Chapter 258 Their respective calculations
On the outskirts of the town, Wildfire Priest Wood was quietly watching the slowly setting sun in the distance.
He was surrounded by Wildfire Cultists.
"Master, are we sure we should take action tonight?" asked a believer.
Wood glanced at the other man and said, "What else? Do you want to go against the boss's will?"
"No, of course not!" The believer shuddered, and then said quickly, "It's just that we haven't received any news from Priest Laurent yet, so I wonder... maybe something unexpected happened."
Hearing this, Wood frowned slightly: "Haven't received the news yet?"
"Yes, the people sent to investigate have not returned yet."
Wood's frown deepened.
This was indeed an unexpected situation that he had to pay attention to.
According to normal procedures, Lauren should have taken down the troublesome kid by this time. Of course, a more accurate name should be... Saint.
That is the first and most important step in the boss's journey to becoming a god.
And he is now in charge of the second ring.
Although there is no direct connection between the two rings, if something happens to Lauren, their actions tonight will also be meaningless.
But what will happen to Lauren?
He was obviously just facing a saint who had not yet awakened. With Lauren's strength, there shouldn't be any surprises.
Could it be...Rhine?
Wood remembered that when they last met, Lauren mentioned that Rhine had been restless recently and seemed to have some plans.
Could it be that those damn perverts really have laid their hands on this land?
Just as Wood was thinking, a subordinate hurried over and whispered something to him.
After listening to this, Wood couldn't help but reveal a surprised expression.
Because his subordinates told him that in the evening, a man who claimed to be Father Rhine checked into the only hotel in the town, and he was accompanied by a masked man.
And more importantly, judging from the aura, that person seemed to be the... Saint that Lauren had been chasing.
The Rhine priests... the saints...
All in this city?
If the person who came to report was not Wood's most trusted subordinate, he would probably think that the other party was talking in his sleep.
So what is going on?
Lauren: So what happened?
Wood thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out.
The sun was about to set completely and night was about to fall. He had to make a decision as soon as possible.
Should we proceed according to the original plan?
After a while, Wood spoke slowly.
"No matter what happened to Lauren, since the Saint is right in front of us, we should just finish his job together."
"Yes, sir!" The subordinates saluted one after another, their movements as standard as those of sculptures.
Wood looked at the city in front of him that was about to be completely swallowed by darkness and spoke softly.
"This is all for our leader, for our Lord who is about to come into the world."
"Go ahead! Kill all the hunters!"
"Let the night fall here!"
"Let these ignorant people see who the savior is!"
At the command, all the pursuers, including Wood, disappeared instantly and turned into black shadows one after another, entering the town in front of them before the night fell completely.
…
"Lost?" Fig looked at the Rhine Knight in front of him calmly, "You might as well explain it more clearly... What is lost?"
The Rhine Knight in front of him was in a very bad condition. His left arm was missing, and the wound looked like it was bitten by a wild beast. There were also fine teeth marks on his armor.
If he hadn't used magic to stop the bleeding, it would have been impossible for him to return to Fig.
But it was obvious that Fig didn't care much about the life or death of this knight. He was more concerned about... the Devourer.
Two days ago, this team of knights entered the Wildfire territory with two Devourers. Fig originally expected them to bring back Uru's body and the body parts directly.
But not only did they fail to bring it back, they even lost a Devourer.
This was something that Figg absolutely could not accept, so his seemingly calm words contained suppressed anger.
This anger made the Rhine Knight in front of him shiver uncontrollably, and he almost couldn't stand.
"I'm sorry... Bishop Figg." The Rhine Knight explained stutteringly, "An accident happened."
Then he told Figg everything that happened last night.
After listening to this, Fig also frowned deeply.
Because... it's weird, it's really weird.
The Rhine priest with the body parts they had been tracking turned out not to be Uru?
If it’s not Ulu, then who could it be?
The seven-note player who messed up the holy music?
So where did Uru go?
And I heard that the other party was accompanied by a little boy. From this point of view, he really looked like someone from Rhine.
But isn’t there only one traitor in Rhine, Uru?
And who is that little boy?
Also, his men were ambushed by a giant wolf during the battle, and the barrier of divine power was broken. What happened?
Judging from the knight's description, it should be the Wildfire Cultists, but how could those Wildfire Cultists, who only have strength, break the divine magic?
Only divine magic can break divine magic. The Wildfire Cultists don't even have a god above their heads, so how could they possibly use divine magic?
Moreover, it seemed that the giant wolf was also being hunted by the Wildfire Cultists in the beginning.
What is going on here?
There was a traitor in the Rhine, there was a traitor in the Holy Sound, and now there is also a traitor in the Wildfire cult? !
Even though Fige thought he was the smartest of the four Rhine bishops, his brain was still a little hot from the huge amount of information.
What is going on?
Shouldn't this have been a simple matter of them hunting down Ulu and retrieving the body parts?
Why is it getting more and more complicated?
Fig rubbed his temples in distress, forcing himself to calm down before analyzing the situation.
First of all, it is indeed worrying at first glance that the Rhine priest who was being chased was not Uru, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that it is not a big deal. After all, he only needs to get the body parts.
To put it in an extreme way, you can just recognize the body parts and not the person.
However, we need to pay a little attention to the movements of the Wildfire Cultists.
After entering Wildfire's territory, Figg could vaguely sense that Wildfire's group of faithless cultists seemed to be planning something, and the boy being chased was the best proof. In other words, Wildfire's current actions were not aimed at their invasion, but their invasion just happened to collide with the actions of these cultists.
In fact, it is Figg's job to monitor the Wildfire Cultists because his church is closest to this land.
