"You mean...... All along, this was just a decoy to focus on the village of Xipo, when in fact the locust plague may have erupted elsewhere?"

"No......" Yang Chen shook his head with a slightly wry smile, "The problem now is that we are not sure if the black hand behind it has dropped locusts elsewhere...... If there is, then we are undoubtedly very passive, but if not, or if the previous guess was wrong, the locust outbreak has nothing to do with them, then once we spend our energy elsewhere, we will lose the clue to continue tracking. ”

"That'...... What then?" Ciri also had a headache.

At the moment, the most likely speculation is that the locust outbreak is behind it, and that locust dropping may have begun elsewhere.

"......" Yang Chen pondered for a while, and said with a solemn face, "No matter what, we can't ignore this kind of speculation, we must send envoys to various villages to investigate thoroughly, and we must try to buy chickens, ducks and other poultry from local villagers! If there is really an organization to put locust larvae behind the back, then using poultry is undoubtedly the best solution." ”

“...... Okay!" Herie nodded solemnly.

She hurriedly summoned the people to tell the matter to follow, and asked the lord of Lorda to lead his soldiers from village to village to check for locusts.

......

Because Xipo Village is far away from Kree City, and Xiri and they don't have a sound transmission magic array, they must send someone to Kree City to notify Lord Luoda.

Ciri and the others continue to search for traces of the wizard in Xipo Village.

......

The next day, in the City Lord's Mansion, the City Lord of Luoda received an envelope sent by Ciri, and after reading it word by word, the hand holding the letter trembled slightly.

As a civilian city lord, Luo Da knew very well what kind of tragic situation ordinary people would face after the locust plague broke out.

Man, under extreme hunger, will always become a different person!

Thinking of this, the city lord of Luoda did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly called his adjutant and ordered the messenger to ride a fast horse to various villages, and once he found an abnormality, he would report it immediately!

And find a bunch of soldiers and ask them to go to Xipo Village immediately to assist Miss Ciri in her search!

Luo Da has been the city lord of Kerry for many years, and his prestige is still very high, and after a few orders were delegated, the entire city lord's mansion was quickly busy.

...... On the other hand, Ciri and the others were not idle, and hired villagers at a high price to help them search. As long as you find the traces of the previous grain collection team, you will report it immediately.

Hearing Ciri's order, Yang Chen was a little unbearable, after all, no one knew if the wizard who cast the spell was still around here. If you are not careful, there is a good chance that this group of villagers will be in danger.

But Ciri said that she couldn't control it so much, in her opinion, this is what you want me to do, and if you want to get something, you must pay a price.

What's more, in this world, it is extremely difficult to spend the rest of your life safely!

Although the villagers of Xipo can also be regarded as her people, it would not hurt if they were sacrificed for the safety of more people, not to mention, it would not necessarily be dangerous......

As if sensing the unbearability in Yang Chen's heart, the old Duke on the side patted Yang Chen on the shoulder with relief, as if to say, it's okay, I'm still here......

Yang Chen glanced at Old Duke, and felt some comfort in his heart, Old Duke was a half-step sky powerhouse, and he was also a priest of the Church of Light, and his sense of evil spells far exceeded that of other transcendents, as long as those villagers didn't run very far, Old Duke would be able to detect it at the first time!

......

Time passed little by little, and two days had passed in a blink of an eye, and these days, with the help of the soldiers sent by Luoda in Xipo Village, several towering human corpses and a fallen donkey were finally found in a valley!

According to the identification of the villagers of Xipo, looking at their decorative clothes, it was the servant of the Solon family who came to collect grain from them a few days ago!

Old Duke perforated the signs of the spell on his body, and finally concluded that it was the curse spell that wizards would use.

But what made everyone a little confused was that the magic on these people was actually different from that on Old John!

At that time, the donkey transporting the grain was suddenly blinded by a sorcerer, and the donkey transporting the grain was in a panic, and accidentally led everyone to fall under the cliff and break to pieces!

But old John is different, it's another unknown and slower-acting death curse technique!

The same team of people, the same sorcerers, why are the spells cast between the two different?

This made Ciri and the others frown......

If you were the wizard yourself, you would definitely be killed!

Yang Chen also felt that something was wrong, he had guessed that the black hand behind it might be to lure his group to stay in Xipo Village, throwing out all kinds of clues to mislead himself and others, the real purpose was to release locusts in other places and cause a locust plague!

But for a moment, he was a little shaken in his heart.

