Chapter 245: Homecoming: Vulnerability

The white wolf has just walked out of the village, but the sky is gloomy, this situation makes the white wolf a little worried, it is now noon, the clouds in the sky are so thick, the sky has turned yellow-brown, this probably indicates the arrival of another heavy rain, his original idea is to hurry up the principle of this village, the farther the better, but this idea is only afraid that it is difficult to realize now, there are plains within a radius of hundreds of miles, probably only this village can provide them with shelter from the rain.

The flames were blazing, and the extremely high temperature burned the cultist's corpses to ashes and scattered them in the sky, the corpse oil fueled the fire, but it also added to the scorching smell, mixed with billowing black smoke, and fluttered wildly into the air.

Dori frowned for a while, she remembered her village, she didn't know if anyone collected the corpses of the killed cat people, I thought there should be none, the human army's behavior of skinning and throwing corpses was not a burial of corpses.

"Are the corpses disposed of?" asked Dory, looking at the white wolf who was walking towards them.

The white wolf nodded, but did not speak, because he still had a bead in his mouth, and when he opened his mouth, the bead would fall out.

The biggest trophy gained from this attack on the cultist team was this bead, and Richard asked from the captives about its efficacy, as well as plans to destroy the sect.

The Destruction Sect gave this black orb a very cult-style name, called the Blood Orb, which sounds quite evil, but in fact, this thing is not evil at all, and it is not bloody at all, its only effect is to absorb the sun's rays, as well as the holy light of the Holy Light Church, and convert it into a dark element, and store it in the orb, this process is called by the people of the Destruction Sect, "Corrosion Rite".

Previously, this orb was placed on the shrine of the Church of Light, and the white wolf sensed that the orb was absorbing something, but unfortunately, he could not sense the presence of the Holy Light, so he could not immediately judge the effect of this orb at that time.

According to the confessions of those cultists, there are only a few such orbs in the Destruction Sect, but they don't know the specific number, some say five, some say ten, in short, it should not exceed ten figures.

The Black Sun Sect leader killed by the White Wolf was the original owner of the Blood Orb, and the purpose of his visit to the village this time was to corrupt the Holy Light Church in the place and accumulate dark elements for the Orb.

According to the cultists, this bloody orb is the key prop used by the cult's higher-ups to cast an anti-betrayal curse on ordinary cultists, more than one captive mentioned the scene when they received the curse, when they accepted the curse, the bead would be placed in front of their eyes, and the curse caster would ask the cultists to stare at the darkest place of the bead for half an hour, and when the time was up, the curse was completed, and these preparatory disciples could be regarded as truly a member of the Sect of Destruction.

The white wolf carefully inspected this bloody holy bead, except for a large number of dark elements, there was no other thing in it, that is to say, there was no rune circle in this bead, and it could not be used to apply a curse.

This bloody holy pearl can help the white wolf a lot, it contains a large number of dark elements, that is, the power of the source, and it also has the effect of automatically collecting sunlight, which can completely serve as the main energy source of the space door that the white wolf intends to create in the future, solving the energy problem, the space door can be open for a long time, which is convenient for a large number of people and materials to pass through.

"Blood Orb", this is the name given to it by the Destruction Sect, and when it comes to the White Wolf, it is natural to change its name, and the White Wolf named it the Origin Pearl, which fits his definition of the dark element as the power of the Origin.

"Please keep this thing for me. The White Wolf spat out the Orb of Origin from his mouth, washed it away with water elemental magic, and handed it to Richard.

Upon entering the village, Richard showed himself to be an adventurer, which was to loot and steal, and the first thing he did when he entered was to search for worthy targets, and found a few pieces of cloth from the house, as well as some food.

Richard wound and sewed the cloth into an improvised backpack, and picked out some from the food that did not perishable easily and put it in the backpack.

In addition, he also collected the materials on the cultists and members of the Holy Light Church, selected them, and finally took away three daggers and a blessing badge of the Holy Light Church, and I don't know if he took a fancy to the layer of silver plated on the surface of the badge, or simply for peace of mind, maybe both, after all, he is an adventurer who pursues profits, and they have just encountered a group of cultists, and they will encounter more in the future.

