The God's Games

Mayor Herman said, "I\'ll go next door to borrow some fire."

Mrs. Herman clicked her tongue, "Don\'t you have a flint?"

Mayor Herman replied helplessly, "The bandits took all our stuff. A lot of things are missing."

Mrs. Herman asked, "You didn\'t lose the letters, did you?"

Mayor Herman froze for a moment, patting himself down, "I remember I kept them close to me..."

Mrs. Herman reminded him, "You changed your clothes before going out. I washed them and hung them outside to dry."

Mayor Herman said, "It\'s fine. I wrapped them in oil paper, so they shouldn\'t be damaged."

But when he stepped outside, the clothes that were hanging by the door were gone.

Mayor Herman: "..."

Oh no, is fate playing a joke on him?

Not far away, the players who had just taken on a quest from Hanjun were slowly approaching him while holding two very familiar-looking pieces of clothing.

Mayor Herman\'s heart sank.

He quickly walked up to them.

Before he could ask, the players kindly said, "Excuse me, are these your clothes?"

The players had found some clothes on the road.

The description said they were lost items, so they had been looking for the owner.

When they saw the anxious Mayor Herman, they approached him and asked, and sure enough, the clothes belonged to him.

Mayor Herman was extremely relieved, but he couldn\'t show it in front of the players, worried they might notice something.

Seeing him, the players remembered their mission, they exchanged a glance with each other, and started a casual conversation with Mayor Herman.

Mayor Herman, who was eager to win over these players, welcomed their interest and invited them to his house to chat.

Once they arrived at his home, Mrs. Herman barely managed to hide the shock on her face.

Mayor Herman quickly spoke up to distract the players and shift their attention.

Because of this, he didn\'t have time to deal with the letters.

Mayor Herman first asked his wife to pour water for the players, and then he asked them about any changes in the town while they were away.

The players didn\'t think there was anything to hide, so they talked about the changes at the quarry, though they kept quiet about the quest Hanjun had given them to investigate Mayor Herman.

Hearing this, Mayor Herman\'s face grew even more troubled.

He instinctively glanced at his wife, and sweat began to bead on his forehead.

It seemed that the heroes had dealt with the giant white wolf on the Eastern Plains, which likely led Father Barry to figure out what had really happened at the quarry years ago.

He must have suspected Mayor Herman\'s involvement; otherwise, the young heroes wouldn\'t have been probing him like this.

The players, unaware of what was happening, didn\'t know why the mayor was suddenly sweating so much after just a few words.

Spicy Flavor Fairy asked, "Mayor, are you okay? Do you need to rest?"

Mayor Herman\'s wife quickly chimed in, "He\'s always like this, sweating a lot. He just needs to change his clothes."

She gave Mayor Herman a look, and he immediately understood.

Even if Father Barry suspected his involvement in the quarry incident, they didn\'t have any proof.

As long as he destroyed the evidence now, everything would be fine.

Thankfully, the players had brought his clothes back, and Mayor Herman laughed inwardly.

Outwardly, he nodded his head and said, "Yes, yes, sorry about that."

He said he needed to go upstairs to change his clothes, taking the ones the players had returned with him.

Just as he was about to head upstairs, one of the players called out to him, "By the way, when we picked up these clothes, something fell out of them. What is this?"

Mayor Herman\'s body froze, and his neck made a creaking sound as he slowly turned his head to look at what they were holding.

The heroes were holding the item while looking at him innocently.

However, Mayor Herman didn\'t feel any kindness at all; his heart was nearly bursting with fear.

He stammered, "It\'s just an ordinary letter, nothing important."

Spicy Flavor Fairy smiled, "That\'s good. Since it\'s not something important, it doesn\'t matter if we take a look."

Mayor Herman fell silent: "..."

So, all his acting just now was for nothing?

The heroes had already seen the contents of the letter before they even met him, which meant they knew what he had done.

Were they just messing with him this whole time?

Mayor Herman had no idea that the players had a habit of investigating suspicious items to find their owners.

When they found the letter, a system prompt had appeared, so they already knew what it said without having to check it themselves.

The information came so easily that the players didn\'t suspect anything.

The quest Hanjun gave them was very simple, so finding evidence was an easy job.

However, when they saw Mayor Herman, they decided to have a little fun.

They had previously completed the quarry quest, so they were well aware of what had happened there more than ten years ago.

From the quest Hanjun gave them, they also knew that Mayor Herman might have been involved in those events.

This sparked a sense of justice in the players\'s hearts.

Mayor Herman didn\'t have a good reputation with them, so they decided to play along with their feelings and put on this act.

Seeing Mayor Herman\'s speechless expression brought them a bit of secret satisfaction.

Mayor Herman realized he had been tricked, his face turning all sorts of colors as he pointed at them, unable to say a word.

The players joked, "We won\'t bother the mayor anymore. We have some business with Father Barry, so we\'ll be on our way."

What could Mayor Herman say?

How could he stop these heroes?

These heroes had saved them from bandits, which meant they were even stronger than the bandits.