Chapter 3, Searching for Traces

"Can you tell me in detail?" The young man frowned. Belter is a master demon hunter. His anti-reconnaissance ability may not be as good as those of the Kingdom's Intelligence Department, which is responsible for intelligence work. However, he has been fighting against chaos and arresting cultists all year round. Belt naturally also has rich anti-reconnaissance experience. Ryan chased all the way and encountered a lot of trouble.

But no matter how Belter goes to heaven and earth, he is still a person who needs to rest and supplement food. The environment of this world is not as good as the earth in his previous life. The wilderness is full of dangers. Belter is chased by Ryan all the way. More time to replenish supplies.

Therefore, Belt must supplement food and supplies. To supplement food and supplies, he must come to a human settlement.

"This gentleman is very strange. He said a few words from the beginning to the end, indicating that he wanted a room, and asked us to help him buy some wine, food and dry food... It seems that he took out a gold dinar In the morning, we followed suit, especially when he asked for three pounds of beef, which took us a lot of effort, Lord Knight must know, where are we going to get beef in this season?" the hotel owner complained.

One gold dinar is enough for a family for three or four months! Ryan nodded. The price of food varies in different seasons. In spring and summer, a pheasant can only be sold for a dozen copper coins in the market, but if it is the mid-winter season, a live pheasant can be sold for two coins. Silver dinars, that is, two hundred copper coins.

The most valuable meat is beef, because cattle are property and important labor for people in this world, so chicken, duck, and mutton are relatively cheap, and only beef is the most expensive.

But no matter how expensive it is, a gold dinar is enough to buy 30 pounds of beef, so in the end the innkeeper got some packs of cooked beef and dry food for the mysterious man, and the man left before dawn the next day hotel.

"There's no reason. The city gate guards will only open the city gate after dawn. Did he say where he will go?" The young knight of the kingdom still frowned. He still couldn't figure out whether the Demon Hunter Master had really surrendered to Chaos completely.

Regardless of whether he has completely fallen or not, I will completely destroy him! Ryan made up his mind, and killed several demon hunters and a master demon hunter successively at Belter, and he would definitely kill him on the spot.

Anything polluted by chaos must either be purified, or it will be completely wiped out!

After talking with the hotel owner, Ryan nodded. The sky outside finally shone slightly. The young man got up and decided to go to the town, because if it was as the hotel owner said, then the distance between Ryan and Belt was about two With a journey of one day, this kind of journey, Ryan can say that he can never catch up with that cunning master demon hunter.

In the current situation, Ryan thought that he had better wait here, waiting for the woman from the Garland Council to meet him, let her open the portal, and go directly to the next place where Belter might arrive.

The sky was getting brighter and the snow continued, and Ryan got up and walked towards the hotel gate. The hotel owner saw that he was neither arrogant, nor was he kind, nor did he bully others. It's windy and snowy outside, you'd better rest indoors!"

"It's already dawn, why don't I go out and have a look at this time, should I go outside to play hide-and-seek when it gets dark?" The young man turned his head and smiled slightly, a lot of snow had fallen on his black hair, and his blue eyes With a shimmering light, he shook his hand and left directly.

"Black hair? Blue eyes? You are already a knight of the kingdom at a young age, ah! Could it be..." After seeing the young man's hair color and eyes, the innkeeper suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Most people in the Nord Kingdom are blond and blue-eyed, and very few people are black-haired and blue-eyed, and this young man definitely does not look more than twenty-five years old.

He suddenly thought of the story sung by the bard last night, the knight of the Nord Kingdom, the hero of all people, "Sledgehammer" Ryan.

The "Sledgehammer" Ryan in the story also has black hair and blue eyes...

He didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Walking out of the hotel, Ryan walked on the street in the snow. The cold wind and snow hit his face. The midwinter season brought a lot of trouble to his mission, especially in this season, Nord's winter Only those who have experienced it will know how cold it is. In this season, most people will only hide at home and enjoy the warmth of the fireplace, such as nobles, merchants and mercenaries, and farmers.

