Chapter 42: Gone and Returned
It was late at night, but the officers' chamber in the fortifications of the Wind and Thunder Mountains was still sitting with the commanders and clerks of several regiments. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In addition to the diary found by the eighth master, several other diaries recording ghoul events were discovered, and the people present had more or less roughly looked through them, and it had been confirmed that there was no information related to the root cause of the ghoul incident that people were particularly concerned about.
However, everyone unanimously paid attention to the diary found by the eighth master, and then everyone asked the eighth master to speak first, pointing out the doubts about the diary recording the incident, and then the leaders present began to discuss and analyze.
This is the only journal found that records the appearance of a green-eyed crow.
It was this that attracted the attention of the eighth master, and then looked at the previous diary carefully, and found that the church, the Harpy priest, and the mysterious man in the carriage were all suspicious places.
There is also a diary mentioning "that abominable monster", whether there was really only one monster in the first place, whether it is or not, it is necessary to find out how the monster came about, how it appeared in this city, why the time of the war between the Duchy of Stanily and the Wing En Empire was chosen, and it is also a city near the border between the two countries.
Was it the conspiracy of the Duchy of Stennis or the sabotage of anti-imperialists within the Jonne Empire, or the involvement of a third state?
Is it the work of individuals, or is it the work of interest groups, or is it the invasion of other worlds?
These are all things that the legions in the Misty City need to investigate clearly.
Hobut first invited the eighth master to talk about what he thought of this matter from the standpoint of a magician.
Originally, as a mage of the Temple, Saruman would be a more suitable candidate to introduce the creatures of the Demon Domain, but the Eighth Master was not opposed to sharing his own thoughts with everyone, so he stood up and told everyone in the conference hall about his thoughts on the events in Misty City:
Ghouls do not belong to this world, they are a species that live in a world called the Demon Realm, which has been recorded in the materials handed down by previous generations.
Ghouls are new species created by the Lich transforming the natural creatures of the Demon Realm, and they are all rich in voodoo developed by the Lich himself.
For the creatures of this world, voodoo will transform biological infections into new ghouls.
For the life of the demon world, voodoo is just a toxin that paralyzes those creatures.
The lich of the Demon Domain was originally also human, and they were all powerful talents in various fields, and in order to pursue endless life and endless power, they took the initiative to give up their human life forms and combine themselves with the creatures of the Demon Domain, thus giving birth to new Demon Creatures.
While each Lich is exceptionally powerful and intelligent, they are not native to the Demon Realm, and therefore have no ability to reproduce.
If you want to increase the number of Lich individuals, either they will help humans transform into Lichs, or humans themselves will transform themselves into Lichs.
Ghouls are all minions of the Lich, and the ghouls that appear in the Misty City may have been summoned by humans or brought by the Lich themselves.
If it's just artificially summoning a ghoul to this world, then things are okay, just find this person.
If a lich appears in this world, then the matter becomes extremely serious, and any low-level lich has the strength to compete with the military power of a country.
The above is the eighth master's thoughts on the ghoul incident in Misty City.
Hearing the eighth master mention the lich, everyone present was shocked, they had more or less known some legends of the lich, and they had also heard that ghouls were originally minions of the lich.
But thousands of years have passed since the legend of the Lich finally appeared, and few people have considered the appearance of the Lich.
Everyone is more willing to believe that ghouls were summoned to this world by some evil dark mage to cause trouble, because ghouls, as very powerful creatures in the demon realm, are easy to be summoned and controlled by dark mages.
Although dark magic is banned by many countries, there are still many dark magicians in this world, and not every country prohibits dark magic.
Then the people in the conference hall began to speak in order of seating, and each of them expressed their views on the matter.
Combined with the clues from the previous discussion and analysis of the diary, everyone finally agreed that the ghoul incident in Misty City was likely related to Father Harpy's church.
The actual situation will not be known until a detailed investigation of the area of the church where Father Harpy is located, so the task of the next day is to investigate the church where Father Harpy is located and the surrounding area centered on the church.
At the end of the task assignment, it is already three or four o'clock in the morning, while there is still some time, everyone goes back to sleep and rest, and at nine o'clock in the morning, all the operational personnel involved in the search will gather and set off.
At about half past six in the morning, Ba Ye, Mo He and Shui Yue were woken up by the soldiers of the Yellow Scorpion Regiment, and after listening to the soldiers' explanations, several people hurriedly came out of the fortified residence and went to the military camp outside.
Outside the gate of the barracks, there were nearly a hundred people standing neatly, the first people were Wren and Sha Anna riding the lion eagle beast, the little guy jumped down from the lion eagle beast as soon as he saw Mo He and the eighth master come out, passed the soldiers guarding the gate, drilled through the wooden stake to prevent the cavalry from breaking through, and threw himself directly into Mo He's arms.
"Woo woo woo~"
Without saying anything, the little one buried his head and cried.
"What's wrong? Shaanna, tell Uncle Mo who bullied you?"
Mo He hurriedly asked, and the eighth master on the side also looked concerned.
