Chapter 206 Small Station

Beinz Blood Lake is the holy land of the Glory Sect. There are outposts established by the Church Knights at regular intervals on the shore of the Blood Lake. Foreign adventurers or mercenaries must report here after obtaining permission from the Church before they can Carry out activities within the prescribed scope. Although there have been many incidents around the Blood Lake recently and the management here is a little chaotic, these basic rules cannot be exceeded.

Fortunately, although Blood Lake is a holy land, it has not yet reached the level of "forbidden land". The outpost's review of foreign mercenary teams is slightly looser. Hilda successfully passed the test as a member of the mercenary team and followed Hao Ren and the others. Together we came to this rest house located on the lakeside terrace.

The small outpost does not have many facilities. It consists of two towers and several long simple barracks, covering an area of ​​more than 200 meters. The entire outpost is built on an artificial stone foundation shaped by magic, and is surrounded by early warning array guards. It seems that there is no need to worry about safety issues: the defense here is basically used to deal with monsters that occasionally rush out of the forest. The sacred island in the center is additionally strongly guarded.

There is a barracks in the outpost specially prepared for outsiders. Since most of the mercenaries here have withdrawn to Leyton Town, the outpost has ample rooms. Betsy led Hao Ren to find the church knight commander stationed here. After a simple registration, everyone got permission to stay here briefly. However, in addition to providing rooms at the outpost, the food and medicine supplies here require foreign mercenaries to pay for them out of their own pockets. The Church Knights transfer some of the supplies from their own armaments warehouse and sell them to outsiders who rely on them. This is also the case for Bein One of the financial revenues of the church in the Ci area: the number of mercenaries who come to explore the forest for various reasons every year is not a small number.

By the time everyone settled down in the simple simple barracks, it was already evening.

After completing the registration procedures, Betsy ran to find a low-level monk who specialized in dealing with mercenaries to understand the situation. Only then did she appear in front of Hao Ren and the others again. The expression on her face seemed not to be good.

Hao Ren and the others were gathering together to discuss what to do next. They were surprised when Betsy came back with a sullen face. Vivian asked with concern: "What's wrong? Is there bad news?"

"Looks like it's not that easy to get lucky," Betsy sat down on the chair, "I chatted with the person in charge here, and I just learned that there was a well-known mercenary group that just took over the Beinz area seven days ago. The last area has been searched. So far, except for the sacred mountains of the tribal countries in the west, everything around the Blood Lake has been turned upside down. Even the bottom of the Grand Canyon in the north has been searched by six teams for twelve days. .You still remember Marshal Ofra, right? She came here to personally supervise the orb search work, and her elite troops are responsible for many areas. Now there are no blank areas that have not been searched."

Betsy worked tirelessly to follow Hao Ren and the others to the Beinz area. One reason was that she felt sorry for accepting such a "big gift" as a "music box". This honest girl really didn't want to owe anyone a favor. Another reason Even she had more or less expectations for her luck (you could say extravagant expectations). She was hoping that by chance she would be lucky enough to find the Holy Temple Orb and become famous from then on.

But she didn't expect that the search work had progressed to this extent. The number and quality of the people involved in the operation made her feel powerless: Marshal Ofra led the elite troops and a large group of well-known mercenaries to take this place. The local search was completed, but nothing was found. However, her teammates were a T who couldn't hold down monsters, leading three stupid melee mages, and a squatting man who never added blood in the battle. Anti-type wet nurse...

Hao Ren and the others were not very interested in the Holy Temple Orb. It could be said that Betsy was the only one here who came here for the orb, so at this time, the others had little sympathy. Vivian just analyzed it from the perspective of a bystander: "Actually, to be honest, according to the report on the day the orb disappeared, it really seems to have been transferred away by space magic. In this case, the possibility of the orb still staying in the Blood Lake area should be very high. Low, searching here is a psychological comfort from the beginning."

