Muya city-state, guarding the hall.

"Sit whatever you want, Mr. Barrett, whatever you want." Vindicator Julian said to Barrett as he sorted out the messy papers on the table, "Hey, the leather armor is very good, and it looks new, 'Meticulous Needle and Thread' made?"

"Oh, no, the prices there are sky-high." Barrett replied, "It's a 'second skin', and Ms. Erica's craftsmanship is quite good."

"That's true." Julian glanced at the paper in his hand at random, then shredded it and threw it into the wastebasket beside his feet, "Also, Erica has recently become a master tailor, so her craftsmanship naturally has nothing to say. .But most adventurers still like to go to the 'Meticulous Needle and Thread'. You don't need me to tell you why, but they go there for the pair of half-elf twins in the shop. To be honest, sister Janice's craftsmanship is actually very good, Not much worse than Erica. More importantly, they are all young and beautiful, so it is normal for the crafting gear to be more expensive.”

Barry nodded in understanding. He sat on the chair he had sat on for the first time, watching the vigilante behind the desk sorting out the messy documents bit by bit.

"You came earlier than I thought. When I was an adventurer, I was still lying in bed, or in haystacks, or dreaming in the gutter at this time," Julian, the always bearded Vindicator, raised his head. Said to Barrett with a smile.

"Gutters?" Barrett flicked the fine dust on his lower body armor. "I'd rather sleep in the wild than that."

"Oh, actually I'm only forced to sleep there when I'm unconscious, forced! You know, some pubs like to throw their guests down the drain outside, not friendly at all. Yeah. Now, what would you like to drink? Water, black tea, or lemon juice?" Julian asked, "I like to drink a glass of lemon juice with mint in the morning, it will keep me awake in the mess of paperwork."

"No, nothing, thank you." Barrett turned his head and glanced at the raven standing on his shoulder. "The note that this big metal bird spat out to me said that you seem to have a task for me."

"Yes, mission, yes!" Julian nodded. "This construct will not only help you find the mission target, but also make it easier for us to contact you. You know what I'm talking about."

"I understand." Barrett had expected such a situation when he first got the metal raven. Although 'corn' belongs to himself, it belongs to the Magic Association.

After the vigilante had almost tidy up the table, he sat down with a long sigh of relief, "Hey, sometimes I really doubt whether the decision I made was correct. If I were ten years younger, I would definitely miss you, just with a handful of Swords are wandering around. It's a pity that we are not mages, and there will always be a day when we grow old, and such tedious and boring things always have to be done by someone."

After speaking, Julian took out a few pieces of parchment from the drawer and handed it to Barrett.

"Look first to see if there are any tasks you are interested in. Because you came early, you can choose first. If you feel that the task is a bit difficult and it is a bit difficult to do it yourself, you can go with the adventurers who come later. Done." Julian said, "I think the other guys should be here soon."

There are five pieces of parchment, which seem to belong to five different tasks.

While Barrett bowed his head to study carefully, the vigilante continued to introduce, "If I remember correctly, there are two missions in there that are chasing and killing missions related to otherworldly creatures. They are all otherworldly creatures who are better at camouflage. , The strength should not be too strong, but it may take a lot of time to track down the traces. Those alien invaders with high strength and fierce temperament will usually be dealt with directly by the association, and it is not our turn."

"There are also two tasks to investigate the collusion between nobles and devils. One is in the Holy Kingdom of Arathor, and the other is in a certain city-state. I forgot the name of that city-state, but it was written on the parchment anyway." Zhu Lean took out a dagger and trimmed his nails.

"This kind of quest often happens, often! Because there are always some nobles who think they are superior to others, when they are full and have nothing to do, they want to do some extraordinarily exciting things." He said disdainfully, "If there is a relatively obvious blasphemous aura that persists for a long time, but you can't find the source for a while, believe me, it must be those nobles!"

"Why?" asked Barrett, who had just seen one such task.

"It's very simple, a farmer who believes in the devil can't do this. All he can do is sell himself and the souls he joins, and take at most one of his dogs and a few chickens. If the devils Accept it." Julian smiled, "Generally, only those nobles who are willing to degenerate have the strength to make that blasphemous aura richer."

And some magic apprentices, Barrett added in his mind, and...

"If the location of the incident is a small territory with only one noble, there is no need to investigate it, just arrest the noble for soul interrogation..."

"Don't you need evidence?" Barrett raised his head in surprise.

"Evidence, yes, evidence, of course you need it." The vigilante tapped the table twice with his finger, "but sometimes when the whole thing is too obvious, it can be supplemented after the trial. But it is usually the Mage's shot. Only in this case, we ordinary people don't know the skills of soul interrogation~lightnovelpub.net~ and the general interrogation method is difficult to take effect, after all, those guys are in collusion with the devil."

Barrett raised his eyebrows, said nothing, lowered his head and continued to study.

"However, there are still many incidents that take place in those large and prosperous cities, where there are many ancient families that lasted for countless centuries, you can't arrest everyone in those families and interrogate them one by one. "The vigilante spread his hands, his expression a little helpless.

Then he lowered his voice again, "I believe that a mage I know really wants to do this, because he really likes this kind of soul torture work. But the impact is too bad, and the association will never allow it." Julian's voice returned to normal again, "So, someone needs to conduct a careful investigation of the whole incident, find some more reliable and conclusive evidence, and then take action to end it."

After briefly introducing the situation of this type of investigation mission, the vigilante said the last item, "In addition, there is another mission that seems to be going to a newly discovered large-scale demi-plane. I don't know much about the specific work content. Remember, see for yourself, anyway, most of what I know is on those sheepskins. If you have any questions, you can ask me too."

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