Following the trail of blood, the group easily found the corpses. In the open space behind the bushes, there were a total of 14 corpses. All of them were burnt black, and it was impossible to tell their ages. However, they could see that they had struggled before they died. Some of them stretched out their arms as if they wanted to grab something, some were rolling on the ground desperately, and one of the corpses was kneeling on the ground as if begging for mercy. However, it was all in vain, and they could not escape death in the end.
The tragedy in front of him almost made the handsome blond man throw up his lunch.
Hansen's expression was very serious. These people should have died not long ago, and they could even feel the residual heat from the bones. It was obvious that they had just been incinerated. Most of them were roasted alive, and the murderer's cruel methods made everyone feel a chill.
The quasi-magus squatted down, picked up a branch, and poked at the pile of charcoal-like things.
The elf archer could not stand it anymore, and frowned. "They have died miserably enough, don't desecrate their corpses anymore."
"That's right, that's right." It was rare for someone to take the initiative to attack the youth, so Hilton quickly expressed his support.
Although the mercenaries did not have much psychological burden when it came to turning over the corpses, the scene in front of them was really a little too cruel. Even experienced old foxes like Edward and Hansen felt a little nervous, and did not want to look at it a second time. The grade 2 swordsman really did not know how the youth could do it, and he was rummaging through the corpses.
"Don't you want to know how they died?" Rob threw away the wooden stick in his hand, dusted his hands, and stood up from the ground. It seemed that he had completed the preliminary investigation.
"Oh? What did you find? " Hansen, of course, also wanted to know what happened to these people. After all, it had not been long since they died. No matter what they had encountered, the person or thing that caused them to become like this must not have gone far. Maybe they were hiding nearby, waiting to ambush their next prey.
Thinking of this, the grade 2 swordsman felt a little nervous.
"Fourteen people, four Swordsmen and two Thieves. There are no Magic Professions or Ranged Professions, and all of them are Grade 1 Professions. The remaining eight people are their followers. Hmm, this is a relatively weak exploration team, but their luck is pretty good this time. They should have found something valuable. After obtaining this item, they were wild with joy. They did not dare to delay and hurried back to the camp. Just as they were about to leave this primeval forest, their luck ran out. They encountered another team nearby."
Rob pointed at the scattered footprints on the ground not far away. "But the good news is that their thief discovered the other team first and hurriedly reported to their team leader. At that time, the team leader was also anxious, afraid that the other team would target his belongings. In a moment of desperation, he made a terrible decision and hid the team behind this bush."
At this point, the Archmage sighed. "It would have been better if they did not hide. Hiding was tantamount to telling the other team that they had something valuable on them, and as expected, their whereabouts were discovered by the other team. The other team issued a warning, and the team leader had no choice but to bite the bullet and come out to explain."
Luo Bu then pointed to one of the charred corpses. "Here, this is their leader. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but this guy died the earliest. He was stabbed to death long before the others were barbecued. In a sense, he suffered a lot less. The group of people they encountered were out-and-out vicious people. From the moment they decided to attack to the moment they started killing and robbing them, it only took a very short time. No one hesitated at all in the process." "That's right.
"Really? You can even tell that?" Edward was truly shocked by his little follower's performance this time.
"Half and half. I mainly deduced the most likely scenario from the wounds on the corpses and the surrounding environment. However, other than this speculation, there is no other reasonable explanation. You wouldn't believe that they accidentally set themselves on fire while having a BBQ in the wild, right?"
"Oh, by the way, they weren't burned to death by ordinary fire. The one who did it was a Magician. Someone herded them together like livestock, and then the Magician threw four to five fireballs into the crowd."
Hansen and Edward exchanged a glance. At this moment, the first name that popped into their minds was the same — Raúl. The four-man team they encountered this morning did not look like the kind of people. If it was really them, then this group of people was even more dangerous than they had imagined.
"Hey, how do you know this was done by a Magician?" Lolo asked curiously.
"Uhh, from the degree and range of the fire … I can tell. This kind of fire can't be ignited with ordinary methods. Besides, the people inside are not idiots. By the time you ignited the fire, they would have run away in fear. Well, in the end, they wouldn't have been burned so thoroughly."
"Amazing. With this observation skill, you can already be an adventurer." The Grade 2 Swordsman was convinced, and could not help but give the young man a thumbs up.
Rob secretly wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. This guy had never even started a fire before. How would he know the difference between a normal fire and a fireball? Moreover, different Magicians had different levels of magic power, so the damage and power of the fireball would be different. It was hard to say what would happen at the scene.
He only felt the dense fire element nearby, and that was why he concluded that someone had used magic here. Fortunately, his explanation did not sound too out of the ordinary. The others were stunned, but it was obviously not enough to dispel the rookie Brave's doubts. After all, the two of them had been together for the longest time, and Lolo knew the young man better than the others.
As the two of them spent more time together, Lolo felt that she could not see through Rob.
"Don't you know a little too much?" The girl asked suspiciously.
Adventurers and scholars were like creatures of two different worlds. Usually, there would be no interaction between the two. Therefore, no matter how strong the young man was, without any reference, the others would at most be amazed at how amazing he was. However, the environment that Lolo lived in when she was young had seen many scholars, and there was no lack of famous masters. Most of them could achieve something in one or two fields in their lifetime, and the rookie Brave had never seen someone as knowledgeable as the little follower.
Especially considering a certain person's age, wasn't this guy's knowledge a little too terrifying?!
"Oh, right. What did you say your major was? I think it was something like, uh, history … "Lolo tried hard to recall the conversation she had with the little follower.
At this time, it was the beautiful blond man who helped the Magister out of her predicament. Hilton said impatiently, "Now is not the time to talk about such things. Here, the corpse has been found. Since it's not the young master of the Matthews family, we should continue our journey."
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