The Demon King stood up, and there seemed to be a few more villagers watching the excitement.
"I know who the culprit is."
he said.
The villagers started talking, and most of them were confused. He just came over and found the culprit with just a quick glance. Could it be that he was a god?
"I think this person must be here to cheat me on food and drink."
The bearded old man cursed unceremoniously. Luoshan was also a little worried, but he really hoped that the other party could solve this matter.
The sound of their discussion reached Rena's ears, and she showed an uneasy expression.
"Master, have you found the prisoner?"
She looked up and asked.
After all, we came together to investigate, and she found nothing.
"Yes, if I guessed correctly, it should be them." The Demon King gave a small pass and then walked towards the group of villagers.
"I need some corn, preferably fresh, as well as charcoal basins for firewood, a few more buckets of water, and preferably some clean empty earthen jars." The devil said to Luoshan.
Hearing this, the villagers became even more confused.
"Why do you want these things?" Luoshan asked with a frown. He racked his brains and couldn't think of any connection between these things and the criminals who stole crops.
"You'll know later." the devil said.
"Hey! I'm so proud of you. I have corn at home. Let me see what tricks you can do." The old man with a beard said and walked home step by step with his hands behind his back.
"Then I'll get the charcoal basin." Luoshan said.
"I'm going to get water."
Several villagers were also idle. Some went to fetch water and some went back to get jars. The devil asked for everything at once.
After a while, a few people came back carrying a bucket of water and a few cans, and Luoshan also came over carrying a charcoal basin and firewood, but the old man with a beard had not been seen for a long time.
Could it be that he was just talking?
Just when everyone was suspicious, the old man with a beard appeared angrily in everyone's field of vision. He was holding a bag of unpeeled corn in his left hand and a pitchfork in his right hand.
"Hey, what's wrong? Who made you angry again?"
the villager asked jokingly.
At this time, the bearded old man's beard was crooked with anger, and he threw the corn to the ground angrily.
"What a sin! I don't know who ate up my bag of corn! If I catch him, I won't skin him!" he shouted, staring with eyes as if he really wanted to kill someone.
"Calm down and tell me what happened." Luoshan asked.
The bearded old man's chest heaved and he breathed heavily, and said: "Recently, all the vegetables in the fields have been eaten up. I was worried that the prisoners would target the food at home, so I dug a small cellar a few days ago.
Who knew that damn bastard somehow ate some of my corn! Ugh!! All that’s left is the bag and some crumbs.”
"Could it be eaten by rats?" the villagers asked.
"How could your mouse eat up all my corn in one day? There isn't even a mouse hole. How did it get in? It could also move the stone on the door and put it back again?"
When the old man with a beard said this, the villagers couldn't help but get scared. You know that if the crops are gone, they can still plant them again, but if the food at home is gone, what will they eat? And that thing can still enter the house. Who knows when they are sleeping?
Won't……
"I hope the murderer can be caught soon." Luoshan was also very anxious. After all, it might be his own home next time, and no one would take pleasure in his misfortune.
However, while they were chatting, the devil had already prepared things. He put the firewood in the charcoal basin, poured something on the corn, and skewered it with wooden sticks.
"Isn't this just roasted corn? You brat is playing tricks on me!"
The angry old man with a beard rolled up his sleeves and cursed, but he was stopped by the villagers.
"Quiet!" said the Demon King, and then he asked Reina to use fire magic to light the charcoal basin. When Reina used the magic, the villagers were shocked.
"Magician! This little kid is a magician!"
After seeing this magic, they were shocked and said that for civilians, magicians are rare. Of course, they use many magic tools in their daily lives.
"I'm not a magician, I am a master. I only learned a little bit about it," Reina said.
The fur doesn't even count.
The Demon King complained in his heart.
The villagers kept their mouths shut.
"Everyone be quiet and find a place to hide." The Demon King ordered.
After saying that, he walked behind a stone fence in the distance, and then the villagers ran to him. The devil waved his hand, and a column of water suddenly flew up. The villagers exclaimed, this is really magic.
Teacher.
They saw the water column flying towards them, suddenly spreading into an umbrella, and the umbrella became a circle, turning into a transparent bubble, wrapping everyone together.
Reina wanted to learn from this, but she also wanted to know why the master did this. She saw the devil looking at the charcoal basin through the cracks in the rocks. The villagers who were talking about it just now gradually became quiet, and they also followed suit and peeked.
With.
The burning firewood made a crackling sound, the corn was roasting on the flames, and a burst of blue smoke suddenly rose.
The villagers swallowed subconsciously, but strangely, they didn't smell anything.
This is so strange. Logically speaking, burning firewood also smells, let alone roasting corn. A greedy person can smell it ten miles away.
Time passed very slowly. They looked at the corn that was about to be burned, but there was still no movement around them.
Some people lost their patience and shook their legs and turned their heads. Suddenly, there was a snap that shocked everyone.
Did the corn explode?
Yes, the corn kernels roasted by the high temperature turned into popcorn and flew out, and then continued to crackle and pop. Suddenly, a small area around them was covered with little white popcorn.
However, at this moment, something came out of the ground.
No, there seems to be something wrong. Did it come out? It's not accurate either. It seems like the water in the sponge seeped out.
The translucent objects that were the same color as the sky looked slimy, like round snails without shells, and they were very numerous, at least thirty.
That's right! They are the legendary slimes! A strange creature that is out of the food chain! They crawl to the charcoal basin with precision and pick up the popcorn on the ground.
"Are these slimes eating our crops?"
Luoshan asked in surprise.
"That's right, there is no cursed land at all, it's just a ghost caused by slimes." The Demon King said calmly.
"Ah!! Look at me beating these beasts to death!"
At this time, the bearded old man rushed out, and the bubbles burst with a pop. He stabbed a slime with a pitchfork. The fork immediately pierced the slime's body. However, something even more amazing happened. It suddenly appeared.
A bubble came out.
"Stay away from it!" the devil shouted.
However, it was too late. The bubble suddenly burst, and some transparent and foul-smelling liquid splashed onto the old man's body.
"Ah!! It hurts! My face! My hands!"
Bearded Dad shouted in pain, and the villagers rushed up and pulled him back.
"Hold his hand, don't let him wipe his face, and rinse the digestive juices away with water."
The Demon King commanded.
Reina quickly picked up the half bucket of water and rushed to the bearded old man.
"What's next?" Luoshan asked anxiously.
"It's okay. At this time, it's just a skin burn. Just apply some plaster." The Demon King said calmly.
However, only then did the villagers realize that within a short time, the slimes had burrowed into the ground again, and not even their shadows could be seen.