This group of adventurers were hired by Richelieu.
Richelieu and Roger Fitt and Finette were in the rear;
Check the village for clues.
This group of adventurers volunteered to wander around the village, and then a hunter discovered messy footprints on the ground.
It was discovered that a large number of villagers had gathered and headed in one direction.
So, while sending someone to notify Richelieu, he led a group of people to follow the footsteps.
Therefore, we found the church first.
However, when they arrived outside the church, everyone was shocked.
There was blood and mutilated limbs all over the ground, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
Was there a massacre here?
"Oh my god, were all the villagers killed?"
"Everyone, check around and see if there are any clues!"
Before the adventurers could follow the orders, an unexpected voice interrupted their actions.
"No need, everyone is dead or captured. It's useless for you to look for them."
"who!"
The adventurers looked at the church with vigilance.
Only to find an extraordinary young man walking out of it, as well as an unsmiling young guard.
"Don't get me wrong, Ryan, this is my guard Rhodes. Just a surviving victim."
How Nok explained it to the adventurers will not be mentioned for now.
But it is said that Richelieu was under the protection of Roger Fitt and Finette,
I found the Adventurer's Guild early in the morning. After identifying myself, I asked the branch president to help arrange emergency tasks.
After learning that this person was a candidate for the church's cardinal, the branch president did not dare to neglect him.
You must know that although the Adventurers Guild intends to replace the Holy Church and become the number one force in the mainland,
But it doesn't mean they are enemies.
After all, the Adventurers Guild is not united and has many factions.
After all, they are all the product of the joint efforts of the Warriors Guild and the Magic Guild.
There are even secret hands arranged by some powerful kingdoms.
Moreover, there are only twelve cardinals and their status is high.
But there are only eight thousand branch presidents of the Adventurer's Guild, if not ten thousand.
In the final analysis, the Adventurer's Guild is still trying to cross the river with stones, and the system is still being gradually improved.
The position of branch president will definitely be reduced in the end.
There is speculation within the Adventurer's Guild that in the future the Adventurer's Guild is likely to be like the Holy Church.
Establish a regional branch to lead other adventurer branches in a region.
By then, the status of the branch president may really be the same as that of a cardinal.
But now their status is, at most, the same as that of a priest in the church's hands.
How dare you snub a candidate for Cardinal.
Especially after knowing that the urgent task was to find a missing regional bishop,
The branch president in Gascony did not dare to delay.
It concerns two bishop-level figures. If something happens to the missing priest because of his negligence.
His position as president of the branch has ended.
Therefore, the branch president urgently summoned the managers of the familiar adventure team.
Ask them to send people to participate in this mission, and even announce that the adventurers' union will not take any commission from this mission.
All rewards will be distributed in full to participants.
Originally, the managers of these adventure teams were called in early in the morning, and they had complaints in their hearts.
In addition, the mission reward is only one hundred gold coins, which is not a bad reward if only a team takes it.
But if all the teams present are involved, the money won’t be shared evenly.
Just when they were about to quit, they learned that the mission was to find a missing regional bishop.
Everyone was moved when the person who issued the mission was a cardinal candidate.
Remuneration is not important, connections are important!
If you complete this task, it will be equivalent to getting to know two important people.
If you want to do something related to the church in the future, it will not be very convenient.
With this purpose in mind, this group of people took over the task on the spot.
There was no need to go back and call for people, they brought their subordinates with them,
Directly escort Richelieu and the other three to the village of Colola.
When the group of people arrived at Korola Village in a dusty atmosphere,
I knew something was wrong with the village.
Because it was already around eight or nine in the morning,
In a normal village, work would already be in full swing.
But the village of Korola was quiet and dead.
Fortunately, after entering the village, they heard the cry of a baby.
Only then did I realize that there were living people in the village, but there must have been an accident.
Otherwise, it is impossible to let the baby cry all the time.
Of course, it's also possible that the baby's cries were some strangely disguised demon.
But it's daytime now, so that's unlikely.
So, under the protection of a group of adventurers, Richelieu and the other three chose the room where they heard the crying and broke in.
As a result, a lonely, crying baby was found in a villager's room.
But it was strange in the room. No adults were seen.
