Chapter 382 The Maelstrom Monster [Charybdis], the Female Siren Scylla
Seine Port, Mansion.
Jero slapped the armrest of the handmade sofa and showed a big smile to Yeats, with a gold tooth shining with a particularly dazzling light.
"Who are you going to kidnap? As long as you say a word, I will bring them to you immediately!"
Since Perron could not be contacted via text message, Yeats had to find another way.
Finding Perron's whereabouts requires well-informed sources.
Yeats knew that operating in the Roland Kingdom also required the support of the intelligence network, so he sent Jello and his party to the hinterland of Roland long before departure, allowing them to move freely and wait for dispatch.
Now, it was time for this team of demon hunters to come in handy.
Yeats: "I'm not kidnapping people, I'm asking you to find someone."
Jero laughed, scratched his head and said, "It's become a habit in my career. Hey, whoever you want to find, just give me your orders!"
There is no difference between kidnapping someone and finding someone. It even reduces the process and makes the task lighter... Jero thought to himself.
"Perun, you should have heard of his name."
"Oh? That elf poet who is very famous recently? When I was in the tavern, I heard a singer singing his poems."
Hearing Gerald refer to the "bard" as a singer, the demon hunter Roger, who was standing behind Gerald's sofa, immediately tensed up and looked at Yeats carefully, fearing that he might accidentally offend the Duke.
Damn it, Jero! Don't you know that the person in front of you is also a bard? He is still the chosen one among poets, how can he call his profession like this! Roger felt annoyed and uneasy.
Nobles are very particular about etiquette, and any disrespectful address will cause offense. It is also because of the past stereotypes about nobility that Roger is so nervous.
Yeats was completely unaware, having adapted to Gerald's casualness, and asked: "So, how long will it take to find out about Perun?"
"In less than two days." Jero grinned and said, "We demon hunters have a circle of demon hunters, and there are also my former colleagues in Roland. They are scattered all over Roland and have connections with each other. We will find them soon. Guy! ”
The witcher circle... sounds like a beggar gang.
Yeats thought to himself that no matter where he went, he would see the figure of the witcher.
They are also different from professional adventurers with a union system. They do not receive a fixed salary and can only do odd jobs on their own. There are also some witchers who are so poor that they steal and are killed by a farmer with a pitchfork...
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Yeats thought of several RPGs he had played in his previous life, and complained in his heart:
"The pitchfork is not just a treasure for demon hunters. If you put a pitchfork in the haystack, most of the assassins in the world will die..."
After all, there are only a handful of demon hunters who can hunt powerful monsters alone. Demon hunters struggling on the poverty line are the norm!
Yeats looked at Jero's big gold teeth, nodded and said:
"Then leave as soon as possible. I'm waiting for news from Perun."
Based on Yeats's understanding of Perun, it had only been two days since he fell out of love. It is estimated that he has developed a new love affair, and it must be a cross-racial one...
After saying goodbye to Duke Honeysuckle, Jero immediately led two teammates to the local demon hunter camp.
It's called a camp, but it's actually just a few tables in a tavern. Demon hunters often drink at these fixed seats, and they get to know each other over time, forming a social circle.
The tavern was bustling with excitement, and from time to time a drunkard would cast fiery glances at Roger's teammate Eva. Eva turned a blind eye, but Roger sighed softly.
"From the Duke's mansion to the tavern here, the gap is really huge."
Eva patted Roger on the shoulder: "What did Emperor Lorraine say? You can't be promiscuous with wealth, and you can't move with poverty!"
Roger murmured in a low voice: "I always thought the meaning of this sentence was that poverty cannot be changed..."
"Thankfully you are still a scholar. That's called being poor but not having ambitions!" Eva said fiercely, "The boss of the local demon hunter is sitting in front, and he is the leader!"
"White-haired Jero?"
A demon hunter wearing an eye patch carries two knives on his back, one foot on the corner of the table, leaning back against the back of the chair, the legs of the chair hanging in the air, and acting carelessly:
"I've heard that you were a lone wolf who betrayed the Wolf School, and later became a dog raised by a noble family?"
Jero half-smiled, glanced at the low-quality malt wine on the table, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why don't you invite the brothers to drink champagne, but just drink this little horse piss?"
"Come here, serve the wine!"
Looking at the bottles of champagne delivered to the table, the blindfolded demon hunter sat up straight and secretly cursed the damn rich man, he must drink more bottles of champagne and give him a hard time!
After drinking bottles of good wine, the atmosphere at the wine table eased, and the blindfolded demon hunter began to drink bitterly:
"Brother, to be honest, I really envy you for being able to join the Honeysuckle Duke!"
Jero narrowed his eyes and glanced at the demon hunters sitting next to him. These dusty demon hunters all nodded.
"That Yeats was chosen by many gods. Now it has been spread. Even the moon god admires him, which shows that he and the group of nobles who have killed a thousand swords cannot be generalized... You are so lucky to be able to do business for him! Brother! ”
"Yes, yes." Everyone agreed.
Taking advantage of the alcohol, the blindfolded witcher glanced sideways at Gerald and coughed dryly:
"Does the Duke still lack people? I don't mean anything else, I just asked casually."
Jero shrugged and said: "I can't make the decision. I am here in my personal capacity. But if you do things well, the Duke may also know about it. You think so, right?"
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The blindfolded witcher blushed and patted Jero on the shoulder, saying that these words from a good brother were enough. He would contact the witcher gangs in other cities tomorrow to mobilize his strength to collect clues!