"Shaanna...... Whining...... Shaanna ...... Woo, I want Uncle Mohe...... Woo, I miss Uncle Eight, and Sister Shuiyue...... Woo woo woo~"
The little one swallowed tears as he slurred his words. But no matter how difficult it was to tell, Mo He and Eighth Master could also guess what the little guy was talking about.
The entire Little Daisy Mercenary Regiment actually went and returned, and the Eighth Master wanted to reprimand Wren, but he was suddenly speechless, shook his head helplessly, and went to communicate with the officers of the Yellow Scorpion Regiment who were responsible for guarding the gate of the barracks, and then the protective stakes of the gate were removed, and the Little Daisy Mercenary Group was released to the open space of the barracks to rest temporarily.
It was about the whereabouts of the Little Daisy Mercenary Group, the head of the Yellow Scorpion Regiment and the head of the Black Lion Regiment then had soldiers to report, and the two hurriedly came out of the officer's rest house in the fortifications, and after discussing with the eighth master, let the Little Daisy Mercenary Group re-station in the previous area, which was still empty, but some items were piled up, and no new people moved in.
Look at the time, it was time to have breakfast, and they didn't rest anymore, so Wren and Sha Anna followed the eighth master and them to the restaurant to eat.
During the meal, through Wren's explanation, everyone finally figured out the whole process.
On the first night after the Little Daisy Mercenary Regiment left Misty City, Sha Anna was already thinking about Mo He and Eighth Master, but she could still fall asleep listening to bedtime stories.
Over the next few days, Shaanna became more and more frustrated, and as a result, she sneaked through the besieging forces and ran into the Misty City early this morning.
When everyone was having breakfast, they found that the Lion Eagle and Sha Anna were gone, so they hurriedly consulted the commander-in-chief of the besieging force, and then chased Sha Anna all the way with the soldiers of the Little Daisy Mercenary Regiment into the Misty City.
People who have seen Shaana's silent sneaking skills are not surprised that Shaanna can pass through the besieging troops without being discovered, and they are surprised that she can take a lion eagle beast to quietly bypass the patrol of the besieging troops and successfully infiltrate the Misty City, which is a great thing.
Whether it's ability or luck, so many successful sneaks have shown one thing, Shaanna was born with the potential to be a spy, if she wasn't the child brought by the eighth master, it is estimated that the gang of people from the Military Intelligence Department would have come to rob the little girl.
The eighth master and Mo He have already broken off the idea of letting Shaanna and the little daisy mercenary group go out of the city again, unless they ruthlessly tie up the little guy, there is no need to question the matter of returning again.
However, the next thing to investigate the church is unknown, and the eighth master does not plan to let Shaanna follow.
This requires someone to stay and watch Shaanna, Renne's experience of several failures in guarding Shaanna has proved that he is not suitable to guard the little girl for the time being, this is mostly to blame the little girl's elusive kung fu is too strong, as long as she wants to sneak out, even Mo He can't stand it.
The best candidate is Shui Yue, and it should not be much of a problem to let the seniors who also have elusive skills take care of the juniors.
Considering that Shui Yue has the same habit of sticking to Mo He as Sha Anna, the eighth master solemnly warned Shui Yue that no matter what happens, she is not allowed to follow Mo He, and she must take good care of and take good care of Sha Anna, and if Sha Anna has any damage, she must take full responsibility.
The eighth master knew what kind of person Shui Yue used to be, and sometimes he would unconsciously treat Shui Yue as a Shui Yun assassin, so when he explained that Shui Yue was taking care of Sha Anna, he unconsciously used the tone of assigning tasks.
Reflecting such an attitude towards Shui Yue's injustice, the eighth master, considering this critical situation, endured the desire to apologize to Shui Yue, and let Shui Yue take more strict care of Sha Anna, and the eighth master accepted the current way with peace of mind.
Mo He also told Sha Anna to listen to Sister Shuiyue's words and not to leave Sister Shuiyue's side, he, Uncle Ren and Uncle Eighth Master went out to do tasks, and they would come back in the evening.
In the end, Mo He and Shui Yue looked at each other, no need to say anything, Shui Yue stood upright, and bowed to Mo He seriously, Mo He did not return the same bow, he knew that this was a courtesy, but he still liked to say goodbye to Shui Yue in his own way, he walked in front of Shui Yue, hesitated, and finally stretched out his arms to hug Shui Yue, and gently patted her on the back twice, and then squatted down and hugged Sha Anna under Shui Yue, and touched Sha Anna's little head.
Wren still had a little haze on his face, but the eighth master still decided to take him to participate in the mission, in the words of the eighth master: "Young people don't keep a bitter face, come and go out with the eighth master to relax, and come back happily to drink and eat with the eighth master!"
When it was nine o'clock in the morning, the Black Lions, the White Wolves, the Knights Templar, and the Dragon Eagle Mercenary Regiment had assembled and set off on time.
The soldiers of the Little Daisy Mercenary Regiment did not participate in this mission, they were all left by the Eighth Master to help take care of Sha Anna, in the words of the Eighth Master: "What are you doing here, a large number of people are going to follow and have a fart heart." Bringing two people is enough for the eighth master to worry about, and he has no time to take care of you. ”