There seems to be no doubt about the identity of the cultists.
Bud Wendell, the former wolf general of the Typhon Empire, was the son of a duke who originally had a glorious status and an immeasurable future.
But he appeared here, and was defeated by Gawain as a level five fallen druid, and was even blown off an arm by a grenade in the end.
What happened in the middle
It is of course a reward to be able to discover a huge stain in the high-level leadership of a neighboring country (and now it can be said to be an enemy country), but what Gao Wen is more curious about at the moment is what kind of incredible life journey this Bud Wendell has gone through to get to where he is today. This astonishing change cannot be explained by the ups and downs of life, it is simply the ups and downs of life - he couldn't help asking the agent in front of him: "I don't know much about the nobles of various countries today, How much do you know about Bud Wendell and his family? How much can you tell me?"
"The Mithril Treasury is not a specialized intelligence organization, and what we know is limited to those things that can be spread and not related to confidentiality." Melita nodded slightly, "Bud Wendell, Duke Ferdinand Wendell The only heir, talented and diligent, and a devout follower of the God of War Kyle, he received elite education from the aristocracy and the teachings of the God of War sect since he was a child, and showed Kyle's spiritual talent at the age of ten—after converting, he grew rapidly As a powerful divine knight, his strength is close to high-level, and he is the most outstanding transcendent among the young people of Typhon's previous generation."
"Stop," Gawain interrupted Melita, "that is to say, his Extraordinary rank is Divine Knight?"
"Yes—at least that's what the outside world is saying, and I don't think there will be any problems with this information."
"When he fought against me, he only had very strong swordsmanship skills, and he didn't have the slightest divine power of Kyle on him," Gawain said seriously. "All his extraordinary power belongs to Druid spells, I can be sure of that."
"Perhaps some reason caused him to lose the protection of God of War Kyle," Melita guessed, "This may be the reason why he joined the cult."
"It doesn't matter, you continue to talk—you just mentioned that Bud disappeared more than ten years ago, what's going on?"
Melita nodded: "After passing the assessment and trial of God of War Kyle, Bud Wendell officially took over the title of 'Wolf General' inherited from their family from his father, and was promoted to a knight by Emperor Typhon Lord, became one of the high-ranking commanders of the Knights of the Typhon Empire, but he only stayed in this position for a year—during a routine confrontation on the Anzu-Typhon border, he and an elite knights were killed They were sent outside the city to carry out reconnaissance, and walked into a dense fog under the eyes of everyone, and then disappeared together with the dense fog. It was not until three days later that several mad knights were found wandering in the wilderness, and Barbara The whereabouts of de Wendel and the remaining elite knights are still unknown."
Speaking of this, Melita added a few words in passing: "In recent years, the relationship between Typhon and Anzu has deteriorated, and the disappearance of Bud Wendell has also greatly exacerbated this trend—Typhon Some people think that Ansu used sorcery to murder their commander, while Ansu people think that this is a farce directed and performed by Typhon himself, and the purpose is to find an excuse for increasing troops. In fact, this almost led to a direct confrontation between the two sides. The war started, but when the situation was at its worst, Bud Wendell's father, Duke Ferdinand, took the initiative to announce that the disappearance of his only son had nothing to do with Ansu, preventing the war from breaking out."
Gao Wen gently pinched his chin: "Ferdinand Wendell? Is he an anti-war faction?"
"No, on the contrary, he had been an important military minister of Typhon before that, and he was a steady main fighter. He helped His Majesty the Emperor complete several reforms of Typhon's military system, so the old duke When he suddenly stood up to stop the war, he really shocked a group of people's attention, and after that, the old duke also changed from the original main combat faction to neutral—he is still promoting Typhon's military system reform, but He repeatedly delayed the military operations on the border of the empire on the grounds that the timing was not yet ripe. Although many facts later proved that his judgment was correct, his transformation still caused a lot of discussion from the outside world... "
Gao Wen let out a breath slowly, and knit his brows to think.
The originally brilliant star of tomorrow, the pious and powerful "General Wolf" disappeared in a simple military operation. After more than ten years of disappearance, he suddenly appeared in such a shitty place in the south of Ansu. Not only did the divine knight lose all his power, but he also became a level five depraved druid; after losing his son, the old duke not only didn't bother with the "suspected suspect", but stopped the war many times—this What is the connection between the two things? Did the old prince change later because he knew something
The reason why a devout knight of the gods could betray his faith and join a cult formed by other religions is not simple. A thought suddenly popped up in Gawain's mind—could it be, that Bard? Did Wendell learn the truth about "the gods are dead"? !
