Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 139: Evil Emerges
Richard watched the head chef walk back to the kitchen accompanied by several halfling chefs, his eyes filled with reluctance.

Although he was very anxious emotionally, Richard knew in his heart that since the mysterious organization had chosen to contact him, he did not need to rush, as he would meet them sooner or later.

Richard bit his fingers and fell into deep thought.

What the old chef meant was that the condition for me to get in touch with the mysterious organization was that I marry Xingge.

This condition is too harsh. Play is play, jokes are jokes, but marriage is not a joke. Living with a king is like living with a tiger. Marrying Xingge is no different from seeking death.

At this moment, the dark elf sheriff Ota saw that Richard seemed to be in a low mood, and mistakenly thought that Richard was rejected by the chef, and felt uncomfortable.

He quickly patted Richard on the shoulder and said:
"Hahahaha, Mr. Richard, the chef must be too busy to refuse you. You see, he specially prepared such a large table of delicious dishes, which proves that he respects you very much in his heart.

Come on, let's have a drink, eat and drink, don't take little things to heart."

"Hey, how could I be such a stingy person? It's just that the chef treated me so well, and I don't know how to repay him."

Richard clinked glasses with Ota and drank the wine. After one glass, he licked his lips with satisfaction. It must be said that the wine that Ota carefully prepared was really delicious, just like sweet grape juice with lemonade, smooth, sour and sweet, and went into the stomach in an instant.

"Ha." Ota exhaled, and brought a bowl of soup from the table to Richard with both hands, and introduced it to Richard:

"Mr. Richard, please try this sweet soup. The chef specifically told me that this soup is called Twin Stars and Moons.

This is made with the moonlight spring water from the elves' star fruit. No matter how beautiful the stars are, they will be very lonely without the moon to accompany them. "

"Oh, the chef recommends it. I must try it." Richard picked up the soup spoon, took a sip, and shook his head with a complicated expression.

"Sweet, so sweet. It's a little unreal. This star fruit is so precious that it needs the equally precious moon spring water to match it.

If you put the star fruit in plain water, the soup won't be so sweet. If you spoil the star fruit, the star fruit won't say anything, and the people eating the food nearby will be unhappy.

When they pour out the boiled water, the star fruit will still be the same star fruit, but the boiled water will go down the drain."

Ota was stunned, then smiled and said, "Oh, look at what you said. No matter how good the star fruit is, it has to be soaked in water before it can be served on the table, right?

If there were no white water, the star fruit would have died long ago. Wherever the star fruit is placed, there will be a moon spring. "

"Ahahaha. No way, no way." Richard raised the wine glass in his hand.

"Cooking is the chef's job after all. We two shouldn't talk nonsense if we don't understand. The chef will be unhappy if we hear it. Let's talk about the case."

"Okay." Ota laughed and said, "Come to think of it, these six missing guard mages are all good talents of the Guard Department.

They all belong to the special task force of the serious crime squad that is good at trace investigation and clue analysis.

This time they were assigned to handle the case in the southern suburbs, and they made great contributions.

They were the ones who discovered the cult sign of the Mechanical Moon Cult. It was also because of them that we were able to conclude that the outbreak of the Flesh and Blood Disaster was the work of the Holy See.

But they didn't expect that this incident would happen before their contributions were realized.

Alas, there is no way, we guard mages are like this. If you work with your head on your waist, you will get into trouble if you are not careful. Especially at the grassroots level.

My days at the grassroots, oh, don’t even mention it.

We look brave and handsome in black and white uniforms every day, but only we know how hard it is actually.

Although we don't have much income, high status, or much power, we are in more danger than anyone else.

If we have a good boss, it's not a big deal. If something happens to our subordinates, the boss can take good care of our family. But if we have a bad boss, it's terrible. Even if we work hard and don't make any mistakes, the boss will find a way to put the blame on us.

I'm a dark elf, and I was able to fight my way to this traveling city from the Underdark. I think I have some ability, but why can't I get up? Isn't it because those old guys know nothing but are still occupying the positions?

