Chapter 192: Chapter 192 Chief of Staff’s Decision
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Bardot Viratty.
Deputy Commander of the Behemoth Knight Regiment, Raptor Guard Army.
She currently looks like an old woman lingering in a wheat field, but in reality, she is not like that.
The hunched appearance and aged face are alterations through ‘costume changes’… all to fit the image of an NPC and create a ‘perfect’ eerie small town.
She herself is only in her thirties.
“There are three basic tasks available here, and no teams have come yet.
So, you can choose any task… considering that you are all still trainees, I suggest choosing the one with the lowest difficulty.”
“Just give us a look at the three task tweeds, Aunt Bardot.”
Yet Bardot herself was stern, repeatedly warning them:
“Abe, don’t be too confident. The ‘campsite’ chosen by Lord Kaimon this time actually involves some risks that Lord Kaimon himself has to accept to barely obtain approval from the council.
It’s necessary for auntie to let you know privately about one uncertain factor in the ‘campsite’… but don’t spread this information around.”
“Huh? Thank you, Aunt Bardot. We will definitely keep a tight lid on it.”
Obviously, Abe wouldn’t let go of the chance to get important information ahead of time.
The reason why he found ‘Bardot’ first by following the smell was that this teacher was the easiest to talk to.
Due to the peculiar constitution of the Hundred Beasts.
More than twenty teachers are arranged for Abe’s one-on-one classes by Captain Kaimon.
Abe spent 18 hours a day learning about different beasts under different teachers during the usual class times.
A unique sleeping method allows the body to immediately enter deep sleep, and a four-hour sleep is enough to restore vitality.
Moreover, whenever he has free time, Abe would secretly follow the Behemoth Knight Regiment to the outskirts for activities, doing some things that should only be done at the knight stage in advance.
Such an intensive education was alright for Abe, he even wanted to spend more time improving his knowledge in all aspects…
Genius is not scary, it is really the genius who works harder than you that is scary.
Teacher Bardot is one of Abe’s instructors, and privately she ‘spoils’ Abe.
“Not just us, the Black Rose Knight Regiment, which investigated this area a while ago, also noticed traces of Demons in the manor.
If they found this twice at intervals, it means that the Demon isn’t just passing by here at random.
Most likely, the Demon will return here after some time, potentially hiding somewhere no eyes have yet reached.
Demons are of many kinds and are bizarre, so even the Demon Bible does not necessarily have all of them recorded.
This could possibly be a type of Demon with a unique hidden power.
This is the only place we from the Behemoth Knight Regiment have not dealt with properly when handling the Stuart Manor.
Though the Demon may indeed exist, in addition to adding more Night Watch, risks are still present.
Even if the elite students of the third year encounter the Demon face-to-face, even if they work together they may barely resist on the ‘battlefield’ if their abilities have reached a certain intensity.
But they can’t resist the contamination that can reach directly to their souls.
Not to mention you bunch of rookies.
So, you better complete some tasks on the surface, and don’t go too deep! Safety first.”
“A Demon?!”
Abe, who wanted to prove himself in this training session, revealed a look of discomfort.
Not just Abe, Dumps, the magician, also furrowed his eyebrows, and the team’s atmosphere suddenly dropped.
Indeed, the level reached by the Demon is still inaccessible for this bunch of apprentice knights.
Only Han Dong was unphased, for he was intrigued by a statement made by Teacher Bardot.
“Elite third-year students can barely fight face-to-face, but they can’t resist contamination… so that implies if one can resist the contamination, he can probably fight directly? I should be interpreting this correctly.
The ‘Fallen Baker’ I came across in the underground cave last time should have been an original demon from the city who came to Lord Baker’s body through a large-scale sacrificial ritual.
The Demon Book centers around it.
Because of Vino’s presence at the time, she got a lot of attention, which allowed me to successfully ‘blindside’.
I need to avoid encountering the Demon as much as possible… of course, if I accidentally bump into it, it may not necessarily be an unwinnable situation.”
“We will be careful… let’s just take a look at the three tasks at hand.”
The three corresponding scrolls made of sheepskin paper were unfolded.
. Investigation Case: [The Strange Scarecrow]
Summary: In the wheat field area located in the northwest part of Stuart Manor, if you look from a distance from the residential area, you will see human-shaped shadows slowly moving in the darkness at night.
Every other day, the location of the scarecrow in the wheat field changes.
Requirement: Investigate the root cause of the scarecrow incident, and eradicate the ‘culprit’.
Difficulty:
Reward: One piece of information about the wheat field area, team points +2 Investigation Case: [The Strange ‘Apple Tree’]
Summary: A lady living in the wheat field needs you to search for an ‘apple tree’ in Stuart Manor. The apple tree can be seen at certain times, but the location is not certain.
Requirement: Pick an apple from the apple tree, give it to the lady in the wheat field.
Difficulty:
Reward: One piece of information about the wheat field area, team points +4
Investigation Case: [Hair in the Well]
Summary: The stone well is located in the northwest region of the town in Stuart Manor.
Every time water is drawn up from below, there is a lot of hair floating in the bucket. Even after boiling the well water to drink, it still affects the drinkers.
Therefore, the farmers in the manor had to seal up this stone well and no longer use it.
Requirement: Uncover the secret deep inside the stone well and cut off the source of the hair.
Difficulty:
Reward: One piece of information about the town, one piece of information about the wheat field area, team points +7
“The difficulty is indeed high, and most regular tasks have a one-star difficulty… the tasks available from you, Teacher Bardot, have the highest difficulty reaching up to three stars.”
“That’s right! That’s why I told you to be careful… it’s best to choose the two-star scarecrow task! As for the well task, I don’t suggest you go for that.”
Abe looked at Han Dong, “Nicholas, you are the chief advisor appointed by Captain Kaimon, what do you think?”
“The well task is helpful to us… but.”
“But what? Is the difficulty too high?”
“No…” Han Dong looked at Mrs. Bardot and asked, “Can we choose all three tasks?”
Bardot seemed stunned at first, then immediately rejected: “No! A team can only take one task at a time.”
“Then we choose the well task first, and if no one accepts the subsequent tasks, we’ll come back to you.”
Han Dong firmly decided to take the well task, as if he had foreseen something.