Dark Moon Era

Chapter 363: Strange Scene

Danny?

Tang Ling finally got his identity in his world. He waited patiently for more information, but to his surprise, the messages stopped.

A common teen living on the edge of the city? I didn’t originally plan on coming out at night?

What kind of introduction is this?

Tang Ling could not help but bitterly sneer in his heart, but on second thought, the message contained enough information. Without analyzing it, he knew that something unusual must have happened in this world.

Otherwise, why would a place define the early night as dangerous? Moreover, Tang Ling was in a city! What really happened? The Dream Domain obviously would not provide an answer, so he must find the answer himself.

Suddenly, Tang Ling felt a kick on his backside. The kick was not strong but was enough to kick him back to his senses. However, before he could say anything, that hand that grabbed his arm dragged him up.

“Let me see what kind of monster you are!” The owner of the voice was the person who had used the iron plank to knock him down.

In truth, the iron plank was actually a man covered in old-fashioned iron armor, and his tone towards Tang Ling was not exactly friendly. On top of that, the person was rude. He even ripped the broken leather mask from Tang Ling’s face as he spoke.

Under the mask, Tang Ling’s face had been transformed into a common-looking teen of the Light Continent. He had brown hair coupled with blue eyes. Maybe because he had suffered from malnutrition for a long time, his face looked dull and yellowish. Combined with his nervous and helpless look and bleeding nose, it made him look like a harmless boy.

The warrior realized this and cursed, “Bloody hell! I thought…”

Thought what? Tang long lowered his head as he squinted his eyes slightly. Through the tiny details and what the warrior said, he already had some guesses in his mind.

Unfortunately, the armored warrior did not reveal the crucial point which was what he expected to find out.

However, despite the armored warrior being a little disappointed by Tang Ling’s real face, the man was obviously a lot more relaxed. He lifted the face mask of his helmet and revealed his bearded and rigid face as he stared at Tang Ling and questioned him, “Who are you? Where do you live? Why are you here at this time of the night?”

Right after the barrage of questions subsided, Tang Long received a series of new information in his head.

This new information was a lot more practical compared to the vague and strange introduction. This one was a lot more direct. It seemed like the information in this world must be triggered.

As he combed through the new information, Tang Ling stammered in a scared and panicked voice, “I-I am Danny Vesta. I live in L-lucard Farm at the edge of the city. My family are servants at the farm and…and my mother is very sick. She can’t hold on any longer, s-so I came for a doctor.”

He spoke the truth, or at least, that was what he got from the information in his head.

After Tang Ling explained himself, the armored knight seemed to soften a lot more, but he was still rather suspicious. “Do you think there’s a doctor in the city who would follow you to Lucard Farm at this time of the night? I’ve heard of Lucard Farm. It’s not exactly a safe area, plus you’ll need to travel at night.”

Tang Ling looked agitated, but his eyes flashed with courage after he heard what the armored warrior said. He answered, “Even if no doctor will follow me now, leaving at first light will save my mother some time!”

He displayed a sorrowful expression. “My mother…She’s dying. Every minute counts.”

One had to give it to Tang Ling’s acting. With life having put him through all sorts of difficulties, his acting was outstanding.

The armored warrior seemed to be moved by Tang Ling’s acting. His eyes looked a lot gentler and his hand holding Tang Ling’s arm also loosened up a bit. “You’re a good kid, taking the risk for your mother, but it won’t clear you of suspicion. I’ll send men over to make sure you’re telling the truth before I can let you go. In the meantime, you…”

Before the armored warrior finished, surprised cries from several men came from another alleyway followed by a man calling out to the armored warrior, “Captain Tonnis, you’d better have a look at this…”

The men were obviously the armored warrior, Tonnis’s squadmates.

After the surprised cries came from the other alleyway, Tonnies held Tang Ling closer while the other men went to check on what happened. It seemed like they found something unusual.

To Tang Ling’s surprise, the bearded man was the captain of a squad.

Tonnies skipped the chatter with Tang Ling after he heard his men call him. He dragged Tang Ling into another alleyway quickly.

The new alleyway was dark and quiet.

