Chapter 38: Creatures of Darkness
As Jonathan spoke, Al's brain raced.
Through the strangeness of McGonagall's village, the sluggish atmosphere, and Jonathan's seemingly strange commission.
Eventually, Al came up with an answer, and that was that Jonathan entrusted him with protecting his daughter.
In fact, it's quite possible that El will be confronted by the culprit who has become such an anomaly in McGonagall Village!
In this case, the danger is naturally extremely high, and it is not much lower than that of El facing the meteor thief.
Because the most dangerous thing about this matter is the unknown, and this thing is basically determined to be an extraordinary event!
You must know that even if El confronts the Meteor Pirates, everyone is absolutely unwilling to face the unknown extraordinary power.
In this world, what is really dangerous is not power and power, but the ubiquitous, strange and inexplicable extraordinary power.
This is also why El knows that in the Holy Sword Empire, he is extremely unkind to see wizards.
But it is still the reason why he embarked on the road of wizards without hesitation.
It's because, compared to the extraordinary power, all of this is not worth mentioning!
But it was precisely because of this that Al looked at Jonathan and slowly shook his head.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Jonathan, I'm afraid I can't help you much.
Although I don't know much about what happened to McGonagall Village, I don't think I'm free from the influence of supernatural powers.
Whatever it is, as long as it has something to do with supernatural power, it's definitely not something I can interfere with.
So I'm sorry, I can't help you anymore, I hope your daughter is safe. ”
After speaking, Al nodded to the bartender Han, and said no more.
Jonathan was obviously not so willing to hear Al's words.
But when he saw Al's determined face, he couldn't say anything else.
Only a helpless sigh poured out of Jonathan's mouth.
Turning around, he walked towards the door in a dejected manner.
Just as Jonathan reached the door, he turned again.
Pursing his lips, he spoke to Al again, "Please think about it again."
If you can tell that the affairs of the village have something to do with supernatural power, you must have a certain way.
If you change your mind, then please tell Han, and he will take you to my house.
Please also seriously consider my daughter, my daughter, who is only sixteen years old. ”
With that, Jonathan left Al's room and disappeared into the hallway.
At this time, the bartender Han looked at Jonathan, who was leaving, and said to Al, "Jonathan is also a poor man.
His wife died in childbirth, so he and his daughter depended on each other, but fortunately, he earned money from his wine shop and lived a good life.
But recently there have been these things in the village, and everyone who has an unmarried girl in the family is in danger.
And among these girls, Jonathan's daughter is the most beautiful.
It is said that on the night of the full moon last month, Jonathan's daughter was attacked.
It's just that he was repelled in front of the mercenaries hired by Jonathan at that time, but those mercenaries were also killed and wounded as a result.
So Jonathan has been looking for someone who can help him, and this time he found you.
In fact, this is not only true of Jonathan, but also of all families with unmarried girls.
I really don't know what McGonagall Village will become in the end, maybe it will slowly get better, maybe. ”
The bartender Han's words were both an explanation to Al and a comfort to himself.
In the end, the bartender Han's voice gradually weakened and eventually disappeared.
Then, shaking his head slightly, he turned and left Al's room.
At this time, Al closed the door and lay directly on the bed, not knowing what he was thinking.
Eventually, he opened his eyes, walked over to the table, and began to wipe the crosssword and metal bow.
Slowly, a sharp aura emanated from Al's body.
He carried the metal bow and quiver directly on his back, and then inserted the cross sword into his waist.
Eventually, when he put his cloak on himself, he opened the window and jumped down.
By night, Al followed Jonathan, who was faltering, to his house on the edge of the village.
Jonathan's house isn't small, but half of it has been converted into an ale making workshop.
So in fact, the place where he and his daughter live is not much different from the rest of the village.
Al jumped on a large tree near Jonathan's house and sat inside looking at Jonathan's house.
Although Al had already turned down Jonathan to help him before.
But after hearing the bartender Han's words, Al changed his mind.
Among them, there may be curiosity about McGonagall Village, or there may be pity for Jonathan's family.
All in all, Al ultimately chose to lend a helping hand to Jonathan's family.
However, he did not choose Akari to help Jonathan's family.
Instead, he chose to spy in the shadows and observe everything suspicious.
After all, Al didn't know anything about the mutation in McGonagall's village, and it wasn't clear what level of supernatural power had intervened.
