Here, the Lord said this is a good thing

"Hey, where are the people? Cathy, this town..."

The two ladies, who were equally plump and charming, disappeared as soon as they turned around, which scared Victor and he thought there was something wrong with this town.

"They just left. This town is just quieter because there are fewer people."

Fortunately, Cathy was able to detect the noise they made when they left.

And she had already sensed that although the town was experiencing some bad things, many townspeople had nervous expressions on their faces and were walking in a hurry.

But the disaster that caused the townspeople to be nervous did not seem complicated, as if anything particularly unacceptable had happened.

"two……"

After bringing Victor into the hotel, Cathy was about to book a room with the front desk clerk, but the clerk smiled at her enthusiastically and said:
"A gentleman has already booked this hotel. From today on, the hotel will be open for free. The two guests can choose any room they want to stay in."

As expected of the captain/Ye He, he is never short of money.

Both of them had known Ye He for a long time, so they were not too surprised.

But after choosing two adjacent guest rooms, the two returned to the hotel lobby and waited for Ye He to show up.

There was no way. They were all very self-conscious and did not have the courage to knock on Ye He's door. They could only wait for Ye He.

Fortunately, Ye He did not make them wait too long. After only ten minutes, Ye He came down the stairs with Lux and the Ice Knight.

The two would not be surprised by any unusual situation around Ye He, so they did not pay too much attention to the ice knight wearing women's full body armor, but just stood up and greeted Ye He.

"Hmm? Want to join me?"

Hearing Ye He's question, the two of them nodded to Ye He quickly.

"Okay," Ye He didn't care about the two little followers following him. He turned his head to look at Lux and nodded to the saint whose eyes could not hide her joy.

Lux left the hotel alone and headed out of the town.

This matter has nothing to do with Lux, and Ye He doesn't need her power.

After gaining her freedom from Ye He, she can go back to the Holy Mountain of Lieyang to help her grandmother.

Ye He also went out with the Ice Knight and two young men. It was dinner time in the evening. The sun was setting and the whole town was dyed orange and yellow by the afterglow, including all the people walking on the street.

"Captain, what is your purpose? And who is this knight lady..."

The only person who dared to be so close to Ye He was Cathy. Even if Victor had the same curiosity in his heart, he would never dare to ask so bluntly.

"There are some bugs released by the Federation that are harming this town. I'm here to solve this problem."

But Ye He was not angry at all. He was also happy to accept Cathy's liveliness. A little girl full of energy is always the most lovable.

If Cathy is listless and silent, and seems particularly worried, then Ye He will instead raise the priority of Cathy's problem and deal with the matter of Cathy being "summoned" first.

He didn't want to see anything happen to the little angel he had raised with so much effort.

"insect?!"

Cathy immediately tensed up, obviously recalling some very bad experience with an arthropod.

"Well, it's big, not small, this kind."

What surprised Cathy even more was that when Ye He stretched out his hand to her, his sleeves began to flutter.

A huge, fat, white worm with a ferocious mouthpart like a lamprey "squeezed" out directly from Ye He's sleeve.

It grabbed Ye He's hand with its pseudopods and lifted its body, then made a "squeak" in a domineering manner towards Cathy and Victor.

Victor immediately held his breath, resisted the urge to step back, and immediately looked at Cathy.

Just now he thought that "bugs" were just bugs, which were annoying but could be killed by one's foot.

Now he understood how big the "big" Ye He was talking about was! Cathy could bear it...

"so cute!"

…???

Victor was dumbfounded. He stared blankly at Cathy as she rushed forward and reached out to grab and pinch the big fat worm in Ye He's hand!
What Cathy feared was the kind of insect that would flash by in a dark corner, disappear for a moment, or break the silence like a bomber on a quiet night and finally land on your ear.

Cathy was not afraid of this big bug which looked soft and felt soft to the touch.

She had raised similar caterpillars before and had seen them transform into butterflies and fly away, so she knew that beautiful butterflies were all transformed from this kind of "soft" stuff.

"Will it turn into a big butterfly? Even though they are big, how can they hurt people?"

No matter how much fun she had, Cathy still asked Ye He key questions based on her own experience.

"Probably not. As for hurting people... squeak."

Ye He let Zhizhi get rid of Cathy's hand. This guy enjoyed Cathy's touch because of Cathy's angel identity and the divine power she had.

But with Ye He's order, some black spots immediately appeared on Zhizhi's body, and then suddenly many sharp spikes emerged from these spots.

The longest spike is about 15 centimeters long and 5 to 6 millimeters in diameter, which is enough to kill a human.

"what……"

Cathy and Victor probably understood that if there were a lot of these bugs, ordinary people might really suffer serious consequences.

"what!!!"

But not far away, some townspeople noticed Zhizhi's presence and immediately screamed.

"It's the killer bug! The killer bug is here again!"

The townspeople began to scream and flee, and while they were running away from Ye He and the others, they also spread the chaos and panic, causing this small town to quickly become lively, sweeping away the previous silence.

"Captain...you seem to have scared them."

Cathy looked at Ye He with some confusion, but found that Ye He still had a confident smile on his face.

"I did it on purpose. Is there any faster way to gather the parties involved?"

Ye He put Zhizhi, which had retracted its thorns, on his shoulder and let it lie on his shoulder.

The feeling of carrying a piece of soft fat is quite interesting, and it can also help Ye He attract the attention of all the parties in the town.

Be it in terms of strength, power, or status, Ye He is now different from the past. He will not run errands to investigate and look for clues on his own like before.

Just like now, after just waiting for a few minutes in an open space in the center of the town, many fully armed townspeople carrying various weapons rushed towards Yehe.

