Chapter 72

The number of people who agree with them seems to be extraordinarily large. If he hadn't known about Wilson's collusion with the mercenaries, Li Wen might have thought that Viscount Wilson would be some kind of good lord who was popular among the people. "Excuse me..." Li Wen took off his hood directly and activated his non-existent spying skills, "Who are you talking about, Mr. Wilson?" Of course Li Wen knew who Wilson was, but when asking questions, you have to start with a beginning. As she expected, just when she asked this question, someone immediately answered. "Lord Wilson is our most beloved lord!" "Sorry, I am a foreigner. I wonder what Lord Wilson has done to deserve your respect?" After Li Wen finished speaking, all the people around looked at her, with smiles on their faces but empty eyes. "Lord Wilson has made a great harvest," one person said. "Master Wilson makes cattle and sheep! Children are born in every household!" Another person also said. "Lord Wilson has wiped out all the bandits, bandits and goblins." Another person continued. "Lord Wilson has brought peace and tranquility!" "Lord Wilson should be made a saint!" "He will become a king!" "He is our savior!" Li Wen calmly stayed away from the increasingly fanatical crowd. What is this? A mental manipulation type of spell? Li Wen didn't think it was that simple. Those residents seemed fanatical, but in fact there were no traces of being controlled by magic. In other words, they all said that sincerely. This place was getting more and more weird. If Li Wen hadn't wanted to kill Wilson, she wouldn't have wanted to stay here for a long time. She came to a square, which seemed to be arranged as a venue for some kind of festival. A tall, huge figure made of wicker stood here, and a group of people wearing animal masks circled around it, seeming to be doing some weird dance. Li Wen frowned as she looked at the figure woven from wicker. If she guessed correctly, this should be some kind of sacrificial ceremony. Before the Cults of the Radiant breached the Noratonian walls. The mainstream beliefs in the Noraton Empire are headed by the Church of Truth, the God of War, and the Church of War. Among the people, the blood lust lineage sect is more popular. When Noraton was destroyed, the Kingdom of Arthur, one of the successors, inherited Noraton's huge magical property. At the same time, some remote areas also retained their fanaticism and belief in the blood-lust religions. Among them, the Druid belief of primitive nature worship was combined with part of the blood lust belief, thus giving birth to a sect that has long since disappeared, but has left a lot of notoriety in the past history. Li Wen didn't remember the name of that sect, but he vaguely remembered that the sacrificial method of this wicker figure originated from that sect. In this sacrificial ceremony, the sacrifices were sealed in wicker figures and then burned to death. The best sacrifices were living people, followed by animals. After the ceremony is completed, the remaining ashes from the sacrifice must be collected and used as fertilizer or for the woman to drink. The former can double the yield of the farmland, and the latter can make the woman pregnant quickly and the children born will grow quickly. This kind of sacrificial ceremony, which has been banned for a long time, is now being carried out with great fanfare and without any hesitation. I think it has something to do with Viscount Wilson. The information was almost collected, and it would undoubtedly be a waste of time to search any further. Li Wen turned back and walked towards the tavern. Enchanting the new weapon today consumed a lot of magic power, and she had to go back and meditate to get back into good shape before she could face tonight's battle. What she didn't notice was that when she turned back, everyone in the square stopped moving and looked at Li Wen's leaving back in unison, their expressions stiff, their eyes empty and lifeless. *As night falls, players are ready to start the mission. Li Lin took out a map, which turned out to be the armaments distribution map and engineering drawing of Wilson Castle. He didn't know where he got it. "I originally planned to enter the moat through the waterway, and then sneak into the castle from the moat to bypass all the defenses... But now it seems that it is not necessary." "Why?" Taketori consciously played the role of complimenting. "Because this town is holding a grand celebration tonight, most of the guards in the castle have been transferred away to maintain the order of the celebration. So now, there are not many guards at the entrance of the lord's castle, and we can easily enter the castle from the front." "It sounds like a deliberately set trap, just waiting for stupid mice to get into it." Taketori complained, and she didn't look as stupid as she thought. "Relax, even if it's a trap, it has to be targeted. We are hiding, and Wilson is hiding. He cannot know our existence, so it is naturally impossible to set a trap for this." Li Lin's tone was particularly confident. After some discussion among the players, most of them felt that the boss of the closed beta was right, and they all listened to the boss of the closed beta and unanimously approved Li Lin's proposal. Li Wen had no other ideas. It made little difference to her to enter head-on or infiltrate through other routes. Besides, she really wanted to see the strength of Li Lin, the seventeenth-ranked beta player. Lively cheers came from the window, as if the celebration had begun. The players took advantage of the darkness to leave the tavern and walked towards the castle halfway up the mountain in a hidden way. Li Wen held the Crow Feather Dagger in his hand, knowing that today's night would be particularly long. Even the ghost fairy Martha didn't know where she had gone at this time. Chapter 72: The Lord's Dinner The bonfires and oil lamps lit up the whole town like daylight, and the dark raven's eyes reflected the town, obscure and dim. "A bloody feast." After the ghost fairy dropped these words, it flapped its wings and fell into the darkness. *Li Wen and others left the town and approached the castle on the mountain. Everyone they meet along the way treats them as nothing. This is because the deception mage's magic "Existence Elimination" is at work. "This is so practical. With this spell, going anywhere is not just like going shopping." Some players said with envy. "It's not that easy to use." Li Lin shook his head, "'Existence Elimination' reduces the sense of existence, not invisibility. People with strong insight can easily see through this spell." However, in front of ordinary people, this magic-level spell is invincible. "Does Mr. Li Lin know the invisibility technique?" Li Wen knew the player who spoke, the female hunter player named Yuzuru Wuyin. Li Lin did not answer the question directly, "Invisibility is a second-level magic. I definitely don't know it. However, invisibility is not the only spell that can make a person's body disappear from the eyes of others on an optical level." This is the case with the deception mage. You may say that it may not have much combat ability, but in terms of flower work and juggling, there are probably not many jobs in the two lineages of Sephiroth and Tai that can match it. When they were about to approach the castle, Li Lin released another spell on everyone, Instant Shadow without Trace. This spell makes it impossible for others to remember the appearance and other details when they see you, and they will be forgotten as soon as you move away. The combination of existence elimination can almost be said to be equivalent to a group becoming invisible. Relying on the effects of these two spells, Li Wen and others went straight through the camp where the guards were stationed at the castle gate, and came to the castle gate without attracting anyone's attention. The gate to the castle was closed, and in order to enter it, the guards inside had to lower the door to allow people to pass through the moat. But Li Lin obviously had other means. He raised his hand, and a colorful figure appeared in his palm.