Richelieu immediately issued an order for the following adventurers to disperse into the village.
First, investigate the house where the baby is crying and take care of the baby together.
At the same time, pay attention to safety and do not leave alone to avoid accidents.
After a while of searching, the adventurers found a total of four babies, both boys and girls, waiting to be fed.
Richelieu arranged for a team to escort the four babies back to the Adventurers' Guild, and let the union arrange for people to take care of them.
After all, there were all men present, and there was no milk to feed the child.
After allocating manpower, Richelieu began to analyze.
Something must have happened in the village, and it might be related to the disappearance of Ryan and the others.
Richelieu did not act blindly and found a spacious and bright village house as his headquarters.
Instruct the adventurers present to form teams of three to separately investigate the villagers’ residences.
See if there are any clues.
As a result, the number of investigation teams was reduced by two, and these two were the ones who found the villagers' footprints.
Find the group of adventurers who went to the church.
The remaining team also found many unusual clues in the residence.
"Reporting to Lord Richelieu, we investigated several households and found that all the kitchen knives in their homes were missing."
"We also found that some people's ironware was missing from their homes, including some forks and knives.
Even one hunter's bow and arrows were missing. "
“Signs of a large population gathering were found in the center of the village, and demolished houses were also found.
There was a lot of discarded wood on the ground. We suspect that the villagers are looking for handy weapons. "
"Report! Teams 7 and 8 have found traces of the villagers leaving and have followed them. I'm back to report."
News came one after another, making Richelieu realize that something was going on here.
When the last adventurer's report came, Richelieu stood up directly.
"Where you are, lead the way. Everyone else, gather and follow!"
After all, Richelieu was a soldier and had served as a soldier, and he was not sloppy at all.
So, led by the messenger, they rushed towards the church.
"stop!"
Suddenly, Finette, who was following the messenger, shouted to stop the speeding team.
He took off the bow and arrow on his back, drew the bow and nocked an arrow, pointed at the grass on the roadside and shouted:
"Who is it, come out! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"
Feinette's behavior caused everyone to quickly grab their weapons and look warily at the grass on both sides of the road.
"Don't...don't do anything...we are not...not bad people."
I saw a little fat man with a blue face, raising his hands tremblingly, crying, and defending in fear.
However, Finette did not lower his guard just because the other party was a child.
Not even the adventurers in the audience relaxed their vigilance.
Because experience tells them that they should never relax their vigilance towards strangers when going out.
Even if the other person is just a child or a woman.
Not to mention the children who suddenly appeared on the roadside when something happened in this village.
"There is another one, why didn't he come out! If he doesn't come out, I will take action!"
Although Finette has a carefree personality, his professional skills are very professional.
He could catch two breathing sounds in the grass. One of them was a little fat man standing up.
The other one was a little weak, I don't know if it was injured or deliberately hiding its aura.
As a ranger, even if Finette doubts his own eyes, he will not doubt his ears.
He did not activate the "Eagle Vision" skill, so his eyes might be deceived.
But he activated the Ranger's "Listening" skill, which is a skill that increases the Ranger's hearing.
Best suited for hunting down enemies in jungles and mountains where vision is obstructed.
Finette had no doubt that he had heard wrong.
"No, no, no! My friend is injured and unconscious. I will take him out right now. Please don't kill us!"
As he said that, the little fat man put down his raised hands, squatted down and groped in the grass.
Little did he know that his reckless behavior nearly cost him his life.
Because Richelieu was present at the scene and the other party was a child, there were many people on my side.
Only then would Finette press his inner impulse and take the risk to let the little fat man take action.
Otherwise, Finette would have sent the little fat man to see the Holy Lord or Satan with one arrow.
Fortunately, the little fat man also knew the importance and did not dare to delay.
He directly picked up his companion from the grass and dragged him out of the grass.
Richelieu saw that they were really just two children, and immediately ordered:
"Two people went over to help and bring the two children over."
"Yes! Sir."
Two adventurers stepped forward, one each, and brought the two children to Richelieu.
But the treatment is different.
The little fat man was pulled over by the arm with a look of disgust on his face.
His unconscious companion was carried over by someone.
