dark moon

Chapter 175 Looking for Hope
"Hehehe, maybe, who knows." Shuer shrugged, with an unpredictable smile on his face.

The more this happens, the more people around him feel relieved. Yes, Shuuer pretends to be mysterious in this situation. Not only will it not make people around him nervous, but they will think that he has found the root of the problem or even the solution, thus Relax your tense mind.There is no harm at all except that his appetite is whetted and his heart is itching like a cat scratching him, which makes him want to beat him.

Damn it, who said there's no harm in it? The rose in Dak's hand has turned into a one-handed sword, and it will cut it if it makes a mistake. How could it be in no harm's way?

"Ahem, calm down, brother. It's not that I don't make it clear, but I'm afraid of scaring you. Wait, wait, let me tell you, don't think I'm really scared of you. Let's decide the winner today. You really cut it, right? That's all, all right, I'm really afraid of you."

After blocking several chops in a row and shaking his numb right hand, Xiuer explained helplessly: "I just guessed a little bit, and I can't make any guarantees yet, so I don't plan to say it now. Wait until I Make sure your guess is correct, and I will definitely tell you to prevent your mood from changing too much."

"Okay, I understand." Dak was silent for a moment with a straight face. He laughed without restraining himself. Although the two of them always mocked each other like enemies when they met, they had no idea about each other's strengths. A little skeptical.Shuer will not doubt Dak's combat effectiveness and ability to deploy troops, and Dak will not doubt Shuer's analytical ability and leadership. Since Shuer has given the reason, of course he will not dwell on it anymore. He put away his weapon angrily and said, "So, since you have guessed something, why don't you go in?"

"Of course we have to go in, otherwise what are we doing here?" Shuer rolled his eyes, "Besides, do you really think he can jump out on his own? We must take the initiative to search for it. Come on, let's go in, be careful, go slow. One thing, don’t touch anything. Don’t blame me for explaining it in advance. Especially for you, Linda, this request is absolute. Don’t touch anything. Otherwise, if you are also sucked into the ghost space, don’t blame me.”

"I...I...I know." Linda wanted to say that I would not go in and just wait outside, but she knew that she could never say such a thing.Although Xiure must agree with this, she knows that these are tests for her.

Linda could be sure that Seul had seen through part of what he was hiding in his heart. At the same time, he also said that he didn't mind lending a helping hand, so for the sake of the future, even if it was a test, he would have to muster the courage to do it.

Carefully walk into the last tent group. The three tents are arranged on the left, middle and right, leaving only a gap in the center of the tent group for people to enter and exit.There were several heavy long tables in the open space. The cups, plates and other tableware originally placed on the tables had been put away, leaving only clean tables still placed on the dry turf on the ground.

In the hay beside the table, you can still vaguely see some scattered bones. The bones are big and small. It should be everyone's record the night before. It seems that the banquet last night, everyone's food is very good, and you can eat it in the wilderness. Delicious food such as roast chicken and roast goose is not an easy task.

"The day before yesterday..."

"They held a banquet here the day before yesterday." Linda answered proactively, "I was standing here, um, in this position, greeting Captain Leinster and Earl Merck. Captain Leinster was originally there. This gentleman, the Baron, was standing there and came over and poured me a glass of wine."

"On these tables..."

"Well, it's full of food and wine, and there are people all around. There are also people playing music. It's very lively."

No need for Linda to continue, Shuer and Dak can also imagine that in addition to the mercenaries and guards keeping watch at night, hundreds of people gathered together and must have had a very happy time, with rich food, mellow wine, and joyful music. Maybe some female mercenaries and female guards took the initiative to perform a few dances. Well, this can be seen from the dead grass that has been trampled down in the middle of the long table.

Such a lively night is rare in the wilderness. Everyone must be enjoying it. No one expected that the crisis would come amidst the joy.

However, these things have nothing to do with Shuer and the others. The key to the problem now is to find the so-called medium. As for what to do after finding it, since Shuer said that he has an idea, Dak no longer worries, everything is handed over to him. Just leave it to him to solve it.

"I said, don't touch anything." Linda had just taken a step forward, but before she could remember to take the next step, Shuer held her shoulders and stayed in place.

"I didn't..." I didn't touch anything. She looked down subconsciously and saw that there was indeed nothing around her, except for a few chicken bones at her feet. "This doesn't work either?"

"Yes, that's not okay." Xiuer nodded seriously, "Don't touch anything that is not originally supposed to exist on the ground. No, don't touch anything that is not integrated with the ground. Marlene and the others probably touched something. Disappeared from this world. Remember, if you don’t want to follow their old path again, you must concentrate on it, and don’t forget that if you encounter something strange and cause the ghost space to descend, you will not be the only one who is pulled in. From Marlene Judging from their situation, a wide range of surrounding creatures will be pulled in."

"Yes, I'm really sorry." Linda lowered her head, not daring to look into Xiuer's calm eyes.

"Don't be afraid. I didn't make it clear. I don't blame you this time." Shuer shook his head and had already turned his attention to other places. "A person's attention can easily be deceived by habits, so let's observe the surroundings together. Document any findings and try not to overlook anything."

