When the chime rang in Donnie's ears, in an uninhabited island in the Sea of Storms, very far away from the town of Canafus—

It is an island of gray rocks, with few plants on it, and the sea breeze blows across the island, playing an eerie and poignant music.

This seems to be a forbidden piece of lifeDistrict.

On the cliff of the nameless island facing the Free Federation, there was a passage blocked with stones, and Duxst, who had awakened from the seal, was standing in his ruined temple, looking coldly into the distance.

It was a stone sculpture that looked indistinguishable from Dukest, and at this moment, a crack suddenly opened in the stone carving.

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Downey wasn't worried about Duxst getting into trouble with him, because he wouldn't know it was his own hands.

Of course, if they are to be completely insured, Mike and Tobis cannot live.

Donnie couldn't do such a thing, so he planned to change the memories of these two before he left.

Originally, Donnie might have gotten some information from Dukest, but now he had to take Mike and the two to investigate on his own.

The ground looks relatively intact, not like after someone has made a big move.

The coffin in the pit was torn open from the bottom and the body removed, and the grave keeper found out because the passage to the bottom of the pit had collapsed due to rain.

In Donnie's opinion, the hand-held thing should have sharp claws, or use sharp tools, and the body is most likely green, and the skin looks like gelatin.

Several pieces of gelatinous skin were found in the Downey Pit, and they had a strong rancid smell.

Seeing this scene, Donnie inexplicably thought of a weird, ghoul!

Ghouls are also one of the weird ones, and there is a demon god in the clan, Mordicgian.

This strange food naturally needs not be mentioned, the individual strength is not strong, it is transformed from humans, has the appearance of a beast, and likes to live together.

When Donnie sees these very inconspicuous details, he can basically conclude that they are the culprits.

Tobis had actually spotted the ghoul's skin, but he mistakenly thought it was the dead body of some kind of bug, so he didn't care.

After identifying the murderer, Donnie hesitated.

Normally, one or two ghouls don't matter, and when there are more of them, you need to notify Fort Thirteen to deal with them.

Although the strength of the ghouls themselves is average, but when there are more of them, the situation will change, and the ghouls will build a lair of their own, and as their strength grows little by little, they become more and more bold.

The situation in Canafus is very much like they did, but with what Donnie knows about them, it shouldn't be so 'wasted'...

Seeing Donnie's solemn face, neither Tobis nor Mike were speechless.

After a while, Donnie slowly stood up and said, "I already know the situation here, so let's get out of here and go to the edge of the swamp to have a look." ”

Although the current situation suggests that the ghoul is the culprit in this incident, Donnie still intends to err on the side of caution.

Tobis immediately agreed, and the men set off again in a carriage, heading straight for the swamp north of Canafus.

It's a swamp with no name, surrounded by tall and lush trees, and it's a place where you risk sinking at any moment.

So the carriage had to stop at the edge of the swamp, and Downey got out of the carriage and looked around.

Very few people come from here, and it is not known how the people of Canafus discovered that there were people who held sadhanas here at night.

Tobis was quick to give the answer, saying:

"It's a legend that has been handed down, and if I'm not mistaken, the town of Canafus has had it since it was first established."

"It is said that in this nameless swamp lived a witch who liked to eat the hearts of young people to maintain her youth, and she would make puppets of those who had lost their hearts to sit as her servants."

"When night came, she and her servants danced and sang in the swampy woodland, speaking evil words that people could not understand."

Combined with the current gloomy environment, Tobis's words are really a little scary.

Donnie was clearly not frightened, but Mike shrunk his neck.

It's not surprising that there are similar legends everywhere, and it doesn't say much.

It's just that Canafus does have facts that are close to the legend.

The limbs in the forest had been gathered by Tobis, and now they were only gloomy, and nothing else could be seen.

Even if there were ghouls, the smell on their bodies would have almost dissipated, and they wouldn't stay until now.

The traces on the ground were also destroyed by the townspeople, and the messy footprints were overlapped, and it was impossible to see the specific appearance.

Although this situation was expected by Donnie, the traces that could be easily seen on the surface were basically erased, and the only thing left was some scorched marks.

This only proves that someone has lit a few fires here not long ago, and there is no other way to give guidance.

Tobis and Mike had been here before, so they knew how difficult it would be to investigate.

After a while, Donnie still found some traces.

There are strange symbols at the roots of some trees.

The body of the symbol resembles a pentagram and contains other triangular symbols, but with a bit more twisted.

"Maybe it's a wizard's arcane sigil."

But Donnie felt it closely, and found that there was no sign of magic near the symbol.

Donnie tried to use the Eye of Knowledge, but was stunned for a moment.

He turned to look at Tobis and Mike and asked, "What's the deal with this symbol?" ”

Tobis and Mike stepped forward with blank expressions on their faces, looked at the symbol on the root of the tree and shook their heads.

"I don't know, I didn't see such a symbol when I came over."

Donnie looked at Tobis, said no more, and continued walking deeper into the swampy woodland.

The further you go inside, the more dangerous it becomes, but Donnie's speed is getting faster and faster.

The two officers followed Downey behind, and at first they could keep up, but then gradually they couldn't keep up.

"Mr. Roddy, please slow down!" Tobis said in the back, his tone a little hurried.

Soon, the young constable Mike is dumped by Donnie in the shouting, and only Tobis can barely keep up with Donnie.

Due to the presence of the swamp, the surrounding trees have become somewhat dry, and some trees have even turned into dry and towering dead trees.

The trees around Donnie had been stripped of their bark, and it was unknown if they had fallen naturally, and the gray-white trunks looked a little like bone claws sticking out of the ground.

In terms of the environment here, normal people will definitely not be able to live here.

But for those who are not normal people, this may be their 'paradise'.

"It's a nice place, you say?"

Donnie said as he looked at Sheriff Tobis, who was panting and running over.