Chapter 104: The Spawn Points of Monsters (5)

Although his fist was said to be tightly clenched, his fingers were not actually held together. Perhaps it was due to his muscles being dehydrated, his fist resembled more of a chicken's talon, exhibiting a state of loose grip.
奇兹之前也是因此一眼就发现了尸体握在手中的黑色布条。
他伸手抓住露出指缝的一截布头，再次尝试将布条从尸体手中轻轻拽出。
After trying it once without success, he exerted a little more force and tried again, but still failed.
Qizi frowned and decisively broke one of his fingers.
After pulling the cloth strip again, he realized that it wasn't because the strip was clamped and couldn't be pulled out, but because there was something wrapped in the strip. The corners of that something pierced the cloth strip and penetrated into his palm, where they fused together after drying.
"Clear springs like water!"
A small water ball floated in the air, wrapping around the withered fist of Kiz. He began to wait for the softening of his hand tissue.
During the long wait, he began to daydream.
Although it is unclear why this individual was killed alone in the small mill, it is clear that this piece of cloth and the metal object embedded in his flesh were of great importance to him as he held onto them tightly.
One side of the cloth strip has a smooth line while the other side is uneven, as if it had been torn off from some clothing.
The fabric feels great to the touch and is mixed with extremely fine gold threads, similar to the material of Chis's wizard robe. It is very possible that it was pulled off of a wizard.
Therefore, Chiz speculated that this thing was pulled off from the wizard who killed the person. The wizard did not carefully check after killing, so these things were left on the body. Therefore, there may be information about the perpetrator on it, and maybe some useful things can be obtained this time if lucky.
After a while, as the tissue in the entire palm softened, Kiki gently pulled again and finally pulled out the black cloth strip and the thing embedded in the meat.
He made more clean water, quickly cleaning all the remaining shreds of meat and blood stains from the cloth strip, drying it out, and unfolding it.
Inside was a uniquely shaped badge, and he seemed to have seen the pattern on the badge somewhere before.
He closed his eyes and reminisced for a moment, memories about badges flashing like a slideshow in his mind.
Soon, the memory settled on the elderly hand protruding from the open door of the huge two-story carriage, wearing a ring engraved with the emblem's design.
"Hmm? Is this the emblem of the Felicity family?"
He didn't have much knowledge about badges and had hardly read any books on the subject, so he couldn't be completely certain.
But two identical patterns were enough to prove that the anomaly within the secret realm was directly related to the Felicity family.
This discovery made Kiz's heart skip a beat, and his intuition screamed with alarm, leaving him restless. Although he had known from the beginning that these pureblood families were problematic, he had never imagined that they would be so cruel and insane.
"But why would they do this? What benefit is there in destroying their own family's secret realm? Have they gone crazy?..."
Chiz couldn't make sense of their reasoning no matter how hard he tried.
But he suddenly became wary and remembered something he had thought of before, "Why would the Welfare Family invite outsiders like us to help them?
This isn't just about a contaminated sanctuary that only wizards can survive in for long periods of time; only knights can explain it, after all, if what they are doing inside the sanctuary is discovered by the Ministry of Magic, they might not even be able to stay in Azkaban."
奇兹低头看了一眼平躺着的干尸，心头一突，忽然想到一句话。
"The dead cannot speak!"
——So it seems like the Welfare Family doesn't want them to return alive!
Ki Zhi squinted and sharp gleams shone from his eyes. It's not surprising that he's skeptical and paranoid about conspiracy theories, given that the terrain and environment here are just too suitable for murder, arson, and covering up evidence.
When they don't need their own group of people.
As soon as they all enter the gate, the great door closes and even the great knights cannot break the powerful defense magic, they can only wait to die on this side.
Maybe someone will come and clear them out directly. Even if no one comes to hunt them down, they can't survive here for too long with only a week's supply.
Moreover, besides Kheez, there is no other wizard in the team that has entered here, so there is no way they could have escaped using other methods.
But Kheez suddenly remembered a strange thing – in several previous simulations, he had managed to complete the mission with some close calls. After serving a month in this place, he returned to school while Blanca remained to continue the mission. Nothing bad seemed to have happened after that.
He could only console himself with the thought that he might be overthinking it. Perhaps there weren't so many sinister plots after all? Maybe the badge in the corpse's hand was something important that had been given to him by someone from a wealthy family, and he held onto it tightly even in death.
As for those 5 households who evacuated, it is also possible that the welfare family foresaw that something bad would happen in advance and evacuated their own relatives. After all, this is a magic world and prophecy is not difficult.
Overall, guessing and suspicion are premature. Instead of wasting time pondering here, it's better to go out and gather more evidence to confirm your guesses or even destroy the so-called monster spawning grounds.
He felt that his magical power had almost recovered, so he squeezed the snake monster again, regenerate it, and squeezed out its scarce venom.
After getting ready, he stepped out with his suitcase and returned to the despairing dark world.
Outside, Kiz took out the map and looked at it. Although he had already toured all the residences in the village, there were still many places he had yet to explore.
For example, the map shows that there is a small square in the center of the village, and he decided to go there first to take a look.
…………
Turning back time to the moment when Qizi destroyed the first strange silver pattern.
A huge black carriage, pulled by eight Night Quis, is speeding through the clouds high up in the sky.
Inside the carriage, an elegant old woman is sipping tea. She no longer appears weak and desperate to die like she did in front of others before, but rather she looks full of vitality.
A well-dressed man sat across from her holding up a large book, flipping through it at a suitable pace.
Suddenly, the pendant on the elderly woman's chest glimmered and she momentarily paused her motion of lifting the teacup before continuing to take a small sip and placing the cup back down.
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