Don't call me evil god

Chapter 487: Diverting Attention
What Pete and the others didn't know was.

The real reason why troubles occurred wherever they went was that Norman had been sending them to places where troubles occurred.

After all, if you think about it from another angle.

If they had not come to track down those men in black robes and had stayed quietly in Ceylon Territory and the Dark Forest, they would definitely be living a peaceful life now.

After reuniting with Reina and exchanging information, Pete was greatly encouraged.

He had been in Stone Castle for several days, and finally found some clues about the man in black robe.

This unknown hidden tapestry shop meets all the characteristics of a cult gathering place!
Hard to be found.

Not very popular.

There is a hidden room, underneath the trapdoor.

There is even a person who appears to be a clerk but is actually most likely a guard.

"So, now we have to figure out how to deal with this clerk and see what's under that trapdoor."

Several people squatted in a corner where they were not easily noticed and discussed the plan.

Pete thought about it.

The first thing he ruled out was to force his way through this route.

We finally caught the trail left by the black-robed people, this clue cannot be easily broken!

“Didn’t Reina hear the secret code they exchanged? How about we pretend to be his accomplices and try to exchange secret codes with him as well?”

Brandon had a flash of inspiration and came up with a solution.

"No, that's not right."

Pete slowly shook his head in denial.

"Don't always believe what the bards tell you about adventurers who can get away with it by relying on secret codes they overheard."

"Do you know what the code means?"

"What if that code is only usable by dwarves, and humans have another one?"

"Even though what you heard might just be a confusing sentence, maybe the code they actually used was the tone of a certain word in the sentence."

"There's too little information. If you just go ahead and try, you might be exposed before you even realize it!"

Brandon slapped his head in pain and said, "Why not just put a sack on them and beat them with a club? Then we'll guard this store and put a sack on anyone who dares to come! We'll kill them all!"

"Just wait and see. If the other guys related to the black-robed man find someone missing, they will definitely come over to investigate, right?"

"So everyone who comes here must have problems, kill them all!"

Miranda burst out laughing when she heard it.

She quite liked Brandon's plan.

In Miranda's eyes, all cultists should be burned at the stake. Those guys do nothing good every day and their minds are filled with thoughts about how to summon their Lord to come to the world.

Logically speaking.

There is no reason for mortals to believe in evil gods. Everyone should try to avoid them.

Anyway, it was hard for Miranda to understand what those guys were thinking.

What benefits can believing in evil gods bring to them?
In the records she knew, the fate of the cultists was either being sent to the stake or being killed on the spot by the Crusaders. Some were even more unfortunate and were directly infused with the power of the evil god and turned into crazy monsters.

None of them ended well.

Pete said helplessly: "Your method... let's just use it as a backup plan for when we really have no idea!"

The number and scale of the black-robed people are unknown, and all the information is unclear.

Although the idea of ​​"setting a nest for fishing" is feasible, the risks are difficult to control.

What if you catch a shark?

"We'd better try something less risky first."

"If we really have no other choice, we can use the tactic of 'surrounding the store and fighting the evil'!"

Brandon was helpless; his wits were at an end.

He raised his head very casually: "What good ideas do you have?"

Pete whispered, "I think... we can take advantage of this place's obvious positioning!"

"It's a tapestry shop, isn't it?"

"No matter what it is used for secretly, at least it should appear to outsiders that this is a place selling tapestries." "Then we pretend to be outsiders passing by and happened to see it, so we come in to take a look. Is that reasonable?"

Gail's eyes lit up.

Before anyone else could react, he had already matched Pete's brain waves.

"I understand what you mean!"

"The goal is to lure that guard away and open the trapdoor."

"Find a way to 'accidentally' cause a commotion in the store, preferably one that forces him to leave the counter!"

“Reina can sneak in and investigate the situation inside!”

Pete high-fived Gale.

"bingo!"

“That’s absolutely right!”

"Since this is a tapestry shop, it's only natural that these furry things would catch fire by accident, right?"

"If that clerk could watch his shop burn down and do nothing about it, he wouldn't be able to pretend to be the owner of a tapestry shop!"

After saying that, Pete turned around and gave a warning to Reina who was squatting next to him:
"Inside the store, the louder the noise, the better. In short, we should try to attract the attention of the store clerk for as long as possible."

"My dear, you only have a limited amount of time to act. Move quickly and stealthily. Don't stay for too long. If the clerk goes back to the counter, it will be troublesome for you to get out."

Reina nodded seriously.

"I know, don't worry!"

……

Plan agreed to complete.

Reina hid her figure again and entered the [Stealth] state.

Pete vaguely felt someone gently tugging at the corner of his clothes.

This was the secret signal action agreed upon by the two.

The other four people created chaos in the store due to "accidental" actions. After completing the action, Reina would immediately return to Pete and use the same secret gesture to tell Pete that she was safe.

The group walked through the inconspicuous and dim cave passage.

Before entering the store, Pete glanced at the store sign posted on the wall outside.

The illusion spell translates Dwarven into Common.

"Hope Blanket Ornament."

"Ah."

Pete almost couldn't help laughing.

This shop, which is related to those men in black robes, actually has such a positive name.

"Why not just call it a glow carpet?"

He muttered something casually, and received a roll of the eyes from Miranda.

Stoop down the aisle and enter the store.

The lighting conditions inside the tapestry shop were still extremely dim.

The tapestries hanging from the ceiling, woven with strange patterns and designs, looked somewhat creepy in this severely insufficiently lit environment, giving people the illusion that some mysterious ritual was being performed.

Pete shook his head, trying to get rid of those messy thoughts.

He was about to get down to business.

He rummaged through the tapestries with a swagger, then shouted in his half-baked dwarven language with a hint of dissatisfaction:

"Manager! Where is the manager!"

"The lighting is too bad. I can't see anything clearly. How can I choose what I want?"

While shouting, Pete picked up an extinguished oil lamp from the side as if nothing had happened and gestured to Gale sideways.

"Come on, light it up."

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