The dark clouds rolled, the thunder rumbled, and the bean-sized raindrops poured down from the sky like a river hanging upside down. The area around Beinz ushered in a heavy rain, and it was a heavy rain that had been brewing overnight.
Perhaps it is because of the Longji Mountains next to one of the "Ancient Relics", or perhaps the mysterious influence of Beinz Blood Lake, similar extreme weather often occurs in this area, sometimes it is rainstorm, sometimes it is Heavy snow in midsummer, and even occasional thunderstorms out of thin air—it's quite similar to the weird sky phenomenon on the prairie, so the people in the town are not surprised by it. The residents of the town closed their doors to resist the wind and rain, and the magic towers around the town opened magic circles to reduce the impact of thunderstorms to prevent lightning from hitting the buildings in the town. But in this rainstorm, Marshal Ofra, the leader of the Knights of the Kingdom, paid a visit.
"I hope that the rash visit didn't bring you any trouble," said Ofra, still in military uniform, as if she would never change her armor no matter where she went, "I want to confirm with you some things, about tomorrow's itinerary .”
Gusts of cold wind blew into the living room from the open door of the annex, but no raindrops came in. Ophra just stood at the door, and the heavy rain seemed to bypass her. The range turned out to be a vacuum area of the rain curtain. And behind Ovra was an old man who looked ordinary, but his body seemed to be inappropriate for his age. He seemed to be the female marshal's follower.
"Oh, it's all right, come in first." Hao Ren hurriedly ushered Ophra into the living room while talking, thinking that he was going to find her, but she came by himself. Is this a coincidence or what happened
Lily was dozing off on the long couch next to the door, and the cold wind had woken her up at this moment. When she saw the guest coming in, she jumped up and slammed the door with a flick of her tail: "Hiss—it's so cold, it's so cold..."
Vivienne squinted at Husky while knitting a scarf: "Are you worthy of your bloodline? What about the glorious achievements of our ancestors dominating the Arctic Circle?"
The robust old man beside Ofra couldn't help but glance at Lily's ears and tail, but didn't say anything.
Hao Ren ushered Ophra to sit on the sofa, and the old man who looked like a servant also sat down next to him, which surprised Hao Ren. It seemed that he had misjudged the identity of the old man just now. This may also be an important figure in the Kingdom Knights. I pretended to go out today. However, the identity of the other party was meaningless to him. He just poured hot tea for the two guests: "What are you doing here?"
Ofra couldn't help shaking her hands. She has served as the marshal of the kingdom for hundreds of years, this is the first time someone greeted her like this—she couldn't help but think of a young man who spoke to her in a similar tone. clothes, but squatted on the bar bench like a hooligan and accosted her: "I have something to do with you..."
Ofra shook her head, and put aside these inexplicable memories: "About tomorrow's itinerary, we are going to escort four ascetic monks to the capital. Considering the special nature of this trip. To prevent damage from heresy, we need you Let's cooperate..."
Hao Ren waved his hand: "Wait a minute, we also have some information that we want to tell you. You may have to change your plan after listening to it—it's about heretics."
Ofra's eyes suddenly became subtle. The light armor on her body made a sound of metal friction, and her upper body leaned forward slightly: "Heretical?"
"Heretics, and they have already infiltrated quite a lot. They hold cult ceremonies in the mountains, summon monsters from other worlds, sacrifice living people, and even members of the Kingdom Knights and church members," said Hao Ren without any psychological pressure. Pour out all this information in one go. Anyway, he didn't worry about any consequences, "Also around the blood lake..."
It took Hao Ren more than ten minutes to tell the whole story of last night. She didn't hide anything at all, as if it was a matter of course to tell such frightening information. The more Ovra heard it, the more surprised she became, and the epic hero couldn't hold back in front of the amount of information all of a sudden. In the end, she waited for Hao Ren to finish speaking and couldn't help but put her hands on the low table, her eyes were very solemn: "You said those are true? Is there any proof?"
