When Luo Yin and Liu Qin'er returned to the fishing village, the sun had turned west, and the fishermen who went out to sea had also returned. Although in the past, when the fishermen came back from the sea, it was also a lively scene, but it was not so much that the whole village came to greet them.

"Strange, why is it so lively today, did you catch some rare big fish? Or did you catch a sea monster?" asked Liu Qin'er.

"I'm afraid something happened. Luo Yin said with a frown.

"Something happened? How do you know?"

"You see, the village chief is also here, and Uncle Lu is also here with the village guards, and the return from fishing in the past will not alarm the village chief and the guards. ”

Liu Qin'er took a closer look, and sure enough, she saw her grandfather, Liu Changsheng, village chief, standing in the crowd, with a solemn expression, as if he was discussing something with Lu Tieshou beside him. And behind Liu Changsheng, her father Liu Lingkong actually came. Although Liu Lingkong was also born as a guard of the Jialan clan, he is now a high-level water gate warlock, belonging to the deacon of the right battalion of the black-robed mage, and rarely appears in the village, and has to act in Wutong City on weekdays, taking care of the affairs of the camp. At this moment, he also rushed over, which shows that the matter is not trivial.

"Let's go and see. Liu Qin'er said as she pulled up and went to the end of the crowd.

"Wait, let me hide this first, so as not to cause trouble. Luo Yin shook the staff in his hand.

They looked around, and found a long-abandoned fishing boat behind a black reef in the distance, piled with broken masts and worn canvas, fishing nets, wooden forks, and hemp ropes, and the hull was covered with moss and mud. Hide something in the cabin of this wrecked ship, and no one will find out. So Luo Yin quietly removed the pile, opened the hatch on the deck, threw the staff in, and then closed the hatch again, and piled the messy piles on top of it as it was.

Coming to the edge of the shoal, Liu Qin'er bypassed the crowd, pulled Luo Yin and ran to her father Liu Lingkong, and asked, "Dad, what's wrong?"

Liu Lingkong glanced at the two of them, then pointed his hand forward and said, "Look." ”

Liu Qin'er and Luo Yin saw that in the middle of the crowd, there were two corpses of guards lying on the beach, wet, one in a blue mage robe, the other in iron heavy armor, there were several obvious wounds on their bodies, the most obvious was that both of them had brutal blows on their heads, and the terrifying wounds and coagulated blood covered almost the entire face. Liu Qin'er glanced at it, and was scared into a cold sweat, not daring to look more, only feeling a surge in her stomach. Luo Yin didn't turn his face away, only to feel a panic.

There was also a lot of discussion in the surrounding crowd, everyone was gossiping, the atmosphere was a little uneasy, and some old and weak women and children couldn't see such a bloody scene, so they hurriedly left with their children.

Liu Changsheng's face was solemn, and while instructing people to arrange the burial of the corpse, he comforted the villagers: "Don't panic, don't worry too much, the deer guards will immediately start to find out about this matter, during this time, everyone should not go out at will, lock the door at night, and report to the guards immediately once an abnormality is found." ”

"Who are these two people?" Liu Qin'er looked up and asked Liu Lingkong.

"These two are my Jialan's guards, judging from their attire, one is a second-class Heavenly Gate Warlock, from the left battalion of the blue-robed mage, and the other is a second-class heavy-armored warrior, belonging to the left battalion of the knight garrison. Now he is unrecognizable, and he can't make out who it is for a while. However, if you check the filing of today's coastal patrol, you should be able to know. ”

"Yin'er. At this time, Luoyin heard the sound of falling water cold, and looked up to see that falling water cold was also there, standing in the crowd opposite with Song Boss and other fishermen. Luo Yin bypassed the crowd, came to Luo Shui Han's side, and asked his father in a low voice, "What the hell is going on, who killed these two guards?"

"It's not known yet. Luoshui Han shook his head and said.

The old man Song on the side asked when he saw Luoyin, so he continued: "When we came back from going to sea today, we salvaged these two guards by an island and reef not far from the coast, and when they found them, they were dead, and their bodies were floating in the seagrass between the reefs. Thanks to your father's sharp eyes, he could see that there was something strange about the reef from a distance, so we stopped the boat and leaned over, thinking that it was a big fish, but that it was actually two people. ”

Luo Yin raised his eyes to look at Luo Shui Han again, and said, "Dad, could it be that you met a man-eating fish monster?"

Luoshui Han shook his head and replied affirmatively: "No, it should have been murdered." Just now you also heard Liu Guard say, these two are second-class guards, in terms of martial arts and wisdom, they are all one in a thousand characters, not to mention the fish monster, even the frost wolf beast of the sacrifice clan, and it is easy to get close. ”

"It seems that the murderer's skills are not trivial. Luo Yin thought about it, and suddenly seemed to think of something, his face changed, and he exclaimed, "Doesn't that mean that an unknown killer has sneaked into the area around our fishing village, and now everyone is very dangerous!"

