Chapter 24: Temptation

The team in the center of the exorcist team is a total of five people, Qin Lun, who is regarded by everyone as a logistics officer, and his entourage Frank, two official exorcists, Bony and Otto, and the last one is an eighteen-year-old exorcist boy Will.

Will, like Qin Lun, is participating in the exorcist mission for the first time. Qin Lun came voluntarily, while Will had to come. Will's father, who was also an exorcist, died five years ago during a bounty mission.

Luckily, Will's father left the orphans and widows with enough money to live on. It's just that Will has always wanted to inherit his father's exorcist career, and five years ago he was too young, so he could only rely on his father's points to temporarily exempt himself from the annual exorcism mission.

By this year, all of these points have been used up, and if he doesn't carry out the mission, he will be stripped of his qualification as an exorcist. Once he lost his ready-made exorcist qualifications, Will did not have the confidence to regain his exorcist qualifications on his own, and since he was already an adult, he decided to come out on a mission.

The only thing I didn't expect was that the first mission came across a large combat mission.

"Will, is this firewood enough?" Qin Lun stood beside the bonfire holding a pile of dead branches, his face full of smiles.

"Enough is enough, thank you, Dr. Stan!" The plainly dressed young man took the dry firewood and set it aside, and busily began to prepare hot water for everyone.

After the team found a clearing in the forest, the five of them set up tents and lit a bonfire. In a series of jobs, Qin Lun suddenly found that he didn't seem to know anything, and he was even more useless than his servant Frank. After messing up the work of several other people in a row, he is finally rushed to Will by an annoyed Otto.

As the bonfire is lit, the Great Maia Forest begins to be enveloped in night. Without Qin Lun to help, the others quickly set up tents, took out the drinks and food from the supply carriage, and sat down around the campfire.

Bony took some dried dead grass from a package he carried with him and threw it into the campfire, which gave off a faint fragrance when it burned.

"What is this?" Qin Lun, who had been observing and studying from the side, finally couldn't help but ask.

"It's incense herbs that keep us safe from mosquitoes!" Otto sighed, "Dr. Stan, you have too little survival experience in the wild, and you need to strengthen this in the future." Most of the witches' nests are located in extremely harsh environments, and exorcists must learn to survive in a variety of conditions. ”

"Yes, I will ask you for more advice in the future!" Qin Lun smiled unhesitantly.

Perhaps due to the influence of the surrounding environment, several people did not talk very much, and they each ate silently. Only Will would occasionally raise his head and look nervously at the beast's howl faintly in the darkness.

"Crackle!" Just as everyone was a little sleepy, and Bony was about to arrange the night, a flash of lightning lit up in the forest in the distance, like thunder on a rainy day.

"It seems to be the direction of Nova's team!" Otto suddenly stood up, looking at where the light came from and muttering to himself.

"Well, it should be an electric spell!" Bony's face was cloudy, "It's only the first day, and our position should still be on the edge, and they actually ran into a magical creature!" ”

As the two spoke, the distant sky lit up again, this time it seemed to last a little longer, and it slowly dimmed after about ten seconds.

"Lord Boni, shall we rush over and save them?" Qin Lun's eyes lit up, and he was slightly excited, he was very interested in the witches and magical creatures of this world.

"No, they can handle it, and if there is danger, they will signal fireworks. Yellow smoke means you need support, and red smoke means you're in extreme danger! If there are no fireworks signals, they can handle it themselves, and there is no need for other teams to risk breaking the formation and rescue them! Otto stared for a moment, then sat back down by the campfire.

"Hehe, Dr. Stan, rest early, and when it's almost dawn, I'll change you to the night!" Bony sat back by the campfire, drew his knight's sword, and wiped it carefully.

A hint of discoloration flashed in Qin Lun's eyes, and he nodded silently. Boni was a little surprised when he entered the forest, and the blonde young man put away the noble young master in the castle and turned into a sophisticated exorcist, not inferior to the old exorcist Otto.

"Rustle!" Qin Lun suddenly opened his eyes from his sleep, his body tensed slightly, but he immediately relaxed, and he heard who the footsteps behind him belonged to.

"Master, woke you up?" Frank looked at Qin Lun, who was sitting up, and scratched his head in disdain.

"Isn't it time for me to be on duty?" Qin Lun looked at the sky and found that it had just dawned, and recalled Bony's words last night, and immediately came to his senses.

"Yes, Lord Odo won't let me stay on duty for you!" Frank said with a sad face.

"You go get some rest!" Qin Lun twisted his neck and walked towards the campfire in the center of the camp.

