Chapter 2277

The information from Baron Chandler seemed to end here, and next, Mr. Bernhardt and the coroner Mr. Albert would start investigating local vampires from scratch.

It was just that this time it was not like Mr. Bernhardt's last time, only investigating peers with higher bloodlines, but screening and investigating all peers in the entire region.

This was a task with a very large workload, but it was also one of the few things they could do at present. Before this, Mr. Bernhardt had been avoiding contact with the real "leaders" or regional leaders among local vampires, but now it seemed he had to communicate with the other party.

But for the two of them, it was even more dangerous that the reputation of vampires had already stunk in Moon Bay City after tonight. They needed to try their best to hide their identities during the investigation. Once discovered, the two of them estimated that they would not be able to walk around Moon Bay at will.

Before leaving the morgue this night, Xia De asked Mr. Albert about the "heart attack" corpse again. Last time he heard about such an abnormal corpse here, and then he met the person who fell from the building at Margaret's banquet with Miss Ilithyia, so Xia De suspected that there was a connection.

And Mr. Albert also gave the answer as expected:

"Basically, it can be determined that there is a problem with this way of death by heart attack.

Among the corpses I have contacted recently, three more cases of similar deaths have appeared. Without exception, they were all people without a history of heart disease who died suddenly of heart disease. I even went to investigate the family medical history of two of the corpses whose family members could be found, and they also had no hereditary heart disease."

"This is very interesting."

Xia De was thoughtful, while Mr. Bernhardt and Mr. Albert sent him and Emilia to the exit of the morgue passage.

Emilia got on the small unicorn, and Xia De led it and prepared to walk a few steps forward before flying in the alley:

"Please be careful, both of you."

"Yes, you also be careful during the investigation."

The three people said goodbye to each other, and Emilia also politely said goodbye to the two. She had a very good impression of Mr. Bernhardt, but was still somewhat afraid of the coroner.

And just as Xia De turned around and hadn't walked two steps with the small unicorn, a scream came from the Spider Hotel on his left.

The turbulent night had basically ended, but most of the neighbors in Spider Alley decided to gather in the hotel to spend the rest of the night. Now there were many people there, and Mr. Albert would also go to the hotel to spend the night in a while.

Hearing the sound, it was this vampire coroner who rushed over first. It took a long time for him to walk out somewhat dejectedly:

"Someone 'spontaneously combusted' and turned into light, leaving only two right-hand fingers and a pair of legs."

Emilia pursed her lips and watched all this, watching Xia De whisper with Mr. Bernhardt, watching the people walking from the dilapidated small hotel into the courtyard in panic.

Looking up again, there were still burning ashes drifting across the city in the night wind. Although the smell of burning in the air was very faint, she could still smell it.

It seemed that at this very second, Emilia Sennod felt that she had grown up a bit more. She didn't understand why this feeling came, she just understood that everything she saw and learned during this short summer vacation was something she couldn't learn in the fifty-plus years she had lived in the academy.

Xia De didn't have any thoughts about growth. After lying on the back of the small unicorn and being hugged by Emilia behind him and taking off again, he looked at the city's night view from the sky, watching the lights moving on the streets, watching the wisps of smoke drifting under the night sky, but what he was thinking about was the Moon Bay event, which after all had reached this step.

"Perhaps many years later, people will call this night the 'Night of Long Fangs'."

He thought silently in his heart, and then closed his eyes to rest. He was really exhausted tonight, but he couldn't fall asleep immediately now.

The process of returning from Spider Alley was more difficult than when he came. The church had basically grasped the situation of the whole city, and thus launched a ritual to investigate "fish that slipped through the net" in the sky, which forced the small unicorn to remain vigilant at all times to prevent being discovered.

After returning to Belindell Manor without any danger, Tifa, Miss Matilda, and Hillis had all returned from Margaret's side, while Miss Sylvia had already returned to Margaret's side.

"There's nothing going on over there either. Although there were gunshots near the manor, the guys who wanted to fish in troubled waters were all beaten into sieves by the Royal Guards. It was I who let Sylvia go back first, let her stay by Margaret's side, it can be safer."

Miss Aurora, who greeted Xia De in the entrance hall on the first floor, said. This lady with beautiful brown big wavy hair looked at Xia De, and then gave him a gentle hug:

"Long time no see, Xia De."

This was her formal greeting to Xia De after returning from the New World, and Xivi Aurora was the second Great Witch Xia De knew besides Miss Galina. In the blink of an eye, they had known each other for a year, and in this year, she was almost the person who participated in the most actions in the entire 【Witch Council】.

"Long time no see, Miss Aurora."

Xia De also responded enthusiastically to this hug, but suddenly felt a gaze like substance cast on himself.

