Chapter 162: On the ground (Part 2)
Romon noticed the expressions of the team members and knew that they were not pursuing them now. He stood up and looked around. The trees had broken marks, but there were many strange small pits on the ground, all over the ground. Because the land here is relatively soft, it is easy to leave traces. Walking elsewhere, the soil gradually becomes harder, and then walking out for a while, even the strange small pits disappeared.
As Fafell said, there was no useful clue left.
"Fafell, I found nothing useful. It seems that I can only wait for the wounded to wake up." Romon wiped the floating soil on his hands and stood up and said.
The floating soil was stained by him touching the surrounding grass and trees. He put it on the tip of his nose to smell it. A very faint breath came faintly, similar to the kind he felt just now. This kind of breath can be found on the surrounding grass and trees.
However, it may be because time has passed so long that this aura is gradually weakening. It is not impossible, but too dangerous to rely on this smell to pursue the traces of the monster.
Fafell is not a druid, and does not have the keen observation ability of Romon, so he couldn't even feel this aura. The only clues that could be calculated were the conditions of the monster and the strange pits on the ground.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he looked at it, he couldn't see how these traces were left and what they meant.
"It seems that I can only wait for the wounded to wake up." Fafell couldn't help but sigh, his face still wasn't very good-looking. He was still depressed by his dereliction of duty: "Romon, I think it's useless for me, the captain. If a team member has such a thing, I can't even avenge them. I am the captain, really useless."
Romon knew his mood at this time, and when he walked past Fafell, he patted the other party on the shoulder. "Let's go, the murderer will definitely be found. Don't worry, the dead will not die in vain." He didn't want this incident to make the captain's confidence that Fafell had finally cultivated disappeared like this.
Fafer’s biggest weakness now is that he is a civilian and lacks confidence.
"Yes! The dead will not die in vain! I must find the murderer and let it pay the price of bleeding!" Romon's words cheered up Fafell and clenched his fists. The young captain's face showed a firm look again. Seeing that Romon had taken a few steps, he followed the other party's footsteps again.
The other adventurers, seeing that these two adults have such confidence, couldn't help but feel excited. This is how the leader is full of confidence and fighting spirit, and then the people below will be excited as if they have a backbone.
Even though no useful clue was found, the subsequent defense could not be relaxed. Now, the monster murder has been promoted throughout the territory, causing panic.
When he returned to the village, it was dawn. Nick, as an internal affairs official, had issued an announcement to prevent people in the territory from panic. He also announced that if anyone could find the trace of this monster, he could get the reward of the lord. For a moment, the situation of panic in the original people did not continue to spread, but in exchange for it, it was a kind of hatred of the enemy.
"Are there any traces of monsters found?"
"No, what about you?"
This kind of dialogue has become what people in the territory often say when they meet. Of course, those who say this have not really seen that terrible monster, and they have automatically imagined it as ordinary beasts.
Those who are good at martial arts all took out their weapons and patrolled around in groups of three or five. Those who are not capable of protecting themselves gathered together to discuss what to do next, or stay at home honestly.
However, because there are many adventurers here in Romon, you can see that in Romon's territory, people holding weapons and scrutinizing can be seen everywhere. There are very few people hiding at home.
When Romon and Fafell came back, good news happened to be heard from the checkpoint.
"Sir, wake up! Wake up! Delhi wakes up!" An adventurer in charge of guarding the wounded ran over excitedly and called out. Delhi was the name of the wounded.
Upon hearing this news, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on Romon's face: "I'll go and have a look."
As he said that, he pushed open the door and strode into the room.
The room still had a bad smell, but the person lying on the bed had already sat up against the cushion, and was carefully supporting someone else, drinking the cereal porridge.
"Sir." Seeing Romon coming towards him, the man was reflexive and wanted to sit up.
Romon hurriedly pressed him down and said, "Don't move, I'll do it." As he said, he carefully took the empty bowl from the other party's hand, put it aside, and then asked, "How do you feel?"
When was the wounded treated like this by a nobleman? His eyes suddenly turned red, and then he shook his head and said, "It's nothing."
"I think you already know that one of your companions has been bitten to death by a monster. I want to ask you now, did you see the monster clearly at that time?" Romon asked. Although he already knew, he still had to ask carefully.
When the wounded heard this, he was immediately excited: "Sir, that's a big spider! There is a big spider over one person tall, covered with black hair, and it's very fast!"