Taking the Origin Pearl, Richard carefully wiped it with his sleeve, and then put it into the backpack, the quality of this cloth is not good, if it gets wet, it will become very fragile, and the bead is quite heavy, when its weight is applied to the cloth, it is likely to fall out of a big hole.

"What are we going to do? It looks like it's going to rain today. Dolly looked at Richard and the white wolf.

"The clouds are thick and low, and it's going to rain soon, and it's definitely not going to be light, my opinion is... We should go back to the village for the night, and although there are quite a few dead there, at least it will be a shelter from the rain. Richard looked at the white wolf and asked for his opinion.

"I burned all the corpses of the cultists, and the corpses of the priests were buried with stones, do you think there is still a possibility of ghouls?" The white wolf did not make a decision immediately, but asked Richard in turn, he was an adventurer, and he must know more about ghouls.

"This.... Personally, I don't think there will be any more ghouls, but I'm not 100% sure, and there are some other beasts besides ghouls. Richard thought for a moment and replied.

"In other words, as long as you pay more attention, you shouldn't be in danger of staying here for a day?"

"Probably not. ”

While the two were talking, the rain began to fall in a dripping manner, and it seemed that it was getting more and more intense, and the white wolf immediately made a decision.

"Well, let's pick a house quickly, and don't forget, we have to take safety measures before we rest. ”

So the three of them went back and forth, and returned to the village again, without forgetting to take the fainted priest with them, and they chose a house on the edge of the village, so that they could detect anything unusual outside the village at the first time.

Richard felt a little flustered, and he went to the place where the previous ceremony was held, collected the daggers left there, made them into catapult traps, and arranged them around the corner of the street.

In the blink of an eye, the original drizzle turned into a downpour, and both Dory and Richard hid in the house, and lit a fire, and with the flame, their bodies suddenly became much gentler.

The white wolf did not stay in the house to shelter from the rain, and he also had a bad premonition, so he turned around the house and began to patrol.

I don't know why, he always felt that there was something he didn't take into account, and it was probably a very dangerous mistake, and the white wolf was patrolling, thinking, checking for holes in his thinking. At this moment, a thunderbolt swept across the sky, and a lightning bolt flashed in the white wolf's mind, and he found the blind spot in his thinking.

According to the previous interrogation, this group of cultists disguised themselves as villagers, and only then did they successfully trap and kill the team of the Holy Light Church, but the question is, where are the original villagers of this village? The white wolf does not believe that these cultists are the villagers who have been living here all along, that is, it is very likely that the original people who lived here have been killed.

But the problem is that when the white wolf searched the village, he didn't find the corpses of the villagers who originally lived here, but his attention at that time was focused on investigating the destruction of the sect and the cultists, and as a result, this abnormal situation was automatically left behind, and then when interrogating the captives, he and Richard both made the same mistake and were able to spy on the information of the mysterious destruction sect, which made them very excited, eager to ask for more information, and finally completely left the original villagers' affairs behind.

Now that the captives have been killed by Richard, there is no one left alive, and the white wolf has no way of knowing the whereabouts of these villagers, now that I think about it, they have probably been disposed of, and the white wolf's concern is that the way the destruction sect disposes of the corpses is not standard enough, and if it is just to expose the corpse wilderness, it is easy to cause ghouls to breed.

If ghouls really breed, then they would not dare to attack humans casually because of the large number of people in the destruction sect, but now, there are only three people left in the entire village, plus the heavy rain from the sky, humans can not act, they can only hide in the house, if the white wolf is the leader of the ghouls, then now is the best time for him to attack.

With this in mind, the white wolf immediately turned back to the house where Richard and Rika were, carefully avoiding the trap set by Richard along the way.

Now the white wolf has not yet detected the signs of the ghoul attack, so he must hurry up, strengthen the defense, and set up some more rune traps, although he is a little anxious now, but there is still a trace of luck in his heart, he hopes that he is wrong, the corpses of the villagers have been properly disposed of, and there will be no ghouls coming from the rain.

But everything has to be prepared for the worst, if there are too many monsters coming, he must take two, no, three people together, and escape from this deserted and rotten land as soon as possible.