Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 572 One hundred and forty-nine. Night at Rico Farm

  People who were uneasy and regretful in the distance left the convoy and went to the farm to avoid possible danger. But not everyone can get there safely. Many detached firelights extinguished on the flat field, and then ceased to light.

  The farm has only one two-story wooden house, barn, cowshed and firewood, obviously unable to accommodate hundreds of people.

  Most of the people gathered around the bonfire to bake the fire. Gradually, there were faint cries in front of the bonfire, for the invisible hope, for the family in the royal city.

   In front of the second-floor window of the wooden house, Lu Li and four exorcists were talking.

   "A city with an upside-down sky...? I've never heard of it." Avar Montes looked at the other confused exorcists, and his mood sank to the bottom: "So the situation in the royal city is very bad."

  Weird is invading the royal city, which is really bad news.

   "We still have a chance of winning." An exorcist's eyes resurfaced with determination: "There are at least half of the exorcists on the mainland in the king city, and they will find trouble and solve it."

   This optimism is usually seen among commoners who know nothing about weirdness, but it makes sense in a way—human fists clench together, weirdness usually doesn’t.

The    exorcists did not refute him, who intended to boost his morale, but a problem occurred in his heart at the same time.

   What if that's what makes weirdness?

  woo——

   The whimpering wind blowing through nooks and crannies added to their mood.

got windy.

  Lu Li's eyes were attracted by the flames blowing crookedly outside the window.

  The wind blows from the southern direction of the Ellen Peninsula, which is the coastline closest to the royal city.

  The reason why the strange fog will break into the inland tonight has been found.

  The wind gradually turned stronger, and the exorcist who did not find any useful information returned to the open space to evacuate the crowd. They took the elderly, women and children into a two-story wooden hut, the horses were placed in the cowshed, and the men hid in the barn with their luggage. There's air leaks everywhere, but it's better than an open space without cover.

   Campfires in open spaces connect people hiding in log cabins and woodsheds. If it is extinguished, they will become isolated islands in the dark deep sea only a few tens of meters apart.

   They had to keep the bonfire on, and the kerosene carried in the convoy was enough to last them until dawn, but it was not suitable for burning.

  The young men dismantled the woodshed and the useless debris in the log house, found hundreds of pounds of damp wood and a dozen pounds of coal from the basement, and kept the bonfire on. Two more wagons were pulled up to block the bonfire, making it as stable and burning as possible for as long as possible.

  The attic became a gathering point for the exorcists, and the sloping windows on all sides allowed them to observe the outside world well.

   They were in low spirits, and the only thing to be happy about now was that the wind had thinned the eerie fog. The diffused visibility allowed people to vaguely see a mile away from the farmhouse, the approaching firelights, dizzy like ants from the strong wind.

  Under the amazed attention of the exorcists, Lu Li and his assistant suddenly left the wooden house and moved outside the farm to meet the group of light spots that were faintly flickering due to the strong wind.

   They watched the same faint spot of light approaching the other spots, moving with them, converging, and bringing the scattered spots together.

   "Thank you, you have done enough." Ava Montes was grateful for Lu Li's actions. When Lu Li and Anna came back, they were followed by several carriages and dozens of people.

  There are still people scattered in this field, but without the light, Lu Li could not find them.

   Farther away, the convoys on the road were scattered by the eerie fog and the wind into a group of horse-drawn carriages.

   These people were arranged in log cabins and barns, making the farm a bit more crowded. No one disliked it, they wished that the farm would be full, and then worry about whether too many people would attract those monsters.

  The newly joined people were quickly calmed down by the comfort and care of the first group of people. There were faint sounds of conversation in the barn and in the living room of the log cabin. In the attic above them, the exorcists were talking about the safety of the farm.

  The danger originates from the King City of Ellen - the farm is only five miles away from the King City, neither too close nor too far away.

   "Any other houses nearby?" Avar Montes asked.

  A night watchman unfolded the map obtained from the people: "Fourteenth Farm is more than ten miles away from us, far enough, but too far."

  The more than 200 people in the farm who believe in them may not be willing to follow, and there are not enough resources to migrate.

   "Then we are still here, just getting ready. If the strangeness spreads in the royal city, we will retreat to the Fourteenth Farm?" Ava Montes had better set his eyes on Lu Li.

   "Yes." Lu Li in the wheelchair raised his hand and touched his eyelids.

   "Are you sleepy?" Anna asked with concern.

"There are some."

   Ana's indifferent words came from the cloak: "Sorry, we have to go back to rest."

   A middle-aged female exorcist nodded: "Of course, please leave it to us at night. If there is a difficult problem that cannot be handled, we will call the two of you."

   The farm owner's room was assigned to Lu Li and others, and Lilia chose to stay downstairs with other people.

   Although it is the best room in the farmhouse, there is nothing here but a wooden frame and a thick layer of dust.

   After a while, three footsteps came down the attic, and Lu Li also fell asleep in his wheelchair.

   As it approached midnight, the humming of the conversation downstairs faded away, drowned out by the whimpering of the wind blowing through the branches outside the window.

  …

   "I miss my mom..."

   A little boy shrank into his grandfather's arms. Grandpa patted him on the back and said nothing.

   "I miss my father too... and Sister Maria." The little girl who was lying in her mother's arms not far from her grandfather and grandson followed.

   Everyone in the living room couldn't fall asleep, and more and more children and old people woke up, opened their eyes and listened quietly, or asked their elders.

The    group mood aggravated their uneasiness. They found Ava Montes and asked about the current situation in the royal city.

"I don't know either." Ava Montes sighed, pointing to the hazy light behind the fog in the distance: "Did you see that fire? The convoy is still blocked outside the royal city, and the city gate must not have been opened. They, we have been lucky. At least not to be blown by the cold wind and to live in a warm and safe house.”

"how is the progress?"

   "What happened in the royal city?"

   asked the old men and women, and Avar Montes said bitterly that they could not leave the farm, and that danger was everywhere in the thick fog.

   So they wanted to beg Lu Li again, hoping that he could help them investigate.

  Avar Montes couldn't persuade these people who had resorted to pity, and was about to say something when the bedroom door suddenly opened.

   "I heard your talk."

  The wooden house was quiet, and a dozen eyes looked at the cloaked figure in front of the door, waiting for an answer.

   "But why do you think we'll take a second risk?" As if a chill emanated from the bedroom, the shadows under the cloak looked around at these people.

   "For you."

   (end of this chapter)