Chapter 124 It Turns Out to Be Myopia

It was an ancient noble family named Hope, located in the northern mountains. Although it was close to the place where the orcs were, the two seemed to have a contract, and the orcs would not invade their territory.

After the battle with the orcs, Matthew was preparing to find the next target. He encountered a strange thing on the way. A large number of local women were missing, and they were all pregnant women. The nobles of the territory even offered a reward, as long as they If you find a trace, you can get one hundred gold coins.

Matthew was not interested in the bounty and was about to leave, but people from the local Church of the God of Knights saw him and hoped to help. Although he was a man of all faiths, he would agree to the requests of church personnel, so he stayed. Come down and help.

After this investigation, he was surprised to find that there had always been missing pregnant women here, but the number used to be relatively small, and they stopped looking if they couldn't find them. This time the number was extremely terrifying, and even the wives of nobles were missing.

Matthew found it strange. He thought this was something only cultists would do. He and the church staff began to explore the surrounding areas until they reached the earl territory in the distance. There was a prosperous city there with a permanent population of tens of thousands. above.

Disappearances also occurred in this city, and after investigation, it was found that the disappearances even lasted for a hundred years. There was an old man in the mercenary union who said that when he took over the mission, he had been searching for months but could not find the reason. However, He found some traces.

Based on the information from the investigation, Matthew found a territory, which was a barony of the Hope family. The territory was not large and mainly focused on growing potions. The quantity and quality of the potions produced were quite high.

Relying on the knight's ability, Matthew noticed something was wrong. He borrowed the shadow potion to become invisible, entered the castle, and followed the baron deep underground.

It turns out that there is another world below the castle, where a large number of prisons are built, and the missing pregnant women live in them.

In a room, there are a large number of alchemy facilities, and many people inside are conducting research.

Matthew saw children with horns and children with bat wings. They were no longer purely human, but more like a hybrid.

The key is that these children are not the same as orcs, and Matthew doesn't know how to describe them. He has seen orcs, and the auras of the two are completely different. The latter are completely dark and evil, and everything they eat is raw meat.

And after every weird child is successfully born, the first thing to do is to eat the mother's body.

After seeing it, Matthew knew that the nobles here were conducting evil research, especially using the human body to do this kind of thing, which was absolutely not allowed. But if others knew about it, it would trigger a joint attack from all the churches.

Matthew was naturally the same, but he was not stupid. He knew that a place like this would be guarded by stronger cultists. He was about to leave and tell the church about it, but unexpectedly, a child discovered him.

It was a boy of about five or six years old. He was no different from an ordinary child. There were no horns, wings, tail, etc. on his body. There was only a black vortex on his abdomen.

He points directly to where he is and the cultist appears.

Matthew had no choice but to fight with the opponent. The opponent was not very strong, but he could use some weird abilities, which made him particularly uncomfortable. He fought and retreated, hoping to make plans after leaving.

Just when he left the underground and returned to the castle, a female wizard used a curse and blew a cloud of magic dust into his eyes. He felt that his vision was blurred and he could not see clearly.

Fortunately, he had good strength and successfully left the castle, and then notified the people in the church. He heard that there were cultists gathering here, and the people from the Church of the God of Knights informed other churches.

Members of multiple churches came to the castle together and found that it had been destroyed. The destruction was so complete that no traces could be seen at all.

The Pope of the church directly found the Hope family, who said that Baron Carter had been expelled a long time ago. They did not know what the other party had done, and they had not seen each other for many years.

Although the church wants to judge, it can't find anyone to judge the Hope family.

And Matthew can roughly guess from the church's attitude that the Hope family is not that simple, otherwise the church's power will not compromise.

The incident went unnoticed. Since then, Matthew has been feeling uncomfortable in his eyes. At first, it was not a big problem. Gradually, he found that his vision became blurry and blurred, and he could only squint when reading. Go and see.

He sought treatment from the church's clergy, but to no avail. He also sought treatment from elves and druids, but to no avail.

Matthew went back to the wizard who had discussed with him before. The other person said that the magic dust only affected vision in a short period of time, and it should have been ineffective by now. To be on the safe side, he checked again. , and no traces of dark energy were found on Matthew's eyes.

