The flames rose among the ruins. Donald stood on a stone by the side of the street. Wherever he pointed his finger, the next second, a scorching ray ignited the withered grass.

Anthony and the others followed behind him, watching the surroundings.

When the weeds were almost burned, a cyan circle was outlined in front of Donald, and a gust of wind swept away, blowing away all the embers of the weeds after the flames confined in a certain area had burned out, exposing the ground on the square. s things.

About 5 meters in diameter, the complicated lines and the faint light that faintly appeared after the injection of external energy, coupled with the semi-circular depression in the center of the array, should be a place to store items, but it is no longer visible. What has been stored.

"Why does the ritual magic circle appear in such a place?"

The previous line of defense, coupled with the magic circle that is now engraved on the small square outside the government office building, is strange no matter how you look at it.

"Can you know what it does?"

Anthony's idea is that as long as he knows the function of this ritual circle, he can use it as a clue to continue to investigate.

"I'm afraid not. This magic circle has existed for too long, and some traces have been blurred. It is unrealistic to analyze its function from the lines inside the circle. My knowledge in this area has not reached this level, and I also I don't know the activation conditions of this ritual magic circle, otherwise even if it is a broken magic circle, maybe through a small-scale repair, I can try to activate it and see the effect."

He jumped off the stone and walked to the center of the circle, looking left and right at the layout of the circle, turning and scanning the surroundings from time to time.

No matter what, since the magic circle appears here, there is a reason.

Since the effect of the magic circle is unknown, it may be assumed that it is an offensive or defensive magic circle.

Combined with the defensive lines and battle traces on the periphery, this possibility is very high in Donald's view.

There used to be a fierce battle here, which required the use of firearms and the power of wizards, and there might be aliens joining the battle.

The enemy is the residents of this town?

This is impossible.

Donald is a wizard himself, and he has a say in the lethality of wizards. If he only faces ordinary people, even if the opponent is fully armed, his spells can still easily cause large-scale damage, not to mention some unarmed residents. .

On the other hand, the people who once stationed here should be guarding against other things...

"Is it just to expel the disease by burning the corpse?"

Although he had already made a big circle in his mind, in reality, it was only a dozen seconds in the past. The question suddenly raised by Donald made Anthony a little unresponsive for a while.

But Anthony is Anthony, and soon realized the hidden meaning of Donald's question.

"You are saying that what happened here is not as simple as an epidemic... Indeed, if you look at it from the perspective of burning corpses, it is completely possible to carry out centralized burning. There is such a wide wasteland around here, and a big pit is dug. Not a problem, no need to burn down the whole town."

It doesn't make sense to destroy the whole town because the residents are sick.

"That's right, that's where the contradiction lies. Why do they do it? Or... they have to do it."

This is a town that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and the invisible assets in it cannot be summed up in a few gold pounds. Donald does not believe that anyone would dare to destroy the entire town so rashly.

This is an action indicated by the superior.

"If they did this to cover up something, then I have reason to believe that there may still be some traces in the ruins. I suggest to use a relatively stupid method. Anthony, I, and Lilo are responsible for each direction. Julia and Stephanie, how about you two in charge of one direction?"

This time the grouping has changed from the previous one. Before the change, Donald would choose to let Julia follow Anthony and take Stephanie with him, while Lilo would go alone, even if doing so would free up a direction and affect actions Efficient, but to be on the safe side, he'd rather spend more time.

But after the previous battle of Ghost Tide, Donald realized that Julia and Stefani, who had been under the protection of the three of them, had actually reached the point where they could be on their own and take on part of the team's tasks.

This is their first independent action. Although they are still two people, they have different meanings.

The two of them were obviously aware of this, and Ben's tired face was quite rosy.

Feeling valued and needed is always satisfying and joyful.

"Since you all have no opinion, you should bring one of my communicators here. If you find anything, use it to notify others as soon as possible."

After distributing the communicator, Donald also gave the horse-calling whistle to Julia, who now has a certain amount of spiritual power due to her talent.

Each went to search in one direction, and there was no clear target location, and there was no iconic object.

Sounds like a hassle.

Donald didn't expect to find it soon, and even he was a little worried that he might be busy all morning or even all day without any gain.

It turns out he was wrong.

Julia's abilities surprise Donald again.

When it comes to finding things in these ruins, who can compare to the ghosts who have existed here for an unknown length of time?

Of course~lightnovelpub.net~ These ghosts themselves don't have much memory, what's more, the ones under Julia are swallowed up by each other. It's hard to tell who is who, not to mention those messy memories, otherwise Lilo has killed so many ghosts, she already knew everything.

But don't forget, these ghosts have the ability to ignore the collision of objects.

Donald had to rely on his spiritual vision to find them. For Julia, he only needed to disperse these ghosts. If there were any special areas, they could easily find them.

"right here?"

The group reunited less than two hours after they were separated, Donald asked while looking at a barren grass piled with rocks.

"Yes, they say it's empty down here."

Julia pointed to the ghost in the shadow of the stone wall next to her and said.

These ghosts have been devoured and strengthened by Julia's talent, so they can't speak, but some simple communication of ideas is no problem.

"I can feel it, it's here!"

Lilo's perception confirmed this.

"You guys step back, go farther, and I'll blow it up."

Donald wasn't going to waste time either, he took out a few inscription scrolls directly from the space ring, the fourth-level inscription - blasting.

Tear open the scroll, and print the inscriptions one after another on the piled-up positions of several stones in this gravel field.

"If this is a place that the Emerald County Government deliberately buried, would it be illegal for us to do so?"

Anthony asked, looking at Donald who was walking towards him.

"If you really break the law, you guys are accomplices."

The mental force activated the inscription, and the explosion sounded along with the gravel in the sky. Donald turned his head and said with a big laugh.