The Peters brothers live in a civilian area of Tafeng City.
Wooden houses and street lamps are also being built here. Longhouses are the most popular buildings after the fog emerges from the deep sea. Not only can single-family houses not be able to accommodate too many people, but it will also be difficult to escape to their neighbors if the light source in the house accidentally goes out.
After finding their residence, Anna found the ancient book hidden in the wooden box under the bed in the deserted house, opened a few pages and flipped through to confirm that it could not harm Lu Li.
"It's very damaged." Anna handed it to Lu Li.
The ancient book seemed to have been eaten by animals, leaving clear tear marks on the fractured edges. Only a few pages survived. And most of the information was missing from a few of the pages.
The only thing fully presented is Jonah Peters' evil priest.
Sacrifices can deprive other beings of vitality and replenish the designated existence, but the cost is shockingly expensive, as can be seen from the fact that Jonah Peters had to sacrifice more than a dozen people just to restore Mary's body.
Anna pushed Lu Li towards the outside of Tower Wind City. Lu Li in the wheelchair was quietly looking through the torn and torn papers with only fragments left.
Through a few words, Lu Li judged that most of the records in this ancient book were of this kind of evil and barbaric sacrifices.
Lu Li gave the book to Anna and asked her to destroy it.
"Aren't you going to stay?" Anna asked.
"I remember, and destroying it is better." Lu Li replied.
A breeze blew, and the severely missing ancient book turned into fragments and fell on the wet stone road. Lu Li and Anna passed by and gradually moved away.
A few minutes later, a carriage with the Reeves family stamped on it passed by quickly, crushing the soaked pieces.
The carriage had just left Jonah Peters' home. After questioning passers-by, it went straight after Xiang Lu Li.
However, until the carriage arrived at the foot of the city wall, the Reeves and his daughter did not see the figure in the wheelchair.
"He may still be in Tower Wind City."
Viscount Reeves said in a low voice and asked the guard standing upright: "Did you see the man in the wheelchair leaving the city?"
"I just left a while ago..." the guard replied as he recalled for a moment.
"We should still be able to catch him. The groom——"
"No need, Father." Mary's gentle voice came from the carriage.
"He doesn't seem to want to meet us. It's difficult for us to find him when we go out of the city."
"Always ask clearly." The Viscount frowned and said. He didn't think that the purpose of that mysterious guy was just to save a few unimportant civilians, whether that guy was an exorcist or "him" in the priest's mouth.
"It's not like we got nothing, at least we already know his name, right?" Mary replied softly.
Viscount Reeves loves his daughter very much, so when Mary is involved, even he can't keep calm.
But just like Mary said, the guy named Lu Li didn't want to tell the truth, nor did he want to have contact with them.
He could only reluctantly remember the name and get on the carriage back to the Viscount Manor.
The breeze brought by the passing carriage lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, and if there was a faint whisper, it drifted away with the wind.
"Maybe we will meet again. I hope you will be willing to communicate next time..."
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"I thought you were going to meet Mary."
Several hundred meters above the ground, Anna said.
The veins of the earth extend in all directions, and migrating humans can be seen on the small roads.
"No need."
Mary had countless questions. Although Lu Li had plenty of time, he didn't intend to waste it on meaningless conversations.
Especially when he can't change Mary's current situation.
Anna stopped talking about this topic and asked instead: "How far are we from King Allen City?"
"Less than two hundred miles."
"We can arrive before the morning." Anna said. "We came too early."
The joint meeting of the Exorcists will start the day after tomorrow, and it will take Anna less than a morning to travel from the elm forest at the end of the Allen Peninsula to the Kingdom of Allen in the eastern part of the Main Continent.
They would be faster if they didn't stop in several cities along the way.
"Sufficient preparation time allows us to deal with some troubles calmly." Lu Li is used to planning everything in advance, such as hoarding resources, such as evacuation sites. Even if the plan usually changes - at least it will not stop his thoughts.
Thinking coherently helps you stay on track.
After traveling for a period of time, they were very close to King Allen City. That majestic ancient city that had stood for thousands of years might appear at the end of the earth at any time.
On the ground, small towns and villages that relied on King Allen City for their existence began to become common. They were scattered around the barren land that was originally a large area of farmland. However, the small towns and villages had long been uninhabited and no human beings could be seen.
Being close to the city is a blessing, maybe.
Soon after, a city surrounded by ancient walls appeared on the horizon.
It is difficult to compare it with Belfast or Himfast. The vastness of King Allen City is shocking, and it even makes people think that it can compete with weirdness and is the strongest reef in the shallow sea.
"No wonder people think that hiding in the city can avoid weirdness, instead of treating the city as a bigger can of meat..."
Anna whispered, and suddenly heard Lu Li's murmur in her ears.
"Maybe it doesn't need to be weird..."
"What do you mean?" Anna was confused.
"Ellen King City has a population of about two million. Residents of villages and small towns will go to cities. Residents of cities will go to larger cities. Ellen King City is the core of the entire kingdom, and there will not be too few people going to take refuge.
It won’t be difficult to double the population of King Allen City.”
"Ellen King City may be able to easily accommodate all the people taking refuge, but it will be difficult to handle doubling the food and resource consumption, especially in plant disasters, so."
Lu Li's gaze fell on the ground, on the spiderweb-like slender roads surrounding King Allen City.
"The supplies in the royal city will not last long."
The trouble doesn't just come from the outside world.
Anna looked at the ancient and vast city in the distance again, but this time there was no other emotion except pity.
Only a dozen miles away from King Allen City, Anna landed in the wilderness that was once farmland, returned to the road, and blended into the traffic on the road.
Just like Mu Su said, people are crowding into King Allen City, and there are almost no figures leaving in the opposite direction on the road.
Perhaps because of Lu Li's appearance, or perhaps because of the investigator badge on Lu Li's chest, more than one carriage was willing to give Lu Li a ride.
Lu Li declined their help and was pushed by Anna, and he followed the crowd into King Allen City.
A gray sky hangs over the city.
There is an investigator base located here, and Lu Li plans to go there to inquire about the details of the council. But before that, he and Anna rent a room on a street not far from the city gate.
Entering the room, the window is open and the curtains are fluttering.
Allen King City does not have the ever-present humidity of Allen Peninsula. On the contrary, the floors, windowsills and tabletops are covered with a layer of dust.
Unlike the Allen Peninsula, inland cities have sea breezes that can blow away dust.
After putting down their luggage, Lu Li and Anna headed to the investigator base.