Demon Sage

Lanfendo Farm covers an area of ​​about 5 hectares. It is an upper-middle-sized family farm around the city of Preston. There are 12 resident workers in the entire farm. , mostly hired from nearby towns.

Under the leadership of Golem, Donald went to the livestock area to investigate the disappearance of cattle and sheep.

"Mr. Grant, the fence here is when we discovered the first case of missing cattle and sheep. There used to be a subsidence of about half a meter here. There were scratches here and here."

Pointing to the repaired fence on the periphery, Golem gestured at the previous state, but in this repaired place, the original traces have long been destroyed, and there is no other situation at all.

"What about the broken wooden slats?"

"what?"

"It's the board that was replaced during the previous repair. Didn't you say there are scratches on it?"

"It was taken away by the police, and they said they would go back and compare them to find the corresponding animals."

The farm called the police first, and it was understandable that the police station in the town took some things back for inspection.

"I didn't find a match, did you? Do you remember what the trace was like?"

Stepping on the grass, he grabbed the old wooden fence next to him with both hands and shook it. It was quite stable. Even with 70% of his strength, he couldn't shake it. It seemed that the stake was deep.

It takes a lot of effort to break a wooden fence of this level.

"The scratches are all five-way, that is, creatures with five fingers. I remember that there was a hole in the middle of the board."

"Do you think there are such beasts near the farm that can smash such thick wooden boards... It's summer now, so there's no shortage of food in the mountains, right?"

Stealing cattle and sheep, the first suspect of most people is naturally the beasts in the mountains. There is indeed a mountain forest to the south of the Lanfindor Farm, and the area is not small.

It's just that the season is not right. There are many animals in the mountains and forests in summer. The beasts also know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. They won't rush into the human world until they reach the end of the road.

Golem couldn't say why, he could only spread his hands to show that he didn't know either.

"I remember that in the morning you said that someone saw a monster during a vigil. Where is he?"

Almost all the trace information left at the scene is in the hands of the police. The town is more than half an hour away from the farm, and the other party is not necessarily willing to show him, the detective assistant.

Rather than waste that effort, it's better to look for clues nearby.

Moreover, according to what Godot said before, the first case of missing cattle and sheep appeared two weeks ago.

Along the fence, through the flock, it was almost evening, and workers began to drive livestock into the shed nearby. In such weather that it might rain heavily, it would definitely not work to leave them outside at will.

"Golem, what kind of person is Miss Audrey usually?"

"Miss Audrey? Although she doesn't look very good, she is a kind-hearted girl. She never puts on airs with us workers and servants, and you can't find anyone who speaks ill of her on the Ranffindor farm. "

It seems that Audrey's daily reputation is good, but how bad she looks can make people so special...

"By the way, I remember that there was a case of shredding corpses on the Ranfindor farm, right? Can you tell me about the situation, you know, a detective like me likes to hear about the most curious cases, listening to people... ....isn't it easy?"

"Hey, how can you say it's not easy, it was a weird thing at the time, I still remember that when we first came to Ranffindor, just after getting familiar with the operation of the farm, something like this happened. It seemed like 10 people died at that time. Personally, we were terrified, and because of this, the people in the town thought we were disaster stars. If someone knew that this place was used as a murder place, Mr. Bartlell would definitely not buy it."

Speaking of this kind of thing, Golem's emotions are very high. After all, it happened a few years ago. The panic and fear have long since dissipated, leaving behind some wonderful memories.

"10? Didn't the newspaper say 7?"

On the way here, Donald was still reading the report on the corpse dismemberment case on the roof.

"Is that a mistake? I remember what the boss said at the beginning, 10 people died, let us not panic, the case has been solved, and the murderer has been caught... Here, your words It reminded me that Bob was not only an eyewitness to the disappearance of cattle and sheep, but he also seemed to have seen the criminal in the case of shredding the corpse on the roof. I can't remember, and it's strange. It was a second fright for him. Now he's probably sitting on the bed in a daze, tsk tsk, it doesn't seem to hurt to frighten the monster like this, right? Not only can he rest, but he can also be compensated afterward. Five shillings, enough for a few taverns."

Most of the resident workers on the farm are bachelors. They don’t have a family. They live in the same place. On the farm side, they are all meals and lodging. The extra work is just shift work at night.

