Chapter 1491: Escalation

Two things happened in Gust today.

The first thing was that this morning, Ms. Martin, who was herding sheep in the ranch at the entrance of the town, suddenly disappeared.

Because Ms. Martin was a devout believer, Berlan Lang went to the ranch with the sheriff early in the morning because of this matter. After working hard for a day, he did not find where Ms. Martin went.

However, there was some blood and minced meat near the place where Ms. Martin disappeared. Although it is not certain whether the minced meat is human tissue, the sheriff is not optimistic about Ms. Martin's current situation.

This is also the reason why Berlan Lang was not in the church all day today.

The second thing was that Anthony, the nine-year-old son of Sansi Tailor, died.

There is no direct connection between these two things, but because of the disappearance of Ms. Martin in the morning, the whole town of Gust was panicked, and Sansi Tailor was also affected. When she finished cooking in the evening and was about to call Anthony to eat, she found that he was not there. Anthony was usually naughty, and Sansi Tailor did not really discipline him. Anthony would come back to eat when he was hungry.

However, today, because of Ms. Martin's matter, the tailor Sansi had some ominous premonitions in her heart. She asked Anthony's usual friends and found that Anthony did not play with them today. They thought that Anthony was punished by the tailor Sansi and was not allowed to go out.

After hearing this news, the tailor Sansi felt more and more uneasy, and she hurried to find the sheriff for help.

Then, not long ago, the sheriff brought a team of knights to ask Anthony's friends, and finally found his body in the secret base where Anthony usually liked to stay.

"Is there only the head?" Alex asked softly with a deep look in his eyes.

Father Berlan nodded: "Yes, the body's limbs have disappeared, only a head, which is placed on a tattered doll in Anthony's secret base."

Father Berlan's eyes were full of compassion and his face was full of grief.

Alex also looked sad, as if he could empathize with the suffering tailor Sansi in the church.

But Alex's mind was actually spinning rapidly, and his eyes were getting darker.

After Father Berlanlang finished speaking, he added some details and went to comfort the grieving family members and the residents who were disturbed by these two things.

Alex retreated to a quiet side, looked at the chaotic scene in the church from a distance, and whispered: "The situation has escalated."

Angel, who was hiding on the side, nodded.

There is no conclusion about Ms. Martin's disappearance, so let's not talk about it for now. But it is very likely that she is also dead.

Anthony's death is a watershed. Anthony's death is exactly the same as the previous series of murders, but the reason why the murderer wants to kill Anthony is different.

In the past, including Knight Raven, Miss Camelot... and so on, the reason for the death of this group of people was basically because they wanted to leave Gust Town and discovered the truth about the cage, which led to disaster.

But Anthony is different. This is a nine-year-old child. No matter how naughty he is, he can't run alone to a place dozens of miles away without his family.

Moreover, the tailor Sansi said very clearly that when she got up in the morning, Anthony was still sleeping at home.

Anthony was killed after the tailor Sansi went to the tailor shop in the morning and until the evening.

In these few short hours, with Anthony's speed, he could not run to the edge of the cage.

Therefore, the cause of Anthony's death is completely different from the serial murder case.

If Knight Raven and Camelot are really the murderers of Anthony, then the situation has really escalated!

"Why did they kill Anthony?" Alex murmured.

"For a long time, the events that have been constant have a variable." Angel replied.

Alex also nodded: "Mrs. Connie's escape is indeed a variable. However, what I can't understand is why they want to affect Anthony?"

When Alex was puzzled, Father Berlan called Alex to go to the place where Anthony died together.

Because Anthony's head was still there, Father Berlan hoped to recite the Father's death ceremony for Anthony with Alex.

Angel also whispered to him: "Since you can't figure it out, why don't you go over and take a look and you'll know."

Alex nodded.

Soon, a group of people left the church in a mighty manner, but because they were going to recite funeral rites for the dead, the sheriff and Father Berlanlang persuaded the residents to go home first, and only let the collapsed Sansi tailor follow them.

Led by the sheriff, the group walked towards Anthony's secret base.

While heading to the secret base, Alex's brows frowned more and more.

