Chapter 46: Arrangements and the Missing Huimao Hu Li

"Sounds like you all had a lively evening over here, too?" Jier teased.

He handed his warhorse over to the grooms who came to meet him, took off his helmet, and shook his head. The warm, light breeze of summer brushed through his hair, making Jier, who had already bathed before dinner, feel quite good.

"The town is going to launch a counterattack in the next two days, so these people are peeking out of curiosity; we have to think of a way." Jier led his men on a tour of his camp in the inn's backyard and discovered that everyone had spontaneously secured the camp tightly, with people watching the entrances and exits, and had even organized their own patrol and night watch teams.

This was good; it seemed that Aoni, as a Squad Leader, was also constantly learning and growing.

As for the Dwarf camp, they also knew they were currently in a Human town, which was not like the outside world, so they strictly guarded their camp, and most of the Dwarves had already laid down to rest on the ground inside their large tents early on.

"Just this evening, quite a few Dwarves were using our Human language to complain that you didn't let everyone into the inn to rest, which resulted in them having no tables or chairs to eat," Xueya Site continued to whisper to Jier about some of the things that had happened earlier.

"They will understand my judgment. This place is not like other places; people are very tense during this period and cannot handle a group of powerful foreign warriors suddenly appearing. They had better keep their status in check here in Sasi County, otherwise, it will cause some trouble," Jier replied to Xueya Site while inspecting the camp.

"But what about the lord here?" Jier's good partner, Xueya Site, still asked with some concern.

Jier waved his hand: "The local lord has taken his troops out to fight; he is likely at the Province Capital right now. Sigh, saying it like that, I am definitely late, and I don't know how to explain it to Knight Kela; I just hope he doesn't think I died out there. As for the current administrator of the town, you don't need to worry; I have already privately told him about the Dwarves."

Seeing the surprised and worried expression on Xueya Site's face, Jier laughed out loud: "Don't worry, he still needs us right now, so he won't take any extra actions regarding these matters. Whether he likes it or not, he will act as if he doesn't see the Dwarves. It's just that I need to talk to old 'Iron Fist' and tell him to avoid going out for these few days."

"It works out perfectly; when our men go out to fight in the next two days, we'll let the Dwarves help us guard the camp. Aside from someone coming to the door, there are no other problems, right?" Jier asked at the end.

Xueya Site scratched his hair: "There are two more things. One is that the Warriors want to go into town to look around; after all, they have some money in their pockets now, so they want to try some places they didn't dare to spend money at before."

"Hmm, that is only right. Their morale was low yesterday, so letting everyone stroll around town for the whole day tomorrow is fine. But I have a few requirements that you must tell every Warrior who goes out beforehand."

Jier held up a finger: "First, no more than ten people can go out at a time; they can go out in batches to avoid being short-handed here at the camp and having any problems arise."

"I've noted that. What else?"

Jier held up a second finger: "Second, when going out, the Warriors must go in groups of at least three, and their weapons and equipment are only allowed to include at most one Long Sword. Leave their bows, arrows, Shields, and Armor at the camp for me. These things are too eye-catching and easily make the local Town Guard vigilant, especially since the operation starts the morning after tomorrow; I don't want our people to make the local Sasi Family overly worried and guarded."

"That is only right. There must be a third point, right?"

Jier nodded and held up a third finger: "Third, strolling in town and spending money for entertainment is fine, but they cannot do things that the locals hate. Tell them not to look for trouble with me; just because it's not their hometown and they don't know anyone, they cannot arbitrarily harm innocent local civilians. If I discover such a thing, I will personally cut off his dog head! However, we are not dolls made of mud that anyone can bully. If they fall into a scam, are set up by others, have prices intentionally raised, or are refused service, or if people beat and harm members of our team, come back and tell me; I will personally help them handle it."

Xueya Site smiled: "That's it, it should be like that. I will pass your words on to all the Warriors who are going out. What about you tomorrow?"

"Me?" Jier pointed at himself and gave a wry smile: "I'm still busy tomorrow. I asked the Sasi Family for some material support—food, drinking water, fuel, Arrows, and rations for the horses; the town will support our logistics for these few days. In addition, some Priests of the God of Agriculture will come to town tomorrow, and they will set out with us early the morning after tomorrow. We will be on a separate route and need to recover the three nearest Villages from the west to the south to the east, and escort some Villagers from outside the town to move there to live. I need to contact those supplies and go find the Priests of the God of Agriculture to bring them over."

