Obviously they had the ability to kill them directly, but they only slit their throats and let them die in a painful struggle.

Some of the bodies had other wounds, presumably sustained during the fight, and the main cause of death was bleeding.

Most of the corpses were like this, only a few were decapitated, and the clergy who were later buried put together, but they obviously didn't know which head belonged to which body, and the scars on the neck were difficult to put together.

The decapitated corpses should have resisted fiercely, as they had other scars on their bodies, and after some observation, it could be judged that these people should have been 'warriors' or had been warriors in their lifetimes.

Afterwards, the maid asked a few of the priests to take her to see what was like in the rest of the village.

Since it was not the first scene, the scene had basically been destroyed after the corpse was moved, so the maid didn't see anything from it.

But she wouldn't blame the clergy, she wouldn't force them to wait for them to arrive before they could collect the bodies of the poor villagers.

After on-site investigation, there are several points that can be confirmed.

First, there was not a single body outside the village, and the killing was carried out within the walls of the village from beginning to end, which means that the time when the killers did it was 'at night', and only at night did people stay in the village so quietly.

Moreover, there were not many traces of fighting in the house, and there were not many bloodstains and corpses, which means that the killer had already alarmed the villagers when he first started, and the villagers got up to resist, and tried to escape after finding that they couldn't fight, but they couldn't escape any of them!

That's why the maid would judge that 'those killers had the ability to kill the villagers directly, but they made them struggle to death in pain and despair'.

It can even be thought that those killers deliberately alarmed the people in this village and deliberately woke them up.

In that case, then the second point can be confirmed - 'this is a cult sacrifice'!

Originally, it was 'suspicious', but now it can be confirmed.

After inspecting the houses, the maid found that the villagers had nothing less property, for they were already poor, but there were also no 'ancestral objects' in the chief's house, and although they were not worth much, if they were for money, they could not be a lot.

If it's not for wealth, then there's only one possibility-

It was a gang-driven massacre, and it was premeditated, and no one would do it except the cultists!

The news here has not leaked out for the time being, and after a side knock, Baron Wagler has confirmed that the entire village has not escaped, whether it is the hunters who make a living by hunting, or the villagers who went out to trade daily necessities, they all returned to the village during that period.

Not a single living person in the entire village, whether it was a human or a livestock, was completely slaughtered.

However, after almost one or two hundred years of investigation, there have been no big names in this village, nor have they had a grudge against anyone, so the possibility of 'revenge' can be ruled out.

Therefore, it can already be determined that it is a 'cult blood sacrifice'!

"Have you found any traces?" said the maid, unwillingly, and asked again.

The cleric shook his head heavily.

"What about mages, aren't there any mages here, haven't you tried [Scene Reproduction] or [Trace]?" asked the maid again.

However, the priest still shook his head, "It can't be traced, they did it very carefully, not only the traces outside the village have been swept away, but even the spells of the [Prophecy System] will be blocked." ”

The maid pursed her lips and paced in front of the pile of corpses, the sound of her footsteps loud in the silent village.

Where to start?

The people in the village are dead, and the cultists may be disguised as 'commoners, adventurers, mercenaries, and traders', these people abound in the current Sadwind Territory, walking the streets of the town, and meeting ten people, three or four of whom may be outsiders.

In order to make money, she relaxed entry restrictions, and the culprit who caused this to happen is likely to be herself!

Thinking of this, her face couldn't help but become hideous, and her mood began to become irritable.

If it was premeditated, would it take them a year to make a plan and implement it?

It doesn't take a year at all, it only takes half a year!

Judging from the tacit understanding of those people's actions, it shouldn't be the first time they've done this, and they must have done the same thing elsewhere, so those 'killers' must be mobile people-

"Check!"

The maid raised her head suddenly, "Go and tell Baron Wagler, mercenaries, adventurers, and merchants—go and check the arrivals in the last six months, he should have a record there, and then check the people who have passed by or come to this village frequently!

"Ah, yes, yes!"

The knight was slightly stunned, and then hurried out of the village.

After the knight had left, the maid turned to the priests and said, "I hope you will also check and contact the priests of other churches, and from these traces there must be quite a few of them, probably more than ten or twenty people. They don't have to stay in the same place, but they must have agreed with each other to gather at a certain point in time, and when they leave, they will definitely be broken into pieces, but they can't not show up from beginning to end, they also need supplies, they also need intelligence, and more importantly, they need to command - as cultists, they need to pray, and even more after the blood sacrifice!"

