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"Ugh……"

Just at this moment, Besolini, who was lying on the ground, suddenly sighed softly.

Then, a sinister skeletal arm emerged from the soft ground beside him.

Chapter 5 Tree

The next day.

Amid the noise in Grettia, Ye Xiao carried his luggage and went to the gate of Gray Gold Town with Li Cheng and his party to wait for the caravan to gather.

Although there were many convoys entering and leaving the town on this busy morning, for some reason the town gate was particularly crowded this time.

"What are those people looking at over there?" Li Cheng stood on tiptoe and poked his head out among the crowd as he walked. He saw a lot of curious pedestrians gathered at the intersection leaving the town.

"Ah~~" Ye Xiao yawned listlessly, "We'll know when we go over there."

He was not in a very good spirit. Last night, the little maid who slept next door crawled over like a ghost in the middle of the night and opened his window, which scared him awake from his sleep.

He grabbed the little guy and asked her what she was doing. It turned out that she came to check if he was alive. Ye Xiao was also drunk.

Perhaps because she knew that her behavior last night was a bit outrageous, today, Gretia just followed Ye Xiao obediently, stealing a glance at Ye Xiao's face from time to time.

As he was talking, the crowd around him became a little restless again.

But this time it was because of the temple convoy with tall horses that appeared in the rear. Outside was the town hall guards who pushed through the crowd to make way. In the middle was a knight wearing snow-silver armor and an elegant carriage. A Loren official riding a brown horse and wearing a precious animal fur coat followed the carriage with a flattering look on his face, muttering something through the curtains on the carriage.

"Lady Saint is still very dignified. She needs the mayor to protect her whenever she goes out." Li Cheng, who was walking on the street, smiled when he saw this scene.

"Why don't we follow behind? It's just like they're clearing the way for us." After Ye Xiao said that, he was about to walk towards the temple convoy.

"Hey, are you stupid?" Li Cheng hurriedly grabbed Ye Xiao, "Even if you are familiar with the Saint Lady, you shouldn't be so rude."

"It doesn't matter. She won't care."

"Don't do it, don't torture my brother."

"..." Ye Xiao didn't know how to explain that Ella really wouldn't mind.

……

Ella, who was in the carriage, gradually approached the intersection with the Grey Gold Town Guards leading the way. Soon, she saw the reason for the congestion through the grille window.

It was a big tree full of dead bodies.

The tips of several dry branches were like skewers with rotting corpses stuck on them, clothes torn into strips were hung on the twisted limbs, and buzzing flies were circling around the hideous wounds that looked as if they were torn open by wild beasts.

There were probably a dozen or so corpses like this, hanging quietly on the oak trees whose leaves had become sparse due to the onset of winter, like stamens blooming from flesh and blood.

This horrifying scene was like some kind of blood sacrifice ritual from a cult, bloody and weird.

The townspeople below were talking around the tree with fear but curiosity. Some of them were pointing and looking back at the church's convoy.

The mayor of Gray Gold Town, who was traveling in Ella's carriage, turned pale when he saw this scene.

It's not because he is so afraid of death. As the person in charge of the mine, he has seen various slaves and workers die in mining accidents. The circumstances may not be as strange as this, but there are many more horrific deaths than this.

What made his scalp tingle was that the time and place where these dead people appeared were so terrifying.

He knew very well who was in the temple convoy that was about to set off, and hung more than a dozen corpses in front of them when they were about to leave.

What was the point? A slap in the face of the church?

What would the Saint think of his Gray Gold Town? Would she think it was a cult den? What would she think of him? Would she think he was the leader of a cult?

Even though this saint girl seemed to be in a good mood when chatting, he had heard about the Duke's daughter's bad reputation from his friends in the Imperial City even though he was far away in Grey Gold Town.

If this guy gets angry and orders the temple to eradicate heretics, he will risk his life! ?

Almost in an instant, the experienced and slick mayor went over all the pros and cons in his mind. He first respectfully apologized to Ella in the side window, then immediately drove his horse to the front of the convoy, cursing at the guards who were still surrounding there.

"What the hell do you guys do for a living? How can you let this stupid thing hang until now?!"

"What are you still looking at! Hurry up and get these things down!"