To be honest, if I hadn’t met you, I would still be in that small police station taking the blame.”

"It's not easy. It's not easy at all! Brother Ota, no need to say more. It's all over. Now you are the superior."

"Yes, yes, I am grateful for your kindness. I just want to say one thing, Brother Richard, if you have any problems in the future, please come to me. As long as it is not harmful to the Lord of Xingge City or the City of Travel, I will definitely help you!"

"Okay, okay, we are brothers in our hearts, let's do it."

Ota patted his chest to express his loyalty to Richard, and Richard agreed with his words, but he didn't believe a word of it in his heart.

Just as Ota himself said, as a dark elf, he was able to fight his way to this traveling city from the Underdark and become the regional sheriff as an alien through competition among the mages. How could he not have some ability?

If I really believed Ota's words and asked him for help with something illegal, I'm afraid he would run to Xingge to report as soon as I approached him.

But in the officialdom, what matters is human relationships. You know I am talking nonsense, and I know you know I am talking nonsense, but the two of us tacitly agree not to expose each other.

The more people praise others, the higher they are. The superficial harmony of the atmosphere is more important than the actual harmony.

After a few drinks, the relationship between Richard and Ota changed from "Mr. Richard" and "Captain Ota" to "Brother Li" and "Brother Tazi".

Ota's face flushed with wine. He put his hand on Richard's shoulder and spoke with a lisp:
"Brother Li, we may eat and drink, but I still have a mission. I am just asking casually, don't take it seriously. Ah, our guard team, the missing six guys should have nothing to do with you, right?"

Richard was about to speak when he suddenly felt his tongue go cold. He couldn't help but speak out the truth in his heart:
"It has nothing to do with me. I just accompanied the old man who came to the capital to meet with them and asked them some questions.

The information they told me was not very informative and I didn’t think it was real.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Richard's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly woke up.

My goodness, there is something wrong with this wine! This wine actually acts directly on the soul and makes me speak the truth uncontrollably! If I hadn't become a Star Ring Mage, I wouldn't have realized that I was being affected.

Richard couldn't help but feel angry and amused.

Brother Ota is really honest. He said he would torture me with good food and wine, but he really tortured me with good food and wine. He didn't tell a single lie.

"That's good, that's good. Haha. Then Brother Li, when you were accompanying those two masters in the capital, did you find anything wrong with them?"

Richard, who had already sobered up, could clearly feel the throbbing coming from the depths of his soul, but he suppressed it by force, pretending to be drunk, and said stumblingly:
"Yes. The tall and strong man with a cross on his back is called Holy Hammer. He is a magic assassin! I heard that he is very powerful. If he wants to kill those guard mages, I am afraid he can do it in front of me and I won't notice it. And the red-haired one is Shi Ensheng. He is a summoner. I saw him summon elemental spirits that can move freely. He is fully capable of summoning creatures to commit crimes under my nose.

I'm telling you, when you first came to me, I felt that the murderer was the two people in the capital. But I can't say such things. You know, I have no evidence, so I can't say nonsense, it's easy to offend people. "

"I understand. Li, Brother Li. Well, do you have any suspects in this case?"

There is... a mysterious organization...

Richard felt the answer coming from his soul and cursed in his heart. As expected, in a world with magic, you can't be careless, and there are dangers everywhere.

He said shakily, "There is...a mysterious man...there is a mysterious man. I doubt it."

"Who?!" Ota's voice became hurried, and he no longer looked drunk.

Richard immediately complained:
"Qiao Meili! A guy who is neither male nor female. She is obviously a woman, but she insists on saying she is a man. How weird.

He came from the capital with Sheng Hammer and the others. Before he came, nothing happened here, but as soon as he came, something went wrong.

I also heard her say that she was from some organization in the capital, and that you had to help that organization expand to our Travel City. I didn’t hear clearly what organization it was, but it might be the Church of the Mechanical Moon.”

"Okay, okay, I'll take note. Brother Li, do you have any other clues?"

