Chapter 676 Personal Investigation

You can't blame Pet for not trusting the Glow Cult.

Prince Vladin's words about "priestly malfeasance" triggered some not-so-good memories for Pat.

Thinking about it carefully, they have been tricked by the Glow God Cult several times.

Greenport and Ceylon Territory, if strictly counted, they would be counted twice if they were misjudged as heretics and expelled, and the stone castle dwarf Bronn failed to receive a response to his request for help.

The Glow God Cult can always come up with new tricks in terms of losing chains.

Peter had never doubted the justice of the Glow Cult. If even they had problems, then the Kingdom of Leyak would probably be close to destruction.

The reason for this phenomenon is easy to understand.

The Glow God Religion is an extremely large organization. With such a large scale, it is completely normal for there to be a few guys who are messing around or have their own little ideas.

Everyone has his own life, his own relatives and friends, and his own thoughts.

There will inevitably be some rat droppings among them.

The larger the organization, the more levels it needs to go through when executing anything.

Once there is a problem in any of the intermediate links, it is quite troublesome to troubleshoot.

To be on the safe side, Pett didn't plan to rely entirely on the results of the Glow God Cult's investigation.

What you hear with your ears may be false, but what you see with your eyes... must be true if there is [the secret of all things revealed].

"My suggestion is that we should go to Marquis Madison's manor and the station of the Ryusei Mercenary Group to see the situation."

Peter suggested.

"What do you think?"

Everyone thought about it.

"That makes sense!"

"That's exactly what I meant!"

"No objection!"

Prince Vladin clapped his hands excitedly: "That's right! That's what I wanted to do when I came to you!"

"Since those guys hiding behind the scenes have used methods like silence, it means that the clues you discovered are definitely correct and very useful!"

"Otherwise, the other party wouldn't make things so... conspicuous!"

Others feel the same way.

If you really want to destroy the evidence, there are many more obscure ways, and the timing can be made to look more like coincidence and more reasonable, instead of like this time, when Pete and the others just discovered the problem, these clues were destroyed. destroy.

The people behind the scenes were as impatient as if they had been stepped on.

"Investigating this kind of thing has different perspectives, and the results may not be the same."

"Maybe we can find some clues that the Glow God Cult has overlooked?"

So, after a simple discussion.

Miranda, Gale, Brandon, Dolan and Lancelot, a total of five people, are responsible for the investigation of the Ryusei Mercenary Group.

Petrina and Prince Vladin immediately went to Marquis Madison's manor.

Given the opportunity to investigate for themselves, no one wanted to pass up.

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The manor of Marquis Madison is not in Starosz.

This manor is about half a day's carriage ride from the royal capital.

Because of this distance, the fire in the manor was not discovered at the first time. In fact, the fire burned all night and burned the entire manor into ruins.

Near the manor are vast stretches of farmland as far as the eye can see, and a small village formed around the manor.

The carriage was found by Prince Vladin. On the way, he introduced the others to Pate:

"The Marquis of Madison once hired many farmers, through the L.G Chamber of Commerce as a guarantee."

"He provides farmers with the land, seeds, fertilizers, farm tools, livestock, etc. they need for farming. He also helps them call in the clergy of the Harvest Church to perform harvest magic."

"In return, he takes 70% of the produce from the fields."

"So the farmland you see now was basically cultivated and cultivated by farmers hired by Marquis Madison."

As he said that, Prince Vladin sneered:

"The Marquis of Madison has made a lot of money in this way, but he has rarely returned to his own manor in recent years. He basically lives in Monge's manor."

"Maybe he didn't think much of the farmers he hired. After he started his business, he tried his best to distance himself from them and get rid of the relationship."

Peter raised an eyebrow.

He would not comment on Marquis Madison's character for the time being.

There is an important point in the information provided by Prince Vladin.

The Marquis who died in the "fire" rarely stayed in this manor.

The other party returned to his manor abnormally, bumped into a cultist, and was burned to death?

How come there are so many?

There was a cold rain a few days ago, which made the temperature of the entire sheltered plain drop a lot, and judging from the weather, heavy snow should be coming soon.

From a distance, Pat could smell the burnt smell left by burning in the air.

Near the ruins of the estate.

The people of the Glow God Cult have drawn a cordon around the perimeter, and they can clearly see that there are many Glow priests wearing religious robes inside.

They held small statues symbolizing gods in their hands, chanted prayers, and used the [Purify Evil] magic to clean up the manor.

Before the pollution is removed, this place is not suitable for ordinary people to approach, otherwise they will be easily affected by void pollution.

Outside the cordon, the villagers were worriedly watching the situation inside the Marquis Manor.

Many people were kneeling on their knees and praying, chanting words.

Pet noticed that many of these villagers had bandaged areas on their bodies, and some were exposed and visible to the public with burns or scalds. .

When the Marquis's manor caught fire, they immediately tried to put out the fire, and these injuries should have been left at that time.

When Vladin arrived with Pete and Reina and got off the carriage, some villagers noticed the three of them, especially Vladin's expensive clothes, and they hurriedly squeezed forward and asked:

"Sir! Are you here to deal with the Marquis's funeral? What should we do now?"

"The Marquis is in trouble. Does the 20-year employment agreement he signed with us still count? Can we still farm on these lands next year?"

"And, and!"

"The Marquis hasn't paid us last year's share, plus this year's share, where should we go to get the money?"

"My family only has the crops for next year. If I don't get the money, how can I survive the winter?"

"..."

For a while, there was a lot of noise.

Dozens of villagers, everyone was shouting what they wanted to say.

They didn't know any social etiquette, and they didn't know Prince Vladin at all.

Judging from the other party's magnificent clothes, Vladin was probably also a big shot in the capital, and he might be able to help them solve the difficulties they were facing.

So they swarmed around and surrounded the three people tightly.

Prince Vladin was overwhelmed by what he heard, and hurriedly raised his hands and pressed them down, while shouting loudly:

"Everyone! Everyone!"

"Wait a minute, don't be anxious, speak one by one!"

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