The guard who was scolded was also speechless. He was not in charge of the intersection sentry post, so what was the point of scolding him?

Moreover, most of the guards were either transferred to be on night watch at the town hall or to serve as escort for the convoy because of the visit of important figures from the temple. This tree happened to be mixed with other trees in the shadow at the intersection outside the town, so no one noticed it before dawn and there was nothing that could be done.

But although he thought so, he didn't dare say it out loud. He and a group of colleagues quickly dispersed the onlookers and climbed up to try to get those strange corpses down.

"My lord, I'm really sorry. This was just an accident. I promise you that I will catch the murderer and punish him severely." After reprimanding the guards, the mayor immediately came back and apologized to Ella in the carriage. "Don't worry, I swear I will find the person who did this kind of evil thing!"

The mayor certainly didn't care who those unfortunate dead people were, but hanging them on the tree at the exit at this time was not only a provocation to the temple, but also a slap in his face.

At the same time, Ye Xiao, Li Cheng and others who were about to arrive at the gate also saw that the guards of Gray Gold Town suddenly blocked the flow of people leaving the town, and drove the crowd back with spears and halberds.

"Everyone, get back! The intersection is blocked!"

"What the hell?" Li Cheng, who was squeezed in the crowd, was immediately dissatisfied. "We are all going to be out now. Isn't this too unlucky?"

"Don't worry." Ye Xiao said softly. Ella would ask the mayor to send their guild members out anyway.

However, the more troublesome thing was that he didn't know whether he should release the people from the same guild as well. He knew very well that the players from the Qi Yao Association would not be the murderers of this strange case, but he was not so familiar with the people from those guilds.

It would be a bit bad if the murderer was hiding among those people.

"It's so annoying. I might as well just kill them all." Grettia, who was a little annoyed by the crowd, muttered.

"Hey, kid, don't say such scary things." Ye Xiao reached out to hold the little maid's arm. He was afraid that this short little girl would be squeezed away by the crowd.

Although theoretically, with this girl's strength, even a truck might not be able to squeeze her.

"I'm not a child!" Having said that, Gretia still held Ye Xiao's hand obediently.

Fortunately, after a while, a small group of guards came through the crowd and asked loudly, "Li Cheng? Who is Li Cheng?"

"What's going on?" Li Cheng was still confused, but Ye Xiao had already grabbed his hand and raised it high.

"Here! Li Cheng is here!"

"Okay, everyone from the Qiyao Society, follow us."

The guards escorted the guild players through the crowd and went all the way to the town entrance to meet the temple convoy waiting there.

"Of course, thank goodness we have the Saint Lady." Following the guards out of the blocked town entrance, Li Cheng looked back at the dense crowd that was blocked behind him, feeling somewhat proud, "Is this a privilege? I am so happy."

"Indeed, privileges can allow you to see something different." Ye Xiao said quietly.

"Ah? What are you looking at...what the hell is this...yue..." Li Cheng covered his mouth and almost vomited his breakfast.

There was nothing else to it, I just saw the tragic corpses dropped from the trees not far away.

Although he had experience in leading players to fight monsters, this was the first time Li Cheng had seen a corpse in such a bloody state.

The other players of the Qi Yao Club were also feeling a little nervous and looked unhappy.

"God of Light." Freya, who was following the guild team, saw this scene, frowned, and crossed her fingers in a prayer gesture.

Chapter 6: Remains of the Desolate Ridge

After leaving the crowd, Ye Xiao naturally let go of the little maid's hand, but he didn't expect that the other party would still insist on holding his sleeve.

"Maid, can you tell anything from these corpses?"

"What's going on? Don't you know you should comfort the girl who saw this kind of thing first?"

"... something that can make you need comfort is probably enough to annihilate my soul... Okay, be good, stop pinching me."

"The traces of the spell were removed very cleanly, and the soul of the deceased was also cleansed." Grabbing Ye Xiao's waist, Gretia gave her analysis honestly, "There are some signs of corrosion on the bones. The book given by the human who practiced necromancy yesterday also recorded a small trick that can produce a similar effect. Maybe he did it."

"Is it such a coincidence?" Ye Xiao touched his chin.

"Brother, can we retreat? I can't stand it anymore. There is a strange smell." Li Cheng felt a little uncomfortable seeing Ye Xiao and Gretia still discussing the corpse seriously.

