Beinz Blood Lake is the holy land of the Glory Sect. There are outposts established by the Church Knights at regular intervals on the shore of the Blood Lake. Foreign adventurers or mercenaries must report here after obtaining permission from the Church before they can
Carry out activities within the prescribed scope... Although there have been many incidents around Blood Lake recently and the management here is a little chaotic, these basic rules cannot be exceeded.
Fortunately, although Blood Lake is a holy land, it has not yet reached the level of "forbidden land". The outpost's review of foreign mercenary teams is slightly looser. Hilda successfully passed the test as a member of the mercenary team and followed Hao Ren and the others.
Together we came to this rest house located on the mesa by the lake.
The small outpost does not have many facilities. It consists of two towers and several long simple barracks, covering an area of more than 200 meters. The entire outpost is built on an artificial stone foundation shaped by magic, surrounded by
There are early warning circle guards, and it seems that there is no need to worry about safety issues: the defense here is basically used to deal with the monsters that occasionally rush out of the forest. The sacred island in the center of the lake has another strong guard.
There is a barracks in the outpost specially prepared for outsiders. Since most of the mercenaries here have withdrawn to Layton Town, the outpost has ample rooms. Betsy led Hao Ren to find the church knight commander stationed here.
After a simple registration, everyone got permission to stay here for a short time. However, in addition to providing rooms at the outpost, the food and medicine supplies here need to be paid by external mercenaries themselves, and the church knights provide them from their own armaments warehouse.
Selling part of the supplies to outsiders who rely on them here is also one of the financial revenues of the church in the Beinz area: the number of mercenaries who distort woodland exploration for various reasons every year is not a small number.
By the time everyone settled down in the simple simple barracks, it was already evening.
After completing the registration procedures, Betsy ran to find a low-level monk who specialized in dealing with mercenaries to understand the situation. Only then did she appear in front of Hao Ren and the others again. The expression on her face did not seem to be very good.
Hao Ren and the others were gathering together to discuss what to do next. They were surprised when Betsy came back with a sullen face. Vivian asked with concern: "What's wrong? Is there bad news?"
"It seems that getting lucky is not that easy." Betsy sat down on the chair, "I chatted with the person in charge here, and I just learned that there is a well-known mercenary group that just conquered the Beinz area seven days ago.
The last area has been searched. So far, the area around the Blood Lake has been turned upside down except for the sacred mountains of the tribal countries in the west. Even the bottom of the Grand Canyon in the north has been searched by six teams for twelve days.
.You still remember Marshal Ofra, right? She came here to personally supervise the orb search work, and her elite troops are responsible for many areas. Now there is no blank area that has not been searched."
Betsy worked tirelessly to follow Hao Ren and the others to the Beinz area. One reason was that she felt sorry for accepting such a "big gift" as a "music box". This honest girl really didn't want to owe anyone a favor. Another reason
Even she had more or less expectations for her luck (you could even say extravagant expectations). She was hoping that by chance she would be lucky enough to find the Holy Temple Orb and become famous from then on.
But she didn't expect that the search work had progressed to this extent. The number and quality of the people involved in the operation made her feel powerless: Marshal Ofra led the elite troops and a large group of well-known mercenaries.
After the local search was completed, nothing was found. However, her teammate was a T who couldn't hold back monsters. He led three stupid melee mages, and there was also a squatting man who never added blood in the battle.
Anti-type wet nurse...
Hao Ren and the others were not very interested in the Holy Temple Orb. It could be said that Betsy was the only one who came here for the orb. So at this time, no one else had any sympathy. Vivian just analyzed it from the perspective of a bystander.
: "Actually, to be honest, according to the report on the day the orb disappeared, it really seems to have been moved away by space magic. In this case, the possibility of the orb still staying in the Blood Lake area should be very low. The search here is psychological from the beginning.
Take comfort."
"You really dare to say that," Betsy raised her eyes and glanced at Vivian, "The chapel where the orb is stored is guarded by the holy remains of each generation of popes. Using space teleportation within the church can't reach the farthest distance.
Leave the Blood Lake Basin. And after that, you will be imprisoned within a fixed distance by the divine power. No one in the world can break this imprisonment at present."
Hao Ren didn't expect the Huiyao Sect to be so capable. No wonder they still firmly believe that the Holy Temple Orb is still in the Beinz area, and it seems that they have something to rely on. It is said that it is guarded by the holy remains of past popes...
Hao Ren shuddered, so the chapel in the center of the lake is actually a large cemetery underneath?
"Then what are your plans next?" Lily said bluntly, "Let's talk about it first. We are not actually here for the orb... We said from the beginning that we were only interested in the Blood Lake itself."
"Are you serious?" Betsy looked at Hao Ren and the others in surprise, then scratched her hair, "Well, it doesn't matter. Anyway, what we agreed at the beginning was that I would be your guide, and we could do whatever we wanted after we arrived at the Blood Lake.
Action, originally we formed a temporary group. Tomorrow I will go to the 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 there first. If you are interested, follow me. If you are not interested...
...Then everyone should be busy with their own business, but no matter who leaves first, remember to say hello, and we can work together happily."
Hao Ren and Betsy were just a temporary team, and both parties confirmed this when they set off from Lumbell Town. Betsy accompanied the group as a guide throughout the journey, but after arriving in the Beinz area, the cooperation actually
That’s it for now.
Lily's ears drooped: "Well, I'm not happy anymore. I don't like saying goodbye to people."
Betsy is very tolerant, after all, she is an experienced mercenary: "Ha, it's just that we will be busy with our own things starting from tomorrow. It doesn't mean that any of us are going to fly away. Anyway, you won't leave Hollai for a while.
Right? There will be plenty of opportunities for us to cooperate in the future."
Becky put down these words and looked at the people present. As experienced as she was, she had already realized that the common goal of this small team had ended. The group of people in front of her really had no interest in the orb, so she waved to everyone casually: "
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 anything tomorrow. I'll be there before noon."
After Betsy left, the room was quiet for a moment. Hao Ren and the others actually liked this mercenary girl: she was honest, cheerful, and straightforward. Although she was a little greedy for money, she was sincere to people. She was a reliable partner when she was away from home, but after all, both parties were also different.
It's just a temporary cooperation, and she is an "outsider", so they will have to part ways sooner or later.
Now that Betsy has left, Hao Ren and the others have some things to do to continue.
"I plan to go to the center of the lake tonight to take a look," Hao Ren looked at the people in the room, "operate secretly and bypass the church guards."
"Why are you still sneaking around?" Lily couldn't get around it at once, "Didn't you say you're not interested in orbs? If you also want to find orbs, we can go with Betsy tomorrow~~"
"I'm not interested in orbs, but I am 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 little girl pot on the table, opened the cover and summoned his data terminal: "Come out, get ready to work."
"Shh, your daughter is sleeping," the voice of the data terminal sounded in his mind, "Now you think of a way to get this machine out..."
Hao Ren looked into the pot and found that Doudou had curled up into a ball and slept at the bottom of the pot, and was holding the data terminal like an octopus. Don't tell me, this shape is similar to that of a fish that has been around for years (
It looks like Yu)’s New Year pictures...
"Oh, then you can just keep soaking. We don't move until night anyway."
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 that there is still some time before evening, let's talk about your affairs - you looked here several times just now, and you should have a question mark on your forehead, right?"
"It seems that what you said to me in the 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, "I just left
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