Flames rose among the ruins, and Donald stood on a stone by the side of the street, pointing his finger wherever it went, and the next second a scorching ray of heat ignited the dead grass in it.

Anthony and the others followed him, watching the situation around him.

When the grass was almost burned, Donald sketched a cyan circle in front of him, and a strong wind swept away, blowing away all the embers of the grass after the flames that had been confined to a certain area were burned, revealing what was on the ground of the square.

Measuring about 5 meters in diameter, the intricate lines and the faint glow of the outside energy infusion, coupled with the semicircular depression in the center of the circle, it should be a place to store items, but it is no longer clear that anything has been stored.

"Ritual circles, why do they appear in such a place?"

The previous line of defense, coupled with the circle now engraved in the small square outside the government office building, is strange no matter how you look at it.

"Do you know what it does?"

Anthony's idea was that as long as he knew the effect of this ritual circle, he could use it as a clue to continue his investigation.

"I'm afraid not, this circle has existed for too long, some traces have been blurred, it is unrealistic to analyze its effect from the lines inside the circle, my knowledge in this area has not reached this level, and I don't know the activation conditions of this ritual circle, otherwise even if it is a broken circle, maybe through a small range of repairs, I can try to activate it to see the effect." ”

Jumping off the stone and walking to the center of the circle, looking left and right at the layout of the circle, turning from time to time to scan the surroundings.

In any case, since the circle appeared here, there was a reason.

Since the effect of the circle is unknown, it is a good idea to assume that it is offensive or defensive.

Combined with the defensive line on the perimeter and the traces of battle, this possibility seemed to the Donald to be very large.

There was once a fierce battle here, requiring the use of guns and wizards, and perhaps even outlaws.

The enemy is the inhabitants of this town?

That's impossible.

Donald himself is a wizard, he has a say in the lethality of wizards, if only in the face of ordinary people, even if the opponent is fully armed, his spells can still easily cause large-scale damage, not to mention some unarmed residents.

On the other hand, the people who were stationed here should be on guard against something else

"Is it just to burn the corpses to drive away the disease?"

Although it had come full circle in his mind, it was only a dozen seconds in reality, and Donald's sudden question made Anthony a little unresponsive for a while.

But Anthony is Anthony, and he quickly realizes the hidden meaning of Donald's problem.

"You're saying that what is happening here is not just a plague, but if you look at it purely from the perspective of burning corpses, it is completely possible to carry out centralized burning, there is such a vast wasteland around here, digging a big pit is not a problem, there is no need to burn down the whole town. ”

It doesn't make sense to destroy the whole town because the inhabitants are sick.

"That's right, that's the contradiction, why would they have to do more? Or do they have to do more? ”

It's a town that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and the hidden assets in it can't be summed up in a lot of gold pounds, and Donald doesn't believe anyone would dare to destroy the entire town so hastily.

This is an action that has been instructed by a superior.

"If they are doing this to cover up something, then I have reason to believe that there may still be some traces in the ruins, and I propose to use a stupid method, Anthony, me, and Lilo, each in one direction, Julia and Stephanie, you two in one direction, how about it?"

This time, the grouping changed again, in the past, Donald would choose to let Julia follow Anthony, take Stephanie with him, and Lilo go alone, even if doing so would free up a direction and affect the efficiency of his actions, but for the sake of safety, he would rather spend more time.

However, after the previous Ghost Tide battle, Donald realizes that Julia and Stefini, who had been under the protection of the three of them, have actually reached the point where they can take charge of some of the team's tasks on their own.

This is their first independent action, and although they are still two, the meaning is different.

The two of them were obviously aware of this, and Ben's face was still a little tired, and his face was a lot more ruddy.

The feeling of being valued and needed is always satisfying and joyful.

"Since you all have no opinion, I have a communicator here, you each bring one, and if you find anything, use it to notify others as soon as possible. ”

Distributing the communicator, Donald also gave the horse whistle to Julia, who now has a certain amount of mental power because of his talent.

Each went to search in one direction, but there was no clear target location and no landmark objects.

Sounds like a nuisance.

Donald didn't expect to find it anytime soon, and he was even a little worried that he might not be rewarded for a whole morning or even a whole day.

It turned out he was wrong.

Julia's abilities once again surprised Donald.

When it comes to finding something in this ruin, who can compare to the ghosts who have been here for an unknown amount of time?

Of course, these ghosts themselves don't have much memory, not to mention that Julia's subordinates are all devouring each other, and it is long time impossible to tell who is who, let alone those messy memories, otherwise Lilo would have known everything long ago after killing so many ghosts.

But don't forget, these ghosts are capable of ignoring collisions.

Donald had to rely on psionic vision when looking for them, and for Julia, she only needed to disperse these ghosts, and if there was any special area, it would be easy to find them.

"This is it?"

The group was reunited in less than two hours after separation, and Donald asked, looking at a barren meadow of rocks.

"Yes, they say it's empty down there. ”

Julia said, gesturing to the ghost in the shadow of the stone wall next to her.

These ghosts, devoured and strengthened by Julia's talents, are not good at speaking, but a simple exchange of ideas is no problem.

"I can feel it, this is it!"

Lilo's perception confirms this.

"You guys go back, go farther away, I'll blow it up. ”

Donald wasn't ready to waste time either, and directly took out a few inscription scrolls from the spatial ring, the fourth-level inscription - blasting.

Tear open the scroll and print the inscriptions one after another in several places where the stones are piled up in this rubble field.

"If this is a place that the Emerald County government deliberately buried, is it a crime for us to do this?"

Anthony asked, looking at Donald as he walked towards him.

"If you really break the law, you are accomplices. ”

The spiritual power activated the inscription, and the explosion was accompanied by the sound of rubble in the sky, Donald turned his head and laughed.