"Did you find anything?" Freud quickly asked, "Did you find out who they were sacrificing to?"
According to Sam, the farmer wasn't the only one who sacrificed. Many nobles in the town were involved as well.
This was a typical collective sacrificial event, and it was a sacrificial offering with humans as the main sacrifice. It was full of primitive style. In the history of the wizarding world, there was a high probability that the target of the sacrifice was an otherworldly evil god. The god wanted to deepen the connection with the wizarding world and enter the wizarding world.
This was very common in the primitive tribes of the Ferran Continent. Therefore, every once in a while, the wizard organizations would send out missions to clean up the primitive tribes of the Ferran Continent.
Drew shook his head. "We still don't know who they were sacrificing to."
Freud furrowed his brows. "Then what did you find?"
Drew's expression became a bit awkward. "It's from the knights. We can't confirm if it's related to the mass sacrifice, but we think there might be a connection between the two."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Drew adjusted his glasses and gestured for Freud to enter the castle first.
As they walked, Drew began to tell Freud about the clues the royal knights found in Dawn Town of the Silver Wun Duchy.
Drew's explanation was clear and concise, and Freud soon got the gist of it.
It all started when the knights went to investigate the farmer's sacrifice.
Since the Silver Wun Duchy was a vassal state of the Central Empire, the knights of the Silver Heron Duchy were given a high status and special law enforcement rights. Therefore, when the knights went to investigate the farmer's sacrifice, they used their status to pressure him. Very quickly, they found all the nobles who had participated in the sacrifice in Dawn Town.
Unfortunately, the knights didn't find many clues from these nobles. It was as if the sacrifice came out of nowhere, and they didn't know anything about it.
The knights speculated that some otherworldly entity might have used some kind of memory interference ability, and they would need a formal wizard to dig up more clues.
Therefore, the knights reported this to Neya first.
Sacrificing otherworldly evil gods could be a big deal or a small matter. Some of them were just curious, while others were filled with malice towards the wizarding world. Still, no matter how big or small this sacrifice was, Neya still reported it to the Tower of Hurricane as soon as possible. She hoped that the Tower of Hurricane would send an official wizard over.
The knights were unsure whether or not the official Magi would come, and when they would come. Therefore, they wanted to use this opportunity to continue digging into the secrets of Dawn Town and see if they could find any other clues.
However, after investigating the influential families and the businesses related to these families, there was basically no problem. Many members of the aristocratic families didn't even know that there were people in their families participating in the Evil God Sacrifice.
While they were at their wits' end, one of the knights suggested that they might as well investigate the slave market.
Since there was going to be a sacrifice, there had to be a tribute, which was a living person.
Although so many dignitaries participated in the sacrificial ceremony, very few dignitaries were like little Sam. Most of the dignitaries didn't want to make a big deal out of it. Therefore, these dignitaries in Dawn Town bought their tributes from the slave market.
As for using servants as tributes, the nobles were unwilling to do so. After all, the servants of the nobles also had skills and etiquette training.
How could they sacrifice the servants that they had spent a lot of resources to train? That would be enough. They were not big nobles with great power in the Duchy, so it would take a lot of time to train a qualified servant.
The knights thought that they might be able to find something by investigating the slave market, so they agreed.
In the next few days, the knights conducted a comprehensive investigation of the slave market in Dawn Town, and finally found some hidden clues.
However, the clues didn't point to the dignitaries in Dawn Town.
Because the clues were about something that happened 13 years ago.
The reason why they even dug out what happened 13 years ago was that it was related to the supernatural event.
According to the memories of a worker in the slave market, 13 years ago, many slave ships sailed into the nearby Dawn Town from the outer sea. There were about 10 of them in total.
At that time, people also went to the slave market in Dawn Town to get some high-quality slaves. Overseas slaves were generally more expensive than local slaves. Moreover, there were some humanoid slaves overseas that catered to some dignitaries with abnormal hobbies. Therefore, the price was even higher.
They really found a lot of good slaves, but they only got a few of them. Most of the slaves were bought by another buyer.
And this buyer was the one that the clues were pointing to.
This buyer was very strange. He was very generous with his money. He also offered a high price for many worthless slaves. Because of this, the merchant on the slave ship was willing to sell the slaves to him instead of the slave market in Dawn Town.
Because they were intercepted, the workers in the slave market were very angry. Therefore, they paid more attention to this buyer.
Then, they found a strange place. The rules of this buyer for selecting slaves were very strange.
He wasn't interested in the talent, beauty, or status of the slaves, but … their body size and height.
The slaves he bought were basically in the same height range. He didn't want slaves that were too short or too tall. Even if the slaves were more valuable, he wouldn't even look at them.
The worker who discovered this immediately started to think. Their slave market also had a lot of slaves in the same height range, and many of them were slow to sell. It wouldn't be a bad idea to sell them to this buyer.
After some contact, the buyer was really willing to buy them.
During the process, the worker got closer to the buyer. At that time, he didn't think that there was anything strange about the buyer. He just thought that the buyer had a special fetish for height.
However, there was one time when a staff member sent the slaves to the other party's temporary residence, only to find that the slaves that had been sent previously were all gone. They didn't see the buyer leave, and they should be able to find a trace of the disappearance of a large number of slaves. However, everything was gone.
Also, the worker saw a strange symbol in the buyer's house.
"Symbol?" Freud asked, "What symbol?"
Drew shook his head. "I don't know. The worker forgot."
Freud frowned. So far, he hadn't heard anything useful from Drew's story. There was no clue about the so-called "supernatural" either. Then what was the point of Drew telling this story?
