Chapter 381.
Chapter 381 Confusion
In the harbor of Nisborg, Friedrich List was standing on the dock to see off his companion McKinley.
“Be sure to bring greetings to the people back home for me!”
“Alright, alright, I’ll remember that. Really, I’m envious that you’re still here to enjoy yourself for a while.”
McKinley would lead the recruited artisans back to the Northwest Bay by ship, while Lister would remain behind to scout the Horned Bay for a while and set up establish an office and liaison point for his boss in Fort Ness.
McKinley squeezed Lister’s shoulder, “Let’s make a deal, you don’t want to cause any trouble while I’m gone.”
Lister pouted, “Where have I caused any trouble?”
McKinley frowned, “Hmph! What happened on Flower Street that day still gives me palpitations! You’re not familiar with the area, so don’t cause any trouble.”
“It’s time to go, hurry up and get on board!”
Just as he wanted to continue chattering, a sailor’s shout came from the ship.
“Alas, it’s time to go, remember my words! Go back and we’ll go drinking together.” McKinley had to head for the diving-board.
After waving goodbye to his companion, Lister felt a sense of relief, because of that day in Flower Street, he didn’t know how many times he had been rambled on by the other party in the recent period of time, and now he was finally cleared.
Strolling on the streets of Nisborough, Liszt decided to give himself a day off first, it was good to have no one around to supervise him.
“Have you heard? The Purification Team raided a group of wizards.”
“I know, it’s rumored to be held in the dungeon of the cathedral.”
“I guess there will be another public burning in a while.”
“Execution by fire, how horrible! Alas, those witches are also miserable, usually do not see them out of chaos ah, that is, the horror stories they make them mysterious.”
“Hush …… don’t let the church people hear it.”
Lister heard such gossip from the street, he couldn’t help but think of what happened that night at the inn again, alas, I hope that there is no that woman in that group of witches. How to say it, although let himself a little frightened, but also did not really hurt himself, and …… she is still very beautiful.
“Let’s find a food restaurant to fill our stomachs first …… ah!”
His shoulder was shoved hard by a sudden force, so strong that he stumbled to the ground unsteadily.
Liszt looked up in dissatisfaction, “Who is it! How rude …… uh!”
Only to see that the person pushing him next to him was a burly man who was holding a short sword in each of his hands with his arms spread wide. Just now, it was him who suddenly stormed up and ran into Liszt with one double arm.
If his amplitude had been a bit bigger, the sword blades in his hands would have been able to slice into Liszt’s face.
What made Liszt want to curse but didn’t dare to – the other party had a badge with the Church’s symbol on his chest.
What bad luck.
He hurriedly stood up from the ground and flashed to the side, it was obvious that the other party’s concern was not himself, hurrying away from the center point of the conflict.
Not only Lester, the people around him also “consciously” made a large open space centered on the strong man.
Only a man wrapped in a cloak stood still, less than ten meters in front of the strong man, his back facing him.
The strong man laughed fiercely and said, ”Oh, your senses are quite sharp, it seems that you are not an ordinary person! Turn around, let me take a good look.”
As he said that, he took a step towards the other party, but his hands were always tightly gripped on his short sword.
“I for one have an intuition – an instinct for sorcery! It was as if I felt a sense of familiarity when you passed me just now. Stranger, obediently cooperate with my inspection! Disobeying our purification team won’t end well!”
The person standing in front of him didn’t move a muscle and spoke in a small but clear voice: “Hmph! It’s that lapdog who doesn’t know about the gods!”
It was a female voice, and the atmosphere in the street suddenly stagnated.
The people around looked at the person in the cloak with incredulity, and even the burly man who claimed to be the Purification Team stopped in his tracks, his mouth half-open as if he was suspecting that he had misheard.
Having already reported the identity of the Purification Team, you still came with such a sentence, isn’t this not slapping the church’s face?
“Hahaha! Hahaha!” The burly man laughed instead of being angry, as if he had heard the world’s funniest joke.
“Good guts, good guts!” He immediately changed into a hideous face after laughing, “Lift your head up and see, what kind of building is in front of you?”
