Verse 438: John Wick (4)

Madame Spotted stopped at the top of a hill and flicked its tail sideways to warn Marlin of what it had found.

Marin cautiously approached the top of the mound and saw a small camp with pots set up and eight humanoids moving.

Yes, humanoids.

Outwardly, these cyst-ridden creatures really don't deserve to be called human.

"It's Nurgle, how can these madmen be here." Cross confirmed her target with her scope, a little puzzled by where the believers were: "This is still a long way from the sick deer that found the Rot. ”

"Almost 500 meters straight, this camp may be a sentry post, Fio, Lorraine, you go around the camp and see if there are any secret posts." Marin gave the order, and the two World Tree twigs, one left and one right, began to outflank.

Cross said that she couldn't confirm the sex of her target, as they were completely disfigured by a large number of cysts, and their features were obscured by sleeveless linens.

"Don't look at it, watch out for the long needle eye." Lilim reassured.

"Can't we kill them all?" Matilda asked Marin.

"What if a secret sentinel finds us and causes one of them to escape, wait a while and then we'll catch them all."

"Hmm...... You're right. "When it comes to choosing between waiting for a moment to be caught and rushing to be escaped, Matilda does not hesitate to choose the former, paladins don't like to be inactive in the face of evil, but if they just wait a little longer to kill all evil, the paladins will be very satisfied to choose to wait a little longer.

Ten minutes later, Marin noticed Fio rising from the grass: "They killed two sentinels, and it has been confirmed that there are no others." ”

"Then we can get started?" Matilda jumped at the chance.

"Yes, remember, to spare the lives of cowards, we need to use it to confirm their main camp."

Marin arranged for Cross and Lilim to be on top of the hill as support fire, and Lady Spotted and Manna as protection, and then he led Matilda and Maya down the hill from behind, following the stream between the hill and the flat land to approach the camp.

We see you.

Cross's communication was heard in his ear, and Marlin raised a thumbs back.

Someone came over with a bucket.

Maya slipped straight into the grass, Matilda leaned against the bushes on the edge of the grass, and Marin put down her spear, pulled out her pistol and dagger with an integrated muffler, and lay down on the grass on the other side.

The Nurgle was completely oblivious to the danger around him, and walked down the hill with a big grin, to the brook to get water.

Marin made sure that there was no cyst on its back, and finally asked Merlot to get his hands up, and the twigs of the World Tree wrapped the believer's mouth and neck together, and Marlin put one knee against the other's knee socket, making him kneel down while the plastic rope had tied the chaotic hands behind him.

Grabbing it by the collar and pulling it back, Marlin pulled out another long rope and tied its legs as he fell.

Matilda struck the believer in the head with the butt of her gun, and as it became dizzy, Merlot loosened its grip, and Marlin shoved a large mass of cloth into the believer's mouth, then took out the plastic rope and tied its mouth tightly.

"Keep approaching." After Marin finished speaking, he was the first to walk up the ramp.

Marin, shoot first.

No problem, we approach each other from the left side.

With that, Marin led the two girls around the camp from the left, and under the cover of trees and bushes, they soon came to the vicinity of the camp.

"What's going on, why has it been so long since Dothan went to fetch water."

Someone in the camp said so.

"Dotson...... Ah, look, it's Doson. ”

Someone else said so.

Marlin, who was leaning behind the tree, watched the illusion carrying the bucket walk uphill, and made it stumble a little to make it look more like the real thing.

"Doson, don't spill the water!"

The believers present had no idea that the distant companion was just an illusory image, and when they relaxed their vigilance, Marin leaned out half of his body, and the Type 81 in his hand shot a long point shot, putting down the two believers standing by the pot.

Maya's short burst was still a very strict triple burst shot, with Marin able to see the person who had been shot, and the dwarf had his head shattered by the third bullet.

The duo who were dealing with a deer in the distance were knocked out at the same time, presumably Lilim and Cross.

By the time the remaining two believers screamed and fled, Matilda's shotgun fired, and the first single shot hit the gnome, turning the guy into a bunch of inexplicable things.

The second deer bullet covered the human who ran away, turning it into a blood gourd.

"Empty." Marin took a pistol and shot the believers who had fallen to the ground, then poured a mixture of holy water and holy salt into their pots.

Back at the brook and letting the twigs of the World Tree carry the captive, Marlin and the girls decided to go back to the starting point firstβ€”the captive's will did not seem to be strong, and it seemed that he could take something out of his mouth, at least better than looking for a needle in a haystack in the woods.

When they returned to the hunting camp with the captives, the Duke of Briss and the others had not yet left, and they all expressed a degree of surprise when they saw the 'souvenirs' that Marin had brought back.

"I think I should find a professional to ask him." Marin pointed to the captives who had been thrown to the ground and said to the Duke.

"Of course, I've already contacted the just church in the city and asked them to come and meet him for a while." After the Duke finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the heir who was about to lead the team away: "Sheldon, abort the previous mission, take your men to strengthen the hunting camp, dear Fashilu, take your sisters, take the children, and leave them in the care of Lord Colin, he has enough experience to take care of the children, tell our Excellency Bishop, if anyone is not honest, use the crutch I gave him to beat me!" ”

With that, the Duke of Bliss threw his staff at his wife, who was also a giant, nodded at his words, turned his head and began to shut up the children who were still chattering.

"The captives you brought back are very valuable, say, Lord Marin, do you want any reward, as a duke, I have clear rewards and punishments." The duke looked at Marin.

"No, Your Excellency Duke, I just did what a red-robed priest should do, if you want to give something, donate some money to my brother Colin's orphanage, it doesn't matter the amount, Your Excellency, this is a heart." After Marin finished speaking, he smiled and said goodbye to the duke, and then walked towards the Faye.

