I'm a forest ranger, why would I enslave a succubus?

Chapter 10: Twin Finger Mountain Maze

Thanks to Terry's good acting skills, they successfully entered the abandoned maze.

The interior of the maze is unexpectedly spacious.

It looks like a huge mine, with crystals growing all over the surrounding walls.

Individual crystals only emitted a faint blue light, but with such a large number of them, the entire maze was illuminated with unusual brightness.

When this maze was first abandoned, some residents of Quartz Town who did not know the reason believed that these crystals were precious gems and entered the area to dig.

But later they found that these crystals would turn into ordinary stones when they left the earth wall, so they returned disappointed.

Rhodes glanced at the corner and saw traces of splattered blood.

It doesn't seem like it will be long.

A middle-aged man in priest's clothes came over.

"Nice to meet you, Ali Pioneer."

The man was not tall, but his shoulders were extremely broad, as thick as three Rhodes, and he was unusually sturdy.

He had a very thick book in his hand, which he held tightly to his chest.

Obviously, this is Father Owen.

Terry didn't make any extra moves, just nodded.

She looked at the blood beside her.

Further inside, there were jars placed one after another, two of which had no lids, with half a leg bone and a head without a crown exposed.

Father Owen couldn't help but sigh when he saw this.

"The road of spreading our teachings is long and arduous. So many lost lambs have not been taught. Alas."

"."

Rhodes looked carefully at the half leg bone and the skull and found lizard scales on them.

Lizardman?
Lizardmen are notorious fanatical believers of the Lizard Mother Goddess.

Preach to them?
Crazy?
Rhodes glanced at the personnel configuration in the maze again.

Human, Kobold, Pigman, Halfling
Wow, they are all the races with the lowest mental resistance.

Rhodes really didn't believe that he had never used mental magic.

It seems that the Ego Cult also knows that it has no foothold, so it simply uses mind control in a big way.

"I heard that the operation in Wind Wall Forest was not going smoothly."

Father Owen's face was very large, and his features looked as if they had been magnified by a glass.

He smiled kindly, and the wrinkles on his face were clearly visible.

"That forest ranger is quite powerful, and he even has the help of tree spirits and succubi."

Tai Li's face was gloomy, and her expression contained resentment and anger.

It must be said that Succubus is truly a genius in acting.

After all, he's the one who eats.

"Succubus?" Owen was a little surprised.

He stroked his chin and said, "We can win them over by promising them spiritual energy. Succubi are a race well versed in betrayal. As for the tree spirits, we can only kill them."

Terry nodded.

"I came here to borrow some energetic men."

"Not urgent."

Father Owen waved his hand.

Walking deeper into the maze, Tai Li followed behind him.

"The bishop has written that a legendary mage from Windwind City intends to come to Quartz Town. Those people there are not even our followers. To prevent this from being exposed, Windwall Forest will be temporarily abandoned."

“This is not something that can be accomplished overnight.”

"good."

The two gradually went deeper and the road became narrower.

A fork appeared not far ahead. On one side was a passage leading to a deeper interior, and on the other side was a huge stone gate.

There are ancient blue patterns on the stone gate.

It is radiating spiritual light.

There are also many traces of attacks on the stone gate.

"This is?"

"The residents of the maze, instead of feeling honored to be staying here, actually have the audacity to drive us away."

Father Owen shook his head bitterly.

Rhodes: "."

There is no doubt that they were the ones who seized this place, and when others disagreed, they started killing people.

Rhodes glanced at the maze filled with crystals.

He knew that some races liked to live in abandoned labyrinths because of the spirituality left in the labyrinths.

What race are you from who likes crystals?

The two did not stay at the fork in the road for long and went deeper.

After walking for about ten minutes, we finally stopped.

From this, Rhode also saw Daphne. "Sure enough, he has her."

Daphne's condition was a little abnormal at this time. She sat upright in the chair with a dull look in her eyes.

There were no guards or chains nearby, but she showed no intention of escaping.

In Rhode's understanding, Daphne was a brave girl who would not give up easily and would never surrender like this.

It's mind control.

"Is this Daphne Argyle?"

Terry asked knowingly.

"The Earl of Argyll's youngest daughter, a lovely child, one of the most favored heirs of her family."

Father Owen nodded and gently stroked her head.

"She was the most favored child, yet also the most mischievous. She ran away from home and came to a small town on the edge of the kingdom. She thought she was out of her family's control, but in reality, she was under constant protection."

His large hands moved to Daphne's shoulders, as if to tear her clothes off.

Noisy!
A fierce electric current jumped and directly repelled Father Owen's big hand.

"Look, it's a very advanced magical artifact called the Maiden's Guard. It can repel all malicious harm, and even an eighth-level master might not be able to remove it."

"Then why did we arrest her?"

"This is where I will teach you, Vanguard Ali."

He straightened up, his expression slowly becoming serious.

"You are a gifted and steadfast believer. The church is in great need of people. I will have Bishop Shaw promote you to priesthood soon."

Terry showed just the right amount of surprise.

“Thank you, Father!”

"But you have to know that the church is not monolithic. There are still many people who are good at distorting the teachings. They are like tumors in the human body. We need a sharp knife that can remove these tumors."

“I am willing to share the burden with the priest!”

"very good."

Father Owen was very satisfied and gently stroked her head.

The two did not stay here for long and continued to go deeper.

Rhodes originally thought that Father Owen was going to some secret room again, but he didn't expect that Father Owen would walk out of the maze directly.

This is like a backdoor.

The clusters of locust trees turned completely black in the night.

Not far away, an exquisite carriage was waiting quietly.

"Come on, Ali Vanguard, let's get out of here first."

"But Argyle's little daughter is still here."

Father Owen shook his head.

"That's enough. I got news that Isabella, the eldest daughter of the Argyle family, is on her way here. Just let them rescue that young lady."

Rhodes understood immediately.

Daphne, under mind control, returns to the Argyle family, which is exactly what the Egg Cult wants.

The remaining believers currently remaining in the maze are all cannon fodder for deception.

By observing the spirituality in Owen's body, Rhodes learned that his grade was between the peak of level five and the initial level six.

With my current background.

Can kill!

then.

In the shadows he drew his steel sword.

Small body skills enhanced.

Lightning Blade.

The seal of constant grace.

Tree Armor.
Um! ? !
[Tree Armor (Enhancement): A special enhancement granted to individuals with the Gift of Trees when performing Tree Armor. Different abilities are enhanced depending on the type of trees in the forest.

Current tree: Giant locust tree

Amplification Skill: Super Strength]

Rhodes' eyes widened.

Terry sensed her master's movement in the shadows.

So she pointed to the left and screamed.

"what is that!"

"what?"

Well done, Terry!
It doesn’t matter if the diversion trick is bad, what matters most is that the other party responds well!

When the priest turned his head.

Rhodes leaped out from the shadows.

The steel sword shining with blue and white light slashed down from top to bottom, dragging the afterimage of lightning, and slashed down fiercely!

(End of this chapter)