"Indeed, let's hurry up, this matter should not have much to do with us, but everyone needs to be careful on the road." Having said that, Ye Xiao still remained cautious, after all, this ruthless killer came to them for something yesterday.

It is hard to believe that someone with such a cruel heart would stop at nothing to get what he wants.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiao looked at the cute face of the little maid.

Forget it. If the other party really dares to cause trouble for Gratia, I can only wish him good luck.

Because the caravan's carriages could not be used, Ella prepared several new carriages for everyone.

The members of the Seven Stars Society boarded the brand new carriage and once again marveled at the generosity of the Saint.

Only Ye Xiao was crying in his heart as he touched the space ring on his hand.

Just at this moment, a pitch-black bird flapped its wings and fell from the sky.

It landed on the roof of Ye Xiao's car and let out a loud howl at the top of its voice.

"Hey, aren't those birds? What are they chirping about here?" Li Cheng, who got on the back of the carriage, felt a little overwhelmed when he heard the familiar voice.

"It feels like it's coming to find us," Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows and looked at Gratia, "What is it muttering?"

"Well, it wasn't anything important." Gratia said lazily, "It seemed to be something like 'He's dying, please save him'."

"I think you need to relearn the human definition of the word 'important'." Ye Xiao couldn't hold it in any longer and jumped out of the car.

"What are you doing?" Gratia asked in confusion.

"I gonna go see."

"Why do you care about such trivial matters?" the little maid expressed her confusion.

"Just take a look." Ye Xiao scratched his head, "I'm not too sure."

This sign is a bit strange. If the corpse on the tree was not the work of the big guy, then who did it?

Seeing something wrong, Ye Xiao still wanted to investigate as much as possible.

In case there are potential dangers against them, it is better to be aware of them than not.

"Oh." Gratia jumped out of the car helplessly.

"You want to come too?"

"If I don't come over, will you understand what Dark Owl is saying?"

"I really don't understand that." Then, Ye Xiao patted Li Cheng on the shoulder and said, "You guys go first. I'll go check the situation and come back soon. The Saint Lady will rely on you to protect her on the way."

"Although I still hope that everyone can go together, it seems that you have your own considerations." Li Cheng nodded, "Then you should be careful, I will take care of this."

The two of them high-fived.

The reason why he didn't mobilize everyone to go together was mainly because Ye Xiao felt that this was just his personal decision.

The main mission was still to rush to Storm Harbor. There was no reason for the entire team to be delayed here because of what he wanted to investigate.

With this thought in mind, Ye Xiao and Gratia rode on a brown horse and followed the flying dark owl to the fork in the road leading to the forest.

Li Cheng and others who were escorting the Temple convoy also set off from the main road and slowly drove towards the entrance of the Howling Mountains.

……

It was still a little chilly in the forest in the early morning. Ye Xiao, who was galloping on his horse on the path, could faintly feel the moisture in the air.

The dark owl spread its wings in the sky, still leading him deeper into the forest.

Gretia was quietly hugging Ye Xiao from behind, with her chubby little face resting on the other's lower back. No one knew what was going on in her little head.

Going deeper along the fork of the winding path, Ye Xiao finally saw a piece of wasteland that seemed a little out of place among the lush green forest.

The wasteland was covered with raised loess slopes, and at the edge, near the woods, there was a dilapidated wooden house.

The dark owl howled and landed on the roof of the cabin, but after a while, it flew up again and circled in the air.

"'Gone,' it said." Gratia translated softly to Ye Xiao.

"Gone?" Ye Xiao turned over and got off the horse, looking puzzled.

"It should be the big guy." The little maid also jumped off the horse. "According to Dark Owl, he was recovering in this room."

"Who knows where that black bird has gone?" Ye Xiao continued to ask as he slowly walked to the low wooden house and pushed open the mottled door.

Accompanied by a sharp creaking sound, the mud-covered room was empty.

The facilities in the room were very simple, with only a wooden bed covered with a thin layer of cotton quilt in the corner.

There were still some bloodstains on the cotton wool on the bed, but it looked like it had been dried for some time.

"It doesn't know." The little maid stood at the door and shook her head.