our family is gone

Even Lance was alarmed by the release of the plague. When the net began to close in outside, Lance was also meeting someone, because the release of the plague was discovered to be a report.

Don't think that those guys are a monolithic group. In fact, many people decisively choose to turn to the light after feeling the situation shown by Hamlet. Not everyone wants to destroy Hamlet's order.

The reason is simple, because those who know something about supernatural powers know that they can be found if they are investigated, and the fear of death forces them to make a choice.

But now he has been ordered to do something. If he doesn't do it and offends those nobles, he will die. If he does it and offends Hamlet, he will also die.

Waiting to die? It's better to borrow someone's head!
So many people here were forced to surrender, and they were pushed towards Hamlet by an invisible hand.

For example, the man in front of Lance was chosen to release the plague, but he turned around and surrendered to Hamlet with the things.

"Is this the plague those guys were talking about?"

Lance took a potion containing light green turbid liquid and looked at it. He couldn't help but look strange when he felt the breath of death in it.

"Did you get this temporarily?"

"That's right. At that time, those two people asked us to send them here... but in the end, they left on their own accord before entering the city."

The man also began to tell his story. He said that he suddenly met two very strange people on the road who blocked his way and wanted to hitchhike. Naturally, they were unwilling to take strangers with them. If the other party was not difficult to bully, they would have fought.

The leader of the team didn't agree until the man took this out as a reward. Then those people found a village to test along the way and finally burned it down.

Lance didn't believe in coincidences. How could an ordinary person dare to stop a strange team and ask for a ride? And he could also get a bottle of extraordinary potion. Is this something that ordinary people can use?
It was obvious that some guys wanted to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and carpooling was just an excuse, so I immediately followed up with further questions.

"What does he look like? Did you find anything special during the time I was traveling with you?"

"One of the two was a burly knight in full armor, and the other was covered so tightly that you couldn't see anything, but his eyes were scary, as gray as a dead person's." The man recalled and suddenly seemed to realize something and added.

"Oh, they are afraid of the cold. They become stiff after standing outside for a while. They stay in the car all the time, but they are afraid of fire. They are unwilling to get out of the car when they set up camp and warm themselves by the fire at night. They stay away from the village when it is burning. We have never seen them eat or drink. When we call them, they say they have prepared it."

Lance became more and more curious as he listened to his description...

There are too many people who want to bring down Hamlet, and they have prepared various methods, such as poisoning, explosion, curse, assassination... and even beauty trap.

Anyway, basically all the methods that can be thought of have been used. If it were an ordinary world, it would be difficult to deal with it even in the modern world with full surveillance and eavesdropping.

But the problem is that this is a supernatural world, and any behavior will disturb fate and leave traces. Unless there are powerful supernatural beings willing to help them cover up, it is not difficult to catch them.

The mystic Alhazred comes from the Council of Fate, the omen seeker Amanda is proficient in card divination, and the astrologer Tamara is also a prophet.

The three worst ones are all champion spellcasters, and ordinary extraordinary people cannot hide it at all. Even if they really want to hide it, it is impossible to do it through the air, so as long as people come to Hamlet, the situation will be simple.

Once the action is taken, the spiritual fluctuations cannot be hidden, and Wangcai, who is lurking in the dark side of Hamlet, will find those mice.

The benefits of the extraordinary world also include various strange powers, so as long as people grasp it, there is nothing they cannot ask.

The hallucinogens mixed by Greendale, Amanda's spiritualism, and even the perfume of perfumer Sophia, not to mention that none of them work, then Lance's [Charming Voice] hypnosis and brainwashing.

It is not impossible to resist these. After all, the power of the world's will is very strong. If it is the iron will of the Royal Guards or the fanatical faith of the Candlelight Priests, they may be able to resist, but unfortunately these people are not cabbages.

Most of the people who carried out those missions were ordinary people or hired desperadoes, and it was not difficult to pry open their mouths.