Since then, his vision has become increasingly unclear, and he is not completely blind. He can still see vague things.

And for some unknown reason, his strength continued to decline. Later, he was challenged by a knight he looked down upon and kept losing. His self-confidence was greatly damaged, and he gradually deteriorated.

"Actually, I'm also worried about the revenge of the Hope family." After hesitating, Matthew said this, "I always feel that the cultists' experiments are related to the Hope family, because I ruined their plan. They will definitely not let me go, and for various reasons, I became like this."

Linn looked a little strange, "You mean reading?"

"Yes, there's nothing strange about this. To become a senior knight, you must be able to read and write." Matthew said.

"You've been squinting while reading, so what's the frequency like?"

Matthew thought for a while and answered, "During that time, I was very confused about the affairs of the cultists, so I checked the books in the church for a long time from morning till night."

Linn looked at Matthew carefully, looked into his eyes emphatically, stretched out his hand and waved, "Can you see clearly?"

"Can't see clearly!" Matthew shook his head, "I can only see a blurry shadow."

Lynn took a few steps back, then continued waving, "What now?"

"It's not clear at all."

Linn returned, "From just now to now, you have been saying that you can't see clearly, not that you can't see, right?"

Matthew said angrily: "Yes, I'm not blind, but I'm no different from a blind person like this."

Lin En thought deeply and said, "I think you can still be saved."

"What's the meaning?"

"You look like you are short-sighted, rather than being cursed. However, the specific situation needs to be determined after the experiment."

"Myopia, what is that?" Matthew wondered. This was the first time he heard this word.

"How should I put it? It's a problem that happens to many people, but I didn't expect it to happen to a high-level knight."

Matthew: "."

"Come on, let me see if it's myopia." Linn said.

Linn took Matthew to Kiel's blacksmith shop. At this time, he was concentrating on polishing a tubular iron tool, taking special care and trying to make it without any deviation.

Lin En did not disturb him, but waited.

Matthew wondered, "What are we doing here, and then what?"

"He is making a very powerful weapon. If it succeeds, even the knight will not be its opponent." Linn said.

Matthew frowned, "No matter what kind of weapon, the key lies in the user. If the person using it is not strong, he will not be able to exert the power of the weapon at all."

"Maybe there will be an accident."

The conversation between the two made Kil come out of his state. He looked at Linn and said, "Sir, I haven't made the things in the drawings you gave me yet."

Linn waved his hand, "Don't worry, I'm here to let you polish something."

He placed two pieces of glass on the table.

Fortunately, there is glass in this world, but most of it is stained glass that is full of impurities and not clear enough. It is usually used for decoration. A small amount of transparent glass is expensive and can only be used by the church, aristocrats, and some wealthy businessmen. Talent can be used.

Therefore, alchemists are usually only those with money, because people without money cannot even afford glass products.

Linn told Kil the grinding method, and he took a piece of papyrus and pasted it on the wall. There were also some upside-down symbols drawn on the paper.

Kil polished the glass very carefully. He knew that this thing was expensive, and if it was damaged, he would not be able to pay for it.

He used a kind of stone, which is relatively hard and can fully grind glass.

Lin En looked at his skillful look and was a little surprised, "Have you done this before?"

"Well, I helped others grind glass before, but that glass was colored."

Linn was stunned for a moment. He always felt that this kind of conversation was a bit familiar. The reason why he came to see Kiel was mainly because Willy was not here, and because he was more careful and conscientious in his work, he did not expect to have unexpected gains.

After grinding for a while, Linn asked him to stop, then placed two pieces of glass in front of Matthew's eyes and asked, "Can you see clearly?"

Matthew was a little surprised, "I'm a little clearer than before. What are you doing and how did you do it?"

Lynn gave Keel the glass and asked him to continue grinding it.

After many grindings, Linn held the glass again and asked, "Can you see clearly now?"

Matthew didn't speak. His body was trembling. He stretched out his hands and held the glass very carefully, as if he was afraid of destroying it.

There was shock, disbelief, and joy on his face.

"I see clearly!" Matthew shouted.