But to be honest, Figg has never taken the Wildfire Cultists seriously.
The reason is very simple. These guys don’t even have gods behind them.
In this world, mortals without the protection of gods are nothing but a group of mobs no matter how hard they struggle. If Rhine's ruling area had not reached its limit, they could easily break through and occupy this territory that once belonged to the God of Senluo in half a month.
Such a weak "opponent" is naturally not worth paying attention to.
But this time, Fig vaguely felt that these guys seemed to be planning something really troublesome.
In that case...
Fig thought for a moment, then raised his head again and looked at the knight in front of him.
"Are you sure that Father Rhine and the wolf boy have escaped and have not been caught up by the Wildfire Cultists?"
The knight nodded. "Yes, I saw with my own eyes that unknown priest took the wolf boy away, and the rest of the Wildfire Cultists were killed. I wanted to continue chasing them... but I couldn't control two Devourers by myself, and after the spell failed, the wights could also attack me, so I tried my best and could only bring back one of the Devourers."
Fig glanced at the coffin beside him.
The Devourer that was brought back has been sealed back.
Fig walked to the coffin, looked at the lock on the coffin, and said softly, "In other words, it's now a game of cat and mouse."
"...Cat and mouse?" the knight asked, "You mean the Wildfire Cultists are chasing that fake priest and the wolf boy?"
"No." Fig shook his head, "We caught them."
The knight was puzzled: "But we have lost track of them now."
"You lost it, but it didn't." Fig put his hand on the coffin. "If there were really body parts on that guy, it would never have been lost."
"But we have lost the bell, it is out of control..." The knight said halfway, and then suddenly understood what Fig meant, his eyes widened little by little, "Do you want to..."
"The Wildfire Cultists call their most elite troops pursuers, so it's time to show them what the best pursuers look like."
The knight opened his mouth wide: "But if we let the Devourer get out of control, many people will die..."
He didn't dare to say any more.
"Many, many cultists will die." Fig smiled and continued the knight's words, "But this also points the way for us, doesn't it? We just need to follow the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and when we get to the end, we will naturally get what we want."
By the way, the troubles caused by the Wildfire Cultists can be solved once and for all.
Whatever they were plotting.
Just kill all living things.
Then there won't be any trouble.
…
Vic pulled his hood down nervously.
Although he had confirmed again and again before going out that there was nothing wrong with his current attire and the part belonging to Ade was well hidden, he still felt nervous.
Once discovered...
No no no, it won't be discovered.
Vic took a deep breath, and then walked towards the girl not far away, who was the proprietress who was arguing with Bai Wei.
"Hello..." When Vic saw the little girl's eyes on him, he subconsciously took a step back, but still said, "I want to ask, how can I contact the hunter in this city?"
The little girl tilted her head: "Hunter?"
"Yes, Hunter."
It was Vic's own decision to come out and look for the hunters.
Because he suddenly realized one thing, that is, after meeting Bai Wei, no matter what happened, his first reaction was to ask Bai Wei.
This is totally wrong.
Let’s not talk about whether Bai Wei is lying to me or not. Even if not, Bai Wei is not from this land, and the information he has may not be correct.
In that case, there is absolutely no need for him to hang himself on a tree.
Isn't it that what he should do now is to find out more intelligence and collect more information?
Just like Bai Wei said, the biggest difference between humans and animals is that humans can think independently, so he also needs to break away from Bai Wei to think independently.
Well, speaking of it, does it count as breaking away from Bai Wei if we think independently based on Bai Wei's words?
Vic couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Then the more I thought about it, the more my scalp felt itchy, as if something was about to grow out of it.
"Hey, hey, hey." A hand waving in front of his eyes interrupted Vic's thoughts. Vic raised his head and saw the young proprietress looking at him unhappily. "What are you doing? I started to daydream after you asked me. Do you want to find a hunter or not?"
"Oh oh oh oh." Vic came back to his senses and nodded repeatedly, "I'm looking for it, I'm looking for it."
If he had to say, compared to Bai Wei, the Rhine priest, Wick would rather trust the hunter.
After all, all the misfortunes he encountered now were caused by the old hunter's guidance to the lost sacrificial site.
Then it is very likely that only the hunters who have also been to the Lost Sacrificial Site know what happened to his body.
It’s a pity that for such a long time, the only hunter that Vic had dealt with seriously was the old hunter who had passed away, so Vic, the new hunter, had to rely on asking others to find out the whereabouts of other hunters.
Fortunately, the young lady boss actually knew the whereabouts of the hunter. She asked, "What are you looking for the hunter for?"
"Uh." Vic scratched his head and answered honestly, "I want to ask a few questions."
"Asking questions? Isn't that a commission?"
"No, it's not."
"If that's the case, can a retired old hunter do it?"
"Okay, okay!" Vic nodded repeatedly, "That would be even better."
The older the better.
Because that means knowing more information.
Under Vic's extremely expectant gaze, the young proprietress smiled and stretched out her hand.
"What?" Vic didn't react immediately.
"Give me money." The young lady boss rolled her eyes, "If you don't pay, no one will take you there."
"Uh, okay."
A few minutes later, Bai Wei, who was sitting by the window with a cup of hot tea in his hand, watched Vic follow the bouncing little proprietress out of the hotel.
It looks just like a loyal puppy.
Vic went to find the hunter with Bai Wei's permission... no, to be more precise, he hinted at it.
Just like Bai Wei always said, Vic needs to find himself.
Because who Vic is depends only on himself, and Bai Wei cannot interfere.
The only thing Bai Wei could do was...
"I really hope that I don't have to kill you with my own hands in the end."
Bai Wei drank the hot tea in the cup and turned to leave.
(End of this chapter)
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