Ryan's Sword

Chapter 265 No.80 Return in Act Four
Early morning, Bussum Town.

The adventurers in the city got up early and started a full day of defense rotation under the arrangement of the city guards.

The gate of the city was wide open, and the patrol team composed of energetic city guard soldiers and a group of idle adventurers quickly disappeared into the wilderness amidst the roar of horseshoes.In the city, the abandoned warehouse that was transformed into a temporary storage center has already had hundreds of refugees with their families. They were all brought back from remote places by the patrol team in the past two days and placed here. Thanks to them, they have already It was only after being attacked by the Ring of Devourer many times that it was extremely bleak, Busson Town regained a lot of popularity.

In any case, this time the disaster of bandits has been saved by the city guards and adventurers with all their strength, even if it only looks good on the surface.

Hopton and other high-level city guards knew well that the root of the disaster still lies in the gang of cultists and necromancers. If they can't be completely eliminated, there will be no peace in Busson Town.

"Damn, why do I feel like my heart is jumping so early in the morning?"

Hopeton, who came to the office tent early, frowned deeply, paced back and forth impatiently, and scratched his head irritably.In the past few days, the frequency of his behavior has been increasing day by day. Even he himself doubts whether his tough guy-style cut-cut hair will become a middle-aged bald head like an adjutant if the siege of Buson Town is not resolved. .

Startled by his own thoughts, he sighed, suppressed the troubles in his heart and sat back behind the desk.When he picked up the still-warm coffee and moved it to his mouth to drink it, a series of hurried footsteps stopped outside the tent from far to near, and then a young voice said loudly: "Report, sir, there is a message in the city." Here comes the news that the team of adventurers responsible for the mission to investigate the abandoned sewers is back!"

"Abandoned sewer?"

Hearing this, Hopeton couldn't help but pause.He could hear a hint of excitement in the words of the soldier in charge of the interrogation, but when he frowned and thought about it, he found that he didn't have any special impressions, presumably it should be a task arranged by his adjutant.

Facing the inexplicable excitement of the messenger warrior, he was having a headache and had no desire to delve into it at all, so he responded impatiently: "Come back when you come back. In the future, you don't need to report to me about the adventurer's affairs, tell Levins, let him Just deal with it."

"Uh... my lord, Lord Levins and the mages of the magic camp have already rushed over. He is the one who asked me to report to you, so you'd better go and see for yourself!"

"What!? Even the magician accompanying the army was alarmed. What's going on?"

Hearing this, Hopeton couldn't sit still for a while. He put down the coffee that he couldn't drink after all, rushed out of the camp like the wind, grabbed the breastplate of the messenger soldier and dragged it to him, staring and shouting: "Quickly say , what happened?"

The little soldier who was almost caught off the ground by his immediate boss was surrounded for a few seconds, and then he explained nervously under Hopeton's glaring gaze: "Those adventurers brought back many corpses, and... and There are many iron plates that are said to be engraved with magic runes, and many townspeople have seen them all the way to the gate of our residence, so Master Levins asked me to report to you..."

His voice became smaller and smaller, and he couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva after he finished speaking, for fear that the sergeant major who was angry would be upset and kick him from the interrogation post to clean the toilet——

This is not groundless, it is said that among the first few messengers, one of the unlucky ones who sent back bad news received such inhumane punishment!
"There is such a thing..."

Hopton was stunned for a moment, and unconsciously let go of the trembling young soldier. After careful consideration, he immediately realized that the items brought back by those adventurers were very likely to be an important breakthrough.Thinking of this, the clouds in his brows and eyes were slightly clouded, and the sorrow in his stomach also dissipated a lot.

Glancing at the orderly with an innocent face, Hopeton snorted softly and said, "Melson, is it from the third battalion? I remember you, and I will remember to say everything in one breath in the next report, and then I will say half of it like this." Be careful, I will arrange for you to clean the toilets of the whole camp!"

"..."

When Hopeton strode away and rushed to the gate of the station, there were already crowds of people outside the gate.Among them were the residents of the town, as well as the surrounding villagers who were brought back by the patrol soldiers. Even many soldiers and adventurers who should go to patrol and stand guard in the garrison gathered together, stretching their necks and looking in curiously.Everyone, regardless of their age or identity, pointed at the center of the crowd, talking about it, and some people even turned pale and were reluctant to leave. It seemed that they had never seen such excitement in their life.

"The skin of these little bastards is itchy again..."

Seeing this scene, the veins on Hopeton's forehead suddenly popped up, but because of his image in front of the townspeople, he gritted his teeth viciously and suppressed his anger without bursting out all at once.It’s okay for the common people to watch, but you, as city guards, actually join in the fun together. Could it be possible that you’ve mixed up with adventurers and performed missions for a few days, and you think you’re also adventurers?

At this time, some sharp-eyed city guard soldiers saw the constipated sergeant major approaching, and their expressions changed drastically, and they pulled up their comrades and companions to sneak away.Everyone knows that Master Hopeton hates soldiers who don't obey the discipline the most. If he waits for him to do something, how can there be any good fruit to eat?

Such little clever ghosts are not rare, and there are more people sneaking around, the road ahead is naturally vacant, and the scene blocked by the crowd appeared in front of Hopeton's eyes, which suddenly made his eyes widen in shock. Thinking about finding trouble with the onlookers.

I saw a group of army magicians wearing robes who didn't care about the image around the corpses on the ground and the stacked iron plates, and actually devoted themselves to the research on the spot, bursting out or shouting in surprise or shock from time to time.On the side, the bald Levins stood with a group of adventurers, and one of the tower-like giants was particularly eye-catching among the crowd.

Hopeton has long been used to the appearance of this group of spellcasters forgetting themselves as soon as they devote themselves to research, although they often fail to research any effective solutions.But right now, his focus is all on the weird corpses piled up on the ground.

"These corpses...are actually those monsters that look like snakes but are not snakes!?"

"My lord, you are here." Hearing Hopton's exclamation in a low voice, Levins turned around with a smile on his face like a spring breeze, "I am going to tell you that the investigation mission arranged this time It’s really rewarding!”

"This..." Hopton came back to his senses, and said without hesitation: "What's going on, and why are so many things put into the mage's camp for further research? Look at what's surrounded outside the camp now? "

"It happened so suddenly, it's not too late to deal with it!" Levins saw that his face was not right, and immediately waved his hands and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this time I brought back good news!"

"Good news? What good news?"

(End of this chapter)