Chapter 480
Chapter 480: Change
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Kurisu
"Karo: Name and age is unclear . Blonde with blue eyes, has a full beard which obscures his face, but he looks older than he sounds . It's not known when he showed up at Rhino Tavern, but he's been here for almost half a year now . He's good at cheating during gambling . People call him "The God of Tavern Gambling" . He's never had a proper job, as his main source of income comes from winning bets against adventurers . He's especially good at Gwent and Hearthstone type card games . As for why he specializes in cheating, it's because he's won and lost in card games, but when tallying it up in the end, you would definitely be the one in red . However, as the game's so thrilling and interesting, you wouldn't lose that much on every round . There would always be some bored person who's willing to give him money . "
"But recently, he's been taking out outsiders and he's been doing so too harshly, to the point when even the old drunkards could see through his tricks . For a while now, he hasn't been making any money . Usually, he would do a few odd jobs for old Barton to pay off his tab and lodging . He seems to have got a thing for the boss' daughter, Katerina, but she's never paid him any mind . "
With the news bought off by the head of the local Thieves Guild, the goblin judge, Thor, shook his head in disapproval .
In the past half a year, it had become a habit for him to go out of the way to ask around about unknown adventurers who suddenly showed up . However, at the thought of the details on that person who had enough combat achievements to just about become a person from an epic, in comparison to this drunkard who had been lingering in the tavern for half a year now, there was too much of a difference . He shook his head . It looked like he wasn't lucky this time, as he missed his aim .
"With that, you'd better get ready for the upcoming investigation mission . The city's so far away, there aren't any special resources, and yet there are blood sacrifices from Dark cult disciples? It just seems like something's off . . . "
Having graduated in the crash course at Nanxiang, Thor was relatively young and inexperienced for a judge on the frontlines . If it were those underground sly foxes from the four judicial government era who read Karo's details, their interest would have immediately been piqued .
Because they knew that the seemingly impressive old boss was definitely not some kind of great heroic person . Being in debt to the tavern for as long as half a year and using gambling debts to pay off the tab? That person was definitely capable of doing something like that .
But if they were those sly foxes, they wouldn't consider looking for someone, as they knew that this mission was impossible to complete . If they really were fortunate enough to complete it, then it might not be a great thing .
First of all, if that person really wanted to hide, then one would have truly try their luck to be able to find him . Even if they really happened to bump into him, then it was likely that not only would he run, they wouldn't even be able to hold him . Even if they were incredibly lucky to actually catch him, I'm afraid that no matter how great the reward, it would never compare to the guy's cruel revenge .
Win or lose—a mission like this'd be no good . No matter how ya saw it, this was a pitfall .
So, to the sly foxes of the Church of Law, the mission "Finding Roland" was just casual chit-chat . Only new, young people on the scene would take the upper-ranked "First Mission" seriously . Of course, they would naturally be the butt of jokes for those sly foxes . It was a legend that had been passed around till this day amongst new troops from the Church of Law, Gentlemen Alliance, and Mist Alliance knights .
"Go find the legendary hero, Roland . Our Church is longing for his return . This is a test targeted at young people . As long as you bring him back, you'll have his recognition (grudge) and award (revenge inflicted on), as well as the one and only Ten Circle Incantation: The only successor of the Ultimate Annoy You To Death Technique ( literally 1 ) . "
Having only just taken his post two months ago, Thor went on his own mission, and yet he was clearly deceived by his target . He completely believed it to be true, otherwise he wouldn't have carried the new warrant with him .
But Thor didn't know that they, who had only lodged at the Rhino Tavern for a day, were already completely felt out by their target . In one of the tavern rooms, their target was discussing them .
"Between the silver-ranked judge, the gold-ranked antiholy knight, and the four elemental sword casters, the antiholy knight must be the one who's leading the group . They were one short from being the trendiest "Four Armored Crew" . As a group, they could just about take down a high-level demon . Judging from what they're seeking, they must have come to investigate the recent increasingly savage "Death Council" .