Only by turning oneself from light to darkness can one or two have the opportunity to find out the truth before the head-on conflict.
Only in this way can we increase the success rate of things!
In this way, every day during the day, Al wandered around McGonagall Village.
and pretended to be careless to inquire about what was happening in McGonagall's Village.
At night, Al sneaks out of his room on the second floor of the tavern and hides near Jonathan's house.
In this way, time passed quickly, and five days passed in a blink of an eye.
There are only two days left until the full moon night of each month.
Al could clearly feel Jonathan's anxiety.
It was also at night on this day that Jonathan, who had returned from an early morning outing, brought back three heavily armed mercenaries.
Although Al didn't know how much money Jonathan had promised the three mercenaries.
But he knew very well that Jonathan had never told the three mercenaries what they were up against.
Because he knew very well that none of the three mercenaries had even the strength of a low-level knight.
Once faced with extraordinary strength, these three mercenaries, who looked strong and mighty, would probably not escape death.
As for the usefulness they can use, I'm afraid it's very small.
Jonathan was responsive to the three mercenaries.
The continuous supply of delicious and delicious food made the three mercenaries feel a little happy.
Thankfully, they remember their responsibilities relatively clearly.
When night fell completely, the three of them took their weapons and stood guard around Jonathan's house.
Al, as always, came to the neighborhood of Jonathan's house and stayed here.
Compared with before, he basically has a very clear understanding of the affairs of McGonagall Village.
Because of this, Al has basically determined the source of the matter in McGonagall's Village, which is the dark creatures.
As a kind of transcendent creature, dark creatures can be said to be spurned by the vast majority of countries.
Because they worship destruction, love to kill, and have a malicious attitude towards human beings, even treating human beings as food.
This is due to the dark power contained in them.
Therefore, this also makes all bloodline knights with the blood of dark creatures rejected by people.
In particular, the country where the Church of the Lord of Billions of Radiance is located shows no mercy to the bloodline knights with the blood of dark creatures.
Just like wizards, the Dark Bloodline Knights are also known as heretics and are on the list of heretics of the Church.
And as dark creatures with more numbers than wizards, the method of dealing with them is also spread among the people.
For example, using high-purity silverware can cause them effective damage.
It's just that in this McGonagall village, the amount of silverware is equal to none.
In five days, Al had only found a handful of silver vessels.
Then it was secretly melted in a heat-resistant metal pot and wrapped around the arrows of the arrows.
Due to the scarcity of silverware and the lack of money in Al, he only made three silver arrows.
And this simple way is not as effective for dark creatures as it seems.
But it's better than nothing, at least it's much more useful than ordinary arrows.
Looking at the three mercenaries who had obviously drunk too much, Al shook his head disdainfully.
The strength of these people is at most a little stronger than the hunters in Linshan Town.
Even compared to the strong ones among the hunters in Linshan Town, it is slightly insufficient.
If they have a weapon in their hands that specializes in restraining dark creatures.
Then it may still be able to fight against the unknown dark creature.
It's just that the weapons in their hands can be described as ordinary.
Not to mention being able to restrain dark creatures, it's just a fool's dream.
Al, as before, lay asleep on the thick branches within the canopy.
But around midnight, Al suddenly felt a faint sense of crisis.
He immediately opened his eyes and glanced around Jonathan's house.
Eventually, he saw a man in a black cloak who was about the same size as him silently sweeping towards the three mercenaries.
Although the strength is not good, the three people who are alert as mercenaries still have them.
This also allowed them to escape and find each other in time before the other party pounced.
With a loud shout, the eldest of the three mercenaries pulled out the axe from his waist and slashed at the figure.
The other two mercenaries, each wielding a cross sword and an axe, rushed towards the figure.
However, in a way that was not human at all, the figure turned out of thin air and retreated a position to avoid the attack.
At this time, he stood in front of the three mercenaries, his face under the cloak full of mockery.
At the same time, its hoarse voice sounded slowly.
"Are you three bugs Jonathan looking for me?
I thought it would be so difficult, but today it doesn't look like anything special.
You might as well be like the guy in the tavern, just hide yourselves and avoid death by refusing Jonathan.
In that case, you won't have to be torn apart by me like you are today!"
As the words fell, a pair of pale hands stretched out from under the cloak, and the black nails on the fingers were extremely sharp, emitting a cold light.
Immediately after, a sharp cry came out of the mouth of the figure under the cloak, and the killing opportunity was immediate!