Chapter 50 - 44 Necromancy_1

Chapter 50 - 44 Necromancy_1

It wasn't long before.

These three little squirrels were neatly lined up by Lu Ran and the others, trembling all over.

"Don't be afraid, I'm a good person."

"As long as you answer a few questions for me, I'll let you go."

Lu Ran looked kindly at the three little squirrels.

"Woof!" "Waka!" Mr. Husky and the King of Sudden Death nodded.

Although they had no idea why Lu Ran wanted to catch these three guys, Lu Ran was indeed a "good person," no doubt about it.

Hopefully, the three little squirrels would take the hint.

It must be said, having Psychic Sensing is really convenient.

Lu Ran transmitted his thoughts very clearly.

After understanding, the three little squirrels nodded frantically.

"What were you talking about just now?" Lu Ran asked.

The three little squirrels looked at each other, and the one in the middle started to coo.

[Yesterday, two people, fighting on the mountain.]

"Two people were fighting on the mountain, and they were commanding creatures like monsters?" Lu Ran asked.

The little squirrels immediately nodded. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Two Beast Trainers?" Lu Ran was slightly startled.

But why would two Beast Trainers have nothing better to do than fight in such a place?

"And then what?" Lu Ran asked.

[One, died, was buried.]

[The other, left.]

Lu Ran: ???

"Damn it." Lu Ran's eyes widened suddenly.

He originally thought that the squirrels' talk of killing each other was just a metaphor, simply referring to a fight.

But there was an actual murder?

"What kind of creatures were they commanding?" Lu Ran continued to ask.

[The one that died, a cat...]

[The other, unrecognized, very scary.]

"Do you still remember where the fight took place? Take me there to have a look," Lu Ran said.

The three little squirrels looked at each other again, very reluctant, but nodded their heads due to being too afraid of Lu Ran.

Shortly after, Lu Ran was led to the scene of yesterday's battle.

But as soon as they arrived, Lu Ran and Mr. Husky could smell the lingering scent of blood

Looking at the mound of soil that was obviously just hastily covered, clearly showing signs of burial, Lu Ran's heart began to race again.

Damn, what's going on.

Although he had a strong suppressive force over animals, when it came to murder and dead bodies, he was still just a normal high school student at heart.

Faced with this kind of situation, Lu Ran was momentarily frozen on the spot, unsure of what to do.

A Beast Trainer had been killed and his body dumped in the wilderness!

From the looks of the scene, the Beast Trainer who committed the murder did not seem to be an official one.

Otherwise, the disposal of the body wouldn't be so careless.

So, was it a vicious murder?

What should I do?

Report it to the police?

Would that bring trouble upon me?

As for Mr. Husky, fearless of heaven and earth, it was gazing up at the sky, lost in thought.

In Jinling City, the response time of the official Beast Trainers was very fast. Contrary to Luran's expectations, not many people came. About fifteen minutes later, only two people arrived at the scene.

One was a middle-aged man, and the other was a young man.

Upon their arrival, they immediately looked towards Luran, and the middle-aged man said, "Student Lu, I was the one who contacted you earlier. Is this the place?"

"Yes." Lu Ran nodded.

Zhao Chen looked at the burial site with a heavy expression.

"Xiao Wang, I'll leave this place to you. I'm taking Student Lu away first."

"Sure." The young man gave an OK sign.

"Student Lu, come back to the city with me. Leave the rest to the professionals," Zhao Chen said.

"Okay." Lu Ran felt that Little White Dragon's old boss must have thought he was just a student and shouldn't witness a corpse digging scene, which was why he wanted to take him away first.

Lu Ran was not interested in staying, so he called Mr. Husky and to the Lizard lying on it, "Let's go then."

King of Sudden Death, you should stop eating too.

This place... It's bad Feng Shui.

Soon, Lu Ran and his group descended the mountain.

During this time, Zhao Chen asked Luran in more detail about what had happened.

Lu Ran naturally couldn't say he had heard it from a squirrel and added a bit of embellishment when recounting the story.

He explained everything, from arriving in Jinling City to why he had gone up the mountain.

"You're really lucky to have evolved a climbing pet with decent potential using an Awakening Leaf!"

Looking at King of Sudden Death on top of Mr. Husky, Zhao Chen couldn't help but say, undoubtedly a novice spotted by Doctor Gu and a Beast Trainer of many generations.

At this moment, Zhao Chen received another call.

"Is it him?" asked Zhao Chen.

"That's right, Tao Hua, a freshman at Jinling Normal University, who had recently become a Beast Trainer. His dorm mate reported him missing last night after going out to level up in the wild. His friends, who are also Beast Trainers, found that his identity card had been canceled and couldn't contact him in Infinite City," the voice on the other end of the phone informed.

"Looks like he was indeed murdered. Both the person and the pet are dead."

"Then let's call someone to handle the body, inform the family, and I'll head to the headquarters to see if I can find some powerful external help to resolve this quickly," sighed Zhao Chen, then he hung up the phone.

"Uncle Zhao, what kind of case is this?" Lu Ran asked, wanting to get closer with him, Zhao Chen had directly offered for Lu Ran to call him Uncle Zhao.

At this point, although Lu Ran was not interested in the corpse, he was quite interested in the case.

In response to Lu Ran's question, Zhao Chen said with a wry smile, "Your timing coming to Jinling is not great; things haven't been peaceful around here lately."

"You've just recently become a Beast Trainer, so you might not know that internationally, there exists a mysterious organization called 'Reaper'. They possess a special skill that allows them to level up by hunting other Beast Trainers and Pet Beasts."

"Members of Reaper are spread across various countries, making up an international criminal organization."

"With the arrival of the fourth wave of Beast Trainers, they've been particularly active recently. Right after I arrived in Jinling City, I detected traces related to Reaper."

"If I'm not mistaken, that person was killed by a member of Reaper."

"Leveling up by killing Beast Trainers and Pet Beasts? There's such a skill?" Lu Ran was shocked. He'd never heard of this before.

Becoming a Beast Trainer came with such dangers?

Even without entering the hazardous Secret Realm, one could still be targeted?

You can't level up by killing beasts in the Secret Realm... yet Beast Trainers can do this to each other?

On Mr. Husky, King of Sudden Death's eyes widened, feeling like the world was indeed dangerous.

"Woof!" Mr. Husky was speechless. Stop shaking.

"Don't worry, Reaper's main base is overseas, and most of their members in our country are small fry. They're quickly taken down as soon as they appear, to prevent them from gaining a foothold within Xia Country," assured Zhao Chen.

"But this group is very good at hiding and indeed difficult to deal with. If you encounter them in the future, your best bet is to run and use your identity card to quickly escape to Infinite City."

"That novice probably didn't manage to escape in time due to lack of experience dealing with 'undead', resulting in the devouring of his soul."

"Undead, soul?" Lu Ran was confused.

Zhao Chen explained, "Members of Reaper, it's no longer accurate to call them Beast Trainers. They have a special skill, they kill their contracted pet beast to turn them into undead slaves, to hunt other Beast Trainers and Pet Beasts for their own Evolution, relying on absorbing the souls of other extraordinary lives."

"Therefore, internationally, rather than calling them Beast Trainers, they are more commonly known as Necromancers."