663 Murderer (2/2)

A few farmers at the side expressed.

”Who said I was dead?”

Fang Yuan touched his nose and said, ”All I did was spend a night in the forest. Isn't it very common for a hunter? ”

”It was Rick and Maz who said it. They saw you getting held down by the mouth of a giant frost wolf with their own eyes.”

At this moment, the two groups of people at the side separated, and an old man with a white skittle beard stepped forward. ”Because of this, everyone thought that you were already dead. We even prepared for your funeral—look at your Aunt Filio, her eyes are red from crying!”

”Then I'm really thankful…”

Fang Yuan's instincts told him that the town mayor wasn't speaking the truth, but he didn't pester him about it. ”Look… since I'm not dead, shouldn't you end this ceremony first?”

”Okay…”

The town mayor shook his head. ”Unfortunately, we invited Torrege to come over after much trouble. As a pastor of the Death God, his appearance fee wasn't cheap.”

As he was speaking, a white-haired pastor, who was wearing a long black robe walked out.

His long robe was stitched with a strange image of a mutated beast. It had the head of an eagle and the body of a lion. This Eagle-Lion was the symbol of the Death God in this world. In the legends, it soared in the skies of the nether world to collect and attract souls. Thus, it was well-liked by Hess.

”Pastor Torrege, I'm really sorry. This is Luhn. As you can see, he didn't die!”

The town mayor laughed awkwardly.

”Looks like my prediction was correct. When I was performing the ceremony, I felt that the nether world has yet to receive Rune's soul, and he was still in the mortal world!” Torrege said dully, but Fang Yuan could immediately tell that this death god's priest was lying!

As the dispatched pastor of a small town, this was already a punishment close to exile. He didn't have the ability to contact and interact with the nether world at all.

Of course, as Fang Yuan didn't expose him, and this lie was instantly received with great respect.

”Please don't worry, we'll definitely pay the fees to the church on time!”

With his assurance, the town mayor sent Torrege, that had a solemn face, off. The rest of the town residents gradually dispersed to reveal two extremely awkward people; shockingly, they were Rick and Maz.

They looked at Fang Yuan as if they had seen an evil ghost.

”Y-you didn't die?”

”By the Sun God, how is this possible?”

Maz was a teenager with freckles. When he saw Fang Yuan, he instantly blurted out. Promptly, he knew that he said something wrong and cupped his mouth before saying, ”I mean… Praise the Sun God!”

”That's right!”

Fang Yuan exposed a confused look. ”I only felt a stabbing pain in my back, as if a wild beast had attacked me. This memory is very blurry, and I can't remember much, do you remember anything?”

”O-of course, it was the giant frost wolf!”

Maz and Rick said immediately.

”Oh, I see…”

Fang Yuan waved his hands tiredly, gesturing them to leave. ”My apologies… I'm very tired today…”

”Al-alright, we'll leave immediately, rest well!”

Rick hurriedly pulled Maz away and left without even turning his head.

The two people only stopped when they ran for over a thousand meters straight. They looked at Fang Yuan's wooden hut and panted. ”Impossible… Both of us saw that the knife went right through his heart!” Maz exclaimed, incredulous.

”That's possible! With the mighty force given by God, even dead people can be resuscitated!”

Rick's face was serious.

”Just like us, Luhn is a normal person. It's impossible to receive God's care. This must be the technique of a mutated, or an evil spell of a dead soul sorcerer!”

Maz's eyes suddenly turned. ”That's right, this Luhn isn't the Luhn from before. Shall we use this as an excuse to get rid of him?”

”No way!”

Rick was moved by the idea, but he still shook his head promptly after. ”Don't forget, Torrege saw Luhn today. If he was mutated in any way, why would the priest be unable to sense it?”

”Does this mean that Luhn was able to escape this time? It's a pity…” Maz said regrettably, and he sighed.

”You should feel lucky instead…” Maz almost ground his teeth. ”Luckily, he forgot about what happened yesterday. If he had revealed everything, we'd have to be on the gallows!”

”Did… he really forget” Rick was hesitant. ”Then should we continue our plan?”

”Of course!” Maz said with certainty, ”Don't you want the wealth? Just by completing the deal, the other party guaranteed that the two of us will be able to receive 100 stan coins! After that, we can buy a large plot of land, build a villa, and live a life of a master.”

”True… I didn't think that Luhn, who has hunter ancestors, would be able to have such luck…” Rick sighed and said, ”Unfortunately… this wealth is the Death God's invitation card to him!”

They were indeed good friends with Luhn previously, but under the attack power of money, they still degenerated to become murderers and kill Luhn!