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There is a proverb in this world, called "a sloth needs three needles". It means that a certain animal called "sloth" is slow to react. Even if it is pricked with a needle, it will not scream "Ouch, it hurts" until the third needle...

The high-ranking officials of the Orc Gods Church are certainly not so slow, so after a few days, they have reacted.

"The fourth one." The high priest of the Sky-Devouring Dog Church, the most distinguished figure in the entire Orc Gods Church, the old man who is honored as the "Crown of Glory" did not get angry, and his voice was very calm, but his gloomy eyes made the group of legendary strongmen in the conference room shudder.

"Faun, you tell me." He said calmly, "You are in charge of intelligence. Four high-level priests have died in succession, including a legendary one. I think you must have some intelligence, right?"

The person he named was also a legendary strongman named Faun Roger. He was born in the Rabbit Clan. He was not particularly powerful in martial arts, but he had extraordinary attainments in reconnaissance and concealment. He has been in charge of the intelligence work of the United Church for more than a hundred years.

To be honest, he did a good job and had not made any major mistakes so far. But this time it was unexpected. He spent a lot of energy and arranged a lot of manpower, but he still couldn't find truly reliable intelligence.

"...For the time being, there are only some uncertain news." Faun said with a bitter face, sweating profusely, "I haven't been able to verify them one by one."

"Tell me first." The old man, who was so noble that few people dared to mention his name, glanced at him, and then he had a lot more cold sweat on his face, almost soaking all the hair on his face.

"The first news is that the Centaur priest Aoweila Tieti left the tribe alone because the tribe leader Aolike Tieti wanted to stay overnight in the temple when he was drunk. It turned out that her weapon might have been contaminated with corpse fungus poison because of too many killings. She went out to find corpses with corpse fungus to detoxify Aolike."

"That's all?"

Fain hurriedly continued: "At that time, she was heading east. The people I sent used magic to track her whereabouts and found that she suddenly lost contact on the road. After investigation, we found traces of battle that were deliberately erased. Because it was severely damaged, the specific battle situation cannot be determined."

"Cannot be determined?" The old man's tone was still calm, but there was a cold light in his eyes. "How many elders do I need to transfer from the temple to help before I can be sure?"

Fain shuddered suddenly, and even his underwear was soaked: "After the meeting, I will go there in person! I must investigate the situation clearly!"

Who are the people in the temple? They are the resigned church leaders and the retired senior strongmen. They have reached the extreme of the legendary realm. The power and status in the world are meaningless to them. That's why they live in seclusion and think hard about how to understand and grasp the "source" of power and take the step of true immortality.

The elders of the Labor Temple have to take action for such a small matter. God knows how those elders will deal with themselves after learning the reason! It's better to commit suicide, at least die cleanly.

"Don't rush to express your opinion, and tell me other news." The old man said lightly with his eyes down without comment.

"The second news is that on the night when Beren Sira, the chief priest of the Western Wasteland, died, he chatted up a woman named Lilim on the street." Faan took out a crystal and projected a scene in the air, "This is the memory read from his guards."

The scene reflects the prosperous streets of the Western Wasteland. A half-man, half-bear strong man wearing a wide robe walks on the street. Everyone retreats wherever he goes, and many people have fear on their faces.

"Roaring Iron Arm" is not a good man. If he goes to hell to be tried after his death, it would probably take a whole day to explain his crimes one by one in detail.

Suddenly, the bear priest stopped and said to the guard who provided the memory picture: "Look over there, that woman is pretty."

The picture shook, and a woman selling fruit on the street corner appeared.

The weather in the West Wilderness is dry, and delicious and hydrating fruits are very popular, so there are still many fruit vendors. They wholesale fruits from vendors who specialize in bulk business, and then sell them on the street at a retail price slightly higher than the wholesale price, relying on hard work to make a profit.

The woman is very beautiful, and the most rare thing is that her skin is extremely white and translucent. If you look closely, it feels like fruit.

The West Wilderness is windy and sandy, and the climate is dry. As long as you live here for a long time, both men and women will have rough skin. Only the concubines of those wealthy families can keep their skin tender by soaking in water almost all day long. But such women often lack vitality and have a sickly weak feeling, which is not in line with the aesthetics of the orcs.

In contrast, the woman selling fruit not only has fair skin, but also looks very energetic. Except that her figure is slightly shorter than that of the bear man, there is no other flaw.

The scene in the sight suddenly became extremely clear, and even the heavy breathing could be heard. Obviously, both the guards and Beren had a strong interest in this woman.

