Listening to Dorothy's words, Vanya stood rooted to the spot, dumbfounded. She couldn't believe the girl in front of her would say such a thing.
Only the two of us? Facing such a large den of cultists? Is this a joke?
"Then, then, Miss Dorothea, do you mean you've already scouted out the information inside?" Vanya continued to ask with a hint of confusion, and Dorothy nodded in reply.
"That's right. According to my scouting results, the cult leader inside is about to hold a promotion ceremony very soon. Those children are probably needed for his promotion ceremony. If we don't stop him, those children will likely meet a grim fate. According to intelligence, the An Yin Bureau has probably been paralyzed by them now. We don't have time to go back and inform them, nor can they come. We have to go ourselves."
With her arms crossed, Dorothy said slowly and seriously. Listening to her words, Vanya couldn't help but be stunned again.
"What... you mean, those children might be related to the cultist's promotion ceremony?" Vanya said incredulously. When she agreed to act with Dorothy, besides the fact that the other party was a believer of that person, another major factor was that Dorothy also showed her evidence that the ""Lamb Song"" possessed Spirit Sight and was a secret transmission. As a former Shining Light Church Sister who primarily believed in the Holy Mother, Vanya's compassion was also a reason she came here.
"It's pretty much confirmed. Otherwise, why would these guys go through so much trouble adopting so many children and teaching them the secret transmission? Now, the promotion ceremony inside is about to be held very soon. This is an opportunity for us. Even if we can't save those children, we should at least disrupt the ceremony and create an opportunity for them to escape. Of course, the next steps are indeed dangerous. If you want to stop here, you can..."
Looking at the Sister beside her, Dorothy spoke in a persuasive tone. In fact, the other party's help up to this point was already enough. The next steps were indeed very dangerous. If she didn't want to continue, Dorothy wouldn't make things difficult for her.
"Just... disrupting the ceremony and creating an opportunity to escape...? Miss Dorothea, I want to ask one last thing, is the task you are about to undertake now also the will of that one?"
After thinking for a while, Vanya asked Dorothy with a strange expression. Dorothy was slightly taken aback after hearing this, then slowly nodded. Seeing this, Vanya gritted her teeth and spoke.
"Phew... Since that's the case, then let's go."
...
Twilight faded, and night fell.
In the northern mountains of Igwinte at night, the large villa glowed with lights. In the courtyard and surrounding area of the villa, many people in security uniforms were patrolling with lights.
They were originally the servants and security guards of Viscount Field's household. After Luer came here, they were almost all corrupted and became believers of the ""Cup"", Luer's most loyal guards.
Now, the time was approaching the critical point of Luer's promotion, and these guards also intensified their vigilance. Some people were on duty in the villa and courtyard, and people were also patrolling with lights outside the courtyard wall.
In the dark dense forest, two guards were inspecting the road leading to the villa with lights while talking. One of them seemed a little unable to restrain his inner desires.
"Phew... I can't help it a bit. I wonder if there's still stock in the house? I really want to go back and take a bite."
"Probably not... No deliveries have come from the city for a long time, and the current stock is probably all used up. Many brothers can't stand it anymore. Everyone is waiting for the master to succeed so we can have a big meal..."
"Hmm... But I can't help it a bit now. I wonder if I can run into some unlucky person who comes to our door, like that lost woodcutter last time... Hmm? What's that sound?"
Just as they were talking, the two patrolling guards suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves and carriage wheels in the distance. After a while, they saw a carriage with a gas lamp slowly approaching from that end of the road. The coachman on the carriage looked anxious.
"Hey! Excuse me, gentlemen ahead! How do I get to Igwinte? Sorry, we're lost!"
Haha... Just talking about it, and here comes the unlucky guy.
Looking at the coachman waving on the carriage ahead, the two guards exchanged smiles. After licking their lips, they both went up to the carriage ahead, smiling with friendly expressions.
"Oh... I'm afraid you're out of luck, brother. Igwinte is still very far, and it's already dark. Why don't you rest here for a night and leave tomorrow!"
"Is that so? That's really terrible. In that case, I'll have to trouble you two to take us to a place to rest."
As he spoke, the coachman jumped off the carriage and began talking to the approaching guards, asking specific questions. And just as the guards' attention was drawn to the coachman, a figure quietly emerged from behind them, crept up behind one of the guards, then pulled out a small knife, extended both hands, covered his face, and slit his throat.
"Hmm! Woo woo!"
"What... Hmm!"
Just as the other guard looked at his companion in surprise, the coachman in front of him also had a fierce look in his eyes, stepped forward, covered his mouth, and quickly sent the small knife he had prepared in his hand into his throat.
Finally, the two guards fell to the ground with wide eyes. Standing beside them were Edrick and Brandon, with indifferent expressions.
Then, the necks of the two fallen guards began to stop bleeding rapidly. Their expressions also changed from surprise to indifference, and then they silently stood up. Then, Edrick, dressed as a coachman, searched his body and took out a small jar, throwing it to the two guards. One of them caught it and opened it, finding a jar of flesh-colored paste inside, which seemed to be some kind of cosmetic.
Afterwards, the two guards took wet wipes from Edrick and wiped the blood from their necks, and applied some paste to the wounds on their necks, roughly covering them. In the dark environment of the night, it was difficult to see anything unusual.
"Then, please lead the way, gentlemen."
"Understood, Mr."
After a brief conversation, Brandon got into the carriage, while Edrick sat back in the coachman's seat, and the two guards led the way, driving the carriage towards the villa ahead.
After a while, they arrived at the courtyard gate. The gatekeeper saw them and frowned, shouting at the two guards leading the way.
"Joseph, Ollie, what's going on?"
"This is a carriage going to Igwinte. It's already dark, so we're letting them rest here for a night. Please open the gate."
One of the guards stepped forward and said to the gatekeeper. After approaching the gatekeeper, he whispered a supplement in a low voice.
"Another lost unlucky guy, we have stock again."
Listening to the guard's words, the gatekeeper's eyes lit up, and he smiled and patted the guard's shoulder, saying.
"You guys are really something. It looks like we can satisfy our craving tonight."
As he spoke, the gatekeeper used a key to open the courtyard gate, then waved for the carriage to pass through.
After watching the carriage enter the gate, the gatekeeper closed the gate and said to the guard who was still beside him.
"Remember to save me a portion after you butcher it later."
"Heh heh, of course."
After speaking, the gatekeeper turned and returned to his post, while the guard's eyes turned cold upon seeing this. He pulled out a small knife, took two steps forward, covered his face, and slit his throat, killing the other person in the same way he had been killed.
Looking at the gatekeeper lying at the foot of the wall, the guard shrugged, then silently watched him stand up again, and said.
"Let's go, it's time to say hello to the other brothers. Don't forget to bring knives, they're necessary for saying hello."
"Of course..."
Saying this, the gatekeeper followed the guard through a small door into the courtyard, and began searching for their companions who were alone or gathered in twos and threes in the courtyard to "say hello" to.
And at this moment, in the carriage driving into the villa, Dorothy sat calmly beside the restless Sister, continuously consuming ""enlightenment"" to expand the control limit of the Corpse Puppet Ring, expanding her army and army reserves.