"Don't be excited, speak slowly, speak slowly." Romon's brow frowned slightly.
The wounded took the water handed over by Nick and took a sip. Then Nick put it next to him with the water. Romon nodded at Nick, satisfied with his approach.
After drinking water, the injured became much more stable and continued: "The spider is probably as tall as one person, and it is black all over..."
More than ten minutes later, Romon walked out of the room at the checkpoint.
"Romon, what do you think about this?" Fafeer asked.
Romon shook his head: "I have never seen such a monster, and I rarely hear of such huge spiders in the forest."
"Yes, I haven't seen it before." Fafeer was also worried. He looked at Nick who came out at the end. "Nick, you often read books. Do you have any impression?"
"There are no books on this kind of monster record. Romon, let's go to the library of the Mage Society to read it." Nick thought for a while and said with suggestions.
Romon nodded: "Okay, that's all." Nick's reminder made him suddenly think of the information he saw in the Mages' Association Library last time. Will it be... related to that?
Thinking of this, he explained to Fafell and Nick a few more words, and quickly rushed to the mage association. This time he did not ride in a carriage, but chose a very good horse and rode towards the city.
Although it was dozens of miles, Romon gritted his teeth and insisted. When he entered the gate of the Mage Association again, the beautiful girl who greeted him was actually the last time.
When she saw Romon, the girl was obviously surprised. The time was not long, and she still remembered him. "Sir, are you here to check the books again this time?"
"Yes." Romon said simply, now he was not in the mood to say more.
"I wish you can find what you are looking for! Please come in!" The girl said with a smile, sent Romon to the corridor leading to the hall, and then stood up.
This time she didn't have to lead the way anymore, so the girl did not continue to accompany her.
"Thank you." Romon was very satisfied with the service attitude of the Mages Association. After thanking him, he walked directly through the hall and walked towards the VIP room he had visited last time.
There, a young man was greeted by a mage robe, with two long lines on his chest, and it seemed that he was a second-level mage!
Seeing Romon come in, he swept over his noble badge: "Hello, is there anything you need to serve you?"
Romon handed the crystal card that recorded his identity to him and said, "I want to go to the library."
"Okay, please wait a little less." The young man put the crystal card on a magic weapon to detect it, and then his smile became more and more sincere: "For you, please follow me."
Return the crystal card to Romon, and the young man took Romon to the library he had visited last time again.
Just like last time, there is still a layer of energy flowing outside.
The young master used a method that Romon didn't know, and then he drew somewhere and the energy layer disappeared.
"Sir, please come in. This energy cover is to ensure the safety of the library. Professionals below level five cannot enter. Once they reach level five or are led by us, they will be qualified to enter and exit at will." The boy explained.
Romon nodded. "I know that when I go out, this energy will not affect me."
"Yes, sir." Seeing that he understood, the young man didn't say much, and took him to the library all the way. Then, he said goodbye and left.
It was not until the boy left that Romon looked here again. Just like when he came last time, there were still no one else here. There were countless books in the huge library, but he was the only one who read the book.
Romon shook his head with some self-deprecating silence, and then began to read the books.
Because the injured adventurer said that the monster was a large spider, and he had been resentful of the gap before, the focus of his inquiry this time was on the strange things that happened in the territory, as well as terrifying monsters and mutant animals.
"This book is not." I opened one casually and found that it was full of the most ordinary forest beasts. Romon put it back in depressedly.
I read another book, but it still happened: "Look at that."
He muttered to himself, walked to another big bookshelf and continued to flip through.
No, no. Nothing. I looked through for two hours, but Romon did not find any relevant records.
Target, next bookshelf.
The books on this bookshelf seemed to be all from strange animals. Romon took a very thick book from the side of the third grid, with a layer of floating soil on it.
Romon blew for a moment and began to look.
"Huh?" When he turned to page 156, a description of a monster immediately attracted his attention.
One person is tall, black all over, lives underground all year round, likes meat-eating, bloodthirsty, and has strong reproductive ability... Black arachnid!
Strictly speaking, it looks like a huge arthropod creature with a dark brown shell, so it looks very much like black. Its whole body slowly seeps out of green and black hair, with eight eyeballs, and its body is about one meter long and tall - but if the company claws are included together, it is two meters.
Basically, there are traces of their activity only in the underground world.
Chapter completed!