Located within the territory of the Sbonney Empire, the Lito Mountains stretched for hundreds of kilometers from southwest to northeast, traversing the three northeastern counties of the Empire. The village of Resler, where the massacre took place www.biquge.info is located at the easternmost end of the Lito Mountains, in the county of Gallonia of the Empire, about twenty kilometers from the city of Varna, where Viscount Juan is located, and is also a village in the diocese of Leo.

That morning, a rare sight appeared at the west gate of Varna City. Viscount Juan, lord of Varna, rode side by side with the bishop of the diocese of Varna, and headed southwest of the city of Varna, accompanied by the diocesan deacon Morata, the bishop's personal bodyguard, Darwin, and fifty elite soldiers under the command of Viscount Juan.

The reason why this scene is very rare is that in recent years, the conflict between the royal family and the church in the Spany Empire has almost completely become public. Although the two sides politely maintained the proper etiquette on the surface, anyone who knew even a little about the inside of the Sbanney Empire knew the fact that the turn of the royal family and the church was almost a certainty, and it just depended on when it came.

Because of this, the nobles who were born on the side of the royal family naturally distanced themselves from the church, and it was too much to have a meal with a friendly meal, and it was already rare not to make each other stumble, let alone go out of the city like Viscount Juan and Leo side by side and look like iron buddies. Fortunately, this is just a small border city in the northeast of the empire, if such a thing happens in the capital of the empire, Delmar City, I am afraid that Viscount Juan will be on the blacklist of all the noble families of the empire the next day.

After leaving the city of Varna, Leo and his party hurried towards the village of Ressler. Agriculture struggled in Varna Territory, where agriculture struggled due to its barren land and lack of rainfall and water, due to its barren land and lack of rainfall and water, making it unsuitable for the cultivation of rice and wheat, the main crops of the empire.

The hills and swamps that dotted the Varna Territory were notoriously difficult to navigate, so although the Varna Territory was located on the northeastern border of the Spanny Empire, adjacent to the Duchy of France, the continent's largest economic power, it was not used as a major trade route for caravans traveling between the two countries. The merchants preferred to take an additional detour of nearly a hundred kilometres from the county of Dealonia further south to the rugged roads of Varna Territory.

All these reasons combine to make the territory of Varna Territory sparsely populated today, and it can be called a sparsely populated place compared to the overcrowding of the rest of the Empire. Leo and his party drove along the official road west of Varna for a whole morning, during which they only saw one village, and the pedestrians and carriages they encountered on the road combined did not exceed double digits, which made Leo frown secretly - how many religious taxes could be received with such a small number of people? No wonder Morata, who is in charge of money, is so picky, he is forced.

When the sun was already high in the middle of the sky, Leo, who was sweating profusely from the scorching sun, suddenly heard Viscount Juan beside him say, "We have arrived." ”

Leo glanced at Viscount Juan and followed the lord's line of sight, and saw a village looming behind the green hills in front of him to his right. Rubbing his somewhat sore waist, the young blue-clothed cardinal couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief—for Leo, a sorcerer who was not known for his physical fitness, this morning was nothing short of an ordeal.

"Lord Bishop," said Viscount Juan, who was as tall as a bull and pressed against his not-so-robust mount, beside him was Leo, and his brown horse looked as comical as an adult riding a child's wheelbarrow. Viscount Juan stretched out his horsewhip and pointed to the small village that was getting closer and closer in everyone's sight, and asked Leo, "Shall we enter the village and search immediately, or should we find a place to rest first?" ”

"Let's take a break." Leo could clearly feel that his buttocks were already starting to tingle.

"Okay." The Viscount turned and gestured to his subordinates behind him, and led the group to find a small slope under the hill to rest for a while, the village of Resler was located on the other side of the hill, so there was no need to worry about the group being spotted by the black wizards and female assassins hiding in the village.

Leo had just found a slightly flat place to sit down, took out the dry food he was carrying, and nibbled on two bites, when he found that Viscount Juan had already come over and smiled at him: "Lord Bishop, I think it's time to study our battle plan." ”

Leo sighed, and suddenly felt a faint pain in his head, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: "Hell, this stupid big lord is really, he chatters like a sparrow all the way, and he doesn't even want me to be quiet when he rests?" But complaining and complaining, our bishop still put aside the dry food in his hand and looked at Viscount Juan seriously: "I'm a layman to these things, I don't know what the viscount thinks?" ”

"Gao Jian doesn't count, there is still a little bit of advice." Viscount Juan laughed, and then said, "Judging from your description of the battle in the alley that night, the two heretics hiding in the village are definitely not our opponents, but they have a strong ability to escape. So I mean to have my fifty of my men scattered around the village to intercept their escape routes, and I, along with you, the protagonist, and two of your men, will go into the village to search and engage them, what do you think? ”

Leo thought about it for a while, and felt that there didn't seem to be any loopholes in Viscount Juan's arrangement, so he nodded: "It's according to the Viscount's wishes." ”

Fifteen minutes later.

Leo, Viscount Juan, Morata, and Darwin entered the village of Resler, and Viscount Juan's men had dispersed around the village according to their plan, laying a net to prevent the black wizard and the female assassin from escaping.

To Leo's surprise, the scene he had imagined in his mind did not appear, and the village of Resler, which was now empty after the massacre, did not have any corpses in Leo's sight except for the silence of death, and even the occasional blood stain could be seen as a trace of being treated. Leo subconsciously glanced at Viscount Juan beside him, obviously this should be the credit of this lord.

"Wait." When the group arrived at the square in the center of the village, which looked like it had been used for rituals in the past, Viscount Juan suddenly stopped the others. After watching everyone's eyes focus on him, he said, "It's been a while since we came in, but there hasn't been any movement here. If it weren't for the wrong information, then it would only mean that the two heretics didn't want to come out and confront us, so how do we find them? ”

This is indeed a small problem, although the village of Ressler is not big, but there are still twenty large and small families, twenty households represent twenty houses and twenty yards, one by one to search is quite time-consuming and laborious, but if you scatter the search, you may encounter a raid by black wizards and female assassins, what should you do?

Leo, who had been prepared for this, smiled and said, "This question is simple, let me come." After saying that, Leo closed his eyes and recited the incantation in his mouth while using the soul power in his body. A moment later, a series of soul fluctuations spread out of Leo's body, heading towards the surroundings, which was the only soul-type spell that Leo had learned so far, the Soul Detection Technique.

Just as the ripples swept past the people around Leo, Viscount Juan and Morata were both startled, and at the same time looked at Leo with strange eyes, their faces full of surprise. Only Darwin, who had become accustomed to it, stood there casually, looking at the scene around him.

"Found it!" After only a few seconds, Leo opened his eyes and pointed to a modest hut not far from them: "There they are!" ”