Although the fire was still burning, its light had dimmed a lot, and there was insufficient light in the room, so the woman lit an ancient light dust lamp, a magic lamp with a sealed glass container filled with glowing luminous powder.
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"I see, the crops disappeared mysteriously overnight. No wonder the surrounding farmland is bare." The Demon King touched his chin, and then continued to ask: "Then have you found the prisoner?"
Luoshan showed a troubled expression, shook his head and said, "No, we have tried every means, and even sent people to take turns keeping watch at night, but we didn't find any strange animals or prisoners."
"The crops won't grow and run away under your eyes, right?" the devil asked.
Luoshan smiled self-deprecatingly, shook his head and said, "We can't keep watching. There will always be times when we're not here, when we're eating, or when we're going to the toilet. We'll come back and take a look, oh!"
He spread his hands and said with a helpless expression: "When I look back, the crops are gone. It's like..."
"It's like being eaten by the ground."
The Demon King said calmly.
"Yes! That's it, that's what I wanted to say." Luoshan said excitedly.
"But the earth is innocent. It has nurtured all things, so it won't care about us." The woman suddenly said, and the devil felt that what she said made sense.
"This is the strangest thing, so we suspect it may be man-made, but this phenomenon has appeared in the farmland of everyone in the village." Luoshan calmed down, he used iron tongs to grab a piece of red-hot charcoal and lit it.
Put down the pipe in your hand.
"So poor Mila was driven out of the village." The woman said slowly, holding a ball of thread and knitting a sweater.
"Mira?"
Luoshan was silent for a while, then blew out a puff of smoke and said, "That's a shepherd girl. She's not from this village. You should have seen a prairie near the village where she often herded sheep. About four years ago,
She passed by our village while herding sheep."
"She is a good girl. When our village was in the most difficult time, she secretly sent four or five sheep to help us get through the most difficult days." The woman shook her head and said, "She was even punished for this at that time.
It’s not light, but now people have forgotten her kindness and treat her as a thief because she lost something, Anoram~”
After saying that, she put her hand on her forehead as if she was repenting.
"That sister is so pitiful."
Reina hugged the kitten and said weakly.
The Demon King also agreed that the status of shepherdess was very low, a profession that was looked down upon by others, and they could only earn a meager salary for their hard work. Losing a sheep was a big deal, being scolded by the employer was a small matter, and being beaten with a whip by the employer for making a mistake was not.
Not something strange.
Not to mention something as serious as losing four or five sheep at once.
The Demon King vaguely remembered that a long time ago, when he and his master were traveling, they met a little shepherd boy. He was sitting on the roadside and crying bitterly. It was because he lost a sheep that he did not dare to go back for several days. He would rather
I kept searching hungry and unwilling to go back. In the end, I was exhausted and could only cry alone.
"The culprit is neither she nor her sheep."
The devil's dark eyes stared at Luoshan, and he lowered his head.
"Yes, but there are still people who don't believe her and think she cast magic."
"Excessive!" Reina said angrily.
"Yes, the gods will definitely not forgive us for what we did, Anoramu." The woman showed a helpless smile to Reina.
"Then why don't you go and apologize to her?" Reina felt a little unreasonable.
The two fell silent, and the room suddenly became very quiet.
"Until the culprit is found, there is no way to convince other villagers," the Demon King said.
After all, not everyone is as reasonable as these two couples.
"You can put it that way, would you like to..."
"First of all, I won't work in vain. As farmers, you should know that if you want to harvest, you must make sacrifices." The devil interrupted him.
Hearing this, the two looked at each other. Reina felt a little uneasy holding the kitten.
"Then how much do you want?" Luoshan asked.
"We have to find out what the culprit is first. Don't worry, I won't make a big deal. The price will definitely be within what you can afford."
After hearing this, the two couples breathed a sigh of relief, but judging from their faces, it was clear that they were still a little worried.
At night, the two devils slept in an empty house. The room only had a wooden bed with dry straw on it. Although the conditions were simple, it was more comfortable than sleeping outside.
"master."
Rena was lying on the bed, looking at the starry sky outside the window.
"Huh?" The devil sat on a chair and read a book in the dark environment.
"Do we really have to charge money? We're staying."
she asked.
"No horse can run ten thousand miles without eating or drinking, and if you want to gain something, you have to make sacrifices. Go to bed early and get up early tomorrow to practice."
"Yes~"
…
Early in the morning, the roosters in the village started their concert. People who can sleep in under such conditions are not ordinary people.
call!!
A dull sound broke through the air from outside the house. Reina was waving a wooden sword and practicing the sword skills taught to her by the Demon King.
Although the movements are stiff and rough, the process can still be completed, but at this stage, she is only allowed to move her hands and feet.
After practicing until the sun fully rose, the two of them finished breakfast and followed Luo Shan to the fields.
The Demon King looked around and found nothing suspicious at first glance.
"There are no suspicious footprints. It should not be done by herbivores." The devil said to himself.
"Well, that's why we suspected it was man-made." Luoshan said.
At this time, other villagers also came over to watch the fun. They heard that an expert had come to the village and could help them find out the 'strange disease' in the area.
"When does it usually happen? At night?" the devil knelt down and asked.
"Not necessarily, most of the time at night, but also in the morning or afternoon. In short, it disappears when people are not around." Luoshan said.
"It must have been done by people from this country. They don't welcome us to live here."
"It must be because they haven't received my taxes, so they want to drive us away."
some villagers said.
The devil ignored them, he didn't want to meddle in their own business.
"I need to investigate alone, you will affect my work." He stood up and said.
Then he walked to another field, Reina followed behind him, and so did the kitten.
The other villagers suddenly murmured and looked at his back with some displeasure.
"I hope he is as awesome as his attitude, otherwise I will chase him out of the village like a liar."
An old man with a beard cursed in a low voice.
Luoshan smiled awkwardly and didn't know what to say.
The devil wanders around the world, looking for clues with his eyes.
He could feel the scent of the monster here, but it was very weak. It might have been brought by the wind. He couldn't make a conclusion yet. There were not many clues on the ground except human footprints. It was so strange. No wonder the villagers were suspicious.
Then he squatted down and investigated the location of the crops. In many crime scenes, only a small hole was left, which is where the plants originally grew. If they were pulled out, the ground would definitely be damaged, leaving some traces.
But there was no such thing, there were only small openings, as if the plant had melted by itself.
Wait! Melt?
The Demon King suddenly thought of something. He suddenly noticed that the land had been turned over by humans and was very soft.