Equipment Printing School Mage

Mars, however, looked unsurprised: "That's because you haven't been to Hell Knight training camp—at least half of those who dare to sign up for Hell Knight have dreams of becoming a paladin, but for various reasons don't meet the requirements. You see kids with that accent everywhere in the training camp."

【Then why don't the paladins speak like this? 】

Mars calmly replied, "The first lesson of a Paladin apprentice—appearance and etiquette—is merely the smoothest, most insignificant thorn on the Paladin's path. After being tormented to exhaustion by the world and the scriptures, how could one have the energy to be pretentious?"

Emiya sighed. "Well, let's start from the beginning. Why were you abandoned by the devil?" If nothing unexpected happened, Will's presence here was due to the devil's complete retreat at Baldur's Gate. His master brought the newly signed warlock, Will, to Eltoril—and of course, Eltoril also urgently began to eliminate the devil's forces. Whether this was also within the devil's expectations is unknown.

"I have to correct one thing. I wasn't abandoned." Will shook his head heavily. "I thought that if I didn't stay, the Eltoril people would embarrass those innocent people, so I took the initiative to stay here!"

"What do you mean by making things difficult for innocent people?"

Will snorted coldly. "It's simple—because those captured alive in Eltoril are truly innocent. But can the people of Eltoril accept this outcome? All the devils will either flee or commit suicide. Do they dare to tell the Supreme Observer that after investigation and research, all Eltoril people are innocent? They can't say it out loud. They always need someone to report to."

Will patted his chest confidently and said, "So, I stayed."

Emilia covered her face and said, "But you claim that you are innocent too."

"Yes!" Will answered without hesitation, "Yes, I signed a contract with the devil. If Eltoril imprisoned and punished me for reasons related to the devil's contract, then I would accept it. But apart from signing the contract, I have not done anything to harm others!"

"Then why did you make a pact with the devil?"

Fortunately, Will didn't say anything like "You wouldn't understand." Instead, he said honestly, "At the time, I believed Baldur's Gate was in imminent danger. Mizora... my overlord, came to me and claimed that she had a bad relationship with the demons of Baldur's Gate and was willing to add some obstacles to their cause."

"And you agreed?"

"How is that possible!" Will shouted. "I requested the most lenient treaty possible and also required the other party to provide a large amount of information in advance! I only signed the contract after confirming that the information she had provided was valid and giving her a heads-up!"

"...I see. The strange little boy the teacher was talking about is you...No wonder Urd Iron Hand has been absent-minded for some time." Mars murmured.

Emiya had already started detecting thoughts.

[…Silver, is there a magical aura on Will? ]

But just by looking at Yin's listless face, he knew the answer in advance.

[No, his mind is not being controlled. So if the mind detector says he is not lying, then he is not lying.]

"...Forget it." Emilia sighed heavily. "Well, Mr. Will, I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

Will, lying on the chair with a bachelor's face, replied: "Please tell me all at once."

"Okay then." Emilia said simply.

Emiya stood up, staring into Will's face, and said, "First of all, the good news is that you have been officially handed over to us, the Baldur's Gate Emissaries, by Eltoril's Supreme Observer. So you no longer need to be imprisoned here. The bad news is that we have nothing to do with the Rivengarde family and have no intention of showing favoritism on your behalf. So you are just a prisoner who has been transferred to another affiliation - you still have to follow us to complete the investigation."

"..." Will pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "I have no objection to Eltoril handing it over to me. But I repeat, I have said everything I can say."

Maybe Will wasn't lying. But information is something that is lost through language.

Amyia didn't waste any more time talking to this pretentious guy. If it were someone else, they would probably try to talk to him about family and parents, but Amyia didn't have the patience.

He snapped his fingers: "Larry Reappearance!"

Then, magic power enveloped the narrow room. Amidst the invisible waves, two phantoms appeared within the room.

One figure almost completely overlapped Will's, while the other was slender and curvaceous. Even though the shadows created by the spell were quite blurry, everyone present could see that the second figure was a woman in luxurious clothing.

——Although she has wings behind her and horns on her head.

Will reacted almost immediately. He almost couldn't help but jump up, and the shackles on his hands jingled. Mars pressed him down on the table without any hesitation: "Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you tell me everything?"

The shadowy figure of the she-devil gracefully entered the room. "Ah, it seems the Eltoril people have indeed let down their guard against you. It's all too easy for you to sneak in."

Will's shadow immediately responded in surprise: "Mizorah?! How did you appear here?!"

"Are you asking about the method or the purpose? I've already told you the former. As for the purpose?" The female devil named Mizora walked to Will's side and leaned over. "—Are you still not going with me?"

"Where to? Avernus? I am of the Sword Coast. I have not yet died. Only death can sever my soul's connection to this land."

