At the same time, footsteps suddenly came from outside the empty underground church.
Soon, a tall man wearing a white mask with the word "Shang" on it walked in.
This man was one of the leaders of the traveling merchants who had detected energy waves in the underground church in the stronghold outside the Garden of Labyrinth not long ago.
When the white-masked man walked into the underground church and looked at the empty church, he raised his eyebrows slightly under the mask.
His fingers gently brushed a pole on the wall, and his fingertips were stained with a layer of oil that was still warm. From the smell of the pole and the extinguished bonfire next to it, one could tell that someone had been roasting meat on the pole not long ago.
However, now … there was not a single living person here.
"How can it be? The logisticians of the Hero Team are usually here. I … "At this moment, a hooded man wearing a black traveling merchant uniform behind the white-masked man said in surprise.
"Now, do you still think there's nothing unusual here?" The white-masked man's soft voice reached the hooded man's ears.
Previously, although the hooded man seemed to agree with the white-masked man, there might be something wrong here. However, deep down, he still felt that it was a little strange. After all, the energy waves detected at that time were very, very small.
"Are the members of the Hero Team … all dead?"
The white-masked man chuckled. "You didn't answer my question directly, so you still think there's nothing wrong here?"
The hooded man smiled awkwardly. "You misunderstand, sir. Of course, I believe in your judgment."
A sneer came from under the mask. "You haven't learned your mentor's judgment. Instead, you've inherited the black merchants' hypocrisy. "
On the surface, there were three leaders of the traveling merchants: the white merchants, the black merchants, and the gray merchants.
The white merchants, also known as the white-masked man, were in charge of the direct work of the adventurer team. For example, the white merchants were in charge of the trade of materials and logistics.
The black merchants were in charge of the maintenance of the magic array, the monitoring of energy waves, and the role of inspection.
As for the gray merchants, they were in charge of dealing with the monsters in the underground maze.
Apart from the gray merchants, the black merchants and the white merchants had different responsibilities because of the different power and benefits they had. There were also conflicts of interest, which made their apprentices secretly hostile.
Therefore, this black merchant's apprentice wasn't dissatisfied with the white merchants for no reason.
Bai Shang said, "To answer your previous question, the logistician of the hero team didn't die. I can't guarantee that they're all alive, but at least they're not all dead. "
The reason was simple. This underground church was where the Hero Squad stored their supplies. Now, all the supplies were gone. Obviously, they had been moved away.
In the room on the second floor, the clothes and bedsheets were also empty, indicating that they had enough time to pack their luggage when they left. This was a sign that they were not in a hurry and did not look like they had encountered a disaster.
The hooded man also noticed some clues. He lowered his head and said, "I'll contact the pickets immediately and have them lock onto the members of the hero team."
After he finished speaking, the hooded man's figure flashed and disappeared.
After the hooded man disappeared, Bai Shang whispered into the air, "Come out. Do you think I'm not familiar with your scent?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a faint figure appeared beside Bai Shang.
This was a man with the same build and height as Bai Shang, but he was wearing a black mask.
This person was the black merchant.
Seeing the black merchant, Bai Shang took off his mask and revealed an elegant and gentle face. However, this gentle face had a hint of helplessness. "You seem to be very happy to let the people below fight among themselves?"
"Quite happy. Without competition, there's no growth." The black merchant's voice was very frivolous and cynical.
"Competition and fighting are two different things. Forget it, I'm not going to talk about this with you. What did you find? "Bai Shang looked at the black merchant.
"I found something big, and it's a very interesting discovery."
As the black merchant spoke, he took off his mask and revealed a face that was exactly the same as Bai Shang's. However, Bai Shang looked elegant and gentle, while the black merchant looked like a yuppie.
The black merchant and the black merchant seemed to be fighting among themselves, but in fact, everyone in the upper echelons of the Bilos family knew that it was just a small trick that the black merchant played to get more attention from his brother.
These two were twins who grew up together and were connected mentally. If there was a grudge between them, they would have left long ago.
It was a pity that their students didn't know the truth and were still fighting among themselves.
"What discovery?" Bai Shang asked curiously.
The black merchant grabbed Bai Shang's hand. "Come with me."
