Astral Apostle Chapter 48: “Indigenous”

Frostwood Village, the village chief's house.

Jason's body was covered with a white cloth and placed in the middle of the room.

Baron and many hunters gathered together, the village chief, Griff and others were listening, and there were circles of villagers outside the house, whispering to each other in shock.

After the many hunters finished talking about the witnessing process, the room fell into silence, only the crackling sound of the fire burning dry wood.

"...This is what the lord said and what we saw. When we arrived, he had already killed the lord's bodyguard and was seriously injured to the point of death. We still don't know why Jason did such a thing .”

Weiss tone is confused.

This is also the puzzle of all hunters.

Baron was saddened by Jason's death in battle. Hearing this, he immediately thought of something, his face trembled, and he said in a deep voice:

"Two days ago, Jason and I broke through a shady deal. The food harvesting team came to the village. One of them was the director of the pharmacy. He asked our village doctor to smuggle the medicine and brought it back to Baiyuan City. Inferior potion to replace the inventory of the pharmacy... We captured these two people, I asked Jason to take them to the town and report to the lord..."

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and immediately cheered up.

"Could it be..." Weiss stared.

Bang!

Baron thumped the table, with a look of anger on his face: "Jason's death must be related to this matter!"

When he discovered that the pharmacy was corrupt, his first reaction was to report it to the lord. He felt that only the lord could thoroughly investigate the matter and clean up the pharmacy to ensure that the hunter potion supplied in the future would no longer be defective.

But he didn't expect to send Jason into the fire pit.

Although he hasn't figured out the deeper story behind what the lord did, he has decided that the lord must have nothing to do with it!

The faces of Wes, Weber and other hunters also darkened.

This is also the first time they know about this. The potion that they usually buy at a high price is mixed with inferior products. Although most people have never bought it, some people do occasionally encounter the poor effect of the potion. They thought it was normal The quality fluctuates, but it is not expected to be a shady scene of corruption.

Everyone couldn't help but burn with anger.

"So, you think the lord was trying to silence him, so Jason came to fight back?" Weiss frowned.

"I can't think of any other possibility." Baron said calmly, "I know Jason's temperament very well. He won't attack the lord for no reason."

Rubbing his chin, Wei Bo said in a deep voice: "So, the lord explained that this is a private action of the guards, maybe it's just an excuse to make use of it..."

A group of people exchanged information and deduced the overall reasons. Although the lack of part of the information caused some deviations, the cause and effect were roughly clarified.

After figuring out the ins and outs, many hunters' trust in Root fell to the bottom.

"I didn't expect Root to be this kind of person, but I used to think he was a good lord..."

"These powerful people are really dirty."

Everyone had different expressions and were filled with resentment.

If they hadn't volunteered to protect people, who would listen to the lord's orders?

But now, the lord dared to turn against one of them, without any hesitation about his identity as a beast hunter.

Alien beast hunters are the most respected group, but the lord dared to risk the world's displeasure and wanted to kill the hunters... Root can attack Jason today, and he can attack them tomorrow.

"This matter can't just be left alone!" Baron slapped the table and said angrily, "Root must pay the price for Jason's death!"

"What should we do? We can't just kill the lord like Jason, can we? The empire has laws, and we, a group of beast hunters, are working together to kill the lord of the town. What is this called? What do other people think? ?” Someone couldn’t help interjecting.

"Don't worry about it?!"

"Of course not, calm down." Weiss pressed Baron's arm.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

They were angry at what happened to Jason, but it was one thing to be willing to stand up for Jason, but if they killed the lord, they would also be wanted on their backs. Maybe there are other ways to solve it.

Wei Bo kneaded his knuckles, pondered for a moment, and said:

"There is no need to confront the lord, he won't admit it, but we are not suitable for direct revenge for Jason... Perhaps, we should expose the lord's affairs to the empire, expose the problem of the pharmacy, and cause big troubles, Let the people of the empire conduct a thorough investigation and find out all the inside stories, and it is best to appoint a new lord."

"...does this work?"

Weiss was skeptical.

Although the alien beast hunter group is highly valued by the Terra Empire, will the empire directly replace the lord of a region because of the hunter's report?

Weber said slowly:

"Let's try and talk... In short, if the lord does not change, I will definitely leave. I will not work under the rule of such a person. Although I am willing to eliminate the threat of alien beasts for Baiyuan City, I don't want to be ruled by the lord one day." People attacked and died inexplicably."

"Yes." "Me too."

Many hunters echoed.

Even if they had to go to another place to start over, many hunters did not want to continue their activities near Baiyuan City.