Jier explained the counterattack plan of Bell-Sasi to Xueya Site, as well as the supplies that the town was currently struggling to maintain. Only then did Xueya Site understand why the town had been so impatient to pick Jier up as soon as they arrived; it turned out they were just waiting for Jier and the armed force he led.

"You have one more thing on your side; what is it?"

Jier asked about the other matter Xueya Site had mentioned earlier.

"It's about the new Herbalist in our team. He privately came to me and said that he had spoken to you about his situation before; he asked me to ask you when you will help him with this favor?"

Xueya Site was a bit curious and didn't know what the Herbalist's matter was. He had asked, but the other party was unwilling to speak about it, so he didn't ask again.

Jier slapped his forehead: "There is that matter; I forgot about it because there were too many things going on. Then tomorrow afternoon, have him find me, and I will go with him to resolve the matter."

"What exactly is the matter? Why so mysterious?" Xueya Site was still curious, so he asked.

Jier waved his hand: "Don't ask. This is someone's private personal matter. In short, once the matter is done, the other party will join my command for the long term and come with me."

"Come with you? What about his family? Or is he going to settle his wife and children from the carriage in Yemei Town? Speaking of which, this seems to be his hometown, right? But he didn't go home at night; is there something going on here?" Xueya Site guessed curiously.

Jier sighed and didn't say anything more, instead finding his own tent to first look for that Monster that had transformed into a Huimao Hu Li.

The thing he was worried about had indeed happened; the vine basket in the tent where the creature usually lay was still there, but that 'Huimao Hu Li' was gone.

"Damn it, I hope it doesn't cause me any trouble."

Jier muttered, then walked out of his tent and asked the two Warriors guarding the campfire outside: "The fox in my tent is gone; did you see where it ran off to?"

The two Warriors immediately stood up and reported to Jier: "My Lord! When we were setting up the tent at nightfall, after it jumped off your carriage, it was running around lively in the camp. Everyone tried to catch it but didn't succeed. It seemed to still be there during dinner, but after that, we don't know where it ran off to."

At this time, the Warrior Sipulu walked over. He greeted Jier and then approached Jier to whisper a report: "That Monster was clearly very excited to arrive in a Human town and took advantage of the chaos and the darkness to escape. But don't worry, Bawei and Weier, who know the situation, have been following it. I waited here for you just to report this matter."

Bawei, Weier, and Sipulu all knew that this Huimao Hu Li was a surrendered Shapeshifting Monster; after all, they had all participated in the battle that defeated the Shapeshifting Monster.

Therefore, Jier nodded, told the two people at the campfire to keep a good watch, and then took Sipulu out of the camp.

"Where did they chase it?" Jier led Sipulu out of Caimen Inn, looked at the desolate, quiet, yet somewhat tense night in the town, and turned to ask Sipulu.

"It seems to be to the south." The man of few words gave a direction.

Jier then led Sipulu and walked south casually.

Not long after walking, they encountered a group of Town Guards patrolling the town at night.

Originally, they were aggressive and wanted to reprimand and inspect the two people who had broken the night curfew, but upon seeing the full set of weapons and equipment on Jier, and Sipulu next to him who was also wearing Armor and carrying a slender Battle Knife at his waist, their momentum immediately softened significantly.

"I am Knight Jier, I just arrived in Yemei Town this evening. Two young Warriors from my team seem to have gotten lost. Have you seen any strange young Warriors alone or in pairs? Oh right, one of them has a very outstanding appearance."

As soon as Jier stated his identity, the Town Guards bent their waists even lower; they even replied with a fawning tone: "We have heard of you, Knight Jier. We didn't expect you to be so young! You are truly capable!"

Jier snorted: "Stop with the praise, answer my question."

Among this group of five Town Guards, the leading Squad Leader immediately said: "We seem to have seen the two people you mentioned; they were jogging south along the road when it just got dark. We reminded them at the time that there was a night curfew in town, and they indicated they understood. We didn't bother with them after that."

