Chapter 431 Under the Ground!

There was none yesterday? That means it was left over from last night.

Ryan looked at the cracks on the kang, thought for a moment, and poured the water in the cup in his hand onto it.

The water that was poured in went deep into the cracks without leaving a single drop.

Ryan poured the remaining water onto the kang (a bed that is heated up by the wind) beside him. This time, only a small amount of the water seeped in, and the rest of the water remained on the kang, flowing around.

"This...came out from underground?"

Hu Lun swallowed and pointed at the kang and spoke.

Ryan nodded: "I guess the murderer has the ability to turn into liquid, and the structure of the earthen kang is relatively tight, so it can't penetrate, so it left traces.

It penetrates the soil and wooden floors easily, so it leaves no traces.”

"Then let's..."

"Open up this piece of land."

Ryan said bluntly: "Although we cannot rule out the possibility that this thing got in from the stove pit, it would be a good idea to dig up the ground and confirm it."

"Hey? Are you going to... tear down my house?"

The boy was stunned for a moment, then spoke timidly.

Hu Lun patted the boy's shoulder vigorously and said, "It's okay. Come to work in the government office later. I will build you a house. It will be better than this one."

"Ah? Thank you...thank you, Lord City Lord!"

These two sentences made the young man have no objection, and several people walked out of the house. Ryan found a position and prepared to use magic to lift the ground.

If you want to dig up the land, the first step is definitely to demolish the house.

Ryan brewed several kinds of magic, then raised his right hand towards the house.

The next moment, under the horrified gazes of several people around him, he saw that countless bricks, stones and wooden boards in the entire house were all dismantled and floated in the air, and then all lined up on the open space on the side.

The huge noise attracted a large crowd of people to come and watch. They looked at Ryan performing magic in amazement and whispered to each other.

The Olcott family still has a very good reputation in the border city. In the past, if the nobles did something that made a big fuss, the common people would definitely not join in the fun like this.

"Is this magic? This is so shocking."

"By the way, what are you doing? Why are you suddenly demolishing the house?"

"You don't know yet? Old Reed disappeared last night. The city lord is probably trying to catch the murderer right now."

"Old Reed is missing too? Doesn't that mean that the kid is the only one left in his family? How pitiful."

"I hope the city lord can catch the murderer. Maybe old Reed is still alive?"

Soon, the house was completely demolished by Ryan, leaving only a bare piece of land.

Next, it’s time to dig up the ground.

Ryan took a deep breath, and with the help of the Eternal Tree, the magic power that had just been consumed was quickly replenished.

As long as he is not in combat, the recovery ability of the Eternal Tree will basically not affect Ryan's ability to cast any magic.

Looking at the bare ground, Ryan raised his hand again, then slowly raised it up.

The crowd watching only felt a tremor under their feet, and then saw a large piece of soil floating high up, like a floating island, and the shadow it created covered everyone's face!

"boom!!"

With a huge tremor, the entire ten-meter-deep piece of land was pulled up by Ryan and thrown aside.

After adjusting their slightly disordered breath, Ryan and Hu Lun stepped forward together and looked at the deep pit.

Unfortunately, all I could see was mud and nothing else.

Ryan frowned, jumped into the deep pit, and began to explore the magical aura in it.

However, still nothing was found.

Looks like a misjudgment...

Ryan sighed and was about to give up, but suddenly he heard a familiar voice in his mind:

——Keep digging.

Hearing the voice that was always so lazy but now so serious, Ryan couldn't help wondering:

——Alice?

——I’m down there, and I can smell a slight scent of demons. Please keep digging.

In the library where the dim lights flickered, Alice was sitting naked on the bed with a solemn expression.

As an elf, she is very sensitive to the scent of demons.

However, when Ryan first entered the border city, even she did not sense anything unusual.

The only thing left is a vague sense of uneasiness in my heart.

Now, after sensing the ominous demonic aura beneath the soil, Alice only felt her uneasiness grow stronger.

Since Alice said so, Ryan turned around and jumped back to the edge of the giant pit, saying: "Let the people around us move aside. There is the breath of demons below...

"The breath of the demon clan?!"

Hu Lun felt his heart tremble. Without a doubt, he immediately called on the knight guards to isolate the surrounding civilians.

Ryan moved his shoulders and raised his hand towards the deep pit. The ground shook again and a five-meter-deep layer of soil was lifted up by Ryan again.

This time, when I looked into the deep pit, I saw that the soil here was obviously much darker.

This time, even Ryan sensed the ominous aura belonging to the demons.

Keep digging!

Another layer of five-meter-deep soil was lifted by Ryan. This time, a strong smell of demons wafted in the deep pit and hit his face!

Ryan looked at the edge of the pit and finally got a full glimpse of the murderer.

That was... a whole layer of constantly wriggling black tentacles, all entangled together, which made Ryan feel a chill down his spine.

Hu Lun took a cautious look and almost vomited: "What the hell is this?!"

"It should be some kind of monster raised by the demon tribe."

Ryan raised his hand and released a wind blade, easily cutting off a small section of the tentacle. Just as he was about to pick up the tentacle for a closer look, he saw that the tentacle instantly turned into black liquid and disappeared without a trace.

Hu Lun paused for a while before continuing to ask, "Grand Duke Ryan, is this the thing that's running around in the underground of Border City, arresting people?"

"It's probably... not running around."

Ryan's face looked a little ugly: "If I'm not mistaken, maybe the whole border city is full of this thing... The whole border city is its seedbed."

"..."

Hu Lun's eyes widened and he froze in place.

"……vomit!"

Then Hu Lun bent over and vomited, with a chill running down his spine.

According to what the young man said, this thing has been living under the border city for at least ten years?!

After vomiting all his breakfast, Hu Lun stood up and wiped his mouth, then immediately said to his Knight Commander:

"Immediately call on all citizens to evacuate the border city!"

"Yes!"

The onlookers did not see what was under the pit, but looking at the city lord's expression, they knew that it must be something terrible. They all had no objection and immediately went home to pack up their things.

At this time, Ryan was asking Alice, wanting to know if Alice knew about this thing.