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"Help, help, kill. Dora's terrible screams echoed through the ruined city in the night.

In the afternoon, when Pannis made a request to spend the night in the city, the three girls did not ask the reason at all, and directly expressed their support, and Dora's strong objection was completely rejected by the girls. After that, the girls escorted Dora and searched half of the city again, and found many traces of suspected thieves in some well-kept rooms. Time passed quickly, and the sky gradually darkened, and the five of them found a well-preserved house, cleaned a clean open space in the living room of the house, and lit a bonfire.

"You screamed, you screamed and cut your throat and no one came to save you, hehehehehe. "Pannis sat by the fire, and while sorting out the flesh of the wolf's leg that had been cut from the black wolf that he had killed in the morning, he smirked in a very sinister voice, and his sly expression looked dark and evil in the light of the beating fire.

"Let me out, I'm going to get out of here. Dora folded her knees and curled up in the corner, crying with tears in her eyes, "Let me out." ”

"Where can you go?" said Pennis, smiling wickedly, in a very strange tone, "In a small haunted town, dark clouds obscured the moon in the sky, and it was pitch black all around, and there were some strange soft noises from the ruins from time to time. The girl rider escapes from the only shelter and finds herself in an even more terrifying situation, hahahaha, it's so funny. ”

"Ahhhh Dora covered her ears: "You are too much, I trust you so much, you actually treat me like this." ”

"Then who can blame you? If you want to blame, blame yourself for believing the wrong person. Pannis sneered: "Now everything is up to you." ”

"Uh-huh, you two. Catherine had been watching the interaction between the two people coldly, and finally couldn't help it, and coughed dryly: "Have you had enough?"

"Enough fun. Dora and Pannis quickly converged their expressions at the same time, and replied seriously.

"When you've had enough, come over and get down to business. Catherine squinted and waited for the two: "If you keep making trouble, I'll blast you all out." ”

"Yes, Senpai-san. Dora, with her hands and feet, took a few steps back to the fire and sat down: "I'm ready, sir." ”

"After searching in the afternoon, I had a little idea. Catherine took out her search records and re-examined them: "It can be seen that they originally had the intention of staying in permanence, and some beds, tables and chairs have begun to be built in many hidden rooms, such as the ones we just moved over." If they were just passing through, they wouldn't have built these. Judging by the amount of furniture made, they will not be here for more than three days. ”

"Marks of a fight were found around the furniture, which had been made or had not yet been built. Lina continued, "Not just one place, many traces. This shows that they were attacked violently, and it was a sudden attack, so sudden that they didn't even have time to assemble in advance, and had to fight separately in different rooms. ”

"But according to the results of Pannis's examination of the bodies, there were no fatal injuries on them. Catherine said, "So so, Pannis. ”

"That's right. Pannis nodded: "Although the corpse has begun to melt, there are always some clues." I am sure that the vast majority of corpses, if any, have ordinary wounds, and there are basically no fatal external injuries. ”

"Very well, then let's restore it. Catherine looked down and thought for a while before she spoke, "About thirty days ago, well, no, about thirty-three days ago......"

"Thirty-six days. Pannis corrected: "It can be basically confirmed that the exact time of death of those people is thirty-three days ago, and I will talk about the specific reasons later, you continue first." ”

"Well, then, thirty-six days ago, the main force of the thieves arrived here, ready to use the rumors of the haunting to use this place as a hiding place. Catherine held her chin in her hand and thought as she said, "They have been stationed here for three days, and they have begun to tidy up their rooms and make simple things to prepare for a long stay." During these three days, they did not receive any attacks, everything was calm. ”

"Three days passed, and thirty-three days ago. Catherine continued: "It must have been at night, and Lina found the oil lamp running out of oil in most of the rooms where there were signs of habitation, indicating that the owner of the oil lamp must have lit the oil lamp before he died, so it must have been at night, and they were suddenly attacked. Some died, others fled outside to assemble against the enemy, but a large number of people still died. Judging from the number of corpses, I am afraid that they account for about half of the total number of them. The rest survived, seemingly victorious, and then they gathered the bodies, then regrouped the supplies and quickly left the place. ”

"Now, there are several possibilities for their enemies, people, monsters, and ghosts. Lina continued to analyze: "First of all, the Warcraft can be ruled out, first, if the enemy is a Warcraft, there is no reason to leave so many corpses, and second, you find that there are no animals here, not even the insects after the autumn, this is a dead land, and it is unlikely that there will be a large number of Warcraft." Well, the rest are people or ghosts. If it's a human, since the corpse has no external injuries, it can only be toxins, illusions, or psychic magic, Vivien, can you detect these?"

Vivien hung her head, completely unresponsive.

"Vivien, Vivien. Lina shouted twice, seeing that Vivian still didn't move, she couldn't help it, so she picked up the novel that was put aside very easily, and slapped it continuously on the blue soft hat on Vivian's head: "Stupid, come back to your senses." ”

"Huh?" Vivien said angrily, holding her head, "Stupid Lina, why did you hit me." ”

"What the hell are you thinking? Lina said angrily.

