"Blargh!"
"This smell … it's too strong!"
In the dark underground sewers, Edward's boots stepped into the stinking sewage, and the sound of his footsteps could be heard. After discovering the truth about the ghouls and the danger they posed, Edward immediately contacted Tucker of the city guards and met with his superior. After a series of facts, Edward finally convinced them to help him. They began to search for places in the city where ghouls might be hiding, as well as ordinary people who had been infected with the ptomaine. They were immediately quarantined and treated.
Edward obtained detailed information and information about the previous series of monster attacks. The identities of the corpses, the locations of their deaths, and various other information were all sent to Edward. Edward compared them one by one, hoping to discover something from the identities of the dead. These dead people had all sorts of identities, from nobles to slave haulers, from officials to shipwrights. Just from looking at their identities, Edward could not find any similarities.
The only similarity between them was that all of them were young and strong men with strong bodies. Perhaps this was the reason why they were chosen. The enemy was selectively creating ghouls, then thinking of a way to pick out the stronger ones from the ordinary low-tier ghouls and transform them into high-tier ghouls.
Edward did not know how many ghouls there were in the city. At present, there were more than a dozen people who had witnessed the attacks, and there were more than a hundred people who had gone missing today. As for those who had not been discovered in the dark, it was even less clear. There were too many people in the city of Babus without an identity or registration. It was very complicated, and it was very difficult to find out the truth.
Edward immediately thought of the stone slab that he had discovered before. It led to the sewers. The city of Babus was the work of Farragut, the famous architect who had designed St. Sarl City in the Kingdom of the Church of Light in his later years.
Edward walked through the dark sewers with an oil lamp in hand. The sewers were semicircular, with a sloping floor that was high on both sides and low in the middle. It was nearly four meters wide, and it was made of square stones. It was like a well-developed channel system that connected all parts of the city. Even if there was a downpour, this channel system could easily discharge the flood from the city of Babus.
"I didn't expect there to be such a large space underground. With such a developed underground drainage system, Master Farragut's design concept has completely considered the overall situation and the practical aspects of urban planning. This is the style of a true master. "
Just from this shocking underground drainage system, one could feel the transcendence of Farragut's design of Babus. This underground drainage system was also later used in St. Sarl City. Although Edward was not an architect or an artist, as a knowledgeable wizard, he had also dabbled in this knowledge. Edward admired these true masters very much.
Edward traced the area where he had discovered the suspicious point. He closed his eyes and used his mental power to explore the force field to feel the network of underwater channels. At the same time, he compared it with Babus's map in his head to see where he had gone.
"Bloodstains?"
"Here too!"
"He's coming this way!"
Edward's keen eyes and perception kept tracking the clues he wanted. He also found that many people had been in and out of this place recently. There were stained footprints on the edges, and there were also traces of armor scraping against the stone walls. If this underground canal was not regularly cleaned, no one would normally enter or exit it.
Edward continued to move forward and found that he was getting closer to the core of the underground canal. The tunnels here were getting more and more complicated, and the space at the corners was getting bigger and bigger. The center of the canal was getting deeper and deeper into the ground. If a normal person were to go around in such a complicated canal, they would have already gotten lost. Edward, however, was still able to move forward easily, and he found more and more traces. He was sure that he had found the place where the ghouls were hiding.
Thump! Thump!
Thump! Thump!
Hurried footsteps, accompanied by the splashing sound of footsteps stepping on water, were coming from all directions towards Edward. Edward immediately frowned. "How is this possible? They found me? "
Judging from the footsteps coming from all directions, they were coming to surround Edward. It was certain that Edward's tracks had been found. Edward was also sure that he was very close to the ghouls' nest. Edward immediately thought back to what had happened earlier.
"Alarm Witchcraft!"
Edward immediately realized what was going on. The other party's speed was incredibly fast, and in the blink of an eye, Edward could see a few red-eyed Corpse Eaters in tattered clothes coming out of the passageways and charging at him.
"Roar!"
At this moment, Edward was at the corner of a tunnel, and a dozen ghouls suddenly appeared and attacked him from three different directions. Edward immediately pressed his palm against the wall, and a large number of thin stone spikes instantly grew out of the sewers, piercing through the dozen ghouls that were charging at him. The stone spikes crisscrossed the space, and the ghouls were nailed to the ground.
However, they still didn't die. Instead, they struggled with all their might. Edward turned around and ran. He felt that a large number of ghouls had caught up to him, and there were too many of them to count. Edward chose a path to escape, and when he turned a corner, he happened to see a large group of ghouls coming towards him. He turned in another direction, and after passing through a few tunnels, he discovered that he was actually surrounded.
Edward thought that the number of ghouls would exceed his imagination, but there were too many of them. The vast army of ghouls filled every corner of the underground tunnel, and they were everywhere. Edward immediately used his extraordinary bloodline witchcraft to kill the incoming ghouls, and a large number of stone spikes quickly scattered them, opening a path of blood.
Edward stretched out his hands, and he saw that his hands were covered in a layer of stone skin. His entire arms had turned ashen white, and they were as hard as marble. Edward rushed towards the ghouls, and he quickly passed through the scattered ghouls. Those that blocked his way were smashed to pieces by Edward's heavy stone fists, and those that blocked his way were sent flying. The ghouls kept pouncing on him, and Edward, who was covered in a thick layer of stone armor, didn't care at all.
At this moment, a figure wearing a black cloak kept stepping on the stone walls like a gecko. He rushed towards Edward, and he immediately unsheathed his longsword and slashed at Edward. Edward immediately used his hand, which was covered in stone armor, to grab the longsword. When the two of them clashed, there was a clanging sound.
Edward immediately discovered that the opponent's longsword was emitting a strange energy wave at the level of his mental perception, and his stone armor was continuously dissipating. Edward's expression changed drastically. "Extraordinary power."
But it was already too late. The opponent had already pulled out a long sword from Edward's hand and cut a long wound on Edward's hand. He then swung the sword upwards. Edward quickly turned around, but he was still hit and fell to the side.
A long wound appeared on Edward's abdomen and chest. Fortunately, he had dodged quickly, or else his stomach would have been split open. Edward, who was heavily injured, pressed against the wall beside him. Immediately, the stones of the underground cave shattered into pieces, and the entire passageway collapsed. A large number of Ghouls were crushed to death, and at the same time, it also prevented them from pursuing Edward.
A stone slab at the corner of the street in Babus was flipped open, and Edward crawled out, covered in blood. He lay on the ground, his clothes soaked in blood. Although he urgently cast healing witchcraft and bandaged his wounds, his face was still very pale.
Not only was his injury a problem, but he could also feel a strange power constantly eroding his body and mind power, suppressing and eroding his mind power. When his mind power could not resist, this strange power would immediately interfere with reality and act on his body. Edward immediately remembered the curse witchcraft that Anthony the Great Sage had told him about. This was probably this strange power.
Edward slowly walked out of the dark alley and appeared on the street. He was about to take a detour home to deal with his injuries and find a way to deal with this seemingly troublesome and strange curse witchcraft. At this time, the alarm bell in the center of Babus suddenly rang. Edward did not understand the meaning of the bell, but the panicked crowd on the street and the constant passing of news made Edward understand the meaning of the bell.
"The king is dead!"
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