When the two children came to Richelieu, Richelieu understood why the adventurer looked disgusted.
These two children smell so much of urine.
Among them, the little fat man was the most serious.
Richelieu suppressed the discomfort in his heart and tried to look kind.
He asked softly: "Children, can you tell me your names and where you are from?
Why does it appear here? Of course, if your answer satisfies me,
I can help your friend with treatment. "
When the little fat man heard this, he looked at Richelieu a little excitedly: "Is what you said true?"
The little fat man's behavior was very impolite. Richelieu was a little unhappy, but he still nodded.
"It's true. If you tell me everything you know, I will not only cure your friend,
Food and shelter will also be arranged for you. "
As soon as the little fat man heard that there was something to eat, he immediately forgot about his fear.
"My name is Chopper, the son of the mayor of this village, and this is d'Artagnan, he is... my friend.
We...we are the survivors of this village...the devil, the terrible devil,,
They killed everyone in the village! "
As Chopper spoke, he cried out of fear.
When Richelieu and others heard the word "devil", they immediately became serious.
After hearing that all the villagers were killed, my heart became heavy.
"Chopper, don't cry. Please tell me carefully what is going on. Where is the devil?"
Richelieu comforted Chopper and continued to ask for useful information.
The two Ryans disappeared here, probably because they were facing the devil in the child's mouth.
Maybe he has been killed now, otherwise why would Ryan let the demon massacre the villagers.
Chopper was asked by Richelieu and began to answer intermittently.
"I don't know what happened. Last night, my father suddenly summoned the whole village.
Then he said he wanted to kill the strangers, and then the whole village went to the church with weapons.
But when they arrived at the church, the adults in the village were like crazy, smashing the door of the church frantically.
Then the door was broken open, and two demons rushed out of the church, killing everyone they saw.
I was so scared that I hid in the grass.
Then d'Artagnan also hid. In the end, those two demons killed many people,
Also discovered us.
I thought I was dead, but a demon was lured away by d'Artagnan.
The other one turned around and continued killing people. After killing the people, he walked into the church and didn't care about me at all.
I was so scared that I ran away. Then, I met the unconscious d'Artagnan,
I thought, we are the only two left in the village, even though I used to bully d'Artagnan.
But at a critical moment, he can lure away a demon for me, and I can't watch him die.
So I carried him on my back and hid in the grass.
We didn't dare to go back to the village, fearing that the two demons would come into the village to find us.
Then, because of fear, I fell asleep.
I was discovered by you as soon as I woke up.
Please, save us, we are really not bad people. "
Although little fat Jon’s words were a bit messy,
But everyone still understood the general idea.
Apparently, the village chief stayed up in the middle of the night because he discovered the stranger, and then summoned the villagers to kill the stranger.
Then went to church.
It is possible that the strangers were at the church.
Then the villagers fought with the strangers, and they were killed by the strangers.
As a result, Chopper and the two were spared by the strangers because they were children, and they survived.
But because the two strangers were murderous, the child was frightened.
So this kid thinks outsiders are devils. After all, killing people like hemp is nothing but a demon.
However, according to Lord Richelieu, they are also looking for two people.
To the villagers of Corolla, aren't those two strangers?
Could it be that their mission goal was to massacre the entire village?
Then the matter is serious!
Even if there is a regional bishop there, such blatant destruction of villages cannot be covered up!
Will these people be silenced?
The adventurers present panicked.
Although they have many people, they do not have high-level professionals.
Only a few managers are silver-level.
But let’s not talk about Lord Richelieu. His two guards are silver-level masters.
A swordsman type warrior, a ranger, as long as the swordsman entangles people,
Then the ranger can easily shoot people!
It really shouldn't be too easy to silence them.
Not to mention there is a candidate for cardinal, a proper clergyman.
A boss who can heal and assist, three people can kill a group of them, there is no pressure at all!
Fortunately, just when the adventurers started to scare themselves,
There was a commotion in the distance.
"Hey, everyone is here! We brought the target back!"
The adventurers from Team 7 and Team 8 excitedly waved to the large group and shouted that the mission was completed.
Seeing the two unfamiliar young men in the small team in the distance, the adventurers in the large group cried out inwardly.
