The Record of Unusual Creatures Chapter 1440: In-City Investigation

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When the sun rises, this old and bloated medieval city also seems to be reinvigorated with temporary vitality, running through the hiss of cattle and the rattle of wheels rolling over the stone road, and the sun sweeps through the towering city The city walls and towers, and then illuminate the shiny glass panes on the clock tower, coat the spires of churches and castles with a golden layer, and finally fall into the tattered, low and messy slums, as if to take this city The most foul-smelling part dries the rotten trough in Trout Lane and Black Block as warmly as possible.

Many gates closed overnight in the city began to creak open, soldiers wearing blue and white blouses stood in front of the inner city gate known as the "Wrangler Gate", watching the stooped hunches Respectively huddled head residents of the outer city walk through this gate and go to the market and juggler square in the inner city to discuss life. In the flow of people, occasionally you can see the exaggerated caravan rambling from the street. The gypsy woman in colorful clothes sits on the roof of the caravan, and the soldiers will inevitably make trouble The team usually asks for a few coins, or asks the gypsy girls for some harmless bargains. No one will comment on this, because even the beggars in Trout Lane know that these gypsies are barbaric creatures outside of civilized society-they can already be their regional bishops and lords by bringing their carts into the city The generous favor of the alms, if not paid enough protection money, these gypsies may have been hanged outside the city by the claws of black magic before entering the city.

Any difficulties they encounter in this city are actually part of the "protection money".

Lily and Hao Ren were also mixed in the crowd. They put on their hoods and lowered their heads all the way, pretending to be two farmers who had just entered the city from the countryside to cover up their overly obvious characteristics of the Orientals. This kind of disguise is really simple, and even a conscientious soldier can see the problem at a glance, but it is clear that there is no such conscientious person among the soldiers guarding the gate, they just stand at the gate of the city pretending to be, The main role is to show the majesty of the city's lord, and to blackmail outlanders and small businessmen who seem to be a little oily.

The inner city is much more prosperous than the outer city, and the buildings are more neat and gorgeous, but in Hao Ren's view, this evolution is also really limited. After undergoing the baptism of modern cities and even different world landscapes, he has been difficult to deal with this era. The man-made structure of the building has a sense of shock.

Release the mental power all the way, plus the Lily ’s pair of sensitive ears that did not let go of any wind and grass, the two quickly gathered the required information in this strange city, and no outsiders could be seen between advance and retreat. Sense of cramps. It didn't take long for them to find the destination of this trip: a small square on the edge of the inner city.

This square is obviously not a place for gatherings and celebrations. Several yawning soldiers are guarding around the square, preventing ordinary people from approaching at will, and what they are guarding is in the center of the square: there is a horror The human gallows and two black stone pillars. The blackened traces on the stone pillars and the clasps used to fix the ropes illustrate their function: the fire pillar.

The ashes around the stake were cleaned up, but there was still a male corpse hanging from the gallows. The corpse shook horribly in the air, wrapped in a ragged burlap cloth wrapped in his shrivelled and weak On the limbs, it seems to have been hanged for some time.

"Wow ... no wonder there is a plague three to five times this year," Lily whispered with his tongue out. "After hanging the person, he hangs the body directly here. When it is put down, all kinds of germs have multiplied here. Is the ancestor eighteen generations? "

"Showing that the tortured person is the means by which the ruler maintains order, at least in this era, a prisoner sometimes has to be hanged for more than ten days, or even hangs on the gallows until the rope breaks naturally-but that It is not usually executed in the city. "

"Of course I know this. I graduated four times at Peking University," Lily pouted, looking around while pretending to be clothes, "Landlord, do you really think there will be traces of witches left here?" "

"80% sure."

"Is n’t that Mrs. Mary saying that the witch was not arrested? The so-called rescue witch and the like are used to fool people ..."

"Hasselblad told me that in the dark ages, do n’t believe any aliens and what you say, in order to survive, they have already rotted honesty and credibility in their stomachs," Hao Ren whispered, "Here In terms of aspects, Demon Hunter is much more honest and reliable. "

Lily lengthened the voice: "Well Oh ~~"

Hao Ren glanced at the Husky: "And Hasselblad also gave me a 'Credit Rating List of Various Races in the Dark Ages', letting me compare who I see is the most unbelievable, and who can believe with conditions, who The words are basically reliable, do you want to hear them? "

The Husky girl was really fooled: "Landlord Landlord, what rank is Werewolf?"