The sheriff of Gust Town was a middle-aged man with a very conspicuous brown-red beard. He noticed Alex's abnormality and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"

Everyone looked over, Alex adjusted his expression slightly, and said in a low voice: "Nothing, I'm just a little confused."

"Did you find anything? Why not tell me." The sheriff himself didn't find anything, and didn't think that Alex, a white-haired boy, would find anything, so there was some teasing in his words.

"Of course I didn't find any clues. I just have a question. The route we are taking now seems to overlap with the route to Ms. Martin's ranch?" Alex said.

The sheriff nodded: "There is indeed a distance that overlaps, because Anthony's secret base is actually very close to Ms. Martin's ranch, almost adjacent to it."

"That's why we suspect that Ms. Martin may also..."

The sheriff didn't say the rest of the words, but everyone understood that there was a high possibility that Ms. Martin had met with an unexpected accident.

Perhaps it was because two suspected murders occurred in one day, which made everyone uneasy. No one said anything more on the next section of the road.

Alex has been acting sadly and conscientiously, but he was a little confused in his heart.

Not only did he find that Anthony's secret base and the ranch overlapped in terms of path, he also noticed that this was a road leading out of town.

Moreover, if you continue along this road, it is actually the road to the Holy City!

Is there any connection here?

Not long after, they came to Anthony's secret base.

This is a small house made of discarded iron sheets... It may be a bit far-fetched to call it a house, because from the outside, it is just a pile of iron waste, but there is a narrow compartment inside.

After Alex entered this secret base, the first thing he saw was a little bear doll on a shabby table opposite.

However, at this time, the head of the yellow little bear doll disappeared and was replaced by a child's head.

It was Anthony.

Anthony closed his eyes tightly and his face was pale; the blood from the wound on his neck penetrated into the little bear doll, which looked both quiet and peaceful, and weird and terrifying.

When other people saw this scene, they either shrank in fear or covered their mouths and wanted to vomit, but Alex was very calm, even to the point of indifference.

It was not until he noticed that Father Buranlang was looking over that Alex's expression suddenly became sad.

"Let's start, and recite the Father God's Dead Rites for the poor people of God." Buranlang said to Alex with some sadness.

Alex nodded, and under the witness of the sheriff and Sansi Tailor, he silently chanted the Death Ceremony in the Divine Codex.

Although Alex seemed to be chanting seriously, his eyes kept looking at the scene. There were not many things in the secret base.

The iron wall may be a little messy, but the things inside are actually very neat.

Because of the neatness and simplicity, Alex noticed the scarlet splashed on the four walls and the large pool of blood on the ground at a glance.

Alex seemed to realize something when he saw this.

After Alex finished chanting the Death Ceremony, he left the secret base first with the excuse of grief and reluctance.

He walked to the side alone and said to Angel who was hiding on the side: "It's confirmed, this should be the first scene."

This means that Anthony was killed in his own secret base.

At the same time, it also shows one thing, Anthony did not go to the barrier of the cage, otherwise he would not have died in the secret base.

And this place is very far from the cage wall, why would they kill Anthony?

While Alex was thinking, Angel's eyes looked to the other side: "That's Ms. Martin's ranch. I just went over to take a look. In that ranch, you can actually see the secret base here clearly."

Alex: "What do you mean?"

"I have a guess, maybe the reason for Anthony's death is that he saw something he shouldn't see, or someone who shouldn't appear." Angel: "And Ms. Martin, maybe it's the same reason. She saw what happened in the secret base on her ranch..."

How could Alex not understand what Angel meant when he heard Angel's guess. Because he understood, he felt a chill down his spine.

The secret base and ranch are both outside the town, and there is a road here that leads to the Holy City.

Could Anthony's death be because he saw someone coming from the other end of this road?

And who would be killed if he saw it? And this kind of death?

The answer is already obvious: only Knight Raven and Camelot!

Alex felt a chill down his spine because he guessed this answer. According to this logic, Knight Raven and Camelot might be in... Alex couldn't help but look back at Gust Town.

Gust Town at night was as quiet as a dead city.

Those two terrifying undeads might be somewhere in the town at this moment, looking at them with sinister eyes.