If just now they were still thinking about whether to attack Richelieu and the other three to protect themselves,
I have given up on this idea now.
Because the team brought back two ruthless people who destroyed the village, how could they dare to take action?
If they can't be defeated, they will all be destroyed.
Even if they can defeat them, if one of them escapes, they will still have to be wiped out.
The Holy Church will not let them go if they openly kill church bishops.
Even if they tell the truth, no one will believe them.
"Ryan, are you okay?"
Richelieu, Roger Feite and Finette faced the two Nocs together and asked with concern.
Nok shook his head: "There is no danger. However, there is one trouble.
All the villagers in Korola were killed by Weird. "
Richelieu looked at Nock's expression seriously, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Are you serious? If you did it,
I try to push things down. "
It turned out that after listening to the little fat man's words, Richelieu also thought that it was Nok and the two who killed the villagers.
Others dare not say it, but Richelieu thinks that Nook Lane should be able to do it.
Although he is only a dozen years older than Nock, he is used to intrigues in the officialdom.
He could see that there was a rage in Ryan's heart.
It's okay if no one provokes him, but if someone provokes him, he will probably fight to death.
The last time he faced the Dragon Knight's pressure, Ryan dared to confront him with a gun.
Richelieu had also seen muskets before.
It was the black powder that the expeditionary force brought back from the East, and then the great inventor Leonardo da Vinci developed the matchlock gun.
Later, it was said that a musket was developed after learning from a certain sacred weapon.
It is said that the firearms for traveling were later improved, but due to some technical problems, suitable bullets were not produced.
Therefore, Leonardo da Vinci began to travel across the continent, intending to find technological breakthroughs from alien races.
I heard that he once impressed the goblin's great engineer and wanted to become a disciple of Leonardo da Vinci, but he was rejected.
But although the musket is a powerful weapon for ordinary people, it is useless against people above the Silver level.
Not much of a threat.
But Nok dared to challenge the dragon knight with a musket. Would such a person be angry with just the villagers?
You know, that Chopper said that the villagers were clamoring to kill the outsiders.
Apart from Ryan and Rhodes, were there other outsiders in Colora Village yesterday?
Richelieu, who felt the truth about himself, naturally wanted to help suppress the matter.
After all, his and Ryan's interests are now aligned, as long as Ryan doesn't kill people on a whim.
Instead, he killed people in self-defense. Even if the village of Korola was massacred, he would still be able to suppress it.
But Ryan's answer confused him.
"No, their death has nothing to do with me, they were really killed by weird evil spirits or something like that.
If you don’t believe me, you can ask these adventurers. They personally inspected the remains of the villagers,
And the traces and atmosphere left on the scene.
By the way, if you don't believe it, you can go to the church to investigate now. The smell of the murderer still remains there. "
Nok said these words loudly.
So everyone heard it.
Seeing that Nok looked upright and not afraid of anyone investigating,
The adventurers were relieved a lot, and many people had begun to believe in Nok.
They quickly contacted the team members and exchanged information.
Then I believed 90% of it.
After all, it is impossible for people in the team to give false testimony to outsiders.
But a group of people decided to let Richelieu take them to the church.
Nok waved his hand and said he wasn't going. He looked at the corpses all morning.
Already disgusted. I don’t want to see it anymore.
He and Rod stayed and took care of their two children.
Nok's words almost scared Chopper to death.
But Chopper didn't dare say no.
Because he has recognized that this young "big brother" is one of the demons last night,
Although he looked down on Nok's appearance, he recognized Nok's voice.
In addition to the group of people he met and his acquaintance with this demon,
If this devil knew that he recognized him, he would definitely kill himself and d'Artagnan to silence him!
Seeing that Nok was unwilling to go, everyone did not force him.
Let the previous team free up and go to the church alone with the large army.
The rest of the team stayed to guard Nok and the two.
This can be regarded as one of the means of protection.
But Nok didn't pay attention and sat directly next to the little fat man.
"Hey, little fat man, it seems that guy was right what he said last night. You have kidney deficiency. You're actually so wet."
Chopper almost jumped up, but Nok held him down.
"Okay, don't move if you don't want to die. Although I did hurt people in your village last night, I really didn't kill them.
