By noon, Mister and Randall had finished their work, and after a casual meal of heated dry food, they left the ruins and moved towards the settlement they had established some time ago.

That settlement wasn't very far from the ruins of the White Hart Tribe, and Leo adjusted his speed through psionic wings, so that the group had already returned to the settlements of Mister and Randall at nightfall.

However, when they reached the outside of the settlement, where they could clearly see the houses inside, Leo, Sylvia, and Tessa Mocha all frowned, because they all noticed that something was wrong with the settlement, and it stands to reason that in such cold weather, there must be a fire, and the chimneys should be smoking, but none of the chimneys of any houses came out.

Compared to Leo and the others, Mister and Randall obviously did not notice these circumstances, and after entering the settlement, they could not wait to shout loudly: "Old Taylor, Cripple Quinn, Robert, Little Mister, we are back!"

However, when their excited voices spread, they did not get a single response, and at this moment they also sensed that something was wrong, and after one glance at each other, they quickly rushed towards the nearest house, and then opened the door and entered the house, followed by a frightened shout.

At this time, Leo's spiritual network had opened outward, enveloping this small settlement, and he soon understood the situation in the settlement.

There were one or three corpses in the room, all of them were lying on the beds, and the heads of the corpses had been cut off, and it seemed that all the dead had been attacked and killed in their sleep, and the murderers then cut off their heads and took them away, and the only people who would do so were the bounty hunters who were attracted by the bounty.

"No! no!" Mister and Randall rushed out of the house in a panic, and then separated and ran to the other rooms to check on the situation, but the results were the same, and their shouts gradually dipped into crying.

Compared to Leo, Sylvia and Tessa Mocha were not aware of the situation inside the house, but they could also see that something was wrong from all the signs, and they entered a house to check the situation, and what they saw made them feel extremely angry.

Because, such tragedies and scenes make them empathize.

Although witch hunting is no longer thriving, the church has even accepted witches, and even the Orthodox Church has recruited witches like Sylvia, but the bounty for witch hunting has always been hanging in the underground world, and it has not been canceled, and no one dares to take this kind of work with knowledge.

In the past, the situation of witches was not much different from that of these mutated fugitives in front of them, they were hunted down as prey, and after being killed, they were beheaded and exchanged for money, even if Sylvia and Tessa Mocha had not experienced such hard years, they could still understand what kind of situation it was from the records of their predecessors, and now this scene awakened bad memories in their hearts, and made them feel extremely angry.

"Can you track those brutes?" asked Sylvia towards Tessa Mocha.

Tessa Mocha, who was born in the jungle of the Moisan Heath, did not respond immediately, but she had already begun to check the clues around her, and used her ability to try to find the whereabouts of the bounty hunters who had done these evil things, but after carefully examining them, she could only shake her head regretfully and said, "It's been too long, and the ice storm has blown away all traces, so I can't find any clues to their departure." ”

Sylvia had a disappointed look on her face, even Tessa Mocha couldn't find any trace of the killer's departure, and she was afraid that she would have a hard time finding useful clues.

By this time, Mister and Randall had already controlled their grief, and the tears still flowed uncontrollably, and when these tears slipped down, they quickly froze in such a very low temperature, sticking to their faces to form an ice mask.

Although they have not been with these people for a long time, after all, they fled together and passed through the dangerous Black Forest swamps together, so they can be said to be comrades-in-arms who share weal and woe, and their feelings are naturally not low.

Originally, they wanted to ask Sylvia to help find the murderers and avenge these people, but they happened to hear Tessa Mocha's words, and their faces gradually showed a look of despair.

"Clue ......" Leo on the side suddenly spoke, and then walked to a room not far away, and after a while, he took out something similar to an ornament, handed it to Sylvia, and said: " This thing is incompatible with the furnishings in that room, it should not be the owner's belongings, there are a lot of blood stains on it, it is stuffed under the table, it seems that the owner of the house is not dead when he was killed, and he is dragged down from the man, hoping that someone can find those bounty hunters according to this thing and avenge them. ”

"That's old Taylor's house," said Mister, "who was the captain of our evacuation team and had saved many people in the swamp. ”

"People here must have been drugged. Leo continued: "There are some stews of beasts on the tables in all the rooms, and it seems that someone has put a drug on the beast that can make people unconscious, and then wait for the people here to take the beast back, stew it into a broth, and after everyone eats it, after they are unconscious, enter the village and kill them. ”

Sylvia listened to Leo's analysis, and looked at the metal ornament in her hand, but in her eyes, this metal ornament was an ornament with the characteristics of the Northland tribe, and there was nothing peculiar.

Sylvia didn't understand the details and origin of the ornament, so she had to give it to someone else, and Tessa Mocha didn't see anything special about it after taking it.

"Can you show me?" Randall asked suddenly.

Tessa Mocha handed it over.

Randall took the ornament and looked at it, with a look on his face that was both shocked and confused.

"Do you see where this thing came from?" asked Sylvia, noticing the look on Randall's face.

