Why would Hadros let himself carry out the task of Brooke, Qin Shaofu was puzzled. With this old man's heart, there should be a purpose.

Hadros smiled slightly, did not answer, but asked: "If this task is an examination room, you are the examiner, how many points will you give yourself according to the perfect score of ten?"

Qin Shaofu pondered for a moment in his heart and replied, "Five points!"

"Very Oriental thinking!" said Hadros: "Oriental people like moderation, they don't belittle themselves too much, but they don't praise themselves too much, and generally like to choose a moderate degree...... But that's not my answer. ”

"If you go to this task as a knight, you will score a maximum of three points, and if you go to this task as a witcher, you will receive zero points, which is equivalent to failure, and you will be punished when you come back. ”

"Why?"

Qin Shaofu immediately asked, although he didn't really care much about this answer, he felt that he had handled it properly.

"It took you four and a half months to complete this mission. If I send another qualified witcher over, how long do you think it will take to complete the mission?"

Hadros looked at Qin Shaofu's eyes and stretched out a finger: "One month, and most of the time is on the road, and the time to really carry out the mission is three days at most, because they won't be as naïve as you to find the truth." ”

"For witchers, a mission is a mission, and there is not so much to bargain for. Complete the quest as quickly as possible, not only to the Dark Arbitrator, but also to yourself. You're in danger inside, aren't you?"

Qin Shaofu was silent, there was no need for him to shake his head and lie, this old dog of the Holy See must have already understood everything that happened.

Hadros lay back, leaned back in his chair, and said slowly, "I know that you have a nostalgia for the so-called knighthood, but I must remind you once again that although you have retained your title of Lord Knight, you are no longer a true knight. As witchers, we have an accident outside, and it is difficult to get support. If you don't want to die, don't do such stupid things in the future. ”

"I admit it's stupid!" Qin Shaofu nodded and said, "But I don't regret it, I was only assigned here by you because of the Angel of Sin, I can be a law enforcer, but I am not a murderer." Not to mention four months, even forty months, I need to know the truth. ”

Hadros looked at Qin Shaofu's eyes, and Qin Shaofu was also stubborn enough to look at him. Those eyes were like ancient wells, and I really couldn't see what he was thinking.

After a long while, I heard the old man say, "Yes, you are a little different from other witchers, but you are by no means a reason for the failure of your mission. ”

"After Brooke died, you just left, and didn't deal with the scene, just simply covered the hole with stones, why?"

"He saved me!" Qin Shaofu said, "This was my mistake, but if it wasn't for him, I might have died on the first day." I don't want to change everything in it, I just give him a grave for himself. ”

"Sentimental, stupid thing!" Hadros sneered, "I'll tell you again how many things you overlooked." ”

"First, Brooke's strength is so weak, he hasn't even started in the cultivation of dark undead magic, do you think he can make his daughter appear as a zombie on his own?"

Qin Shaofu was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "You mean, there are people behind him!"

Then something came to mind: "Yes, he doesn't know dark magic at all, and the things he uses are magic weapons, as well as those resentful spirits...... By the way, he said one name: Melia. ”

At this time, when I thought about it carefully, I realized that there were many things that were unreasonable, and with Brooke's ability, it was impossible to complete at all, especially the resentful spirits in that room, which must be done by powerful dark magicians...... And he also said that there was a man named Melia.

"That's right, that Melia is the real dark mage, and she is powerful, and she is a seventh-rank earth. Before sending you out, our men rounded her up, but unfortunately failed. Brooke was just a pawn of her, and there was no real resurrection in necromancy, no magic at all. ”

Hadros said slowly, "Melia needs the wraiths to practice dark magic, and she knows that Brooke misses her dead daughter, so she tempts him to kill the child. There are several other places in the Holy Empire for the same people. If you were the first person to approach this task, what would happen if you finished it that way?"

"Let me tell you, the investigation of this clue will end here, and with your help Melia has managed to evade the Holy See's search. Then very open there will be a second, a third, a fourth Brooke. Do you know how many people are going to die?"

Qin Shaofu was ashamed and didn't dare to answer.

"Second, on one side of the cave, there is also a secret room, which has three bookshelves, all of which are books about the cultivation of dark undead magic, which Melia left for Brooke to practice. But you left without searching. What if there were ordinary people who were dissatisfied with society or their status quo went in?"

Hadros looked at Qin Shaofu and said, "There will be another dark mage who is not within the scope of our investigation, and it may be more harmful than Brooke, because that person may be very suitable for cultivating dark magic." ”

"Third, and your stupidest. Of course, this mistake is based on the first point, you didn't even think about Melia's existence, and you actually let Brooke's daughter's body be left there. ”

Knocking on the table, a door opened on one side of the study, and several men in black walked in pushing a bed. There was a little girl tied to the bed, struggling with it, and a sound like a hungry wolf came out of her mouth.

"Nya!"

After seeing the girl's face clearly, Qin Shaofu exclaimed in surprise and his eyes widened. The little girl who was tied up was none other than Brooke's daughter, Nia.

At this time, she was not a corpse, but a zombie who could act, full of anger.

"The power to sustain her as a zombie is not Brooke's, it's Melia's. So after Brooke's death, that power didn't go away. The greatness of her father's love, the heart that gave her the power of life of mutation, or the power of life beyond expectations. When you left, did she not have any vital signs?"

Facing Hadros's questioning, Qin Shaofu could only nod, this was what he saw with his own eyes.

"She has been lying in that place for more than thirty years, absorbing the life qi of children and the power of resentful spirits, and has a intelligence that is more intelligent than ordinary zombies. ”

"She may not have the same IQ as we do, but in that case, her instinct led her to fake her death because it was the only option she could live...... It's a shame that she succeeded, and you were fooled by a zombie. ”

"If I hadn't sent someone to follow you to clean up the mess, this zombie would have already slaughtered nearby villages, devouring flesh to gain more power. ”

"With her intelligence, if she is given a month, which is the time you go back and forth, she may be able to create an army of tens of thousands of undead. ”

"As a witcher, or even if you demand yourself according to the rules of a knight, look me in the eye now, and you tell me ......"

Hadros slammed his fist on the table.

"How many points can you score on this mission?"

Qin Shaofu immediately lowered his head, not daring to look directly.