"Ha! You're still so interesting when you talk." Mizora swung her hips and circled around Will. "It's a shame, are your efforts worth it? Not only did you fully cooperate and help the innocent people bear the punishment, even though you haven't done anything wrong, but so what? Aren't you still trapped here? Your efforts will not be recognized, and they won't even produce any results."

"That's fine," Will replied. "I'm not like you."

"Well...that's troublesome." Mizora sighed, "Goodbye, Mr. Will."

"However, there is one thing." The female devil lowered her body and put her mouth close to Will's ear, "You are a Baldur. Because of the recent dispute, as long as you explain your identity, Eltoril will hand you over to Baldur's Gate-"

"If you continue to act like a paladin, you won't be able to escape soon."

After saying this, the female devil suddenly disappeared.

The magic's effect ends.

"The plan has changed." Emilia sighed heavily. "Mars, please ask the Supreme Observer for an investigation order. We have to maintain the Church of Selune for the next period of time while completing the investigation. I also brought back the six books of the Ritual of Truth."

"Eltoril is completely leaky. We have to start our investigation from the beginning!"

After a thorough search, a demon could still come and go as he pleased? What was going on with Eltoril?

19 Next Step

"Investigation order?"

Tavis Craig looked up in astonishment from his desk.

Mars was a towering warrior, like an iron tower. Now, as Tavis Craig sat in front of the chair, he felt that this paladin was about to burst through his office.

The Supreme Observer frowned, then shook his head without hesitation: "Sorry, that's impossible."

"Why? Are we worthy of your explanation?"

Mars's humble words, coupled with his unreverent but impeccable attitude, caused Craig to frown slightly. The Supreme Observer put away the documents before him. "First, search warrants in Eltoril are issued one-on-one in non-emergency situations. The city's state of emergency has ended. To issue more arrest warrants, we would have to issue over a thousand in a row. Secondly, the individuals involved have already been punished and executed. In other words, the investigation into them is complete. Given this, we cannot reopen a search on the same matter that has already been concluded."

Mars was certainly aware of Eltoril's principle of not reconsidering the matter. However, he hadn't expected that Eltoril's procedure had actually reached the final stage.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and shook his head, as if nothing had happened, and said, "Then there is the second matter - the Moonfire Clock Tower requires large-scale maintenance."

"...Church of Selûne? Oh, I see. You're a paladin of the Church of Mystra." Tavis Craig was slightly stunned by the change in topic. "Ordinarily, the Supreme Hall is responsible for reviewing this matter... well, the compensation I gave you was indeed insufficient. I'll handle this matter specially. In Eltoril, construction has several core principles: no damage to existing buildings, no interference with residents' lives, and the highest point cannot be higher than the Temple of Torm, also known as the Supreme Hall. As long as you agree to these regulations, you can start preparing now."

"For this kind of special case, you should issue a certificate, right?"

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"This Eltoril is so complicated." Emiya sighed.

At this time, they had already returned to the Temple of Selune with Mr. Will.

This temple, which is of some size, is now so deserted that it is almost a haunted house - all the priests here have left, entrusting the precious temple to a group of outsiders like them.

——Even the high priestess here dragged her husband away!

This could probably be considered trust, although Emiya just felt devastated.

And now the investigation has hit a wall - they haven't been able to trick Eltoril into giving them... permission.

In other words, they can no longer obtain an official identity through some means like they did in Baldur's Gate, and then put on a disguise and start cheating.

The Church of Selune only displays aggression against a very few other churches. Most of the time, they are considered one of the most benign of the churches. Their image is not suited to being a detective on the trail.

Reappearance is of course an extremely powerful prophecy spell, so powerful that it can even be called cheating. However, its effectiveness also has many prerequisites - first of all, it has restrictions on the casting location - you must first know exactly where the incident you want to investigate occurred, so that you can use Larry's Reappearance to start prophecy at the target location.

Secondly, the exact effect of this spell is to reproduce the most [strong] echo of the current location one by one. Casting the spell a second time at the same time will instead manifest a second echo that is slightly weaker than the first.

In other words, the location of the spell should not be a place that is well-known in Faerun, where even a three-year-old child can tell what happened there. If you cast a spell in such a place, you may turn the investigation story into a historical replay, and God knows how many times you will have to cast the spell before you can see what you want.

Things suddenly became extremely troublesome when Eltoril refused to give them a search warrant - this meant that they could not legally enter various suspicious locations.

——Unless the person involved actively invites them over.

Emiya clapped her hands and pondered for a moment.

"Now, we have to change the method of our investigation—we will split into two groups." Emilia gestured, "Elastri, Sig, and Mars. The three of you will have to stay in the church for the time being—we need to quickly revive the reputation of the Church of Selune and attract all kinds of visitors."

It is obvious that recent events will inevitably cause great psychological trauma to all those involved.

When a believer has grievances and wants to talk about them, he or she is likely to go to the church and seek guidance from the pastor.

