A subjugated princess will never die a vagabond

It's not that he has never played with men. In fact, cargo ships are the most frequented on the route, and the crew of cargo ships are mostly male, and there are many [-]- or [-]-year-old interns.It's just that no matter how hungry the air robber is, he will also look at the appearance, and he, Hermos, whose head was caught in the door, would choose Balian's fat intestines.

"You are brave, and you still have the mood to joke now, but don't think that this will change the subject for me," Hermos pulled Balian's hair, sticking to his side head and growled, "In addition to killing and silence, What else did Rodean Campus tell you, did the cultists also stay with you, and what orders did he give you?"

"Wh, what, what killing and silencing!?" No matter how stupid Balian was, he also noticed something was wrong, "Master Hermos, what killing and silencing has nothing to do with me!" He said hastily, "It's Ma! Urine, I just mixed horse urine into your wine, I don’t know what to kill to silence!!!”

Hermos' face became more disgusting as if he had eaten a fly, and he asked, "Did you poison the wine?!"

"Horse urine, it's really just horse urine, that, that..." Balian thought he had cleared up the misunderstanding, and he was still lucky, "Master Hermos, you beat and scolded, can you go first?" Let me go, I'll give you whatever you want, and never say anything!"

"I think you won't cry until you see the coffin!" Hermes directly cut off one of Balian's fingers with a knife.

"Ahhhhhh!" Balian howled like a pig, and he cried, "I was wrong, Lord Hermos, I shouldn't be revengeful, I shouldn't mix horse urine in your wine , ah ah..."

Hermos' face turned blue and pale, he wondered whether the fat man in front of him was just pretending to be stupid, or really didn't know what was going on.

After all, this fat man is at best another pawn of a big shot, so he really might not know all the key links.

But no matter what, Hermes was sure that he had been tricked, and now he also needed the identity of Lord Balian to escape this disaster.

According to the original plan, they would leave the Sea of ​​Floating Stars in an airship and escape immediately after the accident, but the sacrifice ceremony of the cultists will prove that this is not an "air accident" at the first time, so the authorities are likely to find the scene immediately. The airspace is blocked, and the most stringent investigation is carried out on the passing ships.

From here to the border of the Sea of ​​Floating Stars, it would take one day and one night at the fastest, and two or three days for large-tonnage merchant ships or small airships. During such a long period of time, Hermes had no confidence in escaping from the border.

The only good thing is that the evil thing did not pose a threat to him, and the actions of the cultists will make the divination of the Star Church point to him first.

But this made Hermes puzzled again—if he really wanted to kill people, would the methods of the cultists be too immature?

It's nothing to just kill more than 20 subordinates. Although the summoned evil is difficult to deal with, it is slow in action and easy to target. It is two blocks away from killing Hermes.

"I want you to order the merchant ship that is going to Xueling to set sail immediately," Hermos threatened, "You must go with me yourself, so don't play tricks on me!"

In addition to wine, Balian's winery also produces high-strength ale, and these wines are sold to Xueling, and the price can increase by more than ten times.

From the Sea of ​​Floating Stars to Snow Ridge, you need to bypass the lower layer of the Twisted Jungle, pass through two airspaces, and finally ascend through a barren vacuum zone, without going through Ubu Nuoer - Ubu Nuoer, which is blocked by a hurricane, generally takes this route .

"I'll do it, I'll arrange it right away!" Balian didn't feel envious of power and force anymore. He was in a mess like a fat dog, and he only begged the evil spirit to spare his life.

After hearing Balian's absurd "horse piss" apology, Hermes lost his mind about torture this weak piece of crap.

Without getting the information he wanted, he uncuffed Balian and ordered: "Also, gather everyone in this mansion to the living room, I have something to announce."

Under the threat of life and death, Balian's work efficiency was still extremely fast. In less than 10 minutes, the [-] people in the mansion all gathered in the living room.

Hermes lifted Balian's daughter-in-law's chin, and asked the lord beside him, "Where's your son?"

Balian said tremblingly: "He does some small business in the secret temperature and wetlands, and rarely comes back..."

"Well, then he is really lucky."

Hermos sighed with emotion, and gently pressed the woman's eyebrows, and the latter's skin suddenly grew purple-red crystals, and black grease leaked out.She opened her mouth to melt, spat out stinking putrefaction, and stretched out her hand as if begging for mercy, but her fingers kept dripping a pitch-like solution.

