Chapter 20 (1/2)

The first is the six victims - the first three are not local people in villages and towns. They are mercenaries from the south, shoe vendors and vegetable farmers who have just moved to villages and towns. They were all ordinary people who were inconspicuous to the extreme. Even after they died for several days, no one noticed anything wrong.

And then the people killed will be much more interesting. The fourth accident was the eldest son of a rich merchant in Gumu town. To be able to mix rich people in such villages and towns, the rich businessman is naturally a subsidiary of an aristocrat and is quite pious. It was also after the accident that father Anthony began to look into the matter.

The fifth and sixth were killed at the same time - one of them was a trainee priest of the church. He seemed to be very young and probably joined the church not long ago.

”As for the other, it is father Anthony's nephew and his only younger generation.” Draco's expression is quite embarrassed: ”it is also because of this that father Anthony's temper becomes so bad. I hope you can understand him - the priest of the Holy Cross Church is not allowed to marry, let alone have offspring. The priest's feelings for him are no different from his son.”

”I understand.” Loren nodded. Although he confirmed the identity of the six bones, he still had no clue. There was nothing left except a few pieces of rotten meat bitten by the ghoul.

For insurance, he also carefully checked the remaining bones. There were indeed signs of being torn by sharp claws and fangs. It was absolutely right to say that they were bitten by ghouls, but there was only one problem.

”How do you know who these bones are?” Lauren said in a confused tone: ”how do you recognize the identity of all the bodies whose heads and upper torso are missing?”

”Eh?” priest Draco's sad expression was stunned and scratched his head as if in memory: ”the first three people were found after the accident of the eldest son of the rich businessman, so they were basically identified by the surrounding villagers, so no one knew the names of the three poor people.”

”As for the priest's nephew and the trainee priest, the next day they were killed, almost the whole ancient town was disturbed. When the guards arrived there, they saw those ghouls still biting them...”

Speaking of this, priest Draco resisted the urge to spit out and calmed down after a long time: ”but that's why we found out what the real murderer behind all this is.”

”Where are those ghouls now?”

”I don't know, but... No one has seen those monsters since the father's nephew's accident.” priest Draco shook his head. ”Maybe they're hiding?”

Hide? impossible. Although ghouls are not bloodthirsty monsters, their nature determines that they can't endure hunger, which is an important reason why they eat rot.

”Is there any random burial pit or ancient tomb in Gumu town?”

”There is a tomb that has been abandoned for a long time, but why do you ask?” the priest looked at him suspiciously: ”are the ghouls hiding there?”

”It's possible - no, it should be said that it's possible.” Lauren replied very firmly, ”do you know where the tomb is? Just tell me a general direction, and I can find it myself.”

Priest Draco looked hesitant, but soon, he resolutely looked at Lauren: ”no, I'd better take you myself. If I can, I also want to do my part to get rid of these ghouls, even if it's only trivial.”

The abandoned tomb mentioned by the priest is not far from Gumu Town, and there are still stone slabs left around. Obviously, it used to be the place where local villagers buried the dead, but it has been abandoned for a long time, so that vines and weeds grow all around, almost sealing the entrance of the whole tomb.