Chapter 486 The truth becomes a mystery
Edward had just transformed into a plague beast and wiped out all the horse bandits. Except for the leader of the bandits, all the others were killed, including their horses and men. As a result, there were no horses to ride on.
Without saying much, Edward directly picked up the bandit leader with one arm and motioned for Kino to follow him. Then he kicked off his feet, stirring up a large amount of sand and dust with a loud noise, and rushed towards the location where he had just been interrogated on foot.
Edward's physical fitness is extremely astonishing. He travels through the sky and sets off a curtain of sand that is so fast that even the naked eye cannot keep up. It is a bit difficult to catch up even when Kino's telekinesis power is fully activated and he is flying in the air.
The two of them ran and flew, arriving at the 53-mile distance in just ten minutes.
The desert climate is hot, coupled with the energy release caused by high-speed exercise, Edward's skin is red, and the sweat evaporates into water vapor at a speed visible to the naked eye, like a small burning man.
Such a high-intensity exercise made Dian Dian stunned. After Edward put the bandit leader on the ground, he vomited wildly and vomited all over the place.
Looking at Edward, he didn't feel any fatigue at all, and even his breathing was as steady as usual, which showed that he still had plenty of physical strength. The wild running just now was at best a warm-up for him.
Edward's judgment was correct. He analyzed that Hu Shanrong's strength was not enough to attack the fortified horse bandit camp, and it was impossible to attack the horse bandits at night to take advantage of them.
But for Hu Shanrong, it was not possible to storm the camp, but he was very confident in fighting in the field. For a capable Far Eastern warrior like him, it was easy to grab a piece of goods in the wild, then grab a horse and escape.
Therefore, when he asked about this oasis where he could live, Edward guessed that Hu Shanrong should be dormant here, preparing to take advantage of the horse bandits to steal their money and return to camp, rob and kill them on the way, and then take advantage of the chaos to escape with the ransom.
The guess was correct, but they still arrived late.
Looking around, this oasis is burning. The fire is fierce in the center, and the heat wave is sweeping towards the surroundings. The fire spreads and ignites the plants that grow tenaciously in the desert.
In the center of the fire, two corpses could be vaguely seen. They had been scorched black by the fire and were almost burnt. Apart from black smoke constantly rising from their bodies, there was no trace of fire left.
Edward's face darkened when he saw this, and he became extremely sinister.
"Boom" without any instructions, Kino directly activated his telekinesis, roaring waves spread in the oasis, and strong winds surged, but they did not rush towards the burning flames, but were discharged from the center of the oasis to the surrounding areas.
Under the action of telekinesis, the air in the oasis was quickly drained, and all the airflow generated by the negative pressure was blocked by the telekinesis barrier, forming a vacuum zone without gas in the middle.
Three major conditions for combustion: combustibles, combustion-supporting materials, and ignition sources. The oasis is now in a vacuum state. Without oxygen, a combustion-supporting substance, the violent fire is extinguished in an instant, leaving only a piece of debris after the fire.
After extinguishing the fire, Kino released his telekinesis, and the turbulent air filled the oasis again, causing wind and clouds to rise.
Some high-temperature debris re-ignited after being exposed to oxygen, but it was only on a small scale and would no longer hinder progress.
Edward picked up the bandit leader with one arm and strode into the messy oasis. He stood in front of the two charred corpses and stared at them with a frown.
The bandit leader looked at the two charred corpses and subconsciously asked: "Is this the person you are looking for?"
Edward had no words, but his breathing became extremely heavy, and there was a dangerous signal in his eyes like an angry beast.
The bandit leader swallowed his throat and muttered to himself: "Whether it is true or not, these two people are really stupid. This oasis is a very dangerous place. Desert assassins often appear. Let alone passing caravans, we are nomadic
No tribe dares to camp casually. Resting overnight in such a place, regardless of whether you bring money or not, is a recipe for disaster."
The two charred corpses were one tall and one short. Except for their height, the rest of their body parts had been completely burnt. It was impossible to tell them apart. It was not known whether they were Hu Shanrong and A Bao.
Edward asked silently: "Consul of Kino, have you seen A Bao? Now that these two corpses are burned like this, can you identify them?"
Chinuo thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, but it depends on whether the perpetrator is careful or not."
Edward raised his chin and signaled to take action.
Kino used telekinesis to pry open the mouth of the short corpse, and then narrowed his eyes slightly: "It seems very careless."
Chino refers to nothing else, but one of Po's characteristics, a mouth full of gold teeth.
A Bao has a surly and wild personality. I don’t know if all his teeth were originally decayed or if he had them removed on purpose. Anyway, they were all replaced with gold teeth.
Now this charred corpse matched Po's stature and had a mouth full of gold teeth. The assailant took away all the belongings of the two men, but did not find the "treasure" hidden in the mouth.
At this time, at this place, under such circumstances, finding such a charred corpse that fits the characteristics of A Bao can basically be said to be conclusive.
"So, this is the result of our work? We chased all the way from the royal city to the desert, and finally found two corpses, and they were completely burned and could not be identified." Edward slowly turned around and spoke in a rather dignified voice.
He looked at Kino with a thoughtful look, "His Majesty the King will be very dissatisfied with this result."
Chino: "At least we didn't get into trouble, right? Abao died in the desert, not in the kingdom. The Far Eastern Dynasty will blame the forces of the desert for this debt."
Edward: "There are two prerequisites. First, this corpse with a mouth full of gold teeth is indeed Po, not another corpse used to replace the identity."
He paused and his tone became more profound: "Secondly, Abao really died in the desert, not somewhere else."
Chino shrugged: "I can't answer this."
Edward: "Do you know where the weird place is? Let's assume that Hu Shanrong and A Bao stayed here and were attacked by the assassin organization while waiting for the horse bandits to return to camp. Those assassins just killed people and took the money. Why?
Burn the body?"
Chino opened his hands calmly: "If you want to continue the investigation, I will accompany you and we will look for clues again."
Edward was silent for a moment, then suddenly slapped the bandit leader's Tianling Gai with a fierce palm.
“Bang!” Under the huge force, the Tianling Cap of the bandit leader was directly smashed to pieces, and the man died before he could react.
This kind of unconscious and painless death can be regarded as fulfilling the previous promise of "dying happily".
"Let's stop here. The fire has burned away all traces. There is no way to trace it." Edward kicked away the limp body of the bandit leader and walked out of the oasis expressionlessly. "Crash these two charred corpses and bring them with you."
Return to the royal city."
Kino looked sideways at Edward's back: "Are you sure these are A Bao and Hu Shanrong?"
"I'm not sure whether the bodies are the two of them, but I can be sure that these two people are dead." Edward stopped and turned around to look at Kino. His deep eyes reflected the scorching sun of the desert.
Looking at Kino's figure, "As for whether he died last night, he died here?"
Chapter completed!