Horn had witnessed Enoch's ability to change his appearance. Even he couldn't recognize Enoch, let alone ordinary people.
After all the preparations were made and they confirmed that nothing was left out, the two of them set off.
Enoch first used an illusion to conceal their figures. They had to ensure their own safety first and then find this mysterious newcomer.
The back door of Douglas' carpenter shop was very concealed. No one had ever noticed Horn going in and out there every night. However, with Enoch by his side, it was even better to use an illusion for extra safety.
The monsters first appeared in the North District, and most of them were also discovered there. So, without a doubt, this mysterious spell - caster was also in the North District.
When Horn visited Locke to gather information before, Locke had told him that the place where the monsters first appeared was the wealthy area in the North District, where most of the merchants lived.
Based on the places where the monsters appeared, they could roughly define a scope. This scope was not very large for Horn and Enoch.
Even an ordinary wild witch had a stronger perception than an ordinary first - order priest. Not to mention Enoch, a first - order wild witch, and Horn's perception ability was even better than Enoch's.
It was late at night and quiet, which was a good time to do things that were not convenient for others to know. The two of them soon reached the pre - determined scope.
Normally, the streets would be empty at this time, and the high - ranking clergy would not walk around at night. But tonight, the North District of Lein City was heavily guarded.
Recently, the monsters had appeared more frequently. Every household had their doors and windows tightly shut, fearing that the blood - thirsty monsters would break in and massacre them.
All the North Wind Knights of the North Wind God Church were dispatched. They formed teams of five and patrolled the North District. Thanks to them, although the monsters still appeared as usual, the security in the North District had improved a lot.
The North Wind Knights who often patrolled were a great deterrent to those weak monsters and petty thieves. But for Horn and Enoch, with just an illusion, they could walk freely through the North Wind Knights' net.
As long as there was no strange accident like the one that happened to Enoch last time, they would never be discovered by these "tin cans".
The two of them wandered around the North District as if there was no one there. They came here confidently to find the spell - caster, firmly believing that they could catch him easily.
However, reality gave them a blow.
For two whole hours, they walked around the pre - determined scope five times, but they didn't find a single suspicious person.
Tired from walking, Enoch sat down on a relatively clean stone by the street. He was exhausted.
Even a noble mage like him would get tired after walking for a long time.
"What should we do? This guy is well - hidden. It seems that walking around anymore tonight won't help."
"If he wasn't well - hidden, how could he have caused so many things and still not been discovered by the North Wind Temple?"
Suddenly, Horn had an idea. "Enoch, the monster at noon also had a magical power fluctuation when it disappeared, right?"
"Yes, what's the problem?" Enoch asked Horn in confusion.
"Wild witches usually only leave magical power fluctuations when they are casting spells or deliberately leaving traces. Could it be that the person we're looking for is in this situation? Only when he casts a spell can we track him?"
"If it's really the situation you described, then should we just wait?" Enoch tilted his head and asked Horn.
"Just wait. Anyway, we have nothing else to do. Just wait here for a few hours every night. There should be a result after three or five days. After all, the monsters are appearing more and more frequently!"
Horn climbed onto the roof of the building in the center of the pre - determined scope and waited quietly.
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The Walker family was a medium - sized merchant family in the North District of Lein City, mainly engaged in the clothing and fabric business. They owned the largest clothing store in Lein City and donated a large amount of money to the church every year to maintain their status in the city.
In Ceylon, the status of nobles was not as lofty as that of nobles in the Middle Ages on Earth. Although nobles were still more noble than ordinary people and had more rights, they would still be punished if they committed crimes and burned if they violated the church's regulations!
The only ones truly above everyone were the church, which held the power!
Nobles? They were just stewards taking care of the territories for the church!
The Walker family had no interest in becoming nobles. As long as they had money and the church's favor, they could live more comfortably and with more dignity than nobles.
However, in recent days, Al Walker, the patriarch of the Walker family, had been quite worried. Firstly, the monster turmoil in the North District had greatly affected his business.
Moreover, some of his workers had been injured by the monsters. For some reason, Al always felt that the monsters appeared more frequently near his home than in other places.
Secondly, his precious daughter, Annie Walker, had been in a bad mood recently. She always looked listless and had bloodshot eyes. As he only had this one daughter, he felt quite sorry for her.
So, tonight, he invited a black - robed deacon from the church to see his daughter. He wanted to see if his daughter was possessed by evil spirits and also hoped to introduce his daughter to the deacon.
The deacon he invited was Joseph, who had a high status in the church in Lein City. Although he was a second - order priest and not yet qualified to be a white - robed deacon, he ranked among the top among the black - robed deacons!
It was a great honor for him to have such a big shot come to see his daughter, so he had to entertain him well.
Deacon Joseph was busy investigating the monsters in the North District during the day and had no time to come, so they agreed that he would come around seven o'clock tonight.
...
Annie had been feeling terrible lately. She had always been her father's darling and was a well - known beautiful girl in the North District of Lein City.
According to her usual routine, she should either be sneaking out to play or pretending to be her father's well - behaved daughter and being a proper merchant's daughter.
However, these days, she had lost interest in all these things. It all started a few days ago when she went out to play without telling her father and was accidentally cornered by a hooligan.
Just when she was about to use the Walker family's self - defense technique and shout for help, for some unknown reason, she blurted out a very awkward passage of words!
Annie had never seen that passage before, and she didn't want to say it either, but she couldn't control herself!
The moment she finished speaking those words, a rift opened in the void!
Two hideous monsters crawled out of the rift!
One of the monsters had an insect's head and a human body, and the other had a bull's head and a centipede's tail!
Annie almost screamed!
The two monsters were ferocious and ugly, but their fighting ability was unexpectedly low. The hooligan stabbed one of them to death with a dagger, and the other one bit the hooligan to death!
After the monster killed the hooligan, it turned back and stared at her fiercely for a while, as if it wanted to tear her apart. But for some reason, it didn't attack her and ran away instead.
As the daughter of a merchant, she was not a delicate young lady who couldn't do anything without a man. This could be seen from the fact that she often went out to play without telling her family.
Although she hadn't experienced many setbacks, her experience of going out often helped her calm down quickly, and she didn't tell anyone about the monsters.
Because she knew that the monsters were brought by her. If the church found out, she would definitely be burned as a witch!
The church never showed mercy to wild witches!