A merchant ship sailing from the east-central part of the kingdom of Pharos brought a very shocking news in the eyes of the locals, which directly dispelled the sad atmosphere that had shrouded the hull town due to the events in the royal capital-

A territory in the middle of the kingdom called Eagle Point Coast was attacked by a large number of sea tribes, several fishing villages were slaughtered, and humans were killed and wounded.

This was spread by the mouth of the merchants, and apparently it had been happening for some time.

Therefore, the townspeople who had vaguely heard the news of some turmoil in the Sea Clan during this time began to get nervous.

Hammer Island, where Shell is located, is located in the Bay of Eyre, which is connected to a river called Darnell, a tributary of the Gladstone Way.

In other words, Hammer Island has basically not been spared from the invasions of the Sea Clan in the past dynasties.

Now that the Eagle Point Coast has been attacked, it seems that the war has begun - although there is no more bad news after that, since the Sea Clan has moved, it is impossible to stop with a single raid.

"They're clearly already preparing to attack Hull."

When Maltz, one of the three witcher captains of the Gülen Chapel, heard the news, he immediately found Bernie, who was quietly reading in the library, and reminded the young priest in front of him very seriously.

"We have to be prepared."

"What kind of preparation?"

Bernie, who was standing in front of a bookshelf, asked without looking up, his expression absent-minded, his mind still immersed in a miscellaneous book called "How to Raise a Fishman" in his hand.

"If it's just the Eagle Point Coast, it doesn't necessarily mean anything."

The captain of the witcher, dressed in black leather armor, sensed that the priest was a little out of shape today, so he opened his mouth to remind, "But I don't think you have forgotten the two evil spirit possessors you rebelled against last night. ”

"Of course we haven't forgotten, but we're going to look beyond the surface and look at the essence of the problem, Maltz."

Bernie said as he took his gaze off the book in his hand and looked at the person beside him.

"It looks like some of the nearby Sea Clans are trying to do something bad to Hull, but what about the purpose? Is their purpose to invade us? ”

"We have a lot of unresolvable hatred with the Sea Clan." Maltz said.

"Of course, but I think you should understand that the most important thing for the Sea Clan at the moment is to embark on the Gladstone Path, not revenge."

"What do you mean?"

"Think about what special things have happened lately." Bernie reminded the other.

"Special Thing ......"

The captain of the witcher thought for a moment when he heard this, and suddenly thought of a small piece of news he heard this morning, "It is said that Duke Grant of Blood Sun City came to visit you in the church yesterday morning?" ”

"He looks cultured." Bernie admits this, "What can you think of in the current situation? ”

If it were someone else, Maltz wouldn't think much about it, but Duke Grant of Bloodsun City belonged to the "king" level within the northeast range of Phalos. The counts here are directly loyal to him.

Now that the other party has appeared on Hammer Island, and there are lurkers related to the Sea Clan, it has to make people doubt the true purpose of the Sea Clan.

"The Sea Clan has known about Duke Grant's movements, and has sent those two evil spirits to keep an eye on them?" He asked tentatively.

"Maybe it's not just about knowing."

Bernie replied, "You've heard about the Camboree family, and if it weren't for that, it's unlikely that the Duke would have come here alone to patrol Hull." Of course, even if there was no such thing, there might be something else that would have lured him in. ”

These words sounded like a thunderbolt in his ears, and Maltz's heart beat a lot faster.

It occurred to him that the Cambore family's estate was not in the city, but on the outskirts of Neuham, next to the river called Darnell.

So if Duke Grant was lured over, would he have been assassinated or even kidnapped by the Sea Clan when he visited the Cambore family?

This is a very serious matter.

If one's secular leaders were suddenly killed or even captured before the war began, it would obviously be very detrimental to the overall situation.

However, seeing that Bernie was so calm at the moment, Maltz felt a little comforted.

"I think you've already told the story about this?"

"Of course."

Bernie nodded, "I wrote a letter overnight last night to warn of the anomaly in this regard. Counting the time, it is time for this letter to reach our bishop. ”

"Then the time will be completely in time."

Maltz breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, "That duke always goes to the sweet cattery for one night every time he comes to Hull Town, and he can't leave right away." ”

"It's hard to say, I sent someone to look for him yesterday, but I didn't find him." "Of course, I've written to the church in Neuham about this event, but I don't know what they're going to do. ”

"I'll go check it out." Maltz replied immediately, and then hurried away.

Bernie smiled as he watched his back depart, then turned his head to continue reading the book.

Of course, ostensibly reading a book, in fact he is currently immersed in some kind of soul contemplation.

That thought came from the fact that he had adopted the gopher last night.

The gopher was very good at fooling around, but after a mouthful, it readily agreed to Bernie's proposal to adopt, and when Bernie knocked out a nest for him with a plank and linen, he ran into it unsuspectingly, and then soon fell asleep.

As a result, Bernie was able to successfully study the anomalies on his body.

However, apart from noticing that there was something unusual about the soul in the gopher's body, he didn't find anything special.

And that kind of anomaly, it's not complicated to say, it's just a wisp of human spirituality that completely replaces the soul of the gopher and the player, and has some corresponding protection.

In other words, it is the consciousness of a person who controls the body of the gopher, not the unique soul of the player.

But considering that the gopher is a visitor from another world, this direct control of the body is a point that can be studied.

How did it come into this world?

It's a question that Bernie is thinking about today.

This is different from the indirect control of other players, it is a control that directly invests soul power into this world.

Since this kind of investment can be online and offline, can it be used in reverse?

Bernie thinks there should be such a possibility, but how exactly it needs to be carefully figured out.

He was intrigued.

Because the idea of a fishing system is actually a long-term idea, and it is impossible to do it in a short period of time.

This can be seen from the appearance of the players, and the "strategy" of that system is different from the past.

Eighty percent of it is now hiding in another world, trying to indirectly use the players to achieve certain goals.

It's always been so timid, and Bernie regrets it.

But it has to be said that it was this cautious habit that made his in-depth research on the system not succeed......

As his mind pondered over the question, Bernie had apparently walked outside the library, ready to do some preparations about the incident that Captain Witcher had mentioned.

There were some clues that he didn't tell the other party.

Under the influence of the two letters, the church may have been prepared, but their defensive behavior will not go well.

Things will erupt, they will develop further, and eventually the storm will be brought to Hull.