Even though there was something going on in the alleyway, the residences at the higher levels did not raise any light. The windows throughout the entire alleyway were tightly shut and it was unusually silent.

However, the alleyway got brighter because the armored warriors shed light over a small area ahead using torches.

They gathered in front of a stable further away at the alleyway exit.

Right after Tonnies entered the alleyway, another armored warrior came over with his helmet off. The warrior looked angry and scared at the same time.

“Hans, what happened?” Tonnies asked.

“A dead woman and an unlucky horse,” Hans reported as he brought Tonnies to the stable.

The horrifying murder scene was revealed in front of Tang Ling’s eyes.

Tang Ling had been through countless life and death situations, so death was no longer something that could stimulate his emotions. However, when he saw the murder scene, he still felt slightly chilly.

The victim was a red-headed woman. She seemed like she had seen something extremely terrifying before she died, and the horrified look remained on her face even after death.

Her dull and grayish eyes were still wide open. Her entire body had been ripped apart in a cross with blood crusting at the wound and some of her organs had been ripped out.

Beside her was a fallen horse. Its belly was also ripped open with blood and organs splashed everywhere. There was still some fresh blood beside it.

Maybe as part of the killer’s sick interest or some other ulterior motive, the killer had crossed the woman’s hands and the horse’s front legs in front of their chests as if they were hugging themselves after death.

The horse obviously could not bend its front legs into the shape of a cross, but the killer had not minded breaking it and decorating it as such.

Tang Ling observed the crime scene while he hid behind Tonnies. He was shaking when he said in a trembling tone, “I-I didn’t see…see anything. I-I know nothing…”

“Kid, you’d better shut up!” Tonnies’ men scolded him.

Tonnies glanced over AT Tang Ling suspiciously, then he went up to the dead woman and closed her eyes. Before he could even say anything, another hair-raising scream came from the next alleyway.

“Bloody hell! You, watch him!” Tonnies cursed and ordered one of his men to watch Tang Ling. He then led the other men into the next alleyway.

As the footsteps left, the warrior assigned to watch Tang Ling looked even more neurotic. He held Tang Ling and moved away from the stable where the murder had taken place. He then gave Tang Ling a meaningless warning, “You’d better stay put.”

Stay put? Tang Ling looked harmless given his current appearance. He was anxious, afraid and looked like he was about to cry out loud.

It seemed like warning Tang Ling strictly was the only way the warrior who had stayed behind could get some courage out of this freaky situation. He was left with a single torch, so the alleyway became darker again.

The warrior spat on the ground and gripped the torch tightly while the flames flickered because of the wind. Tang Ling was not in better shape than the warrior. His legs turned into jelly and he sat on the ground, but upon a closer look, one could realize that the spot that he sat down in was directly opposite the stable and his eyes could easily see through the simple wooden fence to continue observing the crime scene.

No matter what Tonnies and his men thought of this murder, with his Precise Instinct, Tang Ling had his own unique thoughts about the case after he observed the scene.

Seconds turned into minutes.

The night was getting colder. Tonnies and his men were still away, so no footsteps were heard in the area.

By observing the murder scene, Tang Ling realized something and his expression suddenly turned bitter. He covered his stomach and cried out loudly, “Sir, Sir, my stomach hurts! I’m so scared that my stomach hurts! I think I’m going to pee…”

The warrior was frightened by Tang Ling’s sudden cry, so he accidentally kicked Tang Ling away as he flinched.

Tang Ling got up and clung to the warrior’s leg, forcing the warrior to stagger backward and reverse into the wall of the alleyway.

“Sir, please, I beg of you, Sir, bring me to the entrance to pee. I can’t do it here. I’m scared. Dear Sir, please…” Tang Ling was on the brink of crying.

The warrior was not a heartless or evil man, thus a slight hesitation later, he said, “You’d better not be playing tricks!”

After that, he brought Tang Ling to the entrance of the alleyway. After all, the alleyway was dark and quiet with no one around, so standing guard in front of that terrifying murder scene was actually meaningless.

The warrior also wished he could get away from the scary place.

As he brought Tang Ling away, the latter turned around and glanced at the dark and creepy alleyway with lingering fear. He hastened his steps towards the entrance of the alleyway.