Chapter 169: Cause
The distance between Sunset Town and the ancient city is not far, and it is only a few tens of minutes away on foot, and it only takes about ten minutes to borrow a post horse. However, instead of choosing a horse, Dorranke and Ellie went on foot.
According to the information obtained from the Mercenary Association, Kate, who issued the mission, once emphasized that the mysterious life in Sunset Town did not appear recently, but has been around for a long time. It's just that the recent activity has been unusually frequent, and every time people have gone missing.
Although the Mercenary Federation also sent a large number of mercenary elites to ensure that there were no accidents during the anniversary festival, the conclusion was that there was no problem with Sunset Town. And it was also compiled into a report, which explained the investigation process in great detail, and there was nothing unusual. And the so-called "missing people" in Kate's mouth were later confirmed that they were not missing, because Kate said that most of the missing people were hunters who went up to the mountains to hunt, but the mercenaries met these people in the mountains!
It is also for this reason that the Mercenary Federation believes that Kate is a little mentally deranged.
But Dorranke knew very well that he could sense that the tawny-haired teenager was not lying, and that there was no way those eyes could deceive him. He could also guess that the senior management of the Mercenary Association could also guess that Kate was not lying, but the matter really could not be quibbled, so the Mercenary Association had no choice but to continue to hang the task, but it was no longer possible to stop the manpower from expending!
"But it's a little strange," Dolranke said suddenly, "we want to know what the mercenaries sent to Sunset Town know, and it turns out that these mercenaries are all on a mission today, is it a coincidence or something wrong?"
"It's weird. Ellie looked at Dorranke and smiled, "But they shouldn't have any reason to avoid us, can they not know that the Prophet is back to take care of this matter?"
"Yes. Dorranke nodded.
After the two of them took over the task, they also wanted to find out the mercenaries who were on the mission at that time to understand the situation, but what they didn't expect was that all the mercenaries who went on the mission at that time were not in the Ancient City Mercenary Association. And the group of mercenaries who drove Kate away only heard about it, so they were hostile to Kate, a young man who came to the mercenary association again.
This coincidence made Dollanke feel a little uneasy in his heart
And at this moment, a guest who no one expected came to the ancient city.
"Squeak. The grocery store door opened again, and a blonde teenager walked in.
"Welcome, may I ask" The dark-haired girl who heard the sound hurried out of the back hall again, she had already sorted out the boss's baby, and greeted with a smile, "What do you need?"
The blonde boy didn't speak, but looked around and frowned, "What is this place?"
"Huh?" The black-haired girl was stunned, but also, looking at the appearance and dress of the beautiful young man in front of her, it should be the aristocratic young master who came to participate in the anniversary festival, this kind of civilian shop has never seen it is normal, the girl quickly returned to normal, explained, "We are a grocery store that sells Warcraft powder here, which is generally provided to hunters or people who live in the mountains and forests." ”
"Warcraft powder?" the beautiful boy was still frowning, and suddenly sniffed, as if he was looking for something to smell.
What's going on? Does it smell like this?
The girl was a little puzzled, although these monster powders are made from feces, but after being made by hand, they will not leave a smell that humans can smell, and they are sealed well inside the bottle, so they can't smell anything.
"It's light, but it's pure. The beautiful boy sniffed carefully for a while, and suddenly said, "It's there!"
As he spoke, the beautiful boy wanted to enter the back hall under the girl's daze eyes, as if this was not someone else's store, but his own back garden.
"Wait!" the girl immediately stopped him, with an unkind face, "Guests are not allowed to enter here. ”
"Outsiders?" the beautiful boy turned his head to look at the girl, his expression was slightly evil, "Where it has something to do with that kind of thing, I'm not an outsider." ”
The beautiful boy's brainless sentence made the girl a little puzzled, but this is not a reason to let the beautiful boy enter the back hall.
"If you make such a fuss like this, guest, I'm going to drive you away!" the girl walked forward in three steps and two steps, stopped between the beautiful boy and the door of the back hall, crossed her hands on her hips, and shouted.
The beautiful boy was silent, looking at the girl without saying a word.
The girl was a little hairy by this look, and the beautiful boy's eyes were as excited and playful as if she had seen some fun toy.
"What's your name?" asked the beautiful boy.
"My name is Rukia, Rukia Merry. The girl thought about it, but still said her name.
"Rukia Merry, you're not from the Golden Continent?" the beautiful boy asked, looking at the girl's black hair.
"No, I'm actually, why should I tell you!" the girl suddenly reacted, and said angrily, "What the hell are you here for?"
"It's okay, just take a look. The beautiful boy smiled, turned around and walked towards the door, "Nice to meet you, Rukia." ”
Before Rukia could say anything, the beautiful boy had already opened the door of the grocery store and was about to leave.