This is very embarrassing, after all, there are too many things to observe.A few pieces of gravel by the tent, that is too common, does it count?Of course, since Leinster of Clement Caravan is an experienced old captain, he must have leveled the ground beforehand. In theory, these gravels should have been cleaned up, so of course it should be counted as an exception.

It was indeed an exaggeration, but there was nothing I could do about it. No one knew what they were looking for, not even Shuer, so he could only search aimlessly.The broken wine bottle, the more than half-eaten red nut, the broken toothpick, the torn corner of the napkin, everything looked suspicious, but after repeated observations, they were all eliminated.

The outside scene has been inspected, but nothing was found in the end. The only hope is that there are only three tents left.

One tent was empty, completely empty, with nothing but the tent itself, and the other contained a large number of kitchen utensils neatly stacked inside, apparently intended to be loaded with the table when the vehicle was finally tidied up.It was really terrible. Looking at dozens of kitchen utensils, Linda felt that her head was covered in cold sweat. So many things had to be eliminated one by one, and they couldn't be touched. A nightmare.

"You can just ignore it here." Xiuer's words were as sweet as an oracle, and Linda finally breathed a sigh of relief, but why?
"Traces on the ground." Knowing that Linda was puzzled, and seeing that Xiu Er didn't mean to explain, although the other party was not beautiful and didn't suit my taste at all, as a gentleman, Duck still patiently explained, "We I have been observing the traces on the ground, although it is very messy, it can still be seen that neither the four of them nor the extra person who appeared inexplicably have never entered this tent from the beginning to the end, so this place can be temporarily ruled out."

"Well, if you need it later, you still have to come back to check it, but you don't need it for the time being." There is no way, Xiuer can only nod and say, "Waste time in the least possible place, why not focus on the last one first?" Room. Well, this should be the main venue where the Earl and the Leinster captain are."

As an earl, Mr. Merck certainly cannot mess around with ordinary members of the caravan. Nobles also have their own reservations. Although Captain Leinster does not have enough status, he is the leader of the team and is barely qualified to interact with Merck. The Count sat down to dine together.

There was only one long table at the end of the tent. Last night, Mr. Earl and the Leinster captain were probably chatting and laughing at this table. It was rare to spend a birthday with a large number of strangers, which was a novel experience.

However, nothing was found except the tables, and everyone could only look at each other. Could it be that these tables were what they were looking for?
It's unlikely that Ma Lian and the others would be interested in moving a few tables, and the most important thing is...

"How many children were in this tent last night?"

"Well, I'm not sure about this, but when I came, I saw Count Merck's children running in. It is said that Count Merck doesn't hate children. Maybe he specifically approved the children to come in."

At first, Linda didn't understand why Xiuer asked this suddenly, but following his gaze, she immediately understood.

A small wooden sword, obviously a toy, was partially exposed from under the table, and half of a stuffed bear's arm was also exposed.Squatting down and taking a closer look, there were several toys under the table, a few glass beads, a top, a wooden sword, a girl's stuffed bear, a small ring with a simple and elegant shape, and a crystal made with exquisite craftsmanship. small pendant.

These toys were piled casually under the table. It can be seen that the three four- and five-year-old children had a lot of fun yesterday. They were even so happy that they crawled around under the table and even forgot their toys.As for the children of the two nobles, will they be severely punished by etiquette teachers after they return? Ha, it makes people happy to think about it.

However, Kaixin couldn't solve the current problem. I searched all over the camp, but finally found nothing.

Dark looked at Xiure. There was no emotion or anger on his face, and there was no luster in his half-closed eyes. He seemed to be thinking about something.Dak didn't intend to rush him, but just stood by in a tacit understanding, playing with the bloody rose in his hand, also lost in thought.

"Dark, I have a mission for you." After being silent for so long, Xiu Er suddenly spoke, which startled everyone, "You run, go back to the camp over there, and bring everyone here , the two of us are here to guard."

"Have you got an idea?" His fingers twitched slightly, and it was obvious that Dark was particularly excited.

"Not really, I can only say that I'm just looking at it." Shuer said with a stern face, "First of all, let me give you some comfort. Marlene and the four of them should be safe now, much safer than you think."

"Oh, this is my favorite sentence from your mouth."

"But..." He hesitated and shook his head, Xiure sighed, "Forget it, you'd better bring them here first. Remember, it's everyone, including the parasites."

"no problem."

"Also, tell Lisa not to stay in bed tomorrow morning."

"Tch, you're really careful." No need to ask, this is the secret code between the siblings today, without the secret code, even Duck, if he wants Lisa to leave, he will probably be shot in the head, "What else?"

"No, the sooner the better. Tell the parasites that they don't need to take anything with them except their personal belongings. Their treasures can't be lost if they are left there."

"Okay, let's go. I hope you can bring another satisfactory result."

"I can't guarantee it." Shuer curled his lips and said, "Get out of here."

(End of this chapter)