In the universe where the Earth Federation is located, there are as many civilizations as bright stars, and the Earth Federation is not the most powerful among these civilizations, it is only average, and there are several civilizations that divide the control area by galaxies are the real imperial overlords, and the High Elf civilization is such a civilization.

The high elf civilization is just the name of this civilization by the people of the Earth Federation, because the main race of the high elf civilization is very similar to the elves in various myths and legends of the earth in terms of appearance, culture and architecture, etc., so that people who see them for the first time mistake them for elves, and finally there is such a name that only circulates within the Earth Federation, in fact, they themselves call themselves Yagu, which means the source in the language of the universe.

As one of the oldest races in the universe, the High Elf civilization is also the earliest civilization to involve subspace, and it is rumored that High Elves have even built psionic fortresses that reside in subspace, which are not only cities, but also lighthouses, and are the frontier against subspace monsters.

Although the Earth Federation has been in contact with subspace, the research on subspace is still very shallow, just scratching the surface, most of the knowledge about subspace comes from several cosmic advanced civilizations, and the high-elf civilization with the deepest exploration of subspace is one of them, and the subspace guide they publish once every thousand years can be said to be the vane of cosmic civilization exploration of subspace.

The theory of the existence of creatures in the subspace first appeared in the subspace guide published by the High Elf civilization, and after the past few thousand years, the High Elf civilization finally named the subspace creatures as strange monsters, and introduced some common strange monsters in detail, and the Dreaddemon is one of them.

There has been no conclusion on whether there are really creatures or strange creatures in the subspace, and those who are subservient to the high elf civilization believe in this statement, while other independent civilizations such as the Earth Federation are skeptical of this statement, because these civilizations have sailed in the subspace countless times, but have never seen the legendary strange monsters.

It's just that Leo is different from the others, his experience of a subspace voyage allows him to be sure that the subspace monsters are real, and because of this experience, he has taken the initiative to collect a lot of information about the subspace monsters, and among these materials, the information of the Dreaddemon is the richest.

There is no mention of the appearance of the Dreadnom in any of the sources, and several civilizations believe that the Dreadnom does not exist at all, and that it should be some kind of subspace psionic wave, which can affect the thoughts and emotions of living beings, causing people to have uncontrollable fear, and then go berserk.

It's just that all the sources believe that fear is the basis of the existence of the fear demon, and the strength of the fear demon is also related to the emotion of fear, and the stronger the fear, the stronger the power of the fear demon.

The reason why Leo thinks that the tragedy in Fish City is related to the Dreaddemon is that the form of the tragedy is strikingly similar to some of the cases recorded in the materials he has seen in the past, both of which are sacrificial slaughter scenes, and they all have a series of similar massacres that occur in the same area at regular intervals.

"Looks like we'll need to take another look at the murder scene tomorrow!" Leo thought as he lay down on the cleaned table and closed his eyes.

The night was uneventful, and when Leo woke up, it was already sunset, and the defenses arranged around the station were intact, indicating that no one was approaching the place.

Leo cleans up the dust from a pond outside the house, cleans up the trap he had set up last night, and then sets off for the murder scene in Fish City.

While the city of Miria is in ruins, with millions of refugees struggling to survive, the morning market in Fish City is still the same, even busier than it used to be. The Empire blocked all access to Miria City, but it was unable to completely seal off the river, let alone restrict the movement of fish, so the fishermen along the river were still able to catch a large amount of fish every day.

In addition, the river is also the main route of smuggling channels such as the black market, and the wharf in the fish city has almost been occupied by all kinds of smuggled goods, gangs, black markets and all kinds of underground forces have gathered here to collect their own live goods, and a large number of refugees have also gathered here to see if there is an opportunity to buy some cheap goods from here.

Leo slipped through the crowd and into the alleys of Fish City, where he soon came to the house where the murder had taken place.

Although a night has passed, the curious people around have not decreased, and the people in the black market are still guarding the area around the house, strictly forbidding others to break in.

