Astral Apostle

Frostwood Village, the long house in the village.

Jason's body was covered with a white cloth and placed in the room.

Baron and many hunters gathered together. The village chief, Griff and others were watching. There were still villagers outside the house, whispering to each other in shock.

Many hunters finished the witnessing process, and the room fell silent, only the crackling of the fire burning dry wood.

"...This is what the lord said and what we saw. When we arrived, he had already killed the lord’s guard and was seriously injured and dying. We still don’t know why Jason did it This kind of thing."

Weiss's tone was confused.

This is also the puzzle of all hunters.

Baron was saddened by Jason's death in battle. Hearing this immediately thought of something, his face was shaking, said solemnly:

"Two days ago, Jason and I broke through a shady deal. The food team came to the village, and there was a person in the pharmacy manager. He asked the doctors in our village to smuggle medicines, brought them back to White Essence City, and replaced the pharmacy stocks with inferior medicines... We caught these two people, and I asked Jason Take them to the town and find the lord to expose..."

Everyone was taken aback and immediately cheered up.

"Could it be..." Weiss expression congeals.

Boom!

Baron thumped the table, and an angry look appeared on his face: "Jason's death must be related to this matter!"

He found that the potion was corrupt, his first reaction It was to find the lord to expose, and felt that only the lord could thoroughly investigate the matter, clean up and down the pharmacy, to ensure that the hunter's potion supplied in the future is no longer defective.

But didn't expect to send Jason to Fire Pit.

Although he has not yet understood the deeper inside story of the lord doing this, he has determined that the lord must not be able to escape the relationship!

Weiss, Webber and other hunters' faces also darkened.

It is also the first time they know about this. The potions they usually buy at high prices are mixed with inferior products. Although most people have not bought them, some people do encounter situations where potions are very poor. Originally thought it was normal quality fluctuations, didn't expect was a shady of corruption.

Everyone can't help being angry.

"So, you think it was the lord who was killing his mouth, so Jason killed him to fight back?" Weiss frowned.

"I can't think of other possibilities." Baron said in a calm tone: "I know Jason's temperament well. He will not attack the lord for no reason."

Webber rubbed his chin. said solemnly: "In that case, the lord explained that this was a private action of the guards, perhaps just an excuse, to use the topic..."

The entire group exchanged information and deduced the whole reason. Although the lack of some information led to some deviations, but Roughly figured out the entire process of development.

Clarifying the whole sequence of events, the trust of many hunters in Rut fell to the bottom.

"Didn't expect Rut is this kind of person. Fortunately, I used to think he was a good lord..."

"These powerful people are really dirty."

The faces of the people were different and resentful.

If they hadn't volunteered to protect people, who would listen to the lord?

But now, the lord dared to deal with one of them in turn, regardless of the identity of the strange beast hunter.

The strange beast hunters are the most respected group, but the lord dared to risk the world's unrest and want to kill the hunters... Rut can attack Jason today, and he can attack them tomorrow.

"This thing can't just leave it!" Baron slapped the table and said angrily: "Rut must pay for Jason's death!"

"What can I do? We can’t do the same as Jason and kill the lord, right? The empire has laws. We are a group of strange beast hunters working together to kill the lord of the town. What is it called? What do others think?" Someone couldn't help but interject.

"Don't care about it?!"

"Of course not. Calm down." Weiss pressed Baron's arm.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

They are angry at what happened to Jason, but it is one thing to be willing to stand up for Jason, but if they kill the lord, they will also be wanted on their backs. Maybe there are other ways to solve it.

Webber kneaded the knuckles, pondered for a moment, opened the mouth and said:

"There is no need to confront the lord, he will not admit it, but we are not suitable for Jason Revenge directly...Perhaps we should expose the lord’s affairs to the empire, expose the problems in the pharmacy, cause major events, and let the people of the empire investigate thoroughly and figure out all the inside information. It is better to appoint a new lord."

"...Is this useful?"

Weiss was skeptical.

Although the strange beast hunter group is highly valued by the Terra Empire, will the Empire directly change the lord of a region because of the hunter's report?

Webber said slowly:

"Try to talk about it... Anyway, if the lord does not change, I will leave. I will not work under such a person. Although I am willing to work for White. Essence City eliminates the threat of strange beasts, but I don’t want to be attacked by the Lord’s one day and die unclearly."

"Yes." "Me too."

Many hunters have agreed.

Even if you want to start again in other places, many hunters don't want to continue activities near White Essence City.

"Must use this method of winding around? I just want to kill Rut with an axe!" Baron looked fierce.

