Chapter 364 Mixing the Waters

Vivian and Lily explained their findings and related speculations in detail, and Hao Ren turned to the team of Yzaks and Betsy: "Did you find anything?"

The two of them went to the north of the mountain range, which is the area where the stone giants proliferate the most rapidly, but now it seems that the biggest fog in the Beinz area is in other areas, and the stone giants may be just a little trouble on the surface. Betsy shook her head: "We didn't find much over there, but there were indeed a lot of stone giants. Many of them were wandering in the mountains, and there were even small groups gathering. Moreover, the Knights sent a lot of manpower there, and the mountains There is a huge stone fortress quickly shaped by magic at the foot, and there may be officers of the Grand Magister level sitting there. The big man and I walked around the mountain several times and were almost discovered by the patrolling Knights soldiers."

"The stone giants are just wandering around the mountains and have no intention of attacking for the time being," Yzaks added next to him, "But I think their lack of attack is the biggest anomaly - they are a group of 'creatures' without much intelligence. They It is normal to act according to instinct, and blindly attack all targets after starting the activity. Now that they are wandering in the mountains and not coming down, I feel that someone may be suppressing these monsters. There are controllers behind them, but obviously the control techniques are not enough."

Yzaks and Betsy also made some discoveries, but it was obviously not major information. Seeing that everyone else had finished speaking, Hao Ren cleared his throat: "Ahem, now let's talk about my side - I met a group of evil cultists..."

Vivian and others immediately waited with bated breath for Hao Ren to finish explaining the situation. Lily couldn't help but exclaimed when she heard about the mysterious and sinister religious ceremony and human sacrifice scene. Vivian and Yzaks didn't react at all: they had extensive knowledge, so this situation was not surprising. When he heard those pagans summoning a strange and powerful flesh and blood monster, Yzaks frowned and thought aloud: "Is the monster's body made of flesh and blood materials on site?"

"Yes," Hao Ren nodded, "In addition, the data terminal identified the monster's physiological structure and found that it was abnormal and theoretically unable to survive."

"Advent Summoning, a summoning technique commonly used by some heretics," Yzaks nodded, "They should be summoning a creature from other places - an alien space or an alien planet, but they do not have the ability to open this kind of space door. , the monster projects its will and power onto a temporary body. Due to limitations in materials and technology, pagans cannot build a perfect body, so this summoning can only last for a short period of time."

"Will the strength of the monsters summoned by descending be reduced a lot?" Hao Ren is most concerned about this question. He still has lingering fears about the power of the strange "brain". He feels that it is far beyond mortals and even beyond many aliens. If not I accidentally discovered a weakness, and the pistol issued by the empire can penetrate all protection regardless of level. I'm afraid the outcome of today's incident is really hard to say.

"This is not necessarily true, it depends on the life form and power form of the descendant," Yzaks shrugged. "If most of its abilities rely on the physical body, the power will of course decrease, but if it fights with the mind, then the power will not It will drop too much, and sometimes the method used to descend and its own unique skills will also affect the final strength. According to your description, the brain-like creature basically fights with supernatural power. Even after physical contact, it is similar to controlling kinetic energy and The magic effect of gravity, so its true strength should be about the same. Compared with the real body, the only difference after arriving is that the residence time here is limited. Of course, all the above are speculations. I based it on my hometown Guess the rules.”

Lily glanced at Yzaks with a strange expression: "Why do you seem to know so much about this?"

Y'zaks spread his hands: "I'm good at it. It's very troublesome to teleport from the Devil's Abyss to the human country. In most cases, I use the method of descending summons. Although I don't like to develop power in the human world, but There are also several human subordinates.”

Hao Ren was a little surprised: "Don't you want to start a war with humans?"

"I didn't go there to start a war," Yzaks scratched his barren scalp with a sincere smile. "Most of the time, I went there to travel."

Everyone at the scene rolled their eyes and didn't know what to say. Such a majestic demon king, whose mere appearance in the human world could turn several countries upside down. The only purpose of inciting humans to summon him was to see the scenery. Why are you so embarrassed by the vast army of brave men who have gathered all over the world because of the arrival of the Demon King? Hao Ren simply couldn't imagine how the brave men in Y'zaks' hometown would react when they mentioned this unconventional demon king - how many weapon shops and adventurer bars could support Y'zaks' traveling interest alone.

