David once again confirmed one thing. He was not good at conspiracy at all, and in this world, he was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of intelligence. In this case, he did not have the basis for conspiracy.
"Let's keep it simple and crude!"
Standing there and waiting for the flames to extinguish, David made sure that the enemy was dead and took a closer look. Because he was burned to death with flames, basically everything he carried was destroyed by the sacred fire, leaving nothing useful.
There were no clues, but after careful observation, David still discovered something.
"What's this?"
After fidgeting with the ax in his hand twice, he finally dug out the metal piece 'hidden' in the forearm muscle. David felt some energy fluctuations from this thing, but he didn't know the specific energy.
It can only be judged that it is not the Holy Light.
So far, David has only been exposed to the energy of holy light. He has never really seen the legendary arcana, elements, and the power of nature.
Holding the metal piece in his hand, David waited quietly for a moment. The holy light on the land under his feet gradually dissipated. During this time, he did not discover the existence of other enemies with the help of the holy light.
He turned back to the village and told Laura, Peggy and others about what he had just experienced. Soon everyone gathered at the shooting range.
"Are you sure it's not an assassin sent by the Forrester family?" Steve squatted and observed. The body had been burned to charcoal. There were really no clues. Everything he carried was also burned: "You still
Are there other enemies?"
"The mastermind behind the scenes is both an Iron Tree Fort noble and a temple member." Mark thought about it and found that this possibility was not impossible, and even to some extent it was not low.
"Do you know about the so-called temple?" Steve's brain has been working at high speed. He has not missed any details of what David told. Based on the analysis and judgment based on the existing intelligence, David feels that most noble families
Although he was not the mastermind behind it, he felt that this so-called temple was a piece of key information.
This little bit of information was what Addis mentioned casually when he told him about his 'experiences'. For the civilians of Iron Tree Fort, the temple was a very unfamiliar existence, and many people didn't even know there was such a religion.
This thing is the only reliable clue. If they are lucky, they can use this thing to determine whether it is the nobles of Iron Tree Fort who attacked David this time, or some kind of temple?
"Do you think there is a possibility?" After everyone returned to the village, they did not disperse directly. They were still thinking about who was behind the scenes.
"What's possible?"
"It seems that we can only wait until Addis comes back before questioning him, hoping to get more information." David also considered taking the initiative to investigate for some clues, but now he has no direction at all. Where should he go to find clues? Is it possible?
Go directly to the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt, go to the base camp of the temple and ask, 'Are you trying to kill me?'.
"It's not clear at all." David also didn't know what the old gods were. He sounded like they were a group of beings eliminated by history: "Maybe Addis knows this information."
Several people living in the village now like the village very much, and have a very good relationship with David. They even have personal conflicts of interest. No one wants anything to happen to David or the village.
"That is to say, once you die, Winter Village may be taken over by anyone?"
"So, what does the old god mean by that sentence?"
"I only know that the temple is a place, and it is also a sect. It is very influential in the human kingdom and is located in the Holy Kingdom of Gaunt." David carefully recalled all the information about the temple: "But the specific beliefs and doctrines
I don’t know, the Temple has little influence in the Tilan Kingdom, and there are no missionaries and believers from the Temple at Iron Tree Castle.”
"I don't think so, but who can say for sure?" David suspected that his Winter Village had been targeted by some noble families.
"Is there a possibility?" Laura immediately made David understand what was wrong with her answer: "The high priests of the temple do not need to 'lurk'? There is still some difference between missionaries and pure spies."
"Normally, it is returned to the Kingdom of Tiland, but most of the time it will be handled nearby." David was also thinking about this issue, and explained the situation to everyone by the way: "That is, let Marquis Dudley Morgan of Iron Tree Castle see for himself.
Let’s do it.”
"Then what's wrong with my answer?" If that sentence is not a pure trap question, David thinks there is nothing wrong with his answer?
"Why do I always feel that this so-called temple is more suspicious?" Mark Watney has not said much. He feels that he can't help in this regard. He is just standing here to express his spiritual support.
.
After listening for a long time, he couldn't help but expressed his opinion, and got Laura's approval.
"Do you know what the so-called Old God refers to?"
"..." David suddenly felt very tired. These people's minds were too complicated. He suddenly had the idea of staying in his winter village and not going anywhere.
"Will there be more assassins next?"