"Is it necessary to use this winding method? I just want to kill Root with an axe!" Baron looked fierce.

"I think too... but we are beast hunters, not only representing ourselves, killing the lord has too much impact, Jason's approach is too drastic, it's really... In short, if there is another way, Don't use knives directly. Our blades are aimed at beasts, not people."

Wei Bo tensed his face and pursed his lips.

Baron's bald head was full of veins. He didn't like this method, and felt that the fire in his heart was hard to vent.

According to him, wouldn't it be a pleasure to rush into the castle tonight and kill the culprit directly? !

But the concerns of other hunters are justified, and besides, they are not that familiar with Jason, and they are willing to help because the matter is closely related to themselves, and they share the same hatred, so they cannot be forced to adopt radical methods.

Compared with pure revenge, it may be more important to other hunters to ensure that this kind of thing does not happen again.

"I see." Baron responded in a muffled voice.

Weiss began to persuade: "Now we are reasonable, don't do stupid things, there will be an explanation for Jason's matter."

Baron shook his head, stood up suddenly, picked up Jason's body, and said in a low voice:

"I'll bury him first."

After speaking, he strode out.

Seeing this, everyone stopped discussing and followed out one after another.

Many villagers outside stood behind, watching Jason's body with sad expressions.

A group of people came to the cemetery, dug a grave, and buried Jason's body next to Will's cemetery.

Baron took out the carving knife and paused for a while before carving the epitaph on the tombstone.

"Jason Wood's Grave"

"A genius hunter, a companion, and a best friend"

Everyone present looked at the tombstone and mourned in silence, feeling a little sad.

The villagers in Shuangmu Village were even more emotional. After getting along for half a year, Jason eliminated the threat of the Earth Bone Man for the village. Everyone thought of him, and they were very sad now.

"Jason..."

Griff felt sorry for him.

The scene of the first meeting half a year ago seems to be still vivid in my memory.

But now, he is still standing outside.

That heroic and open-minded man lay down on the grave.

Reiner blinked his big eyes in the crowd, wondering what he was thinking.

Baron looked at the graves of Jason and Will, silent.

In these years of being a hunter, although he was used to seeing life and death, he still couldn't let go of the death of his "loved apprentice".

"Your future should not stop here..."

Baron stroked the tombstone, feeling uneasy.

……

As time passed, the rumors and rumors in Baiyuan City became more and more widespread.

Almost everyone in the city knew what happened that night. They knew that a hunter named "Jason Wood" openly attacked the lord's longhouse and almost killed the lord.

It was the first time that a beast hunter killed a lord!

Due to the lack of entertainment, this rumor quickly became the main topic of conversation for most residents in Baiyuan City after dinner, and the analysis was thorough.

Regarding the reason, the hunters did not remain silent, claiming that the lord planned to silence them and cover up the inside story of the pharmacy's secret exchange of inventory.

This caused an uproar in the city.

Although the lord immediately sent troops to seal up the pharmacy, saying that he would investigate the matter, and posted notices throughout the process denying that he had instructed the guards to attack Jason, claiming that the guards had made their own decisions.

But the residents in the town believed the hunters even more.

For a while, rumors were rampant, Lute's good reputation fell off a cliff, and the residents expressed strong distrust of the current lord.

After the confrontation that night, Root was terrified and remained ill in bed.

He didn't do anything, let alone show up again, and he didn't even care about the citizens' petitions.

The lord's longhouse.

The damage caused by the battle that night was barely repaired, but some traces can still be seen.

The inspector of Baiyuan City went up the stairs to the master bedroom, opened the door and entered, and saw Lute listlessly leaning on the head of the bed at a glance.

"You are here, please sit down." Root was weak.

The inspector of Baiyuan City ignored him and asked himself:

"Lord Root, I need to know about the recent events and rumors in the city."

The cities and towns of the Terra Empire are ruled by lords with high autonomy, but the Terra Empire will not leave it alone.

Several years after the founding of the country, the Terra Empire set up "bright posts", that is, local inspectors, in all towns.

They only have the duty of monitoring, and they are responsible for transmitting information to the empire, such as what happened in this town, what system the lord has established, etc., and basically will not interfere with the lord's rule of the area.

On the surface, there must be nothing wrong with each other. The local inspector will not disturb the lord if there is nothing to do, and the lord will not control the local inspector.

As for privately, there are basically discords. There may be inspectors who want to use their power to intimidate the lord, collect "protection fees", or the lord bribes and deceives the inspector. There are various operations.

Of course, the control of tribal lords and airborne lords is not the same.

