After showing the two of them the way, the old goblin turned around and continued his unfinished business.

The ruined bushes made Xiuge feel very awkward and uncomfortable, and he wanted to tell the old goblin Sergei in front of him that with his gardening skills, it was better not to do anything, and he always felt that with the old goblin's pruning method of "more water, more water, more water", this originally beautiful bush would soon be razed to the ground.

However, before Xiuge could speak, his attention was attracted by the extremely uncoordinated movements of the other party.

He swore that he had never seen such awkward, strange movements in his two lives combined, and the old goblin's limbs seemed to be completely out of the control of his head, always twitching from time to time, or swinging in some obviously wrong direction, and the strange feeling was even worse than walking with the same hands and feet.

Verin also frowned and glanced at the old goblin Sergei a few times, but she didn't say anything, gave Shug a light look, and then walked back the way she came.

The immediate priority was to find someone in the caravan to find out what was going on, and not to waste too much time on an old goblin who couldn't even do groceries.

Shug gave Sergei one last look before she turned away with Vilene.

When the two of them walked to the statue of the big-eared goblin, Shug stopped, and was about to speak his thoughts and judgments, but Wei Lin raised her hand towards him, and after a slight shake of her fingers, a stream-level magic "sound blocking" was applied around the two of them.

The moment the magic took effect, both of them opened their mouths at the same time.

"He's lying......"

"He's got a problem!"

The two who spoke at the same time were stunned, but then they both understood that the other party had also noticed the strangeness of the goblin, so Xiuge smiled and said humbly: "Why don't you say it first?" ”

"The goblin named Sergei said twice before and after, and there was no correspondence...... He first said that there was no one here but himself, and then said that everyone else was indoors, but judging from the situation in the courtyard, this was definitely not a permanent state. ”

After that, the female mage picked the corner of her mouth rarely: "It's your turn, Mr. Xiuge." ”

"Something is wrong with this guy."

As soon as Shug finished speaking, he realized that he seemed to be talking nonsense, so he immediately added: "At first, I thought that this Sergei was a gardener hired by the Great-Eared Goblins to take care of this courtyard and other chores, but this is clearly not the case. ”

"I've just taken a closer look, and the clothes he's wearing don't fit well, but it's obviously the goblin traders' clothes, with too many decorations, and not only that, but he even wears a ring on his hand."

Xiuge gestured twice to his fingers: "And there are two on one finger, although they are silver rings, but this specification is obviously not in line with the identity of a gardener, of course, there is an even stranger phenomenon." ”

He stretched out his finger and pointed to the belt that was tied around his body, a very classic and durable Waterle slipbuckle style: "Any merchant who wears that kind of clothing should have a belt that fits very well, but that guy's pants are tied directly to his body with a rope, which means that the clothes he is wearing do not fit at all." ”

"Let's go."

After listening to Xiuge's judgment, a hint of determination flashed in Wei Lin's eyes, so she immediately picked up the magic book, turned around and hurried in the direction she had seen the old goblin before.

Xiuge followed, the crystalline gun in his hand was loaded, and at this moment, he actually had some expectations in his heart - he really wanted to use this magic firearm to hit someone's head now, and he didn't know where this inexplicable impulse came from, maybe because he already had an obsession with this kind of firearms and weapons in his bones?

However, when the two of them arrived at the scattered bushes, they found that the old goblin Sergei had long since disappeared, and only the gardening shears had been abandoned on the scattered branches of the bushes.

The unusual and oppressive atmosphere gradually spread around the quiet mansion, and Shuge and Weilin returned to the courtyard in silence, and the two-story mansion that belonged to the Golden Boot caravan and "still had people" in the mouth of old Sergei was now like a huge coffin of death, and in those closed doors and windows, Xiuge could not see the slightest life.

For both of them, the options available at the moment are very limited.

Either give up on the important clue that is already close at hand, or step into this mansion that clearly has serious problems.

Verin cast an inquiring gaze, and Shug nodded silently in response.

Rather than worrying about uncertain turbulence and the future, it is better to be proactive when you have the exact clues.

So Wei Lin took out the summoning medium she was carrying, so in the light of magic, a white hound with slender legs and slender body quickly took shape with fragmentary canine bones, and Xiuge naturally summoned his own running rat, as soon as the big mouse appeared, it turned around twice affectionately around Xiuge's feet, as if it had never happened before.

Just like the gate of the courtyard outside, the protective magic on the door of the mansion has long since failed, so Wei Lin easily opened the carved wooden door in front of her with a simple lockpicking trick.

At the behest of their master, the two summoned magical creatures rushed into the silent mansion, followed by the two of them.

The scene in the mansion was completely different from what the two had previously guessed.

It's very clean, it's spotless, almost all the magic lamps are working properly, these rich big-eared goblins are never stingy in these aspects, and the lamps they choose are all quality-assured products, so the interior of the mansion is actually very bright, and there are hardly any particularly dark corners.

"If the scene here gets out, maybe there will be new weird stories."

As he rubbed his fingers lightly against the crystallized guns, he kept looking around, and the amount of silver here was outrageous, and the silver ornaments embedded in the frames and lamps alone were enough to prove the financial and aesthetic prowesses of these goblins.

The warning signs in the spiritual world have always existed, and Xiuge has no way to ignore them, but this warning has always remained in a very stable state, and the metal disc has not changed more.