Luo Shuihan glanced at him, didn't answer, just touched his head, and silently looked at Liu Lingkong and the other guards opposite. Na Liu Lingkong was squatting next to the two corpses, carefully examining the wounds on his body and the things he was carrying, his face was extremely solemn. After a long while, Luoshui Han said to Luoyin, "Let's go home first." ”

At night, lying in bed, I couldn't fall asleep, thinking about the strange encounters in the mysterious cave during the day, and then thinking of the two dead guards on the beach, the glowing octagonal stone plaque, and the staff that shifted time and space. One is more mysterious and weird than the other. After tossing and turning for half a night, still not sleepy, Luo Yin simply sat up, opened the pane, and looked at the dark sea and the inky sky outside. Through the hazy moonlight, you can faintly see the faint scale light on the sea in the distance, and the sound of the waves coming and falling from the tide is dull and clear.

In the house of the village chief Liu Changsheng, the candles were bright, and Liu Changsheng, Liu Lingkong and Lu Tieshou were sitting around several cases at the moment, and a pot of tea was placed on the case.

"Iron hand, are all arrangements in place?" Liu Changsheng said.

"Two teams of guards have been arranged to take turns on duty from tonight. Lu Tieshou replied, and then he poured another cup of tea, and said with a sigh of relief: "I took someone to just come back from the accident area where the guards were salvaged, and carefully searched the area, except for finding half of the broken blade, nothing was found. ”

As he spoke, he placed the half-truncated blade he found on the case, "Judging from the shape, this is the sword of the Jialan clan, which should be that of a heavily armored samurai." ”

Liu Changsheng glanced at the thick blood stains and tooth-like fractures on the broken blade, sighed and said: "It seems that they had a vicious fight, and this one is not good, the strength is strong, even this black iron heavy sword has been broken, such a strong person, it is really rare......"

"If you want to come to our fishing village, you must pass through the Jialan Peninsula, there are dozens of villages of our nationality and nearly a hundred guards on this peninsula, even if a bird passes through, it will be detected, but there is no suspicious trace report before, and this vast sea, here for hundreds of miles, except for the island of Jialan Island in the southwest, there are no other islands, where did these people come from?" Lu Tieshou asked.

"Well, that's true, I'm also wondering about this question, and I think this murderer must not have left yet, he is lurking on this peninsula, Iron Hand, tomorrow morning, I will send someone to inform the other villages and towns, strengthen vigilance, and be careful to take precautions. Liu Changsheng said.

"Yes, village chief. Lu Tieshou replied.

Only Liu Lingkong remained silent, holding the broken blade in his hand and examining it carefully over and over again, his brows furrowed. At this time, he spoke: "No, don't make a public announcement about it for the time being." ”

"Why is that?" Liu Changsheng asked.

"I don't know the purpose of the comer, so don't startle the snake yet. Besides, the murderer has already left my Jialan territory. Liu Lingkong said calmly.

"How do you know for sure the murderer is gone?" said Lu Tieshou, puzzled.

"Look!" With that, Liu Lingkong raised the broken blade and gently wiped the blood bumps on the blade with his fingers, revealing a few blood-stained white beast hairs.

"Ah...... Could this be.... Shadow Knight?" Liu Changsheng looked surprised, but the deer iron hand on the side still didn't quite understand: "Shadow Knight?"

"It's the Shadow Knight, if I'm not mistaken, the white fur is from the Shadow Knight's frostwolf mount. Liu Lingkong explained, "The Shadow Knight is the elite killer of the Shesheng Clan, the number is only a few dozen, but it has a very powerful and terrifying power, even the black-robed mage and the Moon Knight of my Dawn Alliance may not be their opponents. ”

"It's so powerful?" said Lu Tieshou in surprise.

Liu Lingkong nodded at him and continued: "But the most terrifying thing is that this Shadow Knight comes and goes like the wind, the speed is extremely fast, and when the short soldiers are connected, they are as fast as arrows, and they can not get close, and when they run long distances, they can travel thousands of miles at night and eight hundred times a day. ”

"So you mean, if the murderer was a Shadow Knight, he would have been hundreds of miles away at this moment?"

"Exactly. ”

Liu Changsheng sat aside, took a sip of a cup of hot tea, thought for a moment and said slowly: "In the past thousand years, although there have been wars on the northern border, the Shesheng clan has always been afraid of the power of my dawning tribes, and they live in the glacial plateau at the northern end of the continent, and they dare not make a big move. Now he suddenly sent the Shadow Knights to travel across the entire continent and come to my fishing village in the South China Sea, what are you doing?"

"I'm afraid it's not a good sign!" Lu Tieshou sighed.

Liu Lingkong looked at Liu Changsheng and Lu Tieshou, silent, with a solemn expression, looking at the candlestick thoughtfully, a heavy uneasiness began to rise in his heart.