Don't call me evil god

Chapter 484 The Missing Dwarf

A suggestive smile appeared on Pete's face.

"Why do you ask?"

The dwarf clerk no longer had his previous arrogance.

Let me explain subconsciously first:
"Because... uh..."

Just as he started, he hesitated again.

He was struggling with whether or not to tell "outsiders" about it.

Seeing this, Pete turned around and prepared to leave without saying a word.

Now the other party needs something from him.

He is the one who takes the initiative.

The clerk immediately became anxious.

"Etc., etc!"

"I said, I can tell you the reason."

"Some time ago... okay, well, it should be more than a few years ago!"

Seeing Pete's dissatisfied expression, the clerk quickly changed his words and gave a clear message instead of being ambiguous.

"No dwarf from the Freeman family knows exactly when it happened. Anyway, the earliest time someone discovered the anomaly was three years ago."

"Cousin Bron is receiving letters at a regular rate."

Even though this dwarf is just a clerk on duty in the store, he is a guy with the real dwarf surname "Freeman" and is qualified to enter the second floor of the stone castle!

Members of the same family, or even members of the nine different dwarf families, are all related to each other.

This is a huge group that is closely united by blood ties and divine blessings, and is extremely clingy.

He simply addressed everyone as "Cousin Bron".

"The letters sent to Stone Castle were neither signed nor addressed. They were sent anonymously by the goblins' air mail."

"From that time on, Braum, who had made great achievements in forging skills and had great potential, seemed to gradually lose interest in forging."

"He began to leave Stone Fort from time to time and go deep into the Spirit Wing Wetlands."

"No one knows why he went to the Spirit Wing Wetlands, and no one has read those letters."

"The first batch of letters were destroyed by Bloom in advance, and the anonymous letters he received later were burned directly after he read them."

"I am not hiding anything. I really don't know. I swear on Gunnir's forging hammer!"

"If you ask anyone from the Freeman family, you'll probably get the same answer as mine. By the time we realized something was wrong, it was already too late!"

Pete looked at the other person's red face and swore, and nodded slightly:

"You go on."

Making an oath to the god you believe in, even if it is not performed through a formal ceremony, may not necessarily be effective.

But in most cases, this is a serious decision.

The dwarf clerk breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"Anyway, Cousin Bron's frequency of going to the Spirit Wing Wetlands has been increasing."

"In the beginning, he only left once every few months."

"Later it became once a month, and then once every half a month."

"Half a year ago, we felt that Bron's mental state was not right!"

"He put all his energy into going deeper into the Spirit Wing Wetland, and refused to let anyone go with him!"

"Occasionally I would return to Stone Castle for a short period of time to replenish supplies and... to receive new anonymous letters!"

"At that time, we could only wait in the goblin-run post office on the fifth floor of Stone Castle until Braum showed up briefly."

The dwarf clerk's description of the changes in Bron Freeman over the past few years did pique Pete's interest.

"Didn't you try to stop him? Or ask him what was going on?" The clerk hesitated, and finally confessed honestly:
“We tried.”

"Put him under house arrest in the Freeman family's area on the second floor. Take turns communicating with him, and even - arrange for people to take turns on duty day and night to monitor him."

"But none of these methods work!"

"You may not believe me when I say this, but... I guarantee it's true!"

"Even if someone is watching Cousin Bron from morning till night, he will still suddenly disappear from home one day!"

"The next time I saw him, he had already returned from the Spirit Wing Wetlands, exhausted. He took the large elevator outside the Edson Wall directly to the fifth floor of the Stone Castle, and then received a new anonymous letter at the post office."

"The family has asked the dwarf who is responsible for pulling the big elevator."

"They also said that when Bron's cousin disappeared, they only saw Bron take the big elevator when he returned."

"But when he disappeared, he definitely didn't leave the Stone Castle via the big elevator!"

Pete heard Gale hiss next to him.

Disappear into thin air.

This sounds a bit creepy.

Although dwarves do not use magic, they can recognize the effects of magic.

Therefore, there is definitely no way to achieve the effect of "disappearing out of thin air" by using teleportation magic or something like that.

The legendary magic is to open a channel to the astral realm, which can be seen directly by the naked eye.

There was something eerie about the stories told by the dwarves of the Freeman family.

"The worst part is..."

At this point, the dwarf clerk's tone was quite anxious:
"It's been over three months since Cousin Bron last left Stone Castle. He's missing!"

“This is taking too long!”

"Under normal circumstances, although he would frequently go to the Spirit Wing Wetland, he would not stay there for too long each time, ranging from a few days to half a month."

"Now Bron Freeman has completely lost contact with the family!"

"We don't know where he went, what happened to him, or even if he's still alive."

"So - that letter you mentioned, that old friend who wrote to Bron, is there anything else you can tell us?"

Pete spread his hands thoughtfully.

"I'm sorry, you guys will be disappointed."

"I think you should know the person who wrote this letter to Bron Freeman - Countess Frigga Ceylon of Ceylon in the Kingdom of Reyak."

"They were close adventuring companions when they were young."

"In fact, the Countess prepared a letter of introduction. She planned to introduce us to Bron Freeman."

"That is to say, I think Countess Ceylon doesn't know what Bron Freeman has encountered in recent years. Otherwise, she wouldn't have tried to recommend us to Bron Freeman in this way. It would most likely be a waste of effort."

The Freeman family's dwarf clerk looked visibly disappointed.

Although dwarves are stubborn and xenophobic, this stubbornness also makes them value their companions, friends and relatives very much.

When a family member gets into trouble or is bullied, everyone else will think of various ways to help him to the best of their ability.

"but……"

Pete changed the subject.

Hope immediately returned to the dwarf's face.

"According to what you said, I do have a guess!"

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