Academic Gathering with Lich Colleagues

Chapter 30 Confirming the target
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Ralph got off the carriage, and the town directly opposite was the destination of the trip, Lavren.

Unlike Cassandel, where there are churches and castles, there are only low stone buildings here, and a few dark-faced peasant women stuck their heads out from behind their doors and looked at the official man who came down from the carriage. Outsiders are here. But it's rare.

The road construction has not yet started, and the villages and towns are still dirt roads. Even the main road used for traffic is muddy. Ralph breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his long-term work habits made him move softly and get out of the car. During the process, only the bottom layer of his riding boots was stuck with mud flowers.

Puchi!

Lyle jumped from the carriage, even though it was only less than fifty centimeters from the ground, Lyle landed as if a depth bomb had been detonated under his feet, and the splashing mud was like a big open hand, slapped Ralph's pants with a slap superior.

Damn boy!

Resisting the urge to teach Lyle in public, Ralph stretched out a hand and grabbed him. Because of the smoothness of the mud, Lyle almost lost his balance and fell into the mud.

"It's finally here?" William got down the third time. He stretched and was about to get out of the car when he met Ralph's deadly gaze.

Not daring to offend this cold-faced evil official, although I didn't know where I went wrong, I cautiously got off the carriage.

Ralph felt fortunate in his misfortune that at least his uniform could be rescued.Hopefully, seeing the mayor won't cause too much embarrassment because of his appearance.

The mayor came soon. It was a gray-haired middle-aged man. His hair was meticulously combed, but it was inevitably contaminated with dust. The boots had been dyed yellow, and only the fine silk lining that emerged from the cuffs indicated the extraordinary identity of the peasant-like man standing before him.

The mayor looked at Ralph's attire. He was meticulously dressed. The mud on his trouser legs looked funny, but the mayor's curly beard was still slightly raised. Obviously, the embarrassment of his clothes no longer existed. Ten steps and a hundred steps, a sense of intimacy arises spontaneously.

The mayor laughed, "Welcome, Mr. Sheriff, to my backcountry, where God's costumes will also be cast into the mortal world."

Ralph is a careful person. He can naturally see the enthusiasm of the mayor. It seems that he is lucky because of his nephew. There are almost no strangers who have a good first impression of Ralph.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor. If possible, I need to take my colleagues to the scene as soon as possible to check and solve the root cause of the problem."

Ralph's resolute behavior is not offensive, obviously the mayor is also very happy to hear this sentence, "Of course, Mr. Diligent, I will take you to the scene, Mirren's body has not been moved, it is still there. On the edge of his farm, no one in town wants to be near him, not even his wife. So it might be a little difficult if we need help, but don't worry, I've got a couple of great lads to follow command."

"It's a good thing that no one is in contact. It's easier for us to find evidence without anyone sabotaging the scene."

It was said to be a farm, but in fact it was just a large piece of land surrounded by green seedlings and calf-high plants. Not far away was a field of reeds with the height of one person, and some of the reeds were tattered.

"It's a swamp, and the surrounding area of ​​Laflon is a wetland environment like this. Please be careful when you move around. You may not be able to come out of it. The original Lafelin is even worse. The townspeople said that in Lafelin , people are swallowed by the swamp almost every month."

As Ralph and others approached, the rotten smell of the corpse gradually deepened, and people saw the corpse beside a fallen reed.

Because there is no cryopreservation, decay has begun, and the converted oil fills the underside of the skin, making the corpse look plump.

"Lyle, be careful."

Lyle nodded, took out the beak mask from his pocket and put it on his face, putting on gloves, Lyle began his examination.

The corpse stage has passed, the body softens, the left arm is missing, the viscous liquid flows out from the exposed cross-section, the blood plasma has solidified, and maggots have begun to stick to the minced flesh of the limbs.

Broken arm, no other wounds, the cause of death was excessive blood loss, no rescue.

Lyle looked carefully at the small piece of broken arm that rested on his left shoulder.

Chai Chai is not completely clean.

It has been determined that it was a beast attack.

The broken bones on the broken arm indicated that it had been crushed by a huge force, but it was different from the injury caused by the blunt force blow. The crushing on the flesh was already indistinguishable due to decay, but the remaining broken bones served as evidence.

It was Chai Chai's tooth mark.

Lyle returned with the broken bones, he did not directly draw a conclusion, and signaled to Ralph, "Look here, along these cracks and this broken wound, it can be determined that at the time of the deceased, his arm was pierced by a piece of at least ten in diameter. The sharp object of centimeters pierced it, and there was a gap on the back of the bone, but it was not opposite. The two weapons attacked the arm at the same time, and the staggered impact crushed the remaining part of the hand bone. "

"It's a tooth, a bite wound between teeth with a diameter of at least ten centimeters." Ralph said calmly, "It seems that it is Rafaelin's giant wolf."

Ralph came to a conclusion to the mayor, and he could see that his eyes were a lot gloomier all of a sudden. Obviously, the giant wolf was no longer in his scope. "Do I need to ask the church?" For this kind of supernatural time, people's first question is One response is the church.

"Don't worry, I'll check the situation first. I need a guide who will take me to the original site of Lafayette."

"Will it be too dangerous? Mr. Sheriff is going to take the risk himself."

"I'm in a position to help me find a smart guide, Mr. Mayor."

"If Your Excellency insists on doing so."

"Yes."

"Lyle, you and William stay in town. I'm going to investigate the situation, so I won't take you, so as not to drag you down." Ralph wouldn't tell them that he was going to hunt wolves.

"Ok."

"Yes sir."

Lyle didn't do much to keep him. It's just after the afternoon, Chai Chai won't come out at all, and Ralph's safety doesn't need to be considered.

Ralph nodded, took the iron box, and followed him away.

Lyle walked to the mayor, "Sir, if possible, my colleagues and I would like to continue testing the bodies."

"Okay, sir, please pay attention to safety. My house is in the center of Lavren. The one with the weather vane on the roof has hot water and food waiting for you two at any time."

"Thank you, sir."

The mayor left, leaving no one behind.

Watching the others disappear from sight, Lyle turned to look at William.

"William, are you ready to explore?"

(End of this chapter)