Indeed, the city in front of him was a little strange. Loperance City was clearly within the borders of the Human Empire, but it didn't look like a human city at all. The architectural style was completely different. What was even stranger was a black mountain not far from the city. The mountain's color was strange, and its appearance here was too abrupt. The terrain here was obviously a plain. The surroundings were flat, but there was a black mountain here. No matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem right.
Although Li Huailin hadn't been here before, he could guess that this place definitely wasn't like this before. It was too conspicuous. Since this was the case, it should be after Lagarde was sealed here that the current situation became like this. Lin Li didn't know what this guy was up to.
While thinking, Li Huailin flew above the city. What made him feel uneasy was that the entire city below was silent, as if no one lived in it at all. This situation was clearly a little bad. Li Huailin was a little worried that an accident had occurred. Of course, the people in the city didn't matter. Li Huailin was worried about Lagarde. It would be good if Lagarde died. If he didn't die, and Li Huailin couldn't find him, it would be really troublesome.
Li Huailin lowered his altitude and saw the situation in the city. Yes, there weren't any living people in the city. Not only were there no living people, but there wasn't even a single moving thing. However, Li Huailin didn't see any corpses in the city. In addition, Li Huailin saw that all the buildings and ground in the city seemed to be covered with a layer of black tar. This was why Li Huailin felt that this place looked like an Undead city from the air. After all, human cities were generally white and gold, while Undead cities were pitch-black.
After flying around, Li Huailin couldn't find anyone. There really wasn't a single living person, not even a player. This was really strange. Yes, it was one thing for the NPCs to disappear, but it was strange for the players to disappear as well. Wasn't this place strange? Wouldn't the players come to this strange place to see if there were any hidden quests?
Of course, the most important thing was the Castellan's mansion. The person Li Huailin was looking for was Lagarde. Soon, Li Huailin found the courtyard in the city that most resembled the Castellan's mansion. As a result, he looked at it for a while, and sure enough, there were no traces of human activity. There should really be no one there. This was very troublesome. Sure enough, Lagarde was also missing.
"What should we do?" Li Huailin said with a headache. Of course, he was talking to the Jade Emperor beside him. After all, there were two of them now. They could still discuss what to do.
"Let's find a living person to ask first. There should be people in the nearby villages, right?" the Jade Emperor said after some thought. "Don't worry, we still have time."
Li Huailin was a little anxious. After all, the Trial was in the afternoon, and he felt that he really didn't have enough time. Originally, he wanted to do the simplest thing first. How fast would it be to fly over and kill someone? It definitely wouldn't take too long. In the end, however, he encountered this troublesome matter. If he had known that this would happen, he would have carefully arranged for Lagarde to stay in the Duke's Mansion. He wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble.
"Let's go." Since he couldn't find anyone, he had no choice but to figure out what was going on. Therefore, Li Huailin took off directly to see if there were any villages nearby. He wanted to ask if anyone there knew what was wrong with the city and so on.
However, as soon as he took off, Li Huailin suddenly thought of something. Yes, compared to looking for people in the surroundings, wasn't there something more suspicious here? Yes, it was the black mountain outside the city. It was a really strange thing. Previously, he had been in a hurry to enter the city, so he didn't have time to check it out. Of course, he had to check it out now.
"Let's take a look at that thing first." Li Huailin pointed to the black mountain outside the city and said. Jade Emperor nodded, and the two quickly took off and flew in the direction of the black mountain.
When they arrived above the black mountain, Li Huailin took a closer look. Sure enough, the surface of the black mountain was also covered with a layer of black oily substance, which caused it to turn black. It was similar to the situation in the city. This thing didn't look good at first glance. Although he didn't know what it was, it was difficult to touch it.
Li Huailin circled around the black mountain, but he didn't find any entrance. Yes, Li Huailin felt that this thing might have been a building in the past, but it was now covered with black sludge. So, he looked around to see if he could enter and if Lagarde was inside. However, he didn't find any entrance, so he didn't know what to do.
