fallen devil

Chapter 255 Act [-] Brilliant Patrol II
The quiet wind blows over the blue lake water, rippling the starting point, sparkling in the bright sunshine.

Two dark shadows walked out of the dense forest, slid down the path skillfully, came to the lake, took out the bottle on his body, bent down, and pressed it under the clear lake water.

The bubbles then floated up, reflecting the faces of two young, even immature boys.

"I've been having a question, Hum."

The dark-skinned boy sighed, took out the bottle containing ordinary lake water, put it in front of him, and looked at it carefully, "Master Priest said that there is magic hidden in this 'water purification bottle', and once he gets enough water, he will find it. And we would be accused of cutting corners."

A smile showing a lack of interest.

"I get water routinely at the end of every month. I am very familiar with this bottle-magic? I have been cheated for nearly four years, wow, no wonder I can't be selected for the team of 'Holy Warrior' and 'Purifier', if it weren't for it Uncle Ragham can't even handle the job of fetching water."

As he spoke, the dark boy's voice was a little choked up, "Hum, I don't want to be an ordinary person."

The sudden speech made the quiet boy on the side stop the work of fetching water.

He lowered his head and looked at the reflection's face, which was fair, calm and unremarkable.

"That's your problem?"

Responding lightly, he continued to fetch water. It is very particular to use a "water purification bottle" to fetch water. First, the bottle should be submerged in pure lake water, and then the water should be fetched using a ritual-like technique.

While the dark boy was rambling on for a while, the fair boy named Humm had already completed nearly half of the work.

The sun shone on his side face, a little dazzling.

"Have you seen Godwin's joyful expressions after knowing that Lord Guangyao is about to arrive in the village? His family has a good personal relationship with the Lord of the church. After this Guangyao event is over, as the pastor said, the seeds of light will fall back. Now, some people are able to leave the village and go to those gleaming buildings."

"They are no longer ordinary people. They will wear spotless white robes and hold new shiny white silver coins... Before that, we were still playing partners."

After that, he pointed to the end of the forest, which was the direction of the distant town.

"My father taught me from an early age to be strong, tenacious, brave, not to be ordinary, and to fight against adversity like a knight."

"I see."

Then he gritted his teeth, puffed up his cheeks, and under the brows of unwillingness, the corners of his eyes were shining, "This bottle is our plight, Humm, I don't want to be deceived like this anymore—I'm going to witness real magic, more The vast world will never be curled up in a small corner of this village!"

He couldn't help but stand up, holding the bottle tightly in his hands, his joints turned white.

"Hum, are you listening to me?"

Facing his rhetoric, the boy named Hum took the water calmly. When the end was near, he carefully took out the cork from his white cloth bag, plugged it carefully, and turned it left and right twice.

"Listen, what's the matter?"

After finally getting the bottle of water, Hurm breathed a sigh of relief, and continued calmly: "Actually, this is not bad, and you made some mistakes."

"It doesn't matter whether the 'water purification bottle' has magic or not. The reward for completing this job will not increase or decrease because of this. In addition, Mr. Pastor said this on purpose to urge you."

"Of course I know that."

The dark boy twitched his mouth and said in response.

Then Hurm stood up, moved his stiff arms twice, stared at the lake and said softly: "It is extremely difficult to join the 'Holy Warrior' and 'Purifier'. It requires not only outstanding talent and continuous hard work , but also have a good background.”

"The 'Purifier' is one level higher than the 'Holy Warrior', but it needs blood. Where can the noble blood come from such a remote place? So the only way to go is the 'Holy Warrior'. Think about it, the Taimo Mountains are so Huge, as is Jingsera Lake, which has nurtured so many villages and so many people, squeezed on a narrow road that can fall at any time, how many of them can change their fate in the end?"

"To be honest, without the experience of 'Sawyer Document' (the core education of the town), even if you are promoted to the city, you are at most a low-level warrior running around in various streets, struggling for a living every day, maybe even harder than we are now."

