Neither Barred nor Lucius went back to their rooms to rest that night, in fact most of them didn't go back to their rooms, and they didn't dare to stay alone in their rooms, and even went to the hut with several people. Adeline had to be under the protection of the two guards and the two new supernumerary guards with the two waitresses, Barred stood straight outside the hut and asked questions inside every half a minute to make sure that the girls inside were not in danger, and Lucius stood more than ten steps away from the hut, not wanting to approach at all.

Everyone was together, giving the waitress a good opportunity to get close to Lucius and Bared, it was late at night, most of the customers were tired, and there was no word of chatting, some people simply fell asleep on the table, and the waitress was empty, so they sat down at the same table as Lucius and Bared, and Adeline walked away playfully.

A waitress offered Lucius to fill up with wine. "You must remember me, it's a shame I can't go for a walk in the woods tonight, but we can still talk here, what's your name, Mr. Swordsman?"

Lucius raised his glass and thanked the hostess. "Lucius, ma'am, am I honored to know your name?"

The hostess was overjoyed and hurriedly said her name. "I'm Reese. ”

Another waitress also rushed to reply, "And me, my name is Elya, by the way, what is the name of another swordsman?" The girl's interest in Eya seemed to be in Bared.

"I ......," Barred remembered that Adeline must have heard what he was saying by now, but it didn't matter if he said the name on second thought. "I'm Barrede, I'm a mercenary. ”

Before Barred could finish speaking, Eya grabbed his arm. "I've heard that you two are very brave enough to help Captain Laugh examine the body, and I'm sure you'll be able to find the killer. ”

Barred nervously broke free of the girl's hand. "We'll do our best, but it's hard to say if we succeed. ”

Eya looked at Barred strangely. "Barred, are you married?"

"No, why are you asking this?" Barred felt a pair of eyes behind him staring at him, sweat on his forehead.

Eya smiled and grabbed the mercenary's arm again. "Why are you not so nervous about getting married, I'm just afraid that I want to feel more secure. ”

Reese leaned towards Lucius. "When you say that, I also feel very scared, do you think the murderer will rush into here?"

"How is it possible, even if he comes, there are so many of us here, we can still kill him. Lucius drank leisurely, his face flushed from the heat and alcohol from the fireplace.

"But I'm still scared. With that, Raese leaned over to Lucius, and the whole person was pressed against his arm. "Now I feel much better. ”

Lucius grabbed Reese's shoulder, and with his other hand holding the wine glass unhurriedly, as if he had been eating and doing something old, Barred had to pretend that he didn't see it, and turned his face to the other side.

Ellea is not happy, and the girl spoils to Barred in a sweet voice. "Look at your companion so considerate, I'm so scared, can you hold me, Barred?"

"No!" Barred replied crisply, leaving no room for anything.

"Hmph!" Ellea pretended to be angry, and walked into Barre's arms if he wanted to or not.

Barred jumped to his feet in surprise at Elya's sudden move. "Ma'am, I will protect you, but not in this way, please rest assured, as long as we all stay in this house, you will not be in danger, we don't need to be so close. ”

"You ......" was apparently openly rejected, leaving Earya with a loss of face, and the girl ran back to the kitchen with a red face.

Barred breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in his seat, but Lucius was still holding Reese, Barred quickly gave him a color, Lucius shook his head unwillingly, and took Reese away. "Well, it looks like we can't do anything as long as Adeline is here. ”

"We're here to solve the case, remember, Lucius?" said Barreid, unhappy with his friend's performance.

Lucius disagreed. "Of course I remember, but it doesn't affect the finding of the murderer in the slightest, but it can relax. ”

Barred wanted to say something, but found that Lucius had a point, and they really couldn't do anything sitting here now. "Then rest, there must be something we need to do tomorrow during the day. With that, he pulled the three chairs over and side by side, reclined on them, and fell asleep in a few moments.

I don't know how long he slept, Barred was woken up by a shout, the door of the tavern had been opened, the light outside the door was shining in, it was already dawn, he sat up, Adeline had already walked over. "Something happened again, we have to go over and check it out right away, I'll go first, and you and Lucius will come over when they're sober. ”

"I'm sober. Barred kicked Lucius off his chair. "Let's go, something happened!"

Lucius was rolling on the ground in a daze, and Barred had already run after Adeline's back. This time, the place of the accident was at the entrance of the village, and the bodies of the two militiamen were lying on both sides of the road, one on the left and one on the right, seemingly untouched from where they were standing, and Lauge was already there.

Barred slipped into the crowd again, opening a path for Adeline, and Lauge crouched on the ground and shook his head. "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have arranged for people to keep vigil, they're still so young. ”

Barred patted the captain of the guard on the shoulder. "It's not your fault, no one would have thought of it. With that, the mercenary began to examine the corpse, which was easier to view in the bright light of the day.

Adeline also walked over, and Lauger opened her mouth to stop her, but she spoke first. "I'm a mage from the Mage Tower, Adeline, and this is a far more dangerous matter than you think, so leave it to me now, but I still need your help. ”

"Mage Tower......" Lauge saluted Adeline on one knee as if he had seen a savior. "Venerable Mage, it is indeed a privilege and a blessing for Paradeis to have you here, and we will do our best to assist you. ”

"Yes. Adeline answered softly, crouching down beside Bared. "How's it going, is it the same as the previous one?"

Barred nodded. "It's almost the same, except that the location of the fatal wound is different, this one was cut in the throat, and the other was directly pierced in the throat, and the technique was still the same fierce, without a trace of hesitation, killing with one blow. ”

Adeline looked into the eyes of the two dead. "It's still the same horrified look, and it's the same thing that terrified them, just like you see. ”

"That's right, and the position where they died is exactly the same as the position where they are standing, which means that they have barely moved, and if they are attacked, at least the one who dies will move. Barred shook his head and blinded the two militiamen.

Lucius also rushed over at this time, and he saw that Barred was already checking the body, and he looked at the road outside the village, which was the only way to enter the village, and suddenly he found several strange footprints on the ground. "Look, these footprints!"

Adeline walked over and looked at the footprints on the ground, only to see that the footprints were about the same size as ordinary people, but they had a very strange feature, each footprint was missing the same part, Lucius looked at the footprints in confusion. "Is this man's shoes broken? Can he kill people so flexibly in broken shoes?"

"You're right, Lucius, his shoes are broken, and no one is going to come out and kill people in torn shoes on this night of the season. Adeline sighed. "It seems that my guess is undoubtedly correct, and our opponent is already certain. ”

"You mean......" Lucius didn't say it, he was afraid that the people around him would be scared out of their minds.

Adeline nodded. "Yes, only that kind of thing will wear mutilated shoes. The mage turned and walked towards the village. "We're going to have a good discussion about how to deal with him, there are too many dead people and we have to stop him. ”