Chapter 93 Whose trial is this?
"Grandma Nabonong!" The middle-aged man saw that he could not persuade Nabonong, and she still insisted on going up the mountain. He stamped his feet subconsciously in anxiety. While he was anxious, he caught a glimpse of several figures walking towards him from a distance.
"Huh?" His eyes were drawn over there. Yoko Village was not big, and the villagers met each other every day. He could easily recognize that the person was not from the village.
Nabonong took advantage of the middle-aged man's daze to break free from his hand.
"Hey! Hey! Grandma Nabonong!" The middle-aged man hurriedly chased after her.
Nabonong walked very fast with her crutches, and was about to bypass the stranger in front of her.
"Stranger? Stranger, please help stop Grandma Nabonong!" the middle-aged man said anxiously.
Vifiya and the others who were called exchanged glances with each other. They did not act immediately. Seeing that the middle-aged man was genuinely concerned about the old man, Kaharun took a few steps forward and stood in front of Nabonon.
In just a moment, the middle-aged man came running over. He thanked Kaharun and Vifiya and the others behind him: "Thank you, thank you."
"Don't stop me, Flynn. I want to go find Hannah!" Nabonon's cane kept shaking with her hand. Her old voice was filled with sadness. "Hannah! Hannah!"
"Grandma Nabonong!" Following the sound of the wooden door opening, a middle-aged woman spoke with concern. "You must trust the patrol and trust little Hannah. The goddess will protect little Hannah."
Several households opened their doors one after another and saw Vifiya and her companions on the dirt road. They were surprised to see outsiders visiting, but they also joined in persuading Nabonong.
In a short time, with just a few words from the villagers, Vifiya quickly figured out what had happened.
The grandmother in front of us is called Nabonong. Her granddaughter Hannah, who depends on her for everything, went up the mountain six days ago and never came back.
She is not the kind of person who likes to meddle in other people's affairs. She came here with her own things to do. Although helping may bring her closer to the villagers, they are not familiar with this place, and it is hard to say whether helping will hinder what she wants to do to some extent.
She was just about to continue walking towards the village when she was stopped in her tracks by someone saying, "It's been strange lately. Several people keep disappearing."
She looked at Nabonon and Flynn, and the question seemed to slip out inadvertently: "Missing?"
Amid the clamor of the surrounding villagers, Flynn heard unfamiliar voices. He looked over to see who they were. They had just stopped Nabonong for him, and they didn't look like bad people. He couldn't help but feel a bit favorable towards Vifiya and her group. He explained, "You're outsiders, so it's normal you don't know. Strange things have been happening in the village lately, with one or two people disappearing all the time."
The villagers around also shook their heads when they heard this.
Seeing that Vifiya was interested in this matter, Osha and the others listened to Flynn quietly.
Vifiya paused for thought, her eyes fixed on Nabonong, who was still determined to go up the mountain despite being dissuaded by everyone.
Nabonong noticed her gaze and finally noticed them, the outsiders. When their eyes met, she stared blankly at Vifiya's red eyes, her dry lips slightly opened and closed, and finally she sighed heavily and walked back with her crutches.
Something is wrong. This thought suddenly occurred to Vifiya.
Osa and the others were very perceptive and they also caught sight of this strange place.
Flynn looked confused, not knowing why Grandma Nabonong suddenly changed her mind. His eyes followed Nabonong until he could only see her back, then he focused his attention completely on Vifiya and her group.
The surrounding villagers were obviously very interested in them as well. It had been a long time since outsiders had visited Yoko Village.
"Excuse me, my name is Flynn, and I'm the blacksmith in this village." Flynn took the initiative to introduce himself. "Thank you for what I just did."
"Who are you? Why are you in Yoko Village?"
"Yes, we haven't seen outsiders in our village for a long time."
The villagers chatted at once. Vifiya glanced at them and introduced their names one by one. Then she said what they had already agreed on: "We are travelers passing through here."
They needed a concrete reason why they came to Yoko Village, otherwise, in a village like this, they would be more likely to be suspected if something happened.
Kaharun patted the map hanging on his waist and spoke skillfully, "We are coming from Boyergen. Yoko Village is the closest village on our journey through the Duchy of Heihefu. We plan to rest here for a few days."
"Boyegen?" The villagers' eyes sparkled with curiosity. "It seems to be near the Empire's capital, Lachigo."
"Excuse me, is there any hotel here?" he asked before the villagers' attention was diverted again.
Flynn and the villagers standing by the road looked at each other and shook their heads. "We don't have a hotel here. The village is so small, and not many people come here." He paused and said, "But we do have some empty houses here. If you don't mind, I can rent the house next door to you for a while."
