Soon, Sophie took Ryan and the others to the backyard. Sophie took out the key, opened the door of the wine cellar, and walked in. After a while, there was the sound of the wooden door being pushed, and then Bud's voice came out: "Ah, someone finally came to rescue... Hey, why is it you."
Vivian stood outside and said angrily: "Come out, everyone. You are so worthless that you are locked in by others."
"Ah, my prayer is effective. Just now I was begging the Supreme God of Light, hoping that he would send my most beloved woman to save myself. I didn't expect..." Bard gushed immediately after hearing Vivian's words. As he started speaking, he was interrupted by Julia's words just before he reached this point: "Mr. Bard, weren't you just scolding the God of Light for only hiding and deceiving the world?"
"Well, my, my, wasn't it just to attract the attention of the God of Light? In fact, I have always been very pious." Bud said as he walked out, and behind him, there were Julia and Sophie,
After all three people came out, Bud took a greedy breath of the air outside, pointed at Sophie and said to Vivian: "Great, why did you make her so obedient to let us out? Her secret room Where is the fugitive?"
"Idiot." Vivian spat out these two words and ignored Bard. In order to clear her name, Sophie talked in front of Bard: "How can I have any secret room here? You Where did you hear that? How could I dig such a big space underground? I have nothing to hide."
"You're talking nonsense. According to the information I got, you are covering up those fugitives and hiding them in your secret room." Bud pointed at Sophie and said, "Maybe you are still secretly killing all those fugitives. In this way, you Then you can keep all their money."
Sophie did not pay attention to Bud, but turned her head to Ryan and said to him: "I think you will understand that this is just a rumor if you think about it for a moment. How dare I do such a ostentatious thing? It's easy to make a profit, but the possibility of being discovered by others is not small. I can't even hide in time, so how could I be involved? Besides, if I let those fugitives hide here, what good can I gain? For money, huh, If I really do that, I... do I still need to be the boss lady here?"
Ryan didn't know if what Sophie said was true, but Sophie's refutation of Bud's words was well-founded. Since she escaped from a mysterious organization, she should remain anonymous under normal circumstances. Opening a bar in a place where people go is a good cover, and Ryan believes that with Sophie's beauty, if she is really greedy for wealth, instead of shielding those fugitives, it would be faster to marry a rich man or aristocrat. If it takes a few years Looking for another opportunity to make her man die inexplicably, Ryan believes that Sophie can definitely inherit that large amount of property with her methods. Wouldn't it be much better than the current public life
However, whether it is Bud or Sophie, it is the first time for Ryan to meet tonight. He does not know their temperaments, and naturally he is not willing to actively agree with either side. Therefore, Ryan's choice is to let Sophie and Bud Confronting himself, he spoke: "Since you are all here, let's explain this matter clearly from beginning to end. Well, Bud, first tell me how you learned about Sophie's 'Morrie Spring' 'There's that fugitive."
Bud hesitated for a long time, and finally said it. It turned out that he was following him all the way at the beginning, but he didn't lose him. But later, the money he had on him was stolen for no reason, and he ended up having no money after dinner. To pay the bill, I had to negotiate with the owner of the small hotel for a long time. In the end, Bard had no choice but to sell his equipment to pay off the bill.
Although selling his belongings gave Bard a lot of money, it delayed him for at least half a day. Gadir's trace disappeared after arriving in Mori. The caravans and mercenaries passing by here There were too many soldiers, and Bard had no choice but to choose the most primitive method, which was to spend money to buy information.
When Sophie asked where Bard bought the information, Bard had to slowly describe to her what the two wretched men looked like. Sophie was very angry after hearing Bard's description. She said bitterly: "These are the two bastards. A few nights ago, they were drunk and wanted to sneak in and take advantage of me. I beat them out with a wooden stick. I didn't expect them to be so mean. "
Now, it seems that the context of the whole matter is clear. Those two wretched men did not succeed, so they naturally wanted to take revenge on Sophie. Their choice was to sell a false information to Bud and let Bud come to find trouble for Sophie. , the result was the encounter that Ryan and the others had in the "Morrie Spring", and Bud buried his head in his chest and could no longer lift it up. He was actually deceived by the same person twice in a row at the same place today. Times, is there anything more embarrassing than this
Seeing that the night is getting darker, tonight's adventure activities are gradually moving towards the climax, which makes Vivian even more energetic, and Ryan also knows that anyway, if he goes back at this time, he will inevitably be complained by Adams, and even if he goes back now, It’s dawn after a few hours of sleep, so why not accompany Vivian here and go home happily
The addresses of the two wretched men were not far from here, but there was no one in the house. Bard sighed helplessly. It seemed that the other man had escaped, and he couldn't stay here and wait for the two men. Guy, please come back. It seems that there is no way to avenge yourself.
