The joy of victory did not last long.

The mad beast had indeed been killed, and there was no corpse, and it was a question of how the bounty would be cashed in, but according to the north wind, if the matter was explained in detail and the investigation was completed, it could still be paid.

Either way, it's a great achievement.

Another fortunate thing is that no one was injured in the battle with the beasts, only those who died in battle, and there was no need to endure the pain to kill their comrades who were injured but still maintained their human consciousness.

A detailed investigation was necessary, so a series of investigations were carried out on the cave where the mad beasts lived.

The first thing to be found was the one that the mad beast had thrown into the cave before it was burned to death.

Hardly anyone dared to believe their eyes.

It was a poorly made doll made of rags, rope, and unthinkable skin and hair.

Why would such a thing be regarded as a treasure, the emperor thought it was very strange.

- until further exploration uncovers a new item.

There are some very primitive objects in the cave, a mixture of hay and grass that is not dry, covered with fur to make a bed, what looks like a knife is nothing more than a broken stone, and a few wooden crates containing some "grain".

From relatively intact wood to meat of unknown origin, it has been barely preserved to the present.

As for the skulls and leg bones inside, Huang Taiyi tried to ignore them.

There was also a box containing torn clothes, more than one in number, and the sleeves and lower part of the clothes were torn off, as if they had been deliberately changed to look smaller.

The mad beast doesn't even seem to have to be clothed, but for whom is it kept?

I found a notebook that I don't know if it was intentionally left here or unintentionally lost, and it recorded some things about the mad beast.

As Huang Taiyi guessed, there is more than one mad beast, and its real ability is not to become a beast, but to carry out chain infections through its own body fluids and fragments, and the core part of it will parasitize on humans, and the degree of mutation of the parasitic person will intensify, and within a few days it will grow into another mad beast and gradually lose its mind completely.

That is, the spearmen who had just been parasitic did not yet have the ability to be infected, which made the north wind breathe a sigh of relief.

According to records, the new mad beast will retain some of the host's own abilities or characteristics, and will also have a certain degree of similarity to the original host in terms of behavior and habits.

For example, the use of a spear is an example.

There is also a simple complaint, complaining that the current mad beast is too weak, the host is not qualified, and proposing to replace the host as soon as possible, etc......

This is an astonishing discovery, and Beifeng is sure that he can already rise to prominence with this discovery, and he looks forward to more discoveries.

He even began to rummage through the cabinets himself.

"It's ......"

The north wind with torches illuminated the edge of the wooden box.

Words and phrases of unknown meaning are engraved on it.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to, monsters, not monsters, kid, my kid, kid is still there, alive...... Definitely, Mom, I must live......"

Merlin read them one by one, and after reading a few words, each word turned into a choked cry.

Accustomed to killing, Beifeng and his men also stood in place with blank faces, their minds empty.

The sound of sniffing gradually sounded.

The taste of iron seeped into the mouth of the emperor along the corners of his mouth.

"Yes...... Before completely losing reason...... The ...... left behind That is, this person...... And that doll......"

The north wind covered his mouth, unable to speak again.

The host of the mad beast may be a mother with a child, but the detailed truth has been buried in the darkness forever.

The handwriting was probably left behind when she was not completely in a state of mind, as were the clothes and the doll that replaced her own child, although the already horrific handmade doll might have been the "work" of the madness.

Even if he has lost his mind, he always thinks that the child is still around, and even protects the doll with his body, and does not forget to throw the doll to a place where there is no flame burning until the last moment.

Why is this happening?

How cruel is the world?

Huang Taiyi felt that his heart was hard enough.

Accustomed to fighting monsters from other worlds, no matter what kind of corpse mountain and sea of blood he witnesses, he will not take a step back.

But why do you still feel pain?

The hatred of the mad beast brought a strong backlash.

How many mad beasts are they?

Their own pain may be nothing compared to them.

Huang Taiyi walked out of the cave alone and set his eyes in the direction he had come.

It's not over yet.

Some of the accounts haven't been settled yet.

Without looking back, he already knew that Merlin was approaching behind him.

The sound of desperately suppressing tears made the pain that Huang Taiyi had finally relieved a little bit become heartbreaking again.

"Do you regret it?"

Huang Taiyi asked in a cold voice.

"No regrets."

Merlin sniffed hard and replied without hesitation.

"Let's go."

Huang Taiyi did not say where he was going.

"Hmm."

Merlin nodded vigorously, believing that her heart and that of the Emperor were in the same place at this time.

