Silver picked up the mirror she had picked up and sighed softly on the broken surface, which immediately became foggy and then reflected a different scene from reality.

"Mirror World" - a very common trick, so vulgar that this member of the "Seven Virtues" of the Holy Cross rolled her eyes in disdain, and with a pout, pasted the remnant mirror to the communicator she found in the guard booth.

The movements were casual, as if she had simulated them several times in her mind.

In the next moment, a dark and dim light burst out of the communicator, engulfing the mirror.

When the light dissipated, not only the mirror disappeared, but even the communicator disappeared.

If an orc or a capable person with a slight vision were standing here, they would definitely be able to see that the "Teleportation Miracle" was applied to this communicator, and once the requirements set by the caster were met, the miracle would be activated immediately.

The Adventurer Lady clapped her hands with contempt and turned gracefully, ready to find her team.

Unbeknownst to him, as soon as he turned his head, an unfamiliar figure appeared in his field of vision.

A human with the "Holy Cross emblem" on his body? Sylph narrowed her eyes, and couldn't help but think of the orc figure she had captured with her peripheral vision after leaving the team...... However, it should not be the other party.

There would never be an orc so swaggering in front of humans, especially capable people.

"Who are you?" For the sake of the emblem of the Holy Cross, the Lady Adventurer restrained her hostility slightly.

"Cover." The stranger's voice sounded younger than his appearance, and it felt a little out of place, "Gested Gerz, just call me 'Gai'." ”

Silver raised an eyebrow, as if to think about whether she should manage her expression in front of strangers.

She doesn't have to cater to a strange guy, does she?

"Who sent you?" However, after thinking about her words for a while, her tone finally softened.

There's no need to offend a stranger in the middle of a few words, not to mention that the other person looks like his colleague, maybe they're still working for the same object.

"Mr. Shirabashi." The unsociable pigeon monster beast was subject to the momentum of the "gentle" lady, and leaned back slightly, as if it couldn't wait to escape from the other party.

Despite being identified as a colleague, Silver maintained the necessary vigilance, and after proving each other's identities, she proceeded to question each other's purpose for coming there.

The other party only said that he was here to deal with this strange incident that happened in the Valley of Summoning Peace, and then, as if casually, he interrogated her about what he was doing:

"You activated the miracle on the communicator?"

Maybe he knew that he couldn't take too many steps, so he didn't directly ask, "What did you just teleport back to the Holy Cross Headquarters?"

Sylph coped with the past with "nothing to do with you" as a matter of course.

After a few rounds, except for the initial confirmation of identity, they had an ineffective conversation.

And, obviously, neither of them was able to accumulate goodwill about the other in this exchange, but instead cast more hostility into each other's eyes.

"Mirror world."

It took a few more moments, and as an impatient look hung prominently on the adventurer's face, the human who was hostile to her suddenly spoke.

"Didn't the creatures and humans who disappeared here be imprisoned in that miracle?"

"You're thinking too much." The other party witnessed his previous behavior—Silver, realizing this, shifted his gaze slightly, clapped his hands and re-conjured a mirror.

She hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to share the information she had:

"The miracle of the 'mirror world' was indeed applied to that mirror, but people were not locked up in it."

"This must be a trick by the orcs." The "gentle" lady, one of the seven virtues, spoke her judgment in a very firm and determined tone.

"And where will they go?" Gai's tone was a little anxious, he didn't control his emotions well.

The "gentle" lady shook her head, indicating that she was at a loss for anything.

"Looks like you're really here to investigate this." She added, "Did you hear from Mr. Shirabashi before we arrived, or did you learn by chance about what happened to the people in this shelter because of something else?" ”

"My mission has to do with this place, and also, I will always be loyal to Mr. Hakubashi." Gai withheld some information that was not necessary to tell the other party, "You only need to know these two things. ”

Silph, who was treated like this, naturally didn't feel happy, and immediately said that he had taken out the clues he had, so the other party should also give back:

"Tell me everything you know, and if you do, I'll forgive you for being rude to me."

What information does Gai know? He had only been away from home for a few years during the rebellious period, only to find that he had "lost his home" poor monster, and all he learned was summed up by observing the actions of this team of adventurers, and he was counting on them to help him find the missing family members!

But when he thought of the cold face of the demon beast standing behind him, the cowardice that came to his heart retreated with difficulty.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he confessed that "this sanctuary had been attacked by orcs", which had been told to him by the messenger of the Holy Cross.

"It could also be a soldier of a hostile country." Gai's gaze fell on the hands of the "gentle" lady, who was worried and afraid that the other party would see that he was not human and attack him directly.

For an orc who thought he was human, being treated like this was the most painful thing for him - from the time he decided to run away from home until now.

Thankfully, many humans are not as sharp as he fears, and even if he does something counterintuitive in his daily life, they don't have the time or energy to pay attention, and most of them just laugh it off.