Yzaks himself seemed to know that this habit of his was not common to outsiders. He scratched his scalp and smiled: "Hey, I won't talk about it here. In short, the giant brain should be completely dead. Although the creature summoned can be You can break away from the temporary body and return to your hometown at any time, but the nature of your gun is very special. It can annihilate the soul together, and even take the path of the annihilated soul when it is projected over, so we don’t have to worry about the soul of the giant brain escaping back to the gang area. People come to take revenge.”

Hao Ren had mentioned his own gun to everyone when he was free, so Yzaks could make this judgment.

After each explained the situation, Hao Ren and Vivian, as team leaders and team think tanks, began to sort out this large amount of winding information.

The mysterious tentacles appearing underground around the Blood Lake (almost confirmed to be the roots of the Twisted Woodland), the controller behind the stone giant, the pagan rituals appearing in the Dragonspine Mountains, the summoned flesh and blood monsters, the Knights of the Church and The heretics hidden in the Kingdom’s Knights, the Glory Sect denounced as “sinners who steal divine power”, and the distant world that is red and only the blood-colored sea water is constantly surging...

Finally, there are the words that the giant brain sent into Hao Ren's mind before he died: You are all scum.

These miscellaneous clues seemed to be somewhat related, but they also seemed messy. Hao Ren racked his brains and couldn't put them into a framework. He was not sure that those who were controlling the stone giants were the heretics, nor were they. I'm sure that the flesh monster is related to the changes in Beinz Parish, and I'm even less sure that the root system of the twisted woodland has anything to do with these things. It seems that all the events are independent, and the only thing they have in common is that they are weird enough.

"I can't think of it," Vivian spread her hands. "We still know too little."

"It seems that there will be a slight change in the schedule for the next two days tomorrow," Hao Ren touched his chin, "We are confused and can't find any results, so I decided to tell Ofra this information and ask the female marshal to mobilize It’s her power to investigate: she should be happy to deal with the heretics.”

"Is she reliable?" Vivian immediately thought of this.

"Everyone is unreliable, but it doesn't matter to everyone. I just need to let the upper management of Horleta know about this and let them get active." Hao Ren shrugged, "We are barefoot and are not afraid of wearing shoes. No matter how the situation changes, Chaos has a negative impact on us. Once the power is cut off in the dormant cabin, the world will be peaceful. The current situation is that everything is too calm, so calm that we can’t even see a splash even if we want to investigate, so we need to have someone strong enough at this time Let the guy stir it up. As long as the water is muddy, I don’t care who stirred it up.”

As for how to explain to Ofra his group's investigation last night, Hao Ren decided to think about it later.

Vivian looked at Hao Ren in surprise and said meaningfully: "... They are completely different."

Lily also looked at Hao Ren in surprise and said with the same meaning: "They are completely different."

Hao Ren stared at Husky: "Forget it Vivian, what can you tell!"

Lily shook her tail: "I don't know what you are talking about, but every time the bat shows this expression and speaks, you always praise her. I am right to learn this!"

Hao Ren: "..."

At this time, Betsy suddenly reacted: "Wait a minute! Is it appropriate for you to say this in front of me?!"

Hao Ren suddenly woke up. There was a native of the Dream Plane at the scene. What he said just now might have made her mistakenly think that he was indifferent to the peace of the Dream Plane (Hao Ren definitely didn't mean this), so he quickly explained: "Don't worry, I didn't mean..."

Betsy stood up suddenly before Hao Ren finished speaking: "We can stay for more than ten days! If Mistress Ofra really wants to drag us here to investigate what happened, wouldn't my house and title be gone?"

Everyone sweated on their foreheads: How dare this girl still think about her title of nobility which is equivalent to being canonized after her death...

Fortunately, Betsy was not an unreasonable person. In the end, she was not too insistent on this matter. Anyway, the reward was there. Unless Horleta died within a month, she could still go the next time she came. The royal capital accepted the canonization.

Of course, there was another big reason why she chose to cooperate: she couldn't defeat this room of monsters anyway...

After that, everyone took advantage of the time before morning to take a rest. When the thunderstorm that had been brewing for most of the night finally arrived, Marshal Ofra took the initiative to visit.

It was as if she knew that Hao Ren and his party wanted to find something to do with her.