"You should know that the people in the town are very despicable. Aren't they businessmen who often have business dealings recently?"

Then he said words that made the dark boy startled: "Also, Godwin and the others were not selected. This time, they just went to the city with the holy official to see the world, and they will come back soon to be our partners." .”

"Oh, right."

Doom carefully put the "water purification bottle" filled with water into a white cloth bag, casually took the bottle from the dark-skinned boy who was looking down, and leaned down again to start fetching water. "There was a Guangyao inspection recently. After fetching the water, You can eat fluffy white bread.”

The dark boy frowned, staring intently at the fair boy who was only one year older than him, and whispered, "Em, are you really willing to be ordinary?"

"The priest said that you are the most promising person to succeed him, or that you are already willing to be a priest? I can't understand-"

"Lattimore!"

Doom's face changed slightly, the bottle in his hand trembled, he immediately turned his head, interrupted the dark boy's speech in a deep voice, and called him by his first name, "Your words are offensive to the Reverend."

"sorry."

The dark boy named Latimer took a deep breath and apologized in a low voice.

"My idea is actually very simple."

After fetching the water, Humm stood up, corked the bottle and put it into the white cloth bag, and looked up at Lattimore, who lowered his head, "Repay Uncle Mallory's kindness in nurturing me, and do it for Aunt Sammy." Take good care of you little bastard, as for the nobles of the palace, wealthy knights, extraordinary wizards, and legendary monsters, they have nothing to do with me."

Patting Lattimore's shoulder lightly, Hum comforted him, "Do you still remember the legendary story about Knight Leo's pursuit of lofty dreams? Even a shining person like him needs to be full to do things. .”

Having said that, seeing the slight light in Lattimore's eyes, Hum breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems you understand, then let's go back."

"You're right, Humm, maybe a knight suits me better."

"I understand that every great hero grows up bit by bit."

Clenching his fists, Lattimore nodded heavily.

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The night fell quickly, drawing the curtain on the dusk, and the quiet atmosphere permeated the jungle near the lake.

The village not far away lit up with dim firelight. On the one hand, it was to celebrate the adults who were coming from the town one after another, and on the other hand, it was to add warmth to this slightly cold season.

The village is close to the lake, and with towering mountains behind it, it is often cold at night.

And in this pitch-black cold wind, more than a dozen people in cold-colored armor stepped on the hard soil, their strong shadows overshadowed the moonlight on the lake, and quickly crossed the grass on the side, standing on the gentle slope, Looking at the scenery not far away, there was no sound.

Hidden in the helmet, a pair of silver-gray eyes opened, signaling the companions behind him to stop.

More and more silver-gray eyes opened, and the pupils uniformly reflected the scenery of the village.

At the same time, the red lines on their shoulders were slightly hot and glowed, but soon disappeared.

This is a special magic that confirms that every companion is around and no one is around. It was born out of the breath holding and connection skills of the Zakarum Church.

"Confirmed to cross the Taimo Mountains, the border forest, and arrive at the quiet lake."

A burst of whispers came, "Then this is the territory of the Sawyer Alliance. Pay attention to the location of the nearest church and find out the terrain here."

There was silence for a while, "Before the start of the glorious patrol, we are not going to clash with anyone in the Sawyer Alliance, including civilians, believers, believers, and soldiers and knights."

"Specific arrangements."

After a pause, his silver-gray eyes narrowed, "We will only know when the 'Dark Snake' arrives at the border area of ​​the 'Sawyer Alliance'."

"Sir, the terrain near Jingse Lake has been clearly explored. Just as the bishop expected, there are no other traces of invasion."

"Footprints were found, but the village soldiers patrolled until the forest, so it should belong to the villagers."

"The Sawyer Alliance has a ceremony to prepare the 'clean water bottle' before the Guangyao inspection. It is a child who is responsible for fetching water. We will clean up the traces that we came in, and then we will disperse into the jungle and wait until the next day."

