Magical Comprehensive Travel

"Who!"

"Wait a minute! It's us! I'm sorry for scaring you!" Hearing the harsh warning sound, Subaru raised his hands and walked out of the grass.

Realizing that they were the two returning from the forest, the knights disarmed and put down their swords with a look of peace of mind. However, there is also sadness and remorse in this peace of mind.

Subaru felt that the results of the battle in the forest were not all happy victories.

"You two are finally back."

"Jurius...you look bad."

Julius ran in front of Subaru and the others who were looking around. After confirming that both Subaru and Mu Hantian were all right, he nodded with his expression unchanged.

"Anyway, you'll be fine over there. ... Do you need to report casualties?"

"Yeah, please."

After roughly confirming each other's situation, and hearing Subaru's affirmative reply, Julius began to report the casualties.

Julius pointed his finger at the forest on the battlefield. There are still traces of battle in the forest, fallen trees and bloodstains.

"In the beginning, five people died on the spot due to an invisible attack. In addition to the two who fought in the subsequent attack by the Witch Cult—the death toll this time makes a total of seven people."

"There are actually seven people..." This unexpected number pierced Subaru's heart deeply.

"What about the witch cult who launched the attack?"

"There are nine witch believers here, and all of them died. Two were captured alive, but as before, they succeeded in committing suicide. Phyllis, he... has worked very hard."

"The report here is over. What about yours?"

"At least, get rid of the 'sloth' that planned this attack."

Hearing Subaru's heavy answer, which was not good news, Julius immediately sensed the crux of the problem. Now that this was the case, Subaru had to admit the true face of the previous female madman.

A madwoman who launched a surprise attack on the subjugation team and used her power to get Subaru out of the battlefield—this evil was on a par with the defeated Bishop of Sin, and it was no exaggeration to call her "lazy".

"At the very beginning of this battle, we should have killed the 'lazy' sin bishop. I am more sure of this than anyone else, and I have affirmed this fact. But the feeling just now... will not be there. Wrong. That guy just now was 'Sloth'. . . . Second place, "'Sloth'! "Mu Hantian said aloud.

The second place was 'lazy', this sentence made Julius frown thoughtfully. However, seeing Mu Hantian's serious eyes and thinking about the actual situation, he couldn't make any refutation.

"The Sloth who was killed at the beginning is a different person from the Sloth now. That's right?"

"I can't forget that bastard's face even if I die. Besides, the second 'lazy' is a woman. It's impossible to read it wrong." When he first saw a madwoman, Subaru realized that she was Petyr The hallucinations of Chius.

That was because in Petyrchius and that woman, he felt a connection other than appearance.

It's like, although the madman is two people, but they are basically the same feeling.

"The power is the same, and the words and deeds are exactly the same. I have a super annoying premonition."

"The 'lazy' I hit at the beginning was just a stand-in, and the second 'lazy' was the real sin bishop... No, it's impossible to confirm whether it's true or not. Besides, the problem now is—"

"—Maybe it's not time to pay attention to which side is the real thing." In the process of constant speculation, Mu Hantian took Julius's words and came to a conclusion.

"That is to say, there are several people in the 'lazy' bishop of sins. ——The true face of the bishop of 'lazy' is actually a group acting under the same power and the same purpose?"

"The 'lazy' that I know is only the sick and wicked party I met at the beginning. However, now that I have seen the second woman, I can't deny this speculation."

The madwoman calls herself 'Finger' and possesses the self-consciousness of being a sinful bishop of 'lazy'. The situation matches. Unexpectedly match. Consistent with the fact that the "lazy" sin bishop is a group composed of many people.

"It is no exaggeration to say that the 'finger' is a part of the Bishop of Sin. However, if the 'lazy' is a group composed of many people, it can be explained that the scope of the riots will spread all over the country."

"Witch Cult, is the doctrine enforcement unit 'lazy'? It's too sensational, this idea."

"This is speculation at best. I think it's important to avoid the spread of gloom and unease that could shake everyone."

Phyllis lowered her head and pursed her lips. After a brief hesitation, she looked at Mu Hantian.

"What you said just now, where is the body of the second 'lazy'?"

"What's wrong in the forest over there?" Mu Hantian looked at Phyllis with some puzzlement.

Phyllis looked in the direction of Mu Hantian's fingers, her yellow eyes shooting sharp eyes.

"Maybe go investigate and you'll find something different."

"Different? What kind of difference?"

"The 'finger' that Ang Qin is worried about is different from that of other believers."

Hearing Phyllis point this out, Subaru held his breath. Then I saw Phyllis blinking one eye and saying "wait a minute", and ran to examine the body with a few companions.

………………

Mu Hantian and the others, who returned with the remains of their companions, surprised the knights who remained in the camp.

"First, report the results of the investigation on the second 'lazy' corpse. As I expected, it is slightly different from the corpses of other Witch Cultists. There are traces of strange spells." The first person who raised his hand to report was the completion of the investigation. Phyllis who investigates the corpse of a madwoman.

"In other words, isn't it the same as the magic stone that was set on the Witch Cultist and used to commit suicide?"

"That's it. It's hard to tell because it's mixed together, but if you look at it with the knowledge in advance, it's clear at a glance. ... Presumably, other cultists like 'lazy' have the same technique."

"Does this technique feel like it's done with power?"

"Then I don't know, meow. However, since this special treatment appears in the believers, I can only suspect that it has something to do with the strange power used by the Bishop of Sin, meow."

"Then, the question is how many "sloths" are there besides the two "sloths", right?"

"There are only two, but it's dangerous to think that there are only two. In the worst case, everyone who is called 'finger' may be 'lazy'. Do this well. mental preparation."

The number of "'lazy'" is the same as the number of fingers, so Petyrchius is just one of those fingers. "

"There are ten in total. If there is a 'lazy' in each stronghold, maybe it just happened that there was no chance for a counterattack, so it was solved. Although this way of thinking may be too optimistic. It's over."

"There are three remaining strongholds, and there are still three 'fingers'... It's better to think that there are still three people."

Not to mention Julius's speculation, Phyllis's words had a weight that couldn't be ignored. In any case, you have to prepare for the worst. If you casually underestimate the threat of the enemy, you will pay a high price.

"Actually, I have a guess. According to the clues we already know, is it possible that this is the case. The 'lazy' of the Witch Cult is indeed just a person, but thinking about those spells, will it be in that 'lazy' body? After the destruction, immediately transfer to another body." Mu Hantian expressed his thoughts.

"Han Tian's idea is also possible. In any case, we have to stop their conspiracy immediately."

"clear!"