"I also think...but we are strange beast hunters, not only on our own behalf, the impact of killing the lord is too great, Jason's approach is too intense, it is really...In short, there are other things When doing this, don't use the knife directly. Our blade is facing the strange beast, not the person."

Webber strained his face muscles and pursed his mouth.

Baron's bald head blew up the veins. He didn't like this method. He felt that the fire in his heart was hard to vent.

According to his wishes, wouldn’t it be great to rush into the castle tonight and hack to death the culprit directly? !

But the concerns of other hunters are reasonable, and other people are not so familiar with Jason. They are only willing to help because things are closely related to themselves, and they have the same hatred and enemies, so they can't force them to adopt radical methods.

Rather than mere revenge, it may be more important for other hunters to ensure that this kind of thing does not happen again.

"I see." Baron responded muffled.

Weiss began to persuade: "Now we are reasonable, you don't do stupid things, Jason's things, there must be an explanation."

Baron shook his head and stood up suddenly. Picking up Jason's body, he whispered:

"I'll bury him first."

After speaking, he strode out.

Seeing this, everyone stopped discussing and followed out one after another.

Many villagers outside surrounded Jason's body with sad expressions.

The entire group came to the cemetery, dug a grave, and buried Jason's body next to Will's cemetery.

Baron took out the carving knife and paused for a while before carving the epitaph on the tombstone.

"The Tomb of Jason Wood"

"A genius hunter, a companion, and a close friend"

Everyone in the room looked at the tombstone in silent mourning. Sad.

The feelings of the villagers in Frostwood Village are deeper. After six months of getting along, Jason eradicated the threat of Bonemen from the village. Everyone thought of his goodness and felt very sad at this moment.

"Jason..."

Griff has a sorrow in his heart.

The scene of the first meeting half a year ago seems to be vividly remembered.

But now, he is still standing outside.

The heroic and open-minded man lay in the grave.

Liner blinked big eyes in the crowd, not knowing what he was thinking.

Baron looked at the graves of Jason and Will, silently.

In the past few years as a hunter, although he was accustomed to seeing life and death, he still couldn't let go of the death of his "love apprentice".

"Your future, shouldn't stop here..."

Baron rubbed the tombstone, feeling uneasy.

……

With the passing of time, rumors in White Essence City spread more and more.

Almost everyone in the city knew what happened that night and knew that there was a hunter named "Jason Wood" who blatantly attacked the lord's longhouse and almost killed the lord.

The strange beast hunter cuts down the lord, this is the first time in earth shattering!

Because of the lack of entertainment, this rumor soon became the main talk for most residents in White Essence City after dinner, and the analysis was clear and logical.

As for the reason, the hunters did not remain silent, claiming that it was the lord who planned to shut his mouth to cover up the inside story of the pharmacy store stealing the inventory.

This caused an uproar in the city.

Although the lord immediately sent troops to seal up the pharmacy, he said that he would check the matter, and posted notices throughout the process denying that he instructed the guard to attack Jason, claiming that the guard was acting on his own.

But the residents of towns believe the hunters' claims.

For a time, rumors spread. Rut's prestige fell off a cliff. The residents showed strong distrust of the current lord.

And after the conflict that night, Rut was frightened and stayed ill in bed.

No action was taken, let alone show up again, even the citizens' petitions were ignored.

Lord Longhouse.

The damage caused by the battle that night was barely repaired, but some traces can still be seen.

White Essence City Supervising Envoy walked up the stairs to the master bedroom, pushed the door in, and at a glance saw Rut sitting listlessly on the head of the bed.

"You are here, please sit down." Rut was weak.

White Essence City Supervising Envoy didn’t make sense, and each minding their own business asked:

"Lord Rut, I need to understand the recent events and rumors in the city."

The various towns in the Terra Empire are ruled by lords with high autonomy, but the Terra Empire will not be indifferent.

A few years after the founding of the country, the Terra Empire has set up "outposts" in all towns, which is the place Supervising Envoy.

Only the responsibility of monitoring, responsible for delivering information to the empire, such as what happened in this town, what system the lord has established, etc., in addition, it basically does not interfere with the lord’s rule of the local area.

On the surface, there must be nothing wrong with the local Supervising Envoy. The local Supervising Envoy is fine and will not disturb the lord, and the lord will not take care of the local Supervising Envoy.

As for privately speaking, there is basically discord. There may be Supervising Envoy who wants to use their rights to deter the lords and charge "protection fees", or the lords may bribe and deceive Supervising Envoy. There are various operations. of.

Of course, the strength control of the tribal lord and the airborne lord is incomparable.

In the face of tribal lords like local tyrants, the local Supervising Envoy is generally very interesting, and it is safe to use as a decoration, every day.

