Chapter 135: Mystery and Hunting
This voice was a little more chilling than the howling cold wind, and the tone was even more ruthless, Archbishop Alex immediately snorted angrily, faced the chief of the inquisition who was walking quickly, and said in a deep voice: "Kidd, are you afraid that the incarnation of the Holy Light will take your place?" ”
Anduin's gaze shifted to Kidd's thin face, only to see a cold look in his eyes, and a cold glance: "It's only you who think about power all day long, Alex, I don't have time to listen to you with that high-sounding nonsense, the Pope is looking for you, go quickly." ”
"What?" Alex's eyes were suspicious, he looked at the expressionless Anduin, then looked at the menacing Kidd, frowned and asked, "You want to take me?" I'm sorry, Kidd, you're going to do it to the Light Incarnation, you have to get past me first! ”
Before the words fell, Archbishop Alex showed his scepter and Bible, and his body released a dense light, with the sudden rise of momentum, the whole person also became radiant, I have to say, this person even did not hesitate to be an enemy of Kidd in order to win over Anduin.
However, the chief of the referee had no intention of making a move, with a disdain in his eyes that looked at the fool, and said in a cold voice: "No one has the guts to dare to joke with the Pope, the words are put here, believe it or not, it's your business." ”
Alex looked at Kidd's firm eyes, and his heart was a little shaken, but he still didn't worry about the referee, after all, it was rumored that Kidd and Anduin had a quarrel, and at this moment, Anduin suddenly spoke, his voice was full of indifference: "Archbishop Alex, thank you for your kindness, I think that in the Pope's place, even if it is a terrifying magistrate, you must behave in a proper manner." ”
Hearing this, Alex received his magical powers, glared at Kidd fiercely, and bowed to Anduin again, leaving here step by step, leaving Anduin and Kidd alone, at both ends of the balcony.
The sun crept into the air, dispelling the cold with a blinding light, but leaving shadows at the ends of the balcony, Anduin and Kidd standing on one side, with light in between.
Goodbye to the referee, Anduin didn't have the good mood to meet again after a long absence, not only because Kidd changed into a thick black robe, but also because the other party's eyebrows were like wind and frost, and his cold eyes were extremely sharp, staring at Anduin's eyes, as if he wanted to see him through completely.
Anduin was silent, wondering what this Archbishop of Kidd was crazy about.
After a long time, the chief referee said slowly: "I need an explanation!" ”
"Explain?"
Kidd's eyebrows furrowed more and more, and his face was gloomy: "You killed my people, of course I need an explanation!" ”
Anduin's expression suddenly became extremely exciting: "It's clear that your people are plotting against me, first giving me anesthetics, and then trying to steal my Holy Light Necklace, I just controlled him and wanted to ask him what happened, but he swallowed poison and committed suicide." ”
Poof.
A corpse was thrown into the sunlight by Anduin, and he hugged his arm and said, "If you don't believe it, check it yourself." ”
Kidd didn't take it lightly, frowned and began to inspect the body of the Shadow Priest, except for a slight contusion on the neck and chest, and an arm was removed, there were no other fatal injuries, he gently pinched the corpse's jaw, and saw that one of the teeth showed a gap, and his face became more and more gloomy: "Although the Shadow Priest's actions cannot be above board, the fact that the poison in the teeth is completely unnecessary for us. ”
Anduin sneered: "Heh, you mean, I'm framing you?" Then I would like to ask, I have a good stay at the hotel, why did he come suddenly? It can't be Archbishop Kidd who is haunted, right? ”
The chief of the referee glanced sideways and said lightly: "Last night, we had a secret operation near the hotel, the target disappeared for no reason, the mission failed, and when we counted the number of people when we met this morning, we found that there was one missing, and when I looked back, I found a trace of dead air in your room, so I want to ask what happened." ”
"In other words, this person has left his post without permission?" Anduin raised a frown, "The secret operation you mentioned should have something to do with the Twilight Cultists, right?" ”
Archbishop Kidd nodded lightly: "The cleaning work inside the Holy See has been completed, and during this time, I have been searching for the cancer hidden in the fortress, but unfortunately, I am about to succeed, but I suddenly fell short." ”
Anduin glanced at the corpse on the ground, "It seems that your internal cleansing is not perfect, but not every Twilight cultist would be stupid enough to tattoo the old god mark on his body." ”
Kidd stood up and didn't say a word, his gloomy face seemed to be dripping water, Anduin saw what he was thinking, and asked lightly, "Why, you don't want to believe it?" ”
"The cleansing work is led by me personally, almost all the priests have received holy water baptism and faith evaluation, not to mention that there are obvious signs on the body, even if it is just a shake in faith, it can show abnormalities, and the shadow priest is the focus of my attention because of his special identity, there is no reason to keep the twilight remnant."
