Chen Gou and Dong Li rode their horses to a small square in the center of the village and stopped. Several old people hurried over.

One of them, an old man who looked to be in his fifties and relatively strong, said respectfully: "Two knights, I am Bai Fang, the mayor of Baishi Village. Thanks to the Holy See and the knights, the village is finally saved."

"Stop talking nonsense, take us to see the bodies of the victims, and send someone to keep an eye on our horses and feed them some water and beans!"

Dongli climbed the mountain and dismounted, throwing the reins to a young villager with a keen eye.

Chen Gou also acted in the same way.

"Yes, please come with me, Lord Knight."

Under the leadership of the village chief, a group of villagers and members of the Wildfire Mercenary Group came to the church where the corpses were temporarily stored, surrounding the two Abyss Knights.

This is a small church built of bricks, stones and adobe, which is slightly larger than the small courtyard of the Changsong Troop in Rock City. There are no priests or bishops stationed by the Holy See.

"It started a month ago when a sick and comatose girl suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, screamed wildly, and then lost her breath. We thought she was just too sick, so we didn't pay much attention.

A week later, another boy suddenly disappeared in the middle of the night. There were no scars on his body and he just screamed.

Then five days later, an adult in the village died tragically. This time there were scars on his body, like scratches from the claws of some kind of wild beast, but we can be sure that no wild beast in the world had entered their room..."

"interesting."

Dongli was obviously very interested in this strange incident. He successively uncovered the white cloths covering several corpses on the ground and squatted down to carefully examine the injuries on their bodies.

Chen Gou also selected a corpse and studied it carefully.

He has not studied anatomy and is not proficient in the characteristics of scars caused by various attacks.

But with the keen perception of those who have awakened, they get two very strong messages.

First, the injuries are not only claw marks, but also injuries such as organs pierced by sharp objects or fractures caused by violent impacts;

Secondly, the wounds on the deceased's body were bloody and terrifying, and his facial expression was distorted, revealing the ultimate terror, as if he had been brutally tortured during his lifetime.

"Then three days later, another person died, and the death situation became more and more horrific. There was even a wife who looked at her husband lying on the bed sleeping, but suddenly his stomach tore and blood gushed out from his internal organs."

The old village chief continued: "Then the time for people to die became shorter and shorter, and more and more people died. Until four days ago, people died every night, and there was more than one!"

In order to avoid the plague, all the corpses in the early stage have been buried. Only those who died in the past ten days are parked in the church, but there are as many as a dozen in number.

The fatal injuries are not the same, but they all have a common characteristic, that is, the expression of fear.

"Based on the death condition of the body and available information, I have drawn several conclusions."

Dong Li said in a deep voice: "First of all, this is definitely not a man-made vendetta, it must be the work of evil spirits.

Secondly, the horrified expression on the deceased's face proves that the demon behind him is a cruel, bloodthirsty pervert who takes pleasure in killing people and enjoys the terror of his victims.

Third, from the increasing number of deaths and the shorter and shorter time intervals, it can be inferred that the power of the evil spirit is probably increasing.

What do you think?" He finally asked Chen Gou for advice.

Chen Gou listened but was non-committal. He turned to the members of the Wildfire Team and asked, "How long have you been here and what have you discovered?"

"We just came here three days ago and discovered some unknown patterns. The evil spirits only commit crimes at night, and their targets are random. They come and go without a trace. Yesterday we were lucky enough to see the whole process of the murder of a villager.

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An ordinary-looking young woman walked out of the Wildfire Team and said: "First she looked frightened and shouted words like 'No, no, go away'. Her limbs twitched as if she was resisting something, and then she suddenly flew up on her own.

, even the most powerful player in our team cannot suppress him.

In the end, he knocked our team member away and hit his head on the beam. It broke into pieces and scattered all over the floor."

Chen Gou frowned slightly when he heard this, but remained noncommittal: "What are your inferences?"

"We think there are two possibilities for the characteristics of the evil spirit. The first is that it has very powerful invisibility skills, and other people except the victim cannot see it;

The second is that its attack method is spiritual and soul-based, and it can kill people invisible from a very long distance."

Although the woman is young, she is the captain of the Wildfire Team. She knows everything and talks about everything.

Because under the rule of the Covenant Holy See, everyone is obliged to help the Holy See’s envoys complete their tasks.

Furthermore, she also has her own plan. If she can take this opportunity to establish a relationship with the two Abyss Knights, it will undoubtedly be of great help to the Wildfire Team to gain a foothold near Rock City in the future.

If a little nameless team like them wants to develop and grow, it must have a backer in the Holy See.

Although these two abyss knights sounded very young, only in this way could the newly promoted knights accept their service.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for any fully-staffed Abyss Knights team to take a second look at Wild Fire.

"No, both of the things you said don't make sense."

At this time, Chen Gou pondered and shook his head: "If it is invisible, most of the victims will have their eyes closed until they die, so where do the expressions of fear on their faces come from?

If it is a mental attack, the expression on the face explains it. It is likely that he has fallen into some kind of terrible illusion, but the death method of this kind of attack should be mental breakdown and soul annihilation, and there should be no obvious trauma on the body!"

"Is it possible that these two situations are combined?" Dongli frowned.

He felt that he might have been overconfident before. This task would be quite difficult, but with a mask on his face, no one could see the changes in his expression.

"Unlikely. If it had the mental skills to kill people invisible, and could also be invisible even to demon hunters, then he would have killed the entire village long ago without the need to slowly recover his strength.

"

"In addition, I agree with your point of view that this evil demon's power is increasing, or it is recovering. What exactly it is... I'm afraid we need to stay vigil tonight and test it ourselves to find out."

Chen Gou's logical thinking ability has always been good, and he tried to peel off the cocoon to find out the truth hidden behind the appearance.

"That's all we can do." Dong Li nodded.

Many things are believed by hearing and seeing by sight, and everything will deviate from reality to some extent after being relayed by others.

So Chen Gou and Dong Li directly ordered the village chief to gather all the villagers in the square in front of the church, and light several large bonfires in the middle to keep warm. After everyone had dinner, they stayed here for the night.

It is now the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the temperature is not very cold at night. The villagers are tortured to the verge of collapse by the fear of death, so they have no resistance to this order.

I just hope that the Abyss Knights sent by the Holy See can find the evil behind it.

The advantage of this is that no matter which villager is attacked tonight, they can see it immediately.

All the villagers gathered around the campfire in four directions: southeast, northwest, and with straw mats or quilts spread on the ground.

The Wildfire Team was arranged outside the square, monitoring all possible figures that might approach.

Chen Gou and Dong Li stood in the middle, looking around.
Chapter completed!