In the universe where the Earth Federation is located, various civilizations are as numerous as the bright stars. However, the Earth Federation is not the most powerful among these civilizations, it is only in the middle. There are several civilizations that divide their control areas by galaxies.

The true overlord of the empire, the high elf civilization is such a civilization.

High Elf Civilization is just the name of this civilization by the people of the Earth Federation, because the main race of the High Elf Civilization is very similar to the elves in various myths and legends on the earth in terms of appearance, culture, architecture, etc., making it the first time to see them.

Many people mistook them for elves, and eventually there was a name that was only circulated within the Earth Federation. In fact, they called themselves Yagu, which means source in the language of the universe.

As one of the oldest races in the universe, the High Elf civilization was also the first civilization to involve the subspace. It is rumored that the High Elves even built psychic fortresses that are permanent in the subspace. These fortresses are both cities and lighthouses, and they are also a defense against subspace.

The frontier of space anomalies.

Although the Earth Federation has come into contact with subspace, its research on subspace is still very superficial and only scratches the surface. Most of the knowledge about subspace comes from several advanced civilizations in the universe, and subspace is the most deeply explored.

The High Elf Civilization is one of them. The subspace guide they publish every thousand years can be said to be the vane for cosmic civilization to explore subspace.

The statement about the existence of subspace creatures first appeared in the subspace guide published by the high elf civilization. Over the past few thousand years, the high elf civilization finally named the subspace creatures as aberrations and introduced some common aberrations in detail.

Strange ones, and the Horror is one of them.

There has never been a conclusion among medium-sized civilizations such as the Earth Federation as to whether there are real creatures or monsters in the subspace. Those medium-sized civilizations that surrendered to the high elf civilization believe this statement extremely firmly, while other independent civilizations such as the Earth Federation

They expressed doubts about this statement, because these civilizations have sailed in the subspace countless times, but they have never seen the legendary monsters.

However, Leo is different from others. His subspace navigation experience allowed him to confirm that subspace anomalies are real, and because of this experience, he actively collected a large amount of information about subspace anomalies.

, and among these information, the information on the Horror Demon is the most abundant.

There is no mention of the appearance of the Dread Demon in any of the information. Several civilization sources believe that the Dread Demon does not exist at all and should be some kind of subspace psychic wave. This kind of psychic wave can affect the thoughts and emotions of living things.

It causes people to have uncontrollable fear and then go crazy.

However, all data believe that fear is the basis for the existence of the Horror Demon. The strength of the Horror Demon is also related to the emotion of fear. The stronger the fear, the stronger the power of the Horror Demon.

The reason why Leo thought that the tragedy in the fish market was related to the Horror was because the form of the tragedy was strikingly similar to some cases recorded in the materials he had seen in the past. They were both sacrificial massacre scenes.

A series of similar tragedies occur in the same area every once in a while.

"It seems necessary to go to the murder scene tomorrow to take a look!" Leo thought as he lay on the cleared table and closed his eyes to rest.

It was an uneventful night. When Leo woke up, it was already three o'clock in the morning. The defensive measures arranged around the station were intact, indicating that no one was approaching here.

Leo cleaned up the dust on his body by a pool of water outside the house, packed up the traps he had set last night, and then set off for the murder scene in the fish market.

Although Miria City is dilapidated and millions of refugees are trapped here, struggling to survive, the morning market in the fish market is still the same, even busier than before. The empire has blocked all entrances and exits to Miria City.

However, it is impossible to completely close the river, let alone restrict the movement of fish, so fishermen along the river can still catch a large amount of fish every day.

In addition, the river is also the main route for smuggling channels such as the black market. The wharf of the fish market has almost been occupied by various smuggled goods. Gangsters, black markets and various underground forces have gathered here to collect their respective live animals, and a large number of refugees have also gathered here.

I gathered here just to see if there is any chance to buy some cheap items from here.

Leo slipped through the crowds and entered the alleys of the fish market. He soon arrived in front of the house where the previous murder occurred.

