In February 1286 of the Broken Golden Calendar, a group of adventurers from other places arrived in Valley Town and settled here. There were four people in the group, three men and one woman, among whom one man and one woman were magicians certified by the Mage Tower. They were in the town
The surrounding area was explored, but one day after they went outside the town, only one man returned and reported the incident. According to him, all three of his companions had disappeared.
The man himself had a tendency to become mentally disturbed and was unable to accurately describe the whole story. He had the possibility of committing a crime and was detained.
It was later transferred to the nearest city, Slovnia, for further adjudication.
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In June of the year 1287 of the Broken Golden Calendar, a traveling mage passed by Xigu Town and conducted a certain survey of the town. He left the town one day and did not return. A month later, his family came to the town for investigation and denunciation.
, the town assisted in the investigation, but there was no result. It could not be confirmed that the disappearance of the mage was directly related to the town, so the matter was left unresolved.
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In May of the year 1289 of the Broken Golden Calendar, a fight broke out between two gangs in the valley town, which caused extremely bad consequences. All the involved members were detained afterwards. The leader of one of the gangs was hit by a spell and died on the spot. The other leader
He was paralyzed and disappeared during treatment in the hospital. It was suspected that he was escaping to escape crime. The town authorities conducted a search but found nothing.
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In July 1295 of the Broken Golden Calendar, a wounded man came to the town to ask for help. The town accepted him and learned from his confession that he was the escort of a certain noble. He passed by with his master and climbed over
They were attacked by some kind of monster while in the Moranton Valley. He was the only one in the entire team who was known to have escaped. According to his description, this monster was all white, had many legs, was good at using a strange toxin, and was confirmed to be an unknown species.
The next day, another person was found in the mountains by farmers in Xigu Town. He was poisoned and died after ineffective rescue. Before his death, he revealed a similar description to the previous man, which corroborated the previous man's testimony to a certain extent.
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The first man was later transferred to the nearest city Slovnia.
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There are many cases of disappearances that are unexpected, but this is actually a very common thing in this world. Because there are often some restless adventurers and traveling mages who end up being killed by monsters in the wild due to some unnecessary negligence.
If you really have to go to the old forests in the mountains every day to find someone who is sleeping in the belly of some monster, it will be really difficult.
In this case, the contact between the outsider and his relatives and friends is very important. It is one of the powerful proofs of whether the outsider is still alive.
Of course, there are some people who are more unique.
If someone loses contact for a long time, they will always be listed as missing in the relevant files. In essence, it is just a comfort to relatives and friends, because according to incomplete statistics, the missing person who has returned can be suddenly discovered on a certain day, in the golden continent.
The proportion is no more than three percent.
Disappearance is not strange, but when Aaron looked at the files in hand, some of their meanings could not be summarized by just the word "missing".
Based on the descriptions in the above files, it is not difficult to piece together the fact that there is obviously some unknown existence lurking in the mountains and forests around Xigu Town, conducting covert hunting.
Aaron looked through the attachments of some files. The strength of the missing persons was not weak, but in the end they were still silent, leaving no trace at all. Except for the confessions of some survivors who were frightened into insanity,
It was as if it had really evaporated out of thin air in the mountains and forests.
Since fifteen years ago, disappearances have become more frequent, mostly outsiders passing through here, but also some locals.
What are the characteristics of outsiders? As long as they lose contact and leave no trace, no one will know where the restless adventurers died.
The records in the files are all those who slipped through the net. Under these files, there may be more people who disappeared completely without leaving any news.
While Alon was watching, Xing Liuli also came to Alon with Yue Tomb in her arms and cast a curious look. But as the browsing continued, her expression soon became gloomy.
many.
Her thinking ability is indeed not bad, but she is usually too lazy to use her brain. It is not difficult to connect these things at this moment, but for her character, this fact is still a bit heavy.
"all these are……"
"Yes, it seems that we need to go and see the mountains and forests around the town." Aron said.
The reading time passed quickly. He stood up and said to Andre: "I've finished reading."
Andre looked up from the pile of papers: "How is it? Did you find anything?"
Aaron nodded, pulled out descriptions of "white", "many legs" and "poisonous" and waved them in front of Andri's eyes: "This thing is what we need to find a way to catch next. If we catch it,
I have a way to trace the source. Or maybe this thing itself is the source."
Andri's expression also became serious: "Is this the attack I suffered at the Magic Workshop before?"
