Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 337 He shouldn't have a daughter...

The village was eerily quiet.

Although Demacia's winter is very cold, there are some insects that do not exist on Earth, and they are very active in winter.

In a village like this adjacent to the mountains, there should be only a lot of strange insects.

However, apart from no one in Hengfeng Village, even these small insects and other creatures were not seen.

There are probably hundreds of households here. According to the footage taken by the drone breaking the windows of several houses and entering the house, the doors of every house are closed, and almost all of them are locked from the inside.

The villagers seemed to be hiding from something at home. There should have been no way out of the house, but they "evaporated" for unknown reasons.

Li Lin, Jarvan IV, Barrett, Albuquerque, and Shivana who rushed over upon hearing the noise, looked at each other and fell silent.

"Are we... are we late?"

Albuquerque couldn't bear to stare at the holographic image taken by the drone, and turned his face sideways to look in the direction of Hengfeng Village on the other side of the river.

"Ander didn't ride a horse, and it's been at least 20 days since we came back..." Barrett sighed, "If we were really going to face a demon, we should have expected this situation a long time ago. .”

"Ander's sudden disappearance may be more ominous than good." Li Lin interjected, "Your Highness, I do not suggest that we continue to pursue this matter."

Jarvan IV was lost in thought.

The village has missed the best chance of evacuation, and all the villagers may have become food for fearful demons.

If it was just Ander who had an emotional breakdown and went crazy, he really shouldn't risk the lives of his subordinates and venture into the village to find him...

Just as Jarvan IV was hesitating whether to withdraw his troops and go straight down the river to Tobysia, and then return to Xiongdu, a little girl's figure suddenly flashed across the projection screen in front of him.

"Wait...that's it?!"

Shyvana noticed this scene keenly, and pointed to the screen.

Hearing her exclamation, Li Lin quickly turned the drone around.

Seeing the little girl who was dressed in coarse linen and tied with a small braid, and was only about six or seven years old in terms of height and build, several of them were shocked.

"This is impossible. My drone has clearly scanned it, and there is no trace of any living people in the village!"

And on the drone scan screen, the little girl didn't show any signs of life, just like a ghost...

Li Lin quickly opened the "digital thinking", ready to check the attributes of this little girl who appeared inexplicably.

But this mysterious little girl seemed to have noticed his thoughts in advance.

Before Li Lin could see her property panel clearly, she glanced in the direction of the invisible drone and smiled strangely.

Immediately afterwards, she stepped briskly towards the back of the side room.

By the time the drone caught up, she had disappeared.

"—Hiss!" Albuquerque couldn't help but gasped, "This, is this the illusion produced by the mage?"

"This little girl is very similar in age and appearance to Ander's description." Shivana had a puzzled expression on her face, "But hasn't she disappeared already?"

"Missing does not mean death." Barrett said, "Don't forget, we haven't ruled out the speculation that their mother and daughter were taken by robbers."

"But if she is really going to be robbed by robbers, it's impossible to let a little girl like her come back?"

As soon as Albuquerque said this, Li Lin, Jarvan IV, and Barrett frowned, looking at the scene of the little girl looking at the camera in the replay, wondering what they were thinking.

"She found the drone." Li Lin's tone was tinged with ambiguity.

"So that little girl is not Ander's daughter, or not human?" Jarvan IV said in a deep voice.

He knew that if Li Lin's drone entered the "stealth" state, it would be impossible for ordinary people to detect it with their senses.

Or, this "little girl"-looking guy is an evil mage who masters the forbidden witchcraft of rejuvenation.

Or, she is a spirit familiar made by an evil mage using human beings, so it is impossible to detect that she has signs of life, only extremely low energy index fluctuations.

Fortunately, they could at least eliminate the option that this little girl is a devil...

"Go back, Your Highness."

Li Lin persuaded again, "My drone has scanned the land within a radius of 5 kilometers, and I haven't seen a living person. This village is hopeless."

"From the current point of view, this village is still safe for the time being, right?"

What he didn't expect was that Jarvan IV would ask an unrelated question.

"That's right..." Li Lin hesitated for a moment, then nodded in response.

"Then, let's stay here temporarily and let the drone investigate the situation in the village."

"Your Highness?!" ×3
Li Lin, Barrett and Albuquerque were all puzzled by his decision.

"The devil has harmed this village, so there are so many villages and towns around here, any one of them may become its next target." Jarvan IV explained.

"Xiongdu didn't record the way to fight against the demon, so we have to investigate why it came here and study the strategy to deal with it.

"Otherwise, when it arrives in Xiongdu in the future, we have no way to deal with it. Aren't we just letting it be slaughtered?"

