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The corpse was supposed to belong to a warrior with a strong physique and burly build, wearing a half-new set of leather armor, holding a sharp double-edged battle axe tightly in his hand, and his rugged face still had a look of hideousness and fear before death. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Han Fei noticed that his chest seemed to be cut directly by some sharp blade, the tough leather armor was like paper paste that did not play the slightest defensive role, and three vertical wounds extended from the front chest to the lower abdomen, and the internal organs were also missing.

And the battle axe in his hand was not stained with any blood or traces of slashing, Han Fei guessed that the murderer's strength was much higher than that of this warrior, and he was killed on the spot under one blow, not giving him any chance to resist at all.

If it is an ordinary enemy, kill it, it is impossible to dig up all the internal organs, and the internal organs of human beings are of no value, or are they eaten? Han Fei's heart moved, could it be that it was a group of ferocious spirit beasts that attacked this small city, this place was close to the Menes Great Forest, and in the case of heavy snow blocking the mountain and food shortage, it was not impossible for spirit beasts to run out of the forest and attack humans.

He continued to search the bar, and finally found a more reliable clue on the corpse of an adventurer, which was a three-inch meniscus claw, which was embedded in the adventurer's armor, apparently falling off with too much force during the attack.

This claw blade, which obviously belonged to the beast species, verified Han Fei's guess, but if it was for food, why did these spirit beasts only devour internal organs and waste the rest? This made Han Fei fall into deep doubts, the situation in front of him was too weird.

Throwing the claw blade on the ground, Han Fei got up and left the bar, he could confirm that the massacre had happened not long ago, as there were still remnants of the bonfire in the bar's fireplace that had not been extinguished. Due to the heavy snow blocking the road, this small city was isolated on the edge of the forest, and if it wasn't for him and Emperor Yewu happened to pass through here, I am afraid it would take several days before it was known to outsiders.

If all the inhabitants of this small city were slaughtered, it would definitely be a shocking tragedy, and no one knew if such a tragedy would be staged in other towns, and Han Fei felt the need to warn the Minglan Kingdom.

It was already dark, and the small city was becoming more and more lifeless and eerie, and the Night Martial Emperor turned back from the street corner not far away to rejoin Han Fei.

"They are all dead, no living people have been found..."Emperor Yewu shook his head and said: "They should have been attacked suddenly, the battle ended quickly, it looks like a group of demonic beasts did it, but it is not ruled out that someone is in control." ”

Han Fei nodded and said, "I have a similar idea, Senior Sister Night, I have decided to go to the Ming Lan King Capital of Sein early tomorrow morning to remind the Kingdom to pay attention and send someone to investigate." ”

For the tragedy that happened in the small city, Han Fei was more angry than confused, although he was now the lord of the Radiant Empire, but the Minglan Kingdom was his hometown, and before these identities were the most basic human race.

Since he bumped into it and ignored it, this is definitely not Han Fei's style, he is not a saint, but he is not a cold-blooded and selfish machine puppet!

"Okay, let's go together!" Emperor Yewu did not object: "Let's go to the Lord's Mansion in front of us first, it's relatively clean." ”

At this time, large snowflakes fall from the dark sky.

Like most cities, the Lord's House in this small town is located next to the central square.

Along the way, more and more corpses could be seen on the streets, and most of them died horribly, if it weren't for the snow cover, the scene would definitely be comparable to Shura Hell.

There was no doubt that this small city whose name Han Fei did not know had been slaughtered, which made Han Fei's heart even heavier.

The door of the lord's palace was open, and there were many dead bodies lying all over the place near the door, and there were some carriages with lost horses beside it, and inside was a villa building with no light at all, and it was dark and melancholy.

Emperor Yewu took out a staff as bright as jade from the Acceptance Ring, held it in his hand and raised it, the spar inlaid with the head of the staff suddenly emitted a soft white light, instantly illuminating the space around it within a range of more than ten meters.

Illuminated by this holy light, the aura of darkness and evil retreated aside.

The two walked into the villa together, the living room that entered the door was empty except for some furnishings, no one and no one did not have those uncomfortable corpses, it is estimated that the owner of this place led people to escape when danger came, and the destroyed carriages outside the door were probably not able to escape.

Han Fei walked around the living room, found the storage room in the corner, took out a pile of pine wood from it, put it in the fireplace and lit it, the flame rose and the heat filled the air, dispelling the cold and bringing light.

