The night is sunny, the stars are clear, and the moon is full in the sky. Cheese walks in the night market and looks up at the moon when he sees an elongated shadow. Unlike the sun, which illuminates the daytime, the moon changes over time. And the laws that exist in these changes and the impact of these changes on all things on the earth have always attracted attention. There is no shortage of schools of magic based on the moon and other celestial bodies, and the astute caster should be aware that at night, the sky can subtly alter the flow of magic.

Magic is never an independent closed system, and when and where you can apply this system you can get the natural effect. It's not just magic, there's nothing like that in this world. Even when cooking, it is necessary to adjust the cooking time and the timing and method of cutting according to the thinness and freshness of each piece of meat, especially when it comes to wood and stone. Although, wood for wood and stone for stone, there is always universality. Finding an unbreakable truth in this seemingly impermanent change is what the gray robes are pursuing.

But is that truth really as one thinks? Every time I think about this, Cheese suddenly feels that the world in front of him is unusually unfamiliar, and he also feels that the connection between his body and consciousness is unusually subtle, and this kind of thinking and strange feeling has been appearing more and more recently. The pace slowed down unconsciously.

"If you go a little slower, it will be dawn. "The only one who would urge the mage in such an unkind tone at this time is Kairaz. The clothed black cat jumped down from the tent next to him in twos and threes, dissatisfied with the speed of the cheese's march. Although he didn't seem to be worried during the day, the cat fairy still showed due anxiety at this time.

The gray robe nodded, and quickened his pace, the place they were walking was also not a big road, and the weeds on the ground made every step feel like walking on a carpet. It's just that there is not only dew on this carpet, but also some other liquids. The lawn under the full moon was partially dented, looking like the marks of something that had been placed on the grass and then dragged away. Combined with the blood stains on the blades of grass around it, it's not hard to guess what was poured here before.

Lothar then examined the scene in front of her in the moonlight, and after getting permission from Cheese, she reached out and tore off a blade of grass, put it under her nose and sniffed it, "It's human blood." Judging from the degree of coagulation, it didn't take long for the splash to splash, and judging from the amount of bleeding, I am afraid that someone died. But the footprints show that the murderer left after killing someone. Therefore, I am afraid that the person who dragged the body away was not the one who killed him. ”

"The trail of drag is too savage, it's not humans who have taken the body. And the beasts did not dare to run to the market to find food, the popularity here is too heavy. It's a cannibal creature. The mage made a quick judgment based on the Count's reasoning and his own observations. Two things happened here, the first was a murder, and the second happened after the murderer left the scene, the body robbery.

"Are there a lot of ghouls on the grasslands?" said Lothar to Kailas, as a cat fairy who had lived on the grasslands, the latter must have known something about the shadow world here.

The black cat's tail cocked uneasily, he didn't doubt the judgment of the two men, whether it was Lothar or Cheese, Kairaz had to admit that they were the uncommon type of human beings he knew. That's why the problem gets serious, "very little." You know the funeral customs of the steppe people, without burial, wild wolves and other animals will dispose of the corpses more quickly. In this regard, ghouls have no competitive advantage. As far as I know, only those on the fringes will have a small number of ghoul colonies, and there will never be anything like this in a place like this one. ”

Cheese and Lothar glanced at each other, and when it came to the ghoul creatures, especially the ghoul category among them, the two of them had a lot of memories when they were in the blue lion. However, judging from the traces at the scene, it is clear that the stolen corpses do not have much intelligence, so there should be no organized ghoul colonies.

"Is it because of Alei? You said it would attract ominousness, maybe because of its presence that ghouls are in places where they shouldn't. "The mage deduced from what he had seen and heard that the appearance of corpse-eating creatures was seen by people in many places as a harbinger of disaster, and these things would instinctively move closer to places where there would be a large number of corpses. As a symbol of disaster on the steppe, it is difficult to dismiss the simultaneous appearance of the two as pure coincidence.

"Possibly. Kailas's gaze scanned the ground, his tone a little irritated and overwhelmed, "So what do you mean?

Strange traces that appeared in front of him, his companions who were captured. These are the two paths in front of the three of them, whether to chase these traces first to find the corpse that dragged away the corpse and investigate the cause of its appearance, or to put these things aside first to rescue Atta and them, this is not really a matter of having to make a choice. Because as the cat fairy said before, he alone has the ability to let those two people out of the guard's nose, the problem is, the attitude of Cheese and Lothar. They can't abandon their plans because of this as long as they have already made a commitment. Besides, according to Cheese's plan, there is a more important thing to do to save people this time in addition to saving people themselves.

The mage took a breath, now was not the time to hesitate, he had to make a decision immediately, "Lothar, lend me your amulet." ”

The Count furrowed his eyebrows, not knowing what that meant. However, out of trust, he still handed the spider amulet around his neck to the mage, but the bones of the mage's arms had not yet grown well, and he could not receive it in his hands. But that didn't stop Cheese from doing what he wanted to do, he closed his eyes, and when he opened them the next moment, there was already a magic light in his eyes.

"Flatten it. Lothar did so, stretching out her palm so that the amulet lay horizontally in her palm. Cheese's eyes were fixed on the amulet, as if to engrave every detail of it in his heart, and then he bit the tip of his tongue with the force of his upper and lower jaws, and spat out the blood that flowed out onto the amulet!

"What are you doing?" said the Earl, not knowing what the grey robe meant, with a panicked expression. Fortunately, Cheese quickly shook his head and signaled that he didn't have to worry. The wound on the tip of the tongue is not large, and the blood spit out is actually not much. Strangely enough, though, the blood quickly solidified after encountering the amulet, turning into speckled marks that looked as if it had been attached to it for years.

"Don't wipe the blood off, my blood will tell you when you get close to the corpse-eating creatures. ”

The words have been made very clear. Lothar didn't mean to retort, he looked at Cheese and then at Kairaz, "I'll see you at the stronghold later." ”

With that, he walked in the direction where the trail of drag extended. On the other side, the cat fairy and the gray robe also continued to approach the interior of the tribe.