"Yes. Probably."

"Ah, anything else?"

"Yes. I heard that the guard mage at the cemetery said that the followers of the Mechanical Moon in the southern suburbs had not been completely cleared out. Maybe the six guard mages found out something and were silenced.

Ota, you must not go to the southern suburbs recently, it is dangerous... We should not interfere if we can."

"Which guard mage?"

"It was the young man in the cemetery, with blond hair and a crooked police uniform. He showed a small sign to me and Shi Ensheng, saying it was the sign of the Church of the Mechanical Moon."

After Richard finished speaking, he lay down on the table with his head buried in it, and no matter how hard Ota pushed him, he couldn't get up.

Seeing this, Ota sighed helplessly. He stood up with great clarity and whistled vigorously. Two beautiful dark elf girls wearing guard wizard robes emerged from the shadows behind him.

"team leader!"

"You stay here and protect Mr. Richard. I have to leave for something and will be back soon. By the way, keep a distance from Mr. Richard while you are protecting him and don't act too intimately.

When Mr. Richard wakes up, you can say that you are the masseurs I hired."

"Yes! Captain."

……

……

In the southern suburbs, Old Pokopi, the [Eye of the Earth] who had just received an urgent mission from Xingge, had led a group of agents from the Star and Moon Society to the cemetery in the southern suburbs.

His closed eyes slowly opened and he loosened his hands on the magic book, his face livid.

"There are no traces of anything around here, no signs of a fight, and no signs of blood being dealt with. If Chamans disappeared in this area, he must be many times more powerful than this person, and he would have destroyed all of his resistance in an instant and completely subdued him.

Chamans is the strongest of the missing guard mages. He has the strength of the peak of the second ring and may become a third ring mage at any time. The enemy who can subdue him in an instant without leaving any traces must be at least a fifth ring master. And a fifth ring master who is proficient in control.

Go inform the city lord and ask him to send more people. I'm afraid the thing we least want has happened. The enemy has not been completely eliminated. There are still enemies above the master level hiding in the southern suburbs. "

"Perhaps, there is no need to notify. The city lord has already discovered the seriousness of the matter through other channels." At this moment, a voice came from behind Old Pokobi.

He turned around and saw a slightly plump old man walking towards him with a smile.

"Dean Hank!" Old Pokoby greeted him in surprise, "I didn't expect the city lord would invite you here. I feel relieved to have you here."

"Hahaha. I volunteered to come here. You gave me your family's secret manual yesterday, so I had to help you. You have everything you need, so there aren't many opportunities to repay you."

Hank smiled and said:

"I'm a researcher of magic. I know a little bit about combat. Reconnaissance is not my strong point. You are more professional in that area. I will follow you and act as your bodyguard. Just go ahead and investigate."

"Richard is lucky to have a teacher like you. With you here, I don't have to act anymore." Old Togepi said with a smile: "Although the enemy is cunning, we are not completely clueless. They thought the earth would help them cover up all the secrets, but they didn't expect that the earth is on my side."

Old Poke stamped his feet lightly, and a slight shaking suddenly came from deep underground.

After a while, many of the graves in the cemetery split open in the middle, and the soil lifted the coffins up from the ground.

There was a clear pattern carved on the outside of each coffin.

Although the hideous, majestic and huge mechanical moon is covered with mud, it is still lifelike and intimidating.

The moment it came into contact with the air, a stream of bright red blood oozed out from the cracks in the coffins. Immediately afterwards, all the coffin lids began to vibrate violently, as if some extremely ferocious creature was about to break out of the coffins!

"Undead...ha." Hank smiled coldly.

With a rustling sound, Hank's magic book quickly opened, and a holy light enveloped all the coffins. Those unusual movements were completely suppressed in an instant.

"coffin……"

At this moment, in the City Lord's Mansion, Xingge was looking at the coffins through the magic screen, his eyes becoming increasingly cold.

"That day, the coffin that held that damned angel was also a coffin."

(End of this chapter)