Lily sat beside Tianlan's bed, helping to feed her, and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, why are you investigating the butcher? There is a murderer in my hometown known as Jack the Ripper.
No one has figured out his true identity for more than a hundred years after his death. On the Internet...well, I mean there are many rumors among the people. Some even say that he is the devil incarnate. In short, it is generally difficult to figure out this kind of murderer.
Really, why do you do such a thankless thing?"
Lan smiled bitterly and said with some depression: "This is related to the reputation of our mercenary group. When I took on this task, I used some tricks to allow our mercenary group to obtain high commissions... If not
If we complete it, I'm afraid it will be difficult for our mercenary group to receive missions in the future."
Reputation? Lily nodded and expressed her understanding. Reputation is not just a mercenary thing. As long as you are in a legitimate industry, you will definitely value credibility, because the main thing you look at in interactions between people is credibility. Secondly,
Then look at personality or other things.
But Lily is still a little confused: "Then should we go to Dix to seek revenge from the people from the Book of the Dead? Now that the stronghold here has been discovered, I'm afraid they won't come here again."
Lan nodded, thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "If there is no way to solve this matter within five days, I will suggest that the leader return part of the commission... By the way, we still need to find a ship that can sail
The ship to Dix, but now that something happened in Dix, I’m afraid no ship is willing to sail to Dix..."
"I can't help with the boat thing, but I can help with the butcher thing!" Lily patted her poor chest and said cheerfully, "I will go out to investigate tonight to see if there is anything.
Useful clues."
Hearing Lily's words, Lan's expression was a little nervous: "It's better not to give up. You have been targeted by the Holy Book of the Dead. If you run out openly like this, I'm afraid..."
Lily seemed a little disapproving of Lan's words: "Sister Lan, don't worry, I will take Aurelia and Ye Ji with me! And if the Book of the Dead really wants to take action, it may not be safe even if you stay in the hotel.
Instead of thinking so much, it’s better to just let it happen (zuo)!"
Finding that there was no way to dissuade Lily, Lan had no choice but to let her go. After feeding Lan, Lily found Aurelia, Ji Ye, and Nieku who insisted on following, and began to investigate.
(guang) journey.
Two days have passed since Garudo captured Jinx, and within these two days, several pirates were killed by Butcher. Obviously, the Dragon Spear investigation did not stop Butcher from continuing to do evil.
In addition to investigating the butcher's affairs on the surface, Lily is actually more curious about what Fan is doing these days, always going out early and coming back late these days. Is it really like Alison said... that he is in love? Impossible
It's impossible... You won't come back at night if you're in love, right? Ahem... Forget it, isn't it clear to find him?
With Aurelia and Ji Ye accompanying her, Lily became much more courageous. She wanted to risk her own life and go to a small warehouse to see if there were people from the Book of the Dead squatting there. Unfortunately, she had just arrived.
In the warehouse area, I found that the city guards had blocked the place. It seemed that it was caused by the infestation of the Book of the Dead.
Since she couldn't enter the warehouse area, Lily naturally wandered leisurely to the north of the city. Although the sea at night was not much to see, in Otez at night, there was only a night market near the port, where pirates often gathered to drink and party. , of course the butcher will also take away the lives of two unlucky people...
Lily was very surprised that since there was a butcher running rampant in the city, why did the group of pirates gather there to seek death? It was simply unreasonable... But if you think about it carefully, the North District is close to the port, so this is probably the only place suitable for pirates to live. If they move to another place, the butcher will surely follow them!
The North District of Otez is very quiet during the day, but it becomes lively at night. In addition to the pirates drinking and having fun, there are also businessmen who take the opportunity to sell things here. The backwater bar looks deserted with few people during the day, but at night There were so many people that she couldn't even squeeze in! She gave up the idea of going into the backwater bar to pet the dog-eared girl's tail, so Lily had no choice but to buy some rare gadgets from the merchants on North Street while walking towards the East District.
It was close to midnight when they left the North District. Neither Aurelia nor Ji Ye looked tired. This made Lily, who has always been a nocturnal person, very curious: "Aurelia, Ye Ji, aren't you tired? ?It’s already midnight?”