Hao Ren picked up a cloth bag from the side and opened it in front of Ophra: "This bottle contains the strange remains of those pagans after death, this is the emblem of the Knights of the Kingdom, and this is the clothes of the priests of the church. The dagger used. Their corporate culture brochure, the plasma sample in the altar. The other one is a specimen collected from the underground tentacles, which has been proved to be the same biological tissue as the bark of the Twisted Woodland. This is Vivian recipe - why is this thing in there?"
Vivienne jumped over and took the recipe away: "I misplaced it when I was tidying up last night. I said why can't I find it."
Ophra stared at these things dumbfounded: "It's really..." Then she looked at Hao Ren with a strange expression: "So you went around to investigate these information yesterday? It seems that an ordinary mercenary group would not take the initiative to do it Kingdom agents may not be able to do this to this extent."
Hao Rente spread his hands in a single hand: "That's right, we went to investigate last night, and we have been very interested in things around the Blood Lake of Beinz from the very beginning. As for the reason... I say it is the enthusiasm of scholars Do you believe it?"
"What if I don't believe it?"
"Then I'll make another one."
Ofra: "..."
"No kidding," Hao Ren said with a straight face, "I can tell you with certainty that we don't have any malice towards the Holleta Kingdom, we want to solve the troubles here from the bottom of our hearts, and the information is 100% true Yes. It’s hard to explain to you why we did this. We can only say that it’s out of goodwill. Of course, it’s normal if you have doubts about this, after all, you are the Marshal of the Kingdom—so we welcome you to investigate this mercenary group .”
This is what Hao Ren decided to say after thinking for a long time last night, that is, there is no way to say it—as the saying goes, barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes, and a bachelor is not afraid of his wife. The imperial commissioner who came and went without a trace, what kind of quagmire is there in the world
Anyway, I even have a fake account here...
It's just a bit of a burden to Becky. Thinking of this, Hao Ren looked at the mercenary girl who was dozing on her stomach with Lily by the window. She was a legal citizen with roots in the Dream Plane. But considering that this girl will have to run around with her in all likelihood in the future, and Becky herself is very open about this issue, so that's it.
Now Ophra feels less and less able to see through these mercenaries who suddenly appeared. In fact, she came here today to discuss tomorrow's itinerary. The other reason is that someone reported that this group of mercenaries suddenly appeared last night. She disappeared from the town, so she came to check the situation at this time. She firmly believed that her special skills could detect the real movements of these people last night. But she didn't expect that before she said anything, the person in front of her would shake everything out like a heartless person.
No... It's not that he's short-sighted, it's that the person in front of him doesn't care about this trouble at all.
"If this is true, then the orb should be sent to the capital as soon as possible," Ofra mused. "Heretical sects have penetrated to this extent, and it is not safe for the orb to stay here. But I must confirm that your information is indeed true." of."
Hao Ren took out a piece of paper: "Of course it's no problem. The cave where the heretics held their ceremonies is still there. I drew a road map, and you can send people there to investigate. Of course, you should do it as soon as possible. There should be other heretics. They could destroy the scene."
Ophra took the road map solemnly, looked at it carefully, and then looked at Hao Ren even more solemnly: "Who went to investigate that cave last night? I hope someone can lead the way."
Hao Ren raised his eyebrows: "Don't you trust me? Doubt is a trap?"
"No," Ofra held up the map, "Your drawing is too ugly."
Hao Ren: "..."
"Okay, I'll take you there." Nangong Wuyue stood up at this moment, "I still know the way."
Ophra nodded, and was about to say something, when suddenly a burst of thunder came from outside and interrupted her actions.
Immediately afterwards, she seemed to look up and looked in a certain direction. Hao Ren waited for a while without knowing why, and then heard a deep rumbling sound coming from a very far away.
It sounds a bit like thunder, but the sound is deeper and continuous, and the duration obviously exceeds the thunder.
The hair on Lily's tail blew up, and suddenly she lay down vigilantly in front of the window and looked outside. She saw a white beam of light suddenly rising from the direction of Beinz Blood Lake, followed by a burst of panic from the direction of the clock tower in Layton Town. After a while the bell! (to be continued~^~)