Leaving behind all the supplies, the two men rushed as fast as they could, carrying only the necessary rations.

……

Loga Village.

Late at night.

The flames that burned half of the night sky reddened continued to devour life.

"Hahaha! If you want to regret it, regret what you did! ”

Sparta's soldiers chased and killed villagers who begged for mercy or fled.

"Yes...... You forced me to do it...... Babble—"

The middle-aged man, who was cornered by two soldiers, hugged his two children tightly, and his wife was already covered in blood and fell to the ground.

"Less nonsense! Are there not many people who have been killed by you who spread rumors everywhere! Why don't you say that you eat with what the dead have left! ”

A soldier raised his knife in his hand.

"That's yours too...... I...... I did nothing wrong! You who are not good to die...... Ahh

Another soldier preemptively pierced the middle-aged man's throat and killed him.

"Hmph, Lord Sparta is right, these bastards are more active than the other when they hurt people, and now they know that they are afraid!"

"That's right, if it weren't for the fact that they did a good job, they wouldn't have killed them so happily!"

The two soldiers killed all the people in front of them and turned to look for other targets.

"Hurry up! Not a single one! Retreat after you've done it all! ”

Sparta sat on a specially modified giant chariot and gave orders in a loud voice, using fire and wailing as an accompaniment.

The people of Loga Village were indeed complicit in him, such as spreading rumors, concocting false information to lure groups of bounty hunters to traps, transporting infected people to other areas to spread the damage, and even dealing with various traces, reselling supplies in the name of merchants, etc., which were almost all kinds of evil and became rich.

But it was a deal with the devil after all.

Now, the devil's fangs have reached their throats.

"Lord Sparta! The village chief brought it! Damn it! Ran away alone! ”

Two soldiers carried an old man with round eyes to Sparta.

"Ho Ho, as soon as I heard that you seemed to have escaped, my Lord Sparta was a little scared, how could I let the culprit escape?"

Sparta spat out big circles under his eyes and laughed.

"Brute! You're going to be finished sooner or later! ”

The village chief understood that the general trend had gone, and scolded loudly.

"Huh? At that time, you proposed to partner and sent your granddaughter as collateral, and she still has a daughter, right? My own children have been left behind, tsk, my Lord Sparta is just an ordinary villain, you are a beast that can even sell your own relatives for a little profit, and tell you one thing before you die, your granddaughter is now a crazy beast, hahahaha! ”

Sparta looked up to the sky and laughed, gesticulating.

"What! How dare you give my granddaughter to ...... Woo......"

The village chief's body had been pierced by spears and swords, and the soldier who had drawn his weapon kicked him into the fire.

"You ...... You guys...... Woo aaaaaa......a

The village chief, who had been badly wounded, struggled helplessly in the fire, falling from the burning roof from a high place, crushing his body into the burning charcoal.

"Hey, hey, hey......"

The faces of the atrocities were glowing with oil, and their cruel smiles were twisted into strange appearances in the firelight.

Such killings happen everywhere.

Men and women, young and old, even men and livestock, Spartan's soldiers, who had been ordered to "kill everything", faithfully carried out their mission.

"Hmph, it's absolutely safe at this point in time, those two people should have discovered the secret of the mad beast, but they don't know what kind of monster the mad beast is, it will definitely be infected, even if they defeat the mad beast, they can only go to the office to receive the bounty, no matter whether they suspect me Lord Sparta, it is impossible to stay here anyway......"

Sparta's calculations seemed perfect to him.

He considered it with the common sense of this place, a strong person would never care about what would happen to the village of ordinary people, at most he would be angry because he had been deceived, as long as he couldn't find himself, it would not be a problem.

"Almost, right? Someone! ”

Feeling that the surrounding sounds were almost inaudible, Sparta wanted to make his soldiers quickly clean up the aftermath and retreat at full speed.

No one responded.

In addition to the constant sound of the burning house collapsing, it seems that even the sound of a person's breathing cannot be heard, and it is terrifyingly quiet.

The village was full of flames, and for some reason it made Sparta feel cold.

No matter how big the nerves are, it's time to realize the danger.

Right behind the scenes.

Sparta turned around tremblingly.

The voice seemed to materialize, blocking his throat.

Sparta, who had been invincible a few seconds ago, sat on the ground, his upper and lower teeth pounding with fear.

Under the moonlight, two figures stood a few steps behind him, one of them carrying a huge long knife.

The glow of anger stained the pupils of Emperor Taiyi and Merlin red, like the fire that had completely destroyed the village.