting things happening in the forest.

    "If they don''t speak up, I have no way of knowing what has happened. Before the screams reached me, I genuinely had no clue about what happened."

    Lu Heng accepted his explanation, but it did not entirely eliminate him from suspicion.

    However, if Seren were to be considered a suspect, the incident would be impossible to investigate.

    Seren was an elder of the Elf Clan, and the Elf Guard who escorted the Moon Well Spring Water would definitely listen to him.

    That is to say, if Seren were the attacker, then he was capable of killing everyone present.

    Therefore, in order to get to the bottom of this matter, one must first assume he is not the culprit.

    Even if Seren was ruled out, the issue remained grave.

    Lu Heng looked at everyone present, pondering over a question.

    Is the assailant one of the elves or humans here or someone from outside?

    If the attacker was among the humans and elves here, the scope was actually quite small.

    Because the attacker would need to evade Seren''s attention and also possess the combat power and level to severely injure Xie Shi''en.

    Lu Heng was well aware of Xie Shi''en''s capabilities; although someone might win against him in a direct confrontation, it would not be easy to capture him.

    Therefore, among the humans and elves here, the ones capable of severely injuring Xie Shi''en, apart from Lu Heng himself, were essentially only Fiona and Seren.

    It was unlikely that Eric, the captain of the Elf Guard, had this capability.

    When they faced the attack of the Abyss Summoner, Lu Heng had seen Eric fight; he was decent in combat.

    He should be able to defeat Xie Shi''en in a head-to-head battle, but it would be quite difficult to inflict heavy damage on Xie Shi''en.

    Furthermore, if Xie Shi''en wanted to escape, Eric probably couldn''t intercept him.

    That is to say, if the attacker were here, it would only be Seren or Fiona.

    Of course, there was another possibility - that the attacker could be a team effort.

    Lu Heng took a deep breath and asked, "My friends, in order to verify that the attacker isn''t among us, please provide your alibis from last night. Let''s supervise each other to see if anyone went out in the night."

    This was a standard procedure, to mutually supervise and confirm alibis to exclude suspects, then work together to find the real perpetrator.

    People discussed among themselves, and someone raised their hand.

    The person who raised his hand was Tao Yalun, who volunteered, "I went out to relieve myself last night for about ten minutes and quickly returned."

    Chen Zihang continued, "I can vouch for that; I woke up when he went out, and he didn''t stay out long."

    Subsequently, an elf warrior spoke up, "I saw someone enter the forest last night."

    "Who?"

    The elf warrior pointed at Su Muyu and said, "Her, she went into the forest and was away for a long time."

    Su Muyu nodded in admission, "Yes, I was gone for over an hour."

    With this admission, many people became suspicious.

    Su Muyu quickly added, "I went to the Ancient Tree Space, which cannot be lied about. Elder Seren would know if he inquired with the Knowledge Ancient Tree."

    Not long after, Seren nodded in confirmation, "Yes, she did go to the Ancient Tree Space."

    In the end, only Seren and Fiona were unable to provide an alibi.

    Because both had their own treehouses to rest and had no contact with others the night before.

    After a round of investigation, everything seemed to circle back to the beginning.

    Lu Heng turned to glance back at Xie Shi''en lying unconscious inside the treehouse and took a deep breath. He wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, but the information was too scattered and murky to discern what had transpired.

    The only sure piece of information at this point was one thing.

    The Life Protection Box was the assailant''s target.

    Once again, the Life Protection Box.

    This Life Protection Box had induced several attacks already.

    Unknown forces, the mysterious assassin, and tonight''s assailant.

    Were these three the same entity?

    Besides, there was another possibility.

    This time, the humans who were summoned came in greater numbers, exceeding fifty.

    Among them, there could be members of the Creator Organization. S~ea??h the ηovelFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    That is, if there were members of the Creator Organization here, and once they knew Xie Shi''en carried the Life Protection Box, they would surely act.

    Lu Heng carefully recollected, how many people knew about the Life Protection Box?

    Aside from the three in his team, the only ones who knew about the Life Protection Box on Xie Shi''en were Queen Orelana and Fiona.

    There was also another key piece of information.

    This assailant had the ability to act in the forest without being detected by Seren.

    Lu Heng looked at Seren again and asked, "Elder Seren, what kind of being could act in the forest without being detected by you? Does anyone here have the capability?"

    Upon hearing this question, Seren fell silent for a moment before replying, "If that''s the question, then within the Elf Clan, Arcane Masters and Magic Warriors who master Advanced Nature Magic could possibly manage that."