Chapter 415 Wedding Banquet (15)

Chapter 415 Wedding Banquet (15)

West gate of the castle area, guard lounge.

"My lord, they are all here."

"Go ahead."

"Yes."

A guard captain handed the previous visitor record and cargo list to the Inquisitor, then left the lounge and closed the door. The Inquisitor sat on the table and carefully read the information on it. The guards received the Duke's order to fully cooperate with the Inquisitor, so they didn't waste any time and the things were quickly delivered to him.

"What did you find?"

"They are just ordinary gifts and bribes, nothing important. The guest list is of no use to us. If anyone of them really brought anything unusual into the castle, they probably wouldn't write it down."

"Did you find the exploded slabs?"

"Found it, but according to the records here, those stone slabs are nothing special. They are just a batch of old things used to make handicrafts. There should be a lot of such stone slabs in various parts of the kingdom. There are records of a large number of shipments almost every month. They are not important things."

"Are you sure this is the stone slab we are looking for? After all, those stone slabs are quite powerful."

"There is indeed no energy reaction on them. I am still inclined to believe that the man I saw earlier put something in the carriage, which eventually caused the explosion. However, the investigation of the stone slabs was not thorough at the time. I think we should take another look. There are some stone slabs in the warehouse near us."

"Scholar" Tarun did not participate in the conversation between the Inquisitor and the Archmage, but just stood aside. In fact, she did not know what to say. Although the Inquisitor gave him the task of contacting his companions at any time, Tarun has not received any news. The scope of the castle is indeed very large. It is not easy for five people to find specific things in such a large place, even if there are many of them. After all, they are not Inquisitors and can enter anywhere.

"Walk."

The Inquisitor waved to Tarun, and after Tarun followed, the three of them left the guard's lounge together and followed the partial castle map they had just seen in the guard room. After confirming the direction of the nearby warehouse, they immediately rushed over.

The warehouse here is basically filled with non-essential supplies, and there are no valuables. There are not many guards at ordinary times, and there is no one now that the banquet is about to be held. The fire in the standing brazier at the gate is also very weak. It seems that no one has added fuel to it for some time.

The Inquisitor stretched out his hand towards the firewood pile not far away. Although he did not feel the energy of the system, the Archmage and Talen both felt an indescribable wave of strange energy. In an instant, half of the rotten tree root that was originally gathering dust in the corner of the firewood pile moved to the Inquisitor's hand. He did not even touch the tree root, but just waved his hand, and the half of the rotten tree root was thrown into the vertical brazier. The tree root was dry and soon ignited, illuminating a larger area.

Tarun was just shocked. She had never seen such strange energy fluctuations before. However, this ability to take objects from the air was very common. However, it was different from the Inquisitor's method. Other telekinetic abilities could often sense a rope-like energy flow when used. The corresponding energy could also be felt on the caster, the object or the human body that the spell acted on. However, on this Inquisitor, who was most likely a fake, the energy fluctuations were not in these two locations, but in the space near them.

The Grand Wizard, Xin, a Tig man who goes by the alias Sean, has a different opinion. As someone who relatively knows the Inquisitor, or the hunter who calls himself γ, for a hunter, it is not surprising that any strange abilities appear. What is strange is his intention in doing so. Xin remembers very clearly that this hunter has night vision, so he does not need to add fuel to the brazier. This behavior is completely unnecessary for him. But at the same time, this hunter rarely does meaningless things. He probably discovered something but did not say it clearly.

But in fact, our hunter γ, Han Zu, was simply adapting to this new power that had only appeared a short time ago. He didn't know that the other two had already made up a lot of things in their minds. But even if he knew these things, he probably wouldn't correct them.

"Click."

Using this ability, the Inquisitor waved his hand and opened the lock of the warehouse. He also used this new power to open the main door of the warehouse. From his perspective, he was just getting familiar with this power. The more he used it, the more proficient he would be when necessary. Moreover, using this power to replace his own movements could increase his control over this energy to a certain extent, allowing him to perform more precise movements. However, he was obviously a little unfamiliar with it at the moment. After all, Han Zu's original intention was to simply open the padlock on the door, but now he accidentally destroyed the lock core.

From Xin's perspective, based on his current behavior, he may have hidden his strength before. Although everyone's equipment disappeared inexplicably after coming to this world, and their abilities also changed dramatically, she was not like Han Zu, who had all kinds of outrageous physical qualities, so she didn't know that the padlock in front of her was completely damaged inside. Because there was no change on the outside, she instinctively thought that Han Zu's adaptability to this new ability was extremely fast and powerful. He was able to fully adapt to this new ability within a few hours, so at this time, Hai's statement at the beginning was even more correct. This guy is indeed unreliable, but we still need to continue to observe, and then find a way to bypass him and the woman who followed him, and find a way to pass this news to our own people.

From Taron's perspective, the Inquisitor has basically been identified as a terrorist, or at least he is hiding some unspeakable secrets. The current operation of the brazier and padlock is enough to prove his precise control of power. In addition, the previous actions of destroying monsters and sealing the secret room can also print out the strength of this power. However, when the explosion happened before, he did not use this powerful ability at all, but only used physical strength to throw the carriage out. This made Taron suspect that he might have done it on purpose, maybe he just wanted the explosion to happen. Although he said that he saw a sneaky guy throwing something into the carriage before, no one else saw this scene, and before the carriage exploded, the only person who touched the carriage was him.

