"Archbishop Bosson, may I ask you what you mean by that?"

The Locks Paladin stared at the old man in front of him, holding back the anger in his heart and asked.

After another repair by humans, the stronghold that had been damaged by Jenn's attack was restored, and people were sent to the rear to take charge of the operation of the stronghold, but the problem was ...............

"They're just ordinary mercenaries!!"

Locks waved his hands vigorously and pointed out the window. There, a group of mercenaries were giggling and laughing loudly, waving flasks and telling lewd jokes. It was as if they weren't in a dark region, but in a tavern.

"They simply don't have the strength to roam in the dark realms! Archbishop Bosen, I heard that they were recruited by you, what do you mean exactly? Why let this group of mercenaries come to the Dark Regions to join us in the sacred exploration! You must know that this oracle is a matter of great importance, and there is no room for the slightest mistake!! ”

"That's right, it's because of the importance of the matter that I sent these mercenaries."

It was only at this time that Archbishop Bosson, who was standing in front of Locks, interrupted Locks's defense in an eerie manner, he looked about fifty or sixty years old, his thin body wrapped in a pitch-black robe, his cheeks were thin and sunken, and his white hair was meticulously combed back, but the most striking thing was his piercing eyes, which made him look like a vulture in a fur coat.

"As you know, our God of War Temple is understaffed, and this time because of your incompetence, our supply base has suffered unprecedented losses, not only losing quite a lot of elite forces, but even Bishop Alex has died heroically. He is a member of the Temple of the Great Mother and a high-profile candidate for the next archbishop! How do you want me to explain to the Temple of the Great Mother?! I had originally planned to contact the other temples and send a combined elite force to search the Dark Regions, but now that something like this has happened, how could I be embarrassed to open up to the other temples? ”

Saying this, Archbishop Bosson looked at Locks and snorted coldly.

"You should know that since the fall of the God of War before, life in our temple has not been easy! There weren't enough paladins under his command either. If I don't find these mercenaries, then how can we have enough strength to destroy and fight evil? Yes, these mercenaries are vulgar, but they are also human! Do you think that they will not fight to destroy these wicked and dark people? ”

"But ....................."

Hearing this, Locks frowned, of course he knew that what Archbishop Bosson said was not unreasonable. After the fall of the God of War, the God of War Temple has been in the midst of wind and rain, although the other temples have not directly annexed the God of War Temple for the sake of the Nine Sages, but the existence of the Temple without the favor of the gods itself has no meaning at all. There are fewer and fewer people joining the Temple of the God of War, so the knights who protect the Temple are naturally fewer and fewer. Moreover, the doctrine of the god of war is to fight, as long as there is a struggle, these mercenaries are recruited to fight against the dark people in the dark region, and it is not a violation of the canon from a doctrinal point of view.

But Locks is not a fool, although some of these mercenaries are really good, but this is only a small part, most of the strength is very ordinary, to be honest, with their strength, in the dark region, I am afraid that even those underground monsters can't be defeated, let alone fight with any dark people.

It was impossible for Archbishop Boson not to be aware of this, but he still recruited these mercenaries to the Shadows. The meaning of this is very intriguing, Locks knows very well, to put it bluntly, these mercenaries are the bait released by the God of War Temple, don't look at the strength of these mercenaries is not strong, but the victory is that there are enough people. Once these humans cause some trouble in the dark region, then the evil lurking in the darkness will inevitably be tempted to do it. And as long as the fish bites, then the God of War Temple can completely wipe out the opponent with a thunderous force.

As for these mercenaries, to put it bluntly, they were lured by the Temple of the God of War to be bait and cannon fodder.

"Nothing!!"

Archbishop Bosson interrupted Locks with a flick of his sleeve. His narrowed eyes radiated a sharp brilliance, staring carefully at the paladin chief in front of him.

