The Death List Novel - Chapter 660
Chapter 660 Night Exploration Farm
In fact, Qin Lun and the others didn’t need to drown in the River Ruiwen when they left the city. After so many days, Elistine’s hidden wounds had finally healed. She could transform into a giant eagle and bring Qin Lun and the others out of the city one by one.
“Druid profession is really convenient. If I had known, we would have been able to change our profession as well!” The three Apostle expressed their heartfelt envy towards Elven druid, who could adapt to any environment, which made the Elves beauty very happy.
The farm where the accident occurred was only two to three kilometers away from Silvermoon City. The farmers of such farms did not dare to be too far away from the city to avoid being attacked by wild creatures.
It was precisely because the farm was being attacked by the Jackalweres at such a close distance that it attracted attention in Silvermoon City. Otherwise, such a thing would not have surprised the nervous Toril residents of the world.
Not long after, everyone saw the hazy farmhouse shrouded in the darkness. However, after arriving here smoothly, the few of them fell into a somewhat awkward situation, hiding in the bushes beside the field and starting to discuss.
The assassins of the Santalin Society were very strong, and Qin Lun knew this very well. Since they were planning to cause trouble at Elaszo’s Silvermoon Celebration, they probably wouldn’t send only one or two people. At the very least, it would be a small team of five to ten people.
The city lords of the Northern Lands were different from the ordinary nobles of human countries. Most of the people who could grow up as lords in such a complicated environment had great combat strength. Among them, “Lady Hope” Elaszo was a legendary expert who was favored by the Magic Goddess Misra.
It wasn’t hard to play tricks on her right now, but it was really rare for her to be caught in the act after making trouble.
The Santalin Society wanted to use this operation to divide the cities of the Silvermoon Alliance. If everyone found out the truth about the assassination, it would be useless even if they killed a few Lords. On the contrary, it might be self-defeating, helping Elaszo unite the alliance even more.
Based on this, Santalin would send at least two Legendary Assassins to fight against Elaszo, and the rest would be at least high-level.
Of the five people Qin Lun had sent out this time, only Elistine was a high-tier druid. Idria and the three Apostle had yet to reach the high-tier, so they could only barely fight against the high-tier for a while.
If such a lineup were to fight against two legends, plus a group of high-ranking players, they would surely be courting death. Besides, Qin Lun and the others had come here to investigate the situation, not to seek a final battle. Otherwise, it would be better to bring along Mustacha and the two Ladies of Candlestick and at least a few more cannon fodder.
The problem Qin Lun and the others were facing right now was that they weren’t confident that they could sneak into the farmhouse without alerting the other party, as well as the storage cellar underground. That was the most likely place to hide people.
Originally, Qin Lun still had the Shadow Gale Leopard available, but in the battle between the troll claw and the troll sentry, the Shadow Gale Leopard was seriously injured by the troll’s dying counterattack. The Qi Spirit had been violently shaken, and it was no longer possible to summon it.
Everyone was worried about letting Elistine sneak in like a lynx. After all, no matter how cautious Elistine was, she didn’t have the talent for shadows and didn’t know how to sneak in.
“Use armored bugs. The farmhouse is too large. In fact, even if the Shadow Gale Leopard is not injured, it will still alert the other party if it moves for a long time.”
Hill reminded his other two companions on the guild channel, “Rune worms aren’t easy to notice and they can climb into the cellar of the farmhouse. The three of us can each put in a few and quickly search the area.”
“Alright!” Qin Lun and Rand’s eyes lit up and they immediately nodded in agreement.
“Eh? What kind of bug is this?” Seeing Qin Lun and the others take out more than ten black beetles the size of palms from their storage space, Elistine immediately came over curiously to look at them, while Idrea’s hair stood on end and she left the three of them with a terrifying expression on her face.
“It’s an alchemy creature. It can help us explore this farmhouse, and it won’t attract any attention.” Kieran placed the armored worms on the ground. These armored creatures could be linked to Apostle’s soul imprint. Although they could not feed back the mirror images they saw to Apostle like stone ghosts, they could still send back some simple messages.
Elistine was not afraid of these ugly insects at all. He crouched down and grabbed a beetle to wave at the female knight.
“Idrea, look, it’s so cute!” The armored worm kept moving its six claws in Elistine’s hand, its sharp mouth like a knife clamp opening and closing as it let out a hissing bug cry.
This kind of alchemy beetle was certainly not a good stubble. On the contrary, it was very aggressive. However, Qin Lun used his consciousness to suppress them and prevent them from attacking Elistine. He could only helplessly slash his legs and grin his teeth in protest.
“You, don’t come over!” A rare look of panic appeared on Idria’s face. She waved her hands and retreated, almost staggered.
“Oh!” Seeing Idrea’s appearance, Elistine was so depressed that Elves’s sharp ears drooped.
