dark moon

Chapter 167 Disappearing
"Everyone disappeared overnight." The man's face turned a little pale, but he also knew that his answer was the same as what he didn't say. He immediately added, "I mean the people from the large caravan in front, the Chamber of Commerce. , mercenaries, a nobleman and his personal guard, all disappeared, yes, including livestock, everything alive has disappeared."

"Oh, thank the Lord." What Xiure wanted to say most now was to turn around and go home immediately.

Fighting with real swords and guns is not scary. Although Shuuer always likes to arrange everything in advance to suppress the possibility and intensity of the battle to a minimum, so that victory becomes natural and easy, Shuuer himself is never afraid of fighting.

Over the years, hundreds of battles, big and small, have made Xiuer accustomed to fighting. The smell of fighting and blood donation will only excite him, but will not make him fear or flinch.

What really annoyed him was not combat, but the weirdness and the unknown.

You can plan the battle in advance and win before you fight it, but you don’t know what’s going on. How can you plan it in advance?I can't understand what happened at all, so how can I arrange it in advance?You don't even know who or what the enemy is, so planning ahead is out of the question.

Unfortunately, we can only think about turning around and go home, which is not realistic at all.The Water Curtain Festival is a must-attendance. It’s an opportunity that was earned with great effort, and it will have a great impact on future arrangements. It’s definitely not possible to just turn around and leave now.

Sighing in his heart, Shuer did not express his thoughts, but raised his voice and said to everyone: "Children of the gods, we are the servants of the Lightless Moon, Lord Dark Moon's apostles in the mortal world. Today, We are passing by here under the leadership of the Archbishop. The one escorting us is the Lord of Mushan of the Holy Knight Kingdom, the noble Knight Baron."

As if to match Shuuer's words, Dark slightly adjusted the angle of the shield, and the noble family emblem consisting of an eagle and a wolf on the shield came into the eyes of the parasites.

More than half of the people in the crowd knelt down.

For these little people at the lowest level, nobles, barons, and archbishops, these titles have always been existences that can only be looked up to. Just hearing a name, many people can't stand up. With the magic that comes out of nowhere, kneeling down to express their admiration is the only thing they can do.

"Very good, everyone understands." A smile appeared on Shuer's lips and he said kindly, "As nobles and priests, of course we will not put everyone in danger. Don't worry, we will do it next time we set off. Escort everyone to the next safe city."

I am just escorting you after departure. As for whether you can survive until the next departure, I have no guarantee at all.

"In order to give us enough space, let us find out what happened and whether there is any danger around. Please return to your tent and avoid leaving as much as possible. This will avoid a lot of trouble. Heh, thank you for your cooperation. As for Two leaders, please stay, I need you to provide some necessary information."

Taking advantage of the status gap and pressure, he easily calmed down the panicked parasites and drove them back to their residence. Soon, the camp returned to calm, although some people still poked their heads out of the tents. , but due to the identities of Shuer and Dak, no one dared to openly disobey Shuer's orders.

"Okay, you two." With a loving smile, Shuer stretched out his finger to draw a circle on the foreheads of a man and a woman. It has no practical effect, but only spiritual comfort. "Don't worry, you are safe. , children. With your understanding, of course you know that what I just said to them is nonsense. I don’t deny this. Haha, since you are willing to be a parasite, you must be prepared to pay the price. It’s fair, isn’t it? ?"

"However, I can make a separate promise to you two that, without affecting ourselves, we will ensure your safety and do our best. Of course, we will not ignore the others, as long as they survive until we are ready to set off, Then we will naturally send them to the nearest city. If luck is not too bad, it will not be difficult to survive until then. Children of the gods, you should be able to see my sincerity."

The man and woman looked at each other again. Although there was no obvious change on their faces and they hid their feelings well, their sudden thick breathing still exposed their inner excitement.

"What about us?" The young woman known as Linda spoke in front of everyone for the first time, "Are we also sent to the nearest city?"

"Hahahaha." Not only Xiuer was laughing, but Duck beside him laughed from under his helmet, "Greed is not a good habit."

"You have clearly shown that we are useful, but not too useful, so I just want to know to what extent we are useful. This should not be considered greedy."

"Smart woman, smarter than you, you are lucky." After making a not-so-inexplicable comment to the male leader, Shuer finally shook his head, "I'm not sure how useful you are yet, now it's more interesting That’s it. But that’s not important. You can explore it slowly in the future. The key issue now is to figure out what happened. Heh, only by leaving here alive can you be qualified to discuss the future. You should agree. "

Linda nodded.