"So is there a possibility that the Temple wants to enter the Kingdom of Tilan?" Laura also mentioned the assassin's question: "He asked you, 'How many years have you been lurking in the Kingdom of Tilan?', there is no question in this question.
Only the trap actually revealed some information, that is, the temple wants to enter the Kingdom of Tilan and has already taken action."
Perhaps in order to ease David's embarrassment, Steve made the following summary: "So, some nobles in Iron Tree Fort had contact with the temple, and the assassination of David was actually a cooperation between the two parties?"
In fact, David also felt that this so-called temple was the key to the assassination. After all, the assassin's few words were related to 'temple' and 'faith' - the assassin misunderstood that he was a temple priest.
Sometimes, I had the tendency to stop; I questioned whether David had abandoned his faith and embraced the "old gods"; and after judging that he was not a temple priest, he decided to take action.
After everyone discussed it for a while, they disposed of the body as usual - the young blacksmith Will Turner threw it into the Caribbean Sea.
Just thinking about it makes me feel unreliable - it would be more reliable if it was accompanied by a bomber group and a tank and armored army.
"Yes!"
This is not surprising. If there is one Forrester family, there will be a second one. There are more than one or two top noble families in Iron Tree Castle, and there are even more weaker or relatively ordinary noble families. No one can
Make sure these people are not targeting Winter Village.
As for how the Marquis will arrange it, that's not sure.
"I feel that way too."
In this case, the assassin's reaction when he discovered that David was using the Holy Light and misunderstood that he was a temple priest seemed to make sense, because before setting off, the assassin simply thought that he was here to assassinate a civilian village chief, and did not expect that the other party would
It's one's own.
The only thing left behind is the metal piece David dug out from the corpse's arm. He won't keep this thing for long. When Fording comes back, he will ask Fording to take it to the world of Azeroth and find it.
A mage or the like would ask what the nature of the energy on this thing is and what role it plays.
"Yes."
"No, in such a vast land in the northern plains, it is definitely better for those nobles to send some cronies to establish a village than to directly assassinate me. Because even if I are killed, the instigator cannot guarantee that Winter Village will fall into his hands.
." I had previously learned from Gregory that many nobles would come to the northern plains to establish villages and towns next spring. In this case, what is the purpose of assassinating him? There is so much unowned land that can be occupied, there is no need to rob him.
This small village.
Sharon felt that David's current situation was like an animal that had strayed into a noble hunting ground. All the nobles present wanted to take this prey as their own.
Especially Mark, who is counting on the survival of Winter Village and waiting for rescue, he seems to take this matter more seriously than Laura.
"Think of David as a Temple traitor?"
Laura immediately understood what Mark meant. After all, this kind of thing is not uncommon in history. Laura, who is proficient in the history of multiple civilizations, also wanted to understand the key: "David just said that the temple is very important in the human kingdom."
influence, but the Kingdom of Tilan is an exception."
"If you are killed, then who will Winter Village belong to?" When it is difficult to determine who the enemy is, directly looking for someone who can benefit from it will lead to some breakthrough. Several people present understand this truth, so
Sharon's question is very logical.
You may treat Winter Village as your own territory and entrust people you trust to manage it; you may also grant Winter Village to a subordinate and become the territory of a certain noble; there is a small chance that it may be reported to the royal capital and the king will
Decide what to do with this new area.
Addis is the person in Winter Village who knows the most about all kinds of information about the world, but the old hunter is not in the village currently. He went to Iron Tree Fort to collect information and has not returned yet.
After Mark, Laura, and Steve analyzed it, the whole thing seemed to become clear.
However, neither Mark nor Steve can guarantee that their analysis is correct, and there are even some contradictions and inexplicable points in it.
"If you want to know if someone from Iron Tree Fort did it, there is a way to test it." While listening to the analysis of Steve and others, David also broadened his thinking and thought of a way that might be able to get the answer.
, and he did not show off and directly stated his own method: "As long as things go well with Van Cleef and a large number of craftsmen move to Winter Village, the upgrade of Winter Village to Winter Town will be officially put on the agenda."
Seeing everyone staring at him, David made the point: "As long as I go to Iron Tree Castle with various documents and apply to upgrade Winter Village to Winter Town and promote me to the lord of Winter Town, then
The answer can be obtained from the reaction of Iron Tree Fort."