The Beinz Blood Lake is the sacred place of the Radiant Cult, and every other section of the shore of the Blood Lake is guarded by outposts established by the Church Knights, and foreign adventurers or mercenaries must report here after obtaining permission from the Church, and then they can carry out their activities within the prescribed range. Despite the recent events around the Blood Lake, and the management here is a little chaotic, these basic rules cannot be overcome.

Fortunately, although the Blood Lake is a holy place, it has not yet reached the level of "forbidden land", and the outpost's scrutiny of the foreign mercenary team is a little more relaxed.

The small outpost did not have much facilities, it consisted of two towers and several simple barracks in the shape of a long strip, covering a radius of more than 200 meters. The entire outpost is built on a magically shaped artificial stone foundation and is guarded by an early warning circle, and it seems that there is no need to worry about safety: the defenses here are basically used against the monsters that occasionally rush out of the woodland, and the sacred island in the center of the lake is guarded by another strong guard.

There is a barracks in the outpost that is reserved for outsiders, and since most of the mercenaries here have withdrawn to Leighton, the outpost has ample rooms, and Betsy led Hao Ren to find the chief of the Church Knight stationed here, and after a simple registration, everyone was allowed to stay here for a short time. However, in addition to providing rooms, the food and medicine supplies here need to be paid for by foreign mercenaries, and the Church Knights transfer some of the supplies from their own armament warehouses to sell to outsiders who use them, which is also one of the financial revenues of the Church in the Beinz area: the mercenaries who twist the woodland expedition every year for various reasons are not a small number.

By the time everyone settled down in the simple barracks, it was already night.

After completing the registration formalities, Betsy went to find the low-level monk who specially contacted the mercenaries to find out the situation. At this time, she appeared in front of Hao Ren and them again, and the expression on her face didn't seem to be very good.

Hao Ren: They were getting together to discuss what to do next. Surprised to see Betsy come back with a stiff face, Vivien asked with concern, "What's wrong?" Bad news? ”

"It doesn't look like it's going to be that easy." Betsy sat on the chair, "I talked to the person in charge here, I just knew that there was a very famous mercenary group that had just searched the last area of the Beinz region seven days ago, and so far, the area around the Blood Lake has been turned upside down except for the sacred mountain of the western tribal country, and even including the bottom of the valley of the Grand Canyon in the north, there are six teams that have searched for a full twelve days." Do you remember Marshal Oprah? She came here to personally supervise the search for the orb, and many areas were in charge of her elite troops. There is no white space that has not been searched now. ”

Betsy worked tirelessly all the way to follow Hao Ren and them to the Beinz area, one reason was that she felt that she was sorry to accept such a "heavy gift" as the "music box". Another reason why this honest girl really didn't want to owe favors was that she had some hope for her luck (and that she could say extravagant), and she was hoping that if she was lucky enough to find the Templar Orb, she would be able to make a name for herself ever after.

But she didn't expect the search to come to this point, and the number and quality of the people involved in the operation here gave her a sense of powerlessness: Marshal Ophra led elite troops and a large group of well-known mercenaries to complete the search of this place, but nothing was found, and her teammate was a strange T, a melee mage who led a stunned leader, and a squatting nurse who never added blood in battle......

Hao Ren and the others were not very interested in the Templar Orb, and it could be said that Betsy was the only one on the scene who came for the Orb. So at this time, other people don't have much to empathize with. Vivien just analyzed from the perspective of a bystander: "Actually, to be honest, according to the report on the day the orb disappeared, it really looks like it was transferred by space magic, so the probability that the orb is still in the Blood Lake area should be very low." Searching here has been a psychological comfort from the start. ”

"How dare you say," Betsy glanced up at Vivien, "the chapel where the orbs are stored is guarded by the relics of each generation of popes. Use spatial teleportation within the confines of the church, and you can't go as far as the Blood Lake Basin. And after that, he will be imprisoned by the divine forces at a fixed distance, and no one in the world can break this imprisonment at present. ”

Hao Ren didn't expect the Huiyao Sect to have such a hand. No wonder they still believe that the Templar Orb is still in the Beinz area, and it seems that they have something to rely on. It is said that the relics of the popes of the past generations are guarded......

Hao Ren shuddered, so the small church in the center of the lake is actually a large cemetery?

"And what's next for you?" Lily said bluntly, "Let's say okay first, we're not actually here for the orb...... At the beginning, we said that we were only interested in the blood lake itself. ”

"Are you still serious?" Betsy looked at Hao Ren and them in surprise, and then scratched her hair, "Well, it doesn't matter, anyway, what we said at the beginning was that I would be your guide, and after arriving at the Blood Lake, we acted at will, and we were originally a temporary group." Tomorrow I will go to the island in the middle of the lake to have a look, I have some knowledge of magic, I want to see what clues there are over there first, if you are interested, follow along, if not...... Let's go our separate ways, just remember to say hello no matter who leaves first, and we'll be happy to work together. ”

Hao Ren and Betsy were just a temporary team, and they confirmed this when they set off from Rumbel Town. Betsy accompanied the group as a guide, but when they arrived in the Beinz area, the cooperation actually ended there.

Lily's ears drooped, "Well, I'm not happy, I don't like to say goodbye." ”

Betsy is very open, after all, she is a seasoned mercenary: "Ha, it's just that we'll be busy with each other from tomorrow, and it's not that any of us are going to fly away." You're not going to leave Halletta for a while anyway, are you? What we have in the future is the opportunity to cooperate. ”

Betsy put down this sentence and looked at a few people at the scene, as experienced as she had realized that the common goal of this small team had ended, the group of people in front of her was really not interested in the jewel, so she waved her hand to everyone freely: "Then I'll go back and pack my things first, my house is in the easternmost part of the house behind, there is something to talk about tomorrow, I will be there before noon." ”

After Betsy left, the room was quiet for a moment, Hao Ren and they actually liked this mercenary girl: sincere, cheerful, straightforward, although a little greedy for money but sincere to people, if you go out, you are a reliable partner, but after all, the two sides are only temporary cooperation, and she is an "outsider", sooner or later they will have to separate.

Now that Betsy is gone, Hao Ren and the others have something to do.

"I'm going to go to the Lake Center tonight," Hao Ren looked at the few people in the room, "and I was secretly acting to bypass the church guards." ”

"Why are you sneaking around?" Lily couldn't get around the corner for a moment, "Didn't you say you weren't interested in orbs?" If you want to find the orb too, we can go with Betsy tomorrow~~"

"I'm not interested in Orb, but I'm interested in what's going on in the Church in the Lake, it's just that I'm going to have to use some means beyond the understanding of this world, so it's best not to draw attention."

Hao Ren said as he put his baby pimple girl pot on the table, lifted the lid and summoned his count: "Come out, get ready to work." ”

"Shhh......h

Hao Ren looked into the pot and found that Doudou had indeed curled up in a ball and fell asleep at the bottom of the pot, and he was still holding a number of terminals like an octopus......

"Oh, then you can just keep soaking, and you won't do it until night anyway."

Hao Rente irresponsibly set the number of jù terminals aside, and looked up at Hilda, who was sitting quietly in the corner of the room.

"Alright, there's still a little time until the evening, tell me about you - you've looked here a few times, you should already have a question mark in your head, right?"

"It seems that what you said to me in the afternoon was half-true," Hilda had been serious about the strangers since the afternoon, and by this time she had already seen some clues in Hao Ren's words and deeds, "the one who left just now...... Not the same as you? (To be continued......)