The Genius Mage

She could not help but think of what the Blazing Flame Beast had said. If these villagers were really simple and kind, why would they do such a cruel thing as taking things from this beast?

The contradiction between the two made Audrey unable to understand for a moment. She only felt that there was something strange in the village.

There was not a single person outside the entire village. Every household had its doors tightly shut.

“It’s really strange here. Not a single person came out in broad daylight,” Kate muttered to himself, but he did not think too much about it.

When these words fell into Audrey’s ears, they meant something different.

Lance’s words, along with the Blazing Flame Beast’s words, made Audrey wonder if something had happened in the village that made it so strange. It was even filled with a strange smell.

“Let’s find someone to stay here tonight,” Cole suggested. They had not had a good rest for a long time along the way.

“Okay.” The others agreed as well. They found a house along the way and knocked on the door.

After knocking on the door a few times, some rustling sounds came from inside. A moment later, the door opened, and a middle-aged man walked out. His eyes were drooping, and his face was dark.

Seeing this person, the members of the Dragon Slaying Squad could not help but be shocked. Why did this person look so strange?

“Uncle, we want to sleep over for a night. Is it convenient?” After being stunned for a moment, Hobart took the initiative to ask.

However, as soon as he finished his words, the uncle said coldly, “Not convenient.”

With that, he was about to close the door.

Cole was impatient. He immediately grabbed the door and said angrily, “You didn’t even look at us. How did you know that it’s not convenient? How strange!”

The man raised his head and glanced at Cole. At the same time, Audrey finally saw the man’s face clearly. He clearly had thick eyebrows and big eyes, but at this moment, his eyes were a little lifeless. His body did not seem to have the aura of an ordinary Qi practitioner.

“Let go! I said it’s not convenient.” The man’s voice was still very cold.

Cole was unwilling to accept this. Seeing that the two of them were in a stalemate, he was about to start fighting.

“I’m sorry to disturb you. We’ll find someone else.” Thinking of the current situation, Audrey hurriedly went forward and gave Cole a look.

Now was not the time to fight with the villagers.

This village was very strange. They had to stay here and get along with the villagers, slowly understanding them. It would not be good if they offended the villagers directly.

“Hmph, so what if they don’t let us stay? What’s the big deal?” Cole said indignantly. His face was filled with displeasure. If Audrey had not stopped him, he would have definitely sought an explanation from the villagers.

“Alright, maybe it’s really inconvenient for them,” Adrian consoled from the side.

Audrey did not say much. She quickly went to the next house and knocked on the door. However, the result was the same as before. They knocked on a few more houses in succession. Either the door was not open, or it was inconvenient.

If there was only one house, Audrey would consider it a coincidence. However, since everyone was like that, she could not help but suspect that the village was indeed filled with oddities. Could it be related to the loss of the frost bead?

The loss of the frost bead would at most cause the village to sink into endless ice. It would not affect the temperaments of the villagers that much.

Audrey was puzzled. Seeing that it was already late and the Dragon Slaying Squad could not find a place to stay, they had no choice but to find a place nearby to set up a tent.

At night, they took turns keeping vigil. Audrey and Klein were still in the same group. The two of them also chatted about the strange events during the day.

“Why are the villagers like this? They’re not enthusiastic at all.” Klein lampooned helplessly. “They’re all so weird. They don’t seem like people who cultivate combat Qi.”

Not like people who cultivate combat Qi?

Audrey seemed to be enlightened by this sentence as she came to a sudden realization.

If they did not cultivate combat Qi, what else could they cultivate?

In her previous life, other than combat Qi, magic, and a portion of people who cultivated demonic Qi, most of them did not have any good results. However, in this world, Audrey was not sure if demonic Qi existed.

“Klein, have you heard of demonic Qi?” Audrey asked tentatively.

“Demonic Qi?” Klein frowned, then shook his head and said, “I don’t think so. Everyone cultivates combat Qi, and they don’t even know magic. How could they cultivate demonic Qi?”

Was there really no demonic Qi, or was it not discovered? Audrey frowned. This was a question worth pondering.

Although she did not know the exact situation of the village, for the time being, Audrey was certain that there was an unspeakable secret hidden in it.

This was probably the reason why Lance had asked her to come.

The night passed quickly. The next day, the Dragon Slaying Squad followed the instructions of the mission and handed the frost bead to the ice platform. There were Elders stationed there.

Audrey also hoped to obtain some useful information from the Elders of the ice platform.

The few of them fumbled around for a long time before arriving at the ice platform in the village. It was a huge circular platform made of glaciers. In the middle of the platform, there was a groove where the frost beads were placed.

When he learned that someone was going to deliver the frost beads over, the Elder had been waiting by the side of the platform for a long time.

“Hello, you must be the Elder who is guarding the frost ice platform, right? We are the Dragon Slaying Squad, and I am Audrey,” Audrey introduced them one by one.

“Hello, I am Felt,” the Elder introduced himself. When he saw Audrey and the others, he seemed to be a little excited. “Fortunately, you are here. This village is depending on you.”

What did he mean? The members of the Dragon Slaying Squad surrounded them and looked at the Elder in confusion.

“You don’t know?” The Elder was stunned as well. He looked at Audrey and the others in surprise and asked in confusion, “Since you don’t know, why are you here?”

“We’re just here to deliver the frost bead. This is our mission,” Cole explained from the side without any other thoughts.

However, Audrey quickly understood what the Elder meant. It seemed like the Elder still thought that they were sent by the City Lord to help the village.