Although she has long accepted the fact that she is a Husky, she still cares about Werewolf when she encounters such a topic.

"Werewolf is the most trustworthy, because these honest guys wo n’t conspire with you at all. Normally, when you are unhappy, you will be dragged directly to the corner to talk about life ideals, vampire and Olympus. Waiting for the descendants of the big family is relatively credible, because they have a good face, the family glorifies the race and the glory, as long as they think along their world view, you can understand how to deal with this group of guys, and the most unbelievable ... is the witch The guy who was originally at the bottom of the mythological era. "

Hao Ren said, his eyes fell on an unremarkable floor tile in the corner of the square.

"Because of weakness, they are more unscrupulous, and because they suddenly lose their bondage, they act more omnipotently. They are the easiest to survive in the dark age, so as long as they can survive ... No one is fuel-efficient. Lights. "

On the obscure floor tile, you can see a vague mark. The mark is probably a normal crack for ordinary people, but Hao Ren knows what this thing is.

A Leta rune.

A single Leta rune has little power, so there should be more runes here, probably hidden in other corners of this "Execution Ground".

However, Hao Ren has no more interest in these runes, just confirm the existence of these runes.

"Landlord, what did you find?" Lily looked at Hao Ren curiously.

"Leita Rune, the witches have been here. They may intend to rescue their companions when they are executed, but they do n’t know when the captured witch will be executed, so they set it here in advance. Leta rune. It seems that the arrested witch is an important member of their organization or group, and may even be a leader-otherwise the witch in this era cannot take such a big risk to understand the rescue of his companions. " /

Lily blinked: "They seem to have a wizard to help-what is the relationship between the wizard and the witch Ah?"

"There are fewer wizards than witches, because in the mythological era, witches are consumed by their" masters "as cannon fodder, and witches are far away from the frontal battlefield because they are not as powerful as the wizards. Mainstream wizards, "Hao Ren explained." The inheritance system of wizards and witches is different, because the different kind of "spirits" originally designed different "teaching" programs for humans when they trained wizards. The above is a different human experiment. Under normal circumstances, the wizard and the witch will not have any dealings, but there is no contradiction. After the end of the mythological era, they are all in a circle without breaking the river and water, but after all, they were "same in the same door" , When they need it, they will still communicate. I guess the process is this: Vivian sleeping place will produce a more powerful energy release, these energies attract a group of witches, they may intend to Vivian sleeping place It ’s cheaper, but it accidentally exposes whereabouts and leads to one of them being arrested. The foreign aid may also be that the passing wizard accepted the invitation of the witches, but one thing is certain, that is, they knew each other before: in this era, every seclusion organization will not accept strangers at will ... "

Lily is a little curious: "Can ordinary people of this era also catch witches?"

"Ordinary people are certainly weaker than wizards who master magic, but they are not completely resistant to resistance. After all, since ancient times, they have dealt with aliens. Even if the human side has always been weak, there are some ways to deal with these. The method is usually in the hands of the medieval church class and some hidden exorcism organizations. Their predecessors are basically various human resistance organizations in the mythological era. Some of these organizations may have received Demon Hunter technology or even material assistance ... even Until the 21st century, some hidden organizations are still operating in secret, monitoring the supernatural forces in the world. But with the passage of time and the growth of humans in positive forces, the demise of these organizations has become an inevitable trend. . "

Hao Ren, while talking about the knowledge that he heard from Hasselblad and learned on weekdays, walked slowly in front of the small square with Lily and left the place without notice.

The soldiers guarding the square lazily looked at the pedestrians walking in front of them. Their eyes stayed on Hao Ren and Lily for about a second or two. However, they soon thought that they were neither oily nor fun. The countryman then turned his head back.

They started discussing the poor prisoner hanging on the gallows and the recent "black magic" rumors.

Throughout the day, Hao Ren and Lily wandered around the city, sometimes following the crowd to check the situation in those open places, and sometimes using non-human skills to slip into those places where civilians are prohibited from collecting Intelligence, and so on until the night came.

The two posing in disguise, and over the city walls by night, preparing to meet the mysterious witches.