Chapter Fifty-Seven: Night Visits to the Farm
In fact, Qin Lun and the others don't need to drown in the Ruiwen River when they go out of the city, the dark wound on Elistine's body has finally healed after so many days, and she can transform into a giant eagle and take Qin Lun and the others out of the city one by one.
"The druid profession is really convenient, I knew that we could also turn around!" The three apostles expressed their sincere envy for the elven druids who could adapt to any environment, which made the elven beauties very happy.
The farm where the accident occurred was only two or three kilometers away from Silvermoon City, and the owners of such farms themselves did not dare to be too far away from the city, lest they be suddenly attacked by wild creatures.
It was precisely because of such a close distance that the farm had been attacked by the gnolls, which attracted attention in Silvermoon City, otherwise this kind of thing would not have surprised the inhabitants of the nervous Torel world.
After a few moments, everyone saw the hazy farmhouse shrouded in the night. However, after Shun LĂŹ arrived here, several people fell into a somewhat difficult situation, and hid in the bushes next to the field and began to discuss.
The assassins of the Santalin Society are very strong, and Qin Lun himself knows this. Since they were planning to cause trouble at Erastro's Silver Moon Celebration, it would probably not be just one or two people, but at least a small team of five to ten.
The city lords of the Northland are different from the ordinary nobles of the human country, and most of the people who can grow into lords in such a complex environment have not weak combat effectiveness, among which the "Lady of Hope" Erasdra is a legendary powerhouse favored by the goddess of magic, Mithra.
It's not difficult to mess around right under her nose, but it's really rare to be caught after making trouble.
The Santarim Society wants to use this operation to divide the various cities of the Silver Moon Alliance. If everyone learns the truth about the assassination, it won't help if they kill a few lords. Instead, it may be self-defeating, helping Erastro to bring the alliance closer together.
Based on this, the Santarim Society will send at least two or more legendary assassins against Erastro, and the rest will be at least high-rank.
Of the five people Qin Lun came out this time, only Elistin was a high-level druid, and Idria and the three apostles had not reached the high level, so they could only barely fight against the high level for a while.
If such a lineup were against two legends, plus a group of high-level, it would definitely be looking for death. Besides, Qin Lun and the others came over this time mainly to investigate the situation, not to seek a decisive battle. Otherwise, it would be better to bring Mastasia and the two Candlecastle Ladies with you, at least a few more cannon fodder.
The problem that Qin Lun and the others encountered now was that they were not sure that they would sneak into the farmhouse and the storage cellar under the farmhouse without alarming the other party, which was the most likely place to hide people.
Originally, Qin Lun still had the Shadow Wind Leopard available, but in the battle between the Troll Claw and the Troll Sentinels, the Shadow Wind Leopard was severely injured by the troll's death-defying counterattack. The spirit of the pact has been violently shaken, and it is currently impossible to summon it.
And let Elistin become a bobcat and sneak in alone, everyone is a little worried, after all, no matter how cautious Elistin is, she has no shadow talent and will not sneak.
"Let's use the Armored Worm, the area of the farmhouse is too large, in fact, even if the Shadow Wind Leopard is not injured, it will alarm the other party after a long period of activity."
Hill reminded the other two companions on the team channel, "The Armored Worm is not easy to attract attention, and it can crawl into the cellar of the farmhouse, so each of the three of us will put a few of them, and we can search the area quickly." â
"Good!" Qin Lun and Rand's eyes lit up, and they immediately nodded in agreement.
"Hey, what kind of bug is this?" Seeing Qin Lun and the others take out more than a dozen palm-sized black beetles from the storage space, Elistin suddenly came over curiously to watch, while Idria stood on end with cold hairs and left the three of them with a terrifying expression.
"It's an alchemical creature that helps us explore this farmhouse without attracting attention." Qin Lun put the constructing worm on the ground, these constructing creatures can be connected with the soul seal of the apostle, although they can't feed back the mirror image they see to the apostle like a gargoyle, but they can also send back some simple messages.
Elistine was not at all intimidated by these ugly insects, crouched down and grabbed a beetle and waved at the female knight.
"Idria, look, it's so cute!" The Armored Worm kept scratching six chelicerae on Elistin's hand, and its sharp mouthparts like knives and pincers opened and closed in a hissing sound.
This alchemical beetle is certainly not a good stubble, on the contrary, they are very aggressive. It's just that Qin Lun suppressed them with his consciousness and prevented them from attacking Illistin, so he had to helplessly scratch his legs, grinning his teeth in strong protest.
"You, don't come here!" With a rare look of panic on her face, Idria waved her hands and stepped back, almost stumbling.
"Oh!" Seeing Idria's appearance, Elistin was frustrated, and the elf's pointed ears drooped.
