There was a sudden silence in the tavern, and the crooks who were playing also stopped, and Lucius was the first to rush out, and before leaving, he did not forget to pick up Bared, and the two disappeared in an instant. The people in the tavern reacted and scrambled to the door, and after a few minutes, only a few drunks were left in the tavern lying on the table.

Paradeis rarely has a vicious case, and there are almost no robberies, but this time there was a fatality, so everyone ran towards the accident site with both nervousness and excitement. I don't know who took the lead first, no one knows where the death is located, but the flow of people is pouring in one direction, Lucius and Barred quickly follow the flow of people, they are faster than most people, and the two of them are no longer surprised by the fact that there is such a thing.

After turning a few corners, all the villagers and travelers who had arrived gathered in the middle of a small square, several militiamen holding torches to maintain order and block out the crowd of spectators, in the center of which a militia captain-like figure was examining the corpses lying on the ground.

The people of Parades had never seen such a formation before, and they were all standing outside the circle maintained by the militia, and no one wanted to come closer. Lucius and Barred squeezed through the crowd, ignoring the militia that kept order.

"Stop!" shouted the nearest militiaman to the two men.

"We're mercenaries, we've experienced a lot of this kind of thing, and we'll definitely be able to help. Lucius quickly explained.

The militia was still hesitating, but their captain stood up and nodded, the militia moved out of the way, and the captain came up to meet him. "I'm the militia captain here, Laug, where are you two from?"

Lucius nodded in acknowledgement. "We have come from Deville, passing through Paradais, please let us examine the deceased, and perhaps find some clues. ”

Lauge walked to the other side of the corpse and crouched down, and Lucius and Barred also crouched down to examine. "It was discovered by a businessman, and during my tenure, there had never been a murder in Parades, so I didn't know where to start. ”

"Leave it to us. Lucius said confidently, looking down at the corpse's face, which startled him. He must have seen something terrible. ”

Barred nodded, the corpse's eyes widened in horror, and the mouth was open, and the mercenary asked the militia on the side to borrow a torch and approach the corpse. His pupils were still constricted, indicating that he must have been very scared before he died, and he hadn't been dead for long, otherwise his pupils would have slowly dilated. ”

Lucius picked up the corpse's arm and moved. "That's right, the body is still soft, it should have just died. ”

Lauger sighed, believing that the two of them did have some ability, so he continued to listen carefully.

Barrede's torch moved to the corpse's neck, where there was no trace, and the torch continued to move downwards to his chest, only to see blood still bubbling out of his chest, and a smell of blood permeated. "This should be a sword wound, straight into the heart, and the sword is drawn very neatly, so that the blood will not splash on the neck and face, the murderer must be a veteran with a sword. ”

"It's not going to be easy. Lauge frowned. "Every day Parades doesn't know how many travelers pass by, including swordsmen and mercenaries of all stripes, who usually stay for a day and then leave, and it is difficult to track them down. ”

Lucius noticed that the corpse still had a sword tied to its belt. "He has a sword, and he doesn't seem to be an ordinary traveler, could it be that the mercenary has been robbed?"

"It's possible, but it's a little wrong. Barred shook his head. "Mercenaries are all people who have experienced danger, they will be very vigilant about the situation around them, unless they attack with a bow and arrow from a distance, they are rarely killed without resistance, and they are even less likely to be so afraid, the psychological endurance of mercenaries is much beyond ordinary people. ”

"He may have seen something very scary. Lucius glared at Barred wryly. "Something that ordinary people have never seen at all. ”

Barred disagreed with Lucius's words, and Lauger on the side became nervous. "What could it be? Will anyone else be in danger?"

Lucius's serious face made Lauge uncomfortable. "It's hard to say, it's best to strengthen precautions tonight, and the militia who keep vigil patrol in pairs, don't be left alone. ”

"Well, let's do this first, and if you have any other clues, come and inform me immediately. Laugh sighed and directed the militia to carry the body away, and then another militiaman brought a bucket of water to wash away the blood on the ground.

Lucius and Barred also stood up to leave, only to find Adeline standing in the crowd watching them, and Barred walked towards Adeline without waiting for Lucius to notice. Seeing this, the two guards both made a gesture of drawing their swords, and Adeline waved her hand to let them put down their swords, and said lightly to Bared, "Your reasoning is really wonderful, worthy of being an experienced mercenary." ”

Lucius had already walked over, and he looked at Adeline in surprise. "You can hear what we're talking about? we're speaking very softly, making sure only Lauge can hear it. ”

"I could hear a soft whisper from a distance. Adeline smirked at Lucius.

"Hell, she must have heard us whispering in the tavern. Lucius whispered in Bared's ear, and then immediately remembered that Adeline must have heard it, so she simply shut her mouth and said no more.

Barred didn't care about this, and instead bowed to Adeline. "If I'm not mistaken, you're a mage, I wonder what you think about this? As far as I know, mages have a very keen intuition about everything. ”

"It's not intuition, mercenary, but it's not too much. Adeline glanced at the washed dirt floor. "I'm not sure what it is, but if my guess is correct, none of us here can deal with that thing, so I advise you not to meddle in this matter, go back to the inn now, close the doors and windows, and leave here at dawn tomorrow, understand?"

"How? We have to find out the truth. Lucius said excitedly.

Adeline raised her eyebrows and glanced at Lucius. "Don't you care so much about your own lives? As I said, you can't deal with that. ”

"What is it?" Bared's tone was unusually calm.

Adeline glanced around, most of the people who had seen the excitement had left, and a few villagers were in the distance. "You must have heard of the Dark Tide. ”

"Dark Tide!?" Lucius and Barred whispered almost at the same time.

"Yes, Darktide, have you decided to take my advice now?" Adeline snorted, tightening her cloak. "It's cold outside at night, I'm going back to the hotel to rest, you can do it yourself. ”

Barred watched Adeline's back slowly depart. "And what about you, will you leave tomorrow?"

Adeline paused. "No, I'll stay here until this matter is resolved, as mages of the Mage's Tower, it is our duty to address the gloom tide across Wallis. ”

"Then we won't leave!" Barred said firmly.

"Whatever you want. Adeline dropped the sentence and left without looking back.

The two stomped around the outskirts of the village, hoping to find any clues, and Lucius was still thinking about Adeline's words. "What do you think the Dark Tide is like? Our generation has never been attacked by the Dark Tide, is it really as terrible as she said?"

Barred shrugged his shoulders and rested against the trunk of a tree. "Who knows? Maybe she just wants us to stay away from her. ”

"I think too, Bared, this time we must find the murderer, so that she will not dare to despise you again. Lucius patted his friend on the shoulder. "We're going to stay up all night tonight for clues. ”

Barred smiled. "Didn't you date the two girls in the tavern that night?"

Lucius grabbed his hair in embarrassment. "I'll tell them not to come out tonight, it's too dangerous outside, stay in the tavern, we need to take care of the case. ”

Barred didn't say anything more, he looked out over the jungle behind Lucius, the dark and secluded woods swaying slightly in the evening breeze, and the sound of leaves brushing was like fallen leaves on the ground. Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared in his field of vision, darker than the woods, like a moving hollow, slowly walking towards them. Barred tried to warn Lucius, but found that he couldn't make a sound, and his hands became numb, unable to move even once, and his whole body felt as if he was tied to a tree trunk.