The girls were continuing their barbecue journey, and before Cross and the others had come to enjoy it, Marlin came over, first washed his hands in the bowl of holy water, and then washed his face with a towel moistened with a small bucket of holy water, and then took the barbecue plate that Cross handed over.

"I thought you were going to spend an afternoon in the woods." Nova looked at Marin and said: "Also, the clothes on your body are really curious, obviously there is no surgical reaction, I look at you with my naked eyes, and I can't see your position clearly as soon as I walk about 24 meters." ”

"Rivo can see 40 meters away, but he can't see further away." Rivo said as he handed over a bottle of clean water: "Marin, you captured a captive. ”

"Yes, I threw it by the creek, and if it was a fanatic, it should have poked its head into the stream and drowned itself, but it did nothing." Marin analyzed: "This is a little test for me. ”

"What if it does drown itself." Faye asked.

"Don't worry about this, I even looked at Merlot, if it really wanted to drown itself, it would prove that we caught a big fish, this guy would rather drown himself than betray his so-called parishioners."

Speaking of which, there is a very clear division of the world for believers in the four gods.

The believers of Slaanesh don't pay much attention to it, they just want to be cool, how to stimulate it, why so many believers in the god of art and beauty are corrupted, it is because many of these believers will eventually become captives of power, this kind of believer is the best to recognize, the kind of guy who dresses very sassy, nine times out of ten.

Sadistic believers are more difficult to define, because sadistic believers are not all the kind of murderous Chaos, and many anti-chaos orders will also believe in the embodiment of Sadism in the local faith, they refuse to fall, abide by principles, and go to war with those legions corrupted by Chaos, such as the Great Demon Dwarf...... Speaking of which, what happened to this guy's head, it's really an unsolved mystery hahahaha.

Then there is Tzeentch, which is the most troublesome existence, its followers are cunning and easy to cover up the truth, deception, trickery, everything that is absolutely evil in the eyes of ordinary people is as good as it is for them, but Marin believes that once these guys are recognized, they must die - no matter what, Marin thinks that he will not spare any Tzeentch believers, and their death is the greatest contribution to the world.

The last one, of course, is Nurgle, this believer is too easy to recognize, corrupted, cysted, immortal, these things that are absolutely chaotic manifestations in the eyes of others are like a blessing from a loving father in the eyes of these believers, as if their wish not to die has been satisfied, but unfortunately, in Marin's view, these guys have achieved their immortal wishes at the same time, their bodies have become a prison that imprisons their souls.

The true sons of Nurgle may ignore the pain, but until they become them, these believers will be tormented by pain and plague, and only the most delusional will survive.

Then they will become a new source of walking diseases.

"Your Excellency Marin, where did you find a captive?" An officer in charge of managing intelligence came over, and Marin pointed to the map in his hand: "Near here, we found them in the creek clearing of the woodland, there is a creek nearby, I personally suggest that before the creek is purified, it is better not to use natural water in the area where it flows, let the mages prepare more magic water, or let the people of the church purify the collected natural water." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, I will definitely convey your words."

"Regarding the work of the church, just explain to the subordinate units of the Harvest Goddess Church." Marin didn't want to be blind to command, and after finishing speaking, he took a bite of the barbecue, well, smeared with honey, and the roast was just right, which was Faye's craft.

The captive was hard-mouthed at first, but when the church professionals took over, he wept bitterly and told him everything he knew.

The Nurgle cultists have set up a large camp in the northern woodlands, with a few summoned Chaos units.

Marin immediately summoned the Paladin squad of the Church of Justice and the substitute punisher troops of the local Harvest Goddess Church.

The local bishop of the Church of Justice knew about this, and directly turned the paladin squad into a nest, and the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and the Church of the Goddess of Mercy also sent a large number of troops.

They stood unequivocally behind Marin.

The Duke of Briss's first subordinate unit arrived, a knight near the hunting camp, and he brought himself, his wife, his eldest son, second son, and eldest daughter, six knights in the ranks, and eighty militiamen.

With Mr. Jazz's strength, it is no longer possible to describe his move of framing the whole family.

Five minutes later, another Sir was in place, along with the common lord of the two Jazzes, Baron Fahim Kedron, who arrived with the other Sir with him.

Seven minutes later, the first group of druids appeared, and in Duke Blith's territory, there was a small group of druids, and unlike Fort Carter, the druids here were doing things like healing and purification.

So Marin had to transfer two druid masters on leave from Fort Carter, and the latter heard that he was going to attack Nurgle, so he came without saying a word, and they agreed to Marlin's mission of turning them into storm ravens for high-altitude reconnaissance.

Duke Bliss decided to wait another half an hour - so that several nearby barons would come with troops, and with enough troops, combined with the Church troops and the members of the Mage Tower who had come to support them, they should be able to take out this Chaos camp.

After all, by that time, the ratio of human to chaotic forces had reached four or even five to one, and no matter how strong the Nurgle cultists were, they could not fight better than the apophobic believers, and the addition of a large number of muskets made the Duke of Briss even more bold in his use of troops - the woodlands in this area were not dense, the distance between the two sides could reach up to 200 yards or more, and the mages were adept at using fire against Nurgle's units.

Fire is the most effective tool for dealing with Nurgle and some Chaos units.

Because it was a battle formation, Marin decided to bring the Faye and the others with him - the spare food would be used as chairs for the girls, and they could sit on the benches on either side, and then they would only need to throw a fireball the size of a basin, or build some wall of fire.

Otherwise, these girls' resentful eyes would have eaten Marin alive.

Besides, Marin doesn't believe it anymore, there are satellites in the sky, and no matter what happens in the Nurgle camp, it will be discovered, and it wants to counter-surround the human troops?

Oh, next life.