Under the night sky.
Streams of dazzling white light flew over Minori and the others' carriage and entered "Kalinsha."
Whirr—
The carriage curtain fell back into place.
Guild Master Bertkin opened his mouth, somewhat blankly: "What was that?"
The astonishing sight just now had filled him with unparalleled shock.
If it weren't for the sacred aura within those rays of light, Guild Master Bertkin would have thought they were under attack.
"They've arrived sooner than the Guild Master predicted," Minori said calmly, with a smile in his eyes.
"Are you saying, the [Sunlight Scripture]!" Guild Master Bertkin exclaimed in surprise.
The [Sunlight Scripture] of the Theocracy's Scripture troops is one of the very few strengths of the Slane Theocracy revealed in the intelligence of various countries.
Even so, the countries still don't know much about this unit.
The two carriages paused briefly before continuing towards "Kalinsha."
As they gradually approached the city gate, the situation was completely different from when they left.
As a fortress city, "Kalinsha," although guarded by an incomparably strong city wall fortress, still had troops stationed there around the clock.
Historically, a demi-human race called the Slats had used their ability to change skin color and the suction cups on their palms to secretly climb over the city wall fortress during a rainy night and infiltrate the Holy Kingdom.
After the tragedy of dozens of villages being destroyed, "Kalinsha's" city gates were guarded by elite veterans day and night.
But at this moment!
The city gate, which should have been closed, was not only completely open, but even the elite veterans stationed at the city gate had disappeared, replaced by knights in silver-white armor.
The position of the armor on the chests of these knights was imprinted with the blue national emblem of the Holy Kingdom, which was not equipment that ordinary knights could wear.
It was the standard equipment of the elite Holy Knight Order in the Holy Kingdom!
The two carriages stopped at the city gate.
"It seems we won't be getting a good night's sleep tonight."
Minori said to Guild Master Bertkin, who was sitting opposite him and becoming increasingly worried, and got up to pull open the curtain and step out of the carriage.
"Sir Minori!" Guild Master Bertkin suddenly called out.
Minori paused in his movement of getting out of the carriage and turned his head in confusion: "Hmm?"
"Prioritize ensuring your own safety above all else, even if the mission to subjugate the undead in the Hill Region fails."
Guild Master Bertkin first gave a serious and earnest reminder, then lowered his voice at the end: "I hope to see 'Free Will' become an 'Adamantite-ranked' adventurer team one day."
"I appreciate your kind words, Guild Master."
Minori responded with a smile and stepped out of the carriage.
Two "Adamantite-level" requests, considering the danger of this incident, even far exceeded the normal upper limit of requests of that level.
Whether successful or not, the "Free Will" adventurer team could basically steadily advance to become "Adamantite-ranked" adventurers.
The premise was that they had to come back alive!
After taking a deep breath, Guild Master Bertkin's expression returned to calm as he followed and stepped out of the carriage.
From the other carriage, Pabel, Orlando, and Go Gin also stepped out of the carriage together.
This was a carriage that had been obviously modified and reinforced, in order to allow demi-humans of Go Gin's size to ride in it.
Logically speaking, Go Gin and Minori had the closest relationship, and should have ridden in the same carriage as Minori, but considering various reasons, Pabel and the other two rode in a carriage with Go Gin.
In reality, it was a disguised form of surveillance.
Even though Go Gin had made his attitude clear enough, the people of the Holy Kingdom still maintained sufficient vigilance and wariness towards demi-humans.
Go Gin's conspicuous figure was clearly visible even in the night.
The several Holy Knights guarding the city gate immediately stared intently at Go Gin, stirring slightly,
but did not make any hostile actions to draw their swords.
Clang—Clang—A warrior wearing the same standard armor, with an additional grayish-white cloak on his back, walked out from behind the city gate, the heavy armor emitting a low metallic friction sound.
Especially when the iron boots stepped on the ground, the rhythmic "click-clack" sound when colliding with the knee armor gave people a sense of heavy power.
The other party had a fearless face, with short golden hair and neat short bangs, looking like a relatively calm type.
"Long time no see, Pabel, and Orlando," a somewhat brisk, steady voice sounded before the person had even walked over.
