The Hitzfeld Mysteries - Chapter 295: Page 295

"So I hate those people, I hate those monsters... I swear I will take revenge on them, I will find them out, find them out and kill them..."

here we go again……

Hitzfeld put his hand to his forehead.

"I'm sorry, could you please give me more details?"

"How much more detailed do you want?"

The old man was very unhappy that his memories were interrupted.

"Tell me what you saw at that time." The girl emphasized.

"And—what are 'they'?"

"I saw a dragon! A monster!"

The old man roared at her.

"Isn't it obvious? Apart from an evil fire dragon, what else could burn the Baines family to charcoal in an instant? I saw it escape into the red maple forest with my own eyes! That damn beast... I swear to find them!"

"There are no fire dragons in this world."

Hitzfeld spoke to him word by word.

"It could be some other monster... Please describe in detail what you saw."

hold head high--

Just then, a howl was heard in the distance.

Not like any beast she had ever known.

Not a lion or tiger, bigger than that.

It's not evil, it's more lively than that.

She turned around suddenly and saw a large flock of flying birds swooping out from the red maple forest in the distance.

The midday sun shone on her.

But she felt her hands and feet were cold.

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Chapter 29: Fire

At Hitzfeld's strong request, the servants followed her words to terminate the meeting and sent someone downstairs to find Duke Gran to tell him that "the two detectives seemed to have seen a monster on the top of the watchtower."

Then, before he could understand what this meant, the door of the hall was kicked open by old Bal.

“Gran! Gran?!” He rushed in with eyes wide open, followed by a group of servants, looking furious. “Where are the people? Go get me my horse! Bring me my dragon spear—I want to meet those bastards!”

Hitzfeld and Ethan came in last, both of them looked somewhat helpless. They didn't expect that old Barr was even more nervous about this matter than they were.

"You haven't exercised for a long time, sir." Duke bowed to the old man very respectfully. "I suggest you go back to the watchtower first. Chikalia will take care of them."

"I don't trust anyone except myself!" Old Barr said sinisterly, "Or have you forgotten the oath Gran once made..."

"I have no such intention." Duke hastily explained, "...I will prepare it for you right away."

His nervousness didn't seem to be fake. After Hitzfeld came in, he kept staring at him and found that when old Barr was angry, his body trembled slightly, and sweat was on his temples and forehead.

I was originally worried that these people would not take this matter seriously, but now that we have Lord Old Bal giving orders, I don’t have to worry about no one taking this matter seriously.

Ten minutes later, the iron gate of the manor was raised, and a cavalry of seventy armed men galloped out in the dust, heading straight for the forest they saw from the watchtower.

Hitzfeld was not proficient in horsemanship and soon fell behind the team. Ethan came to the manor with her just to protect her, so he naturally slowed down when he saw her.

The two of them were hanging at the back and took the opportunity to discuss the situation.

"They are very skilled." Hitzfeld looked at the armed knights in front of him, "It seems that they have already made plans for this situation."

Except for the two of them who did not carry any additional weapons, everyone else in this troop carried a long-barreled shotgun on their backs.

Not only that, they also had a holster on their thighs, which contained a nearly disposable explosive musket for close-range shooting. More than half of them also had a hunting knife/machete on the other side of their thighs, and a few even carried bows and quivers.

She felt that with the peacefulness of Green Town, such a quickly assembled elite force... was somewhat out of place in this environment.

She couldn't help but think of the tall wall surrounding the manor.

It looked as if... they were convinced that there was something extremely dangerous hiding around them, so they had to build such defense measures and maintain martial arts training for a long time before they could feel at ease.

That was a very strange thing. Because not long ago, Hitzfeld had speculated that Eugenie was hiding because he was afraid of the people in the manor, but now the situation showed that the people in the manor were also wary of "the outside world."

Which one is likely to be correct?

"Maybe it was simply his order." Ethan looked to the front of the team, staring at a proud figure.

That was old Bal... He seemed like a completely different person when he got on the horse. Not only was his back no longer hunched, he also looked refreshed and had the strength to hold a heavy lance that was four meters long and the handle alone was nearly two meters long. It was impossible not to notice him.

