After Lin Yi dug out the parasite egg from the old lord's chest, the old lord's breathing became much calmer than before.
Lin Yi held the parasite's eggs in front of him and observed them. When he placed the eggs near the candlelight, the parasite's eggs began to become active, and the layer of insect membrane surrounding the parasite also became active because of the parasite inside. Changes occurred due to abnormal movements.
"There are obvious traces of transformation, and it is most likely a product of witchcraft."
Lin Yi squeezed it hard with his fingers and smashed the black egg clamp, and a sweet smell filled the air. This thing contains a lot of life force, so the smell it emits is naturally not unpleasant.
This kind of parasite is obviously not produced in nature. The reason is very simple. This kind of parasite will absorb the vitality of the host without restraint, and it is extremely contagious.
If it were produced by nature, at least one area would be reduced to a dead land.
Moreover, Lin Yi felt weak elemental fluctuations in these parasites. It was obvious that the source of these parasites should be a certain witch.
According to the old lord's narration, the two of them had a general understanding of the situation in this city.
There are several elemental witches collecting life force. The black beetles are called 'black fish insects', which are aquatic insects that live in the belly of fish in the river. After the transformation of the witches, this thing was transformed into a 'collector'.
The modified black fish insect will die immediately after laying eggs. The eggs it lays will not hatch like normal insect eggs, but will continue to absorb the host's vitality.
This kind of young egg is in an energy form and is extremely special. Therefore, ordinary doctors have no way to successfully remove it from the body of a normal person when faced with this situation.
Only Lin Yi or Su Xiao can successfully remove this parasite from the bodies of ordinary people with their own abilities.
"How many rivers are there in the city?"
"There's just one, where everyone in the city gets water."
After hearing the guard's answer, Lin Yi and Su Xiao both understood that the river was probably the source of infection in this incident.
The witches released the modified insects into the water source, and then successfully infected the entire city's population through the process of people fetching water, thereby continuously providing themselves with enough vitality that they needed.
However, for the vitality of a city, it seems that one of the witches should have reached the critical point of breakthrough, and there is a high probability that it is the critical point of three to four, not the critical point of four to five.
If a fourth-stage conjuration witch takes action, then the people in this city will not be able to survive Lin Yi and Su Xiao's arrival.
Using the methods of a fourth-stage conjuration witch, the entire city will be turned into a ruined city in one day.
"Sir, please go this way." A confidant led the way, followed by Lin Yi and Su Xiao.
As soon as I walked out of the castle, a strong burning smell hit me.
I saw that half of the city had been burned to coke. In such a situation, it is not difficult to imagine the pungent and unpleasant smell permeating the city at this moment.
Half of the civilians were displaced, and the streets were full of mourners. The civilians tortured by the parasitic eggs wailed loudly. Not everyone had the endurance of the old lord.
As soon as he arrived at the street, Lin Yi saw several shriveled corpses. According to his perception, the parasitic eggs in the corpses were still there. If a witch wanted to get these things, it would not be a simple process.
"How to deal with these corpses?"
"Unified burning."
"Who is responsible."
"Lord Avakin is in charge."
The trusted attendant lowered his head as he spoke, his eyes a little evasive.
"Bring him to me."
"This..." The confidant's face suddenly showed embarrassment, and he hesitated before saying: "Sir, it's like this, there are too many corpses in the city now, and I haven't seen Lord Avakin for a long time. ”
"Oh, really? Forget it, just take me directly to the water source." After hearing this, Lin Yi thought for a moment and changed his request.
"As commanded."
The trusted attendant quickened his pace. His name was Kan. In this world, a single-letter name is both a first name and a surname.
Kan's body is relatively thin. Although he looks weak, as a confidant of the old king, his fighting ability should not be too weak.
While Kan was leading the way, Lin Yi and Su Xiao behind were talking to each other in the temporary team channel.
Doctor: "How do you say it?"
Bai Ye: "The problem is huge. There is a problem with this attendant and the official who handled the corpse. Otherwise, the witches would not be able to obtain vitality from the corpse in time."
Doctor: "With internal and external troubles, no wonder this city fell so quickly."
Lin Yi and Su Xiao both noticed the look in Kan's eyes just now. As fourth-level contractors, they naturally wouldn't miss such a small thing.
In order not to scare off the enemy, Lin Yi deliberately found an excuse to interrupt the topic so as not to scare Kan away. Then he could use him to lure out the people hiding behind him.
Half an hour later, the two successfully arrived at the water source on the east side of the city.
It is an artificial river with a width of about five meters and a depth of more than ten meters.
