"No one..."

I felt a shock in my heart, then looked back at the images sent by the drone.

At this moment, I also noticed something was off. It was already time for dinner, and dusk was approaching, but the village was completely dark with no smoke rising from any chimneys.

Something was definitely not right!

"Hurry, it wouldn't be good if those three were scared."

After saying this, I quickly pulled Black Domi and ran in the direction Mary and the others had gone.

"Don't be so hasty..."

Black Domi said.

"Maybe it's just an abandoned village, no need to be so anxious."

"If it's just a normal abandoned village, that would be fine. If not..."

"Hmm?"

"If they encounter something unpleasant, they won't even have a place to rest tonight."

"Why?"

"They will tear it down."

"Huh? No, they seem..."

Just as I was about to finish my sentence, Black Domi stopped, pondered for a moment.

"It's really possible."

"..."

Although this kid may look a bit dull, I didn't expect her to react so quickly.

"But, can you stop dragging me? My hand hurts..."

"Oh, sorry."

I quickly let go of her.

"It's fine..."

She shook her hand and said.

"But you're right, we... should hurry and go over there... otherwise, if they really destroy the village, it won't be good."

"Yeah."

Following the direction of the drone, we passed through the forest and arrived at the entrance of the village.

Even though I had seen the village from the drone, walking directly to this place still felt eerie.

"...so much negative energy."

Black Domi looked around the village and pointed to the sky.

"Those spirits... no, the souls inside the negative energy bodies have been forcibly dragged into hell, leaving only pure energy bodies."

"Is that so... even if you say that..."

I looked at the empty sky.

"But I can't see anything... oh, right."

Suddenly I remembered something, then took out the drone controller and switched the camera to infrared mode.

Sure enough, several strange shadows appeared in the air, resembling spherical shapes projecting outward.

"Well, that's about it."

Black Domi, beside me, leaned over and took a look.

"It seems like you also have some impressive stuff. You're all so powerful, yet you're just wandering around doing nothing. Why is that?"

"Why practice magic then?"

"By practicing magic... you become stronger."

"Stronger, and then what?"

"Well, if you're lucky, you find a job, and the rest of your life is worry-free."

"...we're pretty worry-free already."

"..."

Black Domi pondered.

"Yeah, I guess we are!"

How does this person's brain even work?

Seeing her expression as if she really understood, I thought it was right for her master not to let her go out.

This also explains why this idiot was abducted by the mercenary group.

"Alright, enough of that, let's go find them quickly."

Just as we were about to enter, the door of a nearby house suddenly swung open, and Mary walked out looking puzzled.

"What's wrong? You look troubled."

"This village... is too strange."

"Oh, what's strange about it."

"Because everything here is in place, as if people suddenly vanished."

Pure White walked out from the adjacent house and said.

"And all of a sudden, people disappeared. Everything is here, just no one."

"Wait, that's indeed strange."

I frowned.

"Black Domi, you said there were no villages nearby, right? Are you sure there was no village here before?"

"At least... not on the map."

Black Domi said confidently.

"Because I have checked the maps between the academy and nearby cities, every village or city is recorded on them, but there is absolutely no record of this location."

"But this place has definitely been inhabited."

Fran said this and waved her hand, and the strange energy bodies in the sky emitted a faint light, making them visible to the naked eye.

"Unfortunately... although they were originally spirits, their souls have been stripped and turned into energy bodies. If they were spirits, we could probably have known something."

"Well, never mind that."

I pointed to the largest house nearby.

"Anyway, we need to rest. Let's rest here tonight, we'll probably find out something."

"That's true. Oh, by the way, I checked the nearby house earlier, all the food is still there."

...

I don't know why, but it feels like we're on a sightseeing trip.