Li Huailin considered whether or not to directly attack the thing. Yes, if it was a building, then he would directly break the walls and rush in to take a look. However, after thinking about it, he decided not to act rashly. After Jade Emperor's reminder, Li Huailin knew that he was a bit impatient. He didn't know what was going on, so it was better for him to be more cautious.
"Let's look around a bit," Li Huailin said after thinking about it.
"Yes, I think there's a road outside the city. If we follow the road, we should be able to find a nearby village," Jade Emperor said. Jade Emperor Summoning said. It had to be said that pro players reacted very quickly. Jade Emperor Summoning quickly found a solution. Of course, Li Huailin nodded. The two of them flew quickly and started searching along the road. Soon, they found something.
"Over there, it looks like a village," Jade Emperor said as he pointed ahead.
Of course, Li Huailin also saw it. The two of them immediately accelerated and flew to the sky above the village. However, the situation didn't seem too good. As soon as they arrived above the village, they saw a messy scene.
Yes, something had happened to the village, or rather, something had happened before. The village was quiet. Then, many of the houses seemed to have been destroyed. There were all sorts of things scattered on the ground. The entire village seemed to have been robbed by bandits. Of course, it seemed like it was just a robbery. Li Huailin and the others still didn't see any corpses.
"What's going on?" Li Huailin was a bit curious. He had only come to kill Lagard. He didn't expect to encounter such a strange situation. He couldn't help but be curious about what was going on.
"Is there a hidden quest?" Jade Emperor asked.
"There really is a hidden quest?" Li Huailin said. He had been mocking those players who thought there were hidden quests everywhere. Were hidden quests that easy to find? In the end, he didn't expect that he would encounter it by chance. The current situation did seem a bit like a hidden quest.
"Do you want to do it?" Jade Emperor asked.
"I don't want to do the quest, but I have to find someone. I have no choice," Li Huailin said. "Anyway, let's go down and see what's going on."
The two quickly landed and began to search the village. Yes, although the village seemed to be empty, it was different from the previous city. The people in the previous city seemed to have suddenly disappeared, but this place was a mess. There was a big difference between the two. So, it was obvious that they should look for clues here.
"There are bloodstains." Soon, they found clues. Yes, when they came down, they saw bloodstains. However, the bloodstains were dark and had been dry for a long time. It seemed that the incident here had happened for a long time.
"It seems like someone attacked this village, and the villagers here fought back," Jade Emperor said. "From the traces, it seems like it was done by bandits."
"This is still my territory. There are bandits here?" Li Huailin scratched his head. "Isn't it good for them to be bandits in the Terran Empire? Why did they come here to be bandits? Wouldn't they die a worse death if they were caught? "
"Why are you talking about brains with bandits? They will go wherever there is money," Jade Emperor said.
"The problem is that the people in my territory don't have money. I have already collected 70% of the taxes. Ordinary farmers are so poor that they are about to starve to death. What can bandits steal from here?" Li Huailin spread his hands. "I don't think it's bandits."
"Then what is it?" Jade Emperor asked.
"It should be … soldiers," Li Huailin said after some thought.
"Soldiers?" Jade Emperor was stunned. "You mean soldiers in the city?"
"Yeah, the possibility of bandits appearing in my territory isn't very high. Even if they do appear, it's too exaggerated for them to appear so close to my territory. Therefore, it's more likely that they're soldiers in the city," said Zhang Heng. Li Huailin pointed in the direction they had just flown from. "It should be the soldiers in the city over there. For some reason, they attacked the village here. It should be an order from the city lord."
"Are you so sure?" Jade Emperor asked.
"Yes, this is the decisive evidence." Li Huailin pointed at a belt on the ground. It was a broken belt. It was broken in the middle, so it was probably thrown there. "This belt is obviously not a belt used by farmers, but a soldier's standard belt. It was probably torn when the farmers resisted …"
"Yes, yes, yes." Jade Emperor nodded. "Your analysis is very good. Then … what do you think the identity of the person over there is?"
Li Huailin looked in the direction that Jade Emperor was pointing and saw a guy in leather armor looking at them in the corner. When he saw the two of them pointing at him, the man turned around and ran.
"F * ck …" Li Huailin was embarrassed into anger. "This is very f * cking embarrassing."
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