"It's very possible. Things are probably showing signs, but some strong breakthroughs are still needed. The magic workshop has quite a problem. I plan to go and have a look later." Aaron affirmed.
"That's reasonable." Andre nodded.
"But it's just investigating the hidden problems in this town. Ruto's affairs are still a bit unclear. After all, a lot of things are mixed together now, and it takes a few nodes to sort them out. Well, when can we let it go?
Are we in contact with Yatogli's body?" Aaron asked, touching the corners of his eyebrows.
After all, the starting point of Andre's investigation here was Ruto, and Alon thought it would be better not to digress too much here.
"Maybe I need to talk to Randolph directly. I wonder if he can give me some convenience here." Andri shook his head to express his uncertainty.
There are also some mysteries about Randolph. He has a tendency to help Andre, so we can't just regard him as a one-sided person.
"When will Randolph come over?" Aaron looked around. There was no other breath of life in this building.
"Usually he comes over when I get off work in the afternoon to check on my daily work results and fix some things I didn't do well." Andre shrugged.
"Then let's ask again when the time comes. Do you know Bawe from the tavern?" Aaron said and changed the topic.
"Bawi from the tavern? Is it the Bawi who works the night shift in the tavern? I just helped him a few days ago. The gangsters came to him to collect debts and almost got into a fight. No, to be precise, he was held unilaterally
Fighting doesn't count as a fight." Andre immediately had an impression after thinking about it.
"The gang's debt collection? I heard that his creditor is the mayor?" Xing Liuli stuck his head out and asked.
"It is true that the creditor is the mayor, but some of the ways are a bit complicated." Andri obviously didn't understand much. He scratched his head and lowered his voice, "There used to be two very domineering gangsters in this town, but under the new mayor
After I took office, I put some effort into taking care of it, and then I took advantage of the situation when the two gangs were at war with each other and both sides were hurt. Now the gangs exist in name only, but they are actually helping the mayor to do things."
Aaron was not surprised after hearing this. It was similar to what he had seen in the previous files. He continued to ask: "Is there anything about Bawe's original parents here? Why did his parents go bankrupt after their death? Why did the final debt go to the mayor."
"I don't know if you ask this, but many of the industries in the town are essentially the assets of the new mayor, or they have his investment. The town will have its current scale, and the mayor has also contributed a lot. Most of them
The townspeople have a good impression of the mayor. So Bawe has somewhat offended the mayor, and most people in the town look down on him." Andri shook his head sadly.
"If you want to know more details, I remember that there is a file on his parents here. When you asked him about it, do you think there is any doubt there?" Andri stood up and took out a file from a filing cabinet and handed it to Ah.
Long, said.
"I'm just curious, I just feel that from various information, some changes in the town are closely related to the mayor, and the progress of various things is too smooth for the mayor. I want someone who can touch it
Randolph is one of the breakthroughs in some traces, and Bawe is also one." Aaron did not hide anything, expressed some of his thoughts, and at the same time took the file and looked at it.
"That's true. The mayor usually speaks in simple terms. In recent years, except for the winter festival, he has rarely been seen in public. Maybe he can only find someone to follow the clues." Andri nodded.
After a while, Aaron read the general situation of the file.
"Then let's do it. Let's go to Bawei's place to take a look first. Please pay attention to safety." Alon returned the file.
"The center of the town is not the outskirts of the town, so there won't be any security issues. Besides, I am also a certified magician." Andri grinned.
"There is still a long way to go before becoming a great magician. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you this." Aaron then remembered that he didn't seem to have told Andri about the unknown parasite.
I immediately shared the information with him.
Andri's originally calm expression immediately fell down, just like Xing Liuli who had just learned this information.
"Parasite? I hate this type of thing the most. If I were to face the monster hidden in the human body, I would rather pursue the Earth Dragon of Cacos!" Andri waved his hands.
The Earth Dragon of Kakos is a kind of subdragon creature that exists in legend.
It's hard to say whether it is strong or not, but it has a strange shape. It is said to be long and strip-shaped, with two tentacles and five claws. It can escape from the ground and travel thousands of miles a day.
No one has seen the complete picture of this creature, but there are many related paintings and some scraps of information with insufficient evidence in the mage tower. Now it is often used by mages to joke about impossible or very long and endless troublesome things.
"So, protect yourself, don't let anything wrong come within five meters of you, and keep working hard."
Aaron smiled, said hello, and left the court with Yue Tomb Star Liuli.