The cloaked man didn’t move, Lister instead looked in that direction, the towering spire building came into view, so he had strolled near the cathedral without realizing it?
The burly man growled: “I don’t care if you are a wizard or not, just by the fact that you said such treasonous words in front of me is enough to place a blasphemy charge, which everyone present can witness! I’m going to tie you to the stake and burn you! Burn!”
“That’s up to you!”
Despite the burly man’s imposing presence, the cloaked woman continued to speak in a nonchalant tone as she turned around and slowly removed the hood that had been covering most of her face.
“She ……”
Lester was shocked and almost shouted out, that face was no other than the witch he had a “skin-to-skin encounter” with that night at the inn.
Why is she here? As a witch, ran to the church’s base camp in Nisborough nearby, this …… this is not a self-inflicted trap?
The witch will cloak to the back of a raise, revealing the inner wear, only she saw dressed in a hunting outfit, foot pedal long leather boots, looks very competent, revealing a heroic spirit.
“I’ll show you what I’m capable of now …… Haha ah!”
The strong man licked the corners of his mouth, shouted and rushed up.
It was too late, only to see the witch throw her hand up and a powdery substance was scattered by her, flying in the path of the burly man’s advance.
Then she pointed ahead with her index finger, and a large cluster of flames suddenly appeared out of nowhere, followed by an explosion of blinding light.
Lister only felt a white shimmering before his eyes, and then he couldn’t see anything anymore, as if he was gazing at the midday sun, he subconsciously twisted his head to divert his sight, however, his eyes immediately plunged into dimness again, and his head was in a state of vertigo.
“Oooh, it’s so hard!”
He rubbed his eyes vigorously for a while before he could see his surroundings clearly.
At this time, the street was already in chaos, and the noises were endless.
“Witch!” “Witchcraft!” “Run away!” Shouts like that filled the surroundings, what had just happened had made them decide that the cloaked person was a real witch.
Although the Church in the witch hunt movement in the wrongful cases and some clergy to take advantage of the profit-making behavior of the people have long been dissatisfied, but the terrible image of witches in the hearts of the people is still deeply rooted in the people’s mind, in the street suddenly appeared a witch, the people’s first reaction is to quickly run away.
But the people on the street is quite a lot, just now the magic put out the light let many people are dizzy, caused each other collision trampling situation, in fact, people did not run out much.
Lister stumbled and hid behind a pile of barrels on the street, looking towards the spot where the witch had just stood, which was now empty.
The strong man who was stopped by the spell also recovered, the witch’s spell caused more effects than just stunning people, the flames released hit the bursting strong man head on.
However, the power of this cluster of flames is not large, did not cause too much damage to him, only the whole body of clothing and hair was fire burned again, the original bronze skin covered with a layer of black ash, the whole person is in a mess, no just now the momentum.
“Damn it! Damn witch! Damned witch! I curse you, go to hell!”
He opened his eyes and realized that the object he was chasing had disappeared and he couldn’t help but curse.
“I’m going to get you! No sorcerer has ever escaped from my hands yet!”
He roared loudly to his surroundings, “Everyone stand still, I want to check them one by one!”
He was afraid that the cloaked woman was hiding in the crowd to take advantage of the chaos and escape, damn it, her cloak was a common style in Nisborough, and that eye could see several of them in a single sweep. But as long as the commoners were ordered to stay put, the one who was escaping must be the witch.
Unfortunately, no one listened to him in the chaos, and even though he was a member of the church’s purification team, the streets were still in an uproar.
“Damn it! These cowardly fools!”
At first, he was merely suspicious of the woman who brushed past him. He didn’t expect it! He had actually stumbled upon a magical girl when asked.
District a magical girl, surprisingly …… surprisingly …… surprisingly skulking around the cathedral, how contemptuous is this to the church?
Absolutely can not let her run away, otherwise the purification team and even the Church of Nisborough will have no face.
“Woo… woo…”
The burly man removed the horn that was previously hanging on his waist and blew it vigorously towards the sky.
His reinforcements, they would arrive soon.
(End of chapter)