"Long time no see, Gustavo," Pavel nodded.
Orlando raised his hand: "Oh, it's you."
After the few briefly greeted each other, the warrior named Gustavo had already arrived in front of Minori, a smile on his steady face.
"Hello, Gustavo Montagnes."
"The current Vice-Captain of the Holy Knight Order, I represent the Holy Kingdom and the Holy Knight Order to thank you for your assistance."
Vice-Captain Gustavo stopped firmly in front of Minori, raised his right hand and placed it on his chest, performing a knight's salute, showing an extremely solemn attitude.
Young!
The young man in front of him was much younger than he had imagined.
He appeared to be a person with a peaceful personality, who should not be difficult to approach.
This thought flashed through Vice-Captain Gustavo's mind.
If the Adventurer's Guild hadn't been unlikely to provide incorrect information, perhaps no one would have thought that the young man in front of him possessed the strength of an "Adamantite-ranked" adventurer based on appearance alone.
In terms of strength, he might even be stronger than him!
Vice-Captain Gustavo's attitude was neither arrogant nor humble, but with a hint of respect.
"Hello, Vice-Captain Gustavo."
Minori said gently.
After a simple response, he turned his head and glanced at Go Gin: "In that case, I'll head back to the 'Colorless Tranquility' Inn first."
Currently, his temporary mission had been completed.
Within "Kalinsha," the "Holy Knight Order" and the "Priest Order" had only recently arrived.
Even the [Sunlight Scripture] unit, which should have arrived tomorrow, had arrived ahead of schedule.
The Holy Kingdom's contact with the Slane Theocracy was probably still in a "chaotic" state.
Minori had no intention of joining in the fun.
He represented the Adventurer's Guild, and although his strength was not weaker than any of the parties, the number of people was too small after all.
Now that the Holy Knight Order had arrived.
Then Remedios, the Holy Knight Order Commander, that simple-minded, "reckless" woman, should also be coming.
Nigun Grid Luin, the captain of the [Sunlight Scripture], was not someone easy to deal with.
Minori was most interested in who was leading the "Priest Order"—Clementine?
He wasn't too sure, and was too lazy to guess.
He would find out soon enough.
"Thank you."
Vice-Captain Gustavo inexplicably felt relieved, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
He was currently feeling a little headache and annoyance about whether Minori would take the initiative to ask to see their commander or inquire about the subjugation plan.
These weren't prepared properly. If I tried to brush it off, I'd worry that Minori would feel slighted or suspicious.
Now that he wasn't asking too many questions and seemed unwilling to interfere, Gustavo clearly realized that the Minori before him was different from the adventurers he had seen before.
"Thank you for your hard work, Team Leader Minori. If anything happens, I will send someone to inform you immediately," Vice Captain Gustavo said with another salute.
"I'll return with Lord Minori as well."
Guild Master Bertin also followed up, already having done what he needed to do, naturally not intending to stay any longer so late at night.
Back at the Inn
1:07 AM.
Minori returned to the inn, and Verdant and Enri greeted him immediately.
"Captain," Enri's brown eyes were filled with nervousness, "That Mithril-ranked request—what is it?"
She was no longer the ignorant little girl she once was. The danger of this level of request made Enri a little scared.
Not only because of the request itself, but also because she was just an ordinary person, worried that she couldn't help at all and would only be a burden to Captain and Miss Verdant.
In fact, until now.
Enri still remembered what Captain had said about her having some kind of talent, but so much time had passed.
She didn't know what kind of talent Captain was talking about, and she didn't dare to ask—afraid that it was just something Captain said casually at the time.
"Enri, this matter is a bit dangerous, if—" Minori looked at Enri, who was trying to appear calm, and raised his hand to gently ruffle her chestnut-gold hair.
"Captain!"
Enri spoke loudly for the first time before Minori had finished speaking, "I want to participate too, I will help!"
"You might die."
"Enri is not afraid."
Looking at Enri, who had always been gentle and weak, suddenly showing a stubborn side, Minori was silent for a while, then smiled gently, "Okay."
