In fact, on the way to the temple, Duanmu Huai was suspicious of the elven scouts.

As a scout, she knew too much.

Of course, scouts are originally specialized in intelligence searches, so it's not surprising that they know some secrets.

However, when she opened the seal, Duanmu Huai knew that there was definitely something wrong with the identity of this elf scout.

The reason is simple, everyone knows that there are a lot of valuables and cash in the bank vault, and you know which way the bank vault door opens.

But not everyone can have the key to a bank vault.

Seeing that the elf scout recited a few incantations, he opened the seal, and Duanmu Huai knew that there was something wrong with this.

If this seal is so easy to open, then the believers of the God of Filth just now are wasting their time playing with a bonfire and barbecue?

"Alright, tell me who you really are, Elf."

Duanmu Huai held the chainsaw sword in his hand, staring at the elf coldly, his mood is very calm now, as a player, similar things, Duanmu Huai has really experienced too much.

For example, they worked hard to bring the NPC to the designated place, and the other party turned into the final boss.

Another example is that they worked hard to bring the NPC to the designated place, and the other party suddenly turned around and planned to destroy the world.

Another example is that they worked hard to rescue the NPC, but as soon as the other party came out, they revealed their true colors, and then spread the virus plague to the whole world.

To be honest, after going through a lot, players are numb. No matter how dramatic the joke is, over and over again, everyone will get used to it.

So in the later stage, when an NPC suddenly turns into a boss, basically players take out their weapons silently and start fighting.

I didn't bother to say half a word of nonsense, and I didn't even have the interest to cooperate with the shock.

There's even a little bit of excitement.

After all, one more boss means one more box can be opened!

Therefore, the current Duanmu locust is also very calm.

Even if this elven scout is actually a spy of the god of deceit or the god of desire, he can treat it calmly, it is really too much to see in the wind and waves.

No matter how dramatic the development is, it is difficult to make Duanmu Huai feel anything.

"I am indeed a scout, Lord Knight."

Feeling the cold blade on her neck, the elf swallowed a mouthful of saliva and spoke, but she clearly saw how the sword split the plague apostle in half. The elves don't think they have the same resistance as the Plague Apostles.

"At the same time, I'm also a royal agent."

"Tell me what the hell is going on."

Duanmu Huai didn't put down the chainsaw sword in his hand, this elf scout was obviously not as simple as it seemed, and he also wanted to know what the other party's true identity was.

"I didn't lie to you, Lord Knight."

The elf hesitated, but decided to give it all up.

After listening to the elf's story, Duanmu Huai understood what was going on.

At the end of the day, it's a political mess.

Alyssa said before when she introduced herself that because the ruler of the empire died suddenly, the entire empire is now in a state of struggle for power, and the elf scout gave more detailed information, because she is a royal agent——— an agent who is only loyal to the emperor.

According to the Elven Scout, the Emperor's sudden death was suspicious in itself, as he suddenly fell ill and died during an expedition against the alien races.

Well? How does it sound so familiar?

All in all, after the emperor's death, the expeditionary force suffered heavy casualties and had to choose to retreat to the empire. And the heirs also began to secretly compete for power and seize the throne of the next emperor. Of course, these things are too far away, and they have something to do with the present.

That's why Elven Scouts are in Silver City.

The reason is simple, that is, the lord here is a loyal king, and during this great expedition, he provided most of the regular army in his territory to the emperor, which is one of the reasons why the silver city is currently weak in air defense and will be attacked by the nezumi and the cultists of the evil gods. After all, although this is a frontier land, it does not border with other countries, and there are only wild deserts around, and no one has ever thought that those evil god believers and rat people would boldly attack the city.

And this holy relic, called "Gift of the Water God", was given by the emperor to the lord to reward his loyalty. Of course, logically speaking, generally holy relics will only appear in the territory of the royal heirs, so this holy relic here is equivalent to a "Shang Fang Sword", at least it can help the lord resist threats and troubles from the political level.

Of course, the emperor is not stupid, and he doesn't care if someone gives something as valuable as a holy relic, so he sends royal spies——— that is, elven scouts, to sneak into this territory and keep an eye on the traces of the holy relics to avoid any mistakes.

Sure enough, something went wrong.

The biggest reason why she told Duanmu Huai this information was that the emperor was dead, and they were directly under the emperor, that is to say, as soon as the emperor died, these spies would be regarded as rootless, with no place to go, and no superiors to contact.

Although according to imperial tradition, the next successor should be informed of the existence of these spies before the death of the previous emperor and the leadership should be transferred, but ......... Who told the emperor to die suddenly this time?

But there's a catch.

"You once said that the holy relics were protected by the Imperial Mage, and dozens of seals were cast, and only the royal bloodline could hold them."

"Yes."

The elven scout nodded, and then she stood up and reached out to touch the white pearl, but before the elven scout's finger could touch the pearl, she flew upside down as if she had been hit by something, and slammed into the wall.

No wonder those fat wizards worked so hard, it looked like the Imperial mages still had two brushes.

Glancing at the elven scout who had barely gotten up, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes and nodded, and then he thought for a moment.

“…………… Your goal is probably not just a holy relic. ”

"I don't know what you're talking about, Lord Knight."

