The Mad Wolf leader opened his mouth, but finally nodded heavily: "Understood! Mr. Mark, take care! Brothers, pack up and retreat!"

He acted decisively and turned around to shout and call the members of the Mad Wolf Group.

Beta gave Mark a deep look, his eyes complicated. "Mr. Mark, be careful! Jimmy! Notify all friends waiting for news in town to pack up immediately and gather at the South Gate in an hour! Prepare to retreat!"

He executed it immediately without any hesitation.

The two leaders, Silver Fox and Buck, also acted quickly, and the backyard was instantly filled with hurried footsteps and low commands.

Mark turned to the hotel owner, Lisa, who had been standing at the door with a worried look on her face: "Ms. Lisa."

"Mr. Mark..." Lisa's voice trembled a little.

"Tell those you trust, these days, no matter what happens outside, lock the doors and windows, turn off the lights, stay home, and never come out!"

Mark's voice carried the soothing power unique to a clergyman. "Let's just say... a group of mad top-level monsters escaped from the Monster Mountain Range, and the church and the city guards... may not be able to take care of the town."

With the Black Gold Gang's protection, Mark felt that ordinary people like Lisa might not be targeted by the Qizhi Society.

But if you still hang around in the town under such circumstances, it will inevitably be suspected that you are asking for trouble.

Lisa's eyes were filled with panic, but she nodded vigorously. "We in Osborne have been through this before, so we know the seriousness of the situation! Mr. Mark, you...you must be safe!"

She turned around and walked quickly to the second floor of the hotel, apparently to call her sister and ask her to inform acquaintances.

Everyone in front of me dispersed.

Monica then gave Mark a thumbs-up in a slightly teasing tone, "You're amazing! Your acting skills are almost comparable to those of a real priest of the Holy Light Church. If you didn't know me, you'd really think you were a compassionate clergyman!"

"Look at what you're saying. I'm actually a priest of the Holy Light Church. I don't need to act at all!"

Mark shrugged. As long as the Holy Light Church had not issued an edict to deprive the Stuart Church of its missionary rights, he would still be an "acting priest."

Without any extra farewells, Team Mark quickly returned to the room and packed up their equipment and supplies.

Anna carried the longbow and quiver on her back, Enzo hung the small forging hammer firmly on her waist, Monica sorted out the potion bag and held Xiao Mu tightly in her arms.

Mark took one last look at the bottle of turbid "Holy Light Purification Potion" and put it into the gap of the starlight. Perhaps when he arrived at the ceremony site, he could collect some patent fees from the Enlightenment Society.

Before Beta and his team could organize their men and leave, Team Mark had already merged into the shadow of dusk.

He quietly left the increasingly noisy Chunhui Hotel and joined the evening crowd on the streets of Osborne Town. Going against the crowds that were talking about the "miracle medicine" and preparing to celebrate, he headed resolutely towards the direction of the Monster Mountains outside the town.

Shortly after Mark's team disappeared at the end of the road in the north of the town, two dusty figures rushed to the temporary adventurer camp in the northern part of Osborne Town like a gust of wind.

Kyle and Ruby.

Kyle's white robe with silver edges was covered in mud and dried dark stains, and had several tears in it, making him look quite disheveled. His handsome face showed fatigue and anxiety after a long journey.

Ruby still looked proud and calm, but the hem of her black nun's uniform was stained with dust, and her eyes were as hot as fire.

However, when they arrived at the camp, the scene before them made their hearts sink.

The wooden gate to the camp stood open and unguarded.

The campsite, once densely packed with tents and filled with the smell of despair and herbs, was now empty, with only scattered garbage, fallen supports and the embers of an extinguished campfire left on the ground.

The wind blew up the dead leaves and dust on the ground, making a humming sound, adding a bit of desolation and weirdness.

Dead silence.

It was completely different from the depressing but busy and orderly scene when they left!

"Where are the people?!" Kyle's voice was filled with incredible anger. He rushed into the camp, his eyes sweeping over the empty tent area. "Where is the blockade? Where are the guards?! Where are those corrupted adventurers?!"

Ruby quickly explored several key locations and returned to Kyle with a serious expression.

"Sir Kyle, there are no signs of fighting inside the camp, and the items appear to have been collected or discarded normally. The guards have withdrawn, and the adventurers... appear to have been released, or... left on their own."

"Let them go? How is that even possible!" Kyle almost yelled. "The dark invasion hasn't been resolved yet. Letting them go would be irresponsible! Are the Dragon Slayer City guards and the people of the Dragon Slayer City Parish crazy?!"

Just then, an old homeless man who was wandering around the outskirts of the camp was startled by their movements and timidly poked his head out from behind a tent.

Kyle recognized it immediately; it was the scavenger he had often seen outside the camp.

"Old man!" Kyle immediately stepped forward, trying his best to suppress his anxiety. "Excuse me, what happened here? Where are the people in the camp? Where are the guards?"

Although the old homeless man didn't know Kyle's identity, he still recognized the Holy Light Church clothing on Kyle.

He looked at Ruby, whose breath was icy, and swallowed, then stammered:

"Gone... gone... all gone... This morning... the priest of Dragon Slaying City... gave... gave out some magic medicine... just drink it and you'll be fine... and the guards... let everyone go... saying... saying everything is fine..."

"Miracle medicine?!" Kyle's heart sank instantly, and a strong sense of foreboding gripped him. "What miracle medicine?! Who sent it?!"

When they set out to look for clues, Harold Wayne clearly said that there was no clue about the research on dark erosion yet!

The purification potion was developed just after they left?

"It was... it was the Holy Grace Magic Apothecary... Father Linus approved it... it was distributed for free... many people drank it... the black lines disappeared... they could walk and jump again..." the old tramp tried to recall. "The guard... Captain Edgar... also agreed... and later... later, the caravan was selling the medicine outside the camp... one gold coin a bottle... the rush was crazy..."

Kyle and Ruby looked at each other and saw the shock and coldness in each other's eyes!

A miracle drug that works instantly? A local priest who bypassed the Holy City's envoys? The camp suddenly reopened after their departure? A massive influx of adventurers back into town?

Combined with the information obtained from the interrogation of the Shanhu Bandits.

All these coincidences point to a huge conspiracy!

"Oh no! Osborne Town might be in danger!" Kyle said in a deep voice, then turned around and ran towards Osborne Town!

Ruby followed closely behind, and for the first time, a cold murderous intent that was not directed at a specific target ignited in her eyes.

That is the murderous intention against some clowns who only play tricks behind the scenes, and there may even be people among them who also believe in the Holy Light.