Chapter 382: The Great Whirlpool Monster [Charybdis], the Siren Scylla

Seine port, mansion.

Jello patted the armrest of the handmade sofa and smiled broadly at Ye Zhi, with one of his gold teeth shining particularly brightly.

"Who do you want to kidnap? Just say the word and I'll bring the person to you right away!"

Since text messaging was not working to contact Perron, Yeats had to seek other methods.

To find Perren's whereabouts, we need someone who is well-informed.

Ye Zhi knew very well that to act in the Kingdom of Roland, he also needed the support of the intelligence network, so he sent Jero and his team to the heart of Roland long before setting off, allowing them to move freely and wait for orders.

And now is the time for this team of demon hunters to come in handy.

Ye Zhi: "It's not about kidnapping people, it's about finding people."

Jello laughed and scratched his head, saying, "It's a habit developed in my profession. Well, just tell me who you want to find!"

There is no difference between kidnapping someone and looking for someone, and it even reduces a process, so the task is actually easier... Jello thought.

"Peren, you should have heard of his name."

"Oh? The elf poet who's become famous recently? I heard a street singer singing his poems when I was in the tavern."

When the witcher Roger, who was standing behind Jello's sofa, heard Jello call the "bard" a street singer, he suddenly tensed up and looked at Yeats cautiously, fearing that he would accidentally anger the Duke.

Damn you, Jero! Don't you know that the person in front of you is also a bard? He is God's choice among poets. How can you call him by his profession like that? Roger felt annoyed and uneasy.

The nobles are extremely particular about etiquette, and any disrespectful address will cause offense. It is also because of the previous stereotype of the nobles that Roger is so nervous.

Ye Zhi was unaware of this, having already gotten used to Jello's casualness, and asked, "So, how long will it take to get news about Perron?"

"Within two days." Jello grinned and said, "We demon hunters have our own circle, and there are also my former colleagues in Roland. They are scattered all over Roland and have connections with each other. We will find that guy soon!"

The demon hunter circle...it sounds similar to the Beggars' Sect.

Ye Zhi thought that he could see the witcher wherever he went.

They are also different from professional adventurers who are organized by a guild. They cannot receive a fixed salary and can only take commissions and do odd jobs on their own. There are also demon hunters who have fallen so far that they were stabbed to death by a farmer with a pitchfork for stealing...

Ye Zhi thought of the RPGs he had played in his previous life, and complained in his heart: "The pitchfork is not just a weapon for demon hunters. If you put a pitchfork in a haystack, most of the assassins in the world will die..."

After all, there are only a few demon hunters who can hunt powerful monsters alone. It is normal for demon hunters to struggle on the poverty line! Ye Zhi looked at Jello's big golden teeth and nodded:

"Then leave as soon as possible. I'm waiting for news from Peren."

Based on Yeats's understanding of Perron, it has only been two days since his breakup, and he is expected to have developed a new relationship, and it must be an interracial one...

After bidding farewell to the Duke of Honeysuckle, Jello immediately led two teammates to the local witcher camp.

It is called a camp, but in fact it is just a few tables in a tavern. Witchers often drink at these fixed seats, and they become familiar with each other and form a social circle.

The tavern was bustling and noisy. From time to time, drunkards would cast fiery glances at Jello's teammate Eva, but Eva turned a blind eye to them. Instead, Roger sighed softly.

"From the Duke's mansion to the tavern here, the difference is really huge."

Eva patted Roger on the shoulder: "What did the Emperor of Lorraine say? Wealth and honor cannot corrupt you, and poverty and humbleness cannot change you!"

Roger muttered in a low voice: "I always thought the meaning of this sentence is that poverty and humbleness cannot be changed..."

"You are a scholar, but you are not discouraged by poverty!" Eva said viciously, "The local demon hunter boss is sitting in the front, stand up!"

"White-haired Jello?"

A demon hunter wearing an eye patch and carrying two swords on his back, put one foot on the corner of the table, leaned back on the chair with the chair legs hanging in the air, and said nonchalantly: "I have heard of you. You were a lone wolf who betrayed the Wolf School, and later became a dog kept by a noble?"

Jello glanced at the cheap malt liquor on the table with a half-smile, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why don't you treat the brothers to champagne instead of just giving them horse urine to drink?"

"Someone, serve the wine!"

Looking at the bottles of champagne being served on the table, the eyepatch witcher sat up straight and cursed inwardly, "Damn rich man, I must drink a few more bottles of champagne and fleece him!" After drinking one bottle of good wine after another, the atmosphere at the table was relaxed. The eyepatch witcher was drunk and began to complain: "Brother, to be honest, we are really envious of you for being able to get in touch with the Duke of Honeysuckle!"

Jello narrowed his eyes and glanced at the witchers sitting next to him. These dusty witchers nodded one after another.

"That Ye Zhi was chosen by many gods. Now it has spread. Even the Moon God admires him, which means he can't be lump together with those damn nobles... You are so lucky to be able to do business for him, brother!"

"Yes, yes." Everyone echoed.

Under the influence of alcohol, the eyepatch demon hunter squinted at Jello and said with a dry cough, "Does the Duke still need any more men? I don't mean anything else, I'm just asking casually."

Jello shrugged and said, "I can't make the decision. I'm here as a personal matter. But if you do a good job, the Duke might know about it, right?"

The eyepatch witcher blushed and patted Jello on the shoulder, saying that it was enough for his good brother to just say this, and that he would contact the witcher gangs in other cities tomorrow and mobilize their forces to collect clues!

