Chapter 132 Artwork
"Father, this is not the place you should come to." Not long after Paladin and Macedonia had walked, a group of burly men came towards them. The leader, a giant man about two meters tall with bare chest and back, stood in front of the two Paladins, like a dark cloud covering the sun, looking down at Paladin and Macedonia to warn them.
Macedonia is a Templar after all. After rigorous training, he possesses the strength of a five-star warrior. Although the giant man in front of him looked scary, he was no match for Macedonia. I saw Macedonia's hand quickly pressing on the hilt of the sword at his waist. Along with the light from the silver armor on his body, an invisible murderous aura rushed towards his face. He stepped forward and blocked Paladin: "We have no intention of offending. The stability of Qingshui Town is just coming here to purchase some necessary supplies and then leaving immediately."
Perhaps Macedonia's silver armor made the giant man a little afraid, or maybe he didn't want to have any trouble with the Holy See. In addition, there are tens of thousands of people waiting a few miles away. Under such intimidation, the giant man also nodded slightly, took a step back, looked at Macedonia and said: "I hope you can be smarter. If anything unpleasant happens here, it will be bad for you and me. You know, now the town It's not safe here either." In response, Macedonia responded with indifferent silence. The giant man did not want to pay attention to these soldiers of the Holy See, and left with a group of fierce men behind him with a careless shout. I plan to meet some friends and tell them not to touch the two people from the Holy See.
But at this time, Paladin didn't care about these mediocre mortals at all. His keen hearing allows him to hear everyone's conversations on the street, even whispers. But what surprised Paladin was that during the conversations about what activities were going on tonight, or where to go to do something, he heard the murmurs of two local bandits who had settled down: "Have you heard? The Man next door The old man and his family all disappeared this morning! Then their bones were found in the nearby woods. Tsk, tsk, tsk, the corpses were chewed up until they were bloody and bloody. Even the internal organs were devoured!"
"Do you think there might be some magical beast running in? Otherwise, with Mante's skills, ordinary beasts wouldn't be enough to look at." "Yes, I think so too! There have been about a dozen in the past few days. People were eaten! It is said that the bosses held a meeting last night and planned to seal off the town tonight and prevent people from entering or exiting!"
Upon hearing this information, Paladin raised his eyebrows slightly. Walking quietly behind Macedonia, he suddenly asked with a strange smile: "I heard that people are often eaten in this town recently, right?" Macedonia turned around and looked at Paladin in surprise. Although he didn't speak, the expression on his face clearly showed how you knew. Paladin took a step back slightly and glanced around. He lowered his voice and asked: "In other words, you did it to those who were eaten? Just for a girl? Hahaha, it seems you are more powerful than I thought."
"What nonsense!" Macedon frowned and said with some annoyance. Seeing that no one around him was paying attention, he replied in a voice lower than Paladin's: "I didn't do these people!" "Not you?" Paladin nodded slightly. He knew there was no need for Macedonia to deceive him on such a matter. Presumably, he came to Qingshui Town to abduct girls because he knew there were monsters eating people here. After all, it would be great to have a monster as a shield. "What, you don't believe me?"
"Stop talking about this, let's find a suitable candidate quickly. After all, the archbishop must be lonely tonight." Paladin said perfunctorily to Macedonia, who glared at the latter angrily and started to walk away. But Paladin looked at Macedonia's back and smiled darkly. After turning a corner, they disappeared into the street.
"You remember, although this town is not big, there are many powerful people. Later we will find some thieves who resell information, and we should be able to find out who is a suitable candidate. And... can you hear me? ?" He talked to himself for a long time, but there was no intention of answering behind him. Macedon, who suddenly felt unhappy, turned around, but was surprised to see only an unmanned brown horse left behind him. Paladin's figure has long since disappeared. The shock on his face was replaced by anger in the blink of an eye. Macedon's armored hand struck his leg hard, and he growled with gritted teeth: "You bastard, you actually ran away! I will sue you in front of the Archbishop tonight!"
Let’s not talk about the angry Macedonia for the moment. Paladin was walking in a dark alley. When he confirmed that there was no one else, the Almighty Eye on his forehead appeared again. Paladin can see all places illuminated by the sun within a hundred meters. The dilapidated stone house, the soil in the flower pot on the balcony on the second floor, the eyes of the bird perched on the roof spreading its feathers, as well as the crowds coming and going on the street in the distance and Macedonia secretly cursing. This is all clear at a glance.
Just walking quietly like this, feeling for possible clues, when I was about to reach the edge of the woods, a scene like this suddenly flashed in front of my eyes. A beast as huge as a giant was lying in the grass, opening its bloody mouth to bite the prey on the ground. The prey was nothing special. They're just mercenaries wearing armor. Of course, it’s hard to tell whether it’s a boy or a girl. There were only pieces of broken meat and blood staining the ground red with weeds.
Paladin smiled slightly, and the Almighty Eye on his forehead immediately dissipated, and he hurried towards the woods with all his strength.
When Paladin dodged into the woods and stood behind the huge humanoid beast. The beast suddenly felt that there was someone behind him. He turned around with a ferocious and terrifying look, and was about to kill this lunch that was destined for death with one hand! "Aberly! I'm tired of living!" The humanoid beast in front of him is none other than the monster Aberly who has been following Paladin! At this moment, he suddenly saw that the person in front of him was his master. Coupled with Paladin's cold gaze, the original ferocious aura instantly withered. Abelly, who was almost three meters tall and had elbows as thick as a human waist, immediately fell down. on the ground. With a pitiful look in his eyes, like a scolded puppy, he let out bursts of whining sounds that were totally out of proportion to his size.
Paladin kicked Abelly on the head. The latter immediately screamed in pain and hid by the tree trunk, looking at his master in fear. Paladin directly ignored the beast, circled around it, and suddenly made a tut-tsk sound with emotion: "Little Abelly, I haven't taken care of you for a few days, and your appetite has increased. Look, look. You can't even eat cleanly." "
Paladin taught Abelius as a parent teaches a child. Pointing at the bones on the ground. In this dense forest, on the grass in front of me, there were two corpses that had been torn apart and transformed into human shapes. The original earthy fragrance was covered by the pungent smell of blood and stench, and Paladin could even see rows of teeth marks on some corpses even on their armor. It's obvious how hungry this guy is.
But to Paladin's expectation, when he raised his head, he saw a pile of weeds covering a cave in front of him. Apparently this is Abel's residence these days. But the problem is not the cave, but the rows of wooden poles displayed in front of the cave! And a human head was stuck on the wooden pole! There were even heads that were obviously fresh. Unlike the others that had begun to rot and stink, he was still fresh, and you could see blood flowing from the severed head along the wooden pole into the grass.
Paladin unexpectedly took a few steps forward and looked at the heads. Looking back and forth, I suddenly found that although these heads kept expressions of pain as they were about to die, their eyes and tongues had been pulled out. Paladin did not believe that this was Abel's prepared food. Because it will rot as long as it is left out for a day, and eating it will only upset your stomach. It can be understood that this is Abel's personal hobby! Or maybe, his artwork.