Others will tell you the answer after investigating. If you don't believe it, you will understand it when you grow up.
I'll help you cure d'Artagnan, and you'll help me keep the news about me injuring the villagers a secret.
After all, it was you who attacked me first, and I was acting in self-defense.
But after all, I injured them so that they couldn't even escape when they encountered something strange.
So, I protect your village's reputation, and you protect mine.
If you can do it, I will help you save people. We’ll also help you arrange where to go.
If that doesn't work, I'll send you to town and you can go to the Sheriff and tell what you know.
I will also tell the Sheriff what I know and see who suffers in the end.
After all, the town may not take in the child of a murderer.
By the way, you probably don’t know that your father is a believer in the evil god and has killed many innocent people, right? "
Chopper is the village chief's child, and Nok already knew it when chatting with d'Artagnan.
After all, Nok witnessed Chopper beating d'Artagnan, and d'Artagnan didn't bother to hide his embarrassment.
Chopper didn't know whether to believe this demon, he was just a seven-year-old child.
D'Artagnan is smarter, but now he is unconscious and there is no hope.
And d'Artagnan is one year younger than him, so how can he count on d'Artagnan, his younger brother?
He could only instinctively agree to Nok's conditions.
Because he felt that if he didn't agree, this demon would definitely find an opportunity to kill him and d'Artagnan.
This is called silence, and he still knows it.
Nok didn't know Chopper's little thoughts, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
Because he is really innocent!
Even if Philip comes forward to testify against Nock, at most it can be said that Nock's defense was excessive.
After all, he was the regional bishop of the church, and he was besieged by a group of country villagers clamoring to kill him.
This in itself is blasphemy against the Holy Church and is considered heretical.
Not to mention that Nok only injured the villagers, even if Nok really killed them all,
From the standpoint of the Holy Church, it is also tenable.
Nock is also innocent.
But if this happens, Nok's reputation will be affected.
After all, being able to ruthlessly massacre a whole village of people, no matter what the reason,
People will think that this person is ruthless and should not be deeply friends with him.
Nock still has ambitions to realize, so he naturally doesn't want his reputation to be damaged.
Otherwise, why should he care about the life and death of these two brats.
Seeing that Chopper agreed, Nok was not hesitant and went straight to treat d'Artagnan.
D'Artagnan actually had no external injuries.
Mainly because he was parasitized by evil spirits and absorbed a lot of vitality and physical strength.
That's why he is so weak.
I don’t know how Philippe got rid of the evil spirit without hurting d’Artagnan.
Anyway, Nok didn't dare to be interested.
After a few healing and calming spells,
Nok didn't care.
Just wait until d'Artagnan wakes up on his own.
Sure enough, when Richelieu and others returned, d'Artagnan also woke up.
When he learned that he and Chopper were the only ones left in the entire village, a trace of hatred flashed in d'Artagnan's eyes.
Nok caught this trace of hatred and felt very unhappy.
So, I found an opportunity to be alone with d'Artagnan and gave him a serious warning.
"Kid, I know you hate me now. But do you hate the wrong person?
Even without me, the fate of your village would not be much better.
As someone who has experienced it yourself, you should know that it was you who brought the evil spirits out of the church.
It was you who was possessed by an evil spirit and then encouraged the villagers to attack me.
Otherwise, we would have left the village long before dawn.
Therefore, if you want to hate me, it is better to hate the person who sacrifices to the evil spirit and yourself.
It was you two who provoked the evil spirits, and I just happened to be attacked by you.
If you think that I should not resist being killed by you, then it can only be said that you are thinking too beautifully.
Again, I won't even leave them to Weird to kill, I'll kill you all myself.
So, if you want to understand who is at fault, then live well.
Otherwise, I don't mind killing you right now. As long as I expose the fact that you are possessed by an evil spirit.
I can guarantee that the people around you and in the town will personally kill you without me taking any action.
Sent to the stake and burned to death.
So, if you want to survive, just give me some peace! "
After Noc warned d'Artagnan, he ignored him.
The trip to Corolla was so unpleasant!
Little did Knock know that his words planted the seeds of hatred in d'Artagnan's heart.
Create a difficult enemy for yourself in the future.