This kind of brightness was enough for Han Fei, so he didn't bother to find a way to turn on the spirit crystal wall lamp and chandelier, closed the door of the hall and shut out the wind and snow.

Emperor Night Martial put away her staff, she sat on the sofa and took off her veil, with a hint of solemnity on her beautiful face: "Han Fei, I feel that it is very likely that the demon is responsible for everything here, but I have not been able to detect the demon's aura, which is really strange." ”

"Demon..."Han Fei frowned slightly, this guess of the Night Martial Emperor was not bizarre, although due to the isolation of the plane, the demons of the Abyss World could not come directly to the Nine Heavens Continent, but for thousands of years, there were occasionally some powerful mages who summoned the Abyss Demons through special magic circles or sacrificial rituals.

But most of these summoned demons are low-level demons, and even if they can summon high-level demons, they will be suppressed by the power of the plane and will not be able to exert their true strength, how can they do such an earth-shattering slaughter of the city.

Boom!

Suddenly, Han Fei heard a low, muffled sound, which was very slight, but it didn't escape his extremely sharp ears.

To his surprise, the sound came from the floor under his feet!

Emperor Night Martial also heard the sound, she and Han Fei glanced at each other, and the two of them thought of a question at the same time - this lord's mansion should also have an underground secret room.

When noble lords and wealthy merchants built their mansions, they usually carved out special secret rooms underground to avoid disasters or store valuable and secret items, and some even dug an escape route for use at critical moments.

But the sound only rang for a moment before it disappeared, and only the beep of pine wood burning in the fireplace could be heard in the living room.

"Let me come!"

Just as Han Fei made a move, the Night Martial Emperor stopped him in a low voice, raised his left hand and swiped lightly in front of him, and the Book of Light was immediately summoned.

Flipping to one of the pages, she pressed one hand on it, and the other hand pressed to the ground: "Life detection!"

Countless milky white glows escaped from the Night Martial Emperor's palms and spread around, falling to the floor and disappearing one after another, a mid-level light spell that could detect signs of life within a certain range.

A moment later, these vanishing glow points reappeared from the floor and quickly flew back into the palm of the Night Martial Emperor's hand, her expression moved slightly: "There must be a secret room below, there are five living people, two women and three children. ”

The existence of survivors is definitely good news, and those who can hide in this underground secret room must be important people in the lord's mansion!

Han Fei thought for a moment, condensed his head and said to the floor: "People hiding below, don't be afraid, it's safe here, please come out!"

This passage he used the technique of transmitting sound into the secret, even if there is a barrier from the ground, it can be clearly transmitted into the secret room, and I believe that the people hiding below will not be unable to hear it.

He said the same thing twice, and after a few moments, there was finally an echo, and a row of cabinets placed on the wall of the living room rumbled several meters to one side, revealing a passage to the underground.

A noble lady in a long white dress walked out of the passageway, she was about thirty years old, her face was beautiful and dignified, and there was a hint of anxiety and horror in her azure eyes.

Seeing Han Fei and the Night Martial Emperor standing in front, she was obviously relieved, and tears suddenly flowed: "Thank you, gods, we are finally saved, are you the reinforcements of the kingdom, have you seen my husband Rons?"

Han Fei sighed secretly, pointed to the sofa and said, "We are not from the Minglan Kingdom, we just happened to pass by here, this lady, sit down first!"

A hint of disappointment flashed in the noble lady's eyes, and she lifted her skirt and saluted Han Fei: "Dear sir, please allow me to bring the children up first, they are scared below." ”

"Of course..."Han Fei nodded hurriedly.

As Emperor Yewu had discovered, there were two women and three children hiding in the basement, and in addition to this noble lady, there were also her personal maids, a son and two daughters.

The little ones were visibly frightened, but with the kind words of the maid, they found some food, and they were no longer afraid.

After some conversation, Han Fei learned that this small city on the edge of the forest was called Norled, which belonged to the hereditary domain of the Brickett family of the Minglan Kingdom, and that Ron Blikett was the current lord of this territory, and this noble lady was Rons's wife.

Located on the edge of the Minglan Kingdom, Norride City has a population of less than 10,000 people, and has little contact with the outside world other than adventurers, mercenaries, and merchants, and the life of the town's inhabitants has always been peaceful and peaceful.

But this morning, that calm was suddenly shattered!

(To be continued)