Although a night has passed, the number of curious people around has not decreased. The black market people are still guarding the area around the house, strictly prohibiting others from intruding.

Leo looked at the black market guards around him, then walked up to a man who was obviously better dressed and said to him, "I want to go in and have a look."

The guard captain was stunned for a moment, with an angry look on his face. He reached out and grabbed the short stick at his waist, and was about to summon his men to give the arrogant stranger a lesson.

But Leo didn't make any move to fight. He just stretched out his hand and made a gesture in front of the captain. The captain's expression immediately changed, his eyes became a little confused, and he followed Leo's previous request and said: "You

Go in and take a look!”

Although the captain's voice was not loud, it was enough for other guards to hear, and the guard standing at the door moved away to make way.

Leo stepped into the room and silently recorded in his mind the entire process and consumption of the Demon Hunter Axi Sigil that he had just used the power of nightmares to cast. Although the Demon Hunter Sigil required the power of nightmares to cast, it has to be said

In terms of immediate effect, the Witcher's Sigil is much better than witchcraft with obvious spell-casting actions and spell forms that require a certain amount of time to prepare.

After entering the room where the murder occurred, Leo did not use the mental network or psychic energy to sense the surrounding psychic fluctuations, because according to his understanding, the fear devil is the subspace monster best at psychic disguise. As long as it does not reach the level of spying on the reality of the universe,

At the Omega level, even as powerful as a ninth-level psyker, it is difficult to see through the psychic disguise of a Dread Demon.

The only clue to find the Horror is to observe it with the naked eye. Among the several documents that Leo has seen, there are some methods to judge whether this kind of ritual murder is the work of the Horror. Through these methods, it can be found that the Horror habitually stays.

Mark of.

Leo walked to the corpse that had not yet been removed, used the twin sacrificial knives to peel off the scalp of the corpse, carefully scraped off a thin layer of fat under the scalp, and exposed the skull, and then searched carefully on the skull.

trace.

"Sure enough..." Leo's eyes quickly fell on the skull near the back of the head, and he carefully wiped off the fat and blood covering it, revealing a mark that looked like a scar.

Fear mark, this is the name given to it by those cosmic civilizations. The fear demon will leave an inconspicuous fear mark on the skull of its prey before striking, but this mark will not necessarily show up. Just like Leo

Among the other corpses that were dissected next, only one had this mark.

At this moment, a burst of footsteps came from outside the door. Leo used the mental network to check and found that someone was going upstairs, but he did not avoid it, but stayed where he was because the person who came happened to be an acquaintance of his.

, is also the person he came to Miria City to meet.

I saw the footsteps stopped outside the door, and then someone pushed the door open and came in. The first thing I saw was a thick-barreled revolver loaded with three bullets. This type of gun has only become popular in the dark world in recent months.

, because it uses more powerful special bullets, it can also cause extremely strong damage to some powerful people from the dark world.

As the door was fully opened, Ljungberg Weai, with messy hair and a tired look, walked in. However, when he saw Leo standing next to the body, he was stunned. It took him a while to

After coming back to his senses, he tried his best to suppress the shock in his heart, stepped into the room, put away the gun, closed the door again, and then said to Leo: "I didn't expect you to be alive?"

"You're not the first person to think so." Leo responded.

Ljungberg asked again: "The people who went in with you back then..."

"I don't know, he may be dead, or he may still be alive." Before Ljungberg could finish speaking, Leo gave the answer and asked, "Are there any night watchmen among those people?"

"The students of the Wasteland Shaman are the night watchmen." Ljungberg explained: "Ever since I learned that the Wasteland Shaman entered No. 9 Golden Oak Street, I have been to Miria City many times."

"Yeah." Leo responded simply, but did not tell Ljungberg about the situation of the wasteland shaman. After all, even he did not know the real situation of the wasteland shaman.

Seeing that Leo had no intention of saying anything, Ljungberg wisely did not ask further questions, and he had no intention of asking about No. 9 Golden Oak Street. In his opinion, such matters were not much more important than the things he was dealing with today.

