Gala... Gala...

The wooden wheels spun sharply on the path to the village of Antois, and the communication frantically flicked the reins, causing the two horses in front of him to run wild...

His driving skills, compared with the driver, are like a cloud and mud, with no beauty at all, and he simply pursues the word "fast".

No anti-theft

Thanks to him...

Ma Wei in the carriage felt like he was riding a roller coaster, and his butt would bounce off as soon as he touched the seat.

It's almost there, too.

"Phew!

！ ”

Suddenly, Lai Wenmeng grabbed the reins and forced the galloping horse to stop, and in the carriage, Ma Wei almost broke through the glass.

Fortunately, after entering the line of fire, in order to save space, he let the cat man return to its original state, otherwise this time the cat would have been injured.

"Boss, come out and see!"

"What's wrong?"

In the call of the communication, Ma Wei pushed the car door, and Xiao Hei, Ah Hua, and Friday swarmed down and ran forward.

The communication crouched in the middle of the road, with a corpse in front of him.

A thick stench wafted from the corpse and lingered.

Frowning, Mavi covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and walked over, followed by Yunia, who took out her own handkerchief in the same way.

The skin of the corpse was completely festering, and it was impossible to see the appearance, and it could only be judged from the gray linen shirt and trousers he was wearing.

"He should be a villager from the village of Antois." The communication's gaze follows the road, where a village gradually reveals the outline of a lake.

They had come to the vicinity of the village of Antois.

At this moment, the corpse's mouth suddenly opened, and a fat black-haired mouse came out, standing in front of the corpse, with a few traces of rotten flesh on the corners of his mouth, looking at the communication with red eyes, and flicking his flesh-colored tail, not afraid of people at all.

"Meow!"

Xiao Hei pounced for the first time, bit the mouse's throat, and twisted it hard...

Card it!

Before I could react, why were there still living rats, and their necks were bitten off directly, their limbs twitched a few times, and they didn't move.

"Hell! These rats are eating people! The communication exclaimed.

"There's something weirder, haven't you noticed?"

Looking at the village, Ma Wei whispered, "There is not a single crow here... Let's go, the village is right in front of you, just go and take a look. ”

"Hmm."

Nodding, the communication pulled out his withered silver cane, took a sip of wine, and headed towards the village under the protection of the cat.

The further we went, the more corpses appeared on the road, men and women, one after the other, their skin festering, but not a single maggot could be seen.

Yes, just rat after rat.

When Ma Wei and his family came to the village, they were even more stunned by what they saw.

The village was strewn together from crudely huts, crows were lying next to the corpses, the livestock in the pens were dying, and the whole village was shrouded in the smell of death, and the stench of decay rose to the sky.

Seeing this scene, Ma Wei opened his mouth, not even having the confidence to look for survivors.

The communication was pale, extremely sick to his stomach, and forced himself not to vomit.

Clutching his cane, his forehead bruised, he rushed to a corpse, whipped a rat away, and then ran to the next...

Ma Wei didn't say anything, and only after he was tired and out of breath did he pat him on the shoulder and said, "Leave the rest to Xiao Hei." ”

With only a few cats like Blackie, Ah Hua, and Friday, the speed of dealing with mice was very slow, but fortunately, at this time, Fat Orange led the other cats to arrive and join the melee.

"These rats are very combative."

After biting a few mice to death one after another, Fat Orange came to Ma Wei's side and glanced around: "These cats and cats I brought are all good people who have wandered on the streets, not only are they vigilant and fast-reflexing, but they are the best among cats when they catch mice and steal things, but even so..."

Ah Hua and dozens of other cats fell into a bitter battle, the huge mice were not afraid of them at all, dared to counterattack, full of wildness, if it weren't for the racial advantage, I am afraid that this group of rats would really not be able to help.

Fortunately, Xiao Hei, who has the power of gift, has a combat power that ordinary cats can not compare, and it rushes into the rat group, such as entering the realm of no rats, rampage, one claw and one pat, can easily kill a mouse, which can be called Zhao Zilong among cats.

Under its leadership, the rats began to rout and flee.

Fat Orange was not idle, he followed an escaped mouse, hung far behind, and chased into the woods with Ah Hua, Scarface, and Big Spot.

