Wizard From Afar

Loren squatted next to Ghoul’s lair, carefully picking and choosing among the rotting meat and broken bones, his dark eyes carefully examining each one. part.

Ghoul is indeed scavengers, but they also know how to store food. The powerful chewing function and Indestructible Vajra’s stomach allow this monster to digest anything that can poison to death a cow, even The bones have long been rotten and weathered and turned into corpses, and in the eyes of these monsters they are still the deliciousness of Supreme.

For a whole quarter of an hour, Loren, who was completely numb in the strong smell, still did not find what he wanted to find, but there was a clear expression on his face-among these corpses , There is still no head, not even part of bones, part of rotten flesh!

If there are only one or two missing the head and torso, even the overwhelming majority may not be able to understand it, but the current situation is that these parts of the bones are missing, even a little trace. Nothing is left.

Loren now has two conclusions in front of him-these ghouls are particularly "loving" human heads and upper body torso; the other is that someone deliberately hides their heads, ghoul is only used to cover up The real cause of death for these people.

Perceptual and romantic poets may choose the first one, but those with a sense and brain will choose the second one, but Loren shares put themselves in the second group.

But these alone are far from enough, at least not enough for oneself to determine who they are and for what they are doing-they need more clues.

"It looks like this task will be more troublesome than imagined."

...... After completing the investigation of the abandoned tomb, Loren did not return directly to the church, but Went to the tavern in Ancient Wood Town, where the mercenary was killed for the first time.

After spending a few Silver Coins to get rid of the tavern boss, Loren was able to walk into the blood-stained guest room-the boss did not clean it up, obviously no one would want to live in the monster once Room broken into.

The walls were covered with blood stains, as can be seen from the messy room and the blood splashing everywhere, that mercenary had resisted before being killed, but in the end it was still Not a group of ghoul's opponents, and then they were dismembered.

The chairs, the table, and the only bed are all in a mess, and it is impossible to tell how many ghouls are there, or whether there is really only a mercenary in the room.

Loren also found an iron sword once used by mercenaries from the corner. It has been completely rusted and only half is left. The other half may still be in this room, but I’m afraid it’s nothing if I find it. significance.

It's just the cross-section of the fracture of the blade, it's too smooth...The pitch-black eyes slid across the sword edge, and the gap didn't look like it was broken or broken at all. It's more like being corroded by some kind of alchemical substance.

"Have you found something valuable, master wizard?" The weird tavern Boss pushed open the door and walked in, holding his arms greedily at Loren, as if expecting something. .

"Nothing else, just a few small problems." Putting the Broken Sword into the boot tube casually, Loren lifts the head pretending to be curious: "The night this mercenary had an accident, this room must be Is it too noisy, you really didn’t find anything?"

"You also know that this guy is a mercenary, he has many enemies with mercenaries." Boss as it should be by rights Waved his hand: "This kind of thing is everywhere, although there are not many here, but it is not surprising."

This is why it has not been discovered...Loren guessed.

"But this guy was really killed by monster?" The tavern boss didn't show any fear at all: "It really deserves it!"

"Why?"

"It’s nothing, it’s just anecdotal rumors that these monsters are the curse cast by the Holy Cross to punish those ungodly believers." The tavern Boss opened the mouth and said: "The priest of the church also said so, he I also said that these monsters are all because of..."

They are all because of us wizards...Even though Boss closed his mouth, Loren can still guess from his expression.

"You just said that these monsters are curses cast by the Holy Cross." Loren suddenly asked: "The eldest son who died by the local wealthy businessman, has there ever been something? Religious action?"

"Holy Cross is on, how did you an outsider guess it?!" The tavern Boss was shocked, but shook the head with disapproval: " In fact, it’s not that big. The young Master just once smashed the priest, saying that he was not extravagantly like a priest—but that’s a priest. How could that kind of great character be insignificant?"

"Well, I'm sorry to trouble you." Loren nodded, giving a few gestures and preparing to leave. The tavern boss seemed to have only remembered it until now, and grabbed his wrist.

"Oh, yes, there is a little priest waiting for you downstairs, saying that something is urgent."

When Loren walked outside the tavern, he really had a dress The little priest in the robe of the Holy Cross was waiting anxiously. After seeing Loren's silhouette, he immediately stepped forward: "Are you Mr. Loren? You are actually alive. This is really Holy Cross blessing!"

"Priest Draco originally asked me to wait for you at the church, but I heard that you are here at the tavern, so I took the liberty to follow." The little priest still looked excited. Talking all the way.

"You really defeated so many monsters on your own. This must be the Holy Cross blessing you. Sure enough, the Holy Cross is still kind, and I can’t bear to look at the poor one. People continued to suffer, and only solved them with your hands!"

"Where did Priest Draco go?"

"Master Draco has other things to do. Since... the accident happened, Father Anthony has given him the job of "that"." The little priest said very vaguely, but Loren could probably guess that "that" should refer to the priest and nephew.

"I heard that Father Anthony likes his nephew." Loren noticed something and continued to seduce the other person.

"It's like this, but'that' doesn't listen to Father Anthony's words very much. He often causes troubles and likes to gamble, which makes the priest very headache." The little priest's expression seems to have no favor with this guy: " Fortunately, Father Anthony did not choose him as his heir."

Loren just kept chatting with the little priest all the way until the two men stopped at the door of the church. Priest Draco, with an apologetic face, walked straight from the door of the church: "Sorry for not being able to go to you directly, the Holy Cross is up... I, I didn't expect you to do it! Those ghouls have been completely wiped out. Is it?"

"Yes, but I found something else." Loren watched Draco's expression carefully.

"What did you find?" Priest's expression didn't change at all, and he couldn't see what he was thinking.

"Some not-so-good signs...I am afraid that these ghouls are not active attacks, but man-made."

"The Holy Cross is on the top, who will..." Little priest cried out in surprise, but was immediately stopped by Draco.

"This matter must not be revealed, otherwise it will cause more panic!" The calm and calm Draco waved to the little priest: "You go down first, remember not to talk to anyone Speaking of it, it’s best to forget it completely, otherwise all this will only beat the grass to scare the snake and let the real murderer behind the scenes get away with it."

"Yes, yes!" The little priest was completely frightened. , Rushed into the church as if escaping for his life, and disappeared into the sight of two people.

Draco resumed the conversation after looking at the surrounding people without noticing it: "How many did you find?"

"Very little, almost impossible Use it as evidence." Loren shook the head: "But the people behind the scenes seem to have been using ghoul as a cover to create an atmosphere to punish those who do not believe in God or have been unfriendly to the church, and it can be seen that, He might be quite disgusted with the wizard."

"You, don't you mean..." Draco stared wide-eyed, obviously the answer was about to come out.

“It’s too arbitrary now. It’s not the last moment.” Loren shook the head: “Tomorrow I have to go to the place of the last incident to see if there is anything else. Clues."