Although the elven scout was very calm, Duanmu Huai's next sentence made her break her defense.

"Alyssa, she's one of your targets."

“……………”

"She's of royal blood, right? Is it even possible to inherit the empire? ”

“………………………”

The elven scout didn't answer, but a lot of the time, silence was an affirmation.

I knew it.

Glancing at the stiff elven scout, Duanmu Huai snorted softly. He actually didn't think about this aspect at first, but after listening to the description of the elf scout, combined with his own experience in playing games, it was not difficult for Duanmu Huai to come to this conclusion.

First of all, the strength of the cultists who pursued Alyssa is the best evidence.

Demons usually live in subspace, however, they cannot influence the real world through subspace. They can only bewitch the psionics. Let them use all kinds of profane rituals and the like to blur the dividing line between reality and subspace, so that they can come to the real world.

In this case, any Chaos Demon who comes to the real world can be said to be a very precious and cherished "precious variety".

However, in order to hunt down Alyssa, the tyrannical fanatics even sent out a high-level demon like the Bloodthirsty Maniac!

Although it is not a demon lord or a demon of the Great Demon level, the Bloodthirsty Demon is already a very rare high-level demon in the early stage.

For the sake of a lord's daughter? Is it worth it?

Then there is only one answer, and that is that she is not just a lord's daughter. Otherwise, there is no reason why the lords have been killed, and she can still live.

However, after listening to the elven scout's explanation, Duanmu Huai's mind immediately strung together all this series of clues, obviously, maybe Alyssa is not the daughter of the lord couple, but the emperor's blood relative, for some reason, the emperor hid her identity and handed it over to the lord couple to raise, not to mention that the holy relic deepened Duanmu Huai's suspicions——— according to the elf scout, this thing needs the royal blood relatives to be able to touch and take it, so the general holy relics will only be in the territory of the royal family members.

But this is a frontier land, so why don't the empire send a royal family to come and recover the holy relics?

So think about it from another angle, as long as Alyssa is a member of the royal family, then this territory is not equivalent to the royal territory?

In this way, it is reasonable for the emperor to place holy relics here.

Although the elf scout did not answer Duanmuhuai's question, judging from her reaction, she guessed eight or nine——— after all, Duanmuhuai has experienced too much of a similar plot line.

Of course, it is also possible that this elf scout is cunning and acting for himself.

Anyway, it doesn't matter which one it is, it has nothing to do with you.

After all, Duanmu Huai had already scanned it when the holy relic appeared just now, but the system did not react......... It's a bit of a disappointment.

"Forget it, these things have nothing to do with me."

Duanmu Huai thought about it for a while, and then threw this matter to the back of his mind.

"One last thing I want to ask you."

“…………… What's up? ”

"Do you know of any haunted places around here?"

“……………？”

Duanmu Huai didn't plan to participate in any imperial civil war, his target was only the Chaos Evil God and the cult of the evil god, and he was not interested in the civil strife of an empire with a medieval level civilization. Although Duanmu Huai can be sure that this is a plot line, for Duanmu Huai, it is more important to enhance his strength at the moment.

Right now, there are believers in the god of tyranny and the god of filth on this planet, and the god of tyranny is okay to say, but the god of filth is playing with viruses, and Duanmu Huai really has no special means to target them at present. So what he has to do now is to go to all kinds of ruins as much as possible, and use the "Soul Awakening" to collect soul cards——— preferably to be able to restrain the power of the walking virus reservoir of the Filthy God.

Fortunately, perhaps they were killed by Duanmu Huai in the temple, and the nezumi and cultists never showed up again, and the Knight Chief Cado also took the opportunity to command his soldiers to strengthen the castle's defenses, and they were somewhat relieved until reinforcements arrived.

The leader of the team seems to be an old acquaintance with the knight of Cardo, and the first meeting between the two sides went well, and Duanmu Huai also greeted each other under Cardo's introduction——— and the other party was also quite polite to Duanmu Huai.

I have to say that Duanmu Huai found that he seemed to be more adapted to the current world.

You must know that in the world before crossing, it is easy to be called by passers-by when you go out, and no one looks like a good person. But in such a world where strength is respected, it is easier for people to accept their body shape and appearance. After all, according to the routine of traditional online novels, when the reinforcement generals learned that the protagonist alone killed the entire rat army, and even destroyed the evil god ritual and eliminated the plague apostle, they would think that it must be a rumor.

After all, the protagonists are generally that kind of normal people, and most of them will not be considered to have any special abilities.

But Duanmu Huai is different, just as soon as he stands in front of you, the size of two and a half meters plus the fierce Inquisition Power Armor, and that extremely vicious face, let alone killing an army of rat people, even if he destroys the evil god, I am afraid that some people will believe it.

I have to say that sometimes this kind of appearance is also very good, at least it avoids a lot of conflicts between pretending to be pigs and eating tigers.

At first glance, he is a ruthless person, who dares to come up and look for death?

After all, humans are still visual creatures.

After the arrival of reinforcements, Duanmu Huai said goodbye to Alisa and left the Silver City, although Alisa was very reluctant, but Duanmu Huai did not come back.........

After all, every time a player goes to a place, it's not too late to finish the side quest first, and then do the main quest, right?