The next day, Jello went to another tavern in a nearby city to inquire and found that the eyepatch witcher was already sitting in a private room.

"Here, Jello!" The eyepatch witcher waved and introduced him to the local witcher leader.

This is a short-haired woman who is resolute and decisive. She is plain-looking but has a capable temperament. There are rivets on her face. She nodded politely to Jello and said:

"I've long heard about the powerful alliance between White-haired Jello and the Duke of Honeysuckle. Today I'm lucky enough to meet them."

Jello didn't buy the flattery at all, and shook his head and said, "I'm just an errand boy, let's just talk about the matter, and the reward is another matter!"

The short-haired woman nodded. "Then I'll be frank. My men have indeed seen the elf named Perron. His features are very obvious, with a bright red robe and long ears that are unique to elves, so they shouldn't make a mistake."

"Really?" Jello was delighted. He didn't expect things to progress so quickly. "Where is Perron now?"

"The Rocky Strait."

"In that kind of weird place?" Jello frowned slightly. "The strait with the whirlpool and the sirens?"

"Yes." The short-haired woman said, "To be precise, the whirlpool is called the Charybdis Whirlpool. It is a monster with self-awareness. It wreaks havoc in the Giant Rock Strait all year round, causing great obstacles to ships passing through."

"And in the sea not far from the giant whirlpool monster, there lives a female sea monster named Scylla. It is said that someone has seen her true form. She has six heads and twelve tentacles. She is extremely terrifying and can only be fought by a six-ring master."

The Giant Rock Strait is an important strait of the Empire. Although it is extremely dangerous, a large number of fleets still risk their lives to pass through it every year. Therefore, there is a proverb circulating in the Empire:

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

"Torn between Charybdis and Scylla.", meaning in a dilemma.

Jello's frown deepened.

"Why would that elf run to such a dangerous place for no reason? It can't be going after the Siren."

"Anyway, this is the information you want." The short-haired woman said, "I'll also give you a clue as a token of my respect for the Duke of Honeysuckle... The Knights Templar are also looking for that elf."

Jello was stunned for a moment, his eyes were deep, and he murmured in a low voice: "Even the Knights Templar have intervened? Trouble is coming..."

…

Two days later, in the mansion, in the reception room.

Ye Zhi listened to Jello's report with a strange tone.

"The Maelstrom, the Scylla, the Knights Templar... What disaster has Perron been dragged into?"

The giant whirlpool monster [Charybdis] and the mermaid [Scylla] are both royal-level monsters. Their strength is inferior to the epic monster [Hydra], but they are still terrifying existences that bring disaster to people.

Over the years, the empire has thought about completely solving this problem of the Giant Rock Strait, but the degree of centralization in the Divine Court Empire is not high, and it is common for the emperor's decrees to be evaded by lords of all sizes. Due to the internal conflicts among the lords, no one is willing to provoke these two emperor-level monsters, and the matter has been shelved.

"The details are still unclear, but the news of seeing Perron in the Strait of Giant Rock came from a reliable source. I have verified it from multiple sources." Jello said grimly, "The key is why the Knights Templar are also looking for Perron. I will investigate further."

The Knights Templar, one of the three major knightly orders, is also known as the "Poor Knights", but their Grand Master Chandler is a wealthy man who is well-known throughout the continent.

In 1129, the Knights Templar received official support from the Holy See and enjoyed many privileges. Their size, power, and wealth grew rapidly, and they even developed the earliest banking industry. In Roland alone, the Knights Templar owned more than 3,000 manors.

However, more than a hundred years ago, the Knights Templar suffered a major blow. King Roland at the time ordered the mass hunt and massacre of members of the Knights Templar on Friday, which led to the decline of the Knights Templar. This is also the origin of "Black Friday".

Ye Zhi's eyes flickered as he recalled the plot carefully.

The rapid growth of the Templars' wealth was due in part to the creation of the banking industry, but also to the emergence of an insider within the Templars.

Grand Commander Chandler is a follower of Mammon, the god of wealth, or the god of greed on earth.

Not only do gods choose their agents in the human world, but the same is true in hell. The girl Gretchen, whom Yeats had previously met, was the human chosen by Lilith, the goddess of lust.

Relying on his status as the Grand Master and under Mammon's guidance, Chandler vigorously developed the banking industry. He was also the culprit who later facilitated Mammon's arrival in the material plane.

"Mammon's ring should be in Chandler's hand."

Ye Zhi thought to himself, "The Mammon Ring belongs to the [Demon God Ritual Artifacts], and the seven Demon God Ritual Artifacts are made from the Nibelung Ring. In other words, if you want to get the Nibelung Ring, you also need to get these Demon God Ritual Artifacts..."

Thinking of this, Ye Zhi looked at Jello and said, "No matter what the purpose of the Knights Templar is, we must first find Perron... I plan to go to the Giant Rock Strait in the near future."

"The Maelstrom and the Siren Scylla are both notorious monsters." Jello frowned and said, "Be careful!"

Ye Zhi waved his hand and said, "I was thinking about what flavor of potion I could make with the Maelstrom monster that would be more delicious."

The emperor-level monster, the Maelstrom, is an important raw material for making high-sequence potions for the sailor profession.

Although Ye Zhi could not use this potion to advance in his sailor profession, he could still acquire some of the abilities of a navigator through it, such as maneuvering ships, controlling whirlpools, etc.

[Charybdis] is an elite monster with its own name among the whirlpool monsters. If you use it to make potions... the effect will definitely be great! Jello was stunned for a moment.

As expected of a Lord, he is already thinking about how to deal with the ingredients! ...

(End of this chapter)