Chapter 33:
The night of collective disappearance.
The small town of Dognag.
The mansion of Count Dogger in the center of the city was brightly lit, and servants came in and out, but they didn't dare to take a breath. The air pressure in the entire mansion was frighteningly low.
In the study at the deepest part of the mansion, there was a person sitting on a large wooden chair made of black walnut.
An old man.
Earl Dogger.
From the looks of it, Earl Dogger is over fifty years old, with some gray hair. He is extremely thin, and the skin on his face is beginning to show signs of sagging. With his vicious face, he seems to be a skinny wolf that has wormed its way into a person's body. Similar.
Earl Dogger was sitting on his seat with his eyes closed, as if he was concentrating with his eyes closed. His back was a little rickety and his body was swaying slightly.
He remained like this for an unknown amount of time before he suddenly opened his eyelids, revealing a pair of triangular eyes, staring at the door of the study - he had already heard the soft footsteps coming from outside the door.
Sure enough, the next moment, the study door was carefully opened, and a servant walked in.
"How is it?" Earl Dogger asked, his voice hoarse, sounding like there was a mouthful of phlegm in his mouth.
"Your Majesty, there is still no news." The servant replied cautiously.
After hearing this, Earl Dogger frowned instantly, and the whole flesh of his face was pulled at the same time: "No news? No news at all?" "
No..."
"No news from the waterway?"
"So far Nothing was found."
"What about on land? No traces were found?"
"No, no one provided any clues."
"Where are the other old guys? No news came from them?" "
Alan, Bona There is no news from the adults."
"That's weird!" The flesh on Earl Dog's face was almost pulled together, "They are just a mother and daughter, with at most a few incompetent subordinates. , there were just a few ways to escape back to Lensa, how could he disappear? He even made a move at the dock, and why did he suddenly disappear after that? He couldn't turn into air, or evaporate out of thin air, right?! Besides, what about that pair
? The mother and daughter can't be found. Mengsi and the others can't be found or have any news? There are more than a hundred of them. No matter what they encounter, they can always send someone back to say something, right? Even if they are all dead, they can still stay Get rid of the body? How is it possible that the whole thing is missing?!"
Earl Dog became more and more excited as he spoke, salivating everywhere. The servant next to him did not dare to interrupt at all, allowing Earl Dog to vent his anger and try his best to lower his head again and again. Almost to the floor.
After a while, Earl Dog's anger finally calmed down. He looked at his men again and gave the order: "Search, continue to send me people to search, search all common and uncommon places. I don't believe it." , that mother and daughter, and more than a hundred people in Mons, can't leave nothing behind, right?"
"Yes." The servant nodded quickly in response.
Earl Dogger thought for a moment and then said: "Not only will we continue to send people to search, but we will also send more people to search! Send all the remaining people out, even if we search the entire territory, we must find them. , life or death!"
"This..." At this time, a look of hesitation appeared on the servant's face.
"What, is there a problem?" Count Dogger frowned deeply and asked.
"Your Majesty, it's okay to continue sending people to search, but it will be difficult to send more people."
"Why?"
"We don't have enough manpower."
"Not enough manpower?"
"Sir, you see, we suffered casualties at the dock. More than ten people, Lord Mons disappeared with his team, and more than a hundred people were temporarily lost. In addition, it is the season of tax collection, and those disobedient farmers are not willing to pay the taxes obediently. They must pay We need to teach you a lesson. This has occupied a lot of people."
"Then there should be some left."
"Sir, you have forgotten that the remaining people have been sent to the south of the territory. The madmen in the south The disease is getting worse and worse. We must keep an eye on the territory and prevent it from spreading in. Otherwise, we don't know what the consequences will be." "
Madman's disease? Well, I remembered it." Earl Dogger nodded lightly. "But having said that, is madman's disease really as scary as the rumors say? Does it need to be guarded against by so many people?" "
My Lord Earl, I heard from several businessmen who came back from the south that madman's disease is more serious than we first thought. .Every person who suffers from lunatic disease will go insane and attack everyone around him like a wild beast, even his relatives. In the end, his body will explode and die in the madness." "Hiss~ Is this like this
... ...By the way, I heard that most of the people who get this kind of lunatic disease are children? There are very few adults?" "
Yes, they are basically children. No one can explain why. Although now, There is no lunatic disease in the territory, but the people in the territory don't dare to let their children out to play." "
It's really weird... Speaking of which, that Marquis Owen is also very unlucky. It's obviously just a disease that kills children. It happened that he was allowed to get it, which caused a lot of things later..."
"In this case..." Earl Dogger pondered for a long time, looked at the servant again, and ordered, "In this case, we will not send more manpower and continue to maintain the current situation. The manpower is searching for me with wide eyes. In addition, send a message to those old guys and ask them to send people to my territory to help. Each of them sends at least 60... no, at least 80 people to be responsible for their own food. "
If those adults refuse..."
"How dare they! Tell them that if they don't agree, I will withdraw from this operation directly! Let them make it clear that it is their son's fiefdom that depends on that unlucky Owen, not my son." I only have one nephew who is close to the unlucky Owen!" "
Yes, sir." The servant did not dare to say anything more and left in a hurry.
...
the same night.
the other side.
In the darkness, the endless darkness, the consciousness of the noble girl Fleur suddenly awakened.
Her body felt heavy and her head felt heavy, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep. The process was uncomfortable and made her feel very tired.
She opened her eyes with some difficulty and looked around. Her vision was a little blurry, and everything she saw was in chaos.
After a while, she finally returned to normal and found that she seemed to be in a clearing in the forest.
Yes, in a forest clearing.
There are lush trees all around, with their roots standing tall and upward.
It was already very late, the night sky was pitch black, and the wind blowing around her had a bit of coolness, which made her tense up.
Fortunately, there was a bonfire burning nearby, bringing her some warmth.
Feeling the soreness in muscles all over her body, Fleur struggled to get up, and then saw several people lying on the ground not far from her.
It was her mother, Mrs. Issa, and Barton.
"Mom, Uncle Barton, Uncle Lom..." Fleur was startled, quickly approached, tried to shake the group of people, and kept calling their names.
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