The house provided for the workers to live in is like a common clapboard house on the construction site in the previous life, except that it is made of bricks and stone, and the scale is also larger. After all, it is a permanent residence, and there is a large wooden table and A stone fire pit with a bracket built with iron rods.

"You all live here?"

"Yeah, don't look at the outside, it doesn't look good. In fact, the interior decoration is not bad. It's lively for everyone to live together. The farm is so big, if you live in one place alone, it's really uncomfortable to sleep at night."

pong~

The two were talking, and suddenly there was a sound from the second floor. Things like pots and pans fell to the ground. The sound was not soft, and it didn't seem to be caused by accident.

"What's the matter? Some people even lose their temper when they are resting?"

Golem trotted upstairs, listening to the meaning in his words, the location where the voice came from should be Bob's residence.

He took off his clothes, opened the gun safety inserted in his waist, followed Golem and rushed up the stairs outside the house.

"Golem, the monster is here! I can feel it, it's nearby!"

Before he got to the door, he heard someone talking loudly from a house in front of him. He didn't rush into the house, but stayed at the door.

There was a man huddled in the corner of the bed in the room. The man who worked on the farm was definitely not skinny. It was just such a man. Now he was squatting there with disheveled hair and a pale face, holding a short knife in his hand. An iron basin is upside down.

What could frighten this man to such an extent?

Wang! Wang!

The dog outside the window kept barking, and Donald stood in the room watching the man on the bed muttering to himself.

"Mr. Bob, I have a few questions for you."

"It will come, it will come..."

Repeated sentence, the man on the bed is not mentally stable, but it's been the third day since he was attacked, it's just his arm injury, why is there something wrong with his brain?

"Hey, Bob! What's wrong with you kid in front of me? You were fine yesterday, but he's become a fool after a night? Who are you kidding!"

Golem frowned as he watched from the side. Outsiders might not know, but after working together for so long, he knew very well what kind of character Bob was. He was usually a lazy guy. He was injured and rested a few days ago, and no one could say anything. , but this is the third day. Yesterday, the state was normal. Today, they are stupid when they come to ask questions.

This is not a joke.

"Golem, didn't you see it? That monster, it's nearby, behind you! It's in that cabinet!"

With a loud voice, both Golem and Donald were startled. Even though they knew what Bob said was unlikely, the two of them were still cold behind their backs. Donald also deliberately took a step closer to the cabinet. Listening to the movement, Golem opened it with a backhand. closed the cabinet door.

Of course there can't be any monsters in there.

"Mr. Bob, calm down first. We're not here to find you to work, we just have a few questions."

To meet such an uncooperative person, Donald also has a headache.

"Monster! Monster... outside the window, did you hear the dog barking? That's my dog, it's protecting me!"

Wang! Wang!

It seems to be to cooperate with Bob, and there is a series of barks outside the window~www.wuxiahere.com~ Why, you still have an assistant, so should I choose to turn a blind eye to your performance? Give me a word, great actor! "

Golem was a little angry. He felt that he had never seen such a thick-skinned person. His opinion of Bob in the past influenced his judgment now.

Donald stood at the window at this time, and there was indeed something else outside.

The maid with a bamboo basket was standing by the tree, and beside her was a yellow dog baring its teeth at her.

"Who is that?"

He patted Golem on the shoulder and pointed to the people outside.

"Oh, Miss Furla, why is she here? That dog is really courting death. I will stew it sooner or later."

Golem rushed out of the room at a trot, seeing that he was about to go to the hero to save Mei, but Donald didn't leave, just stayed in the room and watched Bob.

"That monster, when did it stare at you?"

Sitting down on the small stool by the bed, Donald simply followed Bob's words.

"The day before yesterday...yesterday...it didn't give me a way to live, it was going to kill me! You understand? It's staring at me right there!"

Bob turned his head, his eyes kept shaking behind his hair, and he was holding a short knife in both hands, as if there was a monster that was about to jump out from somewhere.

Listening to the vague words, Donald glanced at the bedside table beside him, there was a bamboo basket and some loose coins on it, he reached out to get two shillings, and put them in his pocket in front of Bob.

He moved very slowly, for fear that he could not see.

No response... Bob was still sitting and muttering to himself.

At this time, Donald confirmed that there was indeed a problem with his spirit. If he really played stupid and saw that his money was taken away, he would have reacted, even if it was just to stop him by playing stupid.