Drew continued, "The symbol was very strange. The worker didn't forget it because he wanted to, but because his memory was interfered with."
"Oh?"
"According to the worker, he thought that the symbol might have some meaning. Maybe he could find out the buyer's identity. So, he tried to memorize it so that he could investigate it later."
"However, the symbol itself wasn't that complicated. Every time he thought he had memorized it, he would close his eyes and try to recall it. Then, the memory of the symbol would disappear.
It was as if the symbol had some kind of mysterious power that prevented it from being memorized. "
Freud felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. A symbol that couldn't be memorized … It was very similar to that …
"Did he not remember anything about the symbol at all?" Freud asked.
Drew thought for a moment. "That's not entirely the case. According to him, he can remember the frame outside the symbol, but he can't remember the symbol inside the frame at all."
Frame? Freud's eyes lit up. "Then what does the frame look like?"
"There's a concentric circle and a hexagonal one," Drew answered.
"Do you have a pen and a paper?" Freud was stunned for a few seconds and turned around.
Druid nodded and took out the fountain pen and a small handwritten letter that he carried with him with some confusion.
It was called 'Drew's Handbook'. It was a record of Drew's experience in supernatural powers. There were countless tiny words inside, but Freud wasn't interested in them at all. He flipped to a blank page and quickly drew a symbol on it with his pen.
The outside of the symbol was a concentric circle, and the inside of the circle was a standard hexagon.
"Is the frame of the symbol like this?" Freud asked.
Drew took a look and nodded. "Yes."
Freud let out a long sigh as if he had understood something.
"Does Mister Dissen know about this symbol?" Drew asked curiously.
Although it was something that happened thirteen years ago, this symbol was related to Extraordinary power, and it was very likely to be related to the collective sacrifice. Therefore, Drew was also very curious about the symbol. If the Tower of Hurricane sent an official wizard to investigate, he would be able to provide relevant information.
Freud nodded. "I've seen similar symbols, but I don't think this one is related to the mass sacrifice incident. The buyer probably had nothing to do with the farmer's sacrifice. "
"Is it because it happened so long ago?" Drew asked. "Is it because it happened so long ago?"
Freud shook his head. "No, if I'm not mistaken, this symbol is related to the Cazider World. As for the worker you spoke of, the reason why he couldn't remember the symbols was because of the Cazider world's password. "
Cazider World!
Although Drew was only an apprentice, he had been in the wizarding world for decades. He knew a few things about the Cazider World.
It was the Spirit Plane!
The Cazider World existed in a dimension that could not be explored by the material plane.
Currently, the only ones who could enter the Cazider World, or even communicate with the Cazider World, were three extremely powerful Soul Families.
The farmer's sacrifice, as well as the nobles of Dawn Town, was just a small matter. Such a primitive human sacrifice, at most they would be able to contact a wild god from another dimension, but they would not be able to contact the Cazider World which had existed since ancient times.
Drew finally understood why Freud was so sure that this incident had nothing to do with the mass sacrifice. It was because the difference in level was too great.
"If that's the case, then the buyer with the symbol is one of the three Spirit Family wizards?" Drew guessed.
Freud did not reply. It seemed that Drew's guess was wrong.
The buyer bought a large number of slaves of similar build and height. They also had the symbol of the Cazider World, and it happened more than ten years ago ….. It was very similar to the altar in the cave!
There were three hundred and sixty small caves in the cave. Each cave had a skeleton sitting cross-legged. These skeletons were of similar build and height.
This was the ritual of sacrifice, and the ritual required a strict standard. Height was one of the most important requirements of the sacrifice.
On the altar in the cave, there was also a symbol that he couldn't remember at all. The outer frame of the symbol was also a concentric circle and a hexagon.
With so many coincidences, Freud was sure that the clue the knights found had nothing to do with the farmer's sacrifice, but ….. it was related to the sacrifice in the cave!
Freud squinted his eyes. He did not think that he would find a clue to the cave by accident.
In Freud's eyes, the sacrifice of the farmer was not worth mentioning. The sacrifice in the cave to the Cazider World was more important.
While Freud was deep in thought, Drew sighed. "However, it has been thirteen years. Even if the buyer is from the Spirit Family, he should have left by now."
Freud said, "Yes, so we can ignore this clue for now."
Drew nodded. "I thought this was an important clue. Sigh, forget it."
Freud said, "The most important thing now is the farmer's ghost."
Drew did not notice that Freud had changed the topic back to the farmer's ghost. In his opinion, the farmer's ghost was indeed more important than this vague topic. "Yes."
"The farmer's ghost is at the foot of the mountain right now. Lady Neya is also on her way. Do we need to do anything else?" Drew asked, "Or … should we move Sam somewhere else?"
Freud shook his head. "No matter where we move Sam, the farmer's ghost will come looking for him."
Sam's constitution meant that he would be 'favored' by the undead for the rest of his life.
So, it was better to get rid of him as soon as possible.
"It's a little strange that the farmer's ghost didn't come up the mountain. I suspect that he's a special undead. "
"It's not good if he's a special undead." Drew looked worried. Ordinary undead were already hard to deal with. Even Lord Neya would have a hard time exterminating them, unless she had a special method to deal with them. However, such methods were usually for the soul element. If other elements wanted to learn it, they would have to cross realms …
If normal undead were hard to deal with, special undead would be even harder to deal with.
Freud didn't care about that. He had Prelude to Rebirth. Even if it was a special undead, he could kill it with one or two shots.
What he cared about was, if the other party was a special undead, what kind of special ability would it have?
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