The Referee's performance did not seem to be a fraud, which made Anduin wonder that the identity of the Shadow Priest who had committed suicide was questionable, not only did the system only capture the shadow fluctuations, but even the Old God Scepter failed to force it to show its feet.
If it's just that the faith is shaken and it doesn't bear the mark of the ancient gods and the inoculation of evil things, then the ancient god scepter will not be able to come in handy.
The clue, as if the man committed suicide, came to an abrupt end, and Anduin and Kidd couldn't even fully deduce that his identity must be that of a Twilight believer.
Call......
At this moment, a cold wind blew, and through the balcony door, blew up the Shadow Priest's simple clothes, like a funeral white cloth, covering his face.
Archbishop Kidd sighed lightly and stopped trying to question Anduin, seeing this, Anduin also let go of his prejudice a little: "What are you going to do?" ”
"Find!"
The black robe of the chief of the referee is like a sword of heavenly punishment: "Find the group of disappeared Twilight believers, and everything will fall into place!" ”
……
At the end of his visit to the church, Anduin walked out into the streets alone, a cloud of sorrow condensed between his brows, and he felt that more and more mysteries were hanging over the fortress.
Presto is not the expected incarnation of the black dragon, but he also has a ghost, and his marriage to Princess Kalia is by no means pure and immaculate on the surface.
The right hand of the Holy Light vaguely revealed that Benedictas's exceptional entry into the Stormwind Church was a plan of the Solemn Scepter and even the core of the Holy See, and the purpose was to borrow the hand of the Twilight Holy See to get rid of everything in Stormwind Town, so as to attack Prince Terenus.
The Shadow Priest, whose identity is suspicious, seems to have something to do with the Twilight believers, but how he evaded the faith appraisal is unknown for a while, and the only way to break the game is to find the disappeared Twilight believers.
"I thought that the trip to the fortress would only need to solve the problem of Presto, but I didn't expect that the situation was much more complicated than I imagined."
Anduin couldn't help but shake his head, looked at a man and a woman walking towards him, only to feel that the sequelae of the spiritual vision were faintly attacking, Princess Eliza, who was separated yesterday, was actually walking side by side with Arthas talking and laughing, looking at His Royal Highness the Prince's relaxed face, it seemed that he had solved the big trouble in his heart.
"Anduin, why didn't you go back to the palace yesterday? After asking for a long time, I realized that you were here. Arthas complained, "Let's go, Presto has invited you to hunt in the mountains, and I'll be waiting for you." ”
Anduin glanced at Eliza without a trace, and found that her gaze had turned away, completely unconcerned about her existence, and secretly shook her head, frowned, and asked, "Are there many hunters?" ”
Arthas saw his concerns: "Don't worry, in this cold and snowy place, those ladies and ladies like to stay in the palace, only Princess Eliza, who is not afraid of the cold, and in addition, Gerard will act as a guide, because the place of hunting belongs to the back mountain of his family." ”
Hearing this, Anduin nodded in agreement, just taking this opportunity to test the details of Presto.
Most of the noble manors of the Silver Fortress are located in the south of the fortress, and the manor of the Gerald family is no exception, although the weather is cold at this time, there is no snow near the manor, except for the rolling mountains behind the manor, you can see the snow-covered scenery.
Old Gerald very warmly entertained Anduin and the others, and chatted with Anduin a few words, the former manager of the Silver Hotel, very much in favor of the cooperation with the Hearthstone Hotel, and expressed deep feelings about the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, of course, these tirades are after Anduin and others set off into the mountain, their own single speech in the study.
Crunch crunch......
The ravaged yellow weeds weakly protested, while Anduin and a group of five people walked into the lush cypress forest with a focused expression, and as the terrain rose, the snow gradually filled the field of vision, and from time to time you could see the clues of animals walking.
According to Gerald, although there are no bears in the mountains behind his house, he can occasionally encounter fierce wild boars, which are more fierce than tigers and brown bears.
However, in the field, Arthas and Presto are both fourth-order powerhouses, even the lowest strength Gerald has reached the second-order level, and Anduin has made the system increase the scanning range, which not only avoids accidents, but also makes the hunting trip quickly rewarding.
Under Anduin's reminder, the group found a shrewd hare hiding very deeply, and Arthas himself slashed it with a bow and arrow, and the hare did not react at all, and became Alsace's trophy.
