Chapter 716 Suspicion

The holy light pierced her face, and Evelyn hurriedly turned her head to avoid it, her eyes were tightly closed, her expression looked a little painful.

At the same time, under the irradiance of the holy light, a faint red light appeared on the sorceress's body, and a slight evil breath leaked out.

"Evelyn, if you are really as innocent as you say, why is there an evil aura emanating from you?"

Audrey asked coldly.

If time went back to two centuries ago, a paladin like her, who was still abiding by the ancient commandments, saw the evil aura emerging from Evelyn's body, and didn't even bother to listen to her explanation, so he drew his sword and slashed across.

Today, the precepts of paladins are no longer so rigid.

Of course, Audrey knew that the aura of alignment had great limitations and could not be used as ironclad evidence to determine a crime, but it could affect her first impression of strangers.

"Dear Miss Paladin, please listen to my explanation!"

Evelyn's face was full of grievances, and she seemed very emotional.

"Originally, there were four members in our prospecting team, and one of my companions pursued me too enthusiastically, which troubled me."

"I have already rejected his pursuit in person, but that man is still pestering me endlessly."

"Until one night, he got drunk and confessed his love to me again, but my response was of course still rejection."

"The man became furious, slapped me heavily while drunk, and tried to... rape me."

"At that time, I was very scared and very angry. I resisted desperately and ended up killing him by mistake."

"Afterwards, I regretted it very much. Although the other companions forgave me, I still felt that I had sinned deeply."

"But what can a woman do in that situation unless she is willing to suffer rape?"

Evelyn bit her lips hard, barely restraining her excitement, tears welled up in her eyes.

"Dear lady paladin, if you think this is evil and I have committed an unforgivable crime, then show your sword and punish me!"

After listening to Evelyn's story, especially seeing the tears in her eyes, not only Holden felt deep sympathy, but Hailar was also filled with righteous indignation.

"The kind of man who is not successful in courtship and violent, is the worst! He deserves to be killed! Little rascal, you must be a warning!"

"'Sister Cai Fan', don't talk nonsense, I'm not that kind of person! But then again, I don't think Evelyn can be blamed for this kind of thing. It's understandable to resist rape and kill people by mistake."

"The premise is that she's telling the truth."

Audrey still couldn't fully trust Evelyn.

"You paladins, don't you have the kind of magic that can see through other people's lies? Why don't you use it to see if she is lying."

Hailar reminded Audrey.

Audrey twitched the corners of her mouth, and replied in a low voice: "When I first met Evelyn, I opened the 'Realm of Honesty'. Unfortunately, there is no sign of her lying."

"That doesn't mean she's honest!" Holden laughed.

Audrey shook her head lightly, and said solemnly: "Not necessarily, it may also be that her mind is too strong and resisted my magic."

"If she wasn't a woman with a strong character and a strong heart, she wouldn't have used that kind of fierce method to resist rape." Holden felt emotional.

"After all, we still can't fully trust her. We have to make a decision now, what to do with her."

Hyrule is eager to enter the spider's lair to hunt for treasure, and impatiently argues whether Evelyn is trustworthy.

"Since everyone disagrees, why not send a letter to Joan and ask him what he thinks."

Audrey's proposal was unanimously approved by Hyrule and Holden.

Holden was planning to use the "Wind Information Technique" to tell Joan about Evelyn in the "Refuge Cabin" far behind, when suddenly there was a wave of magic power in front of him, and a red light ball emerged.

"It's 'short message technique'."

Holden stretched out his hand to hold the red light ball suspended in front of him, and then nodded to his sister and Hailar.

"It was sent by Joan. It seems that he already knows something about the situation here."

Audrey and Hailaer looked at each other with strange expressions.

It is not surprising that Joan, who stayed behind in the middle of the valley, was able to keep abreast of the situation here.

Through the observation point created by the "Eagle Eye Technique", Joann can not only see what happened here, but also clearly hear the conversation between Evelyn and Holden.

What really surprised Audrey and Hyrule was the spell Joan used when sending the letter to Holden.

Instead of using the 2-ring "wind message" that everyone can hear, he uses the 3-ring "short message" that is higher in level and cannot be heard by outsiders.

What is his intention in doing this?

Hylar and Audrey could only think that Joann didn't trust Evelyn, and was deliberately guarding against her, not wanting Evelyn to hear what he was going to say next.

In the magical text message sent to Holden, Joan suggested that they split into two groups.

Holden stays to look after Evelyn, don't rescue her from trouble, but don't let the spider hurt her, and maintain the status quo for now.

On the other hand, Joan suggested that Audrey and Hyrule go into the spider's lair to explore, focusing on the spawning room.

If the situation in the lair is as Evelyn said, it shows that she is honest and trustworthy.

After Audrey and Hyrule explored the spider's lair, they turned back the same way, and it would not be too late to release Evelyn.

If the situation in the spider's lair does not match what Evelyn said, it means that she is probably lying, has ulterior motives, and cannot be trusted.

After hearing Joan's suggestion from Holden, Audrey and Hyla felt that this was the safest way, so they split up as Joan said.

Joan himself was not idle.

The last observation point created by the "Eagle Eye" is outside the spider hole. Through this observation point, Joan can spy on Evelyn.

If the sorceress tries to do something unfavorable to Holden, he will fly over to stop it immediately.

Joan was also worried about Hailar and Audrey who entered the spider's lair to investigate, and specially sent Gulu to follow them.

Gulu has the "secondary spiritual connection" and "visual link" imposed by Joan.

Joan could see what was going on inside the spider nest through Gulu's eyes.

If you have something to say to Audrey and Hyrule, you can also let Gulu act as his "mouthpiece".

In the following time, Joan frequently switched observation angles.

Everything outside the cave is as usual.

Holden stayed beside Evelyn, chatted with her to relieve boredom, and frequently joked to make her happy.

Evelyn was bound by the spider silk and couldn't move, and she was obviously not in a happy mood.

However, judging from the smile on her face, Holden's well-thought-out witty words were not in vain, and the sorceress was greatly relieved.

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