Enri's slightly chubby face showed a happy expression, afraid that Minori would go back on his word, and quickly promised, "I will definitely not be a burden to Captain and Miss Verdant."
Verdant remained expressionless, only glancing at Enri out of the corner of her eye.
After this period of contact.
Verdant found that she quite liked this kind, gentle human girl. Compared to her sister, Mist, she was much more obedient and worry-free.
But liking was liking.
She still didn't think that Enri was a talented human, and couldn't understand why Master valued her so much.
"Before the mission starts, you two should rest well first," Minori said to the two. Verdant was fine, but Enri was still just an ordinary person.
"Yes."
Enri nodded heavily and left the room first.
"Master, Mist, she—" Verdant didn't leave, and said worriedly in a low voice.
Since Master had her sister handle the affairs of the Hill Region, she hadn't seen her sister for a long time. Now that she heard that a large number of undead had appeared in the Hill Region.
Even if it was within Master's plan, she was still a little worried.
"She can come back after this is over. She's still useful to me," Minori said calmly.
Compared to his attitude towards Enri.
Minori was much colder towards the Witches, and it was precisely this attitude that made Verdant feel at ease.
The two of them knew too many of Master's secrets. Compared to words like "safe" and "reassured" that were too emphatic.
"Useful to Master" was more reassuring to Verdant.
The soft light of "Eternal Light."
Illuminated the room brightly. The night outside the window was deep. The continuous days of cloudy weather had made the moonlight very dim.
Minori sat on the sofa, a look of contemplation on his face, constantly recalling all the processes of the entire incident, checking for omissions and filling in gaps.
"There are no problems for now."
"The only flaw is on the lizardman Cruche Lulu. But Mist is there, and the remaining ties of the lizardman clan in the Great Marsh."
"The lizardman Cruche Lulu knows what to do."
Minori reflected and checked for omissions, and his heart was certain.
The people he was in contact with now were not fools after all. Even if they were limited by their knowledge and might not think too much, Minori needed to eliminate these doubts in advance.
After the Hill incident.
The Holy Kingdom, the Slane Theocracy, and the Adventurers' Guild have temporarily suppressed this matter, but it will definitely be spread and publicized, so that more people will know.
The "Free Will" adventurer team can also use this incident to leapfrog to become a "Mithril" level adventurer team.
That's right!
The Alliance Leader will definitely lose.
This was not Minori's intention to directly kill the Alliance Leader with hard power. Not to mention the Holy Kingdom, since the [Holy Scripture of Radiance] had been dispatched, the Slane Theocracy must have made complete preparations.
In the future, when facing the Warrior-Captain Gazef, they were willing to use the sealed crystal storing "7th Tier · Angel Summoning."
This time, to fight against the legendary undead Death Knight in the eyes of the Otherworlders, the Slane Theocracy would not be so stingy, at least.
Minori was certain that the Alliance Leader's chances of winning were indeed small.
It was precisely because of this that Minori suspected that the Alliance Leader's purpose was not to build a kingdom of death in the Hill Region at all.
"So, what is it?"
As Minori pondered, he reached out his palm and grabbed at the void. A translucent, light blue potion appeared in his palm.
Item: Mist Solution (Fusion Potion)
Level: High (31~40)
Introduction: A solution refined by mixing various special bloods, allowing the drinker to obtain special states of "Weakening" and
"Fusion." (Requires a certain degree of compatibility with the fused object. The higher the compatibility, the smoother the fusion. Conversely, it will cause more severe damage and impact on the user.
Minori looked at the "Fusion Potion" in his hand, with a more solemn and serious look in his eyes.
This was a potion made by using the blood of Verdant, Mist, and trolls, and with the help of the Demi-Magic Tool, Wine Jar.
The "Dragon Blood Potion" gave Minori a new idea, that he could try to make potions by mixing various demihuman bloods.
Before.
Seeing that Mist could make the summoned angel exist for a long time after fusing with the summoned angel.
Minori was excited, thinking that he had found a way to make summons exist for a long time like Ainz, and spent a lot of effort to finally refine the "Fusion Potion."
As a result, its effect was obviously different from the effect of Mist's racial talent. The fundamental reason was in the "compatibility."