A buoyant force rose from under the black merchant's feet. He pulled Bai Shang's hand and flew directly to the top floor of the underground church.
If one looked at it with the naked eye, there would be nothing there. However, as long as one used their mental power to look, they would find a group of very obvious illusion nodes not far away.
If it was a large-scale and complicated illusion, Bai Shang might not be too surprised because he vaguely guessed that there must have been an Extraordinaire here.
However, it was a little strange that there was only a group of harmless illusion nodes.
The black merchant went directly to the illusion node and touched it gently.
An illusion that looked like a light screen appeared in front of them.
At the same time, rows of words began to appear on the light screen. The words at the very top were — Friendship Guide.
"There's even a friendship guidance, don't you think it's interesting?" When the black merchant smiled, one side of his mouth curled up and he thought that he was charming. However, in Bai Shang's eyes, he looked silly.
Bai Shang ignored his younger brother's silly behavior and looked at the words on the light screen.
"Underground church … repaired by the followers of the Fiendcelestial …"
"The Magical Array has been repaired, the way to activate it is …"
"One last reminder, Extraordinaires should solve the matters of the Extraordinaires."
After reading the words on the light screen, Bai Shang was slightly stunned. He originally thought that it was a provocation, but he didn't expect it to really be a guidance. There was a lot of important information mentioned in it, the most important of which was the discovery of a new passage that led to the depths of the underground maze.
This unknown Extraordinaire actually told him everything and even repaired the Magical Array and told him the way to activate it.
'What does this mean?
Is it a trick or a gesture of goodwill? ' 'Or is there another purpose?'
In a short moment, Bai Shang's mind came up with many possibilities, but he couldn't determine which one was the most likely.
At the same time, the black merchant had already activated the main control mageweath according to the method on the light screen.
The Magical Array that was as dazzling as the stars in the sky immediately appeared above his head, and the location of the passage also appeared.
"There really is a passage, shall I go in and take a look?" The black merchant flew up and whispered in Bai Shang's ear.
Bai Shang shook his head. "We still don't know who the other party is, and his purpose is very strange. Inform the grey merchant and let him come and discuss before making a decision. "
The black merchant frowned. "Why do you have to make it so troublesome?"
Bai Shang was about to continue speaking when his ears suddenly twitched. He glanced at the black merchant, and both of them nodded at the same time and put on their masks again.
The black merchant silently disappeared into the darkness, while Bai Shang landed on the ground and turned off the activation mageweath, and the Magical Array in the sky slowly disappeared.
The moment the Magical Array disappeared, the hooded man reappeared in the underground church.
"Sir, the pickets have found the members of the Hero Team, and after questioning, they found out that it's a group of three who are causing trouble here, but they don't know who exactly they are. However, there's a person who went out with the three of them, and I brought her here. "
After the hooded man finished speaking, he took a step back. Behind him was a woman who was imprisoned by energy, and a child who was in the woman's arms, shivering.
The two people were Ma Qiusha and her son, Colo.
"Let my son go, he doesn't know anything," Ma Qiusha looked at Bai Shang and said quickly.
Bai Shang didn't say anything, but carefully observed Ma Qiusha. He found a familiar aura of illusion on Ma Qiusha.
Ma Qiusha continued, "I know what you want, but I don't know. Although I went out with them, they blocked my memory … I wanted them to erase my memory, but for some reason, they only blocked it.
"So, I only know that I went out with them, but I don't know what we did.
"Please believe me."
Bai Shang didn't need to think to know that Ma Qiusha was telling the truth. However, he was more concerned about the familiar aura of illusion, which should be the doing of the unknown Extraordinary to block Ma Qiusha's memory.
However, the method seemed a bit crude.
Bai Shang slowly walked to Ma Qiusha, who hugged Colo tightly and trembled all over.
"Don't be afraid, I'm just taking a little something from you," Bai Shang said as he stretched out his finger and pointed at Ma Qiusha's forehead.
The aura of illusion that was already exposed was instantly pulled out by Bai Shang.
After the aura of illusion was pulled out, a faint figure appeared before Bai Shang.
"You're from the Traveler Organization, right?" A clear voice came from the blurred figure.