Elven druid was close to wild creatures in the forest all year round, so he wasn’t afraid of any insects. On the other hand, Idrea, a believer of Lady Lauvita, had yet to shake off her womanly nature in this regard.
Seeing more than a dozen armored bugs crawling towards the farmhouse, Elistine’s curious baby habit flared up again. He pulled Qin Lun around and asked about the origins of the armored bugs.
She knew very well that Qin Lun definitely didn’t have these things before he disappeared.
In fact, although Elistine had no intention of getting to the bottom of the matter regarding the mysterious disappearance, Qin Lun knew from Elven druid’s occasional expression that her patience was about to run out.
However, after such a long time, Qin Lun had already prepared an excuse for this matter and planned to blame it on a certain god. In any case, Toril World had the entire Elves divine system, and there were many divine elects in Elves. Believe it or not, Elistine could at least prevaricate.
“Alright, I understand what you mean!” Qin Lun looked at Elistine’s shining eyes and sighed. He took out a few armor worms from his storage space and stuffed them into her hand. Finally, he temporarily shut her mouth.
Elven druid smiled and squatted to the side, teasing the poor insects. However, she didn’t give the armored worm to Idrya this time. Judging from the frightened look on the female knight’s face, she knew that this good sister probably wouldn’t like this kind of game.
“Eh? Strange!” In a short while, the armored worms sent a simple message to their respective Apostle, “There are no living creatures in the farmhouse. Could it be that we guessed wrongly that the Santalin Society did not use this place as a temporary stronghold?”
“Wait, there’s a beetle that smells blood.” Hill had a little harvest.
“The Jackalweres and the Silver Guards both had parties here. They should have left them behind, right?” Rand smiled and teased.
“No, the smell of blood is very strong. It was only recently left behind.” Hill shook his head and said, “Let’s go. Since there’s no one, let’s go in and take a look!”
The armored worms scanned carefully, and they had climbed every inch of the farmhouse. Apart from a few that smelled blood, there was no news of a living person.
Even so, Qin Lun and the others were still very careful. Armored worms are unintelligent alchemy creatures. As long as they are prepared, they can be deceived in many ways.
The five of them approached the farmhouse in two groups from two directions and eventually met at the main house.
The main house of the farmhouse was in a mess. The originally well-made wooden tables and chairs were almost hacked into a pile of rags. Perhaps the Jackalweres had used these tables and chairs as firewood to warm themselves up in the days they had been here.
The ground was filled with broken jars and utensils. Although the silver guards had wiped out the Jackalweres, they hadn’t cleaned up the farmhouses. Dark brown blood could be seen on the walls of the main house, probably left behind by the previous owner or the Jackalweres.
These blood stains weren’t the scent of blood that the rune worms had smelled before. After a few months, the scent of blood had long since dissipated.
“Nobody seems to have been here before!” Hill searched the farmhouse carefully and came to an accurate conclusion.
The Shepherd had a lot to say on this point. Back then, when he was still a man-eating madman, he had paid great attention to cleaning up his “canteen”. If it weren’t for this, it wouldn’t have been so long since the world had discovered his crime.
If there were people living in the farmhouse for the past few months, there was no way they could hide it from Hill.
“Looks like we really made a trip in vain. Perhaps the Santalin Society did not choose this place as their hiding place.” Rand shrugged helplessly.
“Didn’t we find the cellar? The scent of blood that the beetle smells is probably there. We’ll know when we see it.” Qin Lun was very unwilling to give up. No matter what, everything that happened here was too coincidental.
If he lost this clue and combined with the fact that the Hand of Light hadn’t discovered anything unusual in the city, it would be very difficult to find the assassins of the Santalin Society.
“We found the entrance to the cellar. Come quickly!” Idrea’s call came from outside the farmhouse.
The cellar of the farmhouse was arranged in the straw warehouse on the farm, and there was not much straw left. The stalk of straw gave off an unpleasant smell of mildew because it had not been dried for a long time.
Opening the floor behind the grass warehouse, a huge tunnel appeared in front of everyone.
“Do you smell it?” Hill frowned slightly and asked vigilantly.
“Yes, I smell it. It smells very bloody.” Qin Lun sniffled and couldn’t help but sneeze, “The ventilation below is probably very poor. We’ll go in after fifteen minutes.”
A moment later, the stench of blood under the cellar faded slightly. Qin Lun asked Rand to stay with Elistine, so that if anyone caught him in a jar, he would walk into the tunnel with Hill and Idrea.
Chi! The female knight at the front lit a torch. Under the dim flames, the tunnel looked a little gloomy. Fortunately, the cellar of the farmhouse was originally small, and the ten-meter-long tunnel soon came to an end.
“Huh?” As the fire illuminated the entire cellar, the three of them couldn’t help but shrink their pupils as they looked at the scene in front of them.