In the small living room on the second floor, Dante sat on a sofa chair, waiting for Gade to come and report the situation. It was still early in the morning, and Ash was curled up on it and falling asleep, and the castle had already begun to bustle with activity, and the others were busy with their own work.

Soon, Gade pushed open the door to the small living room and walked in. Dante saw that his god Sè was a little nervous, and asked, "How is it?" What are the results of the recent survey? ”

Standing in front of Dante, Gade took out a magic map, spread it on the table, pointed to the map, and said to Dante: "Master, please look at the map, which has marked the approximate location of the corpse in the last few days. ”

Dante followed Gade's instructions to look at the map, and saw that the map was marked with large and small dots in big red sè. He was slightly surprised, because there were so many red dots on the map, stretching from the Cogwheel town side to the fairy forest.

Seeing this, Dante asked Gad, "Is that all there is to it?" When the bodies were found, were they all in the same situation? ”

"Well......" Gad heard the Great Demon King's question, thought for a moment, and said, "It's all pretty much the same." The bodies found had all been eaten, their stomachs torn to shreds, and there were not many internal organs left. They must have been attacked by large carnivores. ”

"Attacked by a large carnivore? How so? Dante listened to Gade's description and fell into deep thought......

It's now May 30rì, and it's been more than a month since the last time Dante and Ash returned to the Demon King's Castle. During this period, everything was fine, and the development of the Demon King's Castle was thriving. With the 200,000 gold coins obtained from the sharing with Grande, Dante arranged for Gade to purchase more supplies for the castle, especially a batch of high-quality equipment for the laboratories of Hawking and Gihinder.

What's even more gratifying is that Grandet relied on the latest excavator core equipment that Dante snatched back to greatly improve the construction machinery of the fairy vein, and while improving the efficiency of iron ore mining, he also successfully detected the deeper Mithril vein. According to the current progress, the next batch of iron ore is about to be reported, and the Demon King Army is estimated to receive 600,000 gold coins.

Just when everything seemed to be going well, reports of strange human corpses were found from the farm in the Fairy Plains.

Initially, on May 20, the little youkai who were working on the fairy farm found a dying human man. When they found the man, he was covered in flesh and blood, with only one breath left, and he was dying before he could speak.

After the little monsters found out about this man, they didn't take it seriously at first, they just thought that he was lost in the territory of the Demon King's army, and he was seriously injured by a wild beast before he died. Later, however, more and more human corpses appeared in the Demon King's territory, attracting the attention of Dante and Gade.

These human corpses, both men and women, and even young and old, died in a very miserable manner, and the corpses were eaten to a mess. The blood stains of some corpses can be dragged to a long distance, and the internal organs and blood are dragged all the way, and the scene is so heavy that people can't look at it directly!

From the discovery of the first man's body on May 20rì to June 1, more than 20 corpses have been found in just ten days, and this situation is definitely not normal!

However, what really caught Dante's attention was that from these dead corpses, he could feel a trace of abnormal energy! This kind of energy, which gives people a very evil feeling, is definitely not something that ordinary civilians can have. Even magicians don't necessarily have this energy.

However, this energy does not seem to be the kind of resonance magic that Dante is familiar with. In short, this energy is new and should not be underestimated.

As a result, Dante ordered Gad to burn the corpses first, and then began to investigate the situation in the territory of the Demon King's army to see if there would continue to be human corpses with blurred flesh and blood. Sure enough, corpses not only continued to appear, but more and more!

……

After recalling what had happened during this time, Dante asked Gad, "What's going on near Coggertown?" Did these people come from Gear Town? Have you been in contact with Grande? ”

Gade shook his head and said, "I contacted yesterday, and Grandet told me that around May 30, some refugees began to come from the north one after another. Curiously, these refugees seem to have come from the kingdoms of Gilneth and Griffons. The refugees are growing in number, and they all seem to be very frightened, and their gods and health are poor. Gear Town has now entered a jǐng standby state. ”

"Refugees? What's going on? When Dante heard Gade's words, he was very puzzled and thought to himself, aren't the griffon kingdoms and the kingdoms of Gilneth very rich and powerful? How could there be refugees coming from there? Could it be that something is going on over there?

Since the last time he returned, the development of the castle has been going well, so Dante has not had any contact with Grande, because it is not necessary. I didn't expect this to happen to Gear Town now. A small town like Cogwheel simply can't withstand the influx of refugees.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked Gad, "Is Gear Town not allowed to allow refugees to pour in now?" ”

Gade nodded and said, "Yes, master." The size of Cogs is not enough to accommodate so many refugees. I haven't been given an update on the situation. I heard it's a bit of a mess over there right now. ”

Dante said thoughtfully, "Then it will make sense." The refugees ran to the outskirts of Cogwheel Town, where they could not get help, and probably had to camp on the outskirts of the city. Later, some people may have gone lost and stumbled into us, and were attacked by unknown creatures and died. ”

He thought for a moment and said to Gad in confusion: "However, I felt a strange energy on the corpses of those people. What's going on? If it weren't for that energy, I think it would have been a beast that had bitten these people to death. Now I can't feel at ease. ”

Gade shook his head and said, "I really don't know about that. Master, it's only started today, why don't you go to Gear Town and see how it goes. Anyway, I'm guarding the castle, so nothing will happen. I think you'll know what to expect when you go to Cog. ”

"Great idea!" Dante stood up and looked at the time on the magic map, it was almost noon, and after lunch, he could go to Cogger. Take a look at Grande and ask, what's going on with the recent refugee cháo?

……

In the afternoon, Dante took Ash and rode the Black Wind to Cogwheel Town.

Once in Cog, Dante, Ash, and Blackwind are shocked by what they see. I saw a lot of new tents popping up on the side of the road. These tents don't look very shabby, and at a glance you know that they have not long been settled. Many well-dressed people live in these tents, and they live in a family of three or four. Children and the elderly also lived with them.

What struck Dante was strange was that these so-called refugees did not seem to be very poor paupers. They behave decently, dress and live cleanly, and although the gods are in a panicked state, they are polite to the aborigines of Gear Town, and they are not like the usual sloppy beggars.

"Dante, these refugees don't look like escaped slaves or coolies." Ash also noticed this situation and said to Dante, "They seem to have some money and some savings to live." Is something really going on in the kingdoms of griffons and Gilneis? ”

"Shhhh......h As he walked, he released the Magic Crow and told the Magic Raven to go to Grandet first. If Grandet is not there, there is no need to go to the center of town, just go outside and see the situation of the refugees.

The magic crow soon contacted Grande. Grandet asked, "Dante?" Do you have something to do with me? ”

Dante said, "Grande, are you in Cog, town?" I'm out of Cogs right now, checking on the refugees. What's been going on with you here lately? ”

Grandet listened to Dante's words, and as if he had found a great savior, he hurriedly said, "Oh, you know about it." I'm just going to ask you for help. I'm in Gem Harbor right now, so let's go ask the refugees yourself. What a headache for me! ”

"Oh, okay." Dante saw that the merchant threw the burden directly on him, and it was difficult to say anything, so he broke off contact.

"Master......" At this time, Black Wind seemed to sense something, raised his head, looked into the forest on the side of the road, and said, "There seems to be a very powerful magic power emanating from there." (To be continued.) )