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Ruby said he was not worried, but he was still a little worried.

Although theoretically, it was impossible for those cultists to cross thousands of mountains and rivers and run from the southernmost part of the Merchants' sphere of influence to the northernmost part to cause trouble for the exploration team, an important feature of cultists is "madness". These guys are all crazy, just crazy madmen, irritable madmen, silent madmen or calm madmen... that's all.

It is not impossible to use "theoretically" to speculate on the behavior of madmen, but it is definitely not reliable. If madmen can also do things according to common sense, can they still be called madmen?

So even if they are almost two thousand miles away, there is still a possibility that cultists will run here to make trouble.

It's like on Earth, everyone knows that the terrorists' base camp is in the Middle East, and then where in the world can escape their poison? Probably only the penguins in Antarctica and the cacti in the Sahara Desert don't have to worry about being bombed...

The high mobility of cultists is unimaginable for ordinary people.

So Ruby quietly strengthened the camp's security, contacted several adventurers, and set up a long-term secret sentry at the foot of the mountain leading to the camp.

He knew that these might be unnecessary, but he would not feel at ease if he did not do so.

In fact, even if he did so, he would still feel uneasy.

A few days later, follow-up news came.

The clergy of the Church of the Lord of Justice (God of Law) encountered the group of cultists, and the two sides fought fiercely, and both suffered heavy losses. In the fierce battle, the cultists took out a special golem. The golem looked ordinary, but it could control positive energy-which means that it was made of the flesh and blood of celestial creatures, and it might even be directly made of a powerful celestial creature as raw material, and transformed into its current appearance.

The combat effectiveness of the "celestial golem" is not particularly high, but in group combat, its auxiliary effect is really outstanding. If it were not for its help, those cultists with abnormal brains would never be able to fight the disciplined, well-trained and well-equipped paladins.

In the end, this "Heavenly Golem" escaped with a few surviving cultists. As for those cultists who failed to escape, they all sacrificed themselves as sacrifices. If it weren't for the experienced paladin who led the clergy to destroy them in time, I'm afraid it would have summoned something extremely terrifying.

"So, it seems that the matter is over?" After hearing the news, Ruby said to the adventurer who came to report the news, "Can we rest assured?"

"It should be possible." The adventurer said, "The cultists have been destroyed. Although there are still a few fish that have escaped, they can no longer do anything big. And even if they escape this time, there are still clergymen chasing them - the merchant faction and the noble faction have united and offered a very high reward. The head of a cultist can be exchanged for 500 gold coins. It's simply a head made of gold!"

"Then there must be a lot of adventurers looking for and hunting them?"

"Yes." The adventurer said, "I also participated in the hunt before, but I found that there were too many people and too little porridge. Hundreds of adventurers were tracking the whereabouts of a few people, and I didn't know who would be lucky. I searched for a few days and couldn't find it. I discussed with a few friends and decided that each of us would choose a direction and sell the news."

He walked along the way, and sold detailed information about the "cultist chaos" in every place he went. As a front-line person who personally participated in the hunt for the cultists, he was quite clear about the whole thing, as well as the details of several battles. He made a lot of money by selling intelligence.

Ruby was completely relieved and removed the sentry.

Although the storm did not sweep the exploration team and it was just a false alarm in the end, it made him feel deeply uneasy.

That night, he submitted a report to the Ministry of Mining of the Northwest Republic. The report said: In view of the current unstable situation of the Gold Coin Federation, it is recommended to increase manpower and complete the joint exploration work as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary risks.

"We need more manpower." In an underground cave, the dilapidated golem said, "There is a shortage of manpower."

Near it, several corpses in black robes were lying in a mess, and they had already been completely stiff.

"These guys are not smart, it's really troublesome to use them." A voice sounded beside it, "Maybe we should consider finding some other people."

"Besides them, what other crazy people can we find?" The voice of the golem was calm and hoarse, but it revealed a sense of distress, "If we want to implement our plan, we must find people who are cruel and evil enough. I can't think of anyone in the world who is more cruel and evil than them."

"But it's not convenient to use them."

The golem sighed: "Everything has its pros and cons. After all, these guys are not the same as us. It's not easy to use them to cause damage. It's impossible to want them to be completely obedient."

"But they actually attacked you... The reason is because of the conflict between the camps. I have never seen such an absurd situation!"

"This reason is actually quite sufficient. Didn't we fight for the same reason back then..."

"But we will never turn against each other because of a conflict with the other camp when we need to rely on others for help." The voice rose a little, "This is not stubbornness, it's stupidity!"

"If it's not stupid enough, who would help me make trouble and stir up trouble just because of the reason of 'I can provide you with convenient transportation'?" The golem asked back.

The voice was silent. After a while, it asked, "What are you going to do next?"

"You are the one in charge. You decide what to do and I will assist you." The golem replied, "Of course, if you want me to make the decision, I plan to find another place to attack - maybe the nobles and merchants can cooperate now, but as long as I keep attacking, I will provoke a conflict between them sooner or later."

"But... how long will it take?" The voice sighed and said, "We have delayed for too long."

"There is no way. Hiding our identities is too restrictive for us. Otherwise, we only need to find some devout believers to easily launch a large-scale attack on the merchants."

"No! My Lord's orders are absolute!"

"Yes, so we have to take it slowly." White light flowed through the golem's body, and in the light, the damage in various places was slowly restored. "When I repair this body, I will continue to act."

"I will also finish the things at hand as soon as possible. The current situation does not allow me to play the role of a princess slowly."

After speaking, accompanied by a gust of wind, something suddenly disappeared.

The golem sighed deeply and sat down.

Inside the cave, it was as quiet as a cemetery.

Merry Christmas~