Chapter 248: Lost in the Town

As the lights illuminated the city, the glazed dusk faded into the night. As Mu Hua and the other two drove back to Bear Pig Town, strange events seemed to occur in the town.

Bearpig Town is located in a remote area. Although it is close to the eastern coast, it is located between the mountains.

There are still large areas of forest near the town. Originally, neither the garrison nor the night hunters would set their eyes here.

The guard team, which functions as a police force, is the oldest law enforcement agency in the town.

The small town, which once lacked traffic, had a relatively simple living atmosphere, and the residents were familiar with the members of the security team.

On the highway outside the town, Toby, who was driving, had a look of uneasiness in his eyes, while Belica, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had a serious look on her face.

Even though they gave up flying and chose to speed on the road, they should have returned to the town long ago, but they still seemed to be running in circles on the same road outside the town.

"Ms. Alex, can you tell me about the specific situation you encountered?" Belica thought it was just an ordinary police call, but encountered a strange situation. She asked Alex who was sitting in the back seat.

Alex, a beautiful female attacker and member of the Odysseus team, once met Mu Hua at Webster's manor.

Alex was obviously very tired at this moment, with a hint of uneasiness in his eyes. He was holding a pendant-sized bone plaque in his hand. Because of squeezing it so hard, his finger joints had lost some color.

"I just arrived in this town today. I wanted to get familiar with the town's environment, but somehow I ended up in the forest."

"Because I couldn't get out of the forest, I thought I had encountered a lost demon, so I called the police, and then you all know what happened." Alex said with a frown.

"Lost demon? Could it be that the lost demon in the academy ran out to play a prank?" Toby slowed down the car and asked Belica.

"College? Sprinkle branch? You actually allow them to raise monsters?" Alex asked. Belica and Toby looked at each other but did not respond to Alex's words.

"When we found you, you were very close to the highway, and the trees in the woods on the roadside were not dense. You didn't see the airship or hear any cars?" Belica asked Alex.

"No." Alex was quite observant and found out that Belica and the other person didn't want to talk about topics related to the academy, so he didn't say anything more.

Demons, also called monsters, are creatures that occasionally roam the human world. They come in various shapes and sizes, and their intelligence levels vary.

From human form to animal form, demons have many external forms. Most of them have low physical strength, almost the same as ordinary humans.

But because of their strange abilities, they are good at hiding, and their strength, good and evil vary.

And they seem to be conceived by a man and a male demon transformed into a woman...

Demons have a human side as well as a possessed side.

Normally they avoid humans because they have a strong sense of territory. Untamed demons are also very aggressive towards humans and are relatively taboo in the human world.

"It shouldn't be a lost demon. I've never heard of a lost demon being able to interfere with a car running at full speed. What's the matter with your pendant?" Belika asked, glancing at Alex's palm.

"I bought this in town because it had some weird magical power. I thought it was a garden key or something like that."

"But after the strange things happened, I have thrown it away several times, but every time it comes back to me inexplicably," said Alex.

"Yard key? How could there be someone in this town selling yard keys? Which store did you buy it from?" Belika asked questioningly.

"Not in the store, but by an adventurer who sets up a stall on the street." Alex's face flashed with embarrassment, and he only answered the source of the dominoes.

Needless to say, Alex probably bought the dominoes with the mentality of finding a bargain.

"It seems that the problem lies with this domino. Toby, stop the car first." Bellica said to Toby. They had been driving on the road for a long time, and their perception of time was even a little hazy. At this time, it was like they had encountered a ghost wall and couldn't get out of the lost way.

The familiar environment, the endless cycle, and the tense mentality made several people very tired. If they did not find the root cause of the problem, they might encounter other dangers if they kept driving.

"I just fired a flare, but I didn't see the 'eye'." Toby stopped the police car, wiped the sweat from his palms, and said to Belika.

The people in this world are familiar with demons, and demons can be said to be the source of all mysteries. So even if they encounter this situation, people may be afraid and panic, but they will not feel confused after their cognition is overturned.

"Mu Hua's ravens usually don't leave the town, and now we're not sure where we are. How about the positioning device?" Belicia asked Toby.

The so-called 'eyes' are Mu Hua's blind ravens, and the people in the town have become accustomed to their existence.

If there are some loud noises in the town, they will also attract their attention. Toby is from a small town, and he trusts his own people more than the new night hunters. When he was lost in a strange way earlier, Toby had tried to attract the attention of blind ravens or townspeople.

Blind ravens will not leave the town, but Toby and Belika don't know that when Mu Hua is not in the town, these ravens will not appear in the town either.

Because they are summoned beasts, their independent range of action cannot be too far away from Mu Hua.

"The positioning device still shows the outskirts of the town. There has been no response from the security team. We have been moving within a ten-kilometer radius south of the town."

"Miss Alex, can you destroy it?" Toby said to Bellica, then to Alex.

"You can call me Alex, or Bonnie. I've tried. Even if I smash it, it will still appear near me after a while. We can't get rid of it." Alex said helplessly, holding the dominoes.

"Then I still don't recommend you hold it in your hand." Belica was a little impatient. She seemed to be more resistant to Alex's word "we".

"What can I do? As soon as I throw it away, it feels like someone is whispering in my ears. I hate that feeling! Damn it! I shouldn't have come to this damn place in the first place!" Alex said irritably.

"Calm down, Alex, Belicia, we all need to calm down." Seeing that the two girls were getting angry, Toby hurriedly advised.

"Your legs would be pretty convincing if they weren't shaking," Belika said to Toby unhappily.

Among the three, two women and one man, Toby seemed to be more afraid of the situation. He was just an ordinary person. Although he joined the security team, he just wanted to find a job close to home.

"No matter what, we all need to calm down. We haven't left the town too far. Some Night Hunters have come to the town recently. Damn, it seems they are not as effective as the legend says." Toby raised his voice and said firmly.

Well, never mind whether he is afraid or not, Toby is still a young man after all.

When a young man is with two beautiful young women, especially when they are in danger, he usually wants to appear more manly. . .

Facing Toby's toughness, Belika raised her eyebrows, as if she wanted to teach her partner a lesson. At this time, Alex in the back seat suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Wait, look, there's someone!" Alex said, pointing out the car window.

"Witch." Belica frowned and took out the pistol she carried with her while speaking.

"Witch?" Alex was surprised.

"Yes, the Wandering Witch," Belica confirmed, and the three of them were a little more nervous than before.

In this strange environment, they encountered a wandering witch who seemed to have expected it and walked towards them. Obviously, her appearance made the three people's lack of security even more uneasy.

(End of this chapter)