Chapter 621 Investigation and Visit
Unlike the dilapidated Beggar's Nest, which is full of putrid smells, the Black Lake District, as the noble district of Neverwinter City, seems to be normal. Except for the number of soldiers patrolling the streets, there seems to be nothing special about it. Even the pedestrians on the street looked very calm, as if the plague raging in Neverwinter had nothing to do with them.
When Duanmuhuai and his party arrived at the police station, they heard angry roars as soon as they stepped through the door.
"You have no idea what happened to me! Those nasty robbers! Thieves! They broke into my home, beat my guard black and blue, and then took away everything from me. All the cabinets, boxes and even my bookshelf All the treasures were looted by those nasty bandits! If I hadn’t chosen to beg for mercy, I would have been killed! Is this what you call security? "
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Duanmu Huai looked around and saw a man in luxurious clothes standing angrily in front of the table, glaring at the sheriff behind him, who had a look of helplessness on his face.
"I'm sorry. I will send more manpower to increase patrols..."
"But I can never get back what was taken away from me!"
"This... we will work hard to find..."
"I told you everything..."
Looking at the man who was arguing angrily with the sheriff, Amelia also lowered her voice and said.
"That's Mr. Hogg, and he seems really angry."
"Ah, hello, Miss Amelia."
The Sheriff seemed to have had enough of Hogg's endless complaints and anger, so when he saw Amelia and the others, his eyes suddenly lit up and he stood up hurriedly.
"Welcome to Black Lake District, may I help you with anything?"
"We have something to ask Mr. Hogg."
"Ask for advice?"
Hearing what Amelia said, Hogg glared at her angrily.
"Excuse me! My house was turned upside down by those damn thieves, and you knights and security guards are just for nothing! Let me tell you, no matter what you want to do, unless you compensate me for my losses... …”
However, before Hogg finished speaking, suddenly, a big hand stretched out from Amelia's side, grabbed Hogg's neck, and grabbed him directly.
"Uh...uh..."
"You don't seem to understand your situation, Mr. Hogg."
Duanmuhuai strode out and stared at Hogg, who was grabbed by his neck.
"We suspect that you are related to the plague that is currently raging in Neverwinter, so we came... Oh, to put it nicely, it's to ask for advice, to put it more directly, it's to interrogate. If you can't give us a satisfactory answer, then I promise to let you You can experience the interrogation skills of the Tribunal. At that time, you will have no choice but to say nothing.”
"Ugh...uh...help..."
At this moment, Hogg's face turned pale, and his hands desperately tried to break open Muhuai's iron-like palm, but in vain. When the Sheriff saw this scene, he also shuddered, and then seemed to think of something.
"Ah, I'm addicted to smoking. Sorry, I can't smoke in front of ladies, so I'll leave for a while. Miss Amelia, please help yourself."
After saying this, before Amelia could respond, the Sheriff ran out of the room and closed the door thoughtfully.
Duanmuhuai just glanced at the door and then let go.
"Bang."
The next moment, Hogg, who was turning blue, fell to the ground. He stretched out his hands to cover his neck and gasped with his mouth wide open.
"You, how dare you..."
"Hoo————!"
The thunder hammer whizzed past Hogg's scalp, and the sharp air flow made Hogg subconsciously shrink his head, his legs went weak, and he suddenly did not dare to speak.
"...Okay, what do you want to know?"
"Your Hogg family has a warehouse in Beggar's Nest, right?"
"Yes, but that was a long time ago."
Hogg gritted his teeth.
"That was the first warehouse that our ancestors bought when they were doing business when they first came to Neverwinter City, so it has been kept as a souvenir until now. Besides, places like Beggar's Nest have nothing to do with us now. ”
"In other words, that warehouse has always been vacant?"
"Of course, that's all in the past. Who dares to put goods in the beggar's nest now? Isn't it waiting to be stolen every minute?"