Leo looked around at the black market guards, then walked over to a man who was significantly more dressed and said to him, "I want to go in and have a look." ”

The captain of the guard was stunned, and his face instantly showed an angry look, and he reached out and grabbed the short stick at his waist, and prepared to gather his men and teach the arrogant stranger in front of him a hard lesson.

But Leo didn't make any moves, just stretched out his hand and made a gesture in front of the captain, and the captain's expression immediately changed, his eyes became a little confused, and he followed Leo's previous request and said, "You go in and see!"

The captain's voice was loud, but it was loud enough for the other guards to hear, and the guard standing in the doorway moved out of the way as well.

Leo stepped into the room, silently recording the entire process and consumption of the Witcher Yakhi Fa Seal that he had just used the power of the nightmare to cast. Although the Witcher's Spell Seal requires nightmare power to cast, it has to be said that in terms of immediate effect, the Witcher's Spell Seal is much better than the witchcraft that requires a certain amount of time to prepare for the spell casting action and spell form.

After entering the room where the murder occurred, Leo did not use the spiritual network or psionic energy to perceive the psionic energy fluctuations around him, because according to his understanding, the Dreaddemon is the best subspace monster at psionic camouflage, as long as it does not reach the omega level of spying on the real universe, even if it is as strong as a ninth-level psionic person, it is difficult to see through the dreaddemon's psionic disguise.

The only clue to finding the Dreadnom is to look at it with the naked eye, and among the few documents Leo has seen, there are some ways to determine whether this ritual murder is the work of the Dreaddemon, and through these methods, it is possible to find the traces of the Dreaddemon's habit.

Leo walked over to the corpse that had not yet been removed, used the twin sacrificial knives to peel open the corpse's scalp, carefully scraped off a thin layer of fat under the scalp, leaked the skull, and then carefully searched for marks on the skull.

"Sure enough......" Leo's gaze quickly fell on the skull near the back of his head, carefully wiping the fat and blood from the covering, revealing a mark that looked like a scar.

The Fear Mark, which is the name given to it by those cosmic civilizations, the Dreaddemon will leave an inconspicuous Fear Mark on the skull of its prey before attacking, but this mark will not necessarily be visible. Like the other corpses that Leo would dissect next, only one had this mark.

At this moment, a sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and Leo used the spirit net to check and found that someone was going upstairs, but he did not avoid it, but stayed where he was, because the person who came happened to be his acquaintance, and the person he came to meet in Miria City.

I saw that the footsteps stopped outside the door, and then someone pushed the door in, and the first thing I saw was a three-bullet thick tube revolver, this type of gun has only become popular in the dark world in recent months, because of the use of more powerful special bullets, so it also has a strong damage to some powerful dark world people.

As the door was fully opened, Ljungberg Via, who had a somewhat messy hair and a somewhat tired look, walked in, but when he saw Leo standing next to the corpse, the whole person was stunned, and it took a while to come back to his senses, try his best to suppress the shock in his heart, step into the room, put the gun away, and closed the door again, before saying to Leo: "I didn't expect you to be alive?"

"You're not the first person to think so. Leo responded.

Ljungberg asked again, "...... the people who went in with you back then?"

"It's not clear, it may be dead, or it may be alive. Before Ljungberg could finish speaking, Leo replied, and asked, "Are there any night watchmen among those men?"

"The students of the Shaman of the Wasteland are the Night Watch. Ljungberg explained, "I've been to Miria many times since I learned that the Wasteland Shaman had entered Nine Golden Oak Street. ”

"Hmm. Leo replied simply, not telling Ljungberg about the Shaman of the Wasteland, after all, even he did not know the true situation of the Shaman of the Wasteland.

Seeing that Leo was not going to say anything, Ljungberg was also very interested in not asking, let alone asking about the matter of Nine Golden Oak Street, which in his opinion was not much more important than the things he was dealing with today.