"You really dare to say that," Betsy raised her eyes and glanced at Vivian, "The chapel where the orb is stored is guarded by the holy remains of each generation of popes. Using space teleportation within the church, it is impossible to reach the farthest distance. Leaving the Blood Lake Basin, and after that, it will be imprisoned within a fixed distance by the divine power. Currently, no one in the world can break this imprisonment."

Hao Ren didn't expect that the Huiyao Sect had such a hand. No wonder they still believed that the Holy Temple Orb was still in the Beinz area, and it seemed that they had something to rely on. It is said that it is guarded by the holy remains of past popes...

Hao Ren shuddered, so the chapel in the center of the lake is actually a large cemetery underneath?

"Then what are your plans next?" Lily said bluntly, "Let's talk about it first. We are not actually here for the orb... We said from the beginning that we were only interested in the Blood Lake itself."

"Are you serious?" Betsy looked at Hao Ren and the others in surprise, then scratched her hair, "Well, it doesn't matter. Anyway, we agreed at the beginning that I would be your guide, and we could do whatever we wanted after we arrived at the Blood Lake. Action, originally we formed a temporary group. Tomorrow I will go to the island in the center of the lake to take a look. I have some knowledge of magic. I want to see what clues there are first. If you are interested, follow me. If you are not interested... ...Then let everyone do their own thing, but no matter who leaves first, remember to say hello, and we can be considered happy to cooperate."

Hao Ren, the others, and Betsy were just a temporary team, and both parties confirmed this when they set off from Lumbell Town. Betsy accompanied the group as a guide throughout this journey, but after arriving in the Beinz area, the cooperation actually ended there.

Lily's ears drooped: "Well, I'm not happy anymore. I don't like saying goodbye to people."

Betsy is very tolerant, after all, she is an experienced mercenary: "Ha, it's just that we will be busy with our own things starting from tomorrow. It doesn't mean that any of us are going to fly away. Anyway, you won't leave Hollai for a while. Right? We will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Becky put down these words and looked at the people present. As experienced as she was, she had already realized that the common goal of this small team had ended. The group of people in front of her really had no interest in the orb, so she waved to everyone casually: " Then I’ll go back and pack my things first. My house is at the east end of the house at the back. I’ll discuss anything tomorrow. I’ll be there before noon.”

After Betsy left, the room was quiet for a moment. Hao Ren and the others actually liked this mercenary girl: she was honest, cheerful, and straightforward. Although she was a little greedy for money, she was sincere to people. She was a reliable partner when she was away from home, but after all, both parties were also different. It's just a temporary cooperation, and she is an "outsider", and they will have to part ways sooner or later.

Now that Betsy has left, Hao Ren and the others have some things to do before they can continue.

"I plan to go to the center of the lake tonight to take a look." Hao Ren looked at the people in the room. "We will operate secretly and bypass the church guards."

"Why are you still sneaking around?" Lily couldn't get around it at once, "Didn't you say you're not interested in orbs? If you also want to find orbs, we can go with Betsy tomorrow~~"

"I'm not interested in the orb, but I am interested in what happened to the Lake Church. It's just that I have to use some means beyond the understanding of this world, so it's best not to attract attention."

As he spoke, Hao Ren put his precious little girl pot on the table, opened the lid and summoned his data terminal: "Come out, get ready to work."

"Shh, your daughter is sleeping," the voice of the data terminal rang in his mind, "Now you think of a way to get this machine out..."

Hao Ren looked into the pot and found that Doudou had curled up into a ball and slept at the bottom of the pot, and was holding the data terminal like an octopus. Don't tell me, this shape is similar to that of a fish in years ( It looks like Yu)’s New Year pictures...

"Oh, then you can just keep soaking. We don't move until night anyway."

Hao Rente irresponsibly put the data terminal aside and looked up at Hilda, who was sitting quietly in the corner of the room.

"Okay, now that there is still some time before evening, let's talk about your affairs - you looked here several times just now, and you should have a question mark on your forehead, right?"

"It seems that what you said to me in the afternoon was half true and half false." Hilda had been paying attention to this group of strangers since the afternoon. At this time, she had already seen some clues from Hao Ren's words and deeds, "I just left That one...is not from the same group as you?"