In the face of tribal lords who are like local snakes, the local supervisors are generally very knowledgeable, and they are at ease as decorations, dawdling around every day.

However, the recent behavior of Zhou Jing's attack and killing of the lord has spread all over the city, and it is quite sensitive, and the supervisor of Baiyuan City can't ignore it.

Root was not surprised that the other party came to the door, with a tired face: "What do you want to know?"

"What happened to that hunter who attacked and killed you? There is also the inside story of the so-called pharmacy, you have to explain it to the empire!"

The inspector of Baiyuan City was not polite.

"I know..."

Lute weakly coughed twice, and said it intermittently. It was still the same set of excuses to shirk responsibility.

The inspector of Baiyuan City frowned slightly, obviously not convinced, but there was nothing he could do about Lute.

He suddenly changed the subject and warned:

"The trouble this time is not small. You have angered the hunters in the entire area. I will tell the truth to the central government of the empire. They may think that you are not capable of being a lord."

"... If you want to change me, the successor can only be selected from my tribe's blood relatives."

Root didn't change his face.

The inspector of Baiyuan City noticed that Root didn't seem to be worried about this problem, so he couldn't help frowning even tighter.

"Okay, then I will report the truth."

After speaking, the inspector of Baiyuan City did not stay behind, turned his head and left.

Lute's face suddenly sank, and he was in a bad mood.

These days, he has been on tenterhooks, for fear that other hunters will attack him.

Without the extraordinary guards around him, he could only mobilize more than half of the army to guard the castle day and night.

Fortunately, the other hunters remained rational and did not ignore the attack on the lord's mansion and start killing.

However, the truth claimed by the hunters stirred up rumors in the city and exhausted him physically and mentally.

Dozens of hunters in Baiyuan City showed strong rejection towards him, and he was unable to suppress the rumors.

As long as he dares to be tough, the hunter will leave at any time, and the residents of Baiyuan City will be dissatisfied with him. Even if he can still be a lord, Baiyuan City will become more and more depressed.

However, he still needs to cling to the position of the lord, and now only this identity can protect his safety... Hunters like Jason who recklessly kill the lord are in the minority after all.

He could see that the Hunters were trying to get the Empire to replace him.

But don't worry too much.

The person who pulled him into that huge plan was a powerful person in the imperial court, and he was also his backer in the court.

Root believes in that backer, and will find a way to keep his position... Even if it is to stabilize him and not expose everyone's plans, he must do so.

"I don't need to worry about the center of the empire. My most important task is to clear the clues and prevent the people of the empire from tracking down..."

Lute's face was cloudy and uncertain.

The empire must not discover the plan behind it, otherwise the entire plan of the backer will be affected.

As for the bitter fruit of Baiyuan City becoming depressed, it can only be swallowed temporarily.

However, as long as you wait until the day when you raise your arms, you will definitely be able to make up for your current losses!

He was convinced of it.

……

Somewhere in the world of alien beasts.

In the dark cave, people came and went, and supplies piled up like a stronghold.

Several people in different costumes sat around the stone table, chatting in low voices.

"The person sent to Baiyuan City to protect the lord was killed."

"Who did it? People from Chidu, Hein, Dongluo? Or a smuggled explorer from a giant consortium or illegal organization?"

"It's not like ~IndoMTL.com~ just got involved in the conflict between the natives, and died with an native hunter."

"Are you sure that the murderer is an aborigine?"

"I've already checked. The murderer is Jason Wood. He was originally an ordinary person who lived in a village around Baiyuan City. I drew a portrait according to the description, and I am going to take it back for comparison, and then confirm it again...Let me judge, this person has a high probability of being a real aborigine."

"Tsk, it's shameful to be killed by a native... What level of superpower is the one who died?"

"Level 1 is an artificial power user who has taken genetic potions. He has practiced some martial arts and is Ma Wen's assistant... Ma Wen went back during the first two batches, and is currently not in this world."

"Okay, since the natives did it, then there is no need to interfere, just recover the assistant's body and enter it in the death list."

"Okay."

Several people discussed a few words, and quickly ended the topic. Obviously, in their opinion, this is just a trivial matter.

At this moment, a leader-like figure knocked on the table and said in a deep voice:

"This time the exchange period is coming to an end, you can stop all plans, withdraw all the people outside, go back to each stronghold and wait for the withdrawal from this world, don't go outside anymore."

"Understood."

The others responded one after another.

Some people can't help feeling:

"I don't know how long this gravitational tide will last. When the last confluence period ended, the Terra Empire hadn't even been born... I don't know what the world will be like when the next confluence period returns."