His eyes swept over the expressions of the three people, and he continued to add: "Besides, encountering a demon is only our worst guess. If an evil mage is responsible for this village, we evacuate without investigation. Why don't we just let it continue? Get away with it?"

Afterwards, Jiawen IV lingered on Li Lin with pleading eyes, "As for this matter, we can only trouble you, Li Lin."

"Okay...if you don't go deep into the village."

Because Jarvan IV was not like the original world line, all the subordinates around him died, and even Barrett died fighting to save him. In the end, he was alone and was rescued by Shivana passing by in a dying state.

Although he also experienced setbacks, the degree of setbacks was different, which caused his character to not change as much as the original world line.

In other words, although Jarvan IV has changed in character, the change is not as great as before, and he will still stick to his own ideas on some things.

Li Lin had no choice but to agree to Jarvan IV's request.

Otherwise, he might have personally led a team into the village to investigate.

No matter how many times everyone watched it, they were still amazed. The nano-material clothes on his body quickly transformed into the appearance of a battle armor, which would allow him to better control the drone directly.

Li Lin first recalled the three drones from outside the village, and only kept two outside to continue to monitor the situation of the "scarecrow".

The sun sets very early in winter.

It was less than 7 o'clock, and the suburbs were almost pitch black.

The soldiers have quickly set up the temporary camp, set up bonfires and torches, and took turns to stand guard.

In the center of the camp, Li Lin, Jarvan IV, Shivana, Barrett, Albuquerque, and a few guards were sitting around the bonfire, staring intently at the projection of Li Lin's battle armor in front of them. screen captured by the camera.

Nano-drones have the ability to transform, so it is very efficient to inspect various households.

In almost two hours, they have thoroughly inspected two-thirds of the villagers' houses, and basically found no useful clues.

However, based on the oil lamps on the candlesticks and the burning of the firewood in the fireplace, they can roughly judge that it should be late at night when the villagers disappeared.

At night, it is dangerous for the people of Demacia, whose overall time period is close to the Middle Ages, and full of all kinds of magic and weird creatures.

This fits in well with Fiddlesticks' fear-mongering time.

In addition, there are firewood axes, kitchen knives, grass plugs, iron rakes and other items that can be used for self-defense in the house where they are hiding, but none of them seem to be useful.

While Li Lin was checking the situation of the village little by little, a guard standing guard outside trotted over to Jarvan IV and reported some things:
"Your Highness, there is a caravan leader who claims to be a villager from Hengfeng Village. He has just returned from the port town of Viscasia and wants to ask what happened here."

Jarvan IV's eyes lit up, "Oh? Invite him in!"

A few minutes later, a middle-aged man in his 40s, wearing a deerskin coat, a felt hat, a deerskin purse on his waist, and a bushy beard, was ushered in front of them by the guards. .

His eyes first stopped on Li Lin who was wearing a strange "armor", and then he noticed Shivana, who had a strange complexion and appearance. His eyes finally stopped on the blue and white projected image in front of them, and he couldn't help being shocked.

This, is this magic? !
"Ahem..." Jarvan IV cleared his throat intentionally, calling the man's attention back to reality.

"May, may the God of Flying Wings protect you, Your Royal Highness."

The middle-aged man crossed his hands in front of his chest, with a hint of embarrassment on his face, but he saluted Jarvan IV very respectfully and cautiously, without daring to ask too much.

"May the Protector of Flying Wings protect you as well." He replied indifferently, "Don't get me wrong, this is not magic, it's a new technology from Piltover."

"Don't dare..."

After Jarvan IV's explanation, the astonishment on the man's face eased a lot.

He took a deep breath and quickly introduced himself: "My name is Isidore, I was born in Hengfeng Village, and in recent months I have been running around doing business in towns to the west. I heard that there have been wars on the border recently, so I want to come back. See if there's anything I can do to help."

Isidor cautiously raised his eyes and glanced at Jarvan IV, the worry in his eyes was undisguised, "May I ask Your Highness, did Hengfeng Village encounter a Noxus, or a giant dragon..."

"To be precise, neither." Jiaen IV sighed, and pointed to the image projected by Li Lin, "All the villagers in Hengfeng Village 'disappeared'."

Upon hearing this, Isidor suddenly became emotional: "What the hell is going on?!"

"This matter is a bit complicated..."

In the next 5 minutes, Jarvan IV quickly started talking about Ander, who had lost his wife and daughter, and told Isidor all about what happened in Hengfeng Village, especially their guesses about the "demon".

But to their surprise, Isidor had a dazed look on his face after hearing the narration about Ander.

"If what you're meeting is that I know Ander... Shouldn't he have a daughter?"

"what?!"

His words aroused the astonishment of everyone present.

Isidor was taken aback by their reaction, and immediately explained: "Ander's daughter died when she was seven years old, and that was three years ago..."

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