"All the wounded come and drink the holy water!"

Ma Wei took out a kettle prepared in advance from his arms, poured it into the bottle cap, and asked the cats who had been bitten and scratched by rats to come and lick it.

"Communication, go count the corpses, check it ... There are no survivors. ”

“.... Good. ”

"Dad, I'll do it."

Yunia took the jug from Mavi's hand and squatted on the ground, stroking the top of the injured cats while feeding them water.

Even though there were countless corpses next to her, there was not the slightest fear in her eyes.

"Aren't you afraid?" Ma Wei asked curiously.

Yunia shook her head: "They are quiet, and Yunia likes to be quiet. ”

...............................

At 11 p.m., the village returns to tranquility.

In addition to the cats that patrolled everywhere, the rats were almost killed, and the few that remained also fled in a hurry and left the village of Antois.

Mavi sat at a well in the center of the village, with a map spread out on his lap.

Sir Antois's manor, halfway up the hill to the north of the village, less than a kilometre from the village, was also the place where the fourth prince Arthur had asked them to investigate.

Once the village has been cleared, they head to the manor to investigate the cause of Sir Antois's death.

To be honest, Mavi felt that there was nothing to investigate, Sir Antois most likely died of the curse of the rat, and the whole village was killed, even the city of New Ross, which is 5 kilometers away from the village, was damaged, and Sir Antois's manor...

It must be the hardest hit area.

Having said that, though, the necessary investigation is indispensable, and in case it happens, who is sure that Sir Antois must have died of the curse?

Rigor is the key to not making mistakes!

"Dad, are you hungry?"

Yunia ate the sandwich that Mrs. Cecil had prepared, not paying any attention to the corpses around her.

"I'm not hungry, you can eat."

Although Ma Wei was accustomed to death, it was still a little difficult for him to eat among the piles of rotting corpses.

After a few more minutes, he went to search the village for the communication, and returned with Xiao Hei.

"I counted, counting the corpses we saw on the road, a total of 178." He said.

“178...”

Hearing this number, Mavi sighed: "Antois Village, there are a total of 192 permanent residents, 13 of whom work in Sir Antois's manor, plus one survivor... The numbers are right. ”

As for the information about the village of Antois, Gentleman Sean has explained everything, hoping that Mavi can find even one survivor and find out what is happening in the village.

Pity...

"Rest for 30 minutes, and we'll head to Sir Antois's manor."

"Got it."

The source sat down by the well, drinking sullen wine and having no appetite for lunch.

In silence, he suddenly asked, "Boss, you say, if the curse is man-made, should the murderer die?" ”

"From my personal subjective consciousness, of course the murderer deserves to die."

"What if the murderer has a high status and is someone we can't afford to provoke at the moment?"

"Then it depends on how he can't be provoked..."Ma Wei said expressionlessly: "If the murderer is a member of a certain big church, or from an organization we don't know, and he is powerful, we can't help him, or once we kill him, it will have an unpredictable impact on the Church of Truth, so we can't move for the time being, and we will wait until the future to liquidate." ”

"Late justice... Or is it justice? ”

"Order is in the hands of the strong, but truth is not."

Noticing the strangeness in the communication's heart, Ma Wei pondered for a moment and said: "A country needs law, just as a fish needs water and a bird needs a sky, and a country without law is a chaotic and barbaric land, barbaric and disorderly. ”

"When we seek the truth and attract more people who believe in it, we will form a force to be reckoned with."

"The so-called delayed justice, in my opinion today, is because we are not strong enough, and we cannot judge each other with the truth, which is not unacceptable."

"Today's weakness does not mean tomorrow's compromise, and today's strength does not mean tomorrow's power."

"I only hope that one day, when we have the strength to judge the other party, we will not be blinded by power, and we will not turn our backs on the truth because of our status, and this kind of justice is called fairness and justice... Do you know why I started the Church of Truth? ”

The communication shook its head.

"Because human nature needs strength to restrain it, but those in power cannot be reduced to puppets of power desires, so we need truth, the people need truth, and truth is truth, it is not a certain system, a certain thought, it is beyond human nature, beyond individual thinking, something that exists in substance."

