Chapter 262: Summary of Cultists (4)

Chapter 262: Summary of Cultists (4) Cultists, thieves, warlocks, etc.

There is always something to be careful about when dealing with these guys who mainly operate in hiding.

The point is that they are trying to deceive me.

I also said this when I received a request from the Adventurer's Guild.

There are many NPCs who lie to players, even if they aren't like that, but they are professionals.

These guys make a living by lying. Even if you listen to it and suspect that more than half of what is said from the beginning is a lie, it is unclear whether you will be deceived or not.

I knew this well.

I must have been hit in the head once or twice.

I was suspicious from the time I received the request, no, from the time I saw the request before receiving it.

And the result.

"What do you mean, the village is suspicious?"

Asil, who heard my story, asked as if he didn't understand.

"Soira. "The village you're talking about is the village where we stayed overnight, right?"

"Yes."

"The village reported this altar, right? But such a village is suspicious?"

"Think of it the other way around. There are three villages nearby, and if one of them reported the altar first, wouldn't you first suspect the other two villages? "The village that reported it will be less suspicious."

Anyway, there are two more villages besides the cultist's village, so it's an altar that will be discovered at some point.

In that case, it may have been better to report it first to avoid suspicion.

That's what I meant.

"That's true, but didn't you put it in there after you thought the village was suspicious? If you think about it that way, is there any corner that isn't suspicious?"

"What. You're right. So I'm still skeptical, not saying I'm sure. Still, listen."

I told Asil and Flora about my suspicions.

First of all, the village hunter came to the city to recognize the cultist's altar and report it.

"How can people living in a forest like this recognize the altar as belonging to a cultist just by looking at it?"

"No, you can recognize it. "That's prejudice, prejudice."

"You know. "You didn't have a very tolerant personality."

"Who is playing PC?"

"I didn't say that much."

Second. A suspiciously empty space in the village.

"They said it was empty because the luggage that was originally there had been moved to another place. Then shouldn't all that baggage be piled up somewhere else? But we didn't see anything like that."

"Didn't we just not see it?"

"That's right. This can be happened. Or maybe there was something there originally that people shouldn't see, but they hid it in a hurry."

"It's ambiguous."

Third. A hunter who was suspiciously familiar with the names of the Four Gods of Death.

"Honestly, what does it matter whether the guy you beat up is a drifter or a loli furry? "It's strange that people care about things like that."

"No, I think it would be a bit of a problem if you are a loli fur... "

"Anyway! It's suspicious!"

"Ah. Yes, yes."

"Why does it feel like I'm being unreasonable?"

Is it because I just finished a dangerous battle? Our party had a slightly relaxed atmosphere overall.

Even though it's freed, I'm still walking while checking to see if there are any monsters around. It was just a little more teasing than usual.

Even though he was quick to argue with his words, he was often nodding his head and listening seriously.

... You are listening seriously, right?

And the fourth and final one was a neat collection of underground enemies.

The same goes for the monsters that look like they came out of a nightmare, as well as the cult members and cult leader gathered in the boss room.

Monsters summoned with a summoning spell have a duration.

Although the duration can be extremely long, there is no summoning spell that can be summoned permanently.

The reason why I can be so sure is that I saw that you can separately select the 'Permanent summon possible' setting in the summoning skill section during WM settings.

In other words, if you don't turn on that setting, permanent summoning doesn't exist.

However, an important summoning spell with a time limit was being used at exactly the right time for us.

It was as if we knew in advance that we would come today.

"That... Hmm... "

Asil, who continued to dispute what I said, trailed off as if this sounded a bit plausible.

This time, Flora expressed doubt.

"Even if it wasn't from that village, you could have gotten the information from somewhere else, right? There were scouts or something like that."

"Ah. Okay! That's right. Something like that."

Although Asil strongly sympathized with Flora's words, it was clear that it only occurred to him after hearing Flora's opinion.

But Flora's opinion itself was correct.

I crossed my arms and nodded.

"Okay. This isn't certain either. It's just that it's suspicious, that's all. But if there are four suspicious things, shouldn't we check it out at least once?"

"That's true too."

Asil, like me, crossed his arms and nodded.

The breasts that rose above the forearms pushed up the shirt, asserting themselves fiercely, but unfortunately, there was no one here who could appreciate the value of that appearance.

Actually, I don't know either.

Can I tell if I rub it?

Her own breasts and her breasts are different from other people's breasts. As I was about to gently extend her hand, Flora opened her mouth.

"But Soira."

"Flora? Why?"

"Aside from the doubts. How are you going to check?"

"It's simple."

I informed Flora and Asil of the strategy I had planned in advance.

It wasn't a very difficult operation. First, all I had in mind was the framework of the operation.

"Ah. Then how about doing this?"

"What is it, what is it?"

"It's not just about doing that... "

As Flora and Asil added this and that, the plan gradually became concrete.

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We returned to the village we visited yesterday.

It felt like several weeks had passed, but in reality, it had only been about half a day since I left this village.

Since I couldn't remember the way I came, I had to send Flora into the sky several times to scout the surrounding area and then go back.

There was a time when we made a mistake and stopped at a different village than the one we came from, but we were still able to return to the village safely around sunset.

"Uh? Adventurers?"

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His eyes were wide, and his mouth was wide open, and he seemed to have no intention of hiding his surprise.

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"Ah. Uncle."

"Uh, yes. Yes... "

"I'm sorry I did my best to guide you. I searched nearby and couldn't find anything."

"Ahhh... "They said they couldn't find it."

The hunter was completely convinced.

Actually, I was half-convinced by this reaction alone, but since this operation was a bit playful because we were so excited, we decided to continue pretending not to know.

Because I thought it would be more fun that way.

"It seems like they've been hiding it quite thoroughly. I think it will take a few more days to find it."

"Hmm, hmm. It's okay. You can stay comfortably for a few days."

"Really? Thank you."

We deliberately minimized contact with the villagers and headed to the room we stayed in yesterday.

The house located on the outskirts of town looked the same as yesterday, but if we looked closely, there were traces that someone other than us had come and gone.

A small trace that you wouldn't have noticed if you didn't know anything.

However, when I looked closely with suspicion already in place, traces that could not be erased were noticeable.

I pretended not to notice the traces and went into the bedroom and started talking only after casting a soundproofing spell.

"You know, how about this?"

"80%, no, about 90%?"

"You're still giving me 10%? That's generous."

"I am more than 95% sure."

"Look at this. Even Flora says this."

"Uh, um... "

It seemed that Asil still did not want to suspect the people of this village.

"What. There is still a long time left in the operation. And even if you win the 10% that Asil thinks, there won't be much of a problem since the suppression of the cultists has already been completed."

"That's right, that's right. Huh... "

Once you start to doubt, you won't be able to use anything prepared in this village with peace of mind.

You can't be homeless, so even if you can't do anything about the house itself, you have to be careful about what you can.

I knew there was a great bathhouse on the first floor, but starting today, I decided to use clean magic instead.

Now that I think about it, it seems like there was something in the bathtub... Subjectively, I don't remember much because it was so long ago. What was it?

Anyway, after washing my body with clean magic and taking precautions against night guests with notification magic, I just lay in bed tonight.

The cultist's altar was completely destroyed, and the cultists were sleeping underground like corpses, so there was no need to worry about having nightmares.

And three days passed.