"Yes. Randall nodded and said, "A few months ago, before the mutations appeared, Mister and I participated in an expedition to the Northlands to investigate the situation of the Northlands tribes. At that time we met a tribe of merchants in the Northlands, they called the Longhorn tribe, and they were very friendly at that time, not only agreeing to let us join their tribe and document their lives, but also taking us to other tribes to learn about the life of the tribe there, and this settlement was also told to us by that tribe. The ornament is called Kakatupa, and it is worn by the warriors of their tribe who have weathered the cold of winter. ”

"So the people who came here were killed by the Horned tribe. Sylvia said in a deep voice.

"No way! they are very friendly, they have been very friendly during the time we have been with them, and it is also clear from the mouths of the other tribes that they are a peaceful tribe......"

"The reason why they are peaceful is because you were still normal people at the time, and now everyone here is all mutants, and they are all dominant mutants, and they are likely to change their attitude. Leo said in a cold tone: "Didn't you mention before, the attitude of the entire Velen Continent towards mutants is very bad, although on the surface, only the Hanosa Alliance officially announced the ban on mutants, but it is unknown whether the Fran Empire and the United Kingdom of France have done anything secretly, and the attitude of the underground organizations of these countries may also be problematic, with more contact between the North and the South, they may not be affected, and even in their opinion, the people here are not even inhuman." ”

Hearing Leo's words, Mister and Randall didn't know what to say, and although they wanted to refute Leo's words, they couldn't find any way to refute them, because in their subconscious, they all already thought they were inhuman.

"Do you want to avenge them now?" Sylvia asked in a deep voice, looking at the two of them who were a little lost

Mister and Randall showed hesitation on their faces, looked at each other, seemed to understand each other's thoughts, and nodded: "Yes, I want to avenge them!"

Sylvia asked, "Since you have followed the longhorn tribe for a while before, should you know the whereabouts of the longhorn tribe?"

"Yes. Mister nodded, and said, "I have spoken to them, and they say that after the winter, they will go to Ferut for the winter, and only the young people of the tribe who have participated in the Winter Parade and their guides will continue to walk in the Northlands until they have killed enough prey for merit, and then they will return to Ferut." ”

"Ferrut, is it Ferrut at the end of Nagato Avenue?" Sylvia asked in a confirmatory manner.

"Yes. Mister nodded in acknowledgement.

Leo on the side also searched for information about Ferut in his mind after hearing this, there are many connecting channels between the French Empire and the Northland, but one of the roads often taken by the people of the French Empire is the Nagato Avenue, this road is a passage built by the French Knight King after he ascended the throne and became the French Emperor, because a large number of stone walls showing the merits of the previous French emperors were built at both ends, and it looks like a gate extending into the distance from a distance, so it has the name of Nagato Avenue, and the original name has long been forgotten.

To the south of Nagato Avenue is the Lance County, one of the royal domains and the main recruiting ground for the Royal Guard, and to the north is Ferut, the largest city in the Northlands and also known as the City of a Thousand Hordes by some who have been to the Northlands.

Although the tribes of the Northlands had adapted to city life, they still liked to live in tents, so they built their houses in the shape of tents on purpose, so much so that except for a few buildings in the Flange style, the rest of the buildings in Ferrut were tent-like buildings, and from a distance they looked like countless tents were being installed in the city.

In the past, the tribes of the Northland used to find their own places to spend the winter, but now almost all the tribes will concentrate on the big city of Ferrut, because in this large city not only have strong walls and houses to block the wind and snow in the north, but also have enough supplies to allow them to spend the winter comfortably.

So when Mister mentioned that the Horned Tribe would spend the winter in Ferrut, Leo didn't show any surprise.

"It seems that they have taken the mutant refugees here as prey," Tessa Mocha is no stranger to this kind of winter parade, in fact, there are still many tribes in the wasteland tribes of Moissanite that are carrying out similar warrior parades, so she asked, "What are those feats?

"Hmm!" Mister nodded and said, "They will estimate the merit according to the value of the prey, and the higher the value of the gift, the greater the merit." ”

"This means that the bounty on the Mutant has now spread to the tribes of the Northlands. Tessa Mocha analyzed: "Only the high bounties for the mutants can make the mutants here have the value of being preyed, otherwise, the pilgrims of the Longhorn Tribe will not be able to risk and waste time against the people here." ”

"It's all our fault. Landauer suddenly blamed himself at this time and said: "We brought them here and let them settle here, and those pilgrims of the Longhorn tribe probably also wanted to come here to escape the storm before they found out about them, and it was all our fault." ”

Hearing Randall's words, Mister opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, and his face showed strong self-reproach and guilt.

"It's useless to talk about these things now. Sylvia pulled the two out of her self-reproach and asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

When Mister and Randall heard this, they were a little dazed, because their idea had always been to settle down here, live a secluded life, and study the customs of the Northland tribes.

But now the sight shattered their illusions, making them realize that the Northlands were not a haven for mutants like them, and that it was just the beginning, and that in the future, more Northland tribes might join in the hunt for mutant escapees, and that the Northlands might be more dangerous than the countries of the South.

When the two were overwhelmed by their future lives, Sylvia proposed: "I give you two choices, one is that I send you to the port of Venaya, which is the real refuge for you mutants, and the second is that I put you in the United Kingdom, although the United Kingdom's attitude towards the mutants may not be too good, but with my relationship, it should not put you in danger." ”

Hearing this, the two glanced at each other and quickly gave their choice.