But the things that happened in Ulon Town gave them a sense of something unusual.
They believed that whoever could awaken the God of Light couldn't be just an ordinary Priest.
The fact that Ulon Town could resist the demon army's attacks wasn't something that could be handled by these useless heroes alone.
There had to be a high-ranking member of the Church of Light orchestrating everything from behind the scenes.
Knowing this, the Order of the Shattering Light understood what they needed to do.
The man in black was the first one to arrive in Ulon Town.
He believed that the Church of Light must have placed someone of at least a cardinal's rank here.
If he could silently eliminate this person, Ulon Town wouldn't be a threat anymore.
After arriving in Ulon Town, he saw Father Barry and sensed that Father Barry was just an ordinary Priest—so ordinary that he might not even know any Light-type Magic.
The high-ranking member of the Church of Light definitely wasn't him.
The man in black shifted his focus to other people and finally set his sights on Hanjun.
A fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, who seemed a bit lonely without many people around him, would be an easy target to get information from.
The man in black thought that as long as he offered a small benefit, the boy would obediently tell him everything.
Hanjun, just as the man in black had hoped, spoke freely, but none of it was the information he wanted.
The man in black said, "No, no, not these things. I want to know if anything strange happened before the heroes were summoned."
Hanjun shook his head, "I wouldn't know about that. Back then, everyone was just focused on running away; no one was paying attention to anything else."
The man in black wasn't discouraged and continued asking, "Then what strange things do you think are happening in the town?"
Hanjun started counting on his fingers and said, "Oh, there are lots of strange things. For example, a weird building was constructed in the quarry in the eastern plains. I heard they can make weapons there. And recently, the heroes made a potion that can make crops grow faster, so now I have more strawberries than I can eat every day..."
How could someone so young use such powerful magic?
Could this be what they call a genius?
"Darn it! If I had figured this out sooner, I could have eliminated the genius from the Church of Light. That way, it would have taken them another forty or fifty years to recover."
The man in black who are feeling humiliated and angry, accepted that he had failed the assassination and would face the consequences.
He decided that no matter how Hanjun tried to interrogate him, he wouldn't answer any questions.
But Hanjun didn't even try to interrogate him; he didn't do anything at all.
Then, the man in black noticed that the heroes from the caravan seemed to have noticed something.
They turned around and ran towards Hanjun.
When they arrived, they saw the man in black tied up and looked at him with cautious eyes, "Hanjun, are you okay?"
Hanjun replied, "I'm fine. I'll leave this guy to you."
The players quickly understood and dragged the man in black away.
Even as he was being taken away, the man in black couldn't understand how the heroes knew so quickly what had happened and why they took him away without a second thought.
After they left, Hanjun stood still.
After a while, Hanjun asked in a slightly annoyed tone, "Have you seen enough? Do I have to invite you to come out?"
In a quiet corner of the town, where he thought no one was around, another person stepped out from behind a wall.
This person was wearing a brown-green leather robe, black gloves, and a chestnut-colored brooch shaped like a wheat ear.
He was older man, with some gray hair, but looked very energetic—clearly not an ordinary old man.
The man spoke slowly, "I never expected that the Church of Light would produce a Holy Son. It seems the rumors were true."