Hao Ren was wondering why Ofra, as a dignified marshal, wanted to come here in person, but he couldn't find a chance to ask this question. ===== After the female marshal informed the matter, she casually asked about the mercenary group.
This is not the first time someone has asked about these things, as well as the process of recovering the Temple Orb. Of course, everyone responded fluently. Finally, Betsy took the initiative to ask Big Beard about their situation: "When will the four masters come back?"
In fact, Betsy was not paying attention to the four ascetics at all. She just wanted to increase her presence in front of Marshal Ofra.
Ofra shook her head: "The four masters will naturally rest in the priests' houses, and they will pray and meditate for a long time in accordance with the scriptures. You probably won't be able to see each other before the next departure."
Hao Ren had been thinking about other things. He was not interested in the so-called rewards. At this time, he raised his head and asked: "What... do I have to go to the capital to receive rewards?"
Ofra raised her eyebrows in surprise and her eyes stayed on Hao Ren's face for a long time: "What does this mean?"
"We want to stay here to help," Hao Ren spread his hands, "I have seen the situation here. Those stone giants are a big threat, and I am very good at dealing with them. I think it is better to go back to the capital to receive the reward.
It's more valuable to stay here and help you fight the war."
What Hao Ren said was high-sounding. Of course, he couldn't admit that the real reason why he wanted to stay was to study the secrets of the Dragon's Back Mountains and the Blood Lake - the wealth and fame of the Dream Plane were meaningless to him.
Only by understanding the legend of world destruction 10,000 years ago is it possible to give him that level of salary...
But Ofra definitely didn't know what Hao Ren was thinking. She was just surprised that this ordinary-looking "mercenary" could say this. She looked at Hao Ren intently.
Yes, as if she wanted to see traces of hypocrisy on the latter's face. Then she stood up, the armor on her body clattering: "We'll talk about these things later. One or two more people who can fight won't change much of the situation. What can really end the current situation."
The chaos will depend on the knowledge of Rector Gelton. Of course. You can still apply to stay here to fight after you return from the royal capital. We are short of people here for a long time."
Ofra left these words and left without any delay. Only after the female marshal left did Betsy dare to speak out loud, and then rushed to Hao Ren: "Hey! What did you just do?
I’m thinking about it! What if Lady Ofra really misses your desire to serve the country and cancels our reward!?”
Hao Ren looked sideways at Betsy: "Don't I have important things to do now - your reward is of no use to me."
Betsy almost jumped up: "But for me...oh, it doesn't seem to be of any use to me..."
Hao Ren: "...Okay, let's put these things aside later. Our time is limited. Once we go to the capital, we won't have much chance to come back. The next time we come in may be another month later. God knows this place.
How many more accidents can happen? I plan to go to the mountains tonight, and you can also help me go to other places..."
Hao Ren was discussing the evening's actions, but Ofra did not go to the church after leaving the resting place specially prepared for the mercenary group. Instead, she rode her horse and went straight through half the town to the Kingdom Knights' station.
.In front of the Knights’ camp, an old man who looked no different from an ordinary groom was waiting. Ofra got off her horse and handed the reins to the old groom: “I have met them all, including four of them.
The master and the group of mercenaries who suddenly appeared."
The old groom leading the horse followed Ofra silently and asked casually as if talking about the weather: "How is the situation? Is it true or false?"
The conversation between the two was not lowered at all. However, as long as they were two meters away, no one could hear clearly what the conversation was about. A strange mental disturbance filled the air around Ofra, causing everyone who tried to eavesdrop to hear it.
Those who were having this conversation could only hear a buzzing noise that kept echoing in their minds.
"I didn't see the orb. But it should be in the body of a certain master. They abide by the doctrine and would not easily take out the orb for me to verify its authenticity even in front of the rector. But the orb should be real," Ofra turned back
He showed an indifferent smile. "Because those four masters are real and I can tell their auras."
"That is to say, the return of the orb is certain." The old horseman followed Ofra slowly towards the depths of the camp. "It seems that this is not someone's arrangement. What happened to those mercenaries?"
"They claimed to be traveling mages from the Horna Empire in the north. They traveled around to gain knowledge. Their involvement in the orb incident and the rescue of the four masters were basically a coincidence. The whole story was watertight. Only instinct made me feel that they were hiding something.
Ofra's footsteps paused slightly, "Elson, what's the situation of your investigation?"
