The killers in the mountains did not seem to intend to negotiate with the two guilds on the official road and chose to attack directly.

The magician of the [Shepherd] Guild cast a defensive spell to protect all of them and the carriage.

What President Shepherd couldn't understand was that the killers seemed to be attacking more than just their family.

Miss's defensive magic rose almost synchronously with that of the Shepherd Guild, and the killers' attacks fell on them mercilessly.

For a time, the two guilds, "Higanbana" and "Shepherd", were attacked by killers at the same time.

However, the killers only targeted the people under the carriages, and the two carriages were not their targets.

This made Reginald even more certain that these killers were from the most active heretic organization in the Holy Kingdom, the Tree.

Their goal, of course, was to hijack the long-eared elves in the Shepherd Guild's carriage.

The burly man found that Miss was also being attacked and was confused for a moment.

Reginald observed the killers on the mountains and found that most of them were at LV3 to LV4. For heretics, such strength was indeed not weak.

He took his wand out of the package and raised his hand to cast a spell.

A simple magical impact bypassed Miss's magic shield and swam towards the mountains like a water snake.

Reginald's magic easily shattered the heretics' magical defenses and exploded beneath their feet.

This attack was not intended to kill, but simply to stop the killers from continuing to attack.

But a simple attack from a disaster-level magician would definitely not be too simple.

The rocks hit by magic shattered and hit most of the heretics, causing them to fall to the ground or onto the official road.

Finding the situation had reversed, the Shepherds Guild was about to launch a counterattack, but unexpectedly the heretics gave up the fight and fled along a pre-planned route with their injured accomplices.

They moved very quickly, and Miss could see that this group of people were a group of well-trained and battle-hardened heretics.

But their attack just now was so weak, as if they were deliberately letting it go.

Miss guessed that the group of killers in the mountains might be scouts, coming to investigate the situation. The really powerful guys should be behind them.

The crisis was temporarily resolved, and the two guilds on the official road collided with each other.

"I'm so sorry for mistaking you for assassins."

Facing the burly man's apology, Cassius shook his head and said, "No, no, it happened suddenly and we were also confused."

At this time, the burly man looked up, his eyes wide open, as if he saw some important person.

"President of the Reginald Association?"

After discovering Reginald, the burly man's previous seriousness disappeared instantly, and the vigilance in his eyes also disappeared.

Reginald nodded, "No one of you was injured in the heretic's attack just now."

Being personally greeted by the president of the Adventurer's Association, everyone in the Shepherd Guild was very excited and shook their heads.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. President. The person we're asking you to escort this time has a special status, so we have to be cautious. I hope you can understand."

Reginald waved his hand. "It's a good thing that you treat the commission so seriously and attentively. You did the right thing. There's no need to apologize. Besides, our opponent is the Tree Organization, so we have to be careful."

It was indeed a very happy thing to be praised by the president of the association, but the burly man was different from his partner and could not be happy.

Noticing the change in the Shepherd's expression, Reginald asked, "What's wrong?"

The burly man was puzzled. "The Tree Organization? Is it a heretical organization in the Holy Kingdom that specializes in destroying churches and kidnapping saints?"

Reginald nodded, "Yes, even the church seems to be unable to do anything to them."

The expression on the burly man's face became more solemn. "But the person we are escorting is only the eldest daughter of the lord's family, not the saint."

[Shepherd] Everyone in the guild nodded, expressing their agreement with their leader's words.

After hearing what the burly man said, Miss looked at Hestice.

Hestis noticed Miss's gaze and shook her head at Miss.

What he meant was that he couldn't have made a mistake, and there were indeed members of the Long-Eared Tribe in the carriage opposite.

After getting Hestis's affirmation, Mis was thoughtful.

"Where did you receive this commission from?" Reginald asked.

The burly man did not hide the truth, "Mr. President, it is a small city-state in the Borderless Land of Orolos."

"Where is the target going?"

"Kukrim City."

Hearing about the city of Kukrim, Cassius frowned slightly.

"That's not right. The Baron Tenig family in Kukrim City only has three sons and no daughters."

[Shepherd] Everyone in the guild was shocked and turned to look at their own carriages.

They now recalled the conversation they had with the client when they accepted the commission, as well as what Cassius had just said, and their faces became solemn.

Obviously they already knew the truth of the matter.

The burly president was even more furious. "Damn it! Escorting the Saint is not a simple C-rank commission. We were deceived by the church!"

Reginald's face was livid, anger leaking from his eyes, "The church is indeed a bit unruly."

Falsifying commission levels is no small matter for adventurers.

Asking a B-rank adventurer to undertake an A-rank commission would undoubtedly mean that the adventurer would die in vain.

Just when everyone was angry about the church's violations, Miss thought differently.

He thought that the church went to great lengths to conceal the true nature of the commission in order to avoid being discovered by the [Tree] organization and allow the saint to reach the temple safely.

But now it seems that this group of heretics obviously knew in advance that the saint was on the carriage.

The heretic actually knew something that even the adventurers who were specially escorting the Saint did not know.

It seems that there is not much harmony within the church.

It was obvious that there was an insider who leaked the information to the heretics.

Moreover, the status of this insider in the church must not be too low.

Miss began to take an interest in the heresy that Reginald mentioned, the Tree Organization.

Specializes in destroying temples and kidnapping saints.

This kind of thing has never happened in the Kingdom of Firris.

The only special thing about the temples or saints in the Holy Kingdom compared to those in other countries is that the saints in most parts of the Holy Kingdom are long-eared elves.

Just as he thought of this, Miss's attention was attracted by two unusually powerful magical powers.

All the people from the two guilds looked towards both sides of the road.

A person appeared out of nowhere on each side and blocked the road.

Both of them were wearing the same wooden masks that the killer had worn before, and the magical aura emanating from them was announcing to everyone.

Both of them are disaster-level magicians.

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