Chapter 53: The Wolf Is Coming
Mall Charcha, where prosperity continues. Not to decline because of the departure of one person, nor to prosper more because of the arrival of one, this is a proverb that circulates among the merchants of Charcha, in the eyes of these people who cannot afford to be profitable, this is the truth of the port of Charcha, but the lure of gold coins. Confusion often makes people forgetful, not everyone has the same idea, and sometimes, people who come to Charcha will treat money as dung, and even have the power to destroy half of the city.
There is no doubt that the Grey Cult is one of the forces capable of doing this.
The Lower Town of Charcha included the old town, where the poor lived, and even thieves and pickpockets were rarely frequented, but today it is very different, a delicate carriage slowly drove into the old town along the relatively smooth road, and the poor people, men and women, young and old, stood honestly on both sides of the road, and occasionally a few children, holding the legs of adults, dressed in shabby clothes, with curious expressions on their faces. Although the coachman looked disgusted, he remained serious and cautious, he knew that the people he pulled were noble and generous, and most importantly, these were the master mages.
If something goes wrong, he can't afford ten!
Soon, the carriage slowed down and finally came to a peaceful stop in front of an old house. There were two mages standing outside the door of the old mansion, dressed in gray robes, and when they saw the carriage stop, they hurriedly went up and pulled the door.
"This is the stronghold? I picked a good place. β
A young voice came from inside, and a young man with maroon hair stepped out of the carriage. He looked more like a nobleman than a mage, but what he wore on his shoulders was a genuine six-glow ring robe.
"Lord Williams, I didn't expect to alarm you."
Another six-ring mage soon walked out of the old mansion, but the two were obviously of the same rank, the latter looked respectful, and the former showed a natural appearance, it was hard to believe that this was the Gray Sect of Master Endymion who spoke of wisdom about the world.
"Our colleagues from the Grey Sect died in my jurisdiction, of course I want to come over and take a look, after all, I just took over the affairs of the Grey Sect in Chalca Harbor, so I have to put on a show." Williams said with a smile, with a hint of amusement and mockery.
The other six-ring mage smiled yes, and then stretched out his hand to lead the old mansion.
"Tell me, who died?"
"It's a second-ring lower law mage, and the message from Endymion's side has been delivered, and the lower law department has not arranged for any members to go to Endymion recently."
"Private acts? Who sent the letter? β
"I don't know, it's an anonymous report, when the security department arrived, it was already like this, and we still received a notice from the Charcha sheriff." The Six-Ring Mage spoke, raising the curtain for Williams.
The old mansion had been lit with plenty of candles and magic light sources, and Williams walked in, frowning slightly, fanning the foul smell in front of his nose, and looking into the distance, it seemed to be a deeper hall, but there were a few corpses lying at the end of the hall where he was.
Williams didn't walk over, glanced at it from afar and retreated.
"Vendetta?"
The six-ring mage shook his head, "It's not quite clear, the other dead were pickpockets, it looks like they fought each other to the death, as for the real reason is unknown." β
Williams nodded, and was about to speak, when his expression suddenly changed. The six-ring mage next to him was not slow to react, he exclaimed in a low voice: "Anchor point reaction!" β
On the street in front of the old mansion, the air twisted, and soon it opened down from the sky like a torn cloth, revealing a dense passage inside, and several mages in robes with black and white rings embroidered on their shoulders.
"Special Law Department!" Williams' eyes shrank, he never thought that his investigation was just a show, and the Special Law Department actually directly teleported people. He looked closely, and the bald head in the lead looked very familiar, and was recalling who this person was, but the six-ring mage beside him took a step back, and his voice trembled a little to himself.
"Why, how could it be him? He's not, isn't he on a special mission......"
Williams was shocked, he finally remembered who this person was, and hurriedly walked over and bowed slightly to the bald mage.
"Lord Bemenstein."
The bald mage glanced at him with a slightly abrupt expression, "Your name is Williams, this is your jurisdiction?" β
Williams nodded hurriedly, "Exactly, Lord Bermonstein." At this time, it was his turn to grovel, and he didn't feel the slightest dissatisfaction, although the image of this big man in front of him didn't seem to be close to the mage at all, he was one of the members of the Gray Sect who had the Apostle of Doom in his hands, and he was also an important cadre of the Special Law Department and the first person to carry out dangerous tasks. Although Williams has a huge family power behind him, he does not dare to make the slightest mistake in front of this famous bald mage.
Bemenstein nodded, with neither rebelliousness nor enthusiasm on his face, "The confidential task of the Special Law Department needs to be handed over, is it okay?" β
Williams looked flattered, "Of course, of course." As he spoke, he waved to the six-ring mage behind him, and the six-ring mage understood, and hurriedly explained the transfer to the members of the Gray Sect behind the bald mage. After the verbal content was explained, two more members of the Special Law Department immediately entered the old mansion, Bermonstein turned his back and waited silently, Williams wanted to speak several times, but he couldn't open his mouth in the face of the terrifying momentum of the bald mage, and finally had to give up, and accompanied Bermonstein with a stupid face.
After a while, the two members of the special law department from before walked out of the old mansion.
"Report to your lordship, the identity of the deceased is true, and the results of the investigation are exactly the same as your suspicions." Without Bemenstein's explanation, the members of the Special Law Department came over and immediately opened their mouths to report, and they were so cautious that outsiders could not understand them at all.
Bemenstein nodded, satisfied with his subordinate, "Mana tracking." β
"It's been captured."
