Fade, dressed in casual clothes and wearing a hat, walked among the ruins of Yandover City.
Half an hour later, he appeared in front of a low, two-story building.
He reached out and knocked on the door, but there was no response.
After waiting for a while, he released his positive energy. He sensed the building and found that no one was home. There was a metallic smell of blood in the air.
He pushed the door open and went in directly.
The house was small, with only one bedroom and one living room.
As soon as he went in, he saw a large pool of blood and the furniture scattered on the ground.
This kind of scene was very common and nothing special in Yandover City during this period of time.
However, there were multiple abnormalities about this room.
A fighter who worked for Saxen and the Martial Arts Committee resided here. They had come to aid investigators from Capital City.
After they had lost contact with each other, Saxen contacted this martial artist and asked him to help search around.
Since this was a residential home, it should not look like this.
Obviously, something had happened. Either the guy had been killed, or he got into a fight and left.
In any case, something unexpected must have happened.
After some thought, Fade called Fire Dragon out. "Little snake, come out."
"What is it? Is there anything to eat?" Fire Dragon looked as if it had just woken up.
Fade patted it on the head and pointed to the blood on the ground. He said huffily, "All you do is eat. Get to work first."
"Take a sniff of the blood, and remember the smell. I want to find the person who bled."
Fire Dragon immediately argued unhappily, "Boss, I'm a flood dragon, not a dog. You treat me like a hound!"
Fade glared at Fire Dragon and raised his hand. "Enough nonsense. If you don't want to do work, then what am I keeping you for? I might as well kill you."
"No, no, no. Boss, I'll do it. I'll do it right now!" Fire Dragon quickly moved to the bloodstains and sniffed them.
About ten seconds later, it stopped. Fade asked, "What's the matter? Did you find any clues?"
Fire Dragon muttered, "It's odd..."
"How so? " Fade asked.
Fire Dragon explained, "In addition to the smell of human beings, there is also the smell of a vicious beast. I think it's a cat breed." "A vicious beast?" Fade was stunned for a moment, then immediately guessed, "Could it be that this martial artist was attacked by a vicious beast, and that's why he had to escape?"
Fire Dragon answered, "I doubt it. If it was a vicious beast, the damage would be more severe than this. Plus, there were no signs of any vicious beasts entering from outside the house."
Fade recalled that that was indeed true.
Immediately, he frowned.
There was no point in guessing wildly. Hence, he asked, "Can you find the human?"
Fire Dragon looked embarrassed. "A day has passed and the smell has faded a lot. Also, there are too many scents mixed in here. It'll be hard for me to find him."
"If you help me find him, I'll give you some Rank 6 vicious beasts to feast on," Fade coaxed.
Hearing this, Fire Dragon's eyes suddenly lit up. "It's a deal."
"If you continue to talk nonsense, then you will get nothing," Fade stated.
"Okay, I won't waste any more time talking. I'll get right to it." Fire Dragon whizzed out of the window and rushed out of the hut.
Fade left the house and followed it as it quickly shuttled through Yandover City.
He slowed down his footsteps. He became more vigilant and silently trudged through the cave for about ten minutes.
After turning a corner, he saw a beam of firelight in front, and he also heard voices.
Fade treaded even more carefully as he looked towards the direction of the fire.
The fire was burning off a pile of firewood, and it was surrounded by four men in fine clothes. Judging from their uniform, they were probably from the army.
Moreover, in a corner far away from the fire, there was a man tied up.
Fade took a closer look and immediately recognized the person who was tied up. It was the local martial artist who was supposed to contact him.
At that point, Fade was even more certain that he was on the right track. There was definitely something fishy going on.
The four people sitting around him obviously did not notice Fade at all. They were throwing firewood into the fire and chatting.
"Have they not issued us new orders yet? How long are we supposed to wait here?"
"Who knows? We just have to wait!"
"This place sucks. There's nothing here. I don't want to stay here anymore!"
"Plus, that guy is such a burden. Why can't we just kill him?"
"Maybe he's needed for something. What can we do? We can only do as we're told."
"Alas, they've got all the power now that they've made a name for themselves. Meanwhile, the rest of us are left here to do the dirty work."
"Well, it's our fault for not being able to control those vicious beasts."
"Tell me, what did Kohen, Danyal, and the others do? How did they make the vicious beasts so obedient to them? They attacked the city when told, and retreated when ordered. They're even more obedient than humans."
"Who knows? It's their unique talent. As if they would ever tell us how they did it."
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