Someone said strangely when they saw the door of the tavern open.
Back at the tavern, the hall was deserted, and they soon saw the wallet placed on the round table and the note next to it.
"What's this?"
Returning the wallet to his lost companion, he unfolded the note.
【It's going to take me away...】
The drunkenness faded away, and the man's pale cheeks were filled with fear.
"The monster is here again! It took him away!"
…
The last light in the sky was swallowed up by darkness, and it became difficult to see pedestrians on the streets.
The light from the harbor in the distance gradually became hazy and disappeared into the mist.
A strange fog is spreading from the streets, and Emin Grolin is coming with an oil lamp.
"I found some information and found this letter." Emin Grolin handed out the letter like a little girl waiting for praise.
"Where did I find it?"
Lu Li took out the letter and unfolded it. Anna's message was written inside.
Anna also discovered strange events in the two towns. The missing people were in similar situations to Mary Poppins. She quietly followed the missing people to find the suspected strange hiding place: an abandoned mine in the eastern hills of Luosha Town.
She will find a way to enter the mine and explore.
Emin Grolin's answer also rang out: "In an unoccupied cabin, I was looking at the door -"
The voice was interrupted, and urgent shouting suddenly sounded from the street behind him.
Looking towards the direction where the shouting came from, Lu Li put away the letter and approached the place where the incident happened with Emin Grolin.
…
There were many people standing in the tavern.
There haven't been so many people here for a long time, but they are not guests and they don't bring any excitement.
Everyone's face was full of fear, looking at the round table with dinner plates and empty wine bottles.
"It's Best's handwriting... He was taken away." The old mayor sighed, put down the note, and asked the three people slumped in the wooden chairs: "What happened at that time?"
"We don't know anything..." the man who smelled of alcohol said in a daze, as if he had lost his mind. "Cliff closed the door after dark as usual... It's a bit early today, because he saw-"
He suddenly saw a cloaked girl holding a man with black hair and black eyes appear behind the crowd at the door of the tavern.
"That's him!"
The man exclaimed and pointed to the door.
Many eyes in the tavern were focused on Lu Li and Emin Grolin. People dispersed like the plague and stayed away from the door.
"No, it's not...Best said he is a demon slayer from the Lord's Continent who came to help us!" the man explained quickly.
"I talked to him not long ago." Lu Li spoke and looked around, but did not find the tavern owner in the crowd. "He was attacked by something strange?"
"Yes...he is the new victim..." The old mayor looked at Lu Li. "Best said you are a demon slayer, right?"
Lu Li lifted up his coat, letting the local residents see the salvation wrapped in an old gun holster.
Psychic guns are more recognizable and more convincing than badges.
The local residents, who had been helpless for a long time, grasped at straws and soon believed Lu Li's identity, and begged him to help people solve the mystery.
Emin Grolin also hopes that Lu Li can stay and help. Strictly speaking, she is the exorcist who comes from the Main Familiar Continent to help Luosha Town solve strange incidents.
Lu Li showed Anna's letter to Armin Grolin. They had the same goal.
According to the exorcist's procedure for dealing with strange things, they should ask local residents about their experiences, investigate the remaining traces of strange things in the town, and then wait for the next victim to appear.
But because of Anna, they already know where the weirdness is and they can go straight there.
The mayor and some residents hope that they can wait until dawn and the strange fog recedes. However, Anna has not returned yet and may have encountered some trouble.
Before setting off, I asked the old mayor about the abandoned mines in the eastern hills. The old mayor frowned and said that the place had been abandoned for decades and the minerals had long been mined out.
Taking the carriage provided by Luosha Town, Lu Li and Emin Grolin drove out of the town and drove along the road into the dark mist.
"The exorcist manual says not to travel in darkness and eerie fog," says Emin Grolin.
"Except for emergencies."
The oil lamp beside him cast a dim yellow light, dispelling the fog and darkness surrounding the carriage.
The abandoned mine is only a few miles away from Luosha Town. In other words, Luosha Town was established because of the mine.
There are many similar towns in the Wasteland. Some failed due to depletion of minerals, and some were lucky enough to survive due to other resources around them, such as Luosha Town.
【Eastern Hill Mine】
[Towards Luo Lei Fort]
A fork in the road appeared, and the wooden sign in the middle of the road was engraved with vague handwriting.
The carriage turned into the left fork of the road, and the ground was gradually mixed with dark cinders. Empty wooden boxes used to hold coal were placed beside the road.
The carriage stopped in front of the mine entrance.
The sound of horse hooves disappears, and the dead silence competes to occupy the surrounding area.
Emin Grolin held the sensory alarm clock in her hand and shook her head gently at Lu Li: "There are no weird things nearby."
Lu Li pressed Redemption and wanted to use the psychic gun to sense his surroundings, but Emin Grolin dissuaded him: "It's best not to... when you sense them, they also sense you."
In the strange fog, strange things may emerge from the surroundings at any time.
Lu Li nodded gently and loosened his grip on Salvation.
"There is a letter there..."
Emin Grolin held up the oil lamp, and there was a brand new letter posted on the roadside noticeboard.
Lu Li took the letter Anna left and took out the note.
[It is different from what you imagined...very weak. It is not one, but one of them]
[It’s unbelievable that weird people can believe in other weird things]
[Aunt Mary is not here, it was other believers among them who took her away. I pretended to let the monster in front of me escape, and then followed it to find their lair]
[Luo Lei Fort. I remember the name of the city there]
[By the way, there are several townspeople captured by it in the mine, but because it was dark, I asked them to stay in the mine until daylight. You go back with them, don't take risks, and come back after dawn]
Anna was obviously not far from Lu Li, maybe only ten minutes apart.
"Or Miss Anna?" Emin Grolin asked from the side.
"Um."
Lu Li put away the letter and walked towards the mine. "Go in, Anna has already taken care of everything."
When they found the people captured by the weird believers, these townspeople were gathering around the fire to warm themselves up.
Lu Li looked around and saw all unfamiliar faces. The tavern owner Best was not there.
"I'm the slayer."
After revealing their identity to these fearful townspeople, people's alertness quickly collapsed. Lu Li asked about what happened before, and they all started arguing, saying that the person who saved them was a young lady who claimed to be Lu Li's assistant.
A woman took out a letter and said that the assistant asked her to give it to Lu Li. However, it was a letter with the same content as the one posted on the notice board.
They thought they would have to wait until daytime to leave, but they didn't expect Lu Li to arrive so quickly - just ten minutes later.