For a fourth-order powerhouse, it was easy to master ordinary weapons, and when he walked back to everyone with his prey, he showed a bright smile: "Anduin, your eyesight is really good, if you hadn't reminded you, I'm afraid we would have scared it away if we took a few more steps!" ”
Anduin waved his hand slightly, and saw that His Royal Highness the Prince was about to give it to Eliza, and the Imperial Princess raised her white neck, shook her head very firmly, and said, "As the only girl, I have to hunt the prey myself!" ”
"We'll see."
Arthas smiled slightly, and the group hit the road again.
I don't know if it's luck or not, the number of encounters with prey today is particularly intensive, even if Anduin didn't deliberately remind him, everyone has gained a lot, except for small animals such as hares, the most significant harvest is a wild deer.
After catching the prey again, Gerald began to sigh: "I haven't encountered such a situation for a long time, under normal circumstances, if you want to hunt so many prey, you need to go into the mountains for at least two days or so, like the last time, when I and His Excellency Presto came, we walked around here and made a catch." ”
Arthas laughed, "This shows that Princess Eliza has brought us extraordinary luck. ”
In the face of this compliment, Eliza did not appreciate it very much, because so far, she had not caught the slightest bit, and the prey she was targeting was either snatched or missed, and her cheeks were puffed out and she refused to speak.
Anduin, who also had no gain, looked intently into the depths of the mountains, and inexplicably felt that this situation was familiar: "Arthas, do you remember how Grandpa Fording returned?" ”
"Of course."
His Royal Highness the Prince showed a strange color: "Anduin, you don't think there is anything in this mountain, do you?" Where is there such a coincidence that we will encounter? ”
"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case, anyway, we have hit enough prey so far, so let's just go home."
Alsace was on the rise, unwilling to turn back, Princess Eliza, who had been ignoring Anduin on the way, also expressed her objections: "If you want to go back, you can go back by yourself, hmph, with the presence of Alsace and Presto, the two fourth-order powerhouses, you, the famous incarnation of the Holy Light, are still timid?" ”
Anduin shook his head slightly, unwilling to fight Eliza, and seeing that no one had the intention of returning, he continued to walk towards the mountain, and at the same time, he asked the system to increase the scanning efforts to be on the alert for a crisis.
Hum Hum Woo
Not long after, there was a strange noise from a hill in front of them, and Gerald and Presto immediately realized that the source of the abnormal noise was a fierce wild boar, and looking at the shaking movement of the woods, the wild boar was estimated to be quite large.
It seems to be a man's nature to be competitive, and Arthas and Presto have no intention of giving in at all, and rush away with their bows and arrows, and it is not at all challenging for them to use their respective housekeeping weapons to deal with a wild boar, so they still use their bows and arrows to try to kill the boar at close range.
However, the fierce wild thing that suddenly appeared, like a tank with full horsepower, stabbed and overwhelmed a big tree in a rampage, but it also made the two hunters, with more aggressive means, shoot several arrows, piercing deeply into the vital point.
The strong vitality only limited the movement of the wild boar, regardless of rushing towards Anduin and the others, Eliza was not afraid of danger, bent her bow and shot, piercing her eyes with extreme precision, but even so, the wild boar only snorted a few times, staggered and staggered, and continued to rush forward.
Feeling the fierce momentum coming to their faces, Anduin and the three of them immediately got out of the way, and the wild boar ignored the five humans present at all, and fled down the mountain with only one mind, as if there was something terrible in the depths of the mountain.
At this moment, Arthas and the others also sensed that something was wrong, and immediately put away their hunting thoughts and let the wild boar run away for their lives, but they were aroused by their curiosity, but they did not plan to return here, but wanted to continue to go deeper and find out.
"Huh! Listen, is there a strange sound in the mountains? ”
Princess Eliza, who still failed to capture her prey, quickly shifted her attention to other places, but the two fourth-order powerhouses did not hear any abnormal movement, in this regard, Anduin frowned slightly, because the system did give feedback, there were impact fluctuations in the depths of the mountains, according to the distance estimate, the impact center of the collision intensity, I am afraid that the momentum is not small, but Eliza can actually find this, which makes Anduin a little strange.
In this regard, Anduin didn't care much, the royal family dared to confront the Holy See, there will always be secret hole cards, and Eliza rushed to the engagement banquet alone, which must have its own special features.
Although Arthas didn't hear any changes, he still ordered Gerald, who was the least powerful, to return immediately, not only to prevent him from dragging his feet at a critical moment, but also to let him inform the outside world of the situation, His Royal Highness the Prince originally wanted Eliza to go back with him, but because of various considerations, he still gave up this idea.
Gerard did not hesitate and hurried away, and the remaining four marched down the mountain, into the depths, until a maniacal laugh was heard in the distance.
Hearing the voice, the other three just looked stunned, but Anduin showed a strange expression, the reason was-
He had heard this voice somewhere, and the owner of this voice should never have been here.