He glanced at Balian, who was too terrified to speak, and ordered to his subordinates: "Leave this fat pig, and others will kill it, and make feed for the oil refining ghoul."

Hermes asked Balian, "Does anyone else know I'm here?"

Balian said anxiously: "No, nothing, Mr. Hermos, if you kill them, everything will be exposed!"

Hermos asked back: "If I spare their lives, they will keep the secrets for me? Hmph, do it!"

With a sound of "swish", the hall was filled with darkness, and countless threads emerged from the carpet, stairwell, and wallpaper, and several air robbers took their heads before they had time to react.

Hermes reacted quickly. He crossed his fingers, and a corrupt seed appeared between his eyebrows. The seed took root and sprouted with his movements, and an indescribably vicious aura permeated the air. Cloris' thread quickly rotted as soon as it touched it. into mud.

There are various forms of corruption, but the power used by Hermes is obviously the most direct one.

The black line faded, Cloris looked at the lights, and shouted at the panicked servants: "Get out!"

"Can I go out!"

Hermos manipulated the woman who had been corrupted into an oil refining ghoul to splash hot, foul-smelling black grease towards the crowd. If he succeeded, everyone here might become nourishment for improving his strength.

"I knew that Rodean Krampus wanted to kill me, how could he not prepare a professional killer, ha..."

Hermes' laughter stopped abruptly.

Cloris's white dress was unfolded, and a layer of silvery snow-like curtain was pulled open to cover all the black oil, when the touch of the void on the ceiling pulled the trigger, and a shot fell towards Hermos——

The skull was broken like a melon, but the purple-black seed of corruption was intact.

"Spiritual veins?"

Cloris frowned, faintly, she felt that the symbol of the spirit vein possessed by the other party was incomplete, much like a transplanted Transcendent.

If that seed was transplanted...

The girl asked: "Are you people who corrupt the monastery so disgusting?"

"Corrupted Monastery... Who is it?" The seed produced an ugly Rafflesia flower, and the trembling flower core made an anthropomorphic voice, "Why does it feel so strange, my head..."

Hermes stroked himself for a while, and finally realized the fact that his head had been shot off.

He couldn't heal his own flesh like the Skeleton Tailor, but some strange mystery retained his consciousness.

Hua Xin trembled angrily: "I killed you—"

Seeing that the servants, including the fat man Balian, had escaped, Cloris caught the [toy gun] that had fallen, loaded the "Fire Sun" at a leisurely pace, and said, "Although I really want to catch you alive, but I really don't have the means to capture you alive."

Her body merged into the white curtain, emerging from the gray "carpet" at the other end, and pulled the trigger.

The radiance of the scorching sun covered the entire hall, and all rotten things were reduced to the purest dust in the roasting.

Under the flexible attack, Hermos came down to the curtain before going all out.

Cloris had countless chances to attack and kill Hermos along the way, but she didn't do so because she was curious about who gave this group of air bandits the confidence to let them plunder and kill everyone in the offshore .

Rod Ann Camps.

Cloris memorized the name silently.

When she discovered that Hermos's power was related to corruption, the girl knew that this matter might not be as simple as stealing a ship.

Cloris took back the [toy gun], and the beak mask turned into flower vines on her cheeks again. She walked towards Balian, who was slumped on the lawn of the manor. Although Hermes bandaged his wound, the lord Still dizzy from blood loss.

Cloris glanced at his injury, roughly sewed it up with thread, and gave him another injection of healing agent to hang him.This kind of potion is only to stimulate the self-healing ability of life, it can also be said to be overdrawn, and it can also have the effect of returning light to the dying person.Balian only had a slight blood loss, and he could be calmed down soon after the injection.

"Rumble--"

At this time, the roar of the turbine sounded in the sky, and Cloris looked up, and it turned out to be a warship painted with the logos of Lantern Harbor City and the Explorers' Guild!

A middle-aged officer flew down from the ship. The situation here was different from what he expected. When he noticed the girl with extraordinary temperament in the middle of the lawn, the officer slowly landed in front of the other party, and asked in a gentle voice: "Excuse me, is your Excellency the Holy Spirit?" Temple nun?"

Cloris nodded: "You met my friend? How is she?"

"The mermaid nun is safe," the officer said, taking out his ID card, "I am Colonel of the Light Harbor National Guard, Captain of the Guardian Charles Northam, may I ask what happened here? I heard from the mermaid nun A group of bandits hijacked the ship and fled in this direction, have you met them?"