If this powerful guy is going to do something, it will definitely not be a small matter. Judging from the fact that he was able to kill the monster with ease before, this guy's strength is definitely beyond anyone in the kingdom. If a being of this level is going to cause trouble, it will definitely not be small. Taren began to retreat psychologically. She wanted to escape, but the obvious power gap made her dare not try easily. He could kill the monster in a few seconds, and he could definitely kill her in a shorter time.

Just when Tarun felt that the situation was getting more and more serious, she suddenly realized one thing, that is, the Inquisitor in front of her might be hiding some secret from the Archmage. The Archmage controlled his expression very well, but it could not escape her keen observation. Tarun discovered that when the Inquisitor opened the padlock, the Archmage's expression changed obviously for a few seconds, as if she was not aware of the abilities displayed by the Inquisitor.

Maybe I can talk to this great wizard, Tarun thought. His matter was not a big deal. After all, they were taking a serious mission from the Mercenary Guild. Although the mission was essentially stealing, it was just a fine. The kingdom's punishment for theft was not strict, and it was even very lenient. Tarun had a wide network of contacts, and he could cover up this matter by moving around, even if it was a duke's territory.

As for the Inquisition, not to mention that she has connections there, even if she doesn't, the Inquisition only cares about heretics and monsters in the kingdom. It doesn't care about general laws and won't take the initiative to manage them. So the only two issues that Talen and his companions need to worry about are the owner of the castle, the Duke, and the inquisitor in front of them, whose identity is uncertain. The former can be settled with connections, but it's a bit troublesome, but this guy is not so easy to solve. After all, the archmages around him don't seem to trust him completely. If I can find an opportunity, I may be able to reach some consensus with the archmages. The archmages are not as strong as me. In extreme cases, she can even use blood magic to control the other party. Create chaos and give yourself some time to escape, but now is not a good time.

"What happened to that monster that suddenly appeared before?"

"That thing is the one that was in the abyss below the secret room. It was probably guarding the stone plate. The stone plate is still on her, so the monster must have come here after the stone plate."

"Will there be other monsters chasing us?"

"No, it's the only thing under the abyss. Those guys who were hiding their heads and showing their tails were probably the castle owner's private soldiers, and they have been killed by the monster. No energy reaction was found on the stone plate, and the private soldiers guarding it should be completely unaware of this. Now think about it, the person who hired them should have wanted to deliberately release the monster to create chaos, but the purpose of doing so is unclear. The previous explosion was probably one of the tricks of this person to divert attention. Although the progress of the castle's banquet was not greatly affected by it, it still interfered a little. It's late at night and the banquet hasn't started yet. So I guess the person who hired them to steal things to divert the attention of the castle guards has either succeeded or is about to succeed."

After entering the warehouse, except for the great wizard who needed light to see things clearly, the other two did not use any lighting equipment, such as torches or oil lamps. They chatted while looking for the stone slabs in the warehouse.

Although Tarun and the Archmage each had their own doubts about the Inquisitor, his inference did seem to make some sense, especially to Tarun.

At the same time, Talen also found that the Inquisitor was not interested in what happened in the castle, and his identity was even more untenable. If he was really the Inquisitor, he should have gone to the banquet venue and questioned all the guests and the host. After all, the monster was a big problem for the Inquisition. But he did not do that, and he killed the monster so quickly that many people around him did not know that there had been a monster there. Most people thought that the Inquisitor had just prevented another explosion. He must have deliberately not wanted others to know about the monster. There was definitely something wrong.

"Ah, here it is."

It didn't take them long to find the stone slabs, and after a careful inspection, they still didn't find any problems.

"That's strange. How could those stone slabs at that time produce such a huge explosion?"

“Maybe there are differences between the slabs?”

"It is indeed possible. How are things going over there? Have your companions found other stone slabs?"

"Probably not. They didn't pass it on to me... Wait a minute, the news will come."

A mouse ran over, its eyes glowing green, and it climbed up Taren's coarse robe to her shoulders and began to speak in human language. This was a mouse controlled by the "Rat King".

"We found several locations with stone slabs, but we didn't find anything unusual. However, there was one thing that was quite strange."

"whats the matter?"

"I saw the woman who hired us. She was driving a wagon and was about to leave the castle. I couldn't see the inside of the wagon, but based on the firelight from where they passed by, I could see that there were people inside, and they were armed."

"Where is she?"

"It's very close to you. It looks like it's preparing to leave through the west gate."

"The west gate? We just came from there. There is a port on the west side of the castle. Once a ship approaches, it will be discovered by the soldiers on the lighthouse. Therefore, there are not many guards at the west gate, not to mention during the banquet. What does that woman look like?"

"It's a bit abnormal. Like you're preparing to... escape?"

"I see."

After delivering the message, the rat jumped off Tarun's shoulder and left quickly. Tarun was about to ask what to do next when he saw the judge walk to the warehouse door, looking around and muttering to himself.

“This place has no one else in it, it’s a good place.”

"What are you talking about?" the Archmage asked and walked towards the Inquisitor's seat. Tarun followed and approached the Archmage.

"It should be that carriage."

The Inquisitor glanced at the road outside. The other two saw nothing in that direction, but Talen did hear some noises in the distance, the sound of horse hooves stepping on the stone road and the friction of wheels against the ground, and the speed was not slow. Moreover, the weight of the carriage was not light, either it was carrying goods or there were people inside.