The moment this question was asked, all the scouts, including Sodelor, shook their heads. Roddy was stunned for a moment before he came to a realization. Wine was a beverage of the nobles and was not sold in the shops. Asking them would be a waste of time.
"I don't know the price, but speaking of wine, Butler Anderson seems to have some news that this year's grape harvest isn't good. It seems like it's because of the heavy rain. I think Gigg Town will be affected too."
"That's useful news."
Roddy nodded. The group had already entered the Cambay district. The tall buildings around them started to shrink and darken. The torches on the walls that were supposed to illuminate the area were nowhere to be seen. Fortunately, Carter was prepared and volunteered to walk in front with a torch. Following Roddy's instructions, they found a few cheap inns and ordered the scouts to settle the horses and prepare lodgings.
Just as Rody was about to enter the inn, two Temple Guards came from the corner of the street with torches in their hands. Rody turned his head suspiciously. He was curious as to why he would see people from the 'Rose Cross' here. His' Keen Sense of the Environment 'allowed him to quickly come to a conclusion from their conversation.
"Where did they go?"
"It should be that way!"
"There's a fork in the road. Split up!"
It seemed like they were here to track down the escaped cultists. Roddy looked at the two temple guards that were slowly walking away. Suddenly, a piece of information popped up in his mind. In his memory, the third step of 'The Fall of Priestess Nilda' was to search for clues in a hidden passageway in the city. The original purpose of this passageway seemed to be for the 'Pit Viper Cross' to evacuate.
'The Fall of Priestess Nilda' was a very long mission line. The first person to be investigated was' Nilda 'himself. As the investigation deepened, he would discover that he was involved with' Pit Viper Cross'. After more than ten steps, he would find out that it even involved the undead. Roddy did not mention these miscellaneous matters for now. The only thing he was interested in was that the passageway was a 'way to make money'!
As the people of 'Pit Viper Cross' were in a hurry to build the passageway, the passageway was basically filled with all sorts of stone and dirt. Therefore, the players who came here to investigate at the beginning of the mission chain would find a lot of 'crystal fragments' scattered in the passageway. This was the 'mission reward' for this step. Although they were only low-level processing materials, they were precious because they were rare. When the average level was not high, these things could be sold for a lot of money.
Thinking of the predicament of being short of money and about to go bankrupt, Roddy almost immediately made up his mind to do it. Therefore, after confirming that his men had filled up the two inns, Roddy immediately called for Ruger and Sodelor.
"Take a few cloth bags and find a digging tool. Pickaxes are the best. Bring a torch and come with me."
After giving the simple orders, Roddy also rummaged through a few bags. Because he was worried that they would encounter the escaped heretics, he also reminded them, "Oh right, don't forget to bring weapons. We might encounter a battle."
"What are we going to do?"
"Earn some extra money."
"Extra money?"
"I suddenly thought of a place that might have valuable things. Let's take advantage of the darkness to fish for some money. I don't think there will be any later."
Roddy and Ruger walked in front while Carter and Sodelor followed behind. The three of them took a total of six or seven big bags. Ruger borrowed a shovel from the innkeeper, Sodelor held a torch, and Roddy carried a short bow and a machete. They walked towards the mission location according to their impression.
The path along the way was pitch-black, and they encountered two temple guards along the way. One of them even asked if they had seen any heretics. Naturally, the three of them shook their heads. After walking for five or six minutes, the group chatted as they came to an abandoned residential area closest to the city wall in Cambay District.
Up until this point, they did not see any heretics. The three of them relaxed and chatted casually.
"… Ruger, what do you want to do in the future? Cavalry captain? Or infantry? "
"Fighting on horseback is not a problem, but leading a team, I don't think I can lead many people. This small scout team is almost my limit."
"Well, I think I understand what you mean. A suitable team … to carry out special missions or something."
Roddy chatted with them about their future career plans. He thought about what kind of job advancement would be suitable for these guys. For a veteran like Ruger, who was stronger than other soldiers, being on the frontlines of battle was what he was most willing to do. It was better to let him herd sheep than to stand in the back of the battlefield and command. Roddy gradually had some ideas about this characteristic.
"What about Sodelor? Have you encountered any problems recently? "
"Not many. The main thing is that I feel my swordsmanship has reached some kind of bottleneck and it's very difficult to improve." He continued bluntly, "The people in the scout team are not as strong as me. If I were to spar with you … your path is really not suitable for practice."
This was the truth. Although Roddy had the attribute advantage and could crush Sodelor, if he, a berserker, were to spar with Sodelor, the wear and tear of his weapon would definitely be a big problem.
"Well, I will think about this. We're here, let's get down to business first."
Rody stopped and identified the surrounding buildings. As it was year 588, some of the details were not the same as in year 590. He frowned and thought for a moment. Finally, he confirmed the room with the secret passage and walked towards it.