On both sides of the river, there are steps made of rocks to facilitate civilians to collect water.
Judging from the depth, this was originally a natural river, but it was later artificially constructed to look so neat.
Several fishing boats are floating in the river. This river is not only used for daily water, but also for civilians to fish here.
In addition, this river is also connected to a large river outside the city. In this way, it has many functions such as transporting goods by water.
It is precisely because of the existence of this river that the city of Nikodo has been as prosperous as it was in the past.
Arriving next to the river, Lin Yi threw down an instrument to detect water quality.
After the instrument sank to the bottom, Lin Yi took out a handheld computer and turned on the computer. Numerous red dots appeared densely on the screen.
These red dots represent the content of parasites in the river water. With the alarming number currently present, as long as nearby residents draw water for drinking, there is a high probability that they will be infected by these parasites.
"Go back and rest."
Kan led the way, and the group turned back toward the castle. Not long after the group walked, two women in black robes walked out of an abandoned house.
"The witch hunter has arrived." One of the women spoke first, with a hint of solemnity in her voice.
"It's just a white-level witch hunter. This is a good thing. Find a way to deal with him secretly so as not to attract the attention of other witch hunters. If a witch hunter comes here and dies here, it can buy us at least ten days. , that’s enough.”
After a few minutes or so, a figure sneakily arrived at the river. He seemed a little nervous.
"Things are put down and disappear before my eyes."
"Yes, yes."
The person who came was a man. After he gently put down the cloth bag in his hand, he hurriedly left the place as if he had been granted amnesty, and disappeared in a moment.
……
The old lord's castle, in the bedroom on the third floor.
Boom, boom, boom...
There was a knock on the wooden door. Su Xiao, who was drawing a sketch, looked up at the wooden door. Lin Yi stood up and opened the door.
"Sir, lunch is here."
A maid pushed a dining cart into the room, and the dining cart stopped in front of Su Xiao.
"I know, let's go out."
When Lin Yi said this, he picked up the wine bottle on the table and started pouring wine into the cup.
Upon seeing this, the maid hurriedly bowed respectfully, then exited the room, and the room returned to its previous quietness
"Is there a problem with that maid just now?" Melody looked at Lin Yi and Su Xiao. Although she also knew that people in this city had big problems, she didn't expect them to be so big. It was like playing Werewolf.
"No, she is most likely just a pawn to be used."
Lin Yi glanced at the red wine in the cup, and then covered the wine with the power of the abyss.
Almost instantly, the originally calm wine began to surge as if it had come to life, just like a water glass being put on a fire and boiling.
Densely packed black parasites emerged from the drink, and the scene was truly nerve-wracking.
It was obvious that the witch had tampered with their meals.
It had not been more than an hour since the two arrived in this city, and the witch had already received news about the two of them.
This alone is enough to show the extent to which the people in this city have been eroded.
"It looks like it should be a small group, otherwise it would be impossible to be so bold."
Lin Yi came to the window and looked out at the half-burned city.
He could feel that there was a line of sight staring at him in the dark, but there were too many refugees wandering around outside. In the vast sea of people, Lin Yi couldn't find the line of sight among the refugees for a while. The source of prying eyes.
"The high probability is."
While the two were discussing, the door was pushed open, and Kan, the old lord's confidant, walked into the room.
"Sir, Avakin has been found, but..." Kan paused slightly, and a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.
"Is he dead?" Lin Yi frowned and asked first.
"Yes, when Lord Avakin was discovered, he had been dead for more than three days." Kan sighed softly.
"Oh." After Su Xiao heard this, he put down the quill he was using without expression and looked sideways at Kan.
"In other words, those witches have found more suitable candidates and no longer need Avakin to collect corpses?"
"Eh~"
Kan looked at Lidya Su in confusion, as if he didn’t understand what Lidya Su was talking about.
"If I were one of those witches and had destroyed 'Nikdodo City' to this extent, the people around the local lord would have to buy it off or seize the blame. Compared with those houses that are leaking air everywhere and full of burnt smell. , the old lord’s castle is obviously more suitable for living.”
While talking, Su Xiao was observing the changes in Kan's expression. The more Kan listened, the more confused he became. Judging from his expression, there seemed to be no problem.
Is this really the case? Only after doing something wrong would one deliberately pretend to be so calm.
If Kan is from the old lord's side, although his expression will not be shocked, he will also start to be suspicious and worried about the old lord's safety.
"You're useless."
After saying this, Su Xiao took out the dagger and nailed Kan to the wooden door. Melody never expected that Su Xiao would suddenly turn against her and take action. Only Lin Yi seemed to have guessed what Su Xiao was doing.