"We have a team of knights who have gone to the big camp next door to investigate. News should come back soon, but I want to hear your views from another angle. So, what exactly happened?"

"I understand." Stopping the male leader's intention to speak for her with her eyes, Linda said softly, "I'll do it, McCree."

McCree, the male leader, bowed slightly, unintentionally showing his respect again.

"Unfortunately, we don't know much about what happened specifically. I can only tell you everything we saw." "Nine days ago, we set out from Hurricane City and followed the Clement Caravan as a parasite. Behind the scenes, I hope to try my luck in the territory of the Emerald Empire. I don’t know if you know that the large teams in the wilderness are not particularly repulsive to the existence of parasites, otherwise we would not dare to do so."

Indeed, the existence of parasites also has certain benefits for caravans. Although they will use the deterrence of large teams to avoid some monsters and bandits, they can sometimes distract some enemies from the caravan. Anyway, the caravan is also They won't care about the life and death of the parasites. At most, they will help when they are desperate and can run within the control of the caravan. Therefore, most caravans do not mind having parasites following them, although they despise them. .

"Everything is normal in the early stage..."

"Wait a minute, are you sure everything is normal?" Shuer interrupted Linda, "Including the attack by the monster?"

"I don't have much experience, but the mercenaries in the team who pooled their money to hire think everything is normal."

"Well, you go on."

"But since two days ago, Clement's caravan has not been attacked by any monsters. Of course, our team is the same. Not only the monsters, there were two small thieves groups that were following us. , but their traces disappeared two days ago. We have always believed that they were afraid of the size of Clement’s caravan and finally chose to give up, but now it seems that it may not be that simple.”

"Hiss", taking a breath of air at the same time as Dak, Xiuer frowned tightly, and said thoughtfully, "Is there any sign?"

"The disappearance of the thieves group? I don't know if it is a sign." Linda shook her head and said, "A group of thieves launched a tentative attack on us the night before, but we were protected by four bronze-level mercenaries. The members were also equipped with weapons, and they quickly retreated."

"No, let's continue."

"Last night, the Clement Mercenary Group was actually very lively. The nobleman who was traveling with them happened to have a birthday yesterday. Even though they were in the wilderness, they still held a small celebration. They prepared a lot of food and wine. The celebration was well organized."

"how do you know?"

"Because...McCree and I went there last night." Linda suddenly trembled and her face turned pale. She was obviously very frightened. "We have a relationship with the financial officer of the noble. We dare to follow Clement this time." This is also because the financial officer promised us that if we encounter the worst situation, we can go to their team to seek shelter. For such a small matter, if he can help us by saying a few words, we should be able to follow their team to our destination. Ground."

"Well, it is indeed possible, if someone guarantees it." Facing Shuer's questioning gaze, Dak confirmed.

"Then you last night..."

"Their camp was brightly lit last night. From a distance, we thought we were under attack. We were worried about our retreat and really couldn't rest assured, so we asked a mercenary to escort us there. We wanted to see the situation before we got to the nearby area. We found that they were having a celebration party. They also found us, or in other words, in order to show that we were not malicious, we deliberately let them find out. As a result, they were in a good mood. Not only did they treat us to something to eat, but they also gave us a few bottles of wine. "

"In other words, everything was normal until then?"

"Well, there is nothing wrong with it at all, and I think the Clement Caravan is an old-fashioned caravan. Leinster, the leader of the team, has run this route at least twenty times, and he definitely doesn't understand anything. Newbies, if there is even the slightest problem, they don’t dare to hold a celebration party so relaxedly.”

"continue."

"Then they disappeared. Early this morning, our lookout said there was no movement at all in their camp. At first I thought I had played too late last night, so today's departure time was delayed, but after two hours, There was still no movement over there, so I knew something must be wrong.”

"To verify, I took people to their camp again. Everything in the camp was neatly packed, and there was no trace of last night's celebration. This is the habit of their caravans, every night You have to pack your things before taking a break so that you can pack up the camp and set off directly the next morning.”

"After they celebrated, were they even ready to leave today?"

"Yes, the luggage, equipment, supplies, and goods are all in order, but all the living things are gone."

"Dak, blow the trumpet and call the four of them back." Shuer's face was solemn, "I suspect they have encountered the ghost space."

(End of this chapter)