Generally speaking, Duanmu Huai is a branch that rarely builds a tribunal in other regions, and most of the time, he will only help others get their troubles out, and then pat their ass and leave, leaving at most an icon of the tribunal to collect some believers. Like the branch of Skyrim Province, Duanmu Acacia is free-range at all, as long as they don't violate the express rules of the Inquisition, nothing else matters.

But not Phelun.

Now that it has been determined that the Corrupted Dirt has begun to invade Feren, the Duanmu Locust naturally can't just be stocked, and Feilun will become the first battlefield for the Inquisition to engage with the evil gods again, so Duanmu Locust is naturally no longer as simple as stocking like other planets.

"So dangerous, huh?"

After listening to Duanmu Huai's explanation of the reason why he wanted to build a branch in this world, he also surprised An and Gu Leiya.

"Of course, do you remember the world you traveled with me in the first place? It was polluted by evil gods——— but the pollution level of that world was relatively low. ”

"Huh? In other words, will that happen in this world? ”

"That's right, and since the evil gods have manifested in this world, then be careful next, they may weaken the reality barrier again, and then attack in a big way......... Mary, have you listened to me? ”

Glancing at Mary beside him helplessly, Duanmu Huai complained.

Well, Mary at this moment naturally can't hear it.

I saw that she was walking beside Duanmu Huai with glowing eyes at this moment, looking at the various races on the road, with an excited face.

"That's an elf, it's really a long ear! And the dwarves, their beards are really long! Ah, is it a lizardman over there? I didn't expect there to be lizardmen......... Ay? That can't be the legendary orc, it's so tall........."

At this moment, Mary was excitedly writing in her notebook, looking excited......... Well, it's understandable. A girl who likes to watch fantasy legends of magic and dragons suddenly came to such a world, and it must be like a dream.

"Uh......... I don't know if I can meet the prince and princess........."

"Aren't we princesses too?"

Hearing this, Ann grinned and complained, while Mary lowered her head in embarrassment.

"Ah, sorry, I didn't mean that, I mean......... That one......... Like the ......... in the book"

"Well, it's not incomprehensible."

Although Mary's answer was a bit slurred, Duanmu still understood what she wanted to say. Although Ann and Gurea are princesses, strictly speaking, Manalia's clothing style is actually very close to modern, with white shirts, bow ties, ribbon skirts or something, which at first glance are no different from modern people.

And the princess in the storybook that Mary reads must be the kind of one with blonde hair, a crown, and a gown......... Well, I don't know if there is one in this world.

Anyway, the princess shouldn't wear a crown, that's the queen?

While talking, the group also came to the gate of the city——— this time Duanmu Huai brought them to Deepwater City, after all, they are used to it, and they haven't been to the Gate of Bode before.

However, just as they walked to the city gate, Duanmu Huai and the others were stopped by the guards again.

"Hey..............."

Looking at this scene, Ann spread her hands helplessly.

"It's like that every time I act with Mr. Knight."

"Hmm............... After all, Mr. Knight's dress is too ................"

Gu Leiya also carefully answered, of course, everyone who understands understands.

However, to everyone's surprise, in the face of Duanmu Huai, although those guards were very serious, they did not show the appearance of facing a great enemy, on the contrary, they carefully looked at Duanmu Huai, and then the guards led by them stepped forward and saluted him respectfully.

"Sorry to interrupt, may I ask if you are Mr. Duanmuhuai, the Grand Inquisitor of the Inquisition?"

"It's me, yes."

"This ............... Do you have anything to prove? ”

"Nope."

Duanmu Huai snorted lightly, just kidding, can I still show you your ID card here.

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, the guard was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to think of something.

"That......... Can you take off your helmet so I can identify it? ”

“………………… You asked for it yourself. ”

Duanmu shrugged his shoulders and took off his helmet.

“———————！！！”

Almost at the same time, several guards facing Duanmu Huai suddenly trembled in fright and retreated. The citizens who were walking towards the city gate screamed even more loudly after seeing Duanmu Huai, several young girls directly rolled their eyes and passed out, and the others also screamed as if they had seen a siege monster and turned around and ran.

"Oops......... It's been a long time since I've seen this scene...............

Looking at this familiar and nostalgic scene, Ann also grinned, while Mary stared blankly at the messy city gate in front of her......... Well, that seems to be the case.

"Still have questions?"

Duanmu Huai put back his helmet and asked, unlike before, at this moment, the soldiers on the city wall were already in full array, pulling their bows and strings, and even the crossbow cart had shifted its direction and aimed at Duanmu Huai's body. It was as if there was not a man standing in front of them, but a terrifying Barlow Flame Demon.

"Ah......... Sorry, no. ”

Then the guard came to his senses, and hurriedly saluted him respectfully.

"I'm sorry, it's confirmed, it's you. In fact, Master Kelburn once left a message saying that if you were to come to Waterdeep again, please go to the Black Rod Tower to talk to him. ”

"Kelburn......... Oh ........."

Hearing this name, Duanmu Huai was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that it was the mage that Emilia had said before the Dark Realm, and the antidote he had configured to relieve the plague in Neverwinter City, in return, he hoped that Emilia and the others could go to the Dark Realm to find his missing nephew.

