Mercenary Wars

Chapter 8 Commitment
Kill a Level 2 Human, Experience +100

[Experience: 198/100 (upgradeable)]

Killing Pastor Green earned Gao Jianuo 100 experience points, but he had no intention of upgrading now, so he didn't pay much attention to it and came to Raymond.

"Raymond?" he called.

The good news is that Raymond is still alive, but he was almost drained dry. With such serious injuries, he probably won't be able to hold on for much longer.

"I...what happened to me..." Raymond, covered in blood, spoke in a weak voice that was almost inaudible.

Gao Jianuo didn't know how to explain all this, and sadness and guilt surged in his heart. In a way, Raymond saved him with his own life.

Raymond realized that he was about to die. He struggled to reach into his collar and grabbed his brass necklace: "Help me..."

Gao Jianuo held his hand and asked, "What do you need me to do?"

"Take my necklace and go to... Galan." Raymond's hands were shaking violently. "Okay?"

"I promise you." Gao Jianuo nodded solemnly, "I swear in the name of Moza, one day in the future, I will bring it to the Galan Cathedral. I promise."

Raymond: "You never seem to have said 'I promise' before... I believe you..."

Raymond's hands gradually stopped shaking, and he suddenly laughed. His blood-stained face vaguely showed his former honesty: "I think I understand..."

"what?"

"I……"

Raymond's voice was so weak that Gao Jianuo had to put his ear close to listen.

"I accidentally ate the poisonous lamp flower..."

After saying this, Raymond remained silent.

Gao Jianuo was silent for a long time.

He took the brass necklace, which was stained red with blood, off Raymond's neck.

The necklace is very ordinary, just a brass tripod strung on a rope, a common ornament for Mosaskas, and has a certain ascetic meaning - the triangle will continuously prick the body.

Because Raymond has been wearing this necklace for many years and never takes it off, the tripod of this necklace has been worn very round and it is estimated that it will not hurt anyone anymore.

After putting away Raymond's blood-stained necklace, Gao Jianuo started to get busy.

He had decided to make it look like an accident, and to do that he had to do something with the room's decor.

The most important thing, of course, is to destroy the marble slab; no trace of the evil magic circle on it can be left.

During the destruction process, for a moment, Gao Jianuo had the urge to learn black magic through the magic circle patterns, but he quickly dismissed the idea.

On the one hand, learning magic solely through array patterns was no less difficult than learning math solely through exams, and it was practically impossible. On the other hand, while Gao Jianuo lacked moral aspirations, he wasn't a bad person. At least, he would never engage in such a blood sacrifice.

So he didn't try to record the pattern of the magic circle.

Gao Jianuo also looted Pastor Green's belongings, but unfortunately there was nothing good here. In order to ensure that the accident was realistic enough, even if there was any good stuff, he probably wouldn't be able to take it.

There are only two things worth mentioning.

Two books.

One of them was the golden-covered "Holy Book of Light", a must-have book for Mossadists. Gao Jianuo took it mainly for his future acting.

The other was an unnamed book with a red cover. The book was locked, and Gao Jianuo searched the entire house but couldn't find the key, so he had no idea what was inside.

But it's not hard to guess. Gao Jianuo estimated that Pastor Green's blood sacrifice magic was most likely learned from this book.

After much thought, he buried the book in a remote corner of the nearby forest and hid it well.

Although he was not interested in human sacrifice, judging from the size of the book, he thought it contained a lot of content and might not be all about such evil things, so he still wanted to take a look.

It's obviously inconvenient now.

Bury it first and dig it out after the storm has passed.

Then Gao Jianuo returned to the room, moved the bodies of Pastor Green and Raymond to the dining table, brought a few bottles of wine and put them on the table, and then set the room on fire with the canine teeth of the fire wolf.

The climate was dry at the time, the room itself was made of wood, and there were many flammable materials. The sparks from the fire wolf's fangs quickly turned into a raging fire, engulfing the entire cabin.

Standing at the edge of the fire, Gao Jianuo took off his coat, burned it with the flames, and then put it back on, making himself look ragged and dirty, as if he had escaped from the fire.

After that, he sat outside the house, watching the fire burn, while silently considering various things...

The flames shooting up into the sky were particularly conspicuous in the night.

By daybreak, when everything had turned to ashes, some townspeople had already arrived.

"I remember this being the house where Lord Green collected herbs?"

"Yeah, it's burned like this..."

"By Moza, what do I see, a fiery wolf?"

"The person sitting there seems to be Master Green's apprentice. Let's go ask him."

The townspeople came to ask Gao Jianuo about the situation.

Gorgon then unfurled the story he'd been polishing all night. It essentially recounted the story of a master and his apprentice who had luckily hunted a Level 2 Fire Wolf. To celebrate, they drank heavily at dinner, and the wolf's carcass caught fire. Drunk and asleep, Green and Raymond were slow to react, leaving Gorgon, who had gone to relieve himself, to survive. Despite Gorgon's repeated attempts to put out the blaze, he was unable to reduce its intensity and nearly died himself. Ultimately, he could only watch helplessly as the flames reduced the house to ashes.

Although the houses and human bodies were burned to ashes, the body of the fire wolf was still basically intact. Therefore, this second-level magical beast, which was very rare in the Driftwood Forest, naturally became the most powerful physical evidence.

Moreover, when telling the story, Gao Jianuo's sad reaction was real enough, so the townspeople did not doubt his words and expressed their sympathy and comfort.

Gao Jianuo was not surprised by the townspeople's reaction.

What really worried him was the attitude of the church pastors, especially Pastor Gerard. He felt a little unsure and could not be sure how the situation would develop.

But one thing is certain, Pastor Gerard will not be very sad, he may even be happy in private. After all, he and Pastor Green are competitors and their relationship has never been good.

Now that Pastor Green is dead, his position as chief pastor is set in stone. Even if the South County Monastery sends another pastor, it will be impossible for him to replace his position as the only pastor familiar with the local situation.

A few hours later, Pastor Gerard arrived at the scene of the fire.

Gaujano and the townspeople told him the story.

Gao Jianuo also took out the "Holy Book of Light" and handed it to Pastor Gerard. He said with a sad face: "At the last moment of his life, Lord Green threw this book to me. He used his life to illustrate the piety and dedication of a Mosaska."

After taking the Holy Book of Light, Pastor Gerard was silent for a while, with no expression on his face.

After a while, while Gao Jianuo was feeling a little uneasy, he said with emotion: "You are right, Green is a devout believer of Mosa. We will all follow his example."

He returned the Holy Book of Light to Gao Jianuo and smiled slightly: "Take it. You are his apprentice."

Finally, Pastor Gerard pointed to the Bible and added seriously, "The way of devotion is there."

(End of this chapter)