Among the information he currently has, this is the only one that can explain the shocking changes that happened to Bard!
Gawain couldn't help but extend his thoughts: If contact with the truth caused Bud Wendell to abandon his faith, does that mean that his original divine magic power was also lost for the same reason at the same time
As long as the belief in the gods cannot be maintained, will the corresponding magic be lost
What is that magic? As long as you firmly believe that there is a god who is fooling you... protecting you, can you get a "cheap" supernatural ability
But such a powerful force must have a source...
So going around, Gao Wen suddenly found himself returning to the question that bothered him not long ago:
At the moment when "the gods are dead", those priests and believers who are still pious and gain the power of the gods through prayers and rituals, what are the objects of their prayers and worship... What exactly are they? !
"My lord duke?" Seeing that Gawain hadn't moved for a long time, Melita finally couldn't help asking, "My lord duke, are you listening?"
Gawain woke up quickly. He rubbed his eyebrows and asked casually, "Does Bud Wendell have any heirs?"
"Before he disappeared, he had a young daughter, Andersa Wendell. Now more than ten years have passed, that little girl has grown up, and the blood of the Wendell family has also shown its influence on her: her swordsmanship As outstanding as her father," Melita said unhurriedly, "Andersa has now been appointed by Emperor Typhon as a knight lord, as the commander of a branch of the Imperial Knights, which is probably Some kind of compensation, but that little girl has done a good job in this position. The outside world believes that it only takes one or two battles for Andersa Wendell to take over the title of 'General Wolf' like her father and become Wendell. The next head of the Del family."
"The name that Lengtouqing gave himself back then has really become a family honor now," Gao Wen shook his head and commented, and then asked, "So that Andersa Wendell is just like her father, Believe in the god of war, Kyle, and belong to the knights of the gods?"
"No, this is interesting—she became an extraordinary knight through the most orthodox knight training and magic training. It is said that Duke Ferdinand forbade Andersa to convert to any religion, so the young female commander is still a non-believer. .”
"Indeed, this is interesting..." Gao Wen repeated thoughtfully, "It's interesting..."
Melita smiled slightly: "Your Excellency, that's all I can provide. Have you thought of anything?"
"I thought of some things, but they were all messy. God knows how a divine knight with a bright future could be reduced to a depraved druid with no future," Gawain exhaled, facing the unfamiliar Mei Rita, he didn't tell all the shocking secrets he knew, "Thank you for the information. If you hadn't come, I'm afraid I would never have guessed that the cultist's identity would be so... bizarre."
"So, do you want to spread the news?" Melita's eyes that were exposed outside the veil slightly bent, "The cult members of the Death of All Things Society active in Anzu's territory turned out to be a former nobleman of Typhon, The value of this news cannot be measured by a few gold coins... "
"No," Gao Wen shook his head, "it's meaningless to spread these things now—the negative news is too bizarre, and no one will believe it if it is told out, not to mention that the two countries are about to fight, and there are a lot of insults at this time. You can come out with ugly words, and if you tell the dark history of Typhon nobles from Ansu, do you think anyone will take it seriously?"
As soon as Gao Wen's voice fell, an amber jumped out from the shadow beside him: "If Ansu and Typhon are not serious, it can also make the cultists nervous—such an important secret has been exposed..."
Gawain looked at the half-elf, and smiled: "Thinking too much, I'm going to go all out to become a cultist, and I still care about the loss of reputation? Do you mind if someone says you are a thief?"
Amber stared: "Mind you! I'm clean now, okay? I'm the chief guard next to the Duke!"
Gao Wen: "...do you occasionally play cards according to the normal routine?!"
Melita looked curiously at the daily quarrel between Gao Wen and Amber, but she politely did not get involved, and just said while both of them were taking a breath: "Then, Mr. Duke, you have more questions." Is it?"
"Yes," Gao Wen said immediately, "Your mithril treasury should contain a lot of treasures, right?"
"Of course, there is such a saying: In any case, half of the world's treasures are stored in the Mithril Treasury, and it is precisely because such a huge amount of wealth can be kept for a long time that those big people choose to let us come keep their treasures..."
Gawain interrupted Melita's chatter: "Then are there any items in your treasury that can be sold?"
"This..." Melita hesitated for a moment, but then smiled, "Of course. There are always some treasures that leave the original owner, and there are always some rare treasures that no one cares about. We are happy to find them more than the price when the price is right. A suitable host."
"How do you sell the Eternal Slate?"