When surprise flashed across Arthur's face, soon turning solemn, Westbron could no longer contain himself.
Because the sheriff of Mount Gale Town faintly felt sothing like a finger, yet also claw-like, approaching his neck.
"It wasn't !"
"The disappearance of that caravan has nothing to do with —I did have so thoughts about them at the ti, but by the ti I got there with my n, there was no one around!
Walker, Crick can vouch for !"
With that, the sheriff looked towards the other two fourth-level police officers.
The two officers imdiately nodded repeatedly, their eyes also filled with horror.
At this mont, as the Hand of Void was faintly closing in, they finally understood why Police Chief Westbron had wet himself.
Was this the revenant's revenge?
The speculation that surged in their hearts made the two officers promptly say,
"Right, when we arrived, there was no one there.
And the scene was very clean.
There were no signs of a struggle, no bloodstains."
The fourth-level officer who also acted as the coroner, Walker, said.
"Afterwards, I even took people to check around, and we didn't find anything, no drag marks, no footprints—it had just rained heavily, I rember it quite clearly," added Crick, another officer who also served as deputy chief.
Following this, patrol officers also started to speak.
In an exchange of words, they pieced together the 'disappearance' of the caravan three years ago for Arthur.
He observed their expressions closely.
Even without using Eagle Eye or Skillful in Observing, Arthur could confirm that these n weren't lying.
Under the threat of the Revenant's Revenge, these n would divulge even the color of their underwear.
As for everyone at the Mount Gale Town police station being involved in the incident three years ago?
Arthur wasn't surprised at all.
A rchant caravan that didn't stay in town and camped outside was seen as an easy target for everyone, yet this sheep was horned.
A group of 20 people would surely be ard, and wasn't sothing easily taken down.
And to take down this group, everyone from the Mount Gale Town police station would need to get moving.
Similarly, because such an opportunity was rare, it explained the rarity of the incident, so Arthur didn't specifically ntion the caravan from three years ago but referred to it generally as a caravan instead.
What if the caravans kept disappearing?
Impossible.
If caravans were disappearing constantly, it wouldn't have been sothing a Mount Gale Town sheriff could cover up.
Considering how much the Earl of South Los valued tax revenue, he would've sent an 'Imperial Envoy' to investigate the matter long ago.
'The police station's involvent doesn't directly relate to the disappearance of the caravan, which ans the disappearance could potentially be linked to Yumir Manor.
Combined with the three Spirit diums that died, along with the many years of Curse...
Things are starting to get interesting.'
Arthur thought to himself, yet his expression revealed nothing unusual.
Maintaining his seriousness, he commanded—
"Prepare the Salt Brick Oil Sword for ."
"Huh?"
Westbron looked baffled.
"Coarse salt, brick powder, kerosene, iron sword."
"The brick powder needs to be ground from prosperous red bricks, go quickly."
Arthur explained.
If one is to put on an act, they must do it thoroughly.
Moreover, this was also to buy him a little more ti.
"Go stand guard at the entrance to the basent."
Arthur gave instructions to Simon, Hunter, and Newt.
Once everyone had left, Arthur controlled Fujin and flew towards "Yumir Manor" — Yumir Manor was not located in Mount Gale Town but 15 kiloters away from the town, halfway up the mountain, which required passing through a long, narrow ravine to reach.
But with Fujin's wings, naturally, it wasn't so troubleso.
A single flap of the wings, and they soared into the sky, then flew straight across the mountain ridge.
Utilizing Fujin's eyes, Arthur looked at the gap in the ravine, glanced at Yumir Manor halfway up the mountain, and felt secretly astonished.
This terrain was really easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Just ten people stationed at the entrance to this ravine would be enough; even a hundred n couldn't break through.
The ravine was too narrow; no matter how many ca, they could only pass through shoulder to shoulder, two or three at a ti.
And to cross over the ravine?
Impossible.
The continuous mountains made the surroundings incredibly steep.
Arthur clearly rembered that in the report Marinda had given him, "Yumir Manor" was built by Fritz for his wife, Yumir.
"Shouldn't he have chosen a beautiful environnt to build in?
Why does it feel like he was constructing a military fortress?
Was it because of the wars at that ti?"
Arthur thought to himself and had Fujin ascend higher.
Afterward, he confird his guess.
Looking down from above, aside from the ravine path that led into "Yumir Manor", there were hidden "sentry posts" on the surrounding walls — although camouflaged with moss and stone, they couldn't escape Fujin's sight.
Clearly, this place really was akin to a military fortress in its construction.
Then, Arthur suddenly rembered sothing —
After the Fritz Yumir couple passed away, since they had no heirs, "Yumir Manor" was inherited by a distant nephew, who t with misfortune while hiking.
"Could it be that the mountains he climbed were those surrounding 'Yumir Manor'?"
At this mont, Arthur began to harbor suspicions.
Fujin had already started circling around "Yumir Manor".
"Yumir Manor" was more dilapidated than expected; the outer wall of the main estate building was overgrown with vegetation, and the gate fence was full of rust. The place where there should have been a fountain was replaced by a large tree — judging from the look, Arthur was sure that there used to be a fountain here, but it broke down due to neglect over the years, and the subsequent owner had not repaired it but planted this large tree instead.
That was roughly the exterior appearance.
What it was like inside, Arthur had no way of knowing.
Moreover, after the incident involving the unexpected deaths of three "Spirit diums", he couldn't possibly allow Fujin to take the risk lightly — the fact that they possessed arcane artifacts was evidence enough that these three "Spirit diums" were mystic side persons, and should be sowhat capable, yet they died so strangely within "Yumir Manor", which was an indication of the danger inside.
Arthur, having done a preliminary survey from the outside, began to control Fujin to return to Mount Gale Town.
On the way back, Arthur also saw the four youngsters he had encountered before.
The four young people walked briskly, chatting and laughing as they went.
The two n's bags now bore rabbits and pheasants.
The two won's baskets were also full of wild fruits and vegetables.
Clearly, the four had a decent harvest.
The joy of their haul made the returning group even happier.
With a glance, Arthur withdrew his gaze.
After instructing Fujin to be vigilant, Arthur's consciousness returned to the morgue in the police station's basent; he picked up the kerosene that had been brought earlier, ready to burn the "Cursed Objects" of the three "Spirit diums".
The kerosene poured out gurglingly.
When the match fell, the flas shot up instantly.
The flickering glow from the dancing flas made the young "Spirit dium" squint.
Then, the young "Spirit dium" thought of sothing —
Not right!
Not right!
That scene just now was wrong!
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