Chapter 1756

Chapter 1756

“Look, I didn’t even leave the house! How could I have killed him?” explained Gerald.

While that was the truth, he knew the villagers weren’t going to buy it so easily. With that in mind, the best way to clear things out would be by investigating how Fane truly died.

Still, Fane’s death certainly explained why he and his gang hadn’t caused Gerald and his party any trouble the previous night.

Though Fane was definitely a villainous character that deserved retribution sooner or later, Gerald had to admit that his death was a bit too untimely.

Whatever the case was, Gerald then added, “…Look, before we start pointing fingers, let’s just get the corpse up first to see how he really died!”

Hearing that, the villagers couldn’t argue with Gerald’s logic, so they began tugging his corpse up.

The second the fat corpse was out in the open, everyone saw that his face had been completely ruined. With how badly his face had been clawed up, Fane barely had any notable facial features left.

Squatting down to get a closer look at Fane’s corpse, Gerald eventually found a deep gash in Fane’s neck. With that in mind, Gerald deduced that he had died from blood loss.

Once he got back to his feet, Gerald then turned to look at the villagers before displaying his hands while saying, “From what I can see, whatever killed Fane had sharp claws. I mean, just take a good look at his mangled face! There’s a deep gash in his neck too that could’ve only been inflicted by extremely sharp claws! With that in mind, I couldn’t have been the killer!”

Realizing that Gerald’s statement made sense, the villagers quickly accepted that he wasn’t the killer.

However, if that was the case, then who was the murderer? What happened the previous night? Also, why weren’t Fane’s subordinates with him? All these were still mysteries…

All of a sudden, everyone suddenly heard a young voice shouting, “S-something terrible has happened!

D-dead bodies!”

Turning around to see the nervous boy who was running toward them, the villagers exchanged glances before one of them said, “Calm yourself. What happened?”

“F-Fane’s underlings… All of them have died at their home!” exclaimed the terrified youth.

Upon hearing that, everyone instantly began trembling. Nobody could’ve seen this coming…

Regardless, Gerald and the villagers then hurried over to where Fane’s subordinates were staying.

Upon arriving at the shabby-looking yard, everyone could see their dead bodies lying all over the yard.

Upon closer inspection, all of them had died the same way Fane had, with bloody gashes on their necks. With that in mind, Gerald knew that the same person had done the deed.

“What on earth could have caused all this to happen…?”

“Indeed… could… could the ghost have come out of the forest?”

“T-that’s impossible!”

Though the villagers were now theorizing the current events among themselves, Gerald didn’t bother about them. Instead, he quickly returned to where they were staying, only to find that Ray and the others had awoken.

Seeing that Gerald had returned, Ray was prompted to ask, “Where did you head off so early in the morning, Mr. Crawford?”

Ignoring Ray’s question, Gerald instead turned to face Old Flint before saying, “Old Flint, please, come with me!”

Upon hearing that, the old man quickly followed Gerald out.

Curious, Ray followed both of them out as well. While Ray had no idea what was happening, judging from Gerald’s expression, he knew that it was a serious incident.