After all, they are guests from outside. Although the people in Yoko Village are all farmers, they cannot be impolite.
In the morning, the farmers had gone out to work one after another. When they saw Vifiya and the others, most of them looked at them curiously, but did not come forward to ask any questions.
On the way, Vifiya casually mentioned it, as if she was simply surprised: "I don't think the village is very big. What happened recently that people have been disappearing?"
Flynn thought about it and sighed, "This isn't something that needs to be hidden. It's okay to tell you."
"Five people have gone missing from our village of Yoko since a month ago. Fortunately, two have been found." Flynn, who was leading the way, paused and glanced back at them. "You just saw Grandma Nabonong. Her granddaughter Hannah was one of the missing."
"Is there no knight to help find it?" Osa asked unexpectedly.
Flynn replied, "As you can see, Kangli Town is on the edge of the Dukedom of Haihefu, and our village of Yoko is a small village on the edge of the town. There are many mountains here, few people live there, and the distances between villages are long."
After saying that, he laughed twice embarrassedly: "Otherwise you wouldn't come to our Yoko Village to rest." If there is a better choice, who would be willing to come to a place like Yoko Village to rest.
He added, "But fortunately, there are basically no monsters here. It's much safer than other places in the Dukedom of Haihefu. The four knights stationed here were assigned from other counties. I heard that the most recent knight came from a large city-state. I hope this knight can find the missing people."
With Flynn's introduction, the group has arrived at their destination.
Yoko Village is mostly made up of simple wooden houses. He took out his key, opened the door, and turned to Vifiya and said, "This used to be my uncle's house. He passed away in an accident, and it's been empty ever since. We often come here to clean it, though."
Vifia nodded, and after several people thanked him one after another, Flynn handed the key to Vifia, invited them to have lunch together, and left them to clean the house by themselves.
Vifiya turned her face away, looking thoughtful.
"What's wrong?" Osa couldn't help but ask.
Vifiya looked at them, and hesitated for a moment on how to explain to them the reason why she came here and her own doubts.
They supported her actions without asking any questions, and she should return the trust in return.
Seeing that they had already put down her and Osa's luggage, she finally said, "Let's talk."
Osha and the others did not hesitate, and Isidore cast a soundproofing spell. After everything was ready, they sat around the table on the upper left side of the room.
"I'm not sure if things won't get out of control." Vifia lowered her eyes. "Originally, I chose Joko Village to enter the Duchy of Heihefu because it was inconspicuous, but now..."
She took a deep breath and said, "I once received a piece of news that I couldn't confirm the authenticity of. A new kind of monster will appear on the border of the empire."
As she finished speaking, she could feel a hint of shock in the eyes of the four of them.
Back then in the prayer room of Sgodo, the false god had said to her: In five months, a new kind of monster will appear on the border of the Segarot Empire. The king of the empire will name it Quisili, and you don't have to do anything.
Five months, was it five months later or within five months? He did not specify, He did it on purpose.
After careful consideration, she concluded that it would not appear in the months He mentioned, at least not within the timeframe He mentioned.
He told her not to do anything.
He said it was a trial.
Whose trial?
She had doubts about Him in the beginning, and now that she understood His identity, her doubts became even clearer. Why did He tell her in advance, and why did He ask her not to do anything?
If He really wanted her to do nothing, He could have simply not told her specifically.
In addition, she was certain that the border the false god was talking about was in the Dukedom of Haihefu because this territory had the longest border line in the Segarot Empire and had always been the empire's first battlefield against monsters.
Osha looked solemn. She felt in her heart that Vifiya would not joke about such a thing.
A brand new monster, everyone present knew what it meant.
Arnold was surprised by her news, but he didn't know whether it was true or not, but she still came here to confirm it, which meant that the probability that the source of the news was accurate was very high.
"The news is true." Isidore said firmly.
Kaharun nodded heavily: "That's why we're here."
He and Isidore exchanged a glance, and Isidore continued, "We've always followed our teacher around the Eastern Continent to deal with situations like this."
He looked at Vifia, his silver eyes confirming her. "Strictly speaking, it deals with monsters born through unconventional means. We call them anomalies."
Kaharun took over Isidore's conversation, "We will kill the anomalies within the rules when they are first created, but..." He paused, then turned his gaze to Vifiya, "Isidore and I don't know the source of the information."
They also didn't know how Salis got the news.
Vifiya quickly grasped the key point. At the beginning of its birth? In other words, the previous monsters would be killed by them before they could have any effect. So...
Her expression changed.
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