Although the village chief Ika was full of doubts, it was the autumn harvest season and the village was busy. Ika had no time to think about the murderer, but was busy arranging the autumn harvest.
Just as the villagers were busy harvesting, one night four days later, the silence of the night was broken by a scream.
The hysterical screams were extremely horrifying.
Ika and his men, holding torches, followed the sound to the source of the scream. At the home of villager Weili, Weili's wife Senna saw Ika and anxiously asked them for help.
Senna said they were sleeping when they were startled by a noise. She and Willy got up to check and found that the strange noise came from their son Willy's room. They pushed the door open and took a look...
Then they saw a figure holding little Willy, seemingly... biting him. After seeing them, the figure quickly rushed out holding little Willy.
Because they were too shocked, they didn't react for a while. When they came to their senses, Willy chased after her. When she came to her senses, she started screaming for help.
Under the light of the torches, bright red bloodstains could be vaguely seen on the ground. Everyone followed the bloodstains and found that they led out of the village and then to the Nihong River, where they disappeared.
The Nihom River is a large river that runs through the entire Horis. The irrigation of the farmland in Selley depends entirely on the Nihom River.
The Nihong River is more than ten meters wide when it passes through Selli. Although the water flow is not fast, those who cannot swim will definitely drown if they fall in.
It was a pitch-black night, so naturally no one was willing to risk going down to the river to search.
After daybreak, the harvesting work was arranged. Ikat led a few people to search the village and outside, especially the riverside, for another day, but unfortunately, nothing was found.
In the following days, accidents happened every few days. Sometimes, someone saw them, and sometimes, no one saw them at all, and the villagers suddenly disappeared.
Because Senna had said the figure she saw resembled the Fool, the terrified villagers concluded that the Fool had been possessed by a demon and transformed into a man-eating monster. All of Serli was unsafe, and some villagers even considered leaving, but were persuaded by the village chief, Ika, through both persuasion and persuasion.
After Sidney arrived with a team of knights, the villagers' panic and fear eased a bit. However, on the fourth day after Sidney arrived, two days ago, another child disappeared. Now, the villagers, who had been comforted, were once again terrified and worried...
Sidney was very troubled at this time and was determined to catch the murderer, but they had no clue at all. The deaths and disappearances in Selley did not seem to be man-made at all, so they suspected that it was a demon.
The only thing that is certain at the moment is that this monster only appears at night.
So when the sun sets, the whole village becomes panic-stricken. Before sunset, the villagers will
Everyone hid at home and dared not go out.
This is all Sidney knows. Of course, he still needs to investigate the specific circumstances himself.
After dinner time, only a few rays of light remained in the setting red sun, and all the villagers who had been working in the fields returned and hid in their homes.
At the restaurant window, Sidney was worried when he saw people returning home in panic. He spoke to Lin Xiaoman in a very serious tone for a long time. The main idea was: Don't go out at night.
Taking advantage of the last ray of light from the setting sun, Sidney sent Lin Xiaoman back to the room and left a knight to guard the door to protect her safety. Long Jiujiu, who was suspected to be his nephew, was also arranged in the next room.
After returning to the room obediently, Lin Xiaoman shared the first-hand information he had obtained with Shao Qi in the group.
Shao Qi: "It's basically the same as what Village Chief Ika said."
In the big restaurant, the village chief Ika recounted the situation to the new knights, but he did not explain it in such detail.
"Uncle Shao, you are the professional. I am counting on you. I won't waste my brain cells." In the next room, Long Jiujiu, who was already lying on the bed, had a good reason to slack off.
Shao Qi said with the aura of a homeroom teacher, "Do you know why you keep losing in the ranking matches? It's because you don't like to use your brain. It's rusty!"
After being criticized, Long Jiujiu put away his laziness and became serious. "I was wrong. I'm going to use my brain now."
The homeroom teacher, Shao Qi, began to call on students and ask questions, "Xiao Ju, tell me first, what did you discover?"
Long Jiujiu began to answer seriously, "The first person to die in this village was probably Old Charlie. He was different from the others who died or went missing later. He had a body, and his death was completely different. Based on my experience, he was probably a 'sacrifice' of some kind. His death attracted, or perhaps gave birth to, a monster, which then began killing people in the village."
Lin Xiaoman: "If he is the sacrifice, then who released the monster?"
Long Jiujiu: "I don't know, I'm just guessing. Wouldn't it be better if Uncle Shao could make a prediction?"
Shao Qi: "No, it's very strange here, the fate of the characters is unpredictable."
Lin Xiaoman: "What about luck?"
Shao Qi: "You can see your luck, but it's just that if it's black, you won't necessarily become a victim."
Lin Xiaoman: "Should we go out and wait at night? Monsters always attack at night."
Long Jiujiu: "Uncle Shao, are Xiao Linzi and I going out too? Even if we run into monsters, we'll just be sending ourselves to die!"
Lin Xiaoman: "I have 6 heads, it doesn't matter if I give away one or two."
Long Jiujiu: “…”
Shao Qi: "Forget it, both of you, don't come out. Ika and I just applied for patrol tonight. If there is any situation, I will notify you."
Lin Xiaoman: "Okay, Master Shao, please pay more attention to that villager Aubrey."
Shao Qi: "I know."
Long Jiujiu: "Why should we pay attention to him? Is there something wrong with him?"
Lin Xiaoman: "Humph, you must have been too busy eating to pay attention."
Long Jiujiu: "Please give me some advice!"
Lin Xiaoman: "The first person to die was Old Charlie, let's not talk about that. The second one should be Hunter Parik, then the Fool, and then the Willy father and son... Didn't you notice? The first witness, the Fool, was suspected of being the murderer possessed by a demon, but in fact he was probably murdered. The second witness, Locke, who testified against him, also disappeared later, and the third witness, Senna, was also killed later... Almost every witness was either missing or killed, and the last one was Aubrey."
Long Jiujiu: "Oh, I see. You suspect Aubrey will be killed too?"
Lin Xiaoman: "Maybe he was killed, or maybe it's related to the monster."
Long Jiujiu: "Oh, I understand. So many people died and disappeared in the village, but no one saw even the shadow of a monster. So, this monster can possess people!"
Lin Xiaoman: "Yes. I suspect that my original owner, Erica, was also possessed by a demon and took over her body. Her soul power was probably imprisoned, and more likely tortured. So when I arrived, she was freed and couldn't wait to leave."
Shao Qi: "It's very likely."
…
(End of this chapter)
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