144 4.6 The undead Manor - Part 4

The chief looked too lost in thoughts to even speak at this point, so I decided to bring him back to reality. "Then what happened?"

"It was believed that there are great riches there along with the curse. Even though I warned them not to go, they didn't listen. Instead, they pushed me aside and went there anyway. But it came true; the curse was real. None of those who went there returned, and soon after that, people started going missing one after another."

"I can understand. But didn't you send anyone to look for those people? The ones that went there at the start."

"Yes, but none of the people whom we sent returned. After that, everyone was too scared to go anywhere near."

Markus put his fingers on his chin and thought for a while. Everyone looked towards him, curiously to hear what he had to say.

"We will go there to investigate."

The village chief stood up in shock. "But—"