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"Well, okay, I'll explain. Pannis pointed to the map and said, "You see, Bob's wife and the two travelers came out of the house and walked around here, about half the distance, at the speed of a normal woman, about four or five minutes, that is, more than fifty minutes before the harvest festival began. Yes, that's it, I'll draw a circle. Then, Mrs. Schneider's husband, oh, Mr. Schneider, set out from his house and walked to the vicinity of the circle I am drawing now, and the pace of a man in the prime of life was about twenty minutes, and about fifty minutes before the harvest festival. Then, Harry's son, Harry Jr., ran from home to this point, which is supposed to take about fifteen to twenty minutes, but because Harry Jr. was chasing his father, and the child was more active, it could not be ruled out that he was running, so the time could actually be compressed to about fifty minutes before the harvest festival. ”

"At the same time, around here, around here, and here. Pannis pointed to three areas on the map in turn: "Someone is missing in these three locations. If Mr. Brown's father had gone this way, as I had guessed, he would have added this area, well, now clear. ”

"It's ...... A circular area. Milak drew his finger on the map.

"Yes, circular areas. Pannis drew a circle that covered the entire area: "In the early morning, before dawn, when there were very few pedestrians on the streets, these people disappeared at the borders of this range. It's a lot like the hunting behavior of a monster or beast, and it's a monster or beast that is very clever enough to avoid large crowds. ”

Milak sweated a little: "This monster is still hiding in the village?"

"I don't know. "But what we're going to do now is to go to the center of this circle first, do you know whose house it is?"

Milak leaned in and recognized: "I'll see, well, this should be the Ryan family, a very ordinary family." ”

"Let's go check it out. Pannis stood up: "Hopefully my speculation is wrong." ”

Lane's house was indeed a very ordinary family, with a low courtyard wall built of stone one person high, loosely surrounded by a wooden fence at the top, and the wooden gate was closed and locked from the inside, and no one responded to the knock on the door for a long time. At the signal of Pannis, Pastor Milak tentatively knocked on the courtyard door next door, fortunately, there was an old man next door at home, Milak and the old man had a brief chat, and walked back with a heavy face.

"Mr. Pannis, it seems that your speculation is correct. Milak stared at the wooden door of Ryan's house and said, "The neighbor said that he hadn't seen the Ryan family since yesterday, and besides, it seems that his man didn't go to the shouting field before the memorial service this morning." ”

"Let's go in and have a look. Pannis deftly climbed over the fence and opened the gate from the inside, and the four of them entered the courtyard of the Rhine house. Everything was normal in the yard, the farm tools were neatly placed at the door, the washed clothes were hung on the ropes, and the goods for the harvest festival were still in the trolley in the corner, and everything was normal in the backyard. The only thing that was not normal was that the room facing the courtyard gate was open, and the door was not closed.

The house is not big, there are only three rooms in total, and the door is a small room as a dining room, with a bedroom to the left and a kitchen to the right. Everything was as usual in the room, with no sign of confusion, and there were even bread and soup on the table.

Pannis walked to the table, approached the food and sniffed it: "Potato soup, it should have been at noon the day before yesterday, and it has been sitting for two days." ”

"Pastor Milak. Lina asked, "How many people are in his family?"

"It's just the two of them, they're still young, and they haven't had children. The pastor replied.

Lina walked around the house a few times, walked to the kitchen, and said as she thought about it, "If I were Mrs. Lane, I was making lunch, and I heard a strange noise, and then ...... No, there was nothing else, all their lunches were on the table, so I had just finished making lunch and put the food on the table, and everything was still normal. And then what should I do? I should go and call my husband to dinner. But the gate is still locked, so it seems that I didn't go out of the yard, so the problem is out of the yard. Ashley, that's right. ”

After saying a word to someone, Lina continued to think and said, "Then, I pushed open the door and walked out. Oh, yes, you're right, you can leave the door open in your house during the day, and that door doesn't mean anything. However, if my husband is also in the house, then the next step is to sit down and eat, and I won't go out, even if something happens outside, it is my husband who goes out to see the situation, and I hide in the house. Eun, thank you for the reminder, it should be me who went out of the house to call my husband for dinner. The front yard can be called through the door, so the problem should be in the backyard. Let's go to the backyard and have a look. ”

"Wait. Just as he was about to walk through the narrow path between the house and the courtyard wall to the backyard, Pannis suddenly grabbed Lina: "Look. ”

"Footprints. Lina leaned down and looked at the dirt floor for a moment, "It's indeed a woman's footprint, but this footprint is too deep, is she still carrying any heavy objects?"

