MTL - Start a Core Pod

  Chapter 17 Secret Agent

  In fact, on the way to the temple, Duanmu Huai had doubts about the elf scouts.

  As a scout, she knows too much.

  Of course, scouts are originally specialized in intelligence search, so it is not surprising that they know some secrets.

  However, when she opened the seal, Duanmuhuai knew that there was definitely something wrong with the identity of this elf scout.

  The reason is very simple. Everyone knows that there are a lot of valuables and cash in the bank vault, and those who have some knowledge also know which way the bank vault door opens.

  But not everyone can have the key to the bank vault.

  Seeing the elf scout chanting a few spells and then opening the seal, Duanmu Huai knew there was something wrong with it.

  If this seal is so easy to open, then the believers of the **** of filth were just wasting time playing with bonfires and barbecues here?

   "Okay, tell me about your true identity, Elf."

   Duanmu Huai held the chainsaw sword in his hand and stared at the elf coldly. He is now in a very calm mood. As a player, Duanmu Huai has experienced too many similar things.

  For example, they worked hard to bring the NPC to the designated place, and the other party transformed into the final BOSS.

   Another example is that they worked so hard to bring the NPC to the designated place, and the other party suddenly turned around and planned to destroy the world.

   Another example is that they worked hard to rescue the NPC, but the other party showed his true colors as soon as he came out, and then spread the virus plague to the whole world.

  To tell the truth, players are numb after experiencing too much. No matter how dramatic the joke is, everyone will get used to it over and over again.

  So when an NPC suddenly turns into a BOSS in the later stage, the basic players will just silently take out their weapons and start fighting.

   I don't even bother to say a word of nonsense, and I don't even have the interest to cooperate with the shock.

   Even a little excited.

   After all, one more BOSS means that one more box can be opened!

   Therefore, Duanmu Huai is also very calm right now.

  Even if this elf scout is actually a spy of the God of Deceit or Desire, he can still deal with it calmly.

   No matter how dramatic the development was, it was hard for Duanmu Huai to feel anything.

   "I am indeed a scout, Lord Knight."

  Feeling the cold blade on her neck, the elf swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said, she clearly saw how the sword split the plague apostle in half. The elf didn't think that he had the same ability to fight against the plague apostle.

   "At the same time, I am also a royal spy."

   "Say clearly, what's going on."

  Duanmu Huai did not put down the chainsaw sword in his hand. This elf scout was obviously not as simple as it seemed, and he also wanted to know what the other party's true identity was.

   "I did not deceive you, Lord Knight."

  The elf hesitated for a while, but decided to tell the whole story.

  After listening to the elf's narration, Duanmu Huai finally understood what was going on.

   In the final analysis, it is still a political bad debt.

When Alisa introduced herself before, she said that because of the sudden death of the ruler of the empire, the entire empire is now in a state of scrambling for power and profit, and the information given by the elf scouts is more detailed, because she is a royal spy—— A spy loyal only to the Emperor.

  According to the elf scouts, the sudden death of the emperor itself is very suspicious, because he suddenly died of a sudden illness during the mobilization of the army to carry out an expedition to alien races.

Um? Why does it sound so familiar?

   All in all, after the death of the emperor, the expeditionary army suffered heavy casualties and had to choose to return to the empire. And the descendants also began to secretly fight for power and profit, and seized the throne of the next emperor. Of course, these things are too far away, and it has something to do with the present.

   That's why the elf scouts appeared 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. One of the reasons why people and believers of evil gods broke through. After all, although this is a border land, it does not border other countries. There are only wild deserts around, and no one has ever thought that those believers of evil gods and ratmen would attack the city boldly.

   And this sacred object named "Water God's Gift" was given by the emperor to the lord to reward his loyalty. Of course, logically speaking, generally holy objects will only appear in the territory of the royal heirs, so this sacred object here is equivalent to a "shangfang sword", which can at least help the lord resist threats from the political level with trouble.

Of course, the emperor was not stupid. A precious thing like a sacred object would be left alone after being given away, so he sent royal spies—that is, elf scouts to lurk secretly in this territory, staring at the traces of the sacred object, and Avoid any mistakes.

   As a result, something went wrong.

The biggest reason why she told Duanmuhuai this information was that the emperor was dead, and these royal spies were directly under the emperor, that is to say, once the emperor died, these spies would be considered rootless and landless. I went, and there is no superior to contact.

  Although according to the imperial tradition, the next successor should be informed of the existence of these spies before the death of the previous emperor, and the leadership should be handed over, but... who said that the emperor died suddenly this time?

   But there is still a problem.

   "You once said that the sacred object is protected by the imperial mage, and dozens of seals have been applied. Only the blood of the royal family can hold it."

"Yes."

The elf scout nodded, then she stood up and reached out to touch the white pearl, but the elf scout's fingers hadn't touched the pearl yet, her whole body seemed to be hit by something, and she flew upside down, heavily hit the wall.

   No wonder that group of fat wizards worked so hard. It seems that the imperial mages still have two brushes.

   Glancing at the elf scout who barely got up, Duanmuhuai narrowed his eyes, nodded, and then he thought for a moment.

   "...I'm afraid your goal is not just holy objects."