Sophie, on the other hand, lit a candle and carefully searched for everything in the room. Even if it was a very inconspicuous little thing, she would look at it several times. This made Bud very confused and muttered. He said, "If you look again, you can still spot those two guys."
Sophie still lowered her head and looked carefully, as if she didn't hear what Bud said. After a while, she suddenly stood up with a pair of shoes. Bud immediately said sarcastically: "What are you doing with that?" Don’t you like broken shoes very much?”
Sophie still didn't pay attention to him, because Sophie knew that Ryan was actually in charge of her group tonight, and even her own life was controlled by the other person's thoughts, so she pointed at the pair of worn-out shoes on her hand. Shoes said to Ryan: "This is covered with reddish-brown mud, and as far as I know, the only place with this kind of mud near Morrie Town is the woods to the east."
"The key issue is that the forest is far away from the main road that connects the north and south. The terrain is relatively remote and has little production. Locals usually don't go there, but this guy has been there. It seems that the soil on his shoes has not dried yet. It should have been stepped on within a few days." Sophie told her discovery, and then said to Ryan: "Should we go over there and have a look."
Ryan was very surprised by Sophie's attentiveness. Although he didn't understand this, he also knew that Sophie must have been trained in this area. It seems that what she said before about defecting from an organization should be true, because like Such skills involving tracking are no longer something ordinary mercenaries can learn. Usually, these people are trained by powerful organizations.
Ryan and his party walked for more than 30 minutes and arrived at the edge of the woods to the east of the town of Mori. It was really quiet here, except for the occasional "squeaking" sound, which was probably some little guy who came out to look for food late at night. Bud looked at the lush woods in front of him, tilted his head and said to Sophie: "Who knows if this was done intentionally by someone."
Sophie did not answer Bard's question, and in fact she did not need to answer, because a frightened cry came from deep in the woods, and that sound was indeed made by the wretched man who told Bard the false news, and the target was In front of them, everyone naturally rushed in together. Ryan took Vivian a step behind and quietly blessed the three of them with several protective magics. All this was seen by Sophie, but she still Followed behind Bud as if nothing happened,
The screams in the depths of the woods were already very weak. If we were not outside the woods, we might not be able to hear them if we were a little further away. Fortunately, the whole woods were not very big. Bud followed the source of the sounds. Rushing ahead, it only took 2 minutes to arrive at a small clearing in the forest.
Maiya stepped on the thigh of the wretched man who couldn't help but beg him. He opened his mouth slightly and began to absorb the life essence of the prey under his feet. A light green light shone from the face of the wretched man on the ground. The water gushes out and is slowly transmitted to Maia's mouth, causing Maiya, whose hair has completely turned into dark black, to show an expression of indescribable enjoyment on her face.
There was a rush of footsteps, and it seemed that a new prey was coming to the door. Maiya suppressed her excitement slightly, and slightly opened her eyes that had turned from blue to blood red, and she could see at a glance When he arrived at Bard, Maiya nodded with satisfaction. The soul of a person like Bard was much stronger than that wretched man who fooled around all day long. He was about to pounce on Bard to restrain him, but saw another person behind Bard. A large number of people came running up, and after a rough count, there were as many as 6 people.
Maia's soul has been corrupted by the temptation of the dead soul Susan in his body. Now he is no longer the priest who hoped to change the fate of poor civilians, but has become a shadow priest who enjoys human souls and women's bodies all day long. His power is no longer the various life-saving magic obtained through devotion to the God of Light, but has become evil shadow magic, such as the "swallowed soul" just now,
Ryan and Maia originally knew each other, but now that Ryan has put on a magic mask, Maia naturally cannot recognize Ryan, and Maia's brown-red hair has long turned into black with a little brown, and that The pair of big blue eyes also turned blood red. In addition, Ryan always thought that Maia had died in the rapids river, so he naturally did not think about it in that aspect. Therefore, Ryan failed to recognize Maia, Maia and his body. Susan also failed to recognize Ryan,