His meaning was clear - since the manor was still loyal to Old Bal and would follow his orders unconditionally, it seemed normal for him to order them to build the city wall and maintain training, given his importance to the "fire dragons".

It has nothing to do with whether he is crazy or not, that's what a lord is.

When the lord gives an order seriously, even if he directly orders a servant to die, that person must obey.

"Do you think there really are dragons here?" Hitzfeld asked softly.

Many of her current assumptions and speculations are based on the assumption that "Green Town is indeed peaceful and harmonious."

It was as if she had insisted not long ago that fire dragons didn't exist.

But the howl changed this view to a certain extent - it was indeed not a sound that an ordinary animal could make.

"There can't be a dragon." Ethan's face darkened. "It's such a small town. If there was a dragon, it would have been burned down long ago."

"Even if it's not necessarily a real dragon, but some kind of evil creature?"

"The slabs in the monastery are not for show."

The team moved forward quickly.

Before the two of them had discussed for a while, they had already entered the forest, stepping on a thick layer of fallen leaves.

Hitzfeld smelled again the strong smell of rotting apricots and leaves.

She held the reins tightly, weaving back and forth between the red maple trees, and saw the knights gathered about 20 meters ahead. She immediately rode over to understand the situation.

The knights had all heard of her identity, and when they saw her and Ethan coming, they pulled their horses' heads to make way for them to enter.

It was an open space with fallen leaves piled on the ground. It looked no different from the surrounding mountains and forests.

Duke Gran, Chikalia Noan and old Barr were all there. They all dismounted, and two of them squatted on the ground around old Barr, who seemed to be examining some traces.

Out of courtesy, Hitzfeld also jumped down after entering the inner circle and walked to old Bal. He saw the old man frantically digging the fallen leaves with his hands and sweeping them aside to reveal the ground.

Most of the ground was uneven mud, a layer of damp black soil with a peculiar fishy smell.

She saw it - a rather huge hoof print appeared in the mud that Old Bal had dug out, at least one meter long and half a meter wide.

Maybe because it was stepped on through fallen leaves, the mark is a little blurry, but it is clear that it is a hoof print.

Then the knights jumped down and kicked away the fallen leaves around them, and quickly found seven or eight more hoof prints of similar size and varying depths.

“They also broke trees.”

Old Bal followed the footprints all the way until he could no longer see the next mark. He stood up, leaning against a broken red maple tree and muttering to himself.

"..." Hitzfeld's face was as gloomy as water.

These marks don't look fake.

That is to say, there is indeed a huge beast in the mountains and forests surrounding Green Town.

Many assumptions need to be overturned and re-started...

What was the murderer who killed the postman trying to do by dumping his body next to the mansion?

Is it just to remind Old Bal that there was also a tragedy of wild animals attacking people in the past...

His eyes turned to Ethan.

Ethan shook his head.

"I've never seen hoof prints like these," he whispered.

"The hoof prints alone are this big. They definitely don't belong to any of the records."

"Then this matter needs to be reported to the capital."

"I think it should be sent back... To be honest, this case is looming beyond our control."

Just then, they heard a quarrel coming from the front.

"You actually tried to stop me from chasing those beasts?"

"Not really... Master, let us do the work. You should go back to the manor and have a good rest."

"But I'm not tired! I haven't had a good rest in so many years. Rest? I've had enough rest!"

"But sir, the forest is getting denser as we go forward, and we don't have enough people with us. It's best for us to return to the manor first and gather all the people before tracking."

"Then it will be too late!"

When Hitzfeld walked over, he saw the old man furious.

"Why do you always go against me?"

He questioned Duke and Chikalia in an uncanny tone.

"Ask yourself, have I done anything wrong? Or have I wronged you in some way that made you feel dissatisfied with me?"

"That's not the case..."

"Then why do you always have to stop me?"

Being interrupted rudely.

"You bastards! I even suspect that you are the ones who did all this!"

As soon as this roar came out, Duke, Chikalia... and their personal guards suddenly changed their expressions.

Well?

Hitzfeld also frowned and looked at them.