Well......... I don't know if Emilia and the others have returned.

Duanmuhuai and Emilia don't have any communication devices, and naturally they don't know each other's whereabouts, so it stands to reason that Duanmuhuai thinks they should be able to come back. After all, the spirit-absorbing monsters in that area were killed by themselves, and Drow was directly exterminated by himself. Although the gray dwarves are sinister and cunning, they are not impossible to solve as long as they work hard.

The only problem lies in the tunnels that lead to the darkness and the dangerous creatures that lie within......... Well, then they can only ask for their own blessings.

I hope Tyre will give him some strength and protect his followers.

After all, there is a true God in this world.

In fact, Duanmu Huai was not interested in chatting with Kelburn, but it didn't matter, so he nodded, motioned for the guards to lead the way, and then the group walked into Deep Water City.

There are plenty of magnificent buildings to boast about in Waterdeep, but few places have become the center of legend like the Tower of the Black Rod. Black Stick. Aurosan's residence, the tower received many visiting princes and nobles as well as those who ventured, but from the outside, the tower was far less dazzling than its reputation——— smooth stone cylinder made it look like a chimney, with no windows or doors, but it was only a trick, in fact, when the guards brought them to the Black Rod Tower, a large door appeared out of thin air on the wall that had been nothing, and then slowly opened.

"Let's go."

Duanmu Huai said ——— to everyone, Gurea and Mary followed behind him, and O'Kis and Rose sat on Duanmu Huai's left and right shoulders, respectively, and from the current point of view, this has a tendency to become their long-term exclusive seat.

The inside of the Black Rod Tower was much larger than it looked from the outside, and Duanmu Huai walked through the gate and came into a circular space, and then the floor under their feet shook and rose silently. Looking at this scene, Ann and Gurea were very calm, only Mary looked around excitedly.

"We're going to see an archmage next? So is he very powerful enough to turn people into animals? ”

"Why are you so obsessed with this .........?"

Hearing Mary's emotion, Grea sighed helplessly, and after Mary learned that Ann and Grea were both spellcasters, she also curiously asked if the two had similar skills......... Well, they really don't.

"Because it's fun, isn't it?"

"Hehehe, it's really interesting."

At this moment, suddenly a voice sounded, and everyone looked up, only to see that the floating saucer carrying them had passed through a magical barrier, and then the next moment the light flashed in front of everyone's eyes, and the next moment they came to a meeting room that looked gorgeous and comfortable, and a man in a magic robe was standing there with his hands behind his back and smiling and watching them.

That's Kelburn. Black Staff, one of the Masked Lords of Waterdeep, the Chosen of Mystra and a rare archmage in this world.

"Hello, Master Kelburn."

Duanmu Huai nodded at Kaierben as a salute, and the girls also bowed their knees, although they did not know the life of the archmage as well as Duanmu Huai, but the three of them were well-educated ladies, and of course they would not make a fool of themselves on such occasions.

As for Ogis and the Flail, they completely ignore Kelburn.

For them, no one other than the owner needs to care.

"Hello, guest from the Inquisition."

Kelburn raised his hand, and then several soft and comfortable chairs appeared on the floor, and a table appeared, and the teapot and teacup flew in front of the crowd and poured a cup of tea for them. Seeing this scene, Mary became more and more curious, and she carefully looked at the tea set in front of her, and then reached out to take it. And Duanmu Huai just glanced at it, then waved his hand, and then the cup of tea in front of him flew directly to the table and landed steadily.

"I don't think you came here for tea, Master Kelburn, after all, I don't know you well."

Duanmu Huai was quite polite to Kelben, especially after the other party showed the power of the plague that could heal the corrupted dirt, magic is a magical power, Duanmu Huai didn't expect to understand it, as if he never expected himself to become a mathematician, this kind of thing......... Let those geniuses do it.

"I'm interested in you, Your Excellency."

Kyleburn smiled, looked at Duanmu Huai, and sat down in the chair across from him.

"Especially since your actions are so shocking......... The complete killing of a god has hardly happened since the years of turmoil, and now everyone is discussing and speculating about who did this. ”

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.

"It seems that the gods are also idle, and the speed of gossip is faster than that of street aunts."

"Hehe..............."

In the face of Duanmu Huai's sarcasm, Kelburn smiled, in fact, what he said was not wrong, on the night of Rose's death, many gods notified their followers of the demise of this evil goddess in various forms. Of course, as a member of the elect of Mystra, Kelburn also learned the news from his own goddess, but the attitude towards this news among the gods was also very divided.

The gods of the evil camp don't care if Rose lives or dies, but they are eager to find out the truth, after all, Rose is one of the evil gods with great divine powers, and she has been killed in her own realm, and even her soul has been annihilated, which can be said to be unprecedented.

Then in turn, since the other party can kill Rose, it will naturally be able to kill them, so the dark gods have mobilized their own forces at this moment and began to search.

On the other hand, the gods of the good camp are ......... about this result Well, in fact, the heart is also very complicated.