"Sure enough, did this waste reveal any flaws?"
After Su Xiao took action, the sound of high heels came from behind the door, and then a witch with a long stick appeared in the darkness.
This witch's outfit is quite special. She is not wearing a common robe. Instead, she is tightly wrapped in a black leather coat, which fully outlines her slim figure.
Lin Yi even saw two soul crystals at both ends of the long stick.
After Su Xiao discovered this, the Dragon-Slaying Flash in his hand faintly revealed a frightening cold light. It was obvious that Su Xiao was interested in the soul crystal on the witch's weapon.
Ding~
The woman in black pressed the long metal stick against the ground, causing stone chips to fly. Although she was slender, it could be seen from this action that she was definitely a powerful opponent.
"It's really calm and worthy of praise."
Another female voice came, also coming from the darkness outside the door.
Not long after, a woman dressed as a lady slowly walked out.
She wore a black gauze on her head, and the thin gauze curtain just blocked the upper half of her face, revealing only her unusually coquettish red lips. In this slightly dim environment, there was a unique look. The charm.
"Are you really calm? Maybe you are too frightened to speak. You two have seen the witch hunter kneeling down and begging for mercy."
There was another unfamiliar female voice, this time coming from the window.
She is also a witch. She is sitting leisurely on the window sill. She is wearing brown loose clothes and has neat short blond hair. There are at least a dozen pockets scattered on the clothes, and I don’t know if they are all filled with them. Got some weird stuff.
Three witches appeared together and surrounded the three people in the room.
These three witches were all third-stage black witches. In their eyes, Melody in the room was not taken seriously at all.
She's just a white witch, her combat power is almost negligible.
Lin Yi and Su Xiao are just white hunters. In their eyes, white hunters are just children waiting to be fed.
Three witches showed up on their own initiative because what the team had done before had shocked them. They went straight to the water source as soon as they entered the city. This was the beginning of their plan.
"Hmph, if you were more stupid, you might be able to live a few more days. It's a pity that you are so smart, but you have to go to places you shouldn't go." The noble-looking witch tilted her head slightly. Those bright red lips stared at Lin Yi with a half-smile, and his words were full of ridicule.
"Stop talking nonsense with him here. Killing him directly is the safest way." The witch holding the metal rod said in a cold tone. She had the unique demeanor of a killer and acted decisively.
"What's the rush? They can't escape."
The witch with short blond hair smiled. She seemed not to care about everything, and her arrogant character could be seen.
These three witches have different personalities and characteristics.
The lady likes to tease others and gain a sense of superiority; the woman in black leather is ruthless and only wants to solve the trouble quickly; the girl with short blond hair is extremely arrogant and doesn't care about everything around her.
"There are only three of you witches in the city?"
Su Xiao finally spoke. The current opportunity can easily extract information. When the victory is in hand, the more arrogant a person is, the easier it is for him to let down his guard.
"Why, Bai level..."
"Shut up."
Just as the blonde witch was about to speak, the woman in leather clothes shouted.
It can be seen that among the three witches, the woman in leather is the real leader who plays a leading role.
"Do it."
The short stick in the leather-clad woman's hand flipped, and the avatar behind her appeared. She looked like a short elf with pointed ears and slightly dark skin.
This avatar is holding two daggers, its skin is slightly dark, and dark elements are diffused around it.
Lin Yi glanced at the three witches, and then began to apply various buffs to Su Xiao.
Feeling the power beginning to surge in her body, Su Xiao let out a sigh of relief. The Dragon Slayer Flash in her hand began to be unsheathed, and the handle of the knife was held in Su Xiao's hand.
Su Xiao disappeared out of thin air, and when he appeared, he was already in front of the blond witch.
Seeing this, the blond witch sitting on the window sill quickly clasped her hands together. In an instant, a dazzling white light spread out in all directions with her as the center point.
Along with a violent roar, the surrounding buildings began to shatter and collapse, and in the light, an extremely large incarnation emerged.
Zheng!
Light blue slashes streaked across the body. This slash first penetrated the chest of the blonde witch, and then struck the neck of the avatar behind her.
The gravel flew, and the blonde witch had already jumped up, but when the sword light struck her, her body below the chest lost consciousness.
"Ah?"
The blond witch in mid-air was a little surprised.
Poof, a thin line of blood suddenly appeared in the center of the blonde witch's head, and her pupils quickly lost their luster.
As far as the third-stage witches are concerned, although they have strong melee capabilities, if they are approached by Su Xiao, they will basically be sentenced to death.