"They appeared suddenly. They first appeared in the town of Rumbel in the southern part of the grassland. No one knew about this group of people before that, and even after checking the border crossing records, their origins were not found. More than one of them had disappeared before.
Yue disappeared out of thin air, and the informant almost broke his leg without finding any clues. In addition, I found some mercenaries who had been in contact with that group of people. Those mercenaries mentioned that their fighting methods were extremely weird and not at all.
What kind of mage is it? It’s not even any known combat profession, it’s more like instinct and talent, maybe it’s some kind of secret warrior that we don’t know about.”
Ofra lowered her eyes: "...Are they so elusive... You can't even find a clue after they disappeared suddenly? Is your wolf nose degenerated or can they really jump out of the world?"
"You are the same as before, your jokes are never funny," the old "groomman" expression remained unchanged, "Is there something wrong with those mercenaries?"
"There is nothing wrong with them personally. At least my hunting instinct can confirm that they have no malice, no evil thoughts, or even greed. This last point is what surprised me the most. Their leader calmly tried to refuse the reward, and there was no hypocrisy in his emotions.
I even felt that that person’s thoughts were as pure as those of a saint. He didn’t even pay one tenth of his attention to fame and wealth, but..." When Ofra said this, she suddenly raised her head and said,
"The unknown origin itself is the biggest problem."
"Then continue the investigation," the old horseman nodded, "Although I don't think there is anything noteworthy about a group of mercenaries... but your intuition has always been very accurate."
"Intuition..." Ofra muttered to herself, looking up at the sky, "I hope my intuition can help me solve the troubles here. I have some bad premonitions. This holy land is shrouded in dark clouds.
, there are some uncoordinated people hiding around us - the only Rector of Girton who can calm the scene is an old priest who is more pious than adaptable. "
An undercurrent surges under this ancient and mysterious holy land, but most people in the undercurrent are ignorant of it. They are just tired of running around under the harassment of monsters as before, and they become more and more numb in the battle. As night falls, the dragon
An uneasy day ended in the Ridge Mountains, followed by an equally uneasy night.
Under the cover of night and shadow, Hao Ren and the others left the town of Leighton at the foot of the mountain and came to a high ground not far outside the town.
"Although I thought about staying here to investigate the matter thoroughly, after going back and thinking about it, it is necessary to go to the royal capital." Hao Ren saw that everyone had arrived and simply sat cross-legged on the ground, "It is said that the royal capital has
The large library that stores various files accumulated over thousands of years since the founding of Horleta, the cathedral and the royal palace also contain secret files handed down from the previous civilization. It is necessary to investigate these. We will be in this world
It is necessary to spend a lot of energy and integrate into the upper class society here. Taking advantage of this canonization is a good opportunity. Let's just investigate the movements of the stone giant tonight. The main thing is to find out what happened to Dragon's Back in the two months since we left here.
How much the mountains have changed. Also, there is the Blood Lake - Vivian and Lily, you two are fast. Let’s go to the Blood Lake again. I still care about that tunnel. Last time we only went in one direction.
, this time you go over and see where the tunnel leads in the other direction."
Lily looked a little excited. Apparently, this "secret operation without anyone in the middle of the night" scene made her feel powerful. When she heard Hao Ren's instructions, she immediately nodded, jumped onto the big rock next to her and howled: "Ouch!"
——Woof!”
The howl of the wolf echoed in the mountain forest. Vivian quickly rushed forward but still couldn't cover it up...
"It's okay," Hao Ren shook his head, "It's normal to have wolves in the mountains."
Vivian glared: "But it's not normal for a wolf to howl followed by a bark!"
Hao Ren waved his hand and looked at Yzaks: "You and Betsy come together. You are strong in combat and Betsy has rich local experience. You two go to the main peak in the north. It is said that there is one of the several peaks where stone giants proliferate.
Observe whether there are any changes in the division and proliferation of monsters, especially what they are doing when the monsters divide but do not attack the town. I always feel that brainless creatures like stone giants will not plan an attack like this
A clever move, but they did design a sneak attack to break through the defense line half a month ago."
"Finally, Nangong Wuyue and I went to take a look at the 'overpass' in the south." Hao Ren threw away the data terminal in his hand. "A mountain will not deform out of thin air. There must be some secret there. The locals don't have energy detectors.
Haha, I have." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!