The Beinz Blood Lake is the sacred place of the Radiant Cult, and every other section of the shore of the Blood Lake is guarded by outposts established by the Church Knights, and foreign adventurers or mercenaries must report here after obtaining permission from the Church, and then they can carry out their activities within the prescribed range.Despite the recent events around the Blood Lake, and the management here is a little chaotic, these basic rules cannot be overcome.Fortunately, although the Blood Lake is a holy place, it has not yet reached the level of "forbidden land", and the outpost's scrutiny of the foreign mercenary team is a little more relaxed, and Hilda successfully passed the test as a member of the mercenary team, and followed Hao Ren and them to this rest place on the lakeside terrace.The small outpost did not have much facilities, it consisted of two towers and several simple barracks in the shape of a long strip, covering a radius of more than 200 meters.The entire outpost is built on a magically shaped artificial stone foundation and is guarded by an early warning circle, and it seems that there is no need to worry about safety: the defenses here are basically used against the monsters that occasionally rush out of the woodland, and the sacred island in the center of the lake is guarded by another strong guard.There is a barracks in the outpost that is reserved for outsiders, and since most of the mercenaries here have withdrawn to Leighton, the outpost has ample rooms, and Betsy led Hao Ren to find the chief of the Church Knight stationed here, and after a simple registration, everyone was allowed to stay here for a short time.However, in addition to providing rooms, the food and medicine supplies here need to be paid for by foreign mercenaries, and the Church Knights transfer some of the supplies from their own armament warehouses to sell to outsiders who use them, which is also one of the financial revenues of the Church in the Beinz area: the mercenaries who twist the woodland expedition every year for various reasons are not a small number.By the time everyone settled down in the simple barracks, it was already night.After completing the registration formalities, Betsy ran to find the low-level monk who specialized in contacting the mercenaries to understand the situation, and only then did she reappear in front of Hao Ren and them, and the expression on her face did not seem to be very good.Hao Ren and the others were getting together to discuss what to do next, and they were all surprised to see Betsy come back with a strained face, and Vivien asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
Bad news?
”"Looks like it's not that easy to get lucky," Betsy sat down in her chair, "I talked to the person in charge here, and I just learned that there was a well-known mercenary group that had just searched the last area of the Beinz area seven days ago.Up to now, the area around the Blood Lake, except for the sacred mountains of the tribal states in the west, has been turned upside down, and even the valley floor of the Grand Canyon in the north has been searched by six teams for a full twelve days.Do you remember Marshal Oprah?
She came here to personally supervise the search for the orb.Many areas are in charge of her elite troops.There is no white space that has not been searched now. ”Betsy worked tirelessly to follow Hao Ren and them all the way to the Beinz area, one reason was that she felt that she was sorry to accept such a "heavy gift" as the "music box", this honest girl really didn't want to owe favors to anyone, and the other reason was that she also had some expectations for her luck (it is okay to say extravagant hopes), she was hoping that if she was lucky enough to find the Templar Orb and become famous from then on.But she had no idea that the search had gone on to this extent.The number and quality of the personnel involved in the operation here gave her a sense of powerlessness: Marshal Ovrah led the elite troops and a large group of well-known mercenaries to complete the search of this place, but they had not found it, and her teammate was a strange T, a melee mage who led a stunned young man, and a squatting nurse who never added blood in battle......
Hao Ren and the others were not very interested in the Templar Orb, and it could be said that Betsy was the only one on the scene who came for the Orb, so at this time, the others did not have much to empathize with.Vivien just analyzed from the perspective of a bystander: "Actually, to be honest, according to the report on the day the orb disappeared, it really looks like it was transferred by space magic, so the probability that the orb is still in the Blood Lake area should be very low."
Searching here has been a psychological comfort from the start. ”"How dare you say," Betsy raised her eyes and glanced at Vivien, "the chapel where the orb is stored is guarded by the relics of each generation of popes, and it uses spatial teleportation within the confines of the church, and it is impossible to leave the Blood Lake basin at the farthest possible distance, and after that, it will be imprisoned by the divine forces at a fixed distance, and no one in the world can break this confinement at the moment. ”Hao Ren didn't expect the Radiance Sect to have such a hand, no wonder they still believed that the Templar Orb was still in the Beinz area, and it seemed that they had something to rely on.It is said that the relics of the popes of the past generations are guarded......
Hao Ren shuddered, and said the small church in the center of the lake, "Then what are you going to do next?"
”Lily is outspoken."
Let's start with it, we're not actually here for the orb......
At the beginning, we said that we were only interested in the blood lake itself. ”"Are you still serious?"
Betsy looked at Hao Ren in surprise, and then scratched her hair, "Well."
It doesn't have any effect, anyway, what we said at the beginning was that I would be your guide, and after arriving at the Blood Lake, they will act at will, and we will be a temporary group.Tomorrow I'll go to the island in the middle of the lake to have a look, I have some knowledge of magic, and I want to see what clues there are over there.If you're interested, come along, if you're not......
Let's go our separate ways, just remember to say hello no matter who leaves first, and we'll be happy to work together. ”Hao Ren and Betsy were just a temporary team, and they confirmed this when they set off from Rumbel Town.Betsy accompanied the group as a guide, but when they arrived in the Beinz area, the cooperation actually ended there.Lily's ears drooped, "Well, I'm not happy, I don't like to say goodbye." ”Betsy is very open, after all, she is a seasoned mercenary: "Ha, it's just that we'll be busy with each other from tomorrow, and it's not that any of us are going to fly away."
You're not going to leave Halletta for a while anyway, are you?
What we have in the future is the opportunity to cooperate. ”Betsy put down this sentence and looked at a few people at the scene, as experienced as she had realized that the common goal of this small team had ended, the group of people in front of her was really not interested in the jewel, so she waved her hand to everyone freely: "Then I'll go back and pack my things first, my house is in the easternmost part of the house behind, there is something to talk about tomorrow, I will be there before noon." ”After Betsy left, the room was quiet for a moment, Hao Ren and they actually liked this mercenary girl: sincere, cheerful, straightforward, although a little greedy for money but sincere to people, if you go out, you are a reliable partner, but after all, the two sides are only temporary cooperation, and she is an "outsider", sooner or later they will have to separate.Now that Betsy is gone, Hao Ren and the others have something to do."
I'm going to go to the Lake Center tonight," Hao Ren looked at the few people in the room, "and I was secretly acting to bypass the church guards." ”"Why are you sneaking around?"
Lily couldn't get around the corner for a moment, "Didn't you say you weren't interested in orbs?"
If you want to find the orb too, we can go with Betsy tomorrow~~" "I'm not interested in the orb, but I'm interested in what's going on in the church in the middle of the lake, but I'll have to use some means beyond the understanding of this world, so it's best not to attract attention." ”Hao Ren said as he put his baby pimple girl pot on the table, lifted the lid and summoned his data terminal: "Come out, ready to work." ”"Shhh............h ”Horent irresponsibly put the data terminal aside and looked up at Hilda, who was sitting quietly in the corner of the room."
Alright, there's still some time until the evening, tell me about you - you've looked here a few times just now, you should already have a question mark in your head, right?""
It seems that what you said to me in the afternoon was half-true," Hilda had been serious about the strangers since the afternoon, and by this time she had already seen some clues in Hao Ren's words and deeds, "the one who left just now......
Not the same as you?
”(To be continued.) )