On the other side, Lin Yi's figure had also appeared next to the noble female witch.
The noble lady's incarnation is not a human form, but a huge red python. Just by looking at its appearance, you can tell that this thing is definitely poisonous.
After the python appeared, it immediately spit out a mouthful of venom at Lin Yi, hoping to force Lin Yi away.
But Lin Yi opened two layers of the Hercules Shield in front of him. After the dark purple venom was sprayed on the Hercules Shield, there was a sharp sound of stinging.
Zheng.
The black sword light flashed, and the blade directly pierced the noble lady's heart. Lin Yi flicked his wrist slightly, and the sword blade went up, directly splitting the noble witch's head in two from bottom to top.
Her head was cut in half, and it was obvious that the witch would not survive.
Within five seconds, two of the witch team that originally surrounded Lin Yi and Su Xiao were killed. At this moment, only the witch in leather clothes was left alone.
"How is it possible? Are you white hunters?"
The leather-clad witch hurriedly held the long stick in her hand across her chest to prevent Lin Yi and Su Xiao from attacking and beheading her.
But unfortunately, just when the leather-clad woman was looking for an opportunity to run away, Lin Yi opened his palm toward her, and five dark soul threads appeared on Lin Yi's fingers.
The moment the Dark Soul Silk appeared, the leather-clad witch's neck and the joints of her limbs showed clear marks left by the Dark Soul Silk.
Lin Yi retracted his palms, and the Dark Soul Silk shrank rapidly. The leather-clad witch was caught in the air like a piece of pork hanging in the air, her body swaying slightly as the Dark Soul Silk was pulled.
The leather-clad witch tried to struggle, but the Dark Soul Thread was like a rope made of steel and did not move at all. Instead, it tightened her tighter.
As for the incarnation of the dark element, Su Xiao tore it into pieces in just a few strokes.
Melody stood aside and could barely close her mouth.
When Keith was hunted last time, Melody was not present, so she did not see Lin Yi and Su Xiao fight, and had no intuitive understanding of the two people's fighting power.
Now Melody finally knows what kind of witch-hunting team she is following. These are three third-stage black witches!
As a result, in the hands of Lin Yi and Su Xiao, the team was wiped out in less than ten seconds. Even the fighting power of those red hunters was not that outrageous.
"Cough cough cough..."
As the Dark Soul Thread tightened tighter and tighter, the leather-clad witch only felt that breathing became more and more difficult.
Every time the leather-clad witch tried to breathe, she could only let out a series of painful coughs.
Lin Yi didn't have the habit of caring about women. The reason why he was keeping her alive now was simply because he thought she might be able to get some useful information out of her mouth.
"I ask, you answer."
Su Xiao carried Dragon Slayer and walked to the leather-clad witch. The blood of the blond witch was still dripping from Dragon Slayer's sword.
At this moment, Su Xiao did not cover up her aura, and the strong smell of blood continued to pour out of Su Xiao's body, washing away the leather-clad witch's consciousness.
The leather-clad witch could guarantee that the most terrifying witch she had ever seen might not have killed more than one-tenth of the number of people Su Xiao had. With such a strong blood energy, how many people had this monster killed?
"You said."
The leather-clad witch lowered her head. She was not the kind of person who was not afraid of death.
"There are other witches in the city." Su Xiao began to ask questions.
"No...no." The leather-clad witch said these two words with difficulty. Lin Yi's Dark Soul Silk was tightened so tightly that her face was turning purple and she might die at any time.
Seeing this, Lin Yi slightly loosened the Dark Soul Thread around her neck.
After getting this chance to breathe, the leather-clad witch seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and gasped for air.
"Just you three?"
"Yes." The leather-clad witch didn't dare to hesitate at all and responded quickly. At this moment, she just wanted to answer the question as soon as possible in order to save her life.
"Who ordered you?"
"It's...Mira-sama."
"Mira?"
Su Xiao took out the reward order he carried with him, and soon he found a reward order with a reward of 580 gold coins.
Mira, a fourth-stage elemental witch and blood witch, has a bounty of 580 gold coins and has destroyed 4 human cities.
The fourth-stage elemental witch is a city-destroying witch. As for the fifth-stage elemental witch, it is a natural disaster.
"Where is she?"
"Outside the city... the farm." The leather-clad witch hurriedly revealed the location of Mira.
"Very good, you are useless."
After the other party said this, Lin Yi moved his index finger, and the Dark Soul Thread began to tighten.
There was just a soft sound, and the leather-clad witch's head was cleanly cut off by the Dark Soul Silk. (End of chapter)