489. Suicide in fear of guilt

Cloris explained the situation of Hermes without any concealment. She brought Charles Northam to the hall of the mansion, pointed to a charred seed on the ground and said, "This is the leader of the bandits you mentioned. Then he pointed to the squirming, muddy coke and said, "This looks like Balian's daughter, who was transformed into this by that corrupt believer."

The girl hid the fungal contamination brought by the little slave trader, not because she was worried about being arrested and imprisoned, but just to avoid unnecessary trouble.

This kind of thing is easy to explain, not to mention that she has the identity of a temple nun.

But Cloris didn't expect the ritual summons to be completely different from what she encountered at the beginning, and those evil things that entered the Sea of ​​Floating Stars actually had the ability to reproduce.Even potential disasters may not compare to the carnivorous algae fish raised by the goblin Shirley. For an epidemic doctor, it is not so decent to take the initiative to create hidden dangers.

Charles Northon walked up to the charred seeds. He murmured the title "corrupted believer" suspiciously at first, but quickly put his doubts behind him, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "You did a great job, Your Excellency Sister, You eradicated these villains and directly or indirectly saved at least a thousand people. On behalf of all the soldiers on the Guardian, I will write a letter of thanks to the Church of the Stars and commend your achievements."

"Forget it, after all, this guy is using the power of corruption from the abyss, and there must be other helpers." Cloris declined the officer's proposal.

Charles Northon nodded, and asked again: "Your Excellency has been following the gangsters for investigation, is there anything else you found?"

Cloris thought about it: "Balian seems to have some cooperation with this gangster, but there was a conflict within them, and the gangster repeatedly mentioned the name 'Rodan Campus'... This may be because The cultists behind the scenes."

"We will conduct an investigation," Charles Northam gave a military salute to Cloris, "Thank you for your cooperation, do you want me to send you back to Gulingting by warship?"

"No, thank you, I need to appease some poor people here." Cloris politely declined the officer's help.

Warships are not the patchwork old ships of the Air Pirates. Although Gu Lingting's shipbuilding technology is slightly inferior to the upper world, a serious modern warship is almost the same as a weakened version of the mage tower. The flagship of the fleet is more equivalent to a small war fortress. Thinking about the Grace House in the city that never sleeps, Cloris gave up the idea of ​​taking a ride with the wind.

It is good practice to avoid unfamiliar and dangerous warcraft unless absolutely necessary.

"Okay then," the officer nodded, and said, "The mermaid nun should make a statement at the police station in Light Harbor City, and she can return within three hours at most. I still need to take the criminal Balian back to the ancient spirit court for interrogation. I bid farewell first."

He showed an elegant and gentlemanly demeanor, nodded to Cloris's polite refusal, and left the scene after saluting again.

After the battleship drove away, Cloris, in the name of Sister Star, comforted the shocking servants of the manor, and some severely traumatized maids blurred their related memories and downplayed the impression of the horror scene.

Young Madam turned into an oil refining ghoul in front of them, and she is still alive. Not every ordinary person can bear that kind of psychological fear.

Two hours later, Cloris rented a speedboat on Nar Island and returned directly to the southwest coast of Stargazing City.

When she arrived at the beach, she found that the charcoal fire of the barbecue grill on the beach was only a little warm, and the nuns didn't know where they had gone. Peggy greeted her, and she found out after asking that she was worried about Eve going to the lamp alone. Hong Kong City took notes, and everyone volunteered to follow.

Ten minutes later, Delan and Melantha in the woods finally returned to the beach. The two nuns asked curiously, "How about everyone?"

Cloris briefly talked about what happened near the sea, and then asked, "You guys have been dating for so long, don't you even know what's going on outside?"

"What, what tryst..." The two of them looked away one after another.

After another half an hour, a ship painted with the spray paint of the plague doctor passed the Star City and headed towards the sea.

After 10 minutes, the nuns who finished taking notes finally returned.

Seeing Cloris sitting by the barbecue grill grilling fish, Eve ran over excitedly and hugged her junior: "Cloris, it's great that you're fine!"

With such an explosion, even if Cloris is made of copper and iron, Eve will still feel worried.

Cloris straightened the star-shaped headdress on Eve's forehead, and tidied the folds of her teaching gown, and said softly, "Don't run so fast."

Eve knew that the girl was talking about her legs. For a mermaid who is in pain even when walking, running is no less torture than Ling Chi, but she shook her head lightly: "It doesn't matter!"