However, Zhou Jing’s recent act of attacking and killing the lord has spread all over the city with wind and rain, which is quite sensitive, and White Essence City Supervising Envoy cannot ignore it.

Rut was not surprised that the other party came to the door and looked tired: "Which way do you want to know?"

"The hunter killed you, what happened? And The inside story of the so-called pharmacy, you have to give the empire an explanation!"

White Essence City Supervising Envoy is not polite.

"I know..."

Rut coughed weakly and said it intermittently. It was still the rhetoric of shirking responsibility. Anyway, not knowing it was the selfishness of his subordinates.

White Essence City Supervising Envoy is slightly frowned, obviously I don’t believe it, but I can’t do it with Rut.

He suddenly changed his conversation and warned:

"This time the trouble is not small. You have angered the hunters in the whole area. I will truthfully pass it on to the center of the empire. You may feel that you are no longer competent to be the lord."

"...If you want to change me, successor can only be selected from my clan blood relatives."

Rut face doesn' t change.

White Essence City Supervising Envoy found that Rut didn't seem to worry about this issue, and his brows frowned even more tightly.

"Okay, then I will report the truth."

After finishing speaking, White Essence City Supervising Envoy did not stay, turned his head and left.

Rut's face suddenly sinks, and his mood is quite bad.

These days, he has been in fear for fear of attacks by other hunters.

Without the extraordinary guards by his side, he can only mobilize more than half of the army to guard the castle around the clock.

Fortunately, the other hunters still kept their senses, and did not ignore the attack on the lord’s mansion and commit suicide.

However, the truth claimed by the hunters has stirred up rumors in the city and made him mentally and physically exhausted.

Dozens of hunters in White Essence City showed strong rejection of him, and he was unable to suppress the rumors.

As long as he dares to be tough, the hunter will leave at any time, so that the residents of White Essence City will be dissatisfied with him to the culmination, even if they can still be the lord, White Essence City will become more and more depressed.

However, he still needs to hold on to the position of the lord. Now only this level of identity can protect his safety... Hunters like Jason who cut the lord regardless of the consequences, after all, are a minority.

He could see that the hunters wanted to make the Empire replace him.

But I don’t worry too much.

The man who drew him into that huge plan was a powerful man in the imperial court and his patron in the court.

Rut believes that the backer will find a way to keep his position...Even if it is to stabilize him and not reveal everyone's plan, he must do so.

"In the center of the empire, don't worry about me. My most important task is to clear the clues and prevent the people of the empire from tracking down..."

Rut's face is gloomy and uncertain.

The empire cannot be allowed to discover the plan behind it, otherwise the entire plan of the backer will be affected.

As for the bitter fruit of the depression of White Essence City, it can only be swallowed temporarily.

However, as long as you wait until the day when you scream, you can surely make up for the loss now!

He believes in this.

……

strange beast world, somewhere.

In the dim cave, people to-and-fro, materials piled up into a mountain, like a stronghold.

Several people in different costumes gathered around the stone table, sat in a circle, and talked quietly.

"The person who was sent to White Essence City to protect the lord was killed."

"Who did it? Ched, Hein, and Dong Luo? Or somebody? Giant consortium or illegally organized smuggling explorers?"

"Neither, it seems that they are just involved in conflicts between the indigenous people and perish together with an indigenous hunter."

"OK Was it an indigenous person who killed?"

"I have checked it. The killer was named Jason Wood. He was originally an ordinary person. He lived in a village around White Essence City. He only had different blood enhancement a few months ago. transformed into transcender. I have drawn a portrait based on other people’s descriptions, and I’m going to take it back for comparison, and then confirm it again... Let me judge that this person is likely to be a true aboriginal."

"Hey, he was actually an aboriginal Kill, shame...what level of superpower user is the one who died?"

"Level 1 is an artificial superpower user who has taken genetic medicine, has practiced some Martial Dao, is Martial's assistant... …Marvin went back in the first two batches, and he is not in this world at present."

"Okay, since it was a native, there is no need to interfere. Collect the assistant’s body and enter it Let's be the list of the dead."

"Okay."

Several people discussed a few words and quickly ended the topic. Obviously, in their opinion, this is just a trivial matter.

At this time, the silhouette of the leader knocked on the table, said solemnly:

"The exchange period at this time is about to end. You can stop all the plans and put the outside All the people from evacuated back, returned to each stronghold and waited for the withdrawal of this world with peace of mind, and don’t go outside activities anymore."

"Understood."

The others responded one after another.

Some people can’t help but sigh:

"I don’t know how long this gravitational tide will last. At the end of the last confluence period, the Terra Empire hadn’t been born yet... I don’t know. What will this world look like when you come back from the next exchange period."