Chapter 28 Monsters in the Shadows

In the early morning, the sun first appeared, which was the most beautiful time of the day, but at this moment, Domu Village, an affiliated village under Luye Town, was shrouded under a huge cloud.

"Old man, the little stone is missing."

In the largest yard of Domu Village, logging captain Vos found Enke, the village elder of Domu Village, who was actually smoking tobacco.

After hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at Voss holding a double-barreled shotgun. Old Enke took a long puff of grass cigarette.

"Is it that monster again?"

He lowered his head and blew out a large puff of smoke, making it difficult for people to see Old Enke's expression at this moment.

"should be."

As he spoke, Voss's hands holding the shotgun couldn't help but clenched tightly, with blue veins showing.

Duomu Village's main business is logging. As the captain of the logging team and the second-in-command in Duomu Village, Voss has encountered many dangers, such as being attacked by a hungry brown bear while logging, but none of them made him feel like he is today. Feeling just as powerless.

Six days ago, Old Sickle, a lumberjack from Duomu Village, disappeared inexplicably. At first, it did not attract anyone's attention. It was not until the next day that the villagers realized something was wrong and organized people to search for him.

The search for nature yielded no results, and in the process three more villagers disappeared, and an atmosphere of panic began to spread in Domu Village.

Under such circumstances, Old Enke immediately gathered the villagers together and asked Voss to lead the young men in the village to take up arms to protect everyone. No one disappeared again that day.

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

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

There are some who support and oppose this idea, and there are more opponents than supporters. After all, this is their home and their comfort zone. More importantly, leaving the village cannot guarantee safety and may be more dangerous.

Sensing something was wrong, Old Enke stepped forward to calm everyone's dispute.

Without leaving the village for the time being, everyone was armed and could not act alone at any time. The only two horses in the village were handed over to two young men and asked to go to Green Field Town for help.

On the fourth day, they watched the two young men riding away. The villagers placed their hopes on them. The day was uneventful, but no one dared to sleep at night.

On the fifth day, the weather was fine. The villagers spent the day in fear, but fortunately everything was safe, as if the monster had left.

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

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

His own force is not reliable, and Voss, a tall and strong man, can only place his hope on Greenfield Town for help at this moment.

Taking a deep drag on the cigarette and lowering his head, Old Enke did not speak, nor did he share his innermost thoughts with Voss.

Duomu Town is relatively far from Luye Town, but two days of riding back and forth on horseback is enough. But today is already the third day and Luye Town’s request for help has still not come. If something hadn’t delayed it, then it would have been The call for help was not sent to Green Field Town at all, and the second possibility was far higher than the first, because no one was missing in the village that day.

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

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

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

Although there may have been something wrong in asking for help, Old Enke did not despair, because every once in a while, Greenfield Town would come over to collect a batch of wood, and counting the days, the closest ones would be these days. By then, Greenfield Town would definitely You will find the anomaly here.

Of course, all Old Enke can do now is pray silently, hoping that this day will come soon, hoping that fewer people will die.

"well!"

Looking at Voss's leaving figure, Old Enke sighed deeply, his body becoming even more rickety.

Silently watching the villagers die, hiding the truth from them, and letting them wait for death in peace, this is a cruel way of death for old Enke who grew up in the village, but he had to do this, because once the villagers Knowing the truth and fleeing on a large scale will probably anger the unknown monster in the dark.

Stay in the sheepfold with peace of mind and be used as a reserve food for monsters. Although people will die every day, the number is limited after all. If the sheepfold is torn apart and is not willing to be used as a reserve food, the monster will become angry and may hunt on a large scale and take retaliatory punishments. .

Phew, took another deep 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 Domu Village was shrouded in gloomy clouds, Iruka frowned tightly in the Government Affairs Hall of Green Field Town.

"Are you saying there's no news at all?"

"Yes."

After taking a look at Iruka's face, the scribe continued to say although he was feeling uneasy in his heart:

"Your Excellency, Secretary, the staff of the Government Affairs Office responsible for collecting wood set off for Domu Village three days ago. They should have returned the next day or yesterday at the latest, but they have not returned as of today."

Huh, take a deep breath and put down the quill in his hand. Iruka's face could not help but darken.

As a pioneering land, Greenfield Town seems to be stable, but in fact it is full of dangers. Under such circumstances, public servants have strict time plans when they go out for business. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to violate them. And those who have not returned yet may have already Something went wrong.

After thinking for a moment and rubbing his eyebrows, Iruka took out a piece of paper dedicated to government orders and quickly wrote a government order and stamped it with his official seal.

"Take this to Sheriff Airos and ask him to send more people to Duomu Village to take a look."

There was no news or intelligence. Iruka had neither the full strength nor the reason to ask Ferrolet to mobilize the army. He could only ask Elos to send someone to take a look, hoping that this matter would not be troublesome.