"Wuuu—!"
The howling gale swept past, making the blazing flames sway wildly from side to side. Yet it failed to scatter or extinguish the fire that had already grown into a sea of flames. Instead, it only fueled the spread of the blaze.
After all, this gentle slope was covered in countless low-growing, densely packed vines.
Amid the wavering sea of fire, Lin Yu searched the entire cluster of buildings, but he did not find a single corpse.
However, he could confirm one thing... this really was a village.
Many of the rooms contained earthenware vessels, and the structures were more like homes. The clearly divided functions of the rooms showed that each household had lived there as a family, rather than in the style of a "group dormitory."
If this had been a military camp or some other type of base, it would have been possible for there to be no corpses at all.
After all, a disciplined force could have withdrawn in its entirety before the enemy arrived, leaving behind an empty camp that the enraged enemy then burned down.
But for a large village like this to be invaded and attacked without producing any resistance or casualties was impossible.
The people of the Black Marsh World were fierce by nature. Every village had its own armed forces, and a village of this size could not possibly have had no one left behind to stand guard.
What was more, there were indeed plenty of signs of fighting and traces of blood here—only the corpses were missing.
This left Lin Yu deeply puzzled.
"Why exactly is that?"
He moved through the burning grounds. Although the flames were fierce, the deadly smoke within them was no problem for Lin Yu at all, allowing him to remain active inside for a