So it can be said that Hamlet is very busy these days, both openly and secretly. The fact that they didn't fall out before is just a sign of waiting to close the net.

They came to Hamlet, saw the situation, and realized that it was serious, so they prepared to take action, but before that they held a meeting to let the people in the circle run away, and then they were all wiped out.

A figure hidden in the crowd saw the base that had just been raided by the police, as well as those who were escorted out after being arrested. The only eyes exposed by the scarf and hat revealed a kind of coldness.

You are a bunch of rubbish, wasting my stuff...

This place called Hamlet is indeed weird. There is no telling how many extraordinary people are rarely seen in other places here, not to mention that he feels a lot of powerful auras here. No one knows how many powerful people are hidden here, and no one knows who holds the bloody holy grail.

And he also noticed those guys who wanted to cause trouble, so he gave them some props and wanted to use them to mess up Hamlet and see if he could lure the target out, but now it seems that it is not possible.

Fortunately, it was just a boring attempt, and failure was no big deal. He had plenty of time to investigate further. But now he had to leave here first. It was too cold, and this body couldn't hold out for too long...

The man gradually walked out of the city. At the entrances and exits, policemen were patrolling with police dogs. Those policemen were the team responsible for checking contraband. The hounds were specially trained to have a sensitive sense of smell to contraband, such as gunpowder and banned drugs.

This is normal. Because of the presence of police dogs, they don't even need to search one by one. They just lead the dogs as they walk by. People coming in and out are used to this and no one cares.

But for some reason, the police dog suddenly moved towards the man, which naturally attracted the attention of the police.

"Hello, please wait a moment."

"Please submit to examination."

When the man heard this, he actually stood there motionless and did not answer the police's questions. However, the police dog suddenly started barking wildly, and its agitated state was filled with anxiety.

This situation made the police become nervous and they began to evacuate the crowd around them, while taking out their weapons and being ready to shoot at any time.

But the man still didn't move, and at this time a small-scale riot had already occurred. Some people who were curious looked over here, and the police must want to control the situation, so they were forced to step forward and try to take the man away.

However, no one expected the next scene, because the guy fell down before he could hold on for long, and even broke his fingers.

The police immediately went forward to check, but found that the man was pale and stiff, as if he had been dead for a long time, and there was no trace of blood on the broken finger.

Then how did you walk just now...?
Such a strange situation was reported quickly, and by the time Lance knew about it, William had already completed the preliminary investigation.

"The identity of the deceased has been confirmed. He was a person who had gone missing recently..." Lance understood how he was discovered after listening to the report. This was a missing case that was reported recently. The hounds had sniffed the personal belongings brought by the family members, so they would be discovered during patrol.

As for the strange circumstances of the deceased, it was much more complicated. People who had been dead for several days were still active. This was undoubtedly the evil magic of a supernatural being.

As soon as Lance saw the corpse, he seemed to realize something and said to himself, "What is afraid of both cold and heat?"

William didn't quite understand what Lance said until Lance smiled and explained, "It's wax. It solidifies when it's cold and melts when it's hot. It's especially hard to endure in winter. The first thing to solidify is the extremities of the limbs."

Although what he said sounded strange, William also reacted. He looked at the gap of the severed finger. There was no blood on the body, only liquid that flowed out and solidified like a candle.

"Take the body away and ask Alhazred and Amanda to come over. This case is not something that ordinary people can solve."

While preparations were underway here, Lance also came into a room.

"As agreed, I found the clue."

Just one sentence awakened the sleeping legion, and the ten members of the legion had undisguised anger and hatred beneath their armor.

Soon the relevant personnel gathered together, and among them was a strange corpse.

"This should be a temporary creation just to sneak into the city. It is not as powerful as the puppet we encountered before, and it does not have many special abilities."

"That's right. This can't be controlled from a distance. That guy has come to Hamlet, or at least is in the surrounding area."

Two consultants examined the body and analyzed it, but Lance didn't care.