In this season, farmers mostly repair tools, sew clothes, and tan animal hides at home.

But it doesn't necessarily mean that, occasionally some hunters or fishermen will go out to try their luck. If they can catch something in this season, they can make a small profit.

The huts on both sides are regressing in Ryan's eyes. The Nords live in a long house. The roof made of wood and thatch extends from the height to the ground. The house is long but not wide. A lot of firewood, the door is tightly closed.

Based on Ryan's experience of traveling for many years, there are indeed not many people who are hospitable, because many people have paid a painful price for it.

Ryan held the golden warhammer in his hand. Considering the previous troubles, Ryan finally brushed off the cloak so that everyone could see the White Wolf Knight badge on his chest for the first time.

Sure enough, when the residents of the small town who were quite repulsive to outsiders saw the badge on Ryan's chest, they no longer held hostility, but responded with awe and admiration. Ryan saw a man in his thirties The man was doing carpentry at the door, so he asked, "Hi, may I ask, where is the blacksmith shop in this town?"

"Ah! It's the knight!" The man looked up and found that the other party was a knight, so he said quickly: "The blacksmith shop is at the next intersection, turn right, and you can see it a few shops away."

"Okay, then... is there a church here?" Ryan then asked.

"Your Excellency, do you mean the Church of Life? There is only the Church of Life in Wulan Town. If you are looking for the Church of Justice or the Church of Magic, you have to go to Granstad, which is about eighty miles away from here. There are many churches there. Today, the lord will arrange a convoy with guards in the town square for us to go to Granstad, and the next trip to Granstad will take seven days... Do you have any questions, sir?" The man's answer was relatively In detail, Ryan nodded and continued to ask: "How many priests and fighters are there in the Life Church here in Wulan Town?"

"There is a priest and three paladins, my lord, the priest is a nice person, he often provides us with free treatment, and also sends us some scones and cider on holidays." The man stopped his woodworking Live, said with a smile: "Master Priest often heals us and releases magical spells for adventurers, so we believe in the Lord of Dawn or the Mother of the Earth."

"Okay, I understand now, thanks!"

"You're welcome, my lord, and good luck be with you."

Walking towards the Church of Life, the Church of Life in the small town is not big, it is just a small building with white walls and a wooden gate. There are two gatekeepers at the gate. Ryan glanced at it and felt that something was wrong. Disappointed, judging from his experience of traveling the mainland, the strength of a church can actually be seen from the attendants at the gate. These two soldiers are at best ordinary soldiers. Ryan thought that if he went down with a hammer, he would Will go to meet the Lord of Dawn and Goddess of Earth.

After the believer dies, his soul will always go to the kingdom of God where he believes in the god.

Then the strength of the church in this small town must be very poor. According to Ryan, the level of the pastor in charge of this church should not exceed the third ring.

The words of the three-ring priest can only win Ryan's planning team, and a day of three-ring magic, such as recovery, can't solve any of Ryan's problems.

Walking into the Church of Life, there is a small clean courtyard inside. Although the area is small, the various functions that the church should have are still very complete. The Lord of Dawn and the Goddess of the Earth are a couple of gods. The life of the earth, so the connection between them is very close. These two gods are both neutral and good camps. The Church of Life is also a popular church on the mainland. They often help the poor and treat the wounded and sick. Organize some activities, and try to improve agricultural crops, reclaim wasteland, and teach people how to live better. Therefore, the vast majority of farmers and tenants on the mainland believe in these two gods. The Church of Life is also called the Church of Justice and the Church of Magic. One of the three major churches in the mainland.

The Church of Life has great influence among the people, but Ryan is not interested in their theory of selfless giving and being kind to others all day long, so he has a good relationship with the Church of Justice, but not so much with the Church of Life.

As for the power of the Church of Magic, there is no way. As we all know, the caster needs to contact the magic net to cast a spell, and the magic net is controlled by the goddess of magic, so in theory, all spellcasters must obtain the permission of the goddess of magic to connect to the magic net. .