"Dr. Stan, are you awake?" Otto saw Qin Lun and greeted with a smile, "That entourage of yours wanted to be on duty for you, so I refused." I think now that you've become an exorcist, you should familiarize yourself with the adventurous life in the wilderness as soon as possible! ”

"Yes, I think so too, as an exorcist, you should always be vigilant in the wild!" Qin Lun nodded in agreement.

In fact, even if Qin Lun was asleep, it was difficult for anyone to get close to him. When he was still in Handan Prison, the prisoners in the same room with him in the early stage were all felons, and there were even many death row inmates.

In that environment, Qin Lun had long developed an unparalleled vigilance. In fact, in the early days of Qin Lun's entry into prison, he had not killed the prisoners in the same cell. However, felons in the same cell are like fighting dogs in a cage, and there will always be fights.

Over time, in this situation, Joey began to appear frequently. Then, the prisoners in the same cell as Qin Lun would basically hold up their corpses within three days, and they would die tragically, like cattle and sheep that had been slaughtered. In the past few years, there are only a handful of prisoners who are in the same room as Qin Lun and can survive for a week.

It was during this period that Qin Lun and Joey earned themselves the nickname "Dissecter" and truly became a fearsome murderer. In some cases, the killer has even become the royal killer of Handan prisons and official institutions to "deal with" certain prisoners.

This is also one of the reasons why Qin Lun was able to receive preferential treatment from prison before the Handan court approved his death sentence.

"Has Lord Bony gone to rest?" Qin Lun turned his head and asked.

"Yes, we are the only ones in the team who have more experience with him, he is responsible for the first half of the night, and I am responsible for the second half of the night." Otto nodded in response, his eyebrows looking preoccupied.

"Are you worried about something?" Qin Lun's heart moved, and he asked.

"Hehe, you see that?" Otto looked into the distance with a solemn gaze, "Last night, the three squads in front were all attacked by different Cheng DΓΉ! ”

"All three squads have been attacked?" Qin Lun narrowed his eyes slightly, "Isn't this phenomenon abnormal?" ”

"Well, more than two years ago, we organized a team of five people to scout the outskirts of the forest near the Odia area." "That time, when we entered the forest, we were not attacked at all on the periphery. It wasn't until the fifth day that we went too far into the forest and were harassed by two gargoyles. ”

"Don't worry too much, didn't they call for help? Maybe they were just harassed by some wild beasts last night. Qin Lun's eyes flashed, and he smiled comfortingly.

"I hope so! In two hours, they'll send someone to tell you the news, and we'll know what's going on by then! Otto's expression wasn't much lighter.

Compared to Qin Lun's indifference, this old exorcist knew that it was not a beast that attacked the vanguard team last night. A few beasts are not enough to allow exorcists to use spells, but powerful exorcists can use spells, and they must be magical creatures with thick skin and thick flesh and are not afraid of death.

Otto was right, and when it was dawn and everyone woke up, the three teams ahead sent a messenger.

The exorcist in charge of the news was covered in dust and bloodstains, his left arm was hung from his neck with a strip of cloth, and he seemed to have gunpowder smoke brought down from the battlefield.

"Bligh, what's going on up ahead?" Bony and Otto immediately stepped forward.

"We ran into three gargoyles and got into a fight. Luckily, no one else was hurt except me! The middle-aged exorcist named Bligh glanced at Qin Lun's three newcomers and said lightly.

Bony and Otto glanced at each other and said with a smile: "The three gargoyles also have a lot of points, and it looks like you have gained a good harvest!" ”

The relaxed words of the three exorcists relaxed the solemn atmosphere.

"Dr. Stan, can you help Bligh's arm?" Otto asked, looking back.

"Delighted! Please come with me, Lord Bligh! Qin Lun smiled and brought the injured messenger into the tent.

"Lord Bligh, it's just a dislocation, and the bones are fine. But for the next few days, it's best not to push too this arm! Qin Lun helped the exorcist connect the bones, and said with a smile, "The other external injuries have also been dealt with for you!" ”

"Thank you, Dr. Stan, it's great to have a doctor on the team!" Bligh waved his arm and said happily.

"Lord Bligh, those three gargoyles are just attackers on one of your teams, not the other two teams last night, right?" Qin Lun bent down to sort out the medical supplies, and asked softly without raising his head.

The expression on Bligh's face froze slightly, and he was silent for a moment before he replied, "Yes, Nova and they also ran into a troll!" ”

"Is the situation very strict?" Qin Lun closed the medicine box expressionlessly.

"If this is not an accident, yes, very strict!" Blay said sternly.

"There is no accident in this world, only necessity!" Qin Lun sighed and borrowed a sentence he heard a few days ago.