Sleeping in the open was already commonplace for them. The leader issued an order, but suddenly his eyes froze and he frowned.

"what are you doing?"

The rest of the people glanced over and found a person staring at the night in a daze, his body was stiff, like a standing stone statue.

Silence fell instantly.

Immediately, the leader rushed over, pulled out a sharp blade and split it in half, the jet-black light flickered twice, and the stiff man fell straight down, turning into a wooden man cut in two.

"When did you get in here?"

Suppressing his anger, the leader shouted and crushed the wooden man's head with one foot, "Tell me the name of the missing person, attach the crime of defection, and report it to the bishop immediately."

After making the list, the names of the missing persons were quickly found.

Then, two people took out emerald green gemstones from their arms, which seemed to be precious magic stones.

"calm down."

A short guy walked out of the queue, his voice was a little hoarse, like an old man.

"It's probably the fault of the Sawyer Alliance. Since he chooses to escape at this time, he must also think that we use spar to transmit signals-if it is intercepted by the nearby cathedral, not only will the mission fail, but we will also face being arrested. The risk of being hunted down."

After pondering for a while, the hoarse voice continued: "He can only sneak into the village, and then report the information to the cathedral and the holy officials inside."

"Isn't that the same? The subpoena will be known, and the waiting will be known. Do you want me to kill you like this and return?"

Lifting the short man up, the leader's silver-gray eyes were cold and suffocating.

"Ahem, it's different."

Pretending to cough twice, the latter said without haste: "We just need to grab that man before he reports to the cathedral."

"Tranquil Lake, including the surrounding villages, is the border area of ​​the Sawyer Alliance. It has received very little attention. Even if there is a church, there are only two secondary holy officials in it at most. It is very likely that there are no crystals for contact. , not to mention how weak the surrounding soldiers and knights are. We just need to move quickly and wait on the road from the village to the church."

"Taking a step back, even if the escaped person hides deliberately, he can only hide in the village or in the forest. During this time, we only need to search carefully."

The short man spoke confidently, and then the leader let go of his hand coldly.

"It's not that simple. There are still many nobles from towns who have come here to visit the Guangyao inspection. At least half of them have come here. Besides, the bishop has ordered that before the arrival of the 'Dark Snake', no one can get up." conflict--"

"There was no conflict, my lord."

The short man interrupted eagerly: "These ordinary villagers can't find us at all. On this basis, we can easily catch the defectors without exposing ourselves."

"Furthermore, the defection happened so suddenly, my lord, you should handle it carefully, and your lord bishop will never blame you."

Hearing this, the leader's gaze became even colder.

"As expected of a mercenary, you dare to tell me such nonsense and act against the will of the bishop. Do you believe that I will kill you now?"

The undisguised killing intent made such a short man shiver, and the leader stopped looking at him, and issued an order lightly, "Activate the Sorcerer's Stone and contact the Bishop."

The people next to him followed suit, like a machine.

The emerald green stone lay quietly in the palm of the red glove, and waves of invisible fluctuations lingered around.

After a long time, the leader opened his eyes, and a hint of surprise flashed across his silver-gray eyes.

"My lord bishop has an order to exclude defectors and prevent him from delivering information."

"Before the 'Dark Snake' arrives, within the allowed range, you can attack the nearest church."

"The bishop has his own way to deal with the nobles in this place and the possible communication means of the church. We have to complete the task during this time."

Afterwards, he looked at the surprised short man with slightly interested eyes, "You have a good idea, tell me about your more detailed plan."

"That's natural."

The short man nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "Since there are children fetching water in this village, there must be a priest."

"In addition, the message was not intercepted just now, which proves that the churches in this area are very backward. Then priests are an important means of connecting these ordinary villages with churches. Obviously, we have to start with the priests to find the defectors hiding in this area. .”

"I understand the details of the ceremony of the 'Sawyer Union'. They will come back to fetch water tomorrow, and I will be in charge of negotiations."

The short man almost patted his chest and made a promise.

(End of this chapter)