Chapter 429 Weird

I went through the two most suspicious locations, but still found nothing.

According to Hu Lun, those two locations were where the first two missing persons disappeared.

At this point, the clues were disconnected again.

After returning to the Government Office, Ryan rubbed his brows, still feeling a little nervous when he thought about the traces of magic that were everywhere in the streets and alleys when he was investigating magic just now.

Some traces of magic are even very old and are about to disappear.

If every trace of magic corresponds to a missing person, did the disappearances in Guancheng over there really start recently?

After all, in the previous border city environment, no one would care even if one or two civilians disappeared every day, right?

The nobles don't care about the lives of the people at all. I'm afraid even the people themselves would think that the missing people ran away or were captured by the nobles and slaughtered for their own pleasure.

"Grand Duke Ryan, can you analyze the types of these magic powers?"

Seeing that Ryan was helpless, Hu Lun also felt panicked. According to Fina, if Ryan couldn't handle this matter, I'm afraid no one in the entire Hedley could handle it.

Ryan shook his head: "I can't analyze the specific type of magic, but it definitely doesn't involve space magic."

Having dealt with space magic for many years, Ryan is still very sensitive to space magic. These magic powers have nothing to do with space magic at all.

But...if space magic is not involved, what means can be used to kidnap a grown person in public?

Could it be that it came out of the ground?

Thinking of this, Ryan stepped on the ground and shook his head again.

If it came out of the ground, the magic it left behind could not have only affected a sweet potato.

"By the way, what did the previous city lord look like when he was assassinated?"

"The body of the previous city lord has been buried, but we used the Condensation Stone to record his death."

Having said that, Hu Lun stood up and went to look for the Shadow Stone.

In a moment, Hu Lun took out a piece of shadow stone and handed it to Ryan: "Grand Duke Ryan, please take a look."

Ryan took the image-condensing stone, played the image recorded in the stone, and then observed it attentively.

The picture shows a middle-aged man wearing a luxurious aristocratic dress with the Alcott family crest on it. It can be seen that he should be Fina's very important confidant.

There was a huge hole in the left chest of this man. His expression was very calm when he died, as if he didn't even know his chest was pierced.

Apart from this, there were no other wounds.

Kill with one blow!

Looking at the hole as thick as his arm, Ryan took a deep breath and closed the screen of the image stone.

"Still... I have no clue."

If it were humans, they would definitely not be able to dig a hole like this.

But when it comes to the demons, nothing is impossible. After all, there are all kinds of strange people in the demons.

Suddenly, Ryan thought of what Octavia said to him before she left.

——If the missing humans are related to the demons, then they are most likely using humans for some bloody sacrifice. This kind of ritual is usually used to summon or raise some terrible monsters.

"Is it possible that the monster is looking for food on its own?"

Ryan speculated in a low voice: "Monsters don't release magic on their own. They only leave traces of magic when they perform certain physiological behaviors, such as mating, for example...foraging."

"If this is just the instinctive behavior of a creature, then the assassination of the previous city lord was obviously targeted. This is not something a monster would do."

"That means someone is controlling the monster. After all, it is impossible for such a monster to appear out of thin air in Border City. However, these are just my speculations."

Ryan frowned: "Besides, even if my guess is correct, there is still no way to catch it."

Even if it was a monster, Ryan couldn't determine its feeding habits.

Seeing that it was getting late outside, Hu Lun said to Ryan, who was frowning, "Grand Duke Ryan, it's getting late. Let's stay at the Government Office today. There are still many empty rooms here."

Hearing this, Ryan came back to his senses and nodded: "Okay."

"You can just go to the master bedroom and rest. I still have some government affairs to deal with in the evening."

As he spoke, Hu Lun looked at Yazhi next to Ryan: "Miss Yazhi lives in..."

"It's fine if Yazhi and I stay in the same room."

Ryan bluntly interrupted Hullen.

Yazhi was stunned for a moment, and his big tail stopped wagging: "Hey? Master?"

Although my lord doesn't mind me sleeping with him every night, he has never taken the initiative to ask me to sleep with him, right?

In fact, this time Ryan took the initiative to suggest sleeping with Yazhi because he was afraid that Yazhi would suddenly disappear like those ordinary people.

This time's opponent... is too weird, even Ryan is not sure he can protect Yazhi.

"Oh well."

Hu Lun didn't ask any more questions and just arranged it.

As the sky got completely dark, Yazhi finished her bath, and after Ryan blow-dried her hair, she crawled into the warm bed.

Ryan lay down next to Yazhi, and after a while, Yazhi fell asleep.

But Ryan couldn't sleep.

After a while, Ryan turned over, raised his arms and hugged Yazhi beside him into his arms.

"...Hmm? My Lord?"

Yazhi opened her eyes dazedly and looked at Ryan in confusion.

Ryan shook his head gently: "It's okay, Bud, stay closer to me."

"Hehehe~Okay, my lord..."

Yazhi smiled foolishly, then snuggled into Ryan's arms and held him tightly.

Feeling the real body temperature of Yazhi in his arms, Ryan finally felt relieved, closed his eyes, and slowly fell asleep.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

Ryan slowly opened his eyes and wanted to confirm whether Yazhi was still beside the bed. However, he found that there was no one beside his bed!

Ryan felt a buzzing in his head and suddenly sat up from the bed. He looked left and right, but he couldn't see Yazhi's shadow!

No, I clearly slept very lightly last night, how could it be possible...

Ryan's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

"Lord!"

Just then, the bedroom door was pushed open, and Ryan's familiar and reassuring voice was heard.

Seeing Yazhi carrying two breakfasts, he came to the window with a smile and placed the breakfast on the bedside: "This is the breakfast that Mr. Hu Lun prepared for us... Lord? What's wrong?"

After putting down her breakfast, Yazhi raised her head, only to find Ryan staring at her without saying a word, and she couldn't help but feel puzzled.

The next moment, Ryan suddenly stepped forward and hugged Yazhi tightly in his arms.

"Hey? Hey? My Lord?"

Yazhi stood there in a daze.