Volume 2 The Beginning of the Legend Chapter 60 The Man-Eating Monster
Bishop Vane then turned to look at a large map behind him, and began to seriously search for the detailed location of the mission.
Russell was still impressed by the map, and it was on the basis of this map that Bishop Vane explained to him the address of the knight's examination.
The map depicts the streets of Dinah, large and small, and any buildings and important addresses are neatly marked on the map by Bishop Vane.
Russell didn't dare to guarantee that this map was the most sophisticated in the Heka Kingdom, but it was also a map that ordinary people couldn't reach, and as long as he had it, he knew all the locations in the royal capital.
Eventually, Bishop Vane found the address of the mission, which was a living area where most of the people lived were outsiders, such as merchants who came into the city to sell goods, and wandering adventurers, all of whom had no permanent residence.
This means that there must be a huge population movement in this area, where people from all walks of life live, so there are always horrific incidents such as murders, robberies, etc.
In order to rectify the chaos in this area, the royal family has sent a lot of bailiffs and guards to stabilize the order in this area.
However, this emergency behavior is only to quench thirst, and whenever the bailiffs and guards enter this area, the order here becomes very stable, and there are no vicious incidents.
However, when they leave, various cases will return, causing headaches for the sheriff in charge of law and order.
The address of this mission is this area, and Bishop Vane is also deeply helpless about it, but if he continues to sit idly by, the problem here will become more and more serious.
The tip of Bishop Vane's quill pen circled the area, and told the three men in front of him about the mission.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the location of your mission is in this area, and the goal of your mission is to kill or capture a man-eating monster that has been lurking here for a long time, it is very cunning, and it took a lot of strength for the church and the royal family to finally lock its location.
As for the rest of the detailed mission, let Her Excellency Sara, who is in charge of intelligence work, explain it to you in detail!"
Sara smiled and walked over to the map, bowed slightly to the two of them, then pulled a note from her jacket pocket and began to explain the details of the monster.
"Captain Buna and Knight Russell are invited to read the contents of this note, the only clue left by my loyal men before they were devoured by monsters. ”
Russell and Bunner approached the note, which was stained with blood and a little dirt splattered on it.
Russell carefully read the messy and scribbled words written on the note, and it took a long time to make out what was written on the note.
"All the people were eaten by the monster, this monster has very sharp teeth, and it can hide in dark corners, and the worst thing is 。。。。。。 ”
The note came to an abrupt halt, making it a bit confusing, as it seemed that Sarah's men had only been able to write half of the monster's characteristics on the note before they were killed, and then it had suffered a mishap.
"That's all there is to it, aren't they?" Russell asked in a deep voice as he looked at the paper with a frown.
"Yes!" replied Sara with a nod, "this monster has the same intelligence as a human, and it takes great care to deal with nearby traces, and my men were able to leave this clue because the others had fought for him for a short time at that time, and he also shoved the note into the crevice in the ground, which left us with this hard-won clue." ”
Bishop Vane continued: "In the past period, Sara also sent a lot of his men to investigate this area, but none of these people were able to come back, so it can be seen that this monster must not be a good one!"
Buna asked aloud, "Since the church has determined where the monster is hiding, why don't you just send a large army to sweep that area?" I don't believe that this monster can resist the encirclement and suppression of the royal army. ”
Bishop Vane shook his head and said helplessly: "Buna, I have told you a few times, you can't act too impulsively, not only to say that this monster can hide from our siege in the dark, but also to send a large army to search for traces of monsters in the royal capital, if this kind of news is spread by people, how serious will it be?"
During this time, foreign caravans will definitely not dare to come to Dinah City to trade with our country, and the people in the city will also be panicked, then the order of the city will be ruined, and the consequences will be more serious than monsters eating people casually!"
Cold sweat instantly oozing from Buna's body, what Bishop Vane said was very reasonable, if he easily dispatched a large army to encircle and suppress the monsters, the consequences would be even more unimaginable!