Every time the world was in danger, the very first people to act savagely were never the enemies, but those disorderly dark cult disciples . They would take advantage of the chaos in the world and the fear in people's hearts to exploit their own beliefs to create even more panic and confusion for their own benefits .
However, there were demonic gods in the world, so the dark cults weren't limited to just mortals . If they were to fish out the dark hand behind the scenes, then most of them could link it to a certain boss from the lower planes and other dimensions .
"Death Council" was short for "All Creatures will Die Death Council" . It was a type of teaching that derived from the low planes and worshipped the death of the body . However, when it was spread to the mortal plane, the message had been warped . Now, the teaching is "All life will be exterminated in the apocalypse . Only those who have turned into the undead will survive the apocalypse . " Didn't it leave people speechless? In reality, I'd heard more outrageous teachings from dark cults .
Just by the teaching, I could guarantee that behind the scenes, this dark cult definitely had something to do with the Undead Emperors . Following the Undead Emperors' successful arrival a year ago, the Undead Calamity upon the mortal plane did in fact intensify and guys of the Death Council ran wild .
If they were left to do what they wanted, in time, a village might turn into a ghost village . The Undead Calamity would have new forces, there was also the possibility of an epidemic and going through the dimensional door to the dead plane . Because of this, as long as the Death Council appeared, churches of various Gods and the country would send out investigators to tidy up .
The "game's history", at the same time, had several dark cults that emerged . No matter why they started, their eventual goal was to create all kinds of blood sacrifices and evil rituals which made abyssal veterans come to this plane to start a holy war . After the will of the abyss had dissipated like smoke, the Demon Lords and the Evil Gods gained freedom and, in turn, became more and more active . The dark cults also greatly increased, but the final goal became even harder to say . At least, in "history", I didn't see so many ridiculously strange dark cults .
"Die, fisherman!" What a really strange name for a dark cult . It was said that someone who believed in this dark cult would think that "fish are the purest creatures, so fishermen should go die . A**holes who cook fish soup should go to hell" . Most of their disciples were fish people and water-type creatures who flourished in swamps and lakes .
At first, I thought it was really unbelievable . Later on, after I found out that the dark cult's real founder was the son of the Demon Lord who was turned into fish soup, I suddenly understood .
"For world peace, we'd better cook less fish soup . "
For some reason, I resonated with that teaching; especially since I heard Karwenz thought that failed attempt was quite embarrassing . Later on, he went to the old spot to fish a few more times and cooked fish soup a few times . After that floor of the abyss changed bosses a few times, I started to pity this faction which unwittingly changed supporters behind the scenes several times over .
Oh, right! Amongst the many dark practices, there was a cult called the Heavenly Blissful Council which especially caught people's attention .
Their teaching was "World peace is before our eyes . We'll leave behind unnecessary moral principles and put our limited energy into endless sex . " They said that priests of this dark cult were all young and beautiful girls and their ceremonies were particularly envious . . . I meant, wicked and degrading . Participants are not only cute elven girls, they said the big boss behind the scenes came from some floor in the abyss of purgatory and formed this dark cult purely for fun . They personally used their incarnations to take part in events like these . They said she was a very attractive girl . What a shame that I'd never been able to find their church…
"Cough, cough . . . I said that I just want to eradicate such an evil church . Do you guys believe me?"
"The day you went looking for the Heavenly Blissful Council was the same day Elisa came to find you . I definitely won't let the news out . Will you trust me?"
"The hell I will . "
"Same here . "
The loner that I was now was still cursed out by the soulbound silly cat 2 .
"Won't you reconsider?"
"Hmph! Even if they were rewarded ten-fold, I also . . . "
"Aren't you moved?"
"No, find a person to help me tie up and collect the reward . Then, we'll get back on the road . . . "
"Don't you have an epic hero's sense of pride? Did you know? The undefeatable Roland was already considered a thousand year old epic hero . "
"Pride? Can you eat that? Can it be exchanged for wine?"
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