However, the rather black humor is that it was precisely the churches of these parties involved that brought harm to these parties involved - these parties involved were generally official and semi-official personnel of Eltoril, almost all of them were followers of the Three Pillars of Justice and Lathander, but they were repeatedly scrutinized by their own fellow sect members.

Elastrid thought for a moment before reacting, "...Do you think that those implicated in this might not want to go to the church of their patron saint, but instead come to the Church of Selune?"

She nodded understandingly, her arms folded. "Indeed, that's true. The Church of Selune is a place of pure gentleness and kindness. Even for those with no prior connection to Selune, as long as they harbor no hostility, the Church of Selune will open its doors to them. Since I'm temporarily managing this place on behalf of Miss Bishenya, it's only natural that I continue the ideals of the Moon Maiden."

Mars sighed and said, "I hope the reason they came here is not because they met a red-haired wizard who spoke ruthlessly during the day and were scared half to death."

"We two are each other."

Emiya slammed the table in annoyance. "Then, I think we can't let down our focus on the Ritual of Truth either."

Emiya wrote the bounty that Christine had announced earlier in the air using magic.

Level one and level two generally involve complicated and time-consuming errands, which their team does not have the energy to consider.

In fact, the bounties were so lengthy they could fill a book, and the entries Emiah himself considered relevant to them numbered numerous.

Level 3 bounty:

There are rumors of druids appearing in Sharptooth Forest. Please confirm whether a druid circle has been established in Sharptooth Forest and their basic status.

Elturgard has been established for many years, but has never been able to establish diplomatic relations with its neighbor, the Druid Circle of the River Forest. Why is this?

A special kind of true dragon, the Singing Dragon, has not appeared in the world for hundreds of years. We hope to obtain some traces of their recent activities.

Is the Church of Gund still researching gunpowder? What is the progress?

In the late Sun Moon, a meteor explosion was reported northeast of Candlekeep and southeast of the Friendly Arm. Why did that battle break out? Who were the two sides?

An organization called the Society of Non-Gods is rapidly and silently expanding in Faerun. Who are they?

How did the devil infiltrate Eltoril?

Level 4 Bounty:

Since the Year of the Blue Fire, the scale, intensity and even secrecy of demonic activities have seen an astonishing leap for some reason. Why?

The Gond Church's gunpowder making recipe and instructions.

What exactly happened to the magical country of Halrua?

The Goddess of Magic has been gone for nearly a century. How is her resurrection progressing? Can she be resurrected again?

Emilia looked at the long list and couldn't help sighing.

If the third-level bounty is only very difficult, then the fourth-level bounties are completely unreasonable.

Simply put, the fourth-level bounty is more like a news section - the content of the bounty is simply a gimmick that is impossible to know!

Emiya was silent for a moment, then said, "Actually, we know the truth about many bounties. But the problem lies in proving it. That's why we can't submit many bounties."

They couldn't produce evidence of the battle near Candlekeep, for example—they couldn't possibly try to call in Elminster for such a small matter. The archmage wouldn't go to Eltoril for a level three bounty on the Rite of Truth.

At this moment, Sig began to ponder: "Hey, Mars. Has this kind of situation ever happened in the Ritual of Truth before, where someone submitted a reward, but the question they asked wasn't that secret, but it was just that these people were ignorant?"

"Not only that, but there are a lot of them," Mars replied, "although most of them are trying to count some trivial things as a first-level bounty."

"Are you confident in your knowledge? If you were allowed to come, would you be able to preside over the Ceremony of Truth?"

"Very much," Mars answered simply, "I'm confident that the books I've read over the years are enough to scare people outside of Candlekeep."

"--Then why don't we do this!" Sig's eyes lit up and he began gesturing. "We'll set up a tent near the Oghma Church headquarters and write a few slogans on it. We'll trick anyone interested into coming to our place first, so we can pass on the information in advance. We don't have evidence, so we can't hand over the intelligence, but we've got the intelligence after all!"

"If the people who come here are a mix of good and bad, that's even better. After all, most of the people who come to participate in the Ceremony of Truth are locals. Amidst all these strange rumors, how could there not be traces of demonic activity?!"

"As for the slogan, by the way, [Candlekeep Truth Ritual Consultation Office], what do you think of this name?"

"It's a good idea." Mars thought for a moment, "but it seems like we need to get ahead of others. At least our consulting office should have an air of authenticity, right?"

Brush brush.

Before he finished speaking, his eyes were already focused on Emiya.

Emilia was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Now I have changed from a blacksmith and carpenter to a bricklayer and cement mixer?"

Twenty Truths Ritual Consultation Office

Eltoril had become bustling again these past few days. The spirits of the people, which had been somewhat shaken by the demon hunt, had been revived.

But for Scott, the situation was completely different.

The other Eltoril people were able to return to their posts and normal lives with peace of mind because they had nothing to do with the incident.

And he happened to be one of the thousand unlucky people who were suspended.

He works in the communications department of Eltoril, and his daily job is to help the spellcasters in charge of communications organize the messages to be sent.