A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 881 - 619 Investigation and Visit_2

"Next time, it will be your fingers."

"I, I’ll talk!"

At that moment, Hogger was truly terrified. If the hammer really came down on his palm, even a Priest might not be able to heal it!

"It was Lord Dessel!"

"Dessel?"

"Yes, Lord Dessel personally found me. He said that Master Dussel intended to treat patients in the Beggars’ Nest and needed a location. He hoped to use that warehouse to treat the patients, and I agreed..."

"Why would it be Dessel? If it’s related to the plague, shouldn’t Eribeth or Vanswick be the ones to handle it?"

"How should I know!"

Facing Duanmu Huai’s coercion, Hogger was close to tears.

"I was just thinking about doing a favor for Heim Church and Master Dussel! Besides, the warehouse wasn’t being used anyway, so I just stamped it and transferred it! That’s all! I really don’t know anything else!"

"............Very well."

Duanmu Huai put away the War Hammer.

"Let’s go."

After saying that, Duanmu Huai turned and left the room, and Emilia hurriedly followed him out.

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Duanmu. Your actions just now weren’t very appropriate, threatening an innocent civilian..."

However, before Emilia could finish, Duanmu Huai turned and cut her off.

"I understand your thoughts, Miss Emilia, you are Tyler’s Sacred Knight, and you have your own code of conduct. But the Tribunal has its code of conduct as well. For the Tribunal, protecting humans always comes first. We do not fight for justice, nor for a Deity; we fight only for Humans. Therefore, as far as the Tribunal is concerned, the means do not matter as long as the end is achieved."

"......Protecting humans doesn’t contradict justice, does it?"

"Heh, you’ll understand in time."

Facing Emilia’s puzzled inquiry, Duanmu Huai just chuckled.

"But it’s interesting, now I do want to see how Dessel will explain this."

Indeed, Dessel’s explanation was quite straightforward.

"It was me."

Looking at Emilia and the rest, Dessel still wore a look of arrogance.

"At that time, Master Dussel was struggling to find a place to treat patients, and I happened to know that the Hogger family had an unused warehouse in the Beggars’ Nest. Therefore, I initiated contact with Mr. Hogger, asking him to lend the warehouse. Mr. Hogger was very generous and directly transferred the warehouse to Master Dussel’s name."

"But Lady Eribeth seems to be unaware of this matter?"

"Hmph."

Facing Emilia’s questioning, Dessel snorted.

"She has been busy contacting Deepwater City to find a cure for the plague. I thought it unnecessary to bother her with such a trivial matter."

Staring at Dessel, Duanmu Huai also spoke.

"So, you’re trying to say that you knew nothing about the secret chamber beneath the warehouse or about those Plague Mutants inside it?"

"Correct."

"Good, whether you don’t know or don’t want to tell... I don’t care, but I think after the Tribunal’s interrogation, you’ll spill the details willingly... I also haven’t used a Judge’s interrogation techniques in quite some time."

Saying this, Duanmu Huai spoke with murderous intent, his presence akin to a beast ready to pounce, while Dessel just snorted lightly.

"It appears you hold a deep prejudice against Heim Believers, but unfortunately, without evidence, you can’t do anything to me."

"That’s exactly it, I’m very sorry, Mr. Duanmu."

At this moment, Eribeth also stepped forward.

"Dessel is a person in whom Lord Nasher has great trust. If you do something to him, it will be tantamount to making an enemy of Neverwinter City..."

"Tch."

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai clicked his tongue, and the murderous aura dissipated.

"To think he trusts a Heim Believer, it seems that Lord has gone senile in his old age."

"Sorry to interrupt."

Just then, Vanswick, who had been silently observing, suddenly spoke up.

"This matter is actually my responsibility."

"Vanswick?"

Seeing her subordinate and lover suddenly speak up, Lady Eribeth was also taken aback, staring at him in surprise.

"Actually, Lord Dessel did mention this to me, and I handled the procedures..."

"Why didn’t you tell me???"

Looking at Vanswick, Lady Eribeth’s gaze was somewhat astonished, while Vanswick lowered his head.

"Sorry, Eribeth, at that time there were too many things to take care of, so I forgot..."

"Is that so... I’m sorry for putting too much responsibility on you then."

hearing Vanswick’s response, Lady Eribeth’s gaze softened a lot.

But Duanmu Huai was very annoyed.

"So, you knew the situation and still watched us make this trip? Do you think we’re monkeys to be toyed with?"

"I’m really sorry, I just felt that merely talking about it might be hard for people to believe..."

"Let’s end this matter here."

Lady Eribeth forcibly interrupted the discussion, then she sighed and turned towards Amelia.

"Master Dussel’s disappearance is indeed a worrying matter, as a highly respected Great Druid in Neverwinter City, we need to know his situation. This matter will now be handed over to you, Amelia, go find Master Dussel and ascertain his condition."

"Yes..."

The futile trip also disheartened Amelia, she despondently accepted Lady Eribeth’s directive and then left the Temple.

"Are we leaving Neverwinter City?"

Luganis anxiously grabbed her Magic Wand and asked.

"Hmm... I’m afraid we will have to go investigate Master Dussel’s whereabouts next..."

"Of course we have to investigate, but we can’t neglect the issue about Lord Dessel."

"Mr. Duanmu."

Upon hearing this, Amelia finally couldn’t help but speak up in rebuttal.

"Your suspicion about Lord Dessel has no evidence, it’s just conjecture!"

"That is why we need to find the evidence."

"But... what if there’s no such evidence at all? I know you have a bias against Heim Believers..."

"Heh, guess why I’m biased against them?"

"This..."

"Seeing a Cultist, isn’t your first reaction ’these bastards are up to no good?’ Doesn’t this count as a bias against Cultists?"

"No, but Heim Believers are not Cultists..."

Faced with Duanmu Huai’s response, Amelia was speechless.

"Perhaps that’s how you and your revered Deity see it, but the Tribunal does not think so; frankly, we find Heim Believers even more dangerous than those Demon Worshipers—as everyone knows to steer clear of Demon Worshipers, but no one watches out for Heim Believers behind their backs."

For some reason, Amelia thought that made a lot of sense.

"... So how do you plan to investigate?"

Ultimately, Amelia opted to capitulate.

"It’s simple, isn’t he said to be the commander at Heim Fortress, arriving in Neverwinter City only after the outbreak of the plague?"

"Yes."

Amelia nodded.

"Lord Dessel is the commander of Heim Fortress, which is also why Lord Nasher places great trust in him. After learning about the outbreak of the plague in Neverwinter City, he came back with several Heim Believers to assist in the treatment of the plague."

"But I see those believers spending all day roaming the streets doing nothing else, while the Priests at Tyler’s end are busy nearly to death."

"Uh..."

Amelia had to admit that Duanmu Huai was right, the main job of those Heim Priests seemed to be calming the people on the streets, assuring them to stay calm. Although this was also important, but...

"You’re not planning to interrogate those Heim Believers, are you?"

"Of course not, I’m not foolish enough to startle the snake by hitting the grass."

Duanmu Huai shook his head, but his next answer stunned Amelia.

"We go straight to Heim Fortress!"