"Three days ago. Milak replied in the affirmative: "In the glory of the goddess, it will not rain for two days before the harvest festival, so I remember it very well." ”

"That's right, it rained three days ago, and two days ago, the day before yesterday, the ground hadn't dried yet, so the footprints were deeper but there was no blurring of the boundaries of the footprints in the mud. Moreover, there are only footprints that lead to the backyard, and there are no ones back. Lina nodded and said, "That is, I ended, no, no, no, Mrs. Lane ended up walking to the backyard and then didn't come back." ”

Walking into the backyard, the backyard is not big, most of the ground has been cultivated into a small vegetable garden, and seven or eight rows of common vegetables are neatly planted in the vegetable garden. Next to the vegetable garden was a low and narrow utility room, the door was open, and a cellar was dug in the ground next to the utility room, and the lid of the cellar was also opened.

Lina and Pannis grabbed Milak and Lydia beside them at the same time, and the two looked at the cellar very cautiously, and Pannis nodded: "It's very likely." ”

"I don't think it's possible, it's certain. Lina stared at the cellar: "I see you brought a small package with lighting in it?"

"Yes, but there is no need to use it now. Pannis motioned for a few people to retreat to the front yard and said, "Ledia, there is probably a problem in the cellar, we are watching here, you go buy something." ”

"Yes, sir. Ladia's answer was succinct.

Pannis said: "You go and buy a few ropes, at least twenty meters each, and they must be strong." Then buy three torches and four bottles of antidote. Then ask the city guards who came with you to borrow a bow and a pot of arrows, you have been sent to maintain order, and you should also be issued with crystal lamps, preferably two. That's all. ”

"I'm sorry, sir. Lydia said guiltily, "The five of us were only given a crystal lamp. ”

"It's okay, just one. Pannis thought about it for a moment and said, "I can borrow it." ”

"Yes, sir. ”

"Then you go, and the money for the purchase will come back to you together. Pannis waved her hand and watched her leave before saying, "She's nervous, let her run to distract her." ”

Lina gave Pennis a blank look: "Pastor Milak, the following things may be dangerous, you have not participated in the battle, it is better to go back first, we will inform you if there is any situation." ”

The priest didn't insist, nodded and said a few words before turning away.

"What do you look like?" Seeing that there were only two of her own people left, Lina asked with a sigh of relief.

"Not sure yet. Pannis shook his head: "However, what comes out of the soil will not be a good thing, it will be quite troublesome." ”

"Let's go over and have a look around first?" Lina asked for Pannis's opinion, "It's just the two of us now, so we shouldn't have to worry too much." ”

"Let's go. Pannis quickly crossed the narrow path and returned to the backyard, looked around for a moment, and beckoned to Lina, who also picked up the mace and followed. Pannis pointed to himself, then to the entrance to the cellar, then to Lina, then to his feet, and finally to the surroundings. After Lina said that she understood, she adjusted her breathing slightly, but instead of going to the cellar, she jumped on the spot and jumped onto the roof.

The room was not high and only had one floor, and if you leaned down on the roof, you could not see it from outside the courtyard wall, so Pannis was relieved to half-kneel on the roof, observed the entrance of the cellar from a high height for a moment, and then slowly walked along the roof towards the cellar. Ryan's house is relatively old, and the wooden sloping roof usually creaks even if birds and beasts step on it, but when Pannis walks around, there is no sound, and he quietly comes to the top of the cellar entrance, and looks at the dark entrance, and finds that there is nothing abnormal, so he jumps to the ground with confidence and walks around the cellar.

"Come on, safe for now. Pannis whispered, called Lina to his side, crouched on the ground and pointed to the wooden cover of the cellar: "Look here. ”

"It's ...... Scratches?" Lina took off her gloves and touched the cover: "Very shallow scratches, but new. ”

"That's right. Pannis flipped the cover: "There is no lock or bolt, just a false cover." Something came out of it softly, slowly, and the lid opened. ”

"No, it didn't come out. Lina pointed to the hard soil at the edge of the cellar and said, "You see, there are a few scratches here, which should be the marks left by the claws, but there are no fronts. ”

"yes, it didn't come out. It was lying on its stomach right here and attacked Ryan. Pannis nodded.

Then it must have heard Ryan's wife's footsteps and retracted again. Ryan's wife couldn't find Ryan in the backyard, and the cellar door was open again, so she must have thought that Ryan had gone down, so she naturally came over, and then was attacked again. Lina said as she studied Ryan's wife's movements.

"Hey, I found something. Pannis shifted his position, reached into the cellar entrance, and clasped it on the wall: "This is ...... A piece of fingernails, a woman's fingernails, with blood stains on the ends, should have been torn off from a finger. ”

"Pennis, you found a problem no. Lina frowned and said, "If it's hunting, why is there no blood at all, and there is no sign of struggle? The only sign of struggle is a piece of nail stuck here?"

Pannis thought for a moment and was about to answer, when he heard Ladia in the front yard shout in a lowered voice: "Lord Pennis, Lord Lina, are you there?"

"We're in the back, you can come over directly, safe. Lina responded.