After Raven finished giving out all the information about the target, which wasn't much, the information was a jumble of clues and reports about possible suspicious movements. The person responsible for compiling all this is to think that there was a cultist or cultists smuggling slaves to an end even worse than their current fate, congratulations, an impressive job that I wouldn't be able to do.
But that doesn't mean that this mission will be easy or simple for us, in fact if I didn't have the hope of being able to see figures with suspicious characteristics, I would be afraid of not being able to help in this mission. I may not be able to see divine power normally, but I believe I can easily see someone with the element of death, life, poison, and shadow that can be very useful for a cultist in her position.
But as our target may or may not have these elements, I guess I'll have to keep an eye out for anyone who lies about their strength and characteristics. I think I'll have a really wide range of suspects in case the clues that have been compiled about the target's possible identity turn out to be wrong.
The silent reading in the room was interrupted when the rune above the door lit up signaling that someone was asking to enter the locked room.
It looks like the priest has arrived, I would normally be quite curious as to what kind of person he or she is, but considering that both us and the priest will try our best to hide our identity makes me feel the least bit comfortable knowing that I will have to be the priest's or priestess's nanny.
With everyone ready to receive the church spy the door opened revealing a well-covered figure, I can't tell if it's a man or a woman under that different outfit.
I've seen several styles of camouflage or adventure clothing, but this priest really excels with this cloak, leather armor and metal detailing, doesn't look very good for infiltration. Even among adventurers who have different styles this outfit only stands out a little, if it didn't have such unflattering colors and dirt this priest or priestess would stand out like a torch in mine of a dark cave.
With an outfit like that, his destination should be the desert and not a slave city.
"Good afternoon, everyone, I am the priestess sent to accompany you on your journey against evil. I have great admiration for all of you who have the courage to risk your lives to face the darkness of the world."
"Unfortunately, I will not be able to lend my strength directly to you, but I will always be available to share temple information and the teachings of the great goddess Helen. Our mission is always to share the warmth of the purifying flames for the innocents of the world."
She talks like a religious fanatic, but I can't be sure anymore either way that's the priestess's reality now. We have a fanatic on the team, which can be very dangerous.
"During our wonderful journey together, you can call me Little Flame, unfortunately I was bullied not to give the name I was blessed at birth or reveal my poor face. But I hope this isn't a barrier between us, I really feel that making friends with good people like you will be a wonderful memory for me to hold in my heart for the rest of my mortal life and when I go to serve the goddess Helena in her kingdom, I share full of light, warmth and goodness."
She's only using nice words, but I feel like my life is getting worse and harder with every word she uses. I really hope this is a facade, priests or priestesses with this level of madness are very uncomfortable being around this type of figure.
"I'm glad you're so excited for this quest, Little Flame, and it's really a shame that we can't socialize more during the quest, but we have to focus on the objective of the quest. Eliminate evil."
"This really makes me very happy to hear, Leader, I know I shouldn't join your group, but, if need be, my sword is ready to spread the good of the goddess Helena to poor souls who have been led astray. But unfortunately, that can only happen when evil is trying to outrun the good or hurt the innocent."
I really can't understand this priestess, the mask isn't helping anymore I don't think I'm the only one thinking she's weird.
"I understand, it looks like you really are devoted to slaying evil. But I hope you don't attack anyone who is evil the moment you see him, I have to remind you that our goal is not to exterminate the little evil but to locate the identity of the entire evil operation."
"I will not harm the operation, Leader, I will obey your orders as long as they are not against church teaching or that they are intended to interfere in war and not deal with evil. This is a mission against the poor souls lost by the evil gods and not to weaken the enemies of your realm."
"Everyone here is aware of the purpose of this mission, to deal with the threat of the cultists and nothing else."
"Well, I would really be disappointed that the intentions of such a virtuous group as this were wrong. But I also know that this is hard for you as big-hearted people and hard not to think of the innocents who are affected by war, the impulse to help your kingdom defeat the enemy is normal, but unfortunately I will have to watch over them for that this does not happen."
She doesn't seem so helpful now, but I thought it was weird that she said she's going to fight alongside us against the cultists, I thought that wasn't allowed since her goal should be to watch over us and not fight the cultists.
Maybe this priestess isn't able to stay out of combat when it involves those she hates, I don't know if she's really a religious fanatic, but I'm sure she hates anyone who puts their faith in an evil god.
"I believe you have already received the quest information, Little Flame."
"Yes, but I have a question about the mission."
"What?"
"I have been commanded to always hide my face and I believe you intend to do the same. It won't blow our cover inside the city, it's not normal to see people masked or with their faces almost completely covered by something."
I think someone doesn't have much experience or research into other realms.
"You don't have to worry about it, it's not a problem to wear masks or cover your face with tissue in Canos. As a town slaving away to certain unwritten traditions in places like this, a group of masked people would usually be seen as suspicious, but within Canos this is not all that uncommon, not everyone would like other people to find out they have business in Canos. "
"Image is very important to nobles and merchants and being in a place like Canos can mean a lot of things, and they aren't always good. Because of this it is normal for certain people to hide their identities, people around us will think that we may be selling products stolen by sex slaves or other kind of shit that can be used to denigrate the image of a noble."
"It is very funny that even in a slave kingdom to buy slaves of a certain kind can be seen as dishonorable to a noble who might even be a slave trader, in some circles it is very different to be an intermediary between those who hunt slaves and the perverted trash. or crazy person who buys them, then being a buyer in certain areas of the city where 'goods' for dubious purposes are sold, I find that extremely weird."
"But the important part in all of this is that hiding your identity in this type of place is normal, but it also means that there may be some places where hiding your identity is very suspicious, but we will stay away from those places more in case you find it in this one. kind of place that has a purple star in the decor, you guys will have to reveal your faces, but you can use a fake name."
"Purple Star?"
"This is a sign that a large commercial cluster used to identify safe places, it became popular and other places started using the same sign. I can't believe we're going to have to go into a place like that, but if we do, you're going to have to reveal your faces as not doing so is even more problematic."
"Can't we just turn around and leave the place?"
"That would also be very suspicious, Little Flame, you'd better act normal than look like you don't know where you're going. Guards in this type of location are always on the lookout for suspicious behavior like this, before you know it you will be surrounded by them as you try to make your way out of this type of 'safe' location."
"With that I believe everyone is ready to start the journey, we have a long way to go as we have to make a good detour to avoid the patrols at the borders of the realms."