Chapter 363: Changed Mission Objectives
"It's over, the whole thing messed me up!"
When Barrett was stunned to see that the sky was shrouded in a dark red 'buckle bowl', and that there were a large number of strangely shaped devils on the streets, this was the first thought in his mind.
Of all the devil-related tragedies, Barrett had never heard of a situation on such a scale as the one in front of him. And why it became the way it was, he really didn't know.
Originally, the investigation mission went quite smoothly, and a certain nobleman was found by him to find suspicious traces, and in the subsequent investigation, he found conclusive evidence. Just as Barrett was about to end the mission and report it to the Magic Society branch in the city of St. Watt, his fellow thieves accidentally discovered that another nobleman had also acted suspiciously in collusion with the devil.
It seems that in this unfortunate city, there is more than one aristocrat who has colluded with the devil. So Barrett and the others extended the mission time, and repeatedly investigated the twelve nobles to ensure that nothing slipped through the net.
And just when they were still struggling with whether Viscount Palm, who had no other suspicious behavior other than transforming himself into an undead creature, should also be regarded as the object of suspicion, the devil invasion in front of them broke out without warning.
In fact, it would be a mistake to say that there was no warning at all, Barrett had heard of some disappearances in the tavern before, but most of the missing people were beggars and travelers passing by, and although there were disappearances in the city every year, the number of missing people was relatively small.
No one knows for sure if these guys are really missing or if they left for some reason. After all, there are many young men in this world who run away from home without saying a word and are ready to go out on their own, or young girls who blindly want to elope because of love.
And that's not even counting the unscrupulous ones who abandon their wives or husbands and children.
Therefore, although there were a few more missing people in San Nino City, it did not attract the attention of Barrit, an outsider, and the city's own guards did not pay much attention to it.
Of course, this is no longer the time to think about these things, and the "causes" and "processes" have become less important. Because 'the grapes have already made fine wine', our barbarian adventurers have no choice but to raise their heads and drink it.
After the Devil's Invasion broke out, the thief François immediately decided that there must be something special within this dark red veil. This item not only maintained the existence of the dark red curtain in the sky, but also allowed the Devil Legion to enter the main material plane on such a large scale.
The well-informed fellow thief thought that if this particular item was destroyed, the whole thing could take a turn for the worse.
So, now the question arises, digging ...... No, where is this particular item?
Actually, it's not hard to guess. Combined with the approximate central location of the entire Veil and the residences of the two nobles who had colluded with the devil, François finally targeted the residence of the Comte de Guise.
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Barrett was speeding between the buildings and the streets. During this time, he learned a few tricks from his fellow thief, François, which led to a breakthrough in his ability to conceal. The barbarians tried to avoid the large number of demon legions, and continued to advance towards the target location.
Somewhere with the golden plaque of 'Teatro II Tello II', he encounters two monsters with chains wrapped around them. When the monsters saw Barritt, they brandished their tinkling barbed chains, shouted some strange language they didn't understand, and rushed at him side by side.
At this time, it is not the time to do too much entanglement, what should be consumed still has to be consumed, and it cannot be reluctant. Barrett instantly activated the enchantment 'Assimilation Protection' on the leather armor, consuming a piece of red dragon skin that he had previously purchased at a large price in the city-state of Muya, and turning the hardness of the Chimera leather armor on his body into an extremely resilient dragon skin.
The scimitar in his hand, 'Uno's fangs', stiffened unabated, ready to quickly deal with the other party.
The short body dodged one of the chains that was drawn to the face, and rolled to dodge the other two, and after getting up, he took a quick step forward, and used the 'Unoreal Poison' in his left hand to swing away one of the chains that came from behind in time, but the 'Unoreal Fang' in his right hand was entangled in another chain, and Barrett was about to face a bunch of chains in front of him.
Instead of wielding chains with both hands, these humanoid monsters control the chains on their bodies as if they were minds, and each monster can control four, making them quite combative.
Barrett shielded his face with the weapon in his left hand, and with a hard tug of his right hand, he used brute force to pull one of the chain monsters in front of him. At this point, several more chains attacked, but Barrett chose to resist with leather armor for the time being.
He seized the opportunity and stabbed the scimitar in his left hand into the body of the monster in front of him. Not knowing the specific habits of this monster, or whether it would die like this, or if it would linger and chirp, Barrett pulled out his scimitar and cut off the other's head.
It didn't take long for the second one to follow in the footsteps of the former, and the corpses of the fallen monsters turned into puddles of frothy and disgusting ooze before disappearing into thin air.
Although this chain monster's attack method is difficult to deal with, fortunately, the attack power is not too strong. The chain whip left many marks on the leather armor, and each volley caused considerable pain to the flesh under the leather armor, but this was not even a minor injury for Barrett, who was very physique, and after simply identifying the direction, he continued to run towards the mansion of the Earl of Guise.
One devil after another fell to Barrett's knife, and if he encountered a crowd of demons in large numbers, he would choose to climb over the fence and jump on the roof to avoid them. During this period, if the devil attacks humans, Barrett will save everything he can save, and he will also tell those who are rescued a location, as for whether to go or not, it is not for him to care.
The site was an old castle-like building, with the thief François and some town guards and adventurers resisting, and there should be no problems for the time being. However, this premise is that Barriet, or two other adventure teams with the same purpose as him, can destroy the special item in François's mouth in time.
As he was about to arrive at the Earl's Palace, Barrit also saw a woman with strange behavior. The woman strolled happily through the streets, not at all worried about the armies of demons that dotted around her.
I must have been scared crazy, Barrett thought to herself, poor woman, she looks pretty good.
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