"This case is the same as it was back then. Ljungberg looked at the murder scene around him, and quickly gave an answer with his rich experience, and then asked Leo, "Are you here to investigate this case?"

"It's not. Leo responded, "Now it's just a drop." ”

"Any clues?" asked Ljungberg directly.

Leo didn't hesitate to find out, pointing to the two skulls where the Mark of Fear had just been discovered.

Ljungberg followed Leo's finger and looked at it carefully, seeing the mark as well. Although he didn't know what the mark meant, the same mark appeared on both skulls, which was obviously unusual and a clue worth following.

"Do you know what this mark is?" asked Ljungberg, turning his head to Leo.

"The dreaddemon's mark of fear. Leo replied.

"Dreadful?" Ljungberg was stunned when he heard this unfamiliar name, and then recalled in his mind the monsters and clans hidden in the crowd recorded in the Night's Watch Handbook, but did not find the answer, so he couldn't help but look puzzled, and asked Leo, "What kind of monster is that?"

Leo didn't skimp on answers, and told Ljungberg about the Dreaddemon, but he deleted the content of these materials about those cosmic civilizations.

"Subspace?" It's clear that there is still something in those sources that Ljungberg doesn't understand.

Leo didn't intend to explain it to Ljungberg in terms of the Earth Federation's scientific community interpreting subspace, but after a little thought, he said, "Subspace is a bit like the world that leads to Nine Golden Oak Street. ”

Hearing Leo's explanation, Ljungberg was even more surprised in his heart, because he had already obtained a big secret about 9 Golden Oak Street, but he did not continue to ask, because he knew very well that the less he knew about some secrets, the less harmful he would be, and it was not a good thing to be too curious.

"Is there a way to catch this monster?" Ljungberg asked in a deep voice.

Although Miria City is now in chaos, and the forces of all parties have cut Miria City into small pieces like cutting a cake, Miria City is still intact in Ljungberg's heart, and this is also the cornerstone of the future Miria Republic, and he will never allow any monsters to make trouble here.

It's a pity that the information in Leo's hand only mentions how to determine whether the murder involves the Dreaddemon, but it does not involve how to capture this subspace monster, so he can only shake his head at Ljungberg, who is full of expectations, and then thinks for a while, and says: "I can only wait for it to commit the next crime, it needs to arrange rituals in the process of committing the crime, torture the victim, and make the victim have a strong fear, so it will definitely take some time, as long as we can find it during this time, it is possible to catch it." ”

Hearing Leo's proposal, Ljungberg also nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Since you didn't come back to Miria City for this case, what did you come for?"

"I'm here for the Plague Ring. Leo said.

"I'm looking into this as well. Ljungberg's face became very gloomy and he said, "There are already some clues. ”

Leo guessed, "Your clue can't be that of the Blood Wizard Lawrence Hillman, right?"

"You've got it, too. Ljungberg was stunned and said, "Although I think the clues are a little unreliable, I think about what Lawrence Hillman has done in the past, and I feel ......."

"Not Lawrence Hillman. Leo shook his head and said, "I went to see him last night, he didn't take the Plague Ring, and he also knows that he has been framed, and now he is investigating this matter, and he has entrusted me with investigating this matter." ”

Ljungberg didn't fully believe Leo's words, but he didn't refute either, and it seems that he should continue to confirm and not do it directly. Then he asked as if talking to himself, "If it weren't for the Blood Wizard, who would it be?"

Leo pondered for a moment and analyzed: "The person who first obtains the Plague Ring must profit from the plague created, and then he must not be suspected, and finally he must be able to have the ability to end this disaster, otherwise it will really become a great plague, and things will become out of control, and no matter how big the benefits are, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the wrath of the countries." ”

After hearing this, Ljungberg couldn't help but smile and said, "Hearing you say this, I feel as if the medical school has become the murderer behind this matter." ”

"Medical school?" Leo froze, staring at Ljungberg, and a very likely guess came to his mind.