Chapter 43: Speculation
Sitting in the carriage, Edith still didn't have any real feeling, she had already planned to fight with Baron Naheim for several days, after all, when her father was still alive, her father did the same, but she didn't expect that there was no need to talk about it, it was simple, and it only took half a day to solve everything.
That's it? That's it!
That's probably how Edith feels right now.
And she also had a lot of doubts in her heart, but she didn't know whether she should ask at such a time.
After all, Sister Serena also said that the demon has been coming to the main material plane for at least a month, and it may open the door to the abyss, connect to the bottomless abyss, and invade the main material plane.
And that demon is not only in the Barony of Naheim, but has even fled to other realms, and is now doing evil in the Tempest Realm.
"Ask if there's anything you want, I remember I should have taught you to 'be ashamed to ask'. ”
Just when Edith was immersed in her own thoughts, the maid suddenly spoke: "I can't think of any way to do this kind of thing alone, after all, I can't find any trace of the seduction demon yet, I'm afraid it has now been integrated into the Sadwind Leader, if you want to find it, you must mobilize all the power of the Sadwind Leader, so you don't bother if you want to ask." ”
Edith nodded, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Sister Serena, what I want to ask is, how did you see that there was a heart buried under that tree, and how did you know that the 'seduction' had been on the main material plane for a month?
The maid smiled and said, "Edith, what you want to say is actually 'That demon was actually summoned by Sister Serena'?"
"No, no, no!" Serena's words turned Edith's little face white, and she desperately explained: "Sister Serena, I didn't mean this, really not! I, I, I just want to ask Sister Serena how you see so much! What I want to say is really not this!"
Serena touched Edith's head and smiled, "Okay, okay, I'm just kidding, I know that's not what you're trying to ask." ”
Edith quieted down, and sat down beside Sister Serena, lest she say something that would mislead her.
The maid smiled, let go of Edith, then pondered for a moment, and said, "The reason why I found something under that tree is because I smelled the 'smell of magic', that heart has been treated with necromantic magic, otherwise it wouldn't have been preserved for so long, and the magic in the heart has long since dissipated with the decay of the heart." I don't know if you have noticed that when that heart fell to the ground, the magic of that moment collapsed. ”
Edith frowned and asked distressedly, "Then why don't I and Baron Naheim feel it?"
The maid smiled and smoothed Edith's brow with her thumb, and said softly, "Because your cultivation is not in place, and because I have dealt with them, I will pay attention to this aspect, and if I hadn't known in advance that they would do this, I would have ignored it." So you don't have to be discouraged, study hard, and you will be able to grow. ”
"Hmm!" Edith nodded obediently.
"The second question is a bit difficult to explain......
The maid twisted her hair with her index finger and thumb, and after a little thought, explained, "This is to be speculated from several aspects. First, the scene of the ritual of summoning demons is in the forest of the Barony of Naheim, Baron Naheim is an Arcane nobleman, and according to intelligence analysis, Baron Naheim is not a nobleman who likes to hunt, and an Arcane nobleman like him will regard 'hunting' as a lowly thing. He wouldn't go to the forest unless he had to do it in particular. I don't know if you have noticed that the forest poaching and logging in the Barony of Naheim are serious, and there are only stumps left where there should be trees, which means that Baron Naheim not only does not often go to the forest to hunt, but even does not even have forest rangers, so it is not surprising that the ritual of those demon believers summoning demons will be held in his forest. ”
"Secondly, most demons are greedy, and the seduction demon is no exception, but they prefer to use magic to satisfy the wishes of mortals, and in this way they reward those who succumb to their lies and tricks, and use violence to sacrifice the blood of several people, which is not their practice, so there must be other reasons why the seduction demon did this. ”
"Third, although Baron Naheim said that those villagers were demon believers, he did not deny the identities of those villagers, so those demon believers may indeed be just a few villagers. So take this as a premise to make a hypothesis, how did a few poor villagers summon a seduction demon - it can be seen from here that if the fleeing demon is really a seduction demon, then it must have actively responded to the call of those demon believers. Isn't it ridiculous that a seductive demon has taken the initiative to answer the call of a few poor villagers?"
"Because of this ridiculous thing, it reminds me of an incident I once experienced, when your brother and I were just going out to supply the necessities of life, and we happened to encounter the abyss invasion. The situation was slightly different from this time, this time it was a succubus, this time it was a seduction, but other than that, it was not much different - this time it was a few young and ignorant and fearless aristocratic teenagers, this time it was a few poor villagers, all of the same, to satisfy their own desires. ”
A look of nostalgia appeared in Serena's narrowed eyes, and she continued: "That enchanted demon took the initiative to expose its existence, if it weren't for that 'Blood Sacrifice Incident', I'm afraid it would have been hidden for a long time, after all, no one knew about its existence. This technique is very similar, taking the initiative to expose one's existence, and then attacking the west. It's just that I don't think it expected that Baron Naheim would take the initiative to help it block the news. Since it will take the initiative to expose its existence, then it must be because the preparations for the abyss invasion have been almost prepared, only the last point is missing, in order to ensure that the final steps can be carried out smoothly, so it will choose to attack the east and west - it can be said that this time is almost exactly the same as the last time, I am a little skeptical that it is the same demon lord who did it- To sum up, it can't complete all the preparations in half a month, and summoning the Abyss Gate is not something that can be done so easily, so I think it has been in the main material plane for at least a month. ”
The maid looked out the window, sighed, and said melancholy, "Anyway, because Baron Naheim has blocked the news, we are in trouble, and we must mobilize all the priests and holy warriors of the Good God Church in the Sadwind Territory to find the trace of the seduction. Baron Naheim didn't know how dangerous the seduction was, so he wouldn't have deceived us in such matters, or he would have told the truth when we left. Whether or not we can find the trace of the decoeur, we have to prepare in advance, because I believe that since the decoeur has been on the main material plane for more than a month, it will definitely not do nothing. There should be more than one demon in the Sorrowful Wind Territory now!"
Hearing Sister Serena say this, Edith raised her eyebrows and said angrily, "Why is Baron Naheim like this? Sister Serena, can we stop the invasion of demons?"
"I don't know......," the maid shook her head, "but I know that Baron Naheim has paid the price, and if we don't stop the demon invasion, he will become a sinner, and the Naheim family will be stripped of their titles for his actions." Even if we can stop the demon invasion, Baron Naheim has no future, after all, it is all caused by his willful behavior. ”
Serena closed her eyes, leaned back in her chair, and said weakly, "I can't help it, but I have to make the last effort, I can't let the sad wind leader return to its original broken appearance!"
The wheels rolled, and as it passed by the Barony of Naheim, it paused for a moment, allowing the local intelligence officers to use the trained falcons to relay the emergency information back to Wynde City first.
This is urgent!