Malfurion snorted but did not argue with Li any further. He knew perfectly well that there was nothing in his home that could be used to frame him, so naturally, he had nothing to fear.
But then a startled cry suddenly rang out from his magic laboratory. Malfurion froze for a moment, wondering what in his laboratory could possibly frighten anyone. He hurried inside, only to be stunned by the sight before him the moment he entered. In truth, no one could have failed to be shocked.
The laboratory was piled high with magic crystals. There were so many that even if everyone in the village were sold, then sold another five or six times over, it probably would not fetch enough to buy this many magic crystals!
And aside from those magic crystals, there was something even more horrifying inside!
Several half-dissected corpses lay there. They were all children barely past infancy, and their bodies had already undergone partial mutations!
Li sucked in a sharp breath and snarled, "Malfurion, you really are something. Stealing the villagers' money would have been bad enough, but you actually used human bodies for magic experiments. Fine, you are now under arrest. You may remain silent, but everything you say can and will be used as evidence in the Tribunal!"
Malfurion looked as though he simply could not believe what was