Fooling Tomoko into being a system

Priestess turned to Li Lin with worried eyes. If the arc warlock's information was true, the sewers had become extremely dangerous at this moment, and death could occur at any time.

This is not about personal safety, but about the safety of the entire village and town.

If the adventurer's guild cannot be notified of the discovery of a cultist in the sewers, it may even lead to the arrival of the evil god through sacrifice.

He and Li Lin were just white porcelain adventurers at the moment. Facing cultists who could use necromancy, they would definitely be in danger.

But...but we must not leave the cultists alone.

"Li Lin, the Arc Warlock is right. We should send the Arc Warlock back to the guild immediately to report."

"Wait, let me ask a few questions." Li Lin just pursed his lips. It was actually the cultist who cut the rope, with a clear goal of revenge.

The Arc Warlock felt that time was running out and said impatiently: "What do you want to ask? Hurry up!"

"I've never understood why cultists go to such trouble to choose a location like a village sewer to offer their sacrifices?"

"I don't know. Maybe you want to sacrifice the entire village above the sewer?"

The Arc Warlock once heard such a painful lesson from his teacher.

"No, we searched the entire sewer. Not only did we find a huge sacrifice formation, we didn't even find a single magic! This sacrifice is not like the sacrifice of an entire village or town. The cultists seem to have other ideas."

What did the Arc Warlock think of? "The cultists seem to be capturing specific people for sacrifice. Recently, several priests have disappeared in the sewers."

Li Lin: "I see, I finally understand the cause of the insect infestation in the sewers!"

The arc warlock was stunned when he heard this. Why was he talking about the insect tide at such an important time? "Is this related to the insect tide?"

"Of course it is related. The insect tide in the sewers is the cause of everything. The formation of the insect tide is definitely related to the escape of the cultists. The village sewers are a trap specially used to capture the priests."

The arc warlock frowned and looked at Li Lin, waiting for him to give a reasonable explanation.

"A few days after discovering the insect swarm in the sewers, I asked other adventurers in the tavern whether insect swarms are common in the sewers. The vast majority of adventurers gave a negative answer, saying that giant cockroach swarms are rarely seen."

"Since then, I have always paid attention to the cause of the insect tide. Today I climbed down into the pit to investigate the insect tide."

"Please speak simply." The arc warlock seemed to understand something.

"Except for new adventurers like me, most people know about the photophobia weakness of the giant sewer cockroach. The torch in the hands of the adventurer is not bright enough for the insect swarm. If the counter lady discovers a crisis like an insect swarm in the village sewer, she will Who would you send into the sewers?”

Arc Warlock: "Clerics who can use [Holy Light], such as priests, paladins and other professions."

"Yes, this is the purpose of the cultists. Through the insect wave crisis, they force the counter lady to send priests into the sewers. Isn't this a sacrifice delivered to the door, a sacrifice to priests or to ordinary adventurers?

In this way, even if a large number of priests disappeared in the sewers, it would not cause alarm. The disappearance of the priests would be completely attributed to the insect tide. Everyone thought that the priests were killed by the insect tide.

As long as the cultists hide themselves, no one will think that sacrificial rituals are being held in the sewers. "

Priestess's eyes widened, so what's going on with the insect tide in the sewer?

Based on Li Lin's story, the arc warlock began to analyze backwards in his mind. Combined with the performance of the cultists in sparing the female paladin during the battle, he smiled bitterly and said: "Now, we have a big trouble!"

Priestess: "What's the big trouble?"

"Time, we don't have enough time. If we return to the village and ask the Adventurer's Guild for help, we may not be able to stop the sacrifice ceremony, or the cultists' sacrifices are enough."

The Arc Warlock alone knows that there are no less than ten priests who have entered the sewers. Not to mention all of them, as long as they capture half of them and sacrifice them, God knows what will be summoned.

Thinking that several priests had disappeared in the sewers, they must have been caught by the cultists.

The female paladin and I discovered the cultists in the sewers, and the fact that Li and Lin were cut off by the cultists instead of being killed shows that the cultists no longer care about being exposed, and the sacrifice ceremony is likely to be tonight.

Thinking of this, the Arc Warlock bit her lower lip hard, feeling very desperate.

"If my judgment is wrong, even if we return to the guild now to warn the adventurers that there are cultists in the sewers, we will still have to find the location of the sacrificial ceremony in the intricate sewers.

There is also the possibility of facing an insect wave attack, and we don't have enough time. What's more, the cultists have already started the sacrificial ceremony. By the time we arrive with the guild adventurers, the sacrificial ceremony will probably have been completed. By then... ..."

The arc warlock thought that in order to give up the female paladin for him, he might have to disappoint her, even if he returned to the guild...

Priestess comforted: "Don't worry, we will go back to the villages and towns to tell the news to the guild and ask how many priests are missing. If there are fewer missing people and the cultists don't have enough sacrifices, they will not start the ceremony."

Li Lin is not as optimistic as Priestess. Fanatic cultists usually sacrifice their own lives when the sacrifices are not enough.

Da da--!Da da--!

There was a loud sound of hurried running in the sewer. Li and Lin turned to look at the source of the sound. The unstable peripheral light of the torch reflected on the wall, and someone was coming.

The arc warlock lowered his voice: "The cultists should be catching up."

"Is it still too late for us to escape now?" Priestess asked Li Lin.

Li Lin glanced at the weak arc warlock. Her physical strength was exhausted and she could no longer support her escape.

Even if you run away with the Arc Warlock on your back, your movement speed will be greatly slowed down, and there is a high probability that you will be caught up by the cultists, and you will also be unable to avoid fighting.

"The sewers are complicated. How did the cultists find you? Were you hit by the cultists' locating magic when you were escaping? Or did the cultists raise hounds? If you don't solve the tracking problem, you can't get rid of the pursuit."

"I promise, I definitely didn't fall under the tracking spell, and I didn't find any hounds. Even if there were hounds, the smell of the sewers is complex, and it's a pity that my sense of smell won't work..."

The arc warlock herself felt strange. Even if she didn't know how to use most magic, she had already learned about it. How could she know that she was being targeted by positioning magic?But why can the cultists find themselves so accurately?

"You go ahead and pretend to have no physical strength to attract the attention of the cultists. Priestess and I will ambush you from behind."

The arc warlock looked at Li and Lin in confusion, "You plan to fight the cultists? Why don't you leave me and go to the Adventurer's Guild for help. The cultists shouldn't be able to track you. The most correct thing to do is to leave me and inform the guild. .”

"Do you want us to watch you die?"

The Arc Warlock said nothing, a relieved smile spreading across her face.