Dark clouds drifted quickly across the black sky, and the moon and stars appeared and disappeared behind the dark clouds. Fraser walked through the deserted streets, the leaves of the trees blown by the cold wind at his feet, the signs in front of the shops fluttering in the wind, but there was no light in the house. Not only this room, but only a few houses as far as the eye can see, and the village is close to being abandoned. There were no human voices around, and the occasional unknown birdsong from the woods made Fraser feel a little angry.

In front of a room that was still glowing, Fraser stopped, and the faint sound of conversation came from the room, which made him sure that this was the place he was looking for, and pushed the door in.

It was as warm as spring in the house compared to the cold outside, and to Fraser's surprise that there were no less than ten people here, it was a miracle that there were ten people gathered together in this desolate village. However, he immediately discovered the reason, and most of the ten people were not locals, but had come for commissions like him.

The eyes of the people in the room were attracted to the newcomer, and the outsiders looked like they were looking at a wolf who had come to prey for food, with the exceptions of course, and a bearded woman sitting in front of the fireplace and a woman with two short crossbows at her waist and crotch only glanced at the doorway, and the woman's face was hidden in the hood, and only the tip of her nose was visible in the shadows.

The old man sitting at the table in the center of the room spoke first, "Are you here to help us too?" ”

Fraser took off his hood, nodded, and looked around, except for a vacant seat in front of the fireplace, there were no seats left, but everyone else seemed to be hiding from the two in front of the fireplace, so he walked to the fireplace, looked at the two sitting in front of him, and then leaned against the wall with his hands on his chest. "Forgive me for interrupting you, now please continue. ”

The old man nodded. "I'm sure you've seen the situation in the village, no one dares to live here anymore, and in just one month, dozens of people have disappeared inexplicably, silently, as if they had suddenly evaporated. ”

A man in mercenary outfit sitting across from the old man leaned forward. "Didn't they cry for help, didn't they scream?"

"Nope. The old man nodded to a young man standing behind him, and the man began to speak, "The grocer's daughter suddenly disappeared on the counter, and the innkeeper and his mother-in-law disappeared into bed, Hagrid...... It was the farmer who owned two fields that disappeared in the field where he thought it was heavier than his life, and the ranch maid Ellie disappeared early in the morning while milking the cows, and half of the bucket of milk in her bucket was still hot, and ......"

"Enough. The bearded man by the fireplace straightened up. "Tell us how many people are left in the village. ”

The old man thought for a while before he said slowly, "Dozens of people disappeared, most of the rest of them fled, and the rest were old people, who couldn't walk anymore, so they stayed here." ”

The bearded man glanced at the man behind the old man. "He seems to be quite young, why is he still waiting here to die?"

The old man smiled. "This is my grandson, Amir, who could not bear to leave me, so he stayed here. ”

The young man called Emir bowed to all. "I hope you can help us get the village back to life. ”

Fraser narrowed his eyes and looked at Emir, and suddenly opened his mouth, "Aren't you afraid to stay here? If it were an old man, he might have put life and death out of the way, but you ...... Definitely not more than twenty years old. ”

The emir still had a smile on his face. "My grandfather is the village chief here, how can I, as the grandson of the village chief, escape at this time? I have to stay and restore the village to its former state. ”

Fraser didn't speak again, the room was silent for a while, the old man sighed and continued, "That's all we know, sorry we can't provide more clues, if necessary, when dawn comes, let the Emir take you to the scene where the villagers disappeared to investigate, see if you can find some clues, but for now you should sit here and don't leave, it's too dangerous here, maybe ......"

Another seated mercenary slammed his fist on the table. "Whatever it is, if it dares to come, we'll take care of it!"

The old man was startled by this sudden punch, and even his voice trembled. "Okay, okay, I'm just reminding you casually, everyone. With that, he stood up and was helped by the emir into the bedroom beside him. In the dim light of the fireplace, the old man's face twitched rapidly as he turned, and no one noticed it except Fraser, who still had good eyesight in the dark.

After the old man and the emir left, the crowd in the living room exploded, and the sound of discussion continued. Some of the mercenaries suggested rejecting the commission and leaving when it was dawn, and some even suggested leaving now, but more mercenaries decided to take the commission. The mercenary who had sat across from the old man was obviously their head, and he was very dismissive of his companion who suggested that he escape. "Lenny, if you're leaving, you'd better get out of here now, disappear from my eyes, and don't think about going back to the gale!"

Lenny spread his hands in embarrassment, looking helpless. "Boss, we don't even know what the other party is, but it's definitely not ordinary monsters that can make dozens of people disappear silently, evil ghosts will leave stumps and blood stains all over the ground, water ghosts are similar, they won't drag corpses away without leaving a trace of blood, banshees can't break into the village and take people away, what else? Illusions? That only exists in legends, maybe something more terrifying. ”

"That's enough, Lenny, I'll cut out your tongue if you talk nonsense!" the man standing next to Lenny slammed his elbow into his chest, then looked at their heads. "Erish, Lanny's worries are not unreasonable, no matter what, let's wait for tomorrow's on-site investigation. ”

Elish frowned and nodded, then looked at the two by the fireplace. "Two witchers, what do you think?"

Fraser also looked at the man and woman known as the witcher, and did not show much surprise, in fact, he knew that they were unusual when he first entered the room, and the subsequent observation by the fireplace confirmed his suspicions.

The bearded man threw a piece of wood into the fireplace, and there was a sizzling sound. "I can't tell what it is, but ......" He looked up at Lenny, a wrinkle on his face. "Your reasoning is not wrong, our opponent must be something other than the monster you mentioned. ”

Elish shook his head and poured a glass of wine into his stomach. "You didn't say that, I thought the witcher could give some useful advice. ”

The woman next to the bearded man suddenly stood up, and the short crossbow on her waist shook with it. "I can give you a piece of advice, get out of here at dawn, or you'll be like the vanished villagers!"

The mercenaries all looked at the woman in surprise, and several of them were already gearing up, wanting to step forward to give the provocative woman a little color, and the bearded man also stood up and stood in front of them. "Are you tired of it? want to attack the witchers?"

Ehrish's face was ugly, and he immediately stopped his subordinates. "Sit down for me, you idiots, witchers are more terrible than those monsters, haven't you heard?"

The mercenaries sat down indignantly, ignoring the three by the fireplace, and the two witchers sat down again, the bearded man looking at Fraser, who had been leaning against the fireplace without speaking, and then raised his chin towards the last seat by the fireplace. "Are you...... Coming alone?"

Fraser exhaled and sat down slowly. "That's right, I didn't expect to meet witchers here, and it's just two. ”

The bearded man groped for the stubble on his chin, his eyes cautiously staring at the man in front of him. "As you heard just now, the situation here is not optimistic, and these mercenaries are probably not opponents. The bearded man glanced in the direction of the mercenaries, making sure no one could hear the conversation by the fireplace. "I'm Emos, and this is Jurania, my assistant. ”

Fraser nodded to the two witchers. "It's an honor to meet you, I'm Fraser, and I like to act alone without company. ”

Hearing Fraser introduce himself like this, Yurania couldn't help but look up at him. "It's not a wise decision to come here alone, but there must be something unexpected about you so calm. ”

"Thank you for the compliment. Fraser smiled. "Let's rest for now, we'll see tomorrow. With that, the whole person leaned back in the chair and put his eyes on his back.

Jurania also leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes to recuperate, but Amos looked at Fraser in the rest.