Chapter 22: Tracing the Trace
The problems in the town under the Toth Mountains were discovered a month ago, and although it is remote, it is not without contact with the outside world, not to mention the residents, just the mercenary guild branch here has a lot of contact with the outside world.
But all of these connections were severed two months ago, and those who were sent over disappeared inexplicably after coming into contact with the town, and no information was delivered.
It's like a bottomless pit, and anyone who comes here will be swallowed up......
It wasn't until this matter was noticed by the Templars that there was such a large-scale investigation team that was able to solve most of the investigators without missing a word, which fully demonstrated that this place was unusual.
Maybe this is a cult that has taken a fancy to this place and used it as a den.
"Half the world is too inefficient. Looking at the teams that had already entered the town, Zheng Yichen couldn't help muttering, it took more than two months to find out that something was wrong?
He was then slapped on the head by Loris.
"Look no further, you'll be discovered. ”
"How is that possible...... It's a few kilometers away!" "The dragon's eyesight allows him to see the situation there clearly, and if you don't have a telescope, you probably can't even see this side clearly."
"Don't put the definition of your world in this world. ”
Zheng Yichen nodded, there was still a strange feeling in his heart, speaking of which, he may be the earliest traverser exposed, right?
Think about it, people in this world are not stupid, if you really meet a strong person, it is not a special thing to be noticed by others, especially when this strong person is still an old monster, just the insight in that long life is enough to make people realize that something is wrong.
Even if Loriss says that he is very special, it is difficult to hide his identity under the disparity in strength.
"What's wrong?" asked a professional man in knight's armor noticing a robed mage beside him looking in a certain direction.
"It seems that someone is spying on us......" The mage frowned slightly, a little magical aura lit up on his fingers, and he could vaguely see the formation patterns contained in the aura, he shook his head, "Let the others pay more attention." ”
"Hmm, what was it just from there?" Zheng Yichen, who was walking, looked left and right suspiciously, just now he felt a strange feeling sweeping over the neighborhood, but bypassed them.
"Scout magic. ”
“...... That's. Smacking his tongue, Zheng Yichen couldn't help muttering, Nima felt better than radar, "We were discovered?"
"Nope. ”
As soon as the church team entered the town, they began to collect useful information, and the information gathered made the captain of the team frown lightly and think that there was no trace of anyone's activity here, and not only that...... Time in this place seems to have paused, and in two months, those unoccupied rooms should be dusted.
However, in fact it was completely new, as if the meaning of time had completely disappeared here.
"What did you find?"
Several mages in the "......" team shook their heads with dark faces, this abnormal state must have been caused by some kind of force, but they didn't notice any traces, which means that the other party's level has far surpassed them, "The other party may have left." ”
"Search separately. The captain pondered for a moment, then ordered the others, "Remember not to divide too much. ”
The search for this town went quickly, and after finding the only anomaly in the town, everyone immediately gathered around the mercenary guild branch, and after opening the closed gate here, a faint film of light appeared in front of these people.
"Don't touch this thing, it's dangerous. A mage stopped the captain from trying to touch the light film and explained, "It's a seal, and if you touch it, you may be counterattacked." ”
"Can it be lifted?"
"It takes a day. The mage who spoke had some doubts in his heart, the strength of this seal is not high, but it belongs to the very troublesome kind, a little carelessness will cause the seal to explode, and the lightest consequence is that the entire branch of the mercenary guild will be blown up into the sky, if it is heavier...... Maybe this town will be wiped out, after all, if no one breaks through this seal, only the person who placed the seal will know what this thing is connected to.
"Let's get started. The captain of the team nodded, and after leaving most of the people behind to protect the mages who could not stop once they began to break the seal, he pulled out a small group of people, and he led the team to search nearby.
One of the first places to search is the Toth Mountains.
After discovering that all the people in this town were missing, he had already made enough preparations, this town is very ordinary, and the Toth Mountains are not a special place, although there are properties, but they are very ordinary, but in the last six months, the development of the town has been improved, and the main reason is that there is a young dragon here in the Toth Mountains.
Could it be that the people of this town went to death to pick the young dragon and provoked the old one, so that the whole town was wiped out?
When they entered the forest, they encountered new magic, this forest that was originally very ordinary, even large beasts were rare, but now it was full of all kinds of dangerous beast activities, and the beasts here were extra ferocious, they were attacked as soon as they entered.
"Captain, I remember that there weren't many tough beasts in this forest, not even magical beasts. "One of the members of the team looked at a wolf that had been killed at his feet, the wolf's hair was pale cyan, and even after death, there were still fluctuations of magic power on its body, this was a magical beast that could use the power of the wind attribute!
Even if the level is not high, it is very strange to appear here!
"Let's make sure that the dragon really existed. The captain took a look at his surroundings and said to the best tracker in the team, and then the young dragon as the target did not find it, but found an area where there were traces of battle.
"Strong crossbow...... And the ballista!?" the captain stared at the fragment in his hand, his brows furrowed even deeper, this thing was not broken, but was crushed by some kind of force, scattered all around, the unusual thing is that there is no sign of anyone here, even the environment is different from other places, this place seems to be under some kind of curse, not a single grass grows, and it is clearly distinguished from other areas where other plants are luxuriant.
Other than that, there is no trace of anything else, and it has been cleaned clean.
"Captain, I found a cave...... It should be the young dragon's. ”
"Is there really a dragon?, go see it!" Dropping the useless fragment in his hand, he immediately stood up and immediately rushed to the place where it seemed to be a dragon's den.