Beinz Blood Lake is the holy land of the Glory Sect. Every other section of the shore of the Blood Lake will be guarded by outposts established by the Knights of the Church. Foreign adventurers or mercenaries must come here to report after obtaining the permission of the Church. Carry out activities within the specified scope. ?. . Although there have been a lot of incidents around the Blood Lake recently, and the management here is a bit chaotic, these basic rules cannot be surpassed.
Fortunately, although the Blood Lake is a holy place, it has not yet reached the level of "forbidden place". The inspection of the foreign mercenary team at the outpost is a little looser. Hilda successfully got through as a member of the mercenary team and followed Hao Ren and the others. Together we came to this resting place on the terrace by the lake.
The small outpost doesn't have many facilities. It consists of two towers and several long barracks, covering an area of more than 200 meters. The entire outpost is built on a man-made stone foundation shaped by magic, surrounded by early-warning magic circle guards, it seems that there is no need to worry about safety issues: the defense here is basically used to deal with monsters that occasionally rush out of the woods, the lake The sacred island in the center has another strong guard.
There is a barracks in the outpost that is specially prepared for outsiders. Since most of the mercenaries here have withdrawn to Layton Town, the outpost has plenty of rooms. Becky led Hao Ren to find the chief knight of the church stationed here. After some simple registration, everyone was allowed to stay here for a short time. However, in addition to providing rooms, the outpost requires foreign mercenaries to pay for food and medicine supplies. The church knights transferred some supplies from their own armament warehouses to sell to outsiders who borrowed here. One of the financial revenues of the church in the Cici area: there are not a small number of mercenaries who distort the woodland exploration for various reasons every year. After completing the registration procedures, Becky went to find out about the situation with the low-level monks who deal with mercenaries, and then she appeared in front of Hao Ren and the others again. The expression on her face didn't seem very good.
Hao Ren and the others were gathering together to discuss what to do next. They were surprised when they saw Becky come back with a sullen face. Vivienne asked with concern, "What's wrong? Is there any bad news?"
"It seems that getting lucky is not so easy," Becky sat down on the chair, "I chatted with the person in charge here, and I just learned that a very famous mercenary group just took over the Beinz area seven days ago. The last area has been searched. So far, everything around Blood Lake has been turned upside down except for the holy mountain of the tribal country in the west. Even including the bottom of the Grand Canyon in the north, six teams have searched for twelve days. Do you still remember Marshal Ophra? She came here to personally supervise the orb search, and many areas are in charge of her elite troops. Now there are no blank areas that have not been searched."
Becky followed Hao Ren and the others to the Beinz area tirelessly all the way. One reason was that she felt sorry for accepting such an "important gift" as the "music box". This honest girl really didn't want to owe anyone any favors. Another reason is that she more or less had expectations of her own luck. She was hoping that if she was lucky enough to find the Holy Temple Orb, she would become famous from then on. Hao Ren and the others didn't have much interest in the orbs of the temple. It can be said that only Becky came for the orbs, so at this time, the others didn't have much empathy. Vivienne just analyzed from the perspective of a bystander: "Actually, according to the report on the day the orb disappeared, it really seems to have been transferred away by space magic. In this case, the possibility of the orb still staying in the Blood Lake area should be very high." Low. Searching here has been a psychological comfort from the beginning.”…
"How dare you say it," Becky raised her eyes and glanced at Vivienne, "the chapel where the orb is stored is guarded by the relics of every generation of popes. Using space teleportation within the confines of the church, you can't go far away." Leave the Blood Lake Basin. And after that, you will be imprisoned within a fixed distance by the holy power, and no one in the world can break this confinement."
Hao Ren didn't expect the Huiyao Sect to have such a hand. No wonder they still firmly believe that the Orb of the Temple is still in the Beinz area. It seems that they have something to rely on. It is said that it is guarded by the holy remains of the popes...
Hao Ren shivered. According to this, the small church in the center of the lake is actually a large cemetery
"Then what are your plans for the future?" Lily said bluntly, "Let's just say it first, we are not here for the orb... We said at the beginning that we are only interested in the blood lake itself."
"Are you still serious?" Becky looked at Hao Ren and the others in surprise, then scratched her hair, "Well, it doesn't matter, anyway, we agreed at the beginning that I would be your guide, and after arriving at Blood Lake, each of you can do whatever you want. Action, we are just a temporary group. Tomorrow I will go to the small island in the center of the lake to take a look. I have some knowledge of magic. I want to see what clues there are first. If you are interested, follow along. If you are not interested... Then let’s do our own work, but no matter who leaves first, remember to say hello, we can count as a happy cooperation.”
Hao Ren and Becky were just a temporary team, and both parties confirmed this when they set off from Lumber Town. Becky accompanied the group on this journey as a guide, but after arriving in the Beinz area, the cooperation actually came to an end.
Lily's ears drooped: "Well, I'm not happy, I don't like to say goodbye to people."
Betsy is quite open-minded, after all, she is an experienced mercenary: "Ha, it's just that we will be busy with our own business starting tomorrow, and it doesn't mean that any of us will go far away. Anyway, you won't leave Holley for a while. Tower, right? We will have plenty of opportunities to cooperate in the future."
Becky put down these words and looked at the people present. As sophisticated as she was, she had realized that the common goal of this small team had come to an end. The group of people in front of her was really not interested in orbs, so she waved her hands freely to everyone: " Then I'll go back and pack my things first, my house is at the east end of the house at the back, I'll talk about things tomorrow, I'll be there before noon."
After Becky left, the room was quiet for a while. Hao Ren and the others actually liked this mercenary girl: she was honest, cheerful, and straightforward. It's just a temporary cooperation, and she is an "outsider", so sooner or later they have to part.
Now that Becky has left, Hao Ren and the others have some things to continue with.
"I'm planning to go to the center of the lake tonight." Hao Ren looked at the people in the room. "Sneaky operation, bypassing the guards of the church."
"Why are you still sneaking around?" Lily couldn't get around at once, "Didn't you say that you are not interested in orbs? If you also want to find orbs, we can go with Becky tomorrow~~"
"I'm not interested in orbs, but I'm interested in what happened to the lake church. It's just that I have to use some means beyond the understanding of this world, so it's best not to attract attention."
As Hao Ren spoke, he put his precious pimple girl pot on the table, lifted the lid and summoned his own data terminal: "Come out, get ready for work."
"Hush, your daughter is sleeping," the voice of the data terminal sounded in his head, "now you think of a way to get this machine out..."
Hao Ren probed into the pot, and found that Doudou had curled up in a ball and fell asleep at the bottom of the pot, and was holding the data terminal like an octopus. Like New Year pictures...
"Oh, then you can continue to soak, anyway, you will act at night."
Hao Rente irresponsibly put the data terminal aside, and looked up at Hilda who was sitting quietly in the corner of the room.
"Okay, now there is still some time before night, let's talk about your business - you have looked here several times just now, you should have question marks all over your head, right?"
"It seems that what you said to me this afternoon was half true and half false." Hilda had been paying attention to this group of strangers since the afternoon. At this time, she had already seen some clues from Hao Ren's words and deeds. The one...isn't the same as you guys?")