Chapter 365 Heavy Rain

Dark clouds rolled, thunder rumbled, and huge raindrops splashed down from high altitude like the sky hanging upside down. The area around Beinz ushered in a heavy rain, which had been brewing all night.

Perhaps because it is close to the Dragon's Back Mountains, one of the "ancient ruins", or perhaps because of the mysterious influence of Beinz Blood Lake, similar extreme weather often occurs in this area, sometimes with heavy rains, sometimes with heavy rain. Heavy snowfall in midsummer, and sometimes even thunderstorms out of thin air - are quite similar to the strange celestial phenomena on the prairie, so people in the town are not surprised by it. The residents of the town closed their doors to resist the wind and rain, and the magic towers around the town opened magic circles to weaken the impact of thunderstorms to prevent lightning from hitting the buildings in the town. But during this heavy rain, Marshal Ofra, the leader of the Kingdom Knights, came to visit.

"I hope my rash visit didn't bring you any trouble." Ofra was still in military uniform, as if she would never change out of her armor no matter where she went. "There are some things I want to confirm with you, about tomorrow's itinerary." .”

Gusts of cold wind blew into the living room from the open door of the annex, but not a single raindrop floated in. Ofra just stood at the door, and the heavy rain seemed to have bypassed her. Hao Ren found that there was a two-meter radius around her. The area turned into a vacuum zone of rain curtain. And behind Ofra was an old man who looked unremarkable, but his body was strong and seemed to be inconsistent with his age. He seemed to be the follower of the female marshal.

"Oh, it's okay, come in first." Hao Ren said as he hurriedly welcomed Ofra into the living room. He thought to himself that he was just about to go find her, but she came by herself. Is this a coincidence or something?

Lily was lying on the couch next to the door and dozing off. At this time, the cold wind had woken her up. When she saw the guest coming in, she hurriedly jumped up and slammed the door with a flick of her tail: "Hiss--it's so cold. It's so cold..." …”

Vivian looked at the husky sideways while knitting a scarf: "Are you worthy of your bloodline? What about the glorious achievements of your ancestors in dominating the Arctic Circle?"

The sturdy old man next to Ofra couldn't help but take a second look at Lily's ears and tail, but didn't say anything.

Hao Ren welcomed Ofra to sit down on the sofa, and the old man who looked like a follower actually sat down next to him. This made Hao Ren a little surprised. It seemed that he had misjudged the old man's identity just now. This may also be an important figure in the Kingdom Knights, and he went out in casual clothes today. However, the identity of the other party didn't mean anything to him. He just poured hot tea for the two guests: "What are you doing here?"

Ofra couldn't help but shake her hands. She had been the marshal of the kingdom for hundreds of years. This was the first time someone had greeted her like this. She couldn't help but think of the last young man who spoke to her in a similar tone. At that time, there was such a strong-blooded young man. A human young man, dressed in strict aristocratic clothes, squatted on the bench of the bar like a gangster and talked to her: "I have something to do with you..."

Ofra shook her head and threw aside these inexplicable memories: "As for tomorrow's trip, we have to escort four ascetics to the royal capital. Considering the special nature of this trip, in order to prevent heretics from destroying it, we need you. Please cooperate..."

Hao Ren waved his hand: "Wait a minute, we happen to have some information that we want to tell you. I guess you will have to change your plan after hearing this - it's about heretics."

Ofra's eyes suddenly became subtle. The light armor on her body made a metallic friction sound, and her upper body leaned forward slightly: "Heretic?"

"Heretics have penetrated quite deeply. They hold cult rituals in the mountains, summon monsters from other worlds, and sacrifice human beings. Among the members are even members of the Kingdom Knights and the Church," Hao Ren said without any psychological pressure. He poured out all this information. Anyway, he was not worried about any consequences. "In addition, around the Blood Lake..."

Hao Ren spent more than ten minutes telling everything about last night, completely unobtrusive, as if it was natural to tell such shocking information. Ofra became more and more surprised as she listened, and the epic hero was suddenly no longer among them. Hold on to the amount of information. Finally, she couldn't help but put her hands on the low table after Hao Ren finished speaking, her eyes were unusually solemn: "You said those are all true? Do you have any evidence?"