Therefore, the strength of the Church of Magic is very strong. When necessary, all spellcasters need to obey the oracle of the Goddess of Magic, but under normal circumstances, the gods are not allowed to interfere with the affairs of the main material world at will.

"Gods to gods, and mortals to mortals." Ryan muttered a sentence, tightened his cloak, and walked into the Church of Life. The paladin who guarded the gate saw the knight badge on the young man's chest. He didn't stop him, but just spoke. Said: "Master Knight, what can I do?"

"It's nothing, I just took a look around, came to visit, and bought something by the way." Ryan shook his hand, indicating that there was nothing wrong, and the paladin who guarded the gate couldn't stop him when he saw it, but then said: "Mr. Pastor is inside. Just say anything."

"understood."

There is a small courtyard inside the church, many children are playing in the small courtyard, playing snowball fights, cheerful voices can be heard endlessly, a female pastor who looks to be in her thirties is standing in the corridor of the courtyard, looking at the courtyard with a smile But after hearing the footsteps from the door, the priestess turned her head and saw Ryan coming, she was slightly taken aback: "Mr. Knight? What's the matter?"

This female priest has blond hair that is close to white, and there are already many crow's feet around her eyes. She has a very ordinary appearance and a hooked nose, but the warm look on her face has greatly alleviated her lack of appearance.

"Is this the next batch of children who may be baptized?" Ryan looked up, neither humble nor arrogant, his tone was flat and unpredictable.

"...these are the remaining children of some hunters and soldiers, adopted by the church." The female pastor shook her head, her face a little gloomy: "After losing their father, the mothers are busy with making ends meet, so they usually come to the church during the day, by I'll take care of it."

"Greatly, this is still a nursery school?" The knight of the kingdom suddenly laughed, and he said a word, but he used the Chinese dialect for the three words nursery school.

"Torso? Who is that? Is it Mr. Knight's friend?" The female pastor didn't hear what the nursery school was, but she didn't plan to figure it out, and then asked, "Excuse me, what's the matter with Mr. Knight coming to Life Church? "

"Well, there is something I want to ask. Four days ago, was there a tall and thin man..." Ryan asked the female priest if she had noticed the approach of chaos.

The pastor is a clergyman. Since Charlemagne rose in the catastrophe era more than a thousand years ago and was crowned emperor in the blessing of the gods, there has been a tacit understanding between the church and the empire. The church has the obligation to do so. And priests who pray every day are the most sensitive to chaotic energy.

"This... This can't compare to the astonishing smell of blood on Mr. Knight's body. The smell of blood on your body has washed away all traces. Did Mr. Knight come to this town after a fierce battle?" the female priest I closed my eyes and felt it, and then I felt the amazing bloody breath on Ryan's body.

"Well, before I arrived here yesterday, I met a group of vampires in the wild." Ryan shook his head, the trip to the Church of Life also came back in vain, and the reason why people were fucked was because of himself.

"Forget it, can you make magic scrolls here?" Ryan saw that he didn't get any valuable information, so he asked.

"Huh? What kind of scroll does the knight need? I only have the level of the second ring. If I want to make a scroll..." the priest hesitated.

"Not that kind, I mean that technique, that basic divine technique that every priest of your Church of Life must master, you can make that divine scroll, right?"

"Oh! I see. I have a lot of that, five silver dinars for one piece."

"I want two."

"Thanks for your patronage."

Walking out of the Church of Life, Ryan's bracelet suddenly flickered. Seeing this, the Knight of the Kingdom found an empty corner and pressed the gemstone on the bracelet: "Archbishop?"

"Ryan, there is a new situation. According to the report of the paladins who participated in the arrest, Belt was witnessed near the Mien Forest, 30 miles away from Ulan Town. He is likely to hide in the deep forest. Please be careful, don't Go ahead." The majestic voice continued.

"Mien Forest? Alright, I got it!"