"Although I want to introduce myself out of courtesy, this is an illusion after all. If I introduce myself but don't know who you are, wouldn't that be a loss?"
"So, let's save the self-introduction for when we meet."
"I believe that you will come to us, so we should meet, right?"
"There's not much time. One last thing, the Hero Squad is just a group of ordinary people, and Ma Qiusha is just an ordinary mother. Matters of the Extraordinary should be settled by the Extraordinary. What do you think? "
After saying that, the illusion slowly disappeared. The originally coarse illusion nodes suddenly dissipated like a collapsing mist.
Bai Shang originally wanted to keep the aura so that he could track it, but he obviously underestimated the other party's strength.
The illusionary technique wasn't crude and crude. It existed only to explain some things to him.
"I remember now." At this moment, Ma Qiusha suddenly looked up and said, "I remember now. They asked me to lead the way to a Traveler nearby!"
Without the shackles of the illusion, Ma Qiusha's memory immediately appeared.
Bai Shang didn't want to continue listening because the other party didn't erase Ma Qiusha's memory. It meant that they didn't care if the Traveler Organization found out about their whereabouts.
The only thing they cared about was the lives of these ordinary people.
Bai Shang was silent for a moment and turned to look at the hooded man. "Take the two of them away. Make a record and let them go. There's no need to lock them up, including the Hero Squad. Let them go. "
"As for the record, tell the Gray Shang when he comes."
The hooded man looked up in surprise. "Sir Gray Shang is coming too?"
Bai Shang said calmly, "Yes, he's coming too. Now, do you think your judgment is right or wrong? "
The hooded man looked embarrassed. "I-I've always believed in your judgment."
Bai Shang closed his eyes and was too lazy to say more. "Go."
The hooded man nodded and left the underground church with Ma Qiusha.
After they left, the evil and frivolous voice came to Bai Shang's ears again. "This person who plays illusion is interesting, interesting, too interesting!"
"Just a self-introduction and he wants to pursue equality." The black merchant said, "And he seems to care more about ordinary people than us. Is he overconfident or underestimating the power of the Bilos family? "
Bai Shang said, "I know you have a lot of questions, but as he said, as long as we keep tracking, we will definitely meet. At that time, you can ask him these questions. "
"If we really meet, I won't ask questions first. I'll beat him up first." The black merchant smiled evilly. "You know, I hate this kind of sanctimonious academies the most. Of course, except for a certain little cutie. "
Bai Shang, who was called "little cutie," didn't care about this title at all. Compared to other titles, this was one of the few normal titles.
"Academies' wizards? That's not necessarily true. It's normal for humans to be two-faced. "
The black merchant said, "Don't talk about principles. I have a headache. If you want to know whether he's an academies' wizard or not, you'll know when you meet him. I trust my intuition. "
The black merchant's words made Bai Shang alert. "What are you going to do?"
The black merchant smiled and said, "Didn't you guess it? I'll go in first and find a way. Along the way, I'll beat up that guy who plays illusion. Bye bye, my pretty boy brother. "
Bai Shang was about to stop him, but he found that the magic array was activated again and the black merchant was already standing at the entrance of the cave.
Before Bai Shang could say anything, the black merchant went in. Before he went in, he didn't forget to throw a flying kiss to Bai Shang.
"This idiot!" Bai Shang clenched his fists and breathed out deeply.
He couldn't wait to chase after the black merchant, but the illusion aura above had disappeared, and this place was related to an important passage that led to the underground maze. Dealing with the underground maze was under the gray merchant's jurisdiction.
Now that the black merchant had run away, he could only stay behind and report to the gray merchant.
Although Bai Shang was very angry, he was also somewhat relieved. The Extraordinary who cast the illusion should really be a light wizard from the academies. As a twin, Bai Shang could clearly feel that the black merchant was not in any danger. In fact, he was in a good mood.
This meant that the guide left behind by the black merchant was real.
The black merchant's impulsive actions saved them the time to check if there were any traps in the magic array.
However, this still couldn't calm Bai Shang down.
His only thought now was to wait for the gray merchant to arrive, then enter the underground maze and beat up that idiot!
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!
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