The following content is unremarkable, it is nothing more than a vulgar plot of robbing a woman.

After capturing this woman, Beren told the guards not to disturb him even if the sky fell unless there was an urgent message from the superior temple.

However, the next morning, after hearing that his room had been quiet for a long time, the guards finally couldn't help but sneak over to take a peek.

He only saw Beren lying motionless on the bed, but the woman had disappeared.

"This is what happened specifically." The scene ended here, and Faan introduced, "I investigated on the spot and confirmed that there were no traces of spells such as charm. There was a little remnant of the transformation spell, but it was very weak and should not be a powerful spell effect. In addition, I found traces of divine power, but I can't be sure which majesty it came from."

It is not uncommon for priests to use divine magic to add to the fun when doing such things, so everyone was not surprised. They whispered to each other and discussed what might be the situation.

Although four high-level priests died in succession, in fact, only the death of Beren Sira was really a big deal, and the rest of the priests were not worth mentioning at all. If it were not related to the death of this legendary strongman, even if a few more high-level priests died, it would not be worth the attention of these big men.

"How is the situation of this woman being investigated?" the old man asked.

"It is certain that she is an assassin." Faan had already investigated carefully and answered immediately, "No one in the city had seen her before that day, and no one after that day. The two big merchants in the city who transport fruits have never wholesaled fruits to such a beautiful woman - the guards at the city gate have never even seen her in and out of the city."

"What else?"

"I carefully examined the body. Although I couldn't believe it, Lord Beren was not injured, poisoned, cursed, or anything else. He just indulged himself too much and died of exhaustion." Faan's eyes showed a little confusion, "I checked it over and over again, and it is indeed the case."

"This is ridiculous!" Another bear man shouted, "It was just one night! With Beren's physical strength, he would not be exhausted to death even if he fought on the battlefield for ten days or half a month!"

"Yes, no matter how powerful this woman is... I believe she beat Beren to death; I really don't believe she exhausted Beren to death!" Another legendary priest also asserted so.

Faan sighed and looked at the old man.

The old man frowned slightly. He did not doubt Faan's ability, especially when it came to the cause of death of a legendary strongman. Faan could not fail to check carefully anyway.

But... after a night of indulgence, he died. This kind of death happened to a legendary strongman, and he was a strong bear priest. It was ridiculous!

He closed his eyes, and strange fluctuations rose from his body.

As one of the few demigods in the entire main plane, he could contact the orc gods at any time, and even visit the gods' kingdom directly with his soul.

Although it was very rude to do so, in order to find out the truth, he had to be rude once and go to the person involved to ask in person.

In this world, the saying "no evidence after death" is not true. Even if a person dies, the soul is still there. If you really want to investigate, you can just ask the soul directly, which is just a little more troublesome.

After a while, the strange fluctuations on the old man's body subsided, and he slowly opened his eyes.

All the legendary masters cast their curious eyes towards him, waiting for his news.

"Haha... It's really amazing..." The old man narrowed his eyes and laughed, "Fain, your test results are correct."

"What?!" Several people exclaimed together.

The legendary priest with the title of "Roaring Iron Arm", one of the highest-ranking figures in the entire Orc Gods United Church, really died of exhaustion from excessive indulgence in bed? !

"Oh my God..." A pigman mage was so surprised that he forgot the standard common language that he had practiced for many years, and spoke with his native accent that he always despised.

"So... that woman..." It was Fain who reacted first and asked respectfully.

The old man snorted coldly: "Faan, don't worry about other things for now, just focus on tracking down this woman."

He said coldly: "A woman who can make Beren lose his mind and indulge in uncontrollable lust just by flirting, and consumes his physical strength very quickly, and is exhausted to death in one night... Such a woman is not common, maybe she is a high-level assassin secretly cultivated by some evil god church!"

"Your Majesty, who was curious just now, used his prophetic ability to see it." The old man said in a deep voice, "The prophecy of a true god has been blocked."

The legendary masters were suddenly solemn, and all showed a solemn look.

The development of the matter to this point has escalated in severity.

In contrast, the death of a few priests whose strength has not yet entered the legendary realm has been thrown out of their minds.

So a few days later, more priests died, but there was still no clue about the woman, and she never appeared again.

In the underground maze, the pink piglet danced with joy, boasting about his achievements to the emerald green jellyfish lying on the ground, and was very proud.

It's still a long way from her turning back into human form...

I'm so busy! I feel like a monkey on a hot pot! ...What? You mean "ants on a hot pot"? Don't be ridiculous! The pot is so hot that the ants would have been scalded to death long ago...