"Outsiders! Are you still human? This bug is the embodiment of disaster! Put it down and let us destroy it!"

The man leading the townspeople was a sturdy man wearing an "armor" made of frying pans and other metal utensils. The pitchfork in his hand was also made of pure iron. He looked quite capable. However, the expressions of Ye He and his companions were too calm, and there was also a knight in full armor, the Ice Knight.

Therefore, the townspeople were not impulsive enough to attack Ye He and others as well.

"I'm Ye He, a specialist sent by the Empire to solve this type of bug problem. Don't worry, I caught this one and raised it myself."

While speaking, Ye He grabbed Zhizhi into his hand, rolled it into a ball and rubbed it, then put the confused Zhizhi back on his shoulder.

His bold and fearless action convinced the townspeople better than any official document from the empire.

So a few minutes later, Ye He and the militia captain named Linus sat together in the only tavern in the town.

Cathy and others sat at the table next to Ye He, while other townspeople were outside the tavern watching through the doors and windows.

All their attention was focused on Zhizhi, and some of them had their eyes filled with anger for having their family members murdered.

"They started to appear in town from the west side at the end of last month."

Linus, who had calmed down, took a sip of wine and then explained to Ye He the cause of the incident.

"It started with a town resident discovering the body of a hunter nailed to a tree on the western edge of the Loran Forest. Then several adult insects began to invade the town.

"Every household in the west has had someone stabbed to death by these bugs. Do you know what's the most infuriating thing?"

"They kill people simply for the sake of killing. They do not feed on human flesh and blood, and they do not need a human living environment at all. They are like a pure killing weapon."

Ye He skipped the meaningless remark and directly answered Linus about the nature of insects like Zhizhi that he had found out.

Linus showed a surprised expression and nodded slowly to Ye He.

"Yes! These damn bugs... they don't even have any needs for us humans, they just spread killing!
I had a fight with an adult bug, you know? I actually felt a kind of... contempt from a bug?"

At this point, Linus's expression was distorted with anger.

Ye He could understand his feelings. What was most difficult for humans to accept was not that other creatures demanded everything from humans.

But there are actually creatures that dare to show their racial superiority to humans who claim to be the most intelligent creatures on earth!
They came to the town to injure and kill people just because they "want" to do so. Hidden beneath the hideous appearance of these insects is actually high intelligence and pure desire to kill!

If they need to hunt humans for food, if they need human houses as nests, humans will be more accepting of their existence.

But they don’t need to…

Ye He has obtained a lot of information from Zhizhi. After comparing it with Linus's statement, he has obtained more information about the characteristics of this insect.

"On the west side... have you found the nest of these insects?"

"A border army entered the forest, but they lost a lot of men and fled. If you think you are strong enough, you can go to the border station to find the location of their nest."

Linus's answer was very organized, which made Ye He look up to him.

Just based on his ability to express himself, he doesn't seem like an ordinary militia captain from a small border town.

“There are some adventurers and monster masters who have already gone deep into the forest. You can ask them as well.

But the last team went in this morning, and so far no one has come back."

Before he finished speaking, the crowd outside the tavern suddenly became noisy.

People made way for several men covered in blood to rush in carrying a crude stretcher.

"Doctor?! Where is the doctor in your town?"

One of the men, who had a spike stuck in his shoulder, shouted to the crowd.

"I am, but..."

As a border town adjacent to the Great Southern Forest, Alvin Town naturally has its own town doctor, and the doctor is among the crowd.

But when he looked at the person on the stretcher, he didn't know where to start and looked confused.

Because this man had at least a hundred spikes piercing his body, it was a miracle that he was still alive.

"These people are the same team that went in this morning! I didn't expect them to go so deep..."

While responding to Ye He's eye questions, Linus glanced at the man on the stretcher with pity.

This guy is a man!
Judging from the direction of the spikes on his body, which moved from his back to the front, it was obvious that he had suffered the blow while he was supporting his companions.

But such a serious injury... I'm afraid it's already...

"I can save him, but I need a guide to the bug nest. Deal?"

No one expected that Ye He would suddenly speak.

"you?"

When the man in charge turned around, he immediately noticed Zhizhi crawling on Ye He's shoulder.

This guy actually raised one of those monster bugs? How come he didn't know where the bugs were nesting?

No matter what! Saving the captain is the most important thing!
"Deal! I'll take you there! Please save our captain!"

"very good."

Ye He waved his hand with satisfaction, causing Camelot to spread in the form of silver light and attach itself to all the spikes on the man on the stretcher.

then……

As Ye He raised his hand, all the spikes were suddenly pulled out by Camelot!
This... isn't the captain dead?

While everyone was still in shock, Ye He had already reached out and touched the man's chest, and a drop of water of life was pressed into the man's wound by Ye He.

So two seconds later, before the man who had promised to lead Ye He had time to get angry, his captain jumped off the stretcher in high spirits.

"team leader?!!!"

"F*ck! I'm actually alive!"

The captain of the adventurer team also touched his chest in surprise. His clothes were still full of holes, with blood around each hole.

But everyone could see through these holes that his skin had healed as before, and his rosy and healthy complexion also showed that his condition was better than ever!

"This is... the water of life? You... you are Ye He???"

After all, he was the captain of an adventure team that dared to go deep into the dangerous places, and he was well-informed. He actually recognized Ye He's identity immediately.

But after he called out Ye He's name, he immediately frowned and murmured to himself:
"These bugs... The Wailing Cave is troublesome, but it's not the turn of the Destruction Priest to take action, right? Could it be... there is something extremely terrifying in this cave?"

(End of this chapter)