Even if they remembered it in hindsight, he had already figured out an explanation, and the situation would never be worse than before.

"If you spend it here, you won't be able to jump out on your own." Silphununu mouthed and invited his colleagues who suddenly appeared, "Do you want to come along?" Along the way, we encountered some unexplained things, and if we had more companions, at least the possibility of danger befalling us was reduced. ”

"Diversify risk?" Gai shrugged his shoulders and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's better to be respectful than to obey, I'll accompany you." ”

As he spoke, he glanced in the direction he imagined the mysterious beast clan was.

Although his gaze was blocked by the building, he believed that the other party must be watching their every move.

……

Fang Nuo's attention wandered between the bearded captain and the team members around him.

He heard them mention that the two largest and oldest human nations in the world are currently making peace, and if neither of them wants to let the war continue, other countries will also give them face and return peace to the world.

Some members of the party disagreed, believing that the peace was a conspiracy initiated by the Kaslano Empire against the naïve Adriel's rulers in an endless compromise.

"I heard that the monarch had no qualifications to inherit in the first place, because his brothers and sisters were killed in that war ten years ago, and he had a chance to ascend to the throne."

"Ah, isn't it good to fax fake and unknown anecdotes behind other people's backs? What's more, he is still the lord of a country. ”

"What are you afraid of, I'm not from Edriel, and we're not in the realm of Edriel now." One of the adventurers in the group laughed.

"And, if you want me to say, there are still fewer people in the world who look down on them? For so many years, they and their monarch had not done a serious thing. ”

"It seems to me," another human picked up the conversation, "that prison is the only thing in their country that lives up to its name...... I have seen people who have left that hell who has lost the ability to move and take care of himself, and even his spirit is no longer his original self. ”

"Anyone who hasn't experienced it can imagine how terrible that prison was...... Just think of it in the most exaggerated way. ”

"I feel the chill when you say it, hiss, winter is about to pass."

"There are even more terrible rumors!" Another person came forward and gossiped, "It is rumored that the monarch actually killed his father and brother to get the throne...... He poured their bones into the hell, which contained too many of the souls of the dead, and it was even colder. ”

"You guys!" The bearded captain who walked at the front cried and laughed, "Didn't we come to the second floor to scout?" Be serious, and look for the traces left by the people in the shelter. ”

"How can I have time for you to talk about these things." That being said, his tone was softer, and he was clearly not angry at the small talk of the players.

Perhaps, he also cares about the royal anecdote they are talking about.

And above the cliff beyond the shelter, Fang Nuo was in the same mood as him—he cared, and had been for a long time.

Ever since he was picked up by the witch, almost all the information he has learned about his identity and the outside world is inseparable from what happened between the royal families and nobles of these two countries.

"Let's talk a little more." He had looked forward to it more than once.

But human beings always talk "to the point", which makes it impossible for him to get clues from the conversation.

"Anyway, this incident that happened in the shelter, you say, could it be that the demon beast did it?" Someone in the team suddenly asked.

"Why did you suddenly think of this?" The captain also felt that what he said made some sense, but he didn't react to his out-of-the-box thinking.

You know, they've just been talking about gossip from other countries.

"Because isn't the Kingdom of Adriel the best at making contracts with monsters? They can manipulate monsters to rid them of their enemies. The man who made this speculation had a preconceived thought, describing the country he had not actually come into contact with, "Perhaps, their naïve monarch would have thought that the existence of the sanctuary had interfered with the peace talks between the two countries?" ”

"This is unfounded speculation." The captain patted him on the back of the head, "People who can do this can't be called naïve anymore, it's a hole in the brain, and it's good to live." ”

"You're right, though." The bearded man touched his hairy chin, and his ears, hidden under his hair, moved, as if he heard someone coming up from under the stairs.

"A normal person wouldn't do anything to a shelter." Although there is no clear evidence to prove this conclusion, everyone present agrees with his idea, "All this is a conspiracy of demon beasts." ”

"They kidnapped the inhabitants of the shelter and may even murder them!" People's speculation is becoming more and more exaggerated, almost with maximum malice, to speculate on the minds of the beings who will do such things.

In just a split second, their thoughts changed from "finding the missing humans" to "taking revenge on the monsters that haunt the neighborhood and may be the culprit".

"We can't let our companions die in vain!"

As soon as Silver and Gai, who had not gained her full trust, reached the second floor when they heard the members of the party shouting in unison, saying things that sounded incomprehensible to them.

And on the cliff, Fang Nuo, who had listened and witnessed their excited expressions with the eyes of others, was also stunned by the sudden change.

It's really hard to guess the thoughts of the creatures in the outside world, he thought sincerely, and at the same time, habitually ignoring the malicious value increase prompt that sounded in his ears.

The prejudiced humans in the shelter below have replaced the mourning bird Xiao Hei who is separated from him, and have become a new generation of "malicious value perpetual motion machines".