Hao Ren easily picked up a cloth bag from the side and opened it in front of Ofra: "In this bottle are the strange remains of those pagans after their death. This is the badge of the Kingdom Knights. These are the clothes and rituals of the church clergy. The dagger used, their corporate culture brochure, the plasma sample in the altar, and this is a specimen collected from underground tentacles, which has been proven to be the same biological tissue as the bark of the twisted woodland. This is Vivian The recipe—why is this in there?”

Vivian jumped over and took the recipe away: "I misplaced it when I was sorting things out last night. Why can't I find it?"

Ofra looked at these things dumbfounded: "It's really..." Then she looked at Hao Ren with a strange expression: "So you went around to check for this information yesterday? It doesn't seem like an ordinary mercenary group would take the initiative to go there. Even Kingdom Secret Agents may not be able to do things to this extent.”

Hao Rente spread his hands in shame: "Yes, we went to investigate last night, and we have been interested in things around Beinz Blood Lake from the beginning. As for the reason... I said it is for scholars. Can you believe the passion?”

"What if I don't believe it?"

"Then I'll make up another one."

Ofra: "..."

"No kidding," Hao Ren said with a straight face, "I can tell you for sure that we have no ill intentions towards the Kingdom of Horleta. We want to solve the troubles here from the bottom of our hearts, and this information is 100% true. It's hard to explain our motivation to you. We can only say that it's out of goodwill. Of course, it's normal if you have doubts about this. After all, you are the marshal of the kingdom - so we welcome you to conduct research on this mercenary group. investigation."

This is what Hao Ren decided after thinking for a long time last night, that is, there is no explanation - as the saying goes, bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes, and a bachelor is not afraid of his wife. He has thought about it. He is an invincible loach in this world. For the imperial commissioner who comes and goes without a trace, what kind of quagmire is there in the world to be afraid of?

Anyway, even my registered residence here is fake...

It only bothered Betsy a little. Thinking of this, Hao Ren looked at the mercenary girl who was dozing with Lily by the window. This was a legal citizen with a solid foundation in the Dream Plane. But considering that this girl will most likely have no choice but to follow him around in the future, and Betsy herself is very open-minded about this problem, that's it.

Ofra now feels increasingly unable to see through these mercenaries who suddenly appeared. This is just one of the reasons why she came here today to discuss tomorrow's itinerary. The other reason is that someone reported that these mercenaries suddenly appeared last night. She disappeared from the town, so she came here to check on the situation. She firmly believed that her special skills could detect the real movements of these people last night. But she didn't expect that before she said anything, the person in front of her was shaking everything out as if she was heartless.

No...it's not that he is careless, it's that the person in front of him doesn't care about this trouble at all.

"If this matter is true, then the orb must be sent to the royal capital as soon as possible," Ofra pondered. "The heretical sect has penetrated to this extent, and it is not safe for the orb to stay here. But I must make sure that your information is indeed true. of."

Hao Ren took out a piece of paper: "Of course it's no problem. The cave where the pagans held their ceremonies is still there. I drew a route map and you can send someone to check it out. Of course, as soon as possible, there should be other pagans. They might destroy the scene.”

Ofra took the route map solemnly, looked at it carefully and then looked at Hao Ren more solemnly: "Who went to explore that cave last night? I hope someone can lead the way."

Hao Ren raised his eyebrows: "Don't trust me? Do you suspect it's a trap?"

"No," Ofra held up the map, "your drawing is too ugly."

Hao Ren: "..."

"Okay, I'll take you there." Nangong Wuyue stood up at this time, "I still know the way."

Ofra nodded and was about to say something when suddenly a burst of thunder outside interrupted her actions.

Then, she looked up in a certain direction as if feeling something. Hao Ren waited for a while without knowing why, and heard a series of low rumbles coming from very far away.

It sounded a bit like thunder, but the sound was deeper and continuous, and it obviously lasted longer than thunder.

The hair on Lily's tail exploded, and she suddenly leaned in front of the window and looked outside in alert. She saw a white beam of light suddenly rising from the direction of Beinz Blood Lake, followed by a sudden burst of light coming from the direction of the clock tower in Leyton Town. The bell rings after a while!