Chapter 531 Heritage

——Irlam Village

Situated on the border of Kingdom Lugnica within the Mathers territory, not far from the Roswaal Mansion, lies the village of Irlam.

The scale of this village is exceptionally small, small enough to rival the once sparsely populated Oni settlements.

Therefore, the estimated area of Irlam Village is not much different from that of the Roswaal Mansion.

After all, in this village, there are only about two hundred residents. With such a sparse population, it's understandable that the village is small in size.

However, no matter how small the scale is, it is still one of the Mather's territory.

Coupled with its close proximity to the mansion of the territory's lord, Count Roswaal, Rem and Ram often consider this place as a base for procurement and have visited here countless times.

Given this, the villagers have long been familiar with Rem and Ram. Even when seeing two young women dressed in maid attire walking around, they don't find anything strange about it.

In such a scenario, the arrival of Fang Li, on the contrary, draws curious glances from the surrounding villagers from time to time.

Under these glances, Fang Li begins to survey the surroundings.

"Is this the village?"

Fang Li has only been at the Roswaal Mansion for a few days.

As a guest of Count Roswaal, Fang Li naturally hasn't been to Irlam Village before.

If it weren't for Rem and Ram leading the way, Fang Li might have taken some time to find this place.

Yet here, Fang Li can sense a slight strangeness in the air.

"This is..."

With the characteristic of being able to perceive things that are not within sight, Fang Li's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception quietly manifests.

Under the gaze of his ice-blue Mystic Eyes, Fang Li can clearly see that around Irlam Village, near the edge of the forest, there are lines in the air resembling cracks.

Those are not the Death Line of air, nor the Death Line of space.

"A barrier?"

Yes.

Those are the Death Lines of the barrier.

"So that's how it is."

Fang Li realizes.

"That's the barrier surrounding Irlam Village?"

Indeed, there is a barrier set around Irlam Village.

From the memory of the original work, Fang Li knows that it is to prevent Demon Beasts from the forest from entering and endangering the villagers here.

The Demon Beasts here refer to enemies outside humans who possess Magic Power.

They were created by the former Witch Cult and are now active in various parts of the world. For people, they are more threatening beasts than wild animals.

If Demon Beasts were to invade, not only ordinary villagers but even magic users would be at risk.

Recalling the memory of the original work, Fang Li does not deactivate the manifestation of Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Instead, he keeps his ice-blue Mystic Eyes open, following the Death Lines of the barrier, allowing his vision to expand.

Until it stops in a certain direction.

"Is it over there?"

Fang Li immediately quickens his pace and walks forward.

And during this process, Rem and Ram have been inquiring with the surrounding villagers for information until they hurried over when Fang Li started to act.

Fang Li continued towards his destination, not looking back, as Rem and Ram hurried over, inquiring.

"How is it? Have you found that little dog?" 

This was what Rem said when Fang Li discovered the curse within her body.

"Rem was accidentally bitten by a little dog."

In this world, although Curse Techniques come in various types, they all share one common trigger condition.

That is, there must be contact with the caster of the curse for it to take effect.

Furthermore, with an understanding of the original plot, Fang Li confidently informed Rem and Ram on the way here.

"That little dog is a Demon Beast, the one cursing Rem."

Therefore, after arriving at Irlam Village, Rem and Ram began inquiring about the whereabouts of the little dog.

At this moment, in response to Fang Li's inquiry, Rem shook her head and replied with regret.

"No, the little dog is gone."

According to Rem, in recent days, whenever she came to Irlam Village for procurement, she would communicate with the villagers here.

The followers of the Witch Cult lurk in the shadows, and it is highly likely that they would choose Irlam Village, the closest place to the Roswaal Mansion, as a base of operations or even set up surveillance. Therefore, following Roswaal's orders, Rem had already done ideological work with the villagers in advance.

It was during this process that the Curse User, active in the shadows, seized the opportunity. By continuously contacting Rem, they left a large number of techniques/spells within her body.

Shortly afterward, utilizing the power of Demon Beasts in the forest capable of casting curses, the Curse User cast a Curse Technique on Rem, triggering a chain reaction that activated all the techniques/spells within Rem's body, causing a powerful curse that even Beatrice couldn't dispel in a short time.

"Perhaps the Curse User manipulating the Demon Beast had already planned it out, and had previously partially destroyed the barrier around Irlam Village."

Ram said decisively, "So, a part of Irlam Village's barrier should have failed."

Ram's judgment was correct.

And what Fang Li was looking for was the location of the deactivated part of the barrier.

Before long, the three arrived at a corner of Irlam Village.

Here, it directly bordered the forest, with a wooden fence erected.

On the other side of the fence, on the trees closest to here, Crystals were embedded.

Suddenly, Rem pointed in a direction.

"Look over there!"

Fang Li and Ram immediately looked over.

They saw that on one of the trees, the Crystal embedded within the tree had completely lost its function and became dull and lifeless.

"It seems that the little dog has returned to the forest." Ram made a straightforward judgment as usual and said, "Since the Demon Beast cannot be found, it will be difficult to find the Curse User manipulating it."

However, in response to Ram's statement, Fang Li directly uttered these words.

"No, that Curse User should be hiding in this forest as well."

With these words, Fang Li climbed over the fence and walked directly toward the forest.

"Fang Li, are you crazy?!" 

"Are you out of your mind?!"

Rem and Ram were both surprised, but without hesitation, they also climbed over the fence and caught up with Fang Li.

"Fang Li, please go back quickly," Rem said as she chased, "This is too dangerous."

"You're really reckless," Ram said without a trace of politeness, "You actually plan to barge directly into the forest where Demon Beasts reside. Do you think you're Lord Roswaal?"

Though their words differed, both sisters attempted to persuade Fang Li to turn back.

However, Fang Li boasted shamelessly.

"Don't worry, I'm actually better at this kind of thing than investigating all over the village."

"So, let's start welcoming our incoming guests."

Hearing this, both Rem and Ram's breaths stopped simultaneously.

Their keen Oni sense allowed both sisters to sense it.

"The scent of wild beasts..."

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