Chapter 152

152. Strange atmosphere

“If you hand it over to the adventurer’s guild, it will take care of itself.”

“To the Adventurers Guild?”

Kang Seung-hyeon looked down at the group of masks he had captured.

These guys are the culprits of the attempted murder in Tracotti, so if you bring them to the Tracotti Adventurers’ Guild, they will use all means to uncover their identity.

“Even if it’s temporary, it’s an order from the branch manager of the Adventurers’ Guild... We’ll have to shake it to the core.”

“The branch manager uses his power sparingly!”

Kang Seung-hyun and his party returned to the Adventurer’s Guild.

The group of masks resisted at first not to be dragged away, but after being beaten several times, they calmly followed.

“What happened? What are those guys?”

Masen, who was working at the Adventurer’s Guild, asked with a surprised face when Kang Seung-hyun and his party dragged people away.

The union workers next to them were quite surprised.

“It is an attempted murder case.”

“Attempted murder?”

Kang Seung-hyeon pointed to the injured person Kim Ho-jung was carrying and said.

“I’ll give you a detailed explanation later, so please keep an eye on them.”

“I get it.”

The Masen branch manager took off the masks they were wearing. The bright red hair that was hidden under the mask was revealed.

“Was it a tracotti?”

“First of all, he’s the first person to see his face.”

“It could be dyeing or it could be disguise magic.”

“I will investigate the details. Take everyone.”

The Masen branch manager called his subordinates and put the masked group in jail.

“Keep close watch. It is an order from the branch manager.”

“yes!”

Kang Seung-hyun treated the injured while the union employees imprisoned and monitored the group of masked men.

“Is that friend a victim? Judging by his clothes, he must be from the town hall.”

“I’m in charge of your hall.”

“How are you?”

“The first aid was successful and fortunately his life was saved, but he would have died if it was a little too late.”

“If it wasn’t for you, it would have been in big trouble.”

Branch Manager Masen sighed deeply and said thanks.

The town hall does not have as much power as the adventurer’s guild, but as it is an institution representing Tracotti, if it is not properly maintained, the guild’s reputation will fall.

“How dare you attack our villagers...!”

Aside from that, the Masen branch manager was also from Tracotti, so he was genuinely angry about this incident.

“Thank you for catching them. Let the adventurer’s guild take care of it from now on.”

“you’re welcome.”

“yes. I would like to hear a detailed explanation of this matter, is that okay?”

“Hmm...”

Kang Seung-hyun was lost in thought for a moment.

To explain this incident, we cannot leave out the story of Wismel.

‘I don’t know if you believe it, but I’ll have to explain it first. Maybe the Masen branch manager knows something about Wismel.’

Kang Seung-hyun briefly explained what had happened earlier.

Not only about the group of masks, but also about Wismel.

“God of Tracotti, Wismel?”

“It’s hard to believe, but it’s all true.”

“...is it.”

“Then, the identity of the Masked Order is the Wismel Church.”

“That’s right, the apostles didn’t know the name of the god they worshiped.”

They always only called the existence they worshiped ‘God of Tracotti’.

I never once mentioned the name ‘Wizmel’.

“Is that really cool? The Masked Party must have known Wismel’s name.”

“Yes. He said he followed us after hearing us talking about Wismel.”

“When I first investigated the ones who were referred to as apostles, they were all commoners.”

Ordinary commoners of Tracotti who neither come from great families nor possess special abilities.

There is no way that such commoners would know information about an old god that disappeared hundreds of years ago.

“That means there is a force behind it.”

“i think so too.”

In other words, those who refer to apostles now are just scarecrows, and the real Wismel Church is separate.

“It seems that the adventurer’s guild expected a background investigation and put up a stand-in.”

“They’re meticulous.”

“And the masked group must have been sent by the real Church of Wismel.”

If you rob them, you will be able to find out the true identity of the Wismel Church.

“Damn it... I still have a lot of trouble with it. Are pseudo-religious organizations going wild now?”

Masen put on his arrogance and touched his forehead.

Kang Seung-hyun, who was watching this, opened his mouth.

“I see something else going on with this.”

“Actually, this isn’t something to talk about, but... you’ll be fine.”

After thinking for a while, Masen opened his mouth as if he had made up his mind.

“I’m still keeping it a secret from the villagers, but there are people missing in the Red Forest right now.”

“Isn’t the original red forest an area where outsiders wander?”

“As it was until now, the recent disappearances are not outsiders, but all Trakoti villagers.”

Surprisingly, there was an incident in which the villagers of Tracotti went missing in the Red Forest.

Aside from simply getting lost, you can’t find a trace.

“It is strange. Can’t the people of Tracotti ignore the curse of the Red Forest?”

“that’s right. So no more.”

Originally, Tracotti people have a unique constitution that prevents them from getting lost in the Red Forest and is not attacked by monsters.

However, the number of people suddenly disappearing without a trace or being attacked by monsters increased.

“Actually, our party was secretly searching for a missing person in the Red Forest at the request of Branch Manager Masen.”

“That’s why you were being chased by monsters yesterday.”

“I thought he was missing, so I approached him, but he turned out to be a rock man.”

The reason Rebecca visited Tracotti was because of Masen’s request.

He said that he had to go on a mission secretly, so he invited him through his personal connections.

“I’ll have to investigate the details, but for now, I’m assuming that the forest is in trouble because of the magic leaked from Camar.”

“Tracotti is uncomfortable living, too.”

Pseudo-religion is rampant in the village, and disappearance cases occur outside the village.

In many ways, there is no mess.

“So be careful too. The Red Forest is not normal right now.”

“Thanks for the advice.”

“Shall we go back to our room for now?”

It was the moment Kang Seung-hyun and his party were about to leave after the conversation.

“Chief Masen! Kang Seung-hyun, branch manager!”

An Adventurers Guild employee came running with a very urgent face.

“I ran into a problem while interrogating them!”

“what?”