Bemenstein immediately turned around and nodded slightly at Williams, "Our work is done, thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Williams." β
Williamston felt a lot of honor, "Wherever and anywhere, it is my duty to facilitate the special law department." β
But no one would respond to this, and Bermonstein and his men had already opened the portal and left the old mansion in the old city.
"Master Williams?" The Six-Ring Mage asked with some hesitation.
The brown-haired mage knew that his men had any questions, and he shook his head, "You can check carefully, maybe you can have some eyebrows, but don't make a noise, if you find anything, report to me first." β
The six-ring mage looked tense and hurriedly responded, then hurriedly turned around and hurried to make arrangements. Williams looked at the backs of his men, guessing one after another. He looked at the old mansion curiously, and felt the urge to go in and reconnoitre, but he thought of the smell inside......
Williams shook his head, but finally gave up
Later in the day, Albert accompanied Green back to the hut from safety.
The two men set out from the hut and walked along the mountain road, passing a nearly 90-degree cliff bend, and then continued on, passing a wooden bridge across a mountain stream, and reached the safe position required by the mission. The mission only required to depart from midnight and arrive at the designated safe location, for which Green only carried out an extremely routine exploration based on the principle of "knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent to win all battles", but in Albert's opinion, this was simply an incredible behavior.
He hadn't been in charge of this phase of the trial all along, but at least from the recorded instances, few people would have thought of exploring the roadβthough there were two or three, but that didn't stop Albert from being surprised, because Green's other behavior was definitely unprecedented.
Green asks Albert for a side battle.
At this point, Albert is well aware that the task is not required, that is, it is allowed. But the young shepherd still hadn't figured out what this would-be prince, who looked much younger than himself, had come up with it.
The escort mission, as the name suggests, is naturally based on protection, coupled with the weak appearance of the shepherd, everyone will have a preconceived idea, subconsciously thinking that the shepherd is powerless, and he needs to do his best to protect each other.
But what about Green?
He was fine, and within ten minutes of the two meeting, Green opened his mouth to ask Albert to join the fight.
And in fact, the young shepherd really has this ability!
"Hey, you're a mage." Green stared at Albert, his mind spinning. Since the breakthrough of his will between death and death, he has seen a lot of the future path, not only more determined, but even smarter in doing things - and that is only because he has opened his heart and fully accepted himself, sorted out some of the experiences brought about by the era of Internet information explosion, except for having a hard heart, he has not even noticed the change in this aspect of himself.
"Strictly speaking, it's a mage who only has the ability to cast spells at the apprentice level." Al reluctantly corrected, he didn't know how this highness saw it, and after thinking about it, he had to attribute it to Green's talent.
"What about recording spells?"
"There are only two, [Acceleration] and [Sluggish], and they can only be used once." Al replied even more helplessly.
Green didn't lament how wasteful the shepherds were, but listened thoughtfully. These two are one-ring spells, and the difficulty is also level 1, and they are also used for physical speed, but the two low-level spells don't seem to be of much use.
So he asked, "What about the scope of action?" β
This time Al was a little more energetic, "Forty meters." Then he added, "Radius." β
Green showed a look that was right, this range could be covered by both sheep and wolves, that is, he could completely let El put all the wolves on the slowdown, and then put the acceleration on the sheep.
But then he shook his head mockingly.
No matter how fast the sheep run, they can't outrun the slower wolves, and if the antelope still has to talk, but this group of sheep ......
Green rolled his eyes, "Unless it's fifty Pleasant Goats!" β
But thinking of this, Green couldn't help but glance at the sheep that were still grazing. He had long noticed that there was something different about these sheep, and every time he looked at them, a strange feeling would rise in his heart, and he didn't know if it was because of the trial space.
"By the way, Al, you just said that the Wolves will attack here from midnight?" Green remembered what Albert had said on the way back, and hurriedly asked again.
Albert nodded, looking at Green with a strange look in his eyes.
The two talked a lot along the way, and in Albert's opinion, these were just idle topics, but when he thought about it, almost everything was inextricably linked to the trial mission, and when he thought about it, Albert couldn't help but be even more surprised, wondering who this prince-to-be was.
"From which direction?"
Albert pointed to the gap in the pasture, which was the way they had to go to the mountain trail, "There, they usually go side by side, and only when they chase the mountain path does it become a straight line. β
Green didn't speak, he walked to the gap, and retreated step by step to the shed, muttering quietly, vaguely hearing words like "hook" and "strand", as if calculating something. Albert didn't quite understand, and felt that Green was unfathomable, so he didn't dare to disturb him, just watched quietly.
Ten minutes later, Green's mouth stopped, and a smug smile appeared on his face.
Now that his plan has been calculated, it's time to see how it works.
Beckoning Albert, the two of them began to set up for the upcoming night.
The sky grew darker and darker, and soon, the voice of the censor sounded in the trial space.
"The first stage of the trial, the mission begins-"
Grimm, who was sitting in the shack chatting with Al, was in good spirits, and immediately stood up, pushed open the door, and walked out. Al followed behind, and saw Grimm shaking his hands with a look of complete eagerness, and then looked at the eleven sheep who looked disorganized in the gap and in the middle of the shed, and worry was written directly on his face.
"Your Highness Green, is this really okay?"
"Of course, listen to me." Green stared at the darkness in the distance, and kept repeating his plan in his heart, and Albert couldn't say anything when he saw it, so he could only pray that His Highness, who had a personality that suited his taste, would not fail. At this moment, a loud wolf howl sounded in the suburbs, constantly echoing in the valley in the distance, startling Albert subconsciously took half a step back.
Soon, a glowing green glow lit up from afar.
Green clenched his fists slightly, "It's coming!" β