Aurelia smiled gently, touched Lily's head and said, "No, I'm not sleepy. Do you know the origins of the Moon Elf and the Moon Clan?"
"Moon Elf and Moon Clan?" Lily blinked and shook her head to express her ignorance. She only knew that Aurelia was a Moon Elf and Ji Ye was a Moon Clan...their names were all related to the moon.
Aurelia pointed to the looming moon in the sky and said: "The reason why we moon elves believe in the moon god is because in ancient times, the moon god single-handedly created our moon elves clan, so we contain the great power from the moon god. We can see clearly at night with the help of moonlight. We moon elves can even be more active at night than during the day."
"I see..." Lily looked thoughtful. She nodded and said, "Does this mean that the Moon Elf is a nocturnal being like me?"
Aurelia nodded and smiled: "You can say that."
Lily turned her head and looked at Ji Ye: "Ye Ji, what about you? I remember you said you were from the Moon Clan - is it also related to the Moon God?"
Ji Ye nodded and explained expressionlessly: "Actually, the Moon God you call is the ancestor of our clan."
Poof - Lily almost spit out the elf blood that was her late night snack... What? Who is Ji Ye? A descendant of the Moon God?
Seeing Lily's dumbfounded and exaggerated expression, Ji Ye raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "Actually, to put it simply, we Moon Clan and Elf Clan are both dependents of the Moon God, so operating at night is not a big deal for us. Things. On the contrary, I am a little curious, Master... No, Miss, why do you like to travel at night and need to sleep during the day? If you are just an undead, you can stay awake, right?"
Speaking of this, Ji Ye couldn't help but think of Lily's sleeping face-compared to the unreliable troublemaker look when she was awake, the sleeping owner was cuter~
Hearing Ji Ye's inquiry, Lily couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed: "I am a vampire...I sleep during the day because I hate the daytime. I will not travel during the day if it is not necessary! Hey...if I can learn to cover up
The magic of sunlight would be great, but it's a pity that except for Fan, who is a half-baked magician, no one here knows magic."
In Gasayin, magician is a relatively rare profession. If you want to be a magician, you must first be literate. If you are not literate, you will not be able to understand the obscure magic theories and complicated knowledge. Considering Gasayin's education level
, I am afraid that apart from the nobility, only wealthy families will learn to write and read.
Secondly, just being literate is not enough, you also have to be spotted by a magician and accepted as an apprentice. Because everyone has different magic qualifications, teachers need to provide specialized tutoring and training, rather than instilling the same skills into students like on Earth.
Knowledge is enough, and teaching students in accordance with their aptitude is the way of education of magicians in Gazain.
In this way, it is already very difficult to truly become a magic apprentice, let alone graduate from a mentor and become an official magician. An unlucky kid like Fan, who has poor talent and makes his mentor angry, can get through it.
Qualification as a formal magician is already a miracle! Most of the truly powerful magicians study magic in their own magic towers. Very few magicians are willing to work as mercenaries to earn pitiful commissions. As long as they are willing, they will naturally
Someone pays a lot of money to hire them.
Lily wants to learn magic, but unfortunately the only one who can teach her is Sophia, whom she has met briefly. Van does know a few spells, but it's a pity that Lily only learns the magic she's interested in. Now she can't even make a fireball, let alone block the sun.
High level magic!
While chatting, the three of them walked towards the East District. Compared with the North District, it is much quieter here. In addition to residents' residences, the East District is mostly filled with workshops that manufacture and process finished and semi-finished products, and these workshops rarely open at night.
Construction started, so the East District seemed quiet.
"Why don't we go back? There's nothing good to see here." Aurelia looked at the dark surroundings with some disappointment. She thought she could see some workshops working at night.
"No... wait..." Lily stopped Aurelia. She frowned tightly, sniffed around with her nose, and said with certainty: "There is... a smell of blood!"
Aurelia's expression also became a little serious, but she had no intention of investigating: "Maybe someone was injured?"