Covering his chest with his palm, Ma Wei whispered, "It's in our hearts." ”

"You mean... Does delayed justice mean that we obviously have the strength to conduct a trial, but because of the other party's power, wealth, and status, we ignore the crime, and finally we are forced to conduct a trial under pressure from the outside world? ”

"That's right, that's called justice that's late, so we need to take the power to judge those who deserve to be punished."

"Is this the truth?"

"Justice is also within the scope of truth."

The communication's eyes gradually lit up, and the depressed mood disappeared, and he suddenly realized that the truth that Ma Wei was seeking...

There seems to be a lot in common with his ideas.

"So what are you waiting for?"

He stood up at once, pointed to the woods to the north, and said, "Let's go to Sir Antois's manor to settle this commission, and... And then..."

The sound came to an abrupt end.

Looking at the end of the village, the communication suddenly forgot what he was going to say.

One by one, the patrolling cats rushed back, their fur bursting open, as if they were greatly frightened.

Xiao Hei, who was resting on the goddess's knees, raised his head and looked more serious than ever, he raised his claws and shouted, "All gather meow!"

！ ”

The cats quickly gathered around the well, surrounding Mavi, Yunia, and Communication, looking warily at the entrance of the village, and bowing their bodies in a menacing roar.

There....

A pair of crimson eyes appeared, densely packed and numerous, like rice grains in a jar.

The rats are back.

They regrouped and gathered a few companions, a dozen of them, even as big as cats.

village

surrounded.

Compared with the swarms of mice, the number of cats gathered around Ma Wei seems to be a little inadequate.

"Squeak! Squeak squeak!

！ ”

After the assembly was completed, a sharp scream came out from the rat swarm, and then, like a black ocean, the rat swarm surged in and launched a frontal attack.

"Meow with me!

！ ”

Xiao Hei was not afraid, took the lead, led dozens of cats and cats, and bravely greeted him.

A scuffle ensued in the village.

It didn't take long for the cats to begin to retreat, and they couldn't resist the crazy attack of the mice, and a few cats were even bitten by the rats, and dragged into the rats, and in the blink of an eye, they were gnawed into the flesh and blood mold lake.

The numerical gap between the two sides is too great to be compensated by racial superiority.

It's just an overwhelming, all-devouring locust!

"Boss, what should I do?"

Knocking a fat mouse away with a cane, the communication took out the heart of the emerald jungle, took a few steps back and said, "Before I came, I left a mark outside the village that I could teleport over. ”

"So many cats, did you take them with you?" Ma Wei glanced around, and said with a gloomy face, "Put it away and use the Siren's Tears." ”

"Siren's tears?"

The source was stunned for a moment: "What can the disguise magic do?" Turn us into rats? ”

"Is that all your imagination has to offer?" Ma Wei said expressionlessly, "Give me the gem." ”

"Okay."

Getting the Siren's Tears, Ma Wei stretched out his hand to his daughter:

"Yunia!"

"Yes, Dad."

Yunia grasped his palm, and a warm current instantly poured into Ma Wei's body, and at the same time, the magnificent magic array inside the gem lit up, and a faint blue light flowed in it.

This is the pinnacle of alchemy, the crystallization of human wisdom, and the experience summed up by many people...

Siren's Tears...

How could it be just ordinary disguise magic?!

Ma Wei closed his eyes, grasped the gem tightly, and conceived a picture in his mind.

Immediately, he opened his eyes, stomped the ground lightly on the soles of his feet, and whispered: "Alchemy magic, thorny earth." ”

With the blessing of Yunia's divine power, a steady stream of power poured into the Siren's Tears, and the light became more and more intense.

Suddenly, the earth began to surge, and the source hurriedly grabbed the wooden frame on the well, stabilizing his almost toppled body, and the next second, he saw that the ground began to deform, and countless thin barbs stretched out of the ground like sharp arrows, inserting into the bodies of rats.

Before he could exclaim, the barbs began to writhe and entangle, turning into large thorn bushes, like living creatures, and began to wriggle, quickly strangling the rats...

The huge swarm of rats, only a small group of vanguard troops rushed over, and the rest were all blocked out of the thorn bushes.

"Come on!

！ ”

Seeing the opportunity, Xiao Hei reorganized the front, led the cats, and launched an attack again!