Chapter 28 Monsters in the Shadows

In the early morning, when the sun first appeared, it was the most beautiful time of the day, but at this moment, Duomu Village, an affiliated village under Lvye Town, was shrouded in a huge cloud at this moment.

"Master, the little stone is gone."

In the largest yard in Duomu Village, the logging captain Voss found the elder Enke of Duomu Village who was really smoking tobacco.

Hearing this, he looked up at Voss who was holding a double-barreled shotgun, and Old Enke took a hard puff of grass cigarettes.

"Is it that monster again?"

He lowered his head and exhaled a large mouthful of smoke, making it difficult to see Old Enke's expression at this moment.

"should be."

Saying that, Voss clenched his hands holding the shotgun tightly, and his veins were exposed.

Duomu Village is mainly engaged in logging. As the leader of the logging team and the No. 2 person in Duomu Village, Voss has encountered many dangers, such as being attacked by a hungry brown bear while logging, but there was no such time that he was like today. Feel powerless as well.

Six days ago, an old sickle, a lumberjack in Duomu Village, disappeared for no apparent reason. At first, it didn't attract everyone's attention. It wasn't until the next day that the villagers realized that something was wrong and organized people to find it.

The search for nature was fruitless, and in the process, three more villagers disappeared, and an atmosphere of panic began to spread in Doki Village.

Under such circumstances, Old Enke took the time to gather the villagers, and asked Voss to lead the young men in the village to take up arms to protect everyone. No one disappeared on this day.

With the protection of the armed forces and the gathering of everyone, the hearts of the villagers began to gradually calm down, but the good times did not last long. On the third night, when everyone gathered together, two more people disappeared. The most important thing is that no one knows when and how they disappeared.

The seeds of fear began to take root, and the hearts of the villagers were unknowingly swallowed by a monster called panic. Many people's rationality was on the verge of collapse. That is, at this time, someone proposed the idea of ​​leaving the village.

Some people support or oppose this idea, and there are more opposition than support. After all, this is their home and their comfort zone. More importantly, leaving the village does not guarantee safety and may be more dangerous.

Sensing that the situation was wrong, Old Enke stood up and quelled everyone's disputes.

Not leaving the village for the time being, everyone took up their weapons and could not act alone at any time. They handed over the only two horses in the village to two young men and asked them to go to Lvye Town for help.

On the fourth day, the two young men were seen riding away, and the villagers pinned their hopes on them. The day was safe and sound, but none of the villagers dared to fall asleep at night.

On the fifth day, the weather was fine and the villagers spent the day tremblingly, but fortunately everything was fine, as if the monster had left.

On the sixth day, before the villagers could breathe a sigh of relief, fear struck again, and the little stone disappeared, the anxiety boiled like boiling water, and the monster never left.

"Master, what should we do? The villagers are very uneasy and don't know when the town's call for help will come."

His own strength is unreliable, and Voss, a tall and strong man, can only pin his hopes on Luye Town's request for help at this moment.

Taking a deep breath and bowing his head, Old Enke did not speak, nor did he share his innermost thoughts with Voss.

Duomu Town is far away from Lvye Town, but riding a horse back for two days is enough, but today is the third day. Lvye Town's call for help still hasn't come. If it wasn't something that delayed it, then The request for help was not sent to Lvye Town at all, and the second possibility was far higher than the first, because no one in the village was missing that day.

His heart is heavy, but Old Enke can only bear it silently, because at this moment, Duokimura has become a powder keg, and a spark may detonate it, and according to so many days of observation,

Old Enke guessed that the unknown monster probably used the village as his granary, eating two or three people every day, no more or no less.

This conjecture may be a bit cruel, but Old Enke knows that it is likely to be true. As an old hunter, Old Enke knows the psychology of those beasts very well, but unfortunately he can't do anything even if he guesses the truth. Not to mention a kind of sadness, the sadness of the weak.

Although there may be a problem when asking for help, Old Enke is not desperate, because Lvye Town will come to collect a batch of wood every once in a while. An exception will be found here.

Of course, all Old Enke can do now is to pray silently, hoping that this day will come sooner, and that a few fewer people will die.

"Ugh!"

Looking at the back of Voss leaving, old Enke sighed deeply, his body even more hunched.

Silently watching the villagers die, hiding the facts from them, and letting them die in peace, this is a cruel way to die for the old Enke who grew up in the village, but he had to do it, because once the villagers Know the truth and flee on a large scale, then it is likely to provoke unknown monsters in the dark.

Anxin stays in the sheepfold and is used as the reserve food for monsters. Although people die every day, but the number is limited, tearing the sheepfold, unwilling to make reserve food, monsters are furious, and they are likely to hunt and kill on a large scale and take revenge punishment. .

Phew, once again took a hard puff of smoke, and Old Enke silently told himself that he must be patient, he must be patient.

Two days later, on the eighth day when Duoki Village was shrouded in clouds, Iruka's brows furrowed together in the Lvye Town Government Affairs Office.

"You mean no news at all?"

"Yes."

Glancing at Iruka's face, the clerk continued to say, even though he was in a state of perturbation:

"Your Excellency the clerk, the staff from the Government Affairs Office who was in charge of collecting the wood had already set off for Duomu Village three days ago. It is reasonable to say that they should have returned the next day, or yesterday at the latest, but they have not returned until today."

Phew, took a deep breath, put down the quill in his hand, and Iruka's face sank.

As a pioneering land, Lvye Town seems to be stable, but in fact it is full of crises. Under such circumstances, public officials have strict time plans for going out on business, and it is impossible to violate them under normal circumstances. Something went wrong.

After thinking for a while, rubbing his brows, Iruka took out a special decree paper and quickly wrote a decree and affixed his official seal.

"Bring this to Sheriff Eros, and let him send some more people to visit Taki Village."

Without any news, without any intelligence, Iruka had neither all his strength nor any reason for Ferrolie to mobilize the army. He could only ask Eros to send someone to take a look. I just hope that this matter is not troublesome.