This adventurer is overly righteous.

Chapter 97 Investigation

"That's definitely not a dog, that's a monster. It didn't faint after taking so much sleeping potion, it must be a monster..."

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It was Croya who helped get Smith into prison. The smell here is not good, as if something is rotting and decaying. Staying here will definitely not be comfortable for the prisoners, because their only companions will be those rotten straws.

"I know." Kroya reassured Smith while casting a calming spell to calm him down, then asked, "Is there anything else besides that? I need to know what you saw at the time, whether you blocked me, or what your guess is."

"What do you think that is?"

With the help of magic, Smith calmed down and began to think. There were prison bars between him and Kroya, and the prison guards knew Kroya's good reputation, so they did not disturb his questioning.

"A werewolf!" Smith concluded after a moment, saying excitedly, "I think that guy looks a lot like a werewolf..."

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As someone who had caught many dogs, Smith, though just an ordinary illiterate man, had heard the legend of the werewolf. It was a curse cast upon Smith by someone who hated him for letting his dogs fight each other.

"May you catch a werewolf someday and get eaten by it!"

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Therefore, Smith said with great certainty, "That must be because the werewolf ate the dog and then put on the dog's skin!"

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Do you think it could be a werewolf?

Kroya was sitting in Logan's cabin. His arrival was so sudden that Logan hadn't been able to prepare any refreshments, which was not in line with Logan's hospitality. So Logan was a little flustered and only managed to serve two glasses of milk as drinks before Kroya interrupted him, saying he wanted to get to the point.

The two sat on their respective sofas, talking face to face.

"I've never heard of such a thing. In my mind, werewolves can disguise themselves as humans or suddenly transform into a two-legged wolf covered in stiff fur, but I've never heard of them being able to put on a dog skin and disguise themselves as dogs."

"Perhaps this is a werewolf with magic?"

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"It could also be something else, using this method to disguise itself. If magic is involved, the situation becomes very complicated."

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"We need more intelligence..."

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Speculating like a headless fly will not lead to any conclusions. Kroya and Logan only know that the other must have ulterior motives and that he must be evil and cruel by nature; they know nothing else.

Therefore, both sides made their own plans.

This is White Rock Town, human territory, so Kroya naturally doesn't need to be timid. He decides to go to the church to find a priest for help and work together to get rid of that thing.

  

With just one sword strike, no matter how strong the opponent's disguise is, it will be exposed.

Logan sought him out because Logan was more knowledgeable than himself and might be able to offer some useful advice. Moreover, as an agent of the Adventurers' Guild, Logan might be able to leverage the guild's resources to make the operation more secure.

Unfortunately, Logan did not agree, because he was worried that a traitor within the Adventurers' Guild would obstruct him or even put him in danger.

After Logan returned, the Adventurers' Guild launched an operation to investigate the mole, but as far as Logan knew, the results were minimal, indicating that the guy must be extremely good at disguise and hold a high position in the Adventurers' Guild. This made Logan feel a chill. The successful report earlier might have been due to luck. The vampire Adrian and the guy were too far apart to make contact in time, which allowed Logan to report successfully before the other party could react.

If we had returned a few days later, the outcome might have been very different.

Logan feared that this disguised evil creature was in cahoots with the mole. Since the creature dared to infiltrate White Rock, it meant that the mole was confident in protecting it from being discovered.

So Kroya left Logan's little home and went to the church alone to meet Kant. Then, through Kant, he visited the priests in the White Rock Church who were skilled in combat. The priests readily agreed, since Kroya was sensible and didn't cause them any trouble, so they naturally couldn't be stingy at this moment. Besides, given Kroya's talent and status, it wouldn't be a bad thing to befriend him in advance.

Two skilled priests, disguised, accompanied Kroya on the journey.

Priests have limited energy, so their magical training is divided into two categories. One category is to learn various large-scale ritual spells to bless good weather and cure influenza and plague. The other category is to learn combat magic to deal with evil creatures. It has a strong ability to restrain evil forces. If Kroya had been a regular combat priest, he might have even had a chance to kill Adrian in the cave.

"Thump"

Kroya knocked on the door. Two priests stood behind him, dressed plainly, but they would intervene if anything seemed amiss.

The door was opened slightly, revealing a young girl's face. Kroya remembered that in court, the judge had named the girl Lillian. At this moment, the girl's eyes were narrowed, and her expression was unfriendly. Kroya had left a bad impression on her in court; the feeling that everyone believed in him and sided with him was somewhat unsettling.

"We're here to discuss the dog; we'd like to talk to you."

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"We've already taken it," Lillian said warily to Kroya from behind the door. "I can't prove you're the dog thief, but if you want to buy our dogs, the lead dog isn't for sale; the others will depend on your price."

"Where did you take it?" Kroya asked with some concern.

"It's not just a sled dog, it's a hunting dog too," Lillian answered truthfully. Kroya's expression affected her, making her feel vaguely uneasy. It seemed that the other person knew something that she didn't. "They took it hunting in the Misty Forest."

They were also adventurers who planned to complete the assessment and join the hunting team.

"Okay, I understand."

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Kroya responded quickly, then beckoned the two priests to help him open the kennel. The iron locks were cut by the sword, and the three entered. The light of the purification spell shone on each of the remaining dogs to confirm that there were no other evil creatures lurking there.

Lillian saw all of this, but Kroya's expression was serious and not at all joking. She was completely confused and just stood there watching the three of them perform spells that she couldn't understand, unable to stop them.

"What are you doing?"

Lillian asked, and Kroya then cast a purification spell on her to confirm that she was not affected by the evil creature.

"I told you before the trial that the dog was strange, that it might possess evil powers, and we suspect you have some connection with it." This is the worst-case scenario, and Croya actually hopes that the three are innocent. "So please answer our questions truthfully."

"Furthermore, we will soon send people to find your companions."

That was what Logan had to do. He could find other skilled trackers to help them, but it would cost a lot of money.