Bab 312: Chapter 13: The Chase

Winters had no idea what the mendicant monk actually said to the Protestants of the two villages, but Nanxin village and Beixin village suddenly became enthusiastic towards him.

Previously resistant to the priest of Wolf Town church, the villagers of both communities began to show reverence towards the old mendicant monk after listening to Brother Reed's sermons.

All the able-bodied men from the two villages signed up to join the bear hunting team, and the manpower for the search operation in the mountains suddenly became ample.

"What did you tell them?" Winters asked, quite curious, "You didn't trick them into thinking that I'm also a Protestant, did you?"

Seeing that the old charlatan still couldn't garner respect from Winters, the old monk was well aware of this. Because of this, the two could converse without any reservations.

The mendicant monk did not directly answer, "Are you planning to reclaim the land they've cultivated without permission?"