"Find him out and kill him."

His words were easy to understand. After all, someone also controlled the wax puppet last time and wanted to self-destruct after being caught. He was interrupted by Lance's sacrifice, and the clues were also cut off. Now the materials are here, and there is no way to escape if you leave any traces.

"Sir, Tamara has two holy objects in her hands. She may be able to help us."

Amanda recommended it and Lance agreed without much hesitation, it wasn't anything shady, in fact she had been helping out all this time.

Lance didn't care. He didn't make any promises anyway. Which capitalist doesn't like free labor?

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"what!"

Suddenly, a painful wail was heard from a dark corner somewhere. The darkness made it impossible to see where this place was, and one could only tell what was going on from the sound.

The last time a part of his soul was cut off, he didn't dare to use those carefully crafted puppets, let alone use the split soul to control them.

The quality of these makeshift products is naturally much worse. They also have no consciousness and need to be controlled by oneself throughout the process, and the distance naturally cannot be too far.

There was more than one ordinary person he captured and killed. Both the ritual and the substitute puppet required materials.

That is to say, many of the people he killed were those who came from outside. They were not locals and therefore were not discovered because their families had not reported the case.

But he never thought that the missing persons case was traced back to him. In his opinion, Hamlet had noticed him. Fortunately, he was prepared and abandoned the puppet without hesitation.

This situation of losing control gave him an unbearable sense of failure. He had never suffered such humiliation in all his years. He was actually scared away by a dog.

I originally wanted to use those people to disrupt the situation, and then hide behind and watch the show, waiting for the appearance of the Holy Grail, but now it seems that maybe I should take action to leave something interesting for this place.

But before he could think about how to start, he suddenly felt something strange. A faint blue light lit up from the rune, and the ritual covering this place began to activate, illuminating the figure wrapped in the black robe and hood.

Oh no! He actually started to look for his own scent. How could it be so fast?
Fortunately, he was used to cherishing his life and had long considered the confrontation between extraordinary people. He had also made a lot of preparations over the past few days. He arranged a ritual in advance to conceal his breath, and activated the puppet he had prepared long ago, which carried his breath to lead the enemy to another place.

In this way, even if those people come looking for them, they can only find another puppet that has been prepared long ago, and the trap.

However, the ritual here won't last long. Once it's exposed, they'll come looking for him soon. He must leave this damn place as soon as possible...

He saw that Hamlet was in turmoil and wanted to use others to disrupt the situation, but this left traces instead.

Sometimes it is true that the longer you live, the more cowardly you become. One second you are clamoring for revenge, and the next second when someone comes looking for you, your first reaction is to run away, the farther the better, without even the intention of fighting back.

He took the knight and abandoned their temporary base. When they walked out of the darkness, he realized that he had chosen a mass grave. One of the dilapidated stone tombs might have been left behind by a noble knight. Unfortunately, it had been opened long ago, and the ruins were reused.

He didn't like the daytime because it made him feel weak, and he disliked winter even more because it made the puppets he made become stiff. But he didn't have many choices at this moment and could only get up in the cold wind.

However, before he could walk out, a voice came from the door of the tomb.

"You are good at choosing a place. However, underground can avoid the cold. It is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is very suitable for preserving puppets. Of course, it is very suitable for you..."

He was afraid of death, but now he had no way to retreat because there was only one exit from the tomb. Before the voice could finish, he could see with the light from outside that the knight beside him suddenly took action and seemed to be charging to seize the door and escape.

However, the voice had no intention of stopping him, and just let him rush out under the protection of the knight.

However, what was waiting for him was not the vast sea and sky, but a team of legions from the ancient empire. After losing Lance's cover, their aura was exposed, and along with it, their anger was revealed.

"what!"

A shout seemed to come from the endless time and space. Centurion Lanius raised his broadsword and pointed it at the target, just like he was commanding on the battlefield many years ago.

Legion, attack! (End of this chapter)