Chapter 337 He Shouldn’t Have a Daughter...

The village was eerily quiet.

Although the winter in Demacia is very cold, there are some insects that do not exist on earth and are very active in winter.

In a village like this that is adjacent to a mountain range, there should only be a lot more exotic insects.

However, except for the lack of people in Hengfeng Village, not even these tiny insects and other creatures can be seen.

There are probably hundreds of households here. According to the footage shot by the drone, which broke open the windows of several houses and entered the houses, the doors of every house were closed and almost all were locked from inside.

The villagers seemed to be hiding from something at home. There should have been no way out of the house, but they "disappeared" for unknown reasons.

Li Lin, Jarvan IV, Barrett, Albock, and Shyvana, who rushed over after hearing the noise, looked at each other and fell into silence.

"Are we... too late?"

Albuquerque couldn't bear to stare at the holographic image captured by the drone, and turned his face to look in the direction of Hengfeng Village on the other side of the river.

"Andel didn't ride a horse, and it's been at least more than 20 days since we came and went..." Barrett sighed, "If we really had to face a demon, we should have anticipated this situation. .”

"Andel's sudden disappearance may be a disaster." Li Lin interjected, "Your Highness, I do not recommend that we continue to pursue this matter."

Jarvan IV fell into deep thought.

The village has missed its best opportunity to evacuate, and all the villagers may have become food for fearful demons.

If it was just Andel who had an emotional breakdown and went crazy, he really shouldn't have risked entering the village to look for him at the cost of the lives of his subordinates...

Just as Jarvan IV was hesitating whether to withdraw his troops and go straight down the river to Tobitsia, and then return to the capital, a little girl suddenly flashed across the projection screen in front of him.

"Wait...that's?!"

Shyvana noticed this scene keenly and pointed at the screen.

Hearing her exclamation, Li Lin quickly turned the drone around.

When they saw the little girl who was wearing coarse linen clothes and had a small braid, and whose height and build seemed to be only about six or seven years old, several people's faces were shocked.

"This is impossible. My drone has obviously scanned it. There is no trace of any living people in the village!"

And on the drone scan screen, the little girl showed no signs of life, just like a ghost...

Li Lin quickly opened "Data Thinking" and prepared to check the attributes of this little girl who appeared inexplicably.

But this mysterious little girl seemed to be aware of his thoughts in advance.

Before Li Lin could see her attribute panel clearly, she glanced in the direction of the invisible drone and smiled strangely.

Immediately afterwards, she took brisk steps and ducked behind the house on the side.

By the time the drone caught up, she had disappeared.

"——Hiss!" Alberk couldn't help but gasped, "Is this an illusion created by the mage?"

"This little girl's age and appearance are very similar to what Andel described." Shyvana had a confused expression on her face, "But isn't she already missing?"

"Disappearance does not mean death," Barrett said. "Don't forget, we have not ruled out the possibility that their mother and daughter were abducted by bandits."

"But if she is really going to be kidnapped by robbers, it's impossible for a little girl like her to come back, right?"

As soon as Alberk said this, Li Lin, Jarvan IV and Barrett frowned, looking at the scene of the little girl looking at the camera in the playback, not knowing what they were thinking.

"She discovered the drone." Li Lin's tone contained an unknown meaning.

"So that little girl is not Andel's daughter, or is she not a human being?" Jarvan IV said solemnly.

He knew that if Li Lin's drone entered the "invisible" state, it would be impossible to detect it with ordinary senses.

Or, this guy who looks like a "little girl" is an evil mage who controls the forbidden witchcraft of rejuvenation.

Or, she is a spiritual familiar refined by an evil mage from human beings, so there is no way to detect signs of life in her, only extremely low energy index fluctuations.

Fortunately, they were able to at least eliminate the option that this little girl was the devil...

"Go back, Your Highness."

Li Lin persuaded again, "My drone has scanned a 5-kilometer radius and has not seen a single living person. This village is hopeless."

"From the current point of view, this village is relatively safe for the time being, right?"

What he didn't expect was that Jarvan IV would ask an irrelevant question.

"That's right..." Li Lin hesitated for a moment, then nodded in response.

"Then, let's stay here temporarily and let the drone investigate the situation in the village."

"Your Highness?!"×3

Li Lin, Barrett and Albuquerque were all puzzled by his decision.

"The devil has caused harm to this village, so there are so many surrounding villages and towns, any one of them may become its next target." Jarvan IV explained.

"Xiongdu has no record of how to fight the devil, so we must investigate where it came from and study strategies to deal with it.

"Otherwise, when it reaches Xiongdu in the future, we will have no way to deal with it. Wouldn't we be just lambs to be slaughtered by it?"