This seemed to be just a small episode. Just when Cloris was about to order Peggy to prepare a dinner and hold a starlight party in the evening, the airship of the Star Luo Temple suddenly hovered by the coast.

"It's not that they arrested us to go back to class!" Melansha cried out, "There's no reason!"

The investigators who came down from the airship and wore the uniforms of the investigation team were led by Lehman, who was barely an acquaintance.

Cloris went up to meet him, shook hands with Lyman, and asked, "What's going on?"

Lyman looked around at the barbecue grills, bonfires, sandcastles, and a few tables of mahjong that were just prepared, and then glanced at the temple nuns who were on "vacation", and said with a wry smile: "What's going on with you, it's the first time I've seen you To the nuns throwing a beach party."

Cloris spread her hands and said, "What does that matter? You are not from the temple system, so you can't really arrest us and go back to class?"

"That's not the business of the investigation team," Lehman said, shaking his head. "We received a telegram two hours ago that a group of gangsters hijacked a ship and killed people offshore. The gangsters were all killed by a nun. Is that the case?"

"I killed it, and the leader of the air bandit has the characteristics of corruption, 100% related to the corruption of the monastery," Cloris did not deny it, she said, "Colonel Charles Northam of the National Guard cleaned up the mess..."

"Charles Northam." Lyman's expression suddenly became serious.

"Why, is it a false identity?" Cloris was a little surprised.

Off the coast, is there anyone who can build a warship to pretend to be an officer?

"No, he's real," Lyman sighed, "You don't know about the situation in Gringting's Court, Ma'am...Charles Northam is the eagle dog of the lord group."

"But his ship isn't the Explorers Guild...?" Cloris pursed her lips. She was still confused, but she faintly realized that she was being deceived and used, which made the girl's eyes look a little more gloomy.

"This is the problem with the Explorers' Guild." Lyman looked at the phantom of the stars in the sky, and the gathered clouds were dripping light rain. "The Explorers' Guild in the Central Deep Realm is deeply influenced by the lords. These lords not only come from Sea of ​​Floating Stars, Ubud Nuoer Airspace, Twisted Forest, Night Plateau, Snow Ridge... and even some areas on the wasteland layer. When I investigated you, I remembered that you had taken the exam of the Explorers Guild. You can understand what I mean ?"

Cloris nodded solemnly.

The lords can't afford to lose their tails.They can only be regarded as a very loose group in the Explorers' Guild. They dare not openly disobey the guild and the Star Church, which is closely related to the guild. They are usually willing to cooperate in areas of interest, but if the Explorers' Guild wants to take power, Put a knife on their heads, and these lords will become a monolith.

The organization that represents the power of the lord in Gulingting is the Pioneering Party that has dominated Gulingdu for more than 200 years.

Cloris asked suspiciously: "You mean, they ordered the air robbers to rob ships? Why?"

"All the merchants and lords who supported the committee's position have been retaliated to varying degrees in the past few months, and bloody wars are happening every day outside the Floating Stars," Lehman sighed. Allegiance to the Lord, entering the temple is an obvious example, so these secrets are not shy away, "But even if there is evidence, we can only slowly disintegrate the interior of the lord."

"I can understand that the current rulers of the Church and the Explorers' Guild are on the same side?"

Cloris suddenly realized.

Before, she always thought that the Church of the Stars was high above and did not interfere with the world, but in fact, this was just an appearance to the outside world.The church has always wanted to truly control this land, but the lords have grown like parasites to every inch of the pores of the lower realm, and the plutocrats in the Floating Star Sea have demigod inheritance, and their sphere of influence covers the surrounding airspace. The Star Church cannot be ignored either.

Once there is a conflict, it is a lose-lose situation.Not to mention that there are many local forces in the deep world, such as the Holy Cult of Grace and Corrupt Monastery.

On the day of the conversation with the Hall Master, Cloris guessed that the sage of deep space also had some problems, which caused him to not issue an oracle for more than 200 years, and made the church show a shrinking attitude.

However, after a sudden enlightenment, Cloris found that new problems appeared behind the opened curtain.

Why does the air bandit leader have the power to corrupt? Is it true that the high-level chaebols have been corrupted, as she fabricated to Lehman and others?

"Ms. Cangsheng?" Seeing that Cloris was in a daze, Lyman called out in a low voice.

"Do you think..." Cloris pondered, "Does the Pioneering Party really cooperate with the Corrupt Monastery?"