Chapter 446: Where Did the Corpses Go?
"How is this possible? Are you sure?" Antonio and Tali looked at the vampire princess in amazement, incredulous at her words, and Elizabeth replied in the affirmative, "Of course, I am the princess of the Bloodline, and I can smell the dead in the dirt, and if they are buried underneath I can know for sure." ”
"Why don't we let the Lamp God help check it. Rogge said, setting his gaze on Tali's face.
The mermaid guardian nodded in agreement, summoned the lamp god and asked him to check the tombs in the cemetery, the lamp god opened the dimensional passage through the dirt and drilled into the tomb, and checked ten tombs in a row, and found that the coffins inside were empty.
He circled the cemetery, and finally returned to the crowd and said, "All the coffins are empty, the lid of the coffin is not nailed, there are no bones in it, but there are many rotten clothes, which is very strange indeed." ”
"What's going on?" Hearing the words of the lamp god, Antonio and Tali believed Elizabeth's assertion, but their hearts became more confused, and Antonio pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be dug up in advance for burial?"
"That's impossible," Rogge waved his hand decisively, pointed to a tombstone next to him, and said, "These tombstones are carved with the birth and death dates of the deceased, how can anyone write the date of death and dig the grave when they are still alive?"
Antonio felt that it made sense, and when he was in doubt, he suddenly saw Rogge walk up to a tombstone and wave to them, saying, "Come and have a look." ”
The crowd came to him and saw him pointing to the tombstone in front of him and saying, "This tombstone is the last to be erected in this cemetery, and the deceased died a week ago." ”
He crouched down to observe the soil around the mound and said, "There is no sign of renovation, and unless someone dug up the grave after the burial procession, the possibility of tomb robbery should be ruled out." ”
"Even if it's a tomb robber, there's no need to steal the body, what's the use of them asking for the body?" asked Catherine, suspicious.
"So it's very strange that the earliest tombstone in this cemetery is five years ago, which means that this cemetery should have been newly renovated five years ago, and maybe something unknown happened in the past five years. Rogge said meaningfully as he looked at the crowd.
Everyone present except Elizabeth felt a chill in their hearts, and even the wind that blew became cold and swishing to make people break out in a cold sweat, and Rogge saw that they all had uneasy expressions on their faces, and waved his hand to interrupt their thoughts and said, "Come on, don't think nonsense, let's go to the town to find a tavern to rest for a while, and ask the boss about it." ”
The five of them left the cemetery and entered the town of Blackhardt, the town was empty and there was not a single pedestrian in sight, it was as silent as a ghost town, Rogge led the group to the only tavern in the town, and as soon as they entered, the owner greeted them and let them to a large round table in the center of the hall.
"What do you want?" the slender boss asked, with a mustache and a warm smile on his face, as he looked at everyone from head to toe with two shrewd eyes.
"Give me the menu, I'll order it!" Little Lori raised her little hand and shouted to the boss, the boss agreed, walked to Little Lori's side with small steps, smiled and handed over the menu to her, and introduced her to the specialty dishes in the store.
Lilith ordered a dozen of her favorite dishes in one go, then looked up and asked everyone, "Do you have anything else to order?"
"Do you think we'll be able to finish this meal before midnight if we order it any more?" asked Rogge, leaning his arm on the table and looking at her with his hand on his cheek.
"It's okay, we can stay open all night, as long as you have fun!" said the boss with a smile on his face.
Seeing this, Lilith returned the menu to the boss and asked him to bring the dish he had just ordered, and the boss immediately handed the menu to the waiter and sent it to the back kitchen, and was about to leave, when Rogge beckoned him over and asked, "Where have all the people in your town gone?" Why is there no one on the street?"
"I heard that the bandit emperor on the other side of the bandit city was killed, and the people in the town ran to rob him of the money from the treasure house. The boss said with a gossipy smile.
"Then why didn't you go?" asked Rogge, looking at him with interest.
"Hey, why should I rob them?" the boss smiled indifferently and said, "There is only one tavern of mine in this town, even if they rob more money, they have to come to me to buy my wine and eat my food, and in the end, it's all mine?"
Rogge laughed when he heard this, patted the boss on the shoulder with his hand and said with a smile: "Boss, you are really smart, I like to chat with you tavern owners, all of them are well-informed, and they are very happy to chat!"
"Where, it's my greatest pleasure to talk to a traveler like you!" replied the boss with a humble smile.
"By the way, let me ask you about something, when we came, we saw a cemetery outside the town, it seems to have been newly built in recent years, why is the cemetery built at the gate of the town, is there anything special?" Rogge asked with a smile.