"The magic inequality derived from the directional equation frames the danger of compound magic. Vivien replied solemnly: "And the results of the reaction of those spores catalyzed by igneous phosphorite powder in a high magic environment. ”

"I don't really want to know the answer, stupid. Lina whimpered and covered her eyes, and said in despair: "Forget it, ask you again, people here may die of toxins, illusions or psychic magic, can you detect it?"

"Illusion and psychic magic? No kidding. Vivien's eyes widened, and she looked incredulous: "These people are scattered in half of the city, and even the demigods can't release illusion or spirit magic on such a large area at the same time. ”

"What if more than one mage cooperates?" Catherine asked.

"Find at least six legendary mages, or fifty gold-level mages, otherwise it's impossible. Vivien replied in the affirmative, "The problem is, if there were that number of standers, they would have wiped out all of the thieves at will, and there would be no trouble at all." ”

"What about toxins, is it possible to use toxins?" asked Catherine.

"At least I didn't detect it. Vivien replied: "It is definitely impossible to detect in the open air, but these people are suspected to have been attacked inside the room, which is a closed environment, and thirty days should not be enough for the toxins to completely dissipate, but I haven't detected it, so it shouldn't be caused by toxins in the air, unless it's food and water, I can't help it." ”

"It won't be food and water. Pannis slowly roasted the wolf leg meat skewered one by one, tore off a piece and tasted it, and sprinkled some seasoning on it before raising his head and continuing: "It's called a thief group, how can there be a few full-time thieves. With the thieves' ability to distinguish toxins, the toxins in food and water cannot hide from them. ”

"Well, it's almost certain that they've been attacked by ghosts. Catherine said, "Then the problems are easy to explain, and they did not win in the end, but held out until dawn, and the ghosts disappeared with the dawn." Then they took advantage of this opportunity and quickly fled. ”

"Actually, I think it's a ghost. After carefully cutting the fragrant skewers, and putting them on wooden plates in the luggage, and after giving them to each girl, he did not eat his own portion, but stood up and went to the window, looked at the sky, and said, "Because I remembered what day it was." ”

"Huh?" Catherine thought for a moment, but didn't have a clue: "What day?"

"Today is the thirty-third. Pannis replied briefly.

"Demonic night?" Catherine was stunned and shouted in surprise, "Lilith, the Lady of the Blood Moon?"

"Yes, today is the day of the full moon of Lilith in the Scarlet Moon. Pannis raised his head, the dark clouds in the sky had dispersed, the silver Mia, the blue Lucia, the blood-colored Lilith, the three bright moons hung high in the night sky, Lilith was in a perfect circle, covering the brilliance of the other two bright moons with a blood-red light: "The day of the full blood moon is also the day when the energy of death is the fullest, the day when the dead return." This is the night of demons, the feast of the dead. ”

"So you must have been killed thirty-three days ago by the members of the Thieves. Catherine suddenly realized: "Thirty-three days ago was also a demonic night. ”

"Yes, I think they were unfortunate enough to join the festival of the dead. Pannis nodded and replied, "As a sacrifice, of course." But it doesn't matter if they are lucky or unlucky, since they are going to stay here for a long time, they will encounter it sooner or later, after all, there are a large number of undead sleeping here. ”

"Are you sure?" said Catherine.

"It was just a guess before, but from the moment the clouds cleared, I could be sure that I felt a lot of ghosts waking up from their slumber. Pannis looked at the blood moon in the sky, his expression was very strange, with sadness, with self-deprecation, and seemed to have a little nostalgia: "Believe me, no one knows the world of the dead better than me, no one ......"

"I believe, I certainly do. Catherine looked at Pannis's strange expression, and although she didn't understand, she said with some sympathy.

"I believe it too. Lina grinned and said, "Your judgment is rarely wrong." ”

"Oh. This was Vivien's reaction.

"Wait. Dora suddenly jumped up from the fire, pointed at Pannis, and said, "You say, are you sure there are a large number of undead here, and they are waking up from their slumber?"

"That's right. Pannis replied.

"Don't forget, four or five hundred people died at the hands of these undead. Dora reminded Pannis.

"There is no golden rank in the corpse, what are you worried about. I'm not worried about it yet. "Pannis is indifferent.

"Who can be sure of this kind of thing. Dora crossed her arms and seemed to feel a little cold: "Why do you have to stay in this kind of hellish place, you don't know if you die here." ”

"Briana. Pannis said.

"What's that?"

"The name of the city. Pannis said, "Now you won't know where you died." ”

Dora opened her mouth wide and was stunned for a long time: "The point is not this, the point is, we may be killed by ghosts, why are you still so unhurried?"

"There's a ghost behind you. Pannis gestured behind Dora's back.

"Ahh Dora jumped straight into Catherine's arms.

"Lie to you. Pannis shrugged, his face gloomy: "Let's eat, sleep for a while after eating, it won't be peaceful tonight." ”

"I see. A smile appeared on Catherine's face, "So it's here, thank you, Pennis." ”