Bishop Vane continued, "Therefore, I have decided to send the squad of the Captain of the Buna Knight to act together with Sarah's team, both of you are elite warriors, and it is more useful to deal with this elusive monster than a few hundred guards, so please two work together to strangle this monster in this area!"
Buna and Sara looked at each other and assured Bishop Vane in unison, "Don't worry, we will definitely annihilate this monster!"
"Good!" said Bishop Vane with a smile.
"As for Knight Russell, I have summoned you to me, first, to familiarize you with your future work, and secondly, to let you assist Knight Buna a little more.
He is an impulsive man, and he has been seriously injured many times because of this, so I hope you can persuade him well, and I hope that you can take over the position of Knight Buna sooner, and the church needs your help even more!"
Russell was a little stunned when he heard this, he could hear the meaning of Bishop Vane's words, it seemed that Bishop Vane wanted him to become the new Knight Chief as soon as possible, in fact, this was almost all made clear.
Russell couldn't help but excuse himself, "Bishop Vane, I'm just a knight who has just joined the church, can I be promoted to a knight so quickly?"
Bishop Vane smiled: "Knight Russell, you don't have to worry about too many things, I see your ability, you have defeated Buna in the previous competition.
This means that you have what it takes to become a Knight Captain, and the Church will never let anyone with outstanding talents be buried, and it is a matter of course for me to discover your talent.
Besides, you have been blessed by the goddess and have been given a miracle, which is a privilege that even I cannot get!
So you have to complete this mission seriously, and I can justifiably promote you to the new Knight Captain!"
Sara applauded, "Then I'm going to congratulate Knight Russell on his promotion to Knight Captain in advance!"
Bishop Vane looked at the three people in front of him and said solemnly: "Now is not the time to joke, this mission is not more dangerous than usual, I don't want to lose any of the three of you after this mission, remember, staying alive is the most important thing."
In case you lose this monster, you must evacuate immediately, and we will have time to find a way later!"
"Yes!"
It was nearly noon, and two mysterious teams quietly set off from the back door of the church headquarters, and no one knew about this special operation except for a few bishops at the top of the church.
The two teams were dressed in very different attire, with the cathar knights wearing dark and inconspicuous armor and moving at a uniform speed on their horses.
As for Sarah's men, they basically only wore light and comfortable leather armor, and wore black robes, and their whereabouts were secretive and very hidden.
Soon after, the two groups of about thirty men were assembled near the city where the monster was encircled, and it was quiet and there was almost no sign of people.
Seeing this, Russell asked, "Why are there so few people here?"
Sara turned to Russell and explained, "Today is the day of the bazaar, most of the people here have gone to the bazaar to trade, and the rest of the people have only gotten up in the middle of the night, which also gives us the opportunity to sneak around, if we alarm the monsters, it will be difficult to act." ”
Buna found the area's marker, a tall clock tower, and then immediately unfolded a small map of the area, finding the location where Sarah's men were last attacked.
"The last place where this man-eating monster appeared is north of the Clock Tower, this is not an easy place to detect, and there are some grumpy guys living here!"
Sara was experienced with this kind of complicated situation, and he immediately suggested: "There are so many people in our team, even if we cover the sign of the church, but thirty people in armor and weapons will be very conspicuous here, so we should split our ways, and if we find the figure of a monster, use magic to inform everyone!"
Buna and Russell thought for a moment and found that Sara's suggestion was indeed the most appropriate for the current situation, so they immediately agreed to Sarah's suggestion.
"Just do as you say!"
After the plan of action was decided, the team of thirty people immediately divided into ten teams of three people, and immediately began to investigate the past in ten different directions, so as to maximize the reconnaissance of the area.
Of course, at this time, Russell and the others can't act together, in case of a battle, Russell, Buna, and Sara can also immediately make an order, so as not to be served by the man-eating monster.
The team of thirty people probed the traces of the monster from the inside out, and carefully searched every street and alley, but they found no trace of the monster at all, but found many hidden crime scenes.
Time passed, the sun slowly set to the west, and the sun also dimmed, and the dark night was about to fall on this area!