Li Tianrui had thought about destroying the baron's body directly, but even if he wanted to burn the body, he couldn't do it in the room. He decided to transport the body out first.
Li Tianrui was afraid that the baron's body was poisonous, so he called in several mages from the mage class, and together with himself and Kasa, they cast telekinesis magic, lifted the body off the bed, and carried it out of the room. When the body was lifted up, the black juice that oozed out of it kept dripping onto the ground, and the strange smell in the air was so strong that it made people dizzy.
They sent the body out of the window and then transported it to the open space at the edge of the Duke's Mansion. In the room where the Baron died, Kassa called in a few mages to clean one side with positive energy, and then burned the other side with fire. Then they used water magic to clean up the remaining garbage, and finally used wind magic to ventilate, but the pervasive sour smell had not completely dissipated.
They had just moved the bodies and cleaned up the room when several captains of the city guards arrived.
Li Tianrui asked them to see Baron Bocas's body, and none of them understood what was going on. However, the captains expressed their determination to follow the Chinese. One of them said, "Don't worry, sir. Bocas must have destroyed himself. There are too many kinds of magic potions in this world. It's not strange for him to use any of them. I don't think you need to care. You can do whatever you want with Bocas's body. Since even the Duke has handed over the city to you, no matter what happens, we will support the Tower of China."
"Your loyalty will depend on your performance in the future," said Li Tianrui.
He sent these city guards to accompany his men to maintain law and order. Kasa asked, "Captain, now that they have all seen it, should we destroy Baron Bocas' body?"
"Destroy it." This strange corpse always made Li Tianrui feel uneasy.
Kasha waved her arms, and a fire snake wrapped around the body. The body was very wet, so it was difficult to ignite. Kasha could only keep burning it with flames until the liquid evaporated with a sizzling sound, and it gradually burned. It took about twenty minutes for the body to be completely burned to ashes. During this time, Li Tianrui stood silently behind her, watching the smoke and dust floating in the air.
"Captain, Captain!" Cao Lu ran over and reported, "Two elves came and wanted to see you. They said they have something very important to tell you."
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Li Tianrui was surprised when he saw the two elves in the reception room of the Duke's Mansion, because both of them had a shallow, close-fitting protective shield on the outside of their bodies, wrapping them inside.
"My name is Magna," said a female elf whose age could not be determined. "I am a rain and dew priest and an inspector."
"I'm Anlin," said another male elf. "I'm also an inspector, a wizard, and an alchemist. Are you the new lord here?"
"I will be the chairman of the Green Forest City Provisional Government. If you are looking for someone in charge, it's me." Li Tianrui said, "Do you think it's unsafe here? Do you still need to cast a shield to protect yourself?"
"This is not directed at you, but this city is not safe. No matter who you are, you should take action quickly. We have warned Bocas, but he ignored our warnings. I hope you Chinese are different from him." An Lin said.
"Warn Bocas? Warn of what?" Li Tianrui asked.
An Lin said seriously, "We told him the day before yesterday that some evil things are awakening in this city, and those who are infected by them will die painfully. But Bocas thought we were talking nonsense."
Magna said, "He didn't believe anything we said and kicked us out."
"Evil things?" Li Tianrui stepped forward and asked, "Please tell me in detail what happened."
Magna glanced at Anlin, who nodded to him, and then she said, "We elves sometimes go out of our communities and go to the city. Especially these days, the situation is tense and we need to collect some intelligence. The day before yesterday, when I was patrolling in the city, I felt a very evil force appear in a house in the northern block. But when I tracked it there, I found that the room was empty and there was no one inside.
But I found some traces of magical experiments and alchemy there, as well as some dried black liquid, from which the evil aura came.
But I don’t know much about alchemy, so I can’t say what the black stuff is.”
Li Tianrui and Kasa had a growing sense of foreboding when they heard this. They looked at each other and saw the worry in each other's eyes.
"However, as a Rain Priest, I am very sensitive to this kind of power. Even among the elves, I am the most sensitive one. I followed the faint breath left in the air and found that the things in the room were divided into several groups and placed in different places in the city. However, when I tracked them down, I found that most of these places were forbidden areas. Some were in the Duke's property, some were in important warehouses, and some were in the homes of nobles.
I tried several times to get inside and see what it was. I was stopped everywhere.”
An Lin said: "Later, Magna found me and took me to the house. But when we got there, the house had been burned. No traces were left."
"So you chose to find Baron Bocas?" Li Tianrui asked.
"That day we first went to look for the Duke of Parsa, but the Duke avoided us. So we could only look for Baron Bocas, who has real military power in the city. I heard that he is the Duke's true confidant, and I originally thought that he could solve some problems, but in fact he was unwilling to do anything." An Lin said.
"No wonder..." Li Tianrui said to himself.
"What?"
"Nothing, please continue."
"But we were unwilling to give up after being rejected. Later, Magna came up with an idea. She found a magic item that enhanced her elemental perception, and then used it to find a fainter clue, which led to the outside of Green Forest City. Yesterday we followed this clue and went out to investigate, and finally discovered a shocking secret." An Lin said.
Magna said: "We found a village inhabited by humans, but there was a plague in the village and almost everyone died."