Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 397 Three hundred twelve. Death knell

   The dark aura of the evil **** made Qiaoqiao and Fran unable to move as if they had encountered a natural enemy. They could only be bystanders, witnessing Lu Li and the evil **** trading.

  Lu Li was noncommittal: "What do you want me to do."

   "Into the swamp...help me fight it..."

   Obviously, the Swamp Mother said it was an unknown evil god.

   "This transaction is not equal." Lu Li replied with a frown.

  The Swamp Mother's whisper echoed: "What do you want..."

   "What can you give."

  The Swamp Mother sculpture slowly flickered: "There are some humans hiding in Shadow Town... Its servants are approaching there... Trade with me... I will tell you how to save them..."

   Fran, who was trembling under the aura of the evil god, looked up abruptly, and immediately became sad.

   Lu Li shouldn't, and there's no reason to be a group of strangers—

   "Yes, I will do my best to help you." Lu Li stared at the sculpture: "How do we sign a contract."

   "Contract...what is..."

   "A rule that prevents both parties from going back."

   "I...the Lord of Shadowswamp...the Mother of the Swamp...will not go against the deal..."

   It seems that contracts are just things made up by people - or they don't circulate between evil gods.

  Lu Li no longer forced the Swamp Mother to make a contract-like rule, because it didn't make much sense. He is not equal in status and power to the Swamp Mother, even if the Swamp Mother breaks the contract, he can't do anything.

   After confirming the transaction content, Lu Li and the Swamp Mother talked about the transaction details.

   In exchange, the Swamp Mother will first help Lu Li find Oliver and rescue the trapped townspeople, and then it will be Lu Li's turn to help the Swamp Mother.

  Those townspeople were trapped in the granary one mile away. Among the townspeople were hidden believers of the unknown evil god. He called the evil **** and led its relatives to the granary.

   "How do I save people." Lu Li asked.

   "Ring the bell in the church tower...the servants will be summoned..."

   And by then, the church ground family was raging, and they had only one choice: to enter the Shadow Swamp.

   "Pick up the idol...it will guide you...it won't hurt you..." whispered slowly.

  Lu Li approached the sculpture of the Swamp Mother, but as he got closer, the counter on his wrist began to rattle.

   "It's affecting my Sanity." Lu Li stopped and frowned.

   "The statue contains my power..."

   "Remove, leaving only enough power to communicate."

  The purple awns on the sculpture of the Mother of the Swamp dimmed, and the obscure evil that filled the void began to fade away, as if the breath that suppressed Anna Jojo and Fran from the blood gradually dissipated.

The    counter no longer makes a sound, and the sculpture of the Swamp Mother also seems to have become an ordinary clay sculpture, without any abnormality.

   A murmur that only Lu Li could hear resounded in his mind.

  【I...withdrew my power...】

  Lu Li approached the Swamp Mother sculpture, but the counter still did not sound. The counter only beeped slowly when he picked up the sculpture in his palm, and calmed down after Lu Li put it in his pocket.

  Anna quietly emerged, with a complicated expression, puzzled: "Is it worth it? In order to save a group of strangers from fighting against the evil god, they don't even know what you did."

   "It's not important." Lu Li said.

   He felt this should be done, so he did it.

  Ana looked at Lu Li seriously: "Anyway, no one can hurt you before I die."

   "Yeah." Lu Li seemed to purse the corners of his lips and walked to Qiao Qiao.

  Anna was stunned in place, yet to escape from the scene just now.

   He just...was smiling...?

"I also need to go!"

   Jojo shouted before Lu Li said anything.

  Lu Li nodded, no longer bothered about this point, looked at Fran: "You are not suitable for continuing to follow us."

   His words made Fran, who was entangled in his heart, breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time gave birth to a guilt that made him feel ashamed.

   "Separate here. Later, I will let the retinue of the Swamp Mother take you out of the church, and then we will ring the bell of the tower and enter the Shadow Swamp."

  【My servant is coming... 】

   murmured in his mind.

   Fran's eyes turned red, he sniffed hard, lowered his head and wiped his eyes with a vague voice, "You are a good person."

   "How much time do we have." Lu Li asked the mother of the swamp.

  The Mother of the Swamp took an extraordinarily long reply this time. When Lu Li was about to take out the sculpture and check what happened, the murmur finally sounded slowly.

   "Human time...in an hour they'll be at the barn..."

"so long?"

   "Its followers can't keep calling... The servants can't find their place..."

"How did you know?"

   "Minions Shadows... they are like my eyes..."

  Lu Li thought of the Yingchuo people he saw along the way: "So we were discovered when we entered Shadow Town, you have been observing us?"

"Yes……"

  An hour...maybe enough time.

  The thoughtful Lu Li looked at Fran and said, "What do you want to do?"

  Fran was stunned for a moment, and quickly said, "Is there anything I can help you with!"

   He couldn't wait to do something to ease his guilt.

  Lu Li told Fran about the granary and the traitor, and said, "You need to rush over, find that believer and deal with him."

   "Leave it to me." Fran clenched his fists, and the emotion in his eyes was called firmness.

   "My servant has arrived..." The Swamp Mother whispered.

   Hearing the words, Lu Li looked towards the steps, a faint rustling sound echoed.

   A hexapod appeared in the light of the oil lamp.

  Jojo and Fran were subconsciously startled, but quickly recovered.

   Their trust in the hexapod came from Lu Li.

Fran suddenly thought of something, took off the bracelet on his neck, tore off the red rope, and handed it to Jojo with some kind of expectation: "This is a relic left by my parents, they will bless you... …”

   "You should give it to Lu Li." Qiaoqiao smiled and pushed away.

   A look of sadness flashed across Fran's eyes, and he put on a smile and handed it to Lu Li, respectfully, "Mr. Lu Li, please accept it."

   Lu Li did not refuse, took it and put it on his wrist, handed the oil lamp.

  Fran took the oil lamp, walked over to the six-legged monster, and left, he suddenly turned his head and said, "You will definitely be able to find Mr. Oliver."

  The halo of the oil lamp dimmed at the corner, and the echoing footsteps gradually disappeared.

  After Fran left, Lu Li and Qiaoqiao began to wait quietly. Ten minutes later, Lu Li returned to the ground and watched Anna float up the tower.

   Overlooking the entire hellish blood-red Shadow Town, Anna retracted her gaze, lowered her head and looked at Lu Li, smashing the bronze bell heavily.

when--

  The blood rain scattered around the tower, and the distant and heavy bells rang far away. Shadow Town remained silent, but something was rapidly brewing and was about to explode.

  Anna floated back into the church and returned to the basement with Lu Li.

  The final sound when the stone gate was closed was a dense roar and flapping of wings.

   They may soon flock into the church and find the entrance to the basement.

   But before that, Lu Li and Qiaoqiao had already entered the Shadow Swamp.

   (end of this chapter)