His eyes scanned the expressions of the three people, and he continued to add: "Besides, encountering a demon is just our worst guess. If the person causing trouble to this village is an evil mage, and we evacuate without investigation, wouldn't we be allowing it to continue?" Get away with it?"

Then, Jarvan IV looked at Li Lin with pleading eyes, "As for this matter, we can only trouble you, Li Lin."

"Okay...if we don't go deep into the village."

Because Jarvan IV did not have all his subordinates die like in the original world line, even Barrett died in battle to save him. In the end, he was alone and was saved by Shyvana who was passing by in a dying state.

Although he also experienced setbacks, the degree of the setbacks was different, which resulted in his character not changing as much as in the original world line.

In other words, although Jarvan IV's personality has changed, the change is not as drastic as before, and he will still stick to his own ideas on some things.

Li Lin had no choice but to agree to Jarvan IV's request.

Otherwise, he might have to personally lead a team into the village to investigate.

No matter how many times they saw it, everyone was still surprised. His nano-material clothes quickly transformed into the appearance of a battle armor, which allowed him to better directly control the drone.

Li Lin first recalled three drones from outside the village, leaving only two outside to continue to monitor the situation of the "scarecrow". The four drones in the village went from house to house to break open the doors and windows and enter the house to find out the situation.

The sun sets very early in winter.

It was barely 7 o'clock, and it was almost pitch dark in the suburbs.

The soldiers had quickly set up temporary tents, set up bonfires and torches, and took turns standing guard.

In the center of the camp, Li Lin, Jarvan IV, Shyvana, Barrett, Alberk, and several guardsmen sat around the campfire, staring intently at the projection of Li Lin's armor in front of them. Picture taken by camera.

Nano-drone has the ability to transform, so it is very efficient to inspect various households.

In almost two hours, they had thoroughly inspected two-thirds of the villagers' houses and found almost no useful clues.

However, based on the oil lamps on the candlesticks and the burning of firewood in the fireplace, they could probably tell that the villagers disappeared late at night.

Night is dangerous for people like Demacia, whose entire time period is close to the Middle Ages and is full of all kinds of magic and strange creatures.

This is in line with Fiddlesticks' time to spread fear.

In addition, there were wood axes, kitchen knives, grass cuttings, rakes and other items that could be used for self-defense in the house where they were hiding, but they seemed to be of no use.

While Li Lin was investigating the situation in the village little by little, a guard standing guard outside trotted over to Jarvan IV and reported some of the situation:

"Your Highness, there is a caravan leader who claims to be a villager from Hengfeng Village. He has just returned from the port town of Viscaccia and wants to ask what happened here."

Jarvan IV's eyes lit up, "Oh? Invite him in quickly!"

After a few minutes, a middle-aged man in a deerskin coat, a felt hat, a deerskin bag slung around his waist, and a thick beard who looked to be in his forties was led to them by the guards. Before.

His eyes first stopped on Li Lin, who was wearing a strange "armor", and then he noticed Shyvana, who had a strange skin color and appearance. His eyes finally stopped on the blue and white projected image in front of them, and he couldn't help but feel horrified.

This, this is magic? !

"Ahem..." Jarvan IV deliberately cleared his throat, calling the man's attention back to reality.

"May the Winged Protector God bless you, Your Highness."

The middle-aged man crossed his hands on his chest and bowed to Jarvan IV with a slightly embarrassed expression, but he bowed to Jarvan IV very respectfully and without daring to ask any further questions.

"May the Winged Protector protect you." He replied calmly, "Don't get me wrong, this is not magic, this is Piltover's new technology."

"Don't dare..."

After Jarvan IV's explanation, the shock on the man's face eased a lot.

He took a deep breath and quickly introduced himself: "My name is Isido. I was born in Hengfeng Village. In recent months, I have been traveling to towns in the west to do business. I heard that border wars have been raging in recent times, so I wanted to come back. Let’s see if we can help in any way.”

Isidor cautiously raised his eyes and glanced at Jarvan IV, the worry in his eyes was undisguised, "May I ask Your Highness whether Hengfeng Village encountered Noxians or dragons..."

"To be precise, none of them." Jiaen IV sighed and pointed at the image projected by Li Lin. "All the villagers in Hengfeng Village have 'disappeared'."

Upon hearing this, Isido suddenly became excited: "What on earth is going on?!"

"This matter is a bit complicated to talk about..."

In the next five minutes, Jarvan IV quickly started talking about Andel, who had lost his wife and daughter, and told Isidor all about what happened in Hengfeng Village, especially their suspicions about the "demon".

But to their surprise, after listening to the story about Andel, Isidor had a look of confusion on his face.

"If you met Andel and I...shouldn't he have a daughter?"

"What?!"

His words caused consternation among everyone present.

Isidore was startled by their reaction and immediately explained: "Andel's daughter died when she was seven years old, and that was already three years ago..."

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