The next day, Gerald went to another tavern in a nearby city to inquire and found that the witcher with an eye patch was already sitting in a private room. "Here, Jero!" The blindfolded witcher waved, introducing him to the local witcher leader.
This is a resolute, short-haired woman with plain appearance but a capable temperament. She has rivets on her face. She nodded politely towards Jero and said:
"I have long heard that White-haired Jero and the Honeysuckle Duke have joined forces, and I finally have the honor to meet them today."
Jie Luo didn't accept the flattery at all and shook his head: "I'm just an errand boy. Let's discuss the matter and the reward will be calculated separately!"
The short-haired woman nodded: "Then let me tell you the truth. The people under my command have indeed seen the elf named Perun. His features are still very obvious. He is wearing a bright red robe and the unique long hair of the elf. ears, so there should be no mistake.”
"Really?" Jero was overjoyed. He didn't expect things to progress so quickly. "Where is Perun now?"
"The Strait of Rock."
"In that kind of ghost place?" Jero frowned slightly, "The strait where there are big whirlpools and sea monsters?"
"Yes." The short-haired woman said, "To be precise, the whirlpool is called [Charybdis Whirlpool]. It is a self-aware monster that wreaks havoc in the Giant Rock Strait all year round, causing great obstruction to ships. ”
"And in the sea not far from the Maelstrom, there lives a female siren named [Scylla]. It is said that some people have seen her true form. She has six heads and twelve tentacles. She is extremely terrifying and very... The Master of Six Rings is unbeatable.”
The Great Rock Strait is an important strait in the empire. Although it is extremely dangerous, a large number of fleets still risk their lives to pass through it every year. Therefore, there is a proverb circulating in the empire——
"Wandering between Charybdis and Scylla." means a dilemma.
Jero's frown deepened.
"It's all right. What did the elf do in such a dangerous place? He couldn't be going after the female siren?"
"Anyway, this is the information you want." The short-haired woman said, "I will give you a clue as a tribute to Duke Honeysuckle... The Knights Templar are also looking for the elf."
Jero was stunned for a moment, his eyes were deep, and he murmured in a low voice:
"Even the Knights Templar got involved? Trouble is coming..."
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Two days later, the mansion, the living room.
Yeats' tone was strange after listening to Jero's report.
"The Maelstrom, the Scylla Siren, the Knights Templar... Is Perun involved in some catastrophe?"
The maelstrom monster [Charybdis] and the female siren [Scylla] are both imperial-level monsters. Compared to the epic monster [Hydra], they are inferior in strength, but they are still a terror that brings trouble to one party. exist.
Over the years, the empire has thought about completely solving this shortcoming of the Giant Rock Strait. However, the degree of centralization of the Shenting Empire is not high. It is common for the emperor's decrees to be refuted by lords big and small. Due to the internal friction among the lords, there is no People are willing to provoke these two emperor-level monsters, but the matter has been put on hold.
"The specific situation is still unclear, but the source of the sighting of Perun in the Giant Rock Channel is reliable. I have verified it in many ways." Jero said sternly, "The key is why the Templar Knights are also looking for Perun. I will Further investigation.”
The Knights Templar, one of the three major knights, is also known as the "Poor Knights". Chandler, the grand leader, is a wealthy man ranked among the best in the entire continent.
In 1129 of the Holy Calendar, the Knights Templar received official support from the Holy See and enjoyed many privileges. Their scale, power and wealth grew rapidly, and they even developed the earliest banking industry. In Roland alone, the Knights Templar own more than 3,000 manors.
However, more than a hundred years ago, the Knights Templar suffered a major blow. King Roland at the time ordered a large-scale search and massacre of members of the Knights Templar on Fridays, which led to the decline of the Knights Templar. This is also the origin of "Black Friday" .
Yeats' eyes flickered as he carefully recalled the plot.
The reason for the rapid development of the Knights Templar's wealth is not only the creation of the banking industry, but also a big reason for the rapid development of the Knights Templar's wealth. It is because of the emergence of internal ghosts within the Knights Templar——
Grand Master Chandler is a follower of Mammon, the god of wealth, and the god of greed in the world.
Not only do gods choose agents in the human world, but the same is true in hell. The girl Yeats had come into contact with before was the human being chosen by Lilith, the god of lust.
Chandler relied on his status as the grand leader and vigorously developed the banking industry under Mammon's guidance. He was also the culprit that later caused Mammon to come to the material plane.
"The ring of Mammon should be in Chandler's hand."
Yeats secretly thought: "The Ring of Mammon is a [demonic ritual weapon], and the seven demonic ritual objects are made of the Nibelung Ring. In other words, if you want to get the Nibelung Ring, these demon rituals must be It is also necessary to get the utensil..."
Thinking of this, Yeats looked at Jero and said:
"No matter what the purpose of the Templars is, we give priority to finding Perun...I am planning to go to the Strait of Rocks in the near future."
"The Maelstrom Monster and the Siren Scylla are both notorious monsters." Jero frowned, "Be careful!"
Yeats waved his hand and said: "I am thinking about what kind of potion can be made from the maelstrom monster, which will be more delicious."
The imperial-level monster Maelstrom is an important raw material for making high-sequence magic potions for the sailor profession.
Although Yeats could not use this potion to complete the promotion of the sailor profession, he could still obtain some of the navigator's abilities through this potion, such as controlling ships, controlling whirlpools, etc.
[Charybdis] is an elite monster with its own name among the maelstrom monsters. Use it to make potions... The effect will definitely be very good!
Jero was stunned for a moment.
As expected of the lord, he is already thinking about how to deal with the ingredients!
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(End of chapter)