After all, Rose had been an elven god before the fall, and Corellon expressed very complicated blessings to this news, such as "May her cursed soul rest in peace", as for whether he really thought so about this wife who betrayed him, only Corellon himself knew.

Elystry also seems to be looking for her mother's killer, but given her and Rose's history of falling in love and killing each other, it's hard to say whether Elystry intends to thank her or avenge her mother's murder.

As Elise's ally, Mystra has been helping the Dark Maiden in her fight against the Spider God, so after she learned that Rose had indeed been completely destroyed, she asked her followers to help investigate.

Of course, what Kelburn didn't know was that among the gods, there were actually many doubts about Rose's fall.

Generally speaking, fights between gods are not uncommon, and there are endless cases of killing gods, but it is actually rare to actually kill gods. Because generally speaking, the true God is immortal, and if you cut him down, he will be resurrected at some point.

For example, during the Dark War, the dark girl Elistra slashed her brother and then died herself, only to be resurrected and reconciled.

But Rose's death is completely different from this, the divine domain collapsed, all the believers were destroyed, and the tragic state of their dying was very horrifying, almost all of Rose's followers seemed to encounter some kind of indescribable, unspeakable fear before they died, their souls were completely distorted, polluted, and then completely dissipated into the air.

You must know that this is not strictly possible, the gods still have the ability to grasp the soul, but they can't find even a surviving soul, as if everything with Rose has been destroyed......... In this case, even the gods of the good camp have to chill from the bottom of their hearts.

After all, no one can guarantee that the one who kills Rose will be the good god, and it is not uncommon for demon lords to stab each other in the back.

Moreover, ordinary gods killing each other will not become such a situation. Generally speaking, killing a god is at most devouring and inheriting its godhead and divine domain. For example, after Ciric killed the previous god of death, Kai Ranwo, he inherited his priesthood and the kingdom of the dead, and most of the believers in the kingdom of the dead who were originally Kai Lan Wo converted their beliefs and directly believed in Cirek.

So logically speaking, whoever kills Rose should inherit her priesthood and the faith of the Drow Elves, and at most they should appear on the spot and tell the other Drow Elves, "Your previous boss was expelled, and now I have the final say in this territory."

In this way, the divine realm collapsed, the divine fire was extinguished, the priesthood was destroyed, and all the believers perished......... What god is not afraid to see it!

Kelben was unaware of the turmoil between the gods, but when he received the oracle from Mystra, he immediately thought of his nephew's message from the Shadows——— and they met an organization below that claimed to completely destroy the Drow Elves and their Patronus because they were a threat to humanity.

Tribunal.

Of course, Kelburn didn't think that Duanmu Huai did it, he preferred that the Inquisition was actually an organization that believed in some god, but what kind of god would do such a thing, Kelburn really couldn't think of it.

The situation of the Inquisition, after they returned, Kelburn also questioned Emilia carefully, and Emilia answered Kelburn, but ...............

"Miss Amelia, they've returned safely to Waterdeep, and so has my nephew."

"Oh? That's good news. ”

Duanmu Huai was completely unmoved, and Kelben was holding a teacup, staring at Duanmu Huai's helmet.

"As a matter of fact, out of curiosity, I have asked Miss Emilia about the Inquisition, and I have to say that your dogma is really ......... Unexpected. After all, we haven't heard much of an organization that only guards humanity or something. ”

"Oh, now you know."

Duanmu Huai sat lazily on the chair, looking like he didn't eat oil and salt.

"By the way, the Inquisition does not care about the life or death of races other than humans, nor does it care."

"Ah, but our Inquisition's definition of humanity is pretty clear."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, Ann hurriedly spoke.

"Oh? Is that so? ”

"That's right, according to the rules of the Inquisition, as long as the skull is not mutated, it will be considered human, so ......... I guess I don't have to worry about that, right? ”

"Skull?"

Hearing Ann's explanation, Kelburn became more and more surprised, and he carefully examined the skull mark on Duanmu Huai's power armor, and then withdrew his gaze.

"That's a ......... Surprisingly, why do you use the skull as a symbol? ”

"It's simple."

Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows.

"For the Inquisition, the skull represents the purity of the human being, meaning that the person has not been corrupted and degraded by chaos and evil until he dies, and represents the purity and noble sacrifice of the human race. Demons can be ever-changing, but the only thing they can't have is a human skull, and no matter how they change, they can't mimic the human skull form. ”

"It's a ..............."

I have to say that Kelben was also quite surprised to hear Duanmu Huai's answer, but he was relieved at the moment, it was obvious that if judged by the signs of the Inquisition's division of human beings, then good races such as elves, dwarves and halflings are also considered human beings.

Of course, it's the other way around, like orcs, giants or something......... Well......... But it doesn't seem to be my business.

"Then again, I have something I'd like to ask Master Kelburn for help."

Duanmu Huai didn't bother to say hello, so he went straight to the point.

"Please."

"The Inquisition wants to find a place to open on this continent, I wonder if Master Kelburn can introduce a good place?"

Then, Duanmu Huai stared at Kelburn and said his request lightly.

(End of chapter)