Chapter 34

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What's happening...! The stench of blood in front of me is overpowering, a smell that not even the strong wind can disperse.

The sunrise on the eastern horizon shines upon this sorrowful little town. Last night, we suddenly turned back on our way to the airport because the stench of blood and the screams of souls here were too intense.

"Is this... Hell?" Si Rou holds the golden egg in her arms, squatting on the ground covered in red sand.

"The Hell that humans speak of is the underworld, it's not like this." At least the underworld doesn't have the stench of blood.

"They're all dead, not a single one survived. Those whose bodies were relatively intact had their hearts dug out, while the rest are dismembered, not a single body has a head."

"Not a single head?" I look towards Guffy behind me. She's using spells to search for survivors, but unfortunately, the search is in vain.

"I don't know why, but the heart and the brain were the main targets, while some remnants of other organs can still be found."

"Perhaps it was to replenish their own brains."

"To be able to commit such a massacre, what kind of terrifying person could do this?" Zi Sirou touches a severed arm with her hand, closes her eyes, and her entire body trembles. She can't even imagine what kind of night this place went through last night.

Guffy holds Zi Sirou, who is trembling, with both hands, as if a gentle mother is comforting a frightened child. In addition, Tesha and Si Rou are not much older or younger than each other.

I walk alone into the town, everywhere there are traces of bite marks, no signs of a fight, clearly a one-sided massacre.

The streetlights in the town are bent and deformed, forcefully twisted into an S shape. The killer has large palms, I compare my hand with the palm print on the lamppost.

No survivors left, and no complete corpses left either. Is this some kind of large-scale blood sacrifice? But why were the hearts and brains dug out, the purpose is unclear.

"Guffy, can the 'Photographing Grimoire' in the Grimoire of Infinite still be used?"

"No, it can't." Guffy takes out the Grimoire of Infinite, flipping to the last page, and the mirror image spell is nowhere to be found.

"The Grimoire of Infinite Magic belongs to the Principal? And Qin Yang can use it because of... the contract." Zi Sirou can't believe that Guffy and I also have contracts. With her intelligence, she definitely wouldn't be able to guess what happened to Tesha.

"Otherwise, would I have come here foolishly like this with him?" Guffy closes the Grimoire, looking helpless.

"What a desperate lamb! Even the Principal... "

Guffy's sharp and shining eyes stare at Zi Sirou as she says, "Do you want to say 'old lady Principal'? Most students in the third grade call her that."

Indeed, most students who call the Principal 'old lady' are in the third grade, Elena and Li Liu. Zi Sirou also refers to Guffy in the same way.

"Hey, skip that. I want to know what happened and if there's any solution."

"The Dragon Clan doesn't have any Magic to uncover the truth?"

"We do, but I can't do it now." I take off my glasses, letting them see my eyes. Without the Magic on the lenses, my eyes are already black.

"Did you turn off the colored pupil Magic?"

"White Qin Yang, silver hair, Zi Sirou, you have to learn how to differentiate between your fiancé and who is in control of your body."

"Hair, I almost forgot. So, that means you're the soul of the Holy Dragon?"

"Since last night, I can differentiate myself, and I can also draw my sword from the giant sword. But in this state, my abilities are limited to the human body. Most Magic cannot be used, and there's no reason to use partial. Dragonification." This achievement was made possible by the instant restoration of my body at the moment the contract was formed.

"So let me do it. I can show you everything you want to see," Zi Sirou said in a blood-soaked town.

"By the way, what abilities did your contract give you?"

"Similar to 'Village Light and Shadow'," Zi Sirou said, picking up his severed arm. The surface of the arm had coagulated blood, but some blood still flowed out from inside, looking disgustingly nauseating. Most girls wouldn't want to touch it.

Zi Sirou raised the severed arm with one hand, while the other hand was raised next to it.

" 'Final Testament' ," Zi Sirou gathered magic power in his hand to form an image.

The contract was on Zi Sirou's neck, the Three Form contract. It seemed that Zi Sirou had to believe in it wholeheartedly for the Five Form contract to appear.

"Anubis!" A moving image appeared in Zi Sirou's hand, only for five seconds, but it was clear to see Anubis biting off this arm and the owner of the arm's final plea - spare me.

"Snap!" The sound of a camera shutter.

"Huh, Si Rou, didn't your camera break?" I saw Zi Sirou in front of me holding a camera that looked exactly the same as the one at the pyramid, looking intact.

Zi Sirou looked at me as if I were an idiot and said disdainfully, "You believe that a journalist only has one camera? A qualified journalist has three cameras, one for long-distance photography over a kilometer away, one for within a kilometer, and one for regular photos."

"A kilometer away? Are you snipers or something?"

"We only take photos, we don't kill~"

"Can this ability be used on non-living things?" Guffy asked.

"No, it can't. This ability allows me to see the last five seconds of a living being or non-living being. I discovered this ability on the chicken leg I had for dinner last night, probably because I, as a journalist, am passionate about uncovering the truth."

