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A thoughtful look appeared in Yaskin's eyes.
Then he shook his head. "In reply to you, my lord, I haven't heard of that."
Cao Xing nodded slightly. He had not held much hope anyway.
The hint on the doll only said that clues could be found in the village.
But the search area was far too large.
"Let's go. We'll keep looking around the village."
With that, Cao Xing led Liu Muxue, Assam, Raines, and Yaskin on a stroll through the village.
Before long, they passed through the street by the village entrance and arrived inside Anno River Village.
It was much like what they had seen outside. Every household had decorations hanging by the door, while wisps of cooking smoke rose into the air, filling the place with the atmosphere of everyday life.
The ground in Hogg Village was rather slippery—or rather, muddy.
Every step made a sloshing sound.
There was nothing to be done about that.
After all, this place was unlike Cao Xing's territory, where the ground was entirely paved with bluestone tiles that were both durable and pleasing to the eye.
Anno River Village's streets were ordinary dirt roads. After snowfall, they became even muddier beneath everyone's feet.
Not long after they continued onward,
Cao Xing suddenly noticed a ragged old woman huddled in the corner beside a house.
She seemed to have been crouching there for a long time, her body trembling faintly.
Noticing Cao Xing's gaze,
Yaskin explained from the side, "My lord, these are beggars."
"They generally come from elsewhere. Either their villages suffered drastic changes, or something happened to their families, leaving them unable to survive."
"So they can only go to other villages and beg along the streets."
Cao Xing nodded slightly.
He had initially intended to ignore her.