"This case is the same as before." Ljungberg looked at the murder scene around him and quickly gave the answer based on his rich experience. Then he asked Leo: "Are you here to investigate this case?"

"No." Leo responded: "It's just a way to go now."

"Any clues?" Ljungberg asked directly.

Leo didn't hesitate to find out, and pointed at the two skulls where the fear marks had just been discovered.

Ljungberg followed the position of Leo's finger, walked over and took a closer look, and saw the mark. Although he didn't know what the mark meant, the same mark appeared on both skulls, which was obviously very strange.

Ordinary, is a clue worth pursuing.

"Do you know what mark this is?" Ljungberg turned his head and asked Leo.

"The fear mark of the fear demon." Leo replied.

"The Horror?" Ljungberg was stunned when he heard this strange name. Then he recalled in his mind the monsters and dependents hidden in the crowd recorded in the Night Watch manual. He couldn't find the answer, so he couldn't help but express doubts.

He looked at Leo and asked, "What kind of monster is that?"

Leo did not hesitate to answer, and told Ljungberg the information about the Dread Demon, but he deleted all the information about the cosmic civilizations in the information.

"Subspace?" Obviously there are still things in those materials that Ljungberg doesn't understand.

Leo did not intend to explain it to Ljungberg in accordance with the scientific terms used by the Earth Federation scientific community to interpret subspace. Instead, after thinking about it for a moment, he said: "The subspace is somewhat like the world leading to No. 9 Golden Oak Street.

.”

Hearing Leo's explanation, Ljungberg was even more surprised, because he had already obtained a big secret about No. 9 Golden Oak Street, but he did not continue to ask because he knew very well that the less he knew about some secrets, the more he would know about them.

The less harmful you are, being too curious is not a good thing.

"Is there any way to capture this monster?" Ljungberg asked in a deep voice.

Although Miria City is now in chaos, and various forces have cut Miria City into small pieces like cutting a cake, in Ljungberg's heart Miria City is still intact, and this is also the future.

The Republic of Miria is the cornerstone, and he will never allow monsters to cause trouble here.

Unfortunately, the information in Leo's hand only mentioned how to determine whether the murder involved a fear demon, but did not involve how to capture this kind of subspace anomaly, so he could only shake his head at Ljungberg, who was full of expectations, and then thought for a moment.

After a moment, he said: "We can only wait for the next time it commits a crime. During the crime, it needs to arrange rituals, torture the victim, and cause the victim to have strong fear, so it will definitely take some time. As long as we can find it during this time,

It's possible to catch it."

Hearing Leo's proposal, Ljungberg nodded in agreement, and then asked: "If you didn't come back to Milia City for this case, then why did you come back?"

"I'm here for the Ring of Plague." Leo said.

"I'm also investigating this matter." Ljungberg's face turned very gloomy and he said, "I already have some clues."

Leo guessed: "Your clue won't point to the blood wizard Lawrence Hillman, right?"

"You also found it." Ljungberg was stunned and said: "Although I think the clues are a bit unreliable, but thinking about the things Lawrence Hillman did in the past, I feel..."

"It's not Lawrence Hillman." Leo shook his head and said, "I went to see him last night. He didn't take the Ring of Plague, and he also knew that he was framed. He is currently investigating the matter.

Also entrust me to investigate this matter."

Ljungberg did not completely believe Leo's words, but he did not refute it. It seemed that he would continue to confirm and would not take action directly. Then he seemed to be talking to himself and asked: "If it weren't for the blood wizard

If so, who could it be?"

Leo pondered for a moment and analyzed: "The person who first obtains the Ring of Plague must profit from the plague he created, and then he must not be suspected by others, and finally he must be able to put an end to this disaster, otherwise it will really happen."

If it turns into a major plague, things will become out of control, and by then no matter how great the interests are, they may not be able to withstand the anger of all countries."

After hearing this, Ljungberg couldn't help but smile and said: "Listening to what you said, it seems that the medical school was the murderer behind this incident."
Chapter completed!