"Master, are you really smelling it right?" Ji Ye also followed Lily's lead and sniffed everywhere, but unfortunately she could not identify anything except the fishy smell of sea.
"Of course I can't smell it wrong!" Lily proudly puffed up her small chest and walked in a certain direction, "Follow me, I know where the smell of blood comes from."
Aurelia and Ji Ye looked at each other and followed Lily forward...
When Lily followed the smell of blood and came to a house, Aurelia and Ji Ye couldn't help laughing, and their hearts dropped - this house was no other place, it was a slaughterhouse! This place
Naturally, there will be the smell of blood...
Seemingly knowing what Aurelia and Ji Ye were thinking, Lily looked at Aurelia and Ji Ye who looked relieved with black lines on their faces: "Hey, hey, I said... I'm sure what I smell is human blood.
The taste - I am very picky about my taste. Animal blood has an unpleasant smell, and only human blood can be so sweet. But the smell I smell seems a bit... um... mellow? I suspect it is due to years.
The smell of blood accumulated over many months means... this is probably the legendary butcher's lair! Unless the owner of this shop is in the human flesh business!"
Hearing Lily's words, Aurelia and Ji Ye's stomachs couldn't help but churn... Although they are not humans, they are still humanoid creatures. They have no thoughts and thoughts about eating their own kind, which is a terrifying thing to think about...
...Surely only perverts can do it, right?
Lily's nails became sharp and long, and with a sharp stroke on the door lock, she cut off the already weak door lock. Pushing the door open and going in, there was not much flesh in the room, only two legs hanging on the wall.
It looks like it should be some kind of beast rather than human.
However, Lily did not stop, but went straight to a wall, wandering around as if she was looking for something.
"What's wrong? Little Lily? What are you looking for?" Aurelia looked at Lily with some doubts. She just hoped that this place wouldn't really be the butcher's lair... But because of a special sense of trust, Aurelia was even more excited at this moment.
What I'm worried about is whether I can defeat the legendary butcher.
Lily said with some annoyance: "It's broken, the smell is broken behind this wall! I'm sure there is a mechanism nearby that can open this wall!"
"Mechanism?" Aurelia's eyes lit up. As a nightwalker, in addition to stealth and assassination, disabling mechanisms is also within the scope of her skills! Scanning the structure of the entire room, Aurelia was confused.
I quickly discovered several places that were probably organs.
After testing one by one, Aurelia pulled a certain movable rod hidden on the meat rack. Behind the wall where Lily was standing, a deep passage leading to the underground appeared. When the passage was revealed in front of the three of them,
At this time, not only was the smell of blood that Lily mentioned, there was also a faint sweet smell that only belonged to carrion and corpses from the other end of the passage...
The three of them looked at each other, silently drew their weapons, and walked deeper into the passage...
When we came to the end of the passage, behind the half-opened iron door, a strong smell of blood and corpses hit us! Behind the iron door was a spacious hall, which was dark without any lights.
There is no breath of life in the hall. It seems that the owner here is not here now. Although it is very dark here, Lily and three of them have the ability to see at night. Everything in the hall makes the three of them take a breath of air-conditioning——
There were iron chains hanging from the ceiling of the hall, and there were some dumped corpses hanging under the iron chains! Most of the corpses were mutilated, and many of them were rotten, but there were still some fresh ones. One of them, Lily knew, was exactly the same.
It's the pirate who was attacked by the Butcher yesterday!
"It looks like this is really the butcher's lair!" Lily couldn't help but beat her heart when she saw the terrifying scene in the hall. According to the convention of horror movies, after the protagonist goes deep into the murderer's room, the murderer will appear and chase the protagonist.
...Although the butcher seems to have gone out to "hunt" now, who knows if he will suddenly come back!
"Let's go back quickly and inform Big Bear and the others!" Lily dragged Aurelia and Ji Ye out, not because she was afraid of the hellish scene in the hall, but because she was really afraid of butchers and those unkillable people in horror movies.
Just like a murderer! Lily doesn't want to get entangled with those elusive, powerful, infinite, thick and hard-to-beat guys!
PS: PS: I’ve been a little obsessed with playing D3 recently...