"You didn't dare to bother with them, right? Fine, follow me, let's go south together to find them." Jier didn't waste any more words and directly called this group to follow and help find the people. The main thing was that by following this group of Town Guards, other Town Guards patrolling the curfew wouldn't come up to ask questions every time they saw them.

This could save a lot of trouble, and at the same time, have a local person as a witness to avoid any trouble during their search tonight.

Yemei Town is not big, but not small; after all, it is just a small town of a few thousand people, but because the land is cheap, the town walls were expanded quite large, and the buildings inside the town were built quite loosely. Near the town walls, one could even see some small plots of farmland.

After Jier and his companion walked two streets south with the group of Town Guards, they saw Bawei squatting at an intersection.

To be honest, in the middle of the night, a strong and sturdy Warrior like Bawei, wearing Plate Armor and carrying a Two-handed Axe on his back while squatting on the ground—if he hadn't been squatting and visible, anyone who saw him would have been startled.

"Lord Jier! You're here! I knew it—no, wait, Weier was right, you would definitely come." Bawei immediately stood up and came over; his appearance still startled the Town Guards in the group.

"Just you? Where is Weier? And my fox?" Jier asked. Because there were outsiders behind him, he only used "fox" to refer to that Shapeshifting Monster.

Bawei was about to say something, but he reacted and didn't directly speak about the Shapeshifting Monster; instead, he paused before organizing his words and said: "That thing turned after running to this intersection. To let you know which direction to go when you came looking, Weier specifically asked me to stay here and wait for you. You really did come."

Bawei pointed to the east: "That Huimao Hu Li ran east along the road."

Then, Bawei also joined the group.

The Town Guards in the group finally understood that it turned out the Knight's precious pet fox had gotten lost; no wonder several Warriors had to go out at night to find it. It made sense—if the fox were discovered by others, they might kill the Knight's pet because they coveted its fur, and that would be a disaster!

So they must find the Knight's pet as soon as possible!

Thinking of this, these Town Guards became excited, as if being able to help a big shot like Jier could suddenly change their fate or something. Thus, they immediately walked at the front of the group to lead the way, looking around vigilantly, hoping to find the Knight's lost pet at the first opportunity.

But when they walked outside a building with towering courtyard walls, a young Warrior walked out from the shadows of the building, which still gave them a start.

"Don't be nervous, I am a subordinate of Knight Jier. Lord Jier, it ran into this building."

Weier came into the light of the torch, but his expression was somewhat strange; Jier followed the direction he pointed and his expression also became strange.

Because the building in front of them was none other than the Church of the God of the Dead in Yemei Town.

That guy actually ran here to steal and eat human corpses.

"Hmph, it really knows how to cause trouble for people." Jier exhaled, feeling both speechless and relieved.

Fortunately, he knew that the Church of the God of the Dead was currently piled high with corpses waiting to be processed, all of which were corpses of Villagers who had died in fights caused by conflicts between various villages during the previous project to expand the trenches.

It was said that thousands were killed or injured at that time, and it was estimated that several hundred corpses alone had been sent to the Church of the God of the Dead in the town one after another.

And those unlucky Priests had been busy dealing with these suddenly increased human corpses ever since then.

The corpses had to be dealt with; firstly, if left to rot, they would trigger plagues and a large number of diseases. Secondly, this otherworld had its own national conditions; if human corpses were left unattended after death, while still fresh, they would be occupied by wandering spirits and ghosts, reviving and causing chaos. Moreover, if too many corpses piled up, the aura of death would accumulate more and more, thereby causing some extremely malicious changes.

Even without wandering spirits and ghosts, those rotting corpses would turn into living corpses, using the Founengliang they carried to harm the living and unconsciously expand their group.

This was the natural source of the earliest batch of undead.

So, at this moment, guessing that the Shapeshifting Monster had actually headed straight for the corpses stored inside the church, Jier was extremely speechless.

But in any case, he had to bring that guy out; otherwise, keeping a terrifying Shapeshifting Monster as a pet, not to mention how much damage it might cause, would also make others traveling with him, and even those cooperating with him here in Yemei Town, keep their distance from him.

"Alright, it seems it is hungry." Jier said with a double entendre, then led his men to the main entrance of the church.

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