He forced himself to start thinking, only to feel that the whole thing was a little confusing.

If you were the same wizard, under what circumstances would you cast two different spells?

No, if the other party discovers the secret, they will definitely kill it directly! Yang Chen thought to himself, otherwise, even if he planted a curse of death, he would not have the opportunity to divulge the secret to others!

Moreover......

Yang Chen couldn't help but look around at the terrain around him......

Under such a steep terrain, if you change yourself, you will also use a spell similar to blindness, if nothing else, because it is secretive enough!

In fact, if it weren't for the presence of Old Duke this time, there would be no way for everyone to find any traces of being cast on the dead who fell into the valley!

Yang Chen only felt some pain in his brain at this time......

Cutting and untidying is still messy......

He felt that he had been a little naïve before, perhaps, the locust plague had nothing to do with the mysterious organization he encountered this time?

Could it be that just because locust sightings happened to appear in Xipo Village and several people died, it is suspected that the locust plague was caused by man?

Moreover, if in reality, the other side really planted locusts in other villages, Xipo Village was just a bait to induce them to think on other routes and induce them to ignore the locust plague......

So, why did Jasmine, the night elf, deliberately assassinate Heroda to get the attention of Ciri and the others?

After all, if you don't make a move sooner or later, you didn't make a move until the day Ciri stayed at Heroda Manor......

Isn't this just trying to attract everyone's attention to Xipo Village?

Yang Chen always felt as if he had fallen into a misunderstanding, but he didn't know what was wrong......

For a moment, he just looked at the busy villagers in front of him in a daze......

"Ahh

Suddenly, there was an exclamation from the front......

This voice woke Yang Chen up......

He followed the reputation, and it turned out to be the voice of the Cree City soldiers who had been sent out to look for anomalies before!

Heri mixed the villagers and soldiers on the western slope and investigated in different directions, and the body of the grain collection team had been found in this valley, so he sent someone to call back the soldiers and villagers who had been scattered before.

And it was the team that was squeezing forward on this mountain road that was screaming before!

Yang Chen rushed forward and asked, "What's going on?"

"Big ...... My lord...... You see......"

The soldier pointed to his companion with a slight panic......

Yang Chen looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a few black ripples on the face of the villager opposite, which was the same as the face of Old John before......

"I, what's wrong with me?" the man hadn't noticed the strangeness on his face yet, he thought his companion had discovered something at first, but it took him half a day to figure out that it was something strange on his body!

Yang Chen didn't speak, and hurriedly called Old Duke, "Old Duke, look at ......"

Old Duke walked over and glanced at a few black ripples on the villagers' faces, and was a little surprised for a while!

Asked, "What are you......?" Have you touched anything before?"

"I didn't ...... Nope...... So...... So what the hell is wrong with me? You all have such expressions?" The villager with black ripples on his face was puzzled, and he looked at the people around him with a strange look at him, very puzzled.

Seeing that everyone was moving away from him, the villager couldn't help but shout, "I really didn't do anything just now...... The soldier and I just went to the front to investigate...... Believe me!"

As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Old Duke's shoulder, "Big ...... Am I going to die, my lord? Help...... Help me...... Help me...... I don't want to die yet......"

Old Duke could only comfort, "It's okay, don't worry......"

As he spoke, he was ready to cast spells......

At this time, strange black ripples suddenly appeared on the faces of the soldiers who had been in a group with the villagers......

"Look at ......," someone shouted, "he has that kind of thing on his face......"

"Quick...... Stay away from him...... Old John died because of this......"

"Yes, yes, I testify, I have seen the corpse of old John, and his face is this black ripple, and he died a miserable death......"

"What? really, fakely......"

"It's not contagious...... right?"

"Run......

Seeing this, Yang Chen and Old Duke's faces changed.

"I know you're scared and scared that this curse will spread, but I want you to understand...... The person in front of me is the pastor of the Church of Light, and he can definitely cure you! If you run away now, run home, and bring the curse with your own family, it will be difficult for us to cure you one by one. Let's get together first and let this Duke pastor unleash a group blessing spell on everyone! Don't worry, I can make sure everyone is okay!"

Hearing Yang Chen's words, everyone looked at each other, but when the family might be affected, everyone still gathered together and obediently waited for Old Duke to cast a spell!

Yang Chen nodded slightly at Old Duke.

Old Duke no longer hesitated, and slowly recited the spell, and in a short time, a huge pillar of white light enveloped everyone!