"I know what you think, Captain Locks, but I haven't done anything wrong! Do you think I'm using and deceiving these mercenaries? Hmph, you think they're all fools? These mercenaries have been able to survive until now, are they all idiots? Don't they know how dangerous the Dark Lands are? Aren't they believers in the Temple of the God of War? Why do these guys rush in to work for us as soon as I speak? Is it for the glory of our Temple of the God of War? Just these vulgar guys? What beliefs do they know? Don't you know in your heart what they are doing to accept our solicitation? ”

“…………………”

This time, Locks didn't speak. Indeed, he actually knew very well in his heart that these mercenaries were not fools, and they were not believers in the temple, and there was no reason to sacrifice their lives for the temple without hesitation. And the mercenaries are rolling on the edge of the knife, and they know the warmth and coldness of the world better than them, and they can't see the things that they can't see by themselves, but these people are moths to the fire and jump into it one by one, for what?

The answer is simple, interests.

In the legends of the Dark Lands, in addition to those terrible monsters and evil people of the dark people, there are countless mysterious treasures. These mercenaries are greedy wolves, hungry wolves, and the dark regions used to be far away from the surface, and they themselves did not have the strength to venture here. Now that there is a temple to open the portal, and they are also sweeping the dark region with them, regardless of the credibility of the appearance of fighting evil on the surface, if you can mix into the dark region and get some rare treasures, then you will earn it!

Most of the people who are mercenaries are a bit gambling, and if there is a temple here, they don't have to worry about anything, they will fight for their lives, and in the worst case, they will just die. But it's all the same death, what difference can there be between dying in the mouth of a monster in the dark region and dying in the hands of a bandit on the surface?

But on the other hand, the mysterious treasures in the dark region and the little bit of broken copper and iron in the bandit camp, which one has a higher rate of return, a fool can see!

In other words, if you get a broken dagger and say that it is a trophy obtained from the Dark Regions, it must be several times higher than if you were found out of the corpse of an orc.

Of course, Locks understood this, but he just couldn't see it, and felt that the vulgar and greedy ideas of these mercenaries had tainted the great oracle. You must know that they are here for the entire continent this time, but look at those drinking mercenaries outside the window, damn it, how can they care about the future of the Klein Continent? How can they care about the fight between good and evil? I'm afraid that many of these people have helped the nobles to oppress the commoners, and this kind of goods also has the face to say that they represent the light? Justice?

Looking at Archbishop Bosson's gloomy vulture-like face, Locks hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke his true thoughts.

"But Archbishop Bosson ............... The Dark Regions are no more than any other place, shouldn't we be cautious? ”

That's right, that's why Locks is reluctant to let so many mercenaries into the Dark Realm, Archbishop Bosson doesn't know how deep the water is in the Dark Realm, but he does. Now these mercenaries are running around greedily for treasure. What if you provoke the wrong forces? Dark elves, mind snatchers, gray dwarves, which of these races is easy to mess with? What if it doesn't go well, what if you start the third heaven and earth war like before?

After all, the God of War fell in the Second Heaven and Earth War, so the people of the God of War Temple knew and were familiar with the situation at that time better than anyone else. What if these mercenaries go too far this time and once again attract the attention of various forces in the dark region? This time they don't have the favor of God!

"You don't have to worry about it!!"

Sure enough, hearing Locks' inquiry, Archbishop Bosson's face stiffened slightly, and then he turned his head away with a cold snort.

"With my lord's oracle, these little people don't have to take it to heart! You just need to do your part, and there is absolutely no way to stop my lord's will in these little troubles! ”

"Yes............ Then I'll quit. ”

Hearing this, Locks didn't want to say anything more, as the chief paladin, those scenes were of little use to him. Since Archbishop Bosson has spoken, it means that he should be prepared. It's just that with his relationship with himself, I'm afraid he won't sue himself.

Thinking of this, Locks sighed in his heart again.

I don't know what will happen if this continues. But Locks always had a feeling that if it continued like this, things might go out of hand.