"It's this caravan...... The goblin leader bragged to me about it several times along the way. ”

Wei Lin raised her hand and pointed to an envelope and certificate on the wall that was encased in a glass frame, which was the "Permit for the Transportation and Sale of Magical Goods" and the "Merlin Le and Annual Quality Caravan Commendation" issued by the Law Committee to certain caravans and merchants, which in the eyes of the merchants was indeed a kind of capital worth showing off.

Shuge nodded, he couldn't say much at the moment, because a lot of detailed information was being fed back from the Running Mouse, its senses were much more sensitive than humans, and therefore the various subtle traces it captured were also richer.

The thin-legged white hound summoned by Verin seemed to smell something, so it explored upstairs on its own, while Shug turned to the nearby hall with the crystal gun in hand.

Following the "hint" given by the Raging Mouse, Hug reached out and lifted a corner of the carpet in the hall, and a tiny hole of great discord immediately appeared in front of his eyes.

"Miss Vilin, this must be the marks left by the crystallized gun, right?"

Wei Lin stretched out her head to take a look, and then commented, "Hmm...... However, the power is limited, it should be the old style from more than ten years ago, otherwise the nearby floor should be blown through by magic and shards. ”

Xiuge reached out and touched the edge of the hole: "The traces are very new, there is not even any dust in it, it should have been left recently." ”

He held the crystallized gun, gestured slightly, and then furrowed his eyebrows: "Big-eared goblins have a limited height, what kind of situation would make them shoot towards the ground?" Enemies prostrate on the ground? ”

The thought flashed through Shuge's mind like lightning, the stumbling and uncoordinated movements of the old goblin Sergei, the unusual dress, the garbled speech, and the silent but still cleaned mansion and courtyard......

All of this seems to point to a possibility.

But before he could speak, Wei Lin, who was also searching for traces in the hall, let out a muffled snort, and Xiug turned his head to look, only to see that the female mage's face suddenly turned pale, and at the same time, Xiuge also heard the faint sound of impact and barking from the second floor of the mansion, but in just two seconds, the barking of the white hound turned into a weak whimper......

Vireen decisively terminated the magical connection between herself and the summon, and Shug immediately ordered the Rat to approach the second floor of the mansion.

A smell that impressed Xiuge gradually came.

Pungent, sour, like the smell of a large amount of rotten meat.

However, the smell was much stronger than what Schug had smelled in Ernst's old mansion, almost like the sewers of Salem had been blasted.

"Shapeshifter ......"

Shugg whispered his conjecture, "It takes at least three days for the changelings to devour an adult to fully digest it, and the big-eared goblins are much shorter than humans, so that should be enough time for them." ”

Such a strong smell means that there are probably not a few changeling insects in this mansion, and the old Sergei is probably the first to complete the "digestion", but he is still in the process of understanding and learning those memories, and only in this way can he make such an incongruous move!

Now that the situation here has been roughly confirmed, Xiuge and the others have no reason to leave, after all, the biggest threat to the shapelings comes from their ability to imitate and learn from other creatures, and as long as they are still at this stage, they are still fragile existences.

What's more, these shapeshifters are closely related to the plans secretly promoted by the Wattle Kingdom and the Ernst family, and if you want to further clarify what to do next, you must go to the second floor of this mansion.

Verin's movements were swift, and the experience of these days had made her more capable than before, she took off the magician badge that could increase the magic power from the magic book, and quickly wrapped them around her palm, and then took out the magic path pendulum she carried with her, causing it to shake slightly.

The fresh traces of magic that spread in the air were clearly visible under the effect of the magic pendulum, and the two of them quickly and silently stepped up the stairs to the second floor of the mansion following the faint magic imprint.

The second floor was equally bright and silent, and seemed to be normal except for the pungent smell in the air.

The rooms were used as bedrooms for caravanserais, as well as warehouses for important merchandise and collectibles, and now, traces traced by the Magic Road Pendulum lead all the way to the warehouse room at the end of the corridor.

"Well, hiding in a collectibles warehouse? It's very big-eared goblin style, and you have to die in the pile of money. ”

Wei Lin told a joke that wasn't very funny, and then put away the magic pendulum, and she raised her palm, the pale blue magic light already dancing between her fingers.

Shug controlled the Rat to jump on his shoulder, and walked forward with it, the dark green light and shadow on the vacant left hand were also flickering slightly, and the touch of Calon was ready to be fired.

A few steps away from the door of the collectibles warehouse, Wei Lin stopped, she raised her palm, and the violent door-breaking magic "Cracking Portal" dedicated to the Judicial Committee was instantly applied to the heavy iron-clad door, and under the effect of magic, the heavy door twisted and collapsed on the spot, and fell towards the inside of the warehouse.

Then Xiuge and the two saw an unforgettable scene.

In the warehouse full of all kinds of exquisite collectibles, a large mass of viscous liquid that is entangled and fused with each other is slowly wriggling there, they are so large that they almost reach the ceiling, and in these liquid masses, a large number of tragic body remains are being "digested" little by little, which are all the members of the goblin caravan, and now, these twisted phantom worms have obviously entered the final stage of digestion, so that the bodies of those victims are mostly eroded from the epidermis, Only their heads are still intact......

In the middle of the bodies of these big-eared goblins, there were many silver ornaments and clothing that once belonged to them, and in addition to this, Shug also saw the magical skeleton that Verin used to summon the white hound.

This is already a cafeteria for the changelings to digest knowledge and memories.