Looking up, the owner of the manor was standing high on the stairs with her arms crossed, slightly pouting and looking at the two. The blonde maid behind her smiled and shook her head slightly at Xia De.

Miss Aurora also noticed this gaze. After turning her head and seeing it was Miss Belindell, she said with a smile:

"Bella, didn't I tell you about me and Xia De during the day today? Why are you still so surprised?"

But the countess's mood at this moment was definitely not surprise, just somewhat unhappy:

"Xivi, this is my home. If Xia De wants to greet us after returning, he should greet me first."

"Yes, yes."

Miss Aurora nodded as if comforting a little sister, and gently pushed Xia De:

"Go, greet our respected countess, otherwise she will be unhappy."

As she spoke, she even laughed. When Xia De brushed past her, she kissed Xia De gently on the face:

"It's really great to see you again, Xia De."

Sister Devlin had now returned to the sacrificial ground where the headquarters of the 【Spiritual Cult】 was located through her own way, and would officially return to Moon Bay in about a week. They successfully found a new spark of initial fire in the New World, and she had to return to the sacrificial ground to deal with some things.

And Xia De didn't stay in Belindell Manor for too long this night. After confirming that the situation in the city had stabilized and the girls who returned from outside the manor hadn't suffered too much harm, he said goodbye to everyone and threw the crystal shoes to return home.

As expected, there were quite a few people at home at this time.

Not only did Luweiya and Dorothy not leave after the exam, but even Miss Galina brought her maids back here again.

Such a big thing happened in Moon Bay, and the witches had already notified the Council. Therefore, Miss Galina, who received the news from the Council, had already told Luweiya and Dorothy about the general situation there.

Hearing the sound of Xia De walking up from the first floor, the girls nervously went to the stairs to greet him. Seeing Xia De walking up safely holding the cat that went downstairs in advance, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"I originally wanted to go to Moon Bay to help, but Luweiya didn't let me go."

Dorothy said softly, and then hugged Xia De gently:

"It's good that you're fine. We originally thought you were just going to Moon Bay to see the situation, I didn't expect such a thing to happen."

After speaking, she patted her chest again:

"Oh, Princess Lei Qianya also asked me to greet you, she was also worried to death."

"It's okay."

Then he signaled the three ladies to follow him to the study. He didn't show any fatigue in front of them:

Miss Aurora had just arrived in Moon Bay, Xia De hadn't had time to ask about "modern mermaid recipes" and the like, but he at least remembered to bring a lot of seafood this time.

Moon Bay City was never short of seafood.

Miss Sandel was quite happy to organize these supplies with Miss Knight, while Miss Mester still sat aside without reaching out to help. The old elf was also sitting, but she was explaining to Xia De what happened here after he left.

Besides encountering the night again, which allowed them to have some gains from exploring outside, the old elf also re-read the information on the half-stone tablet and parchment brought back by Xia De and Miss Mester from the temple relic last time.

Translating those texts from the early Fifth Era was not difficult for this elderly old elf, and she unexpectedly used ancient technology to configure the manifestation potion, and actually discovered the hidden content on the parchment:

"The one-third compass fragment you brought back actually has the ability to resonate with the locations of other compass fragments."

The old elf placed the metal piece in her hand:

"But this kind of resonance has a distance limit, and it can only point out a general direction."

As she spoke, she chanted the incantation recorded in the parchment softly. Then, two light spots actually appeared on the surface of the fragment, and no matter how Grandma Sennod rotated the metal fragment, the light spots always pointed in the same direction.

"Where are these two directions?"

Xia De asked.

"One direction is roughly the mausoleum with the knight statue we mentioned last time, but this desert has a very strong spatial confusion ability, so you must arrive to be sure;

The other direction is probably very far away, look, the light spot is shaking. Only after you bring back the second compass fragment should you be able to accurately determine the direction."

She said, handing the fragment to Xia De. Carrying it to set off would clearly make it easier to find the target.

"Alright, let's set off as soon as possible, Grandma."

Saying that, he wanted to contact the "Sun Altar" to get the blessing, and then go out to explore the relic, but seeing that dazzling sunlight, he thought of another thing:

"Oh, almost forgot it."

Xia De took out little Mia's toy, covered it with clothes and shook it gently, and then the fluffy cat head drilled out from under the clothes.

"Meow~"

The cat with wide eyes looked at everything around it ignorantly and carefully, and called Xia De very gently. It soon wagged its tail, drilled out from under the clothes by itself, and then looked at the surrounding environment quite excitedly.

Xia De's previous worry seemed to be redundant. Little Mia didn't seem to be unaccustomed to the environment here at all.