Sodelor held a torch in his left hand and a longsword in his right. Ruger stood at the back of the team and turned to look at the shadow of the building behind him. Just as they reached the door of the house, Roddy suddenly stopped. "Wait …"
The improved sense of smell brought by 'Environmental Acuity' allowed him to smell a faint smell of blood. This immediately made him vigilant. Sodelor also noticed the almost indistinguishable footprints not far from the door. "Someone has been here. Judging from the traces, it should be within today."
He bent down and wiped the dirt with his hand. "The traces have changed here. Looks like he's trying to cover up … No, this isn't covering up. This person crawled in!"
Although Roddy could also identify traces, he couldn't deduce something so detailed. Hearing Sodelor's words, he frowned and slowly kicked open the wooden door with a puzzled look on his face.
The arrows that were already nocked on the arrow stand were aimed forward, ready to kill any target that jumped out at any time. His ears were also listening to all the movements in the surroundings. However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that if someone had entered the room, they would have already escaped through the secret passage. They wouldn't be waiting here to ambush someone.
Opening the 'Surrounding Status Bar', Roddy quickly found the secret passage behind the fireplace. But when he got closer, the smell of blood in the air suddenly became stronger. Everyone had a strange expression on their faces. Roddy thought for a moment and opened the 'Surrounding Status Bar'. He picked up the torch and scimitar and was the first to walk down. "Ruger, stand guard at the door and close the door. Sodelor, follow me."
After saying that, he walked down the narrow ramp that he couldn't even straighten his back.
At this time, it was only two minutes since Akasha fell into the secret passage. It could even be said that as soon as her front foot rolled down, Roddy pushed open the door outside.
So Roddy only took a few steps before he saw Akasha lying in a pool of blood.
"This … What's going on?"
Because he could directly see the health bar displayed above the surrounding mission, he immediately knew that Akasha did not have any ability to resist. Because her health bar showed that she only had 5% left and a heavily injured status, it meant that she was on the verge of death.
"This level … is a little familiar."
Roddy used the torch to illuminate Akasha's body. The first thing he saw was her right arm that was fractured at a strange angle, and then a large amount of blood that was almost completely soaked through her back!
"Internal injury? What's going on? "
Akasha was lying on the ground, so it took some effort for Roddy to turn her face that was covered in dust. He took a closer look and immediately remembered that he had seen this woman before!
It was at the entrance of the Pig's Head Bar. This extremely high-ranking woman seemed to be the leader of a few heretics. When the assassination happened today, she seemed to be at the scene. Roddy was far away and did not hear what she said to Bishop Rubens. So, at this time, he immediately thought that Akasha was a heretic who 'failed to escape.'
"Who's there?"
Behind him, Sodelor frowned. He also felt that it was a little strange for a half-dead woman to appear in such a place. He even drew his sword. In his field of vision, Roddy was holding a woman with an unusually seductive figure. Because of the light, Akasha's pale cheeks made her look even more alluring. No matter how one looked at her, she was an exquisite beauty … But when Roddy held her face, he casually let go as if he was throwing away a piece of trash.
However, when Rody held the beauty's face in his hand and looked at her, he let go of her as if he was throwing away rubbish. Akasha's face fell to the ground. The sound and scene made Sodelor's mouth twitch and his eyebrows twitch. When he looked up, he found that Rody did not seem to be interested in her at all. As he walked, he said, "She's just a heretic. Seriously injured and waiting to die. Let's not care about her. When she dies, we can just drag her corpse to the monastery."
Naturally, Sodelor did not understand what Rody meant when he said 'I guess I can exchange it for some reputation points'. After that, Rody treated Akasha like a block of wood and walked past her. He did not forget to look back and motioned for Sodelor to follow him. "This way, the thing we are looking for is inside. Hold the bag properly. Right, throw me that shovel …"
Sodelor's eyebrows twitched as he looked at the woman who was about to die. In his heart, he felt that Roddy's way of thinking was a little strange … In any case, she was a human. How could he just throw her aside like an object?
In fact, Rody was not interested in the life or death of such a high-ranking heretic. The stories of 'Mister Dongguo and the Wolf' and 'The Farmer and the Serpent' were not just to scare people. He was not interested in saving and reforming a lunatic from the 'Viper Cross'. At that moment, the fact that he did not immediately stab him with a knife was already showing that he still had some mercy and compassion in his' modern 'character.
Sodelor looked at the dying Akasha and raised the torch. Being cautious, he finally asked, "Do you want to search her?"
"You can search now. Look at the torch, I'll search here first."
Roddy lowered his head to look for traces of crystals on the ground. He had the look of a money grubber, or rather, an otaku who lived a lonely life. He had no interest in Akasha who was lying on the ground beside him.
"The river flows east, the stars in the sky join the Big Dipper … Heh, there really is one!"
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