Chapter 306: The Hidden Smell (1/2)

As they walked through the town, the villagers came forward to greet them. The children were running around in groups, looking at them with reverence and excitement, gossiping about them and pointing their fingers.

Xue Wei was not too alerted about these children, and he smiled at them while holding Luoluo in his arms, her petite face looking at all of them with excitement.

She had not met many children in her life after escaping the Forbidden Area, even in Yan Dalu, she had mainly spent her time together with Xue Wei and the others.

Now that she was finally together with a lot of children, her mental age was shown, and her body was struggling in Xue Wei's arms, struggling to be let down and play with the other children.

Xue Wei hesitated for a moment as he looked at them. He had not forgotten the feeling of unease he had earlier, but at the same time, he could not help but feel that it was necessary for her to play with other children her own age.

Not to mention, it was natural for children to be playing together, and these children were likely very easy to get along with, the adults seemed as if they were at least.

Xue Wei put down Luoluo. ”Protect yourself well,” he warned her, ”make sure that you don't do something bad, and I will come to find you again later. Do not leave the village, and make sure not to enter the sea.”

Hearing all the do's and don'ts that Xue Wei was sharing with her, Luoluo grimaced, but her heart was warm. It was indeed the best to have an older brother that cared for her.

While Luoluo ran towards the other children, Xue Wei observed their behavior. Truth be told, he was not too worried about Luoluo. When it came to strength, she was the strongest amongst them all, and although the price she had to pay for her using her powers was high, these children could not require too much of her power to deal with. Even the adults on the island were at most Mortal Knights.

While Luoluo ran towards the children, Xue Wei observed her movements before he finally shook his head with an endearing smile on his face.

He finally turned around when he saw that Luoluo had merged well with the group, her face showing a sweet smile as she was holding onto a massive seashell that one of the other children had given her.

Continuing into the island, Xue Wei noticed that the villagers were all very friendly and open towards them, but the nagging feeling of something being wrong was still within his heart.

He could not place his finger on it, but he was not the only one who felt like this. His entire entourage was rather alert; the only one who had noticed nothing and was feeling casual and happy was the King.

Bai Tianyi did not even have his trademark sarcastic smile on his face, Hei Gou was frowning, and Lin Xiao was contemplating about something. All four of them could feel that there was something wrong.

The further into the island they got, the more certain Xue Wei became.

”Do you smell this?” he asked with a low voice to Hei Gou, and the celestial dog nodded his head.

”It is the scent of blood,” he said affirmatively.

”The further into the village we get, the more prominent the scent is,” Hei Gou continued to say with furrowed brows, ”there are different scents trying to hide the smell, but it is impossible to cover it completely. A lot of people have died here, and it was somewhat recently too.”

Xue Wei nodded his head absentmindedly.

He started realizing that they had all been spread into small groups, that the crew was parted in groups of three to five each, even the two delegations had been switched into groups.

”Let's fetch Luoluo,” Xue Wei suddenly said. Although he was not worried about her strength, being alone was not a good situation before they knew where this scent of blood came from.

Xue Wei and Hei Gou had fought enough humans to know that the blood they could smell came from human beings. It was clear that it was not something that came from beasts.

Turning around, they found that behind them were a group of twenty villagers, all of them smiling as they reached out their delicacies of food and drinks.

”Guests, please eat,” one of them said, ”we have prepared some delicacies,” they continued, but Xue Wei narrowed his eyes and looked at these dishes with a certain degree of doubt.

The citizens on this island were all rather weak. For them to be able to kill a huge number of people, tricks had to be used, so he dared not touch the food or drinks.

”I apologize,” Xue Wei said with a smile on his face, not displaying his distrust at all, ”We are looking for my younger sister Luoluo. I am sorry to trouble you to find her for me.”

The villagers looked rather stunned when they heard his words, a slight gleam of panic flashed in their eyes, and although they quickly hid it, Xue Wei managed to catch it.

His heart grew cold, and a sneer appeared on his lips. ”There should be no problems, right?” he asked with a raised eyebrow, his words carrying a slight trace of a hidden danger.

The villagers instantly started shaking their heads as rattle drums, they knew that they could clearly not say anything and thus they began to look for Luoluo alongside Xue Wei and the others.

”Why don't we split up?” One of the villagers suggested hesitatingly, and the eyes of the other villagers shone with excitement as soon as they heard it, ”yes, the children can be anywhere, why not split up and look through the village? It is much easier for us to find her that way.”