   "I don't know what you're talking about, Lord Knight."

  Although the elf scout was very calm, Duanmuhuai's next sentence broke her defense.

   "Alyssa, she is also one of your protection targets."

  “……”

   "She is of royal blood, right? Maybe even inherit the empire?"

  “…………”

  The elf scout didn't answer, but in many cases, silence is affirmation.

I knew it.

  Glancing at the stiff and motionless elf scout, Duanmuhuai let out a soft snort. In fact, he didn't think about it at first, but after listening to the description of the elf scouts and his own experience in playing games, it was not difficult for Duanmuhuai to come to this conclusion.

   First of all, the strength of the followers of the evil gods chasing Alisa is the best evidence.

   Demons usually live in the subspace, however, they cannot affect the real world through the subspace. They can only be enchanted by those psykers. Let them use various profane rituals and the like to blur the dividing line between reality and subspace, so that they can come to 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 species".

  However, in order to hunt down Alisa, the tyrannical fanatics even sent high-level demons such as bloodthirsty madmen!

  Although it is not a demon of the level of a demon lord or a big demon, the bloodthirsty maniac is already a very rare high-level demon in the early stage.

  For a mere lord's daughter? does it worth?

  Then there is only one answer, that is, she is not just a lord's daughter. Otherwise, it would be unreasonable for the lord to be killed and she would survive.

However, after listening to the elf scout's explanation, Duanmuhuai immediately connected all the clues in his mind. Obviously, maybe Alisa is not the daughter of the lord couple, but the emperor's blood relative. For some reason, the emperor hid her identity and handed her over to the lord couple to raise her, not to mention the sacred object that deepened Duanmuhuai's suspicion—according to the elf scouts, this thing needs royal blood relatives It can only be touched and taken away, so the general holy objects will only be in the territory of the royal family members.

   But this is a frontier place. Is it impossible for the empire to send a royal family all the way to recover the sacred objects?

  Thinking about it from another angle, as long as Alisa is a member of the royal family, isn't this territory the same as the royal family's territory?

   In this way, it is reasonable for the emperor to place holy objects here.

  Although the elf scout didn't answer Duanmu Huai's question, judging from her reaction, I guessed it pretty close—after all, Duanmu Huai has experienced too many similar plot lines.

  Of course, it is also possible that this elf scout is acting cunningly for himself.

   Anyway, no matter which one, it has nothing to do with me.

  After all, Duanmu Huai had already scanned the sacred object just now when it appeared, but the system did not respond at all... It was somewhat disappointing.

   "Forget it, these things have nothing to do with me."

   Duanmuhuai thought about it for a while, then put this matter behind him.

   "Finally, I have one more thing to ask you."

"………What's up?"

   "Do you know if there is a haunted place around here?"

   "...?"

  Duanmuhuai didn't intend to participate in any imperial civil war. His targets were only the evil gods of chaos and their believers. He had no interest in civil strife in a mere medieval civilized empire. Although Duanmuhuai can be sure that this is the main line of the plot, but for Duanmuhuai right now, it is more important to strengthen his own strength.

  At present, there are believers of the God of Tyranny and the God of Filth on this planet. So what he has to do now is to go to the ruins of various ruins as much as possible, and use the "soul awakening" to collect soul cards—preferably to be able to restrain the power of the walking virus bank of the filthy god.

Fortunately, perhaps because of being scared by Duanmu Huai in the temple, the Ratman and the cultists never showed up again, and Cador Knight Commander also took the opportunity to command his soldiers to strengthen the defense of the castle until the reinforcements arrived. Only somewhat relieved.

  The leader of the team seems to be an old acquaintance with Kaduo Cavaliers. The first meeting between the two parties went smoothly, and Duanmu Huai also greeted the opponent under Kaduo's introduction—and the opponent was also very polite to Duanmu Huai.

   I have to say that Duanmu Huai found that he seems to be more adaptable to the present world.

   You must know that in the world before time travel, passers-by would call the police easily even when you went out, and no one saw you as a good person. But in such a world where strength is the most important thing, it is easier for people to accept that their body shape and appearance are opposite. After all, according to the general routine of traditional online novels, when the generals of the reinforcements learned that the protagonist killed the entire ratman army by himself, and even destroyed the evil **** ceremony and wiped out the plague apostle, they would think that this must be a rumor.

   After all, the protagonists are generally normal people, and most of them will not be considered to have any special abilities.

But Duanmuhuai is different, just standing in front of you, with his 2.5m tall, the vicious power armor of the Inquisition Court, and that extremely ferocious face, let alone kill an army of ratmen, Even if it is said that he eliminated the evil god, some people would believe it.

   I have to say that sometimes this kind of appearance is quite good, at least it avoids a lot of conflicts between pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

  He is a ruthless person at first glance, who dares to come up to seek death?

   Humans are still visual animals after all.

  After the arrival of the reinforcements, Duanmu Huai bid farewell to Alisa and left the City of Silver. Although Alisa was very reluctant, Duanmu Huai did not stop coming back...

   After all, every time a player goes to a place, it’s not too late to complete the side missions before doing the main missions, isn’t it?

  (end of this chapter)