This ability of Zi Sirou's can be considered as a preliminary development. It was a latent ability that had not been discovered in the past seventeen years.

"I'll go take a look at the others," Zi Sirou said.

"No need, Si Rou. This is enough. Once we know it's Anubis, there's no need for any explanation because he's acting under the command of Ma Ru Tian."

"That's fine. This kind of magic consumption is not small at all."

The sun was almost completely up, and soon this bloody scene would be discovered by others. It was time for us to leave. The Reapers were also clearing away the remaining souls in places humans couldn't see, but their expressions were strange.

"Sorry, can I ask a question?"

"Oh? Are we opening the 'Reaper Special Zone' again?"

"Of course, Captain! The first rule of the job is to open the special zone. We can't forget that."

"But he can see us!" The male reaper known as the Captain pointed to me and sternly rebuked his subordinates.

"Sorry, you have indeed opened the special zone, but I can still see you," I interrupted his reprimand. I thought it would be better to make them focus on whether the special zone was open or not, rather than having them answer my question.

"Who is he? I feel like I've seen him before."

The Captain suddenly realized and his face became tense.

"Is he His Majesty Demon Dragon?"

"Has my face been spread by Pluto?"

"No, Lord Pluto didn't do that, but... Lord Nilo would bring your picture to each department and tell his colleagues that Demon Dragon had taken away the sister he relied on, leaving him alone to roam between departments as a useless person. I still remember that pitiful expression he put on, it seems that he really is just a child."

Niloh Guer, Lilith's brother and Nana's younger brother, is also a member of the Pluto family. I can't remember where he ranks, maybe around one hundred something. Before Nana became my full-time bodyguard, he would always tag along with his sister and chatter away while she was working. Nana really went above and beyond by not minding him slowing her down. However, it would be difficult for him to stay in a department for a long time after Nana left him.

"For now, let's not talk about Niloh. Can you tell me what you know?"

"Sure." The captain took off the messenger's black cloak, revealing a blond young man.

"At one minute past midnight last night, we received a death report. Then, for the next thirty minutes, there were numerous death reports. Since this place is remote and the small towns in the desert are very scattered, it took us twenty minutes longer than it would have in the city to arrive, which is at 12:45 a.m. midnight. Our role as underworld emissaries is simply to bring the souls of the deceased back to the underworld for reincarnation. We usually don't pay attention to the cause of death. However, this time we can't ignore it because it's evident that none of the souls here are intact. Exposed remnants of souls would dissipate within twelve hours and cannot be reincarnated. It's not possible that we haven't brought back a single one, considering so many people have died here. So we have been studying this matter since last night in the hope of bringing back a portion of them. After all, some of the souls have disappeared. In addition, the killer had already left before we arrived. It is now clear that it is similar to what is known as a Monster. Some of the emissaries have been searching for information, while we are here rechecking the death reports."

"I already know who killed them, but what I want to know is why they were killed without putting up a fight?"

"In our more than four-hour statistics as underworld emissaries, there were approximately ninety thousand deaths, ten thousand of which were soldiers. It should be expected that there would be resistance. We cannot confirm the reason why there was no resistance at that time. However, the fact that the other party could carry out large-scale massacres and completely disappear, leaving behind only a pile of mutilated bodies, in just thirty minutes indicates that they are extremely powerful."

"How many souls are missing?"

"Preliminary estimates suggest that there are fifty thousand missing, which is not a small number. If we can't find them, we will be punished by Pluto."

"Forget about the punishment. I will help you with that. It's impossible for you to find them." The high capabilities of underworld emissaries are evident. If they were powerful, they would be in high positions in the underworld. Anubis had almost consumed nearly a hundred thousand living beings, so their chances were slim.

"Really? Thank you, Your Highness! But... why do you radiate a bright aura all over your body?" The captain of the underworld emissaries had a keen nose, and my radiant magic made him uncomfortable. He couldn't help but ask.

"You should all disguise yourselves when you come out, too. Don't you all wear cloaks?"

"Um, that's true."

After confirming all the death reports, the underworld emissaries decided to leave first. They couldn't fully function here and it would be a waste of time. It's also uncertain whether they can find the fifty thousand missing souls in the future. If they can't, they will have to write a report on the death reports and submit it to their superiors.

"Let's go as well. We've wasted enough time. We don't know if we can leave this country safely, but I know for sure that if we don't leave now, the people in this country will consider us the culprits of the massacre." The sun had already completely risen, and this place would soon be discovered by the government. It would be troublesome to stay here, at least for the Othrie Empire.

Zi Sirou secretly followed Guffy, whispering, "Principal, there must be a lot of official business to deal with when we get back to the academy. Finally, we have time to be alone with him."

"Heh, what difference does it make even if I give you more time? The three-level contract can only be a kiss. Just eat a cucumber to satisfy your cravings."

I turned my head to look at the two of them. Guffy had a smug expression on his face as if he had won some inexplicable bet, while Zi Sirou looked bewildered, not understanding what she was saying.