As for the current situation, it was different. Milik wanted Connor and Dezerby. Their mission was to hunt down Firo, a vicious Dark Sorcerer who practiced Blood Witchcraft, in the Navas Forest. Putting aside how powerful Firo was, there were no clues that could lead them to him.
However, the environment they were in now, and the magical beasts in the Navas Forest were enough to make them suffer. The bloody example of the Black-blooded Fox Bear was right in front of their eyes. Why should they not learn from it?
This time, they were lucky to encounter a family of Black-blooded Fox Bears. The Black-blooded Fox Bears were average in speed, and they ran fast. Although they killed four arbitrators, they did not suffer any serious injuries. Those who survived did not suffer any serious injuries and maintained their basic combat strength. However, if they followed Milik's orders to hunt down Firo in the Navas Forest, the probability of them encountering magical beasts again was basically a certainty. If they were unlucky, it was entirely possible that they would be wiped out.
If the Storm Token Milik took out did not belong to Humail, but to another Cardinal, then as an experienced official Sorcerer in the Church of the Storm, Dezerby might be able to think of a way to dodge or evade Milik's orders.
However, the Cardinal in Milik's hands was Humail, the most powerful Cardinal under the Pope of the Church of the Storm. If they disobeyed Milik's orders, in a sense, they would be offending Humail, the next Pope of the Church of the Storm. Thinking of this, Dezerby, who had been in the Church all his life and deeply felt the authority of the Pope, could not help but tremble from the bottom of his soul.
Seconds ticked by. De Zerby was in a dilemma. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't make a final decision. He organized his words and said to Milick carefully, "Milick, what you're talking about is very important. As the leader of our team, I need to think about it carefully and make a long-term decision!"
At this point, Dezerby raised his head and looked at the slightly dark sky, then continued, "It's already late. If we move at night, it's easy to encounter danger, so let's rest here for the night!"
Feeling Dezerby's somewhat hypocritical attitude, Milik was a little dissatisfied. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but Dezerby beat him to it and said very sincerely, "Milik, let me rest for the night. I'll definitely give you a satisfactory answer tomorrow morning!"
Although he had the Church of the Storm's storm token, Dezerby was still a rank 1 Magus and had extensive connections in the Church of the Storm. If he were to force him, he might be able to force Dezerby to agree, but it would more or less make him feel like he was taking advantage of his position to bully others. If this were to spread back to the Church of the Storm, his colleagues who were already critical of his way of doing things would have even more excuses to impeach him.
Thinking of this, Milik swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth. He sized up Dezerby and felt that this guy would not have the guts to go against the storm token that represented Red-Robed Archbishop Hummel. Hence, after hesitating for a moment, he said to Dezerby with a hint of warning in his voice, "Since you want to rest for the night, there's naturally nothing wrong with that, but you have to think clearly. This is an order from Red-Robed Archbishop Hummel!"
Although Milik reluctantly agreed to Dezerby's request, Dezerby and everyone else could clearly hear the threat in his words. However, Dezerby was still very shrewd. His expression did not change, and he nodded slightly to indicate that he understood.
Since they had reached an agreement, Milik did not say anything about this matter. He returned to his seat and closed his eyes to cultivate. Seeing Milik like this, Dezerby's eyes flashed with an undetectable glint. Then, in front of Milik, he said to Connor, "Connor Ferguson, you'll be on duty for five hours tonight, and I'll replace you after that!"
Connor did not say anything about Dezerby's instructions. He only looked at Dezerby, then immediately turned and went into a nearby forest to be on guard. Seeing that Connor understood his meaning, Dezerby's eyes became a little complicated. However, the cunning him quickly returned to normal. He returned to his seat and closed his eyes to meditate to recover.
Although the exchange between Dezerby and Connor was in front of Milik, the meditating Milik did not notice anything unusual. He was still immersed in his recovery. In order to make up for the mistakes he had made, he had killed Firo and won back the trust of Red-clothed Archbishop Milik. Just now, in order to save Dezerby and the others, he had also fought with the Black-Blooded Fox Bear. Now, it could be said that Milik had exhausted a lot of his energy and urgently needed to meditate to recover.
In Milik's opinion, although their group had obtained temporary safety in the small waterfall area, they were still in the Navas Forest where magical beasts gathered. They could be in danger at any time.
Especially at night like this, under the influence of the Blood Moon, the magical beasts could be said to be very excited. One second might be calm, but the next second might be the time for a massacre. Hence, under such circumstances, it was very normal to arrange for people to be on guard duty for everyone.
As for the people on guard duty, Dezerby had arranged for him and Connor to be in charge. Although it seemed a little surprising at first, Milik thought that it was actually reasonable. After all, the Arbitrators of the Church were only Sorcerer-Apprentices. If they were to be on guard duty at night, they might not be able to react even when the powerful magical beasts were close to them.
Hence, for everyone's safety, the person on guard duty should be an official Magus in the group. Dezerby could not order Lin Li, who had Red-clothed Archbishop Hummel's storm token, around, so he could only arrange for him and Connor Ferguson to be on guard duty.
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