Chapter 17 Secret Agent
In fact, on the way to the temple, Duanmu Huai had doubts about the elf scout.
As a scout, she knew too much.
Of course, scouts are originally specialized in intelligence searches, so it is not surprising to know some secrets.
However, when she opened the seal, Duanmu Huai knew that there was definitely something wrong with the elf scout's identity.
The reason is simple. Everyone knows that there are a lot of valuables and cash in bank vaults, and those with some connections know which way the bank vault door opens.
But not everyone has the key to the bank vault.
Duanmu Huai knew there was something wrong with this when he saw the elf scout reciting a few incantations and opening the seal.
If this seal is so easy to open, then the believers of the God of Filth were just wasting their time playing with the bonfire and barbecuing here?
"Okay, tell me your true identity, elf."
Duanmu Huai held the chain sword in his hand and stared at the elf coldly. He was in a very calm mood now. As a player, Duanmu Huai had experienced too many similar things.
For example, they worked hard to bring the NPC to the designated location, and the other party suddenly transformed into the final BOSS.
Another example is that they worked hard to bring the NPC to the designated place, but the other party suddenly turned around and planned to destroy the world.
Another example is that they worked hard to rescue the NPC, but as soon as they came out, they revealed their true colors, and then spread the virus plague to the entire world.
To be honest, after experiencing it too much, players become numb. No matter how dramatic the jokes are, if they are repeated again and again, everyone will get used to them.
So when an NPC suddenly transforms into a BOSS in the later stages, most players will just silently take out their weapons and start fighting.
He didn't bother to say any more nonsense, and he didn't even have the interest to join in the shock.
Even a little excited.
After all, one more BOSS means you can open one more box!
Therefore, Duanmu Huai is also very calm now.
Even if this elf scout is actually a spy of the God of Deceit or the God of Desire, he can still treat it calmly. He has seen too many of them.
No matter how dramatic the development was, it was difficult for Duanmu Huai to feel anything.
"I am indeed a scout, Lord Knight."
Feeling the cold blade on her neck, the elf swallowed and spoke. She clearly saw how the sword split the Plague Apostle in half. The elf does not think that he has the same ability to resist attacks as the Plague Apostle.
"At the same time, I am also a royal spy."
"Tell me clearly what's going on."
Duanmu Huai did not put down the chain sword in his hand. This elf scout was obviously not as simple as he seemed. He also wanted to know the other party's true identity.
"I did not deceive you, Lord Knight."
The elf hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell everything.
After listening to the elf's story, Duanmu Huai understood what was going on.
In the final analysis, it is still a political mess.
Alyssa had said before when she introduced herself that because the ruler of the empire died suddenly, the entire empire was now in a state of struggle for power, and the elf scout gave more detailed information because she was a royal spy—— —A secret agent loyal only to the Emperor.
According to the elf scouts, the emperor's sudden death itself was very suspicious, because he suddenly died of a sudden illness while he was mobilizing an army to conduct an expedition against foreigners.
Um? Why does it sound so familiar?
All in all, after the emperor's death, the expeditionary force suffered heavy casualties and had to choose to return to the empire. And the heirs also began to secretly fight for power and seize the throne of the next emperor. Of course, these things are too far away and have nothing to do with the present.
That's why the Elf Scouts appear in the City of Silver.
The reason is very simple, that is, the lord here is a loyal royal party. During this great expedition, he provided most of the regular troops in his territory to the emperor. This is why the Silver City is currently empty of internal defenses and will be attacked by rats. One of the reasons why humans and evil god believers broke through. After all, although this place is a border land, it does not border with other countries. It is surrounded by only wild deserts. No one has ever thought that those evil god believers and rat men would boldly attack the city.
And this sacred object called "Gift of the Water God" was given by the emperor to the lord as a reward for his loyalty. Of course, logically speaking, most holy objects will only appear in the territories of royal heirs, so this holy object here is equivalent to a "Sword of Shang Fang", which can at least help the lord resist threats from the political level. with trouble.
Of course, the emperor was not stupid. He would not care about such a precious thing as a sacred object if it was given away. So he sent royal spies, that is, elf scouts to secretly lurk in this territory and keep an eye on the traces of the sacred object. to avoid any mistakes.
As expected, something went wrong.
The biggest reason why she told Duanmu Huai this information was that the emperor was dead, and these royal spies were directly subordinate to the emperor. In other words, once the emperor died, these spies would be considered rootless and have no place. After leaving, there is no superior to contact.
Although according to imperial tradition, the next successor should be informed of the existence of these spies before the death of the previous emperor and the handover of leadership should be carried out, but... who said that the emperor died suddenly this time?
But there is a problem.
"You once said that the holy objects were protected by imperial mages and dozens of seals were cast. Only royal blood can hold them."
"Yes."
The elf scout nodded, then she stood up and reached out to touch the white pearl. However, before the elf scout's fingers touched the pearl, her whole body seemed to be hit by something, and she flew backwards, heavily. It hit the wall.
No wonder those fat wizards worked so hard. It seems that the imperial mages still have two brushes.
Glancing at the elf scout who reluctantly got up, Duanmuhuai narrowed his eyes and nodded, then he thought for a moment. “…………I’m afraid your target is not just holy objects.”
"I don't know what you are talking about, Lord Knight."
Although the elf scout acted calmly, Duanmu Huai's next words broke her guard.
"Alyssa, she must also be one of your protection targets."
"…………"
"She is of royal blood, right? She may even inherit the empire?"
“……………………”
The elf scout did not answer, but in many cases, silence is affirmation.
I knew it.
After taking a look at the frozen elf scout, Duanmu Huai snorted. He actually didn't think about it at first, but after listening to the elf scout's description and his own experience in playing games, it was not difficult for Duanmu Huai to come to this conclusion.
First of all, the intensity of the evil god believers chasing Alyssa is the best evidence.
Demons usually live in subspace. However, they cannot affect the real world through subspace. They can only do so by bewitching psykers. Let them use various blasphemous rituals and the like to blur the dividing line between reality and subspace, so that they can enter the real world.
In this case, any Chaos Demon that comes to the real world can be said to be a very precious and cherished "precious breed".
However, in order to hunt down Alyssa, the violent fanatics even sent out high-level demons such as the Bloodthirsty Maniac!
Although he is not a demon at the level of a demon lord or a great demon, the Bloodthirsty Demon is already considered a very rare high-level demon in the early stage.
For a mere lord's daughter? Is it worth it?
Then there is only one answer, and that is that she is not just a lord's daughter. Otherwise, it makes no sense that the lords would have been killed and she would still be alive.
However, after listening to the elf scout's explanation, Duanmu Huai immediately connected all the clues in his mind. It was obvious that perhaps Alyssa was not the daughter of the lord and his wife, but a blood relative of the emperor. For some reason, the emperor hid her identity They gave it to the lord couple to raise, not to mention that the holy object deepened Duanmu Huai's suspicion--according to the elf scout, this thing requires royal blood relatives to touch and take it away, so generally Holy objects will only be in the territory of royal members.
But this is a borderland. Does the empire need to send a royal family all the way here to collect the sacred objects?
So think about it from another perspective, as long as Alyssa is a member of the royal family, isn't this territory equivalent to royal territory?
In this way, it is reasonable for the emperor to place sacred objects here.
Although the elf scout didn't answer Duanmu Huai's question, judging from her reaction, he guessed it was almost the same - after all, Duanmu Huai had experienced too many similar plot lines.
Of course, it is also possible that this cunning elf scout is acting for him.
Anyway, no matter which one, it has nothing to do with myself.
After all, Duanmu Huai had already scanned the sacred object when it appeared, but the system didn't respond at all... which was somewhat disappointing.
"Forget it, these things have nothing to do with me."
Duanmuhuai thought for a while and then put the matter behind him.
"I have one last thing to ask you."
"…………What happened?"
"Do you know anything haunted around here?"
“……………?”
Duanmu Huai did not intend to participate in any civil war in the empire. His targets were only the Chaos God and the followers of the Evil God. He was not interested in civil strife in a medieval-level civilized empire. Although Duanmu Huai can be sure that this is a main plot line, for Duanmu Huai at the moment, it is more important to enhance his own strength.
There are followers of the God of Violence and the God of Filth on this planet right now. The God of Violence is okay, but Duanmuhuai currently has no special means to target the God of Filth who plays viruses. So what he has to do now is to go to various ruins and ruins as much as possible and use "Soul Awakening" to collect soul cards - preferably ones that can restrain the power of the walking virus database of the God of Filth.
Fortunately, perhaps due to the fear of being killed by Duanmu Huai in the temple, the Rat Man and the cultists never showed up again, and Knight Commander Caddo also took the opportunity to command his soldiers to strengthen the defense of the castle until reinforcements arrived. I was somewhat relieved.
The leader of the team seemed to be an old acquaintance with the Cardo Knights. The first meeting between the two parties went smoothly, and Duanmu Huai also greeted the other party under the introduction of Cardo - and the other party was also quite polite to Duanmu Huai. .
It has to be said that Duanmu Huai found that he seemed to be more adaptable to the current world.
You must know that in the world before time travel, passers-by would easily call the police if you went out, and you would not look like a good person to anyone. But in such a world where strength is respected, one's body shape is more acceptable than one's appearance. After all, according to the routine of traditional online novels, when the reinforcement generals learn that the protagonist killed the entire rat army alone, and even destroyed the evil god's ritual and eliminated the plague apostle, they will think that this must be a lie.
After all, the protagonists are generally normal people, and most of them are not considered to have any special abilities.
But Duanmu Huai is different. Just by standing in front of you, with his two-and-a-half-meter height, the fierce Inquisition power armor, and that extremely ferocious face, he can kill an army of ratmen, let alone an army of ratmen. Even if he said that he destroyed the evil god, some people would probably believe him.
I have to say that sometimes this kind of appearance is quite good, at least it avoids a lot of conflicts where people pretend to be pigs and eat tigers.
He looks like a ruthless person at first glance. Who dares to come looking for death?
After all, humans are still visual animals.
After the reinforcements arrived, Duanmu Huai said goodbye to Alyssa and left the City of Silver. Although Alyssa was very reluctant to leave, Duanmu Huai would not come back...
After all, every time a player goes to a place, it’s not too late to complete the side tasks first and then do the main tasks, right?
(End of chapter)