Elven druids have been close to wild creatures in the forest for many years, but they are not afraid of any insects. Idria, a believer of Lady Lawetta, has not yet shaken off her feminine nature in this regard.
Watching more than a dozen armored insects crawl towards the farmhouse, Elistin was curious about the baby's habit to attack again, and pulled Qin Lun to ask east and west, asking where these armored insects came from.
She knew very well that Qin Lun definitely didn't have these things before he disappeared.
In fact, although Elistin had never meant to get to the bottom of the matter of the inexplicable disappearance, Qin Lun knew that her patience was about to run out from the look on the elf druid's expression.
However, after such a long time, Qin Lun had already prepared an excuse for this matter, and planned to rely on it on a certain god. Anyway, there is an entire elven god system in the world of Toriel, and there are many god electors among the elves. Whether Elistin believes it or not, at least he can prevaricate.
"Well, I know what you mean!" Qin Lun looked at Elistine's big sparkling eyes, sighed, took out a few armor worms from the storage space and stuffed them into her hands, and finally blocked her mouth temporarily.
The elven druids crouched aside with a smile, teasing the poor bugs. However, this time she didn't give the Armor Worm to Idria, and looking at the female knight's frightened look, she knew that the good sister probably wouldn't like this kind of game.
"Huh, weird!" In a few moments, the Armored Worms sent some simple messages to their respective apostles, "There are no living creatures in the farmhouse, are we mistaken, the Santarin Society doesn't use this as a temporary base?" â
"Wait, there's a beetle that smells blood." Hill's side had a little bit of a gain.
"The Gnolls and the Silver Guards have all sent a faction here, so they should have stayed!" Rand quipped with a laugh.
"No, the smell of blood is strong, and it's only recently left." Hill shook his head and said, "Let's go, since there's no one, let's go in and have a look!" â
The Armored Worms were meticulously probed, and they crawled over every inch of the farmhouse. Except for a few that smelled blood, there was no information about the living.
Despite this, Qin Lun and the others still seemed very careful. Armored Worms are alchemical creatures without intelligence, and there are many ways to deceive them if they are prepared.
The five men split into two teams to approach the farmhouse from both directions and eventually converge at the farmhouse's main house.
The main house of the farmhouse was in shambles, and the wooden tables and chairs that had been made of fine wood had almost been broken into a pile of tatters. Perhaps the gnolls used these tables and chairs as firewood to keep warm during the days when they were entrenched here.
The ground was littered with broken crockpots and utensils, and the Silver Guards, though they had exterminated the gnolls, had not cleaned the farmhouses. Dark brown blood stains can still be seen on the walls of the main house, presumably from their previous owners or gnolls.
These blood stains were not the smell of blood that the armor worm had smelled before, and after a few months, the smell of these blood stains had long since dissipated.
"No one looks like they've been here!" Hill searched the farmhouse carefully and came to an accurate conclusion.
The shepherd had a say in this, and when he was a man-eating maniac, he took great care to clean up his "canteen". If it weren't for that, the world wouldn't have been able to go undiscovered for so long.
If the farmhouse had been inhabited for a few months, it would have been impossible to hide Hill.
"It seems that we did make a trip in vain, and the Santarin Society may not have chosen this place as a hiding place." Rand shrugged helplessly.
"Haven't you found the cellar yet, the smell of blood that the beetle smelled, it may be there, and it will be clear after you see it." Qin Lun was very reluctant to give up, no matter how far it was, what happened here was too coincidental.
If this clue is lost, and the Hand of Light has not been able to detect the anomaly in the city, it will be difficult to find the Assassins of the Santarin Society.
"Found the cellar entrance, come quickly!" Idria's call came from outside the farmhouse.
It turned out that the cellar of this farmhouse was arranged in the farm's forage warehouse, and there was not much straw left here. Because it has not been dried for a long time, the straw pile emits an unpleasant musty smell.
Lifting the floor behind the hay warehouse, a huge tunnel appeared in front of everyone.
"Do you smell it?" Hill frowned slightly and asked vigilantly.
"Well, I smell it, it's a strong smell of blood." Qin Lun sniffled and couldn't help sneezing, "The ventilation conditions down here are estimated to be very poor, let's wait a quarter of an hour before going in." â
After a while, the smell of blood under the cellar was a little lighter, and Qin Lun asked Rand to stay on it with Elistine, so as not to catch a turtle in an urn, and he himself walked into the tunnel with Ciel and Idria.
"Whew!" The female knight who walked in the front lit a torch. Under the dim firelight, the tunnel looked a little gloomy. Fortunately, the cellar of the farmhouse was not large, and the tunnel of more than ten meters soon came to an end.
"Huh?" As the firelight illuminated the entire cellar, the three of them couldn't help but shrink their pupils as they looked at the scene in front of them.