"There is no trace of a sacrifice here, so everything they do is just to 'please' the evil god, but after the blood sacrifice, they also need to reciprocate, so they must gather and pray to the evil god. With so many people, it is impossible not to have a single trace, and if it is a sacrifice in the wild, it is difficult for them to clean up all the traces, so I think they should have a stronghold. ”

"You should contact the clergy elsewhere immediately, and it should take five to seven days for them to leave here after the sacrifice, so the most important thing for us now is to find their stronghold in the Barony of Vagler, and find their traces. ”

"If they want to sacrifice, it will definitely not be too far from the blood sacrifice site, we need to thoroughly investigate all the areas around this village, by the way, the underground and caverns also need to be investigated. I'll let the knights wait for orders in their respective territories, so don't worry, if you find their tracks, they won't be able to escape the Storm of Sorrow!"

The maid, in the presence of the firelight and the clergy, said in a sonorous voice: "I promise!"

"As Lord of the Sorrowful Wind, I will bring the prisoners to justice, and then let them have an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth - blood for blood!"

Cervantes gritted his teeth and said, "These people are my people, my 'property', and I want to let those fellows know what a terrible thing it is to want to take his treasure from the hands of a dragon!"

He glanced at the priests, "Take action, according to the current law of the Sorrowful Wind Leader, I have the right to arrest, and I now grant you the power to arrest for the time being—life or death!"

With that, Cervantes spread his wings, took the maid into the air, and turned into a black dragon with a huge body in the air.

And the 'Heavenly Parade' that will last for three days and three nights has begun!

"Come on, Sera!"

Cervantes whispered, and under the guidance of the maid, the mind of one man and one dragon was reconnected.

"Do whatever it takes!" said the black dragon.

"Yes!" the maid took a deep breath, "at all costs!"

The laws at the top of the magic net began to operate, and the spirit of the magic net, which had no autonomous consciousness, opened its eyes.

[Permissions, granted!]

The huge magic force stirred the clouds in the sky, the remnant sun had sunk, and the bright moon had just risen!

The golden and silver moon crossed the sea and set it in the east.

Countless formulas and elements converged in the air, and the archmages on the continent raised their heads in surprise.

The nine-layer magic net, invisible to the naked eye, loomed between the stars, and the other side that seemed to be unreachable was reflected in their eyes at this moment.

"Legendary ......," one muttered softly.

Gordon Empire, Kurkut Empire, Kolo Kingdom, Eagle Principality, Forest of Stars and Moon, Cloudsdale, Garol Mountains......

The power in the 'legend' body was fully mobilized, Cervantes smiled hideously, and the mage on the dragon's back held aloft the 'scepter'!

[I am the lord of the earth, ruling over the earth and the world!]

The legendary mages listened intently, and the sound came to their ears with the wind—a voice that only they could hear anywhere else.

[I am the 'lord', in charge of everything here, and I have the supreme authority in my hands!]

The voices of Cervantes and Serena become one, in unison.

[The staff is 'power', the book is 'law', and the sword is 'power'!]

"Hurry up, what are you waiting for?, didn't the head maid order us a long time ago?!"

The mages of Wende City gathered around the elemental pool and shouted for the leader: "Activate the leylines!

Looking down from the sky, the winding blue leylines emerged one by one in the underground of the Sorrowful Wind Territory.

[The people should 'abide by the law', 'respect power', and 'fear power'!]

The spellcasters in the Grim Wind Realm fell to their knees one after another, shouting excitedly, "Legendary! Legend! That's a legendary spell!"

The rolling magic power descended from the sky and rose from the earth, and the magic net in the sky echoed the veins of the earth.

[As a lord, I should lead by example, be strict with myself and lenient with others!]

The stars were shining, and the gods cast concerned glances at the Storm Leader.

The maid on the dragon's back holds a staff in one hand and a book in the other, and the sword is at the waist.

[From now on, three days and three nights——]

The moonlight turned into a royal robe, crowned with starlight, and behind Cervantes dragged a brilliant 'spark of fire'.

"Lord Lord!

The people of the Sorrowful Wind led their heads and spontaneously fell to their knees, worshipping in that direction.

【Heavenly Parade !!】