"That's right. But just as the beautiful boy was about to leave, he suddenly seemed to remember something, turned his head to Rukia and smiled, "I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Luki, Luci Doverfour, don't forget!"
"Squeak. The door closed, the blonde beautiful boy left, Rukia was stunned and froze in place, and then, as if thinking of something, suddenly realized that she hammered her hand: "Is this what the boss is talking about?
"Hahahaha, I was accosted, and the boss said that I didn't want anyone!Hmph, when he comes back, he must let him know how powerful Miss Ben is!" Lukia smiled happily, and there were words in her mouth, "Luki, Luqi Doverford? I haven't heard of this surname, I shouldn't be a foreign nobleman from the Golden Continent."
On the road outside the "manure is more expensive than gold" grocery store, Luci Doverford was leisurely heading to his next destination, not knowing that if he had come here earlier, or if Dorranke had arrived a little later, everything that would have happened would have changed.
Sunset Town, this town is named after its proximity to the peak of the mountain called Sunset Mountain.
The inhabitants of this town depend on the mountains for their livelihood, it is a village with many hunters, Sunset Mountain is very large, and there is also a little bit of Warcraft action, but it is rich in resources, so it is a very good treasure trove for experienced hunters.
But lately, there seems to be a shadow of "fear" hanging over Sunsettown, and at least for Kate, who was born and raised here, the atmosphere is so strong that he can't breathe properly.
The hunters who went up to the mountains to hunt in the town have all disappeared one by one recently, and at first everyone did not care, because sometimes it is normal for hunters to go up the mountain for even three or four days. But dozens of hunters went up the mountain, and there was no news of any of them, which was really unsettling.
And there has always been a legend in the town that this Sunset Mountain is a place where mysterious creatures live, and they will prey on humans, and no one has ever seen what they are. At first, no one believed this legend, but as the news of the hunters' disappearance spread, the legend was brought to the forefront.
And after the disappearance of the hunter, people in the town began to say that their relatives were missing!
This is different from hunters, hunters who go up the mountain may encounter all kinds of dangerous things, or other emergencies and it is difficult to come back, but the people in the town are missing, which is not normal.
The town is quickly panicked, and Kate suddenly discovers one morning that her sister, who is dependent on her, has suddenly disappeared. In a hurry, he immediately came to the Ancient City Mercenary Association and submitted a request, and the senior management of the Mercenary Association also attached great importance to it, and immediately issued a task and gathered all the mercenaries to come.
But herein lies the strange thing.
The mercenaries came to the town and learned that there were indeed many people who claimed that their relatives were missing, but before the mercenaries finished investigating, those missing relatives appeared one after another
According to them, they just go out for a walk or have fun normally, but they don't tell their families.
Although the mercenaries initially wanted to investigate if there was a problem with these people because of the number of people who disappeared all at once, and the situation was quite unusual, the residents of the town soon proved that these people were their relatives and that there was nothing wrong with them.
The mercenaries also came to the conclusion that rumors and legends caused people to panic, which led to this episode. But the root of the problem lies with the missing hunters.
So the mercenaries divided into several elite squads and went up the mountain to find these hunters.
I thought it would be a difficult task, but I didn't expect the good news to come soon, most of the hunters were found, they were just hunting some targets in the mountains that are difficult to hunt on weekdays, so they didn't go down the mountain, this situation is actually quite common. It's just because of the large number of people that the problem arises
In this way, this is simply a farce to scare themselves, the mercenaries have investigated many times, although some hunters have not been found, but other hunters tell the mercenaries that these hunters are very experienced masters, they generally hide and hunt, and even other hunters can't find them.
In this case, the mercenaries also took up their team and returned to the mercenary association. But it's not that they think Kate lied, and they didn't blame Kate at the time.
But unexpectedly, in the afternoon after the mercenaries returned, Kate came to the mercenary association again, claiming to have seen the appearance of mysterious creatures, and saw the mysterious creatures eating people!
The mercenaries were shocked, thinking that they hadn't completely discovered the problem, so they formed a team again and followed Kate to Sunset!
And this time, something happened that made the mercenaries confused and angry.
The person who had been eaten in Kate's mouth appeared in front of them again, greeting them casually. And the so-called mysterious creatures, under the means of those mercenaries who are good at tracking, have also been discovered, but they are just a third-level magical beast, and this magical beast is not carnivorous!
The mercenaries felt that they had been tricked, and they set up a team in a hurry, but it turned out to be for a mere third-level demonic beast?
The mercenary who left angrily told the other mercenaries what had happened today, and the next day, the other mercenaries saw Kate kneeling in front of the mercenary association, and this is what Dorranke saw.