Having said this, Hogg looked at Duanmu Huai in front of him and swallowed. He was not a fool. He also heard what Duanmu Huai said just now.
"You, what do you want to say? Let me tell you, I have nothing to do with that warehouse. I have never been to a place like Beggar's Nest since I was born! Besides, the warehouse has been transferred to someone else. No matter what happens, it has nothing to do with me!”
"To whom?"
"Master Duzel, he said that a warehouse is needed to treat patients. The warehouse is idle anyway, so I agreed."
"Master Duzel talked to you directly?"
"This..."
Facing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, Hogg looked embarrassed and seemed to be unable to speak out.
"Boom!!"
There was a loud noise.
It wasn't until a moment later that Hogg realized that the war hammer was hitting his hand, less than a centimeter away from his finger! Even now, his fingers were numb from the sudden shock wave, as if they no longer existed.
"Next time, it will be your fingers."
"I, I said!"
At this moment, Hogg was really frightened. This hammer was really going to hit his palm directly. Even if he asked a priest, he wouldn't be able to cure it!
"Yes, it's Master Deszel!"
"Deszell?"
"Yes, Lord Deszel personally came to me and said that Master Duzel wanted to treat patients in the Beggar's Nest and needed a location. He hoped that the warehouse could be used as a place to treat patients, so I agreed... …………”
"Why Deszel? If it has something to do with the plague, shouldn't it be Irebes or Vanswijk who came forward?"
"How do I know!"
Faced with Duanmuhuai's questioning, Hogg almost cried.
"I just wanted to sell a favor to the Church of Helm and Master Duzel! Besides, the warehouse was useless to begin with, so I just stamped it and changed hands! That's it! I really don't have anything else. Got it!”
"………………Very good."
Duanmu Huai put away his war hammer.
"Let's go."
After saying this, Duanmuhuai turned around and left the room, and Amelia also hurriedly chased after him.
"Please wait a moment, Mr. Duanmuhuai, what you just did is really not very appropriate, threatening innocent civilians like that..."
However, before Amelia could finish her words, Duanmu Huai turned around and interrupted her.
"I understand your thoughts, Miss Emilia, you are the Paladin of Tyr, and you have your code of conduct. But our Tribunal also has our Code of Conduct of the Tribunal. For the Tribunal, protecting mankind is always the most important thing. First of all, we don’t fight for justice, let alone gods. We only fight for humans. Therefore, for the Tribunal, we don’t care about the means as long as we can achieve the goal.”
"...Protecting human beings is not contrary to justice, right?"
"Haha, you will know when the time comes."
Facing Amelia's doubtful inquiry, Duanmuhuai just smiled.
"But it's very interesting. I want to see how this guy Deszell plans to explain this time."
In fact, Deszell's explanation is very simple and clear. "I did it."
Looking at Emilia and others in front of him, Deszel still looked arrogant.
"At that time, Master Duzel was suffering from no place to treat patients. I happened to know that the Hogg family had an unused warehouse in Beggars Nest, so I came forward to find Mr. Hogg and asked him to lend us the warehouse. And Hogg The gentleman was also very generous and transferred the warehouse directly to Master Duzel.”
"But Ms. Aribes doesn't seem to know about this?"
"Hmph."
Faced with Emilia's question, Deszel snorted.
"She has been busy contacting Waterdeep City to find a cure for the plague. I don't think there is any need to disturb her with such a small matter."
While staring at Deszell, Duanmuhuai also spoke at this moment.
"So, you want to say that you know nothing about the secret room under the warehouse and the plague aberrations inside?"
"That's right."
"Very good, you don't know, or you still don't want to say it...I don't care about that, but I think after the trial by the Inquisition, you will tell the truth obediently...I haven't used the Inquisitor for a long time. torture techniques.”
Speaking of this, Duanmu Huai's words were murderous, and his whole body was like a beast that was ready to attack, while Deszell snorted softly.
"It seems that you have a deep prejudice against the Temple of Helm, but unfortunately, without evidence, you can't do anything to me."