After hearing this, the boss groaned slightly, and said with admiration: "You are really different from mortals, you just came to us, and you know that the cemetery is newly built, and the cemetery was indeed repaired five years ago, because there is no vacant land in the old cemetery before, so it was repaired." ”
Speaking of this, the boss glanced around mysteriously, lowered his head and said to everyone: "But ah, since this cemetery was repaired, there have often been strange situations in the town, which have lasted for several years, there are children who have disappeared inexplicably, there are townspeople or travelers who have died mysteriously, and people who have disappeared mysteriously, and they have not found out what is going on." ”
"Sounds so ......" Lilith opened her eyes wide, and screamed in horror, and everyone invariably fell on the frightened face of little Lori, only to see her little face change and pouted, "It's not scary......"
"Of course, you're scary than any other. Rogge said, slanting a glance at her.
"I'm so cute, what's scary!" retorted Lori with her little face in her two little hands.
At this time, several waiters came to the table with a steaming meal, and the boss was courteous and brought the dishes to the table with his own hands, and then bowed down with the waiters.
Looking at the table full of her favorite food, Lilith couldn't help but reach out and grab a sausage, put it in her mouth and bite it hard, a fragrant taste suddenly overflowed her mouth, and little Lori shouted in surprise: "It's delicious, I've never eaten such a fragrant sausage!"
"Little villain, do you know why I like you?" asked Rog as he took a sip of wine and tilted his head to look at Lilith.
Little Lori gulped down the sausage and asked inarticulately, "Why?"
"Because I like you like the way you haven't seen the world!" Rogge shrugged his eyebrows and smiled at the crowd.
"Stupid girl, is the bad wolf praising me?" Lilith turned back to ask Catherine who was sitting next to her with a confused face, Catherine couldn't help laughing before she could speak, and suddenly heard Lilith scream: "Oops, it hurts!"
I saw her lower her head and spit the meat in her mouth on the table, and took out a piece of it from it, and little Lori picked it up angrily and shouted, "What a stinky thing, my teeth!" was about to throw it out, Rogge reached out and grabbed it.
"Did you lose your teeth?" Rogge looked down at the thing he had taken from Lilith's hand, and glanced at little Lori in surprise, Lilith licked her sore teeth with her little tongue, shook her head, and said, "No, my teeth didn't fall out!"
"And what's the matter with this tooth?" Rogge held the thing in his palm to show the crowd, and they saw that there was a human tooth lying quietly in his palm, and it was obvious that it was not a child's baby tooth, but a mature tooth.
Seeing this, Antonio turned around and called the boss, pointed to the tooth in Rogge's hand and asked him what was going on, the boss picked up the tooth and looked at it with a surprised face, thought for a while and said, "I don't know how this happened, everyone, please wait, I'll go to the back kitchen and ask." ”
After saying that, he turned around and hurried away, and after a while, he trotted all the way back to the table, and said to everyone apologetically: "I'm really sorry, but one of the chefs in my back kitchen was drunk one day, and accidentally hit the kitchen stove and knocked out a tooth, which must have happened to fall into the meat filling for sausages." ”
Catherine and Tali frowned in disgust when they heard him say this, and the boss apologized and reached out to take the plate of sausages from the table, promising them a new plate and free of charge.
"The small shop in this remote town is really worrying about hygiene. Antonio said with a helpless sigh.
"Forget it, it's just a tooth. Tali comforted herself, picked up her fork and was about to eat when Rogge suddenly raised her hand to stop her and said, "Wait a minute." ”
He glanced in the direction of the back kitchen, and whispered to everyone: "You wait here, don't eat these dishes yet, if the boss comes and asks after a while, you will say that I have something to do, and I will come back in a while." ”
After saying that, he got up and beckoned to Lilith and said, "Come with me, little villain!"
"Where are you going, I haven't eaten yet!" asked Lori with a dissatisfied pout.
"Go find that bad guy who hurts your teeth!" Rogra strode out of the inn with her small hand, and Antonio, Catherine, Tully, and Elizabeth, who was sitting alone, all looked at his departing back with puzzled expressions, wondering what the hell he was up to.
As they watched a table of dishes, Tali took a few slices of bread from her plate and gave them to Catherine and herself, and Antonio drank silently alone, his eyes constantly staring at the door of the tavern.
After a while, the tavern owner returned to the table with a new plate of sausages, and he put the sausages on the table, and again yawned to the crowd, and suddenly found that Rogge and Lori were gone, so he asked, "Where have those two gone?"
"Oh, they've got something going on, they'll be right back. Antonio replied unhurriedly.
The boss seemed to be relieved after hearing this, smiled and nodded and turned to leave, and the four people left behind continued to silently guard a table of food in a daze, when suddenly Elizabeth's pointed ears moved, and she turned her suspicious gaze to the direction of the back kitchen.
Catherine then heard a strange sound coming from the back kitchen, and was about to tell Antonio and Tali about the situation, when she heard a scream from the back kitchen of the tavern, followed by a small scattering sound.