The young captain followed Kieran's gaze and saw the dark mayor's office. Kieran immediately drew his sword from his waist.
Chang!
The moment the sword was drawn, the people around were shocked.
However, they soon realized something wasn't right.
"My lord, I'll bring some men to have a look!"
Kieran said to Kieran.
"Em.
I'll go check the room of the Eddie Merchant Group. "
Kieran nodded and didn't stop Kieran.
Kieran's senses told him that although the room was dark, there wasn't any danger. There weren't any malicious gazes nor any powerful presence.
Quite the opposite, Dwarf Wine Cup and Rice Basin, this hotel had a faint bloody stench.
It wasn't the pig or sheep kind but … humans!
"Very well, you two follow my lord."
"My lord, I'll be right back!"
The young captain made the necessary arrangements before he led his men away.
After Kieran and the other soldiers left, the hotel owner, Old Peeker, finally heaved a long breath.
"Volgen is good at everything but he is too serious.
I watched him grow up but he doesn't give me any face at all. "
Old Peeker shrugged in self-mockery as he spoke.
"A serious young man isn't annoying right?"
Kieran smiled.
"Of course, of course.
My lord, please follow me, I'll bring you to the room where those bastards are staying. "
Old Peeker nodded and led Kieran into the hotel in a smooth and polite manner.
Along the way, Kieran didn't even need to ask, Old Peeker started to introduce everything about the Eddie Merchant Group.
"Eddie Merchant Group is a small merchant group. The core of the group is the Eddie family. There are more than a dozen of them but small merchant groups have their own way of survival. They choose to stick together and most of the time, the Eddie family is the one who takes care of everything."
"So, most of the time, people think the whole merchant group belongs to the Eddie Family but in fact, it's made up of many smaller merchant groups and they only take a portion of the profits."
"Oh, so that's how it is.
The Eddie Family is the name of the Eddie Merchant Group? "
Kieran continued.
"Yes, that's the name of the Edi Merchant Group and they are really family."
"It's weird, right?"
"It's not strange for a family to be in charge of a caravan, but for a family to be in a caravan from top to bottom, that's what I'm curious about."
"But I'm curious, so I don't dare to ask them."
Old Peeker said with a smile.
"What?"
"Are they fierce?"
Kieran asked as he smelled the scent of blood that was getting closer.
"Which caravan that dares to come near Supreme Road isn't fierce?"
"The bandits and robbers that roam the Middle Sector of Supreme Road are no joke. Even with Burning Dawn's garrison, there are frequent ambushes, let alone Burning Dawn …"
As he spoke, Old Peeker suddenly thought of something and stopped his words.
"What happened to Burning Dawn?"
Kieran pretended to be curious and asked.
"It's nothing. Burning Dawn was attacked!"
"That Grand Duke is missing …"
"My lord, with your status, the official documents you've received must be more detailed than what I've heard. You can even ask Mayor Hall about it. Please don't make things difficult for a pitiful person like me."
"I'm just begging for a living here."
Old Peeker begged for mercy repeatedly and at the same time, he took out a pouch of money and passed it to Kieran discreetly.
Kieran took the pouch of money without batting an eyelid.
When Old Peeker saw Kieran take the pouch of money, he showed joy on his face and hastened his steps as he led the way.
At the back of the hotel corridor, Old Peeker stopped in front of a wall with only a single door.
"This is the room of Eddy's family and also the biggest room I have. Every time they come, they choose to stay here."
Old Peeker then opened the door and stepped aside.
A civilian soldier with an oil lamp walked in first and lit up the candle in the room.
The light instantly filled the whole room.
It lit up a row of neatly arranged beds and the luggage under them.
The beds were neatly arranged and the blankets were folded.
The luggage was neatly arranged and didn't move.
Kieran glanced over the beds and luggage before eventually landing on the big table in the middle of the room.
The bloody stench came from there.
Or more precisely, it came from under the wooden floor of the big table.
Under Kieran's tracking vision, everything was even clearer.
Countless dragging traces led to the same spot.
"Move it away."
Kieran ordered the civilian soldiers and at the same time, he looked at Old Peeker.
Old Peeker's expression was as usual and there wasn't anything unusual.
Of course, it was now.
After the long table was moved away, Kieran lifted a seemingly sturdy wooden board but it was actually an empty one. A dense bloody stench assaulted everyone's face.
Under the candlelight, the densely-packed bodies were revealed before everyone's eyes.
"Oh my god!"
Old Peeker cried out in shock as his face changed drastically. He staggered backward.
The other two civilian soldiers were horrified as well. One of them was at a loss of what to do but the other one was still calm, drawing the short sword from his waist and pointing it at Old Peeker.
"Don't move!"
The civilian soldier said.
"M-My lord!
I didn't kill these people! "
Old Peeker immediately raised his hands up and said in a stutter.
"Mm."
Kieran nodded without commenting and glanced over the hidden secret room in the hotel room.
When he saw the L-shaped latch inside, he squinted his eyes.
"A secret room controlled from the inside?"
A guess formed in Kieran's heart and he told the civilian soldiers right away, "Go and bring all the bodies out."
"Yes, my lord."
The two civilian soldiers looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
The civilian soldier who was at a loss of what to do seemed to be unwilling as he slowly moved closer to the secret room. The other one drew his short sword and although he was unwilling as well, he didn't slack off when Kieran ordered him to do so.
The one that surprised Kieran was Old Peeker.
"My lord, let me help!
I am willing to prove my innocence and help you, my lord. I hope you can give me fair treatment! "
Old Peeker took the initiative and said.
"Sure."
Kieran promised.
Of course, Old Peeker wasn't the killer.
The killer didn't have the smell of blood on him and there were no traces of him washing up.
On top of that, the killer was as short as a dwarf and didn't go through any training. Other than poisoning, it was impossible for him to kill so many people silently.
However, the bodies weren't poisoned to death but their throats were pierced.
More than a dozen throats were pierced in an instant.
"The killer didn't just strike fast, he caught them off guard as well …"
Kieran stood on top of the secret room and saw the bodies being carried out one after another. Kieran's mind couldn't help but picture the scene from that day: the Edis and the killer were discussing something in the secret room. Then, the killer suddenly struck and the Edis and his family fell to the ground one after another when they were caught off guard.
Maybe there were agonizing cries but with the secret room door and the room door blocking the cries, no one heard it.
Or maybe the killer purposely arranged his men to divert the attention of the people in the hotel.
"Aaah!"
Just as Kieran was guessing, Old Peeker and the civilian soldiers cried out in shock from the secret room beneath his feet.
"M-My lord, M-Mayor is dead!"
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