"That's right. I'm very sorry, Mr. Duanmu."
At this time Aribes also stood up.
"Deszell is a person whom the lord trusts very much. If you do anything to him, you will be the enemy of Neverwinter..."
"Cut."
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai took a sip, and the murderous aura disappeared.
"You actually trust the followers of Helm. It seems that the lord is also an senile person."
"Sorry to disturb you."
At this moment, Vanswijk, who had been listening silently, suddenly spoke.
"In fact, the responsibility for this matter lies with me."
"Vanswijk?"
Seeing her subordinate and lover suddenly speaking, Aribes was also shocked and looked at him in surprise.
"Actually, Deszell did tell me about this matter at the beginning, and I also handled the procedure..."
"Why didn't you tell me???"
Looking at Vanswijk, Aribes looked a little surprised, while Vanswijk lowered his head.
"Sorry, Aribes, I was busy with too many things at that time, so I forgot..."
"I see... I'm sorry, I made you bear too much responsibility at that time."
Hearing Vanswijk's answer, Aribes's eyes softened a lot.
But Duanmuhuai was very unhappy.
"So, you know the situation, but you still want to see us make this trip? Do you think we are monkeys?"
"I'm really sorry. I just think it's hard for people to believe what I just said..."
"Let's end this matter here."
Aribes interrupted the conversation forcibly, then she sighed and looked at Emilia.
"The disappearance of Master Duzel is indeed a worrying matter. As a highly respected archdruid in Neverwinter, we also need to know his situation. The next matter will be left to you, Amy. Leah, go find Master Duzel and find out his situation."
"Yes..."
The trip was in vain, which made Emilia a little frustrated. She accepted Aribes' instructions dejectedly and left the temple.
"Are we leaving Neverwinter?"
Luo Qixi grabbed the staff and asked uneasily.
"Well... I'm afraid we have to investigate the whereabouts of Master Duzel next..."
"Of course we need to investigate that, but we can't let go of the matter about Deszell."
"Mr. Duanmu."
After hearing this, Amelia finally couldn't help but retort.
"There is no evidence for your suspicion of Deszell, it is just speculation!"
"That's why we need to find evidence."
"But...what if there is no such evidence at all? I know you have prejudices against Helm believers..."
"Haha, guess why I have a prejudice against them?"
"This..."
"When you see the cultists, isn't your first reaction that these bastards are planning to cause trouble? Do you have a prejudice against the cultists?"
"No, but Heim followers are not cultists..."
Facing Duanmuhuai's answer, Amelia was speechless.
"Perhaps you and the gods you believe in see it this way, but the Tribunal doesn't think so. To be honest, we think the followers of Helm are more dangerous than the group of devil worshipers - after all, everyone knows to hide from the devil worshippers. But no one will be careful about the followers of Helm behind them.”
I don’t know why, but Emilia thinks this makes sense.
"...Then how do you plan to investigate?"
In the end, Amelia chose to surrender.
"It's very simple. Didn't it mean that he was the commander of Helm Fortress and came to Neverwinter after the plague broke out?"
"Yes."
Emilia nodded.
"Mr. Deszel is the commander of Helm Fortress, which is why Lord Nasher trusts him so much. After learning about the outbreak of the plague in Neverwinter, he took several Helm believers back to Neverwinter. Winter City, assisting in the treatment of the plague."
"But I see that those believers have nothing to do except wandering on the street all day long. The priests here in Tire are so busy that they are almost dying of overwork."
"Uh..."
Emilia had to admit that Duanmu Huai was right. The main job of those Heim priests was to calm people down on the streets and calm them down. Although this is also very important, but......
"Are you planning to interrogate those Helm believers?"
"Of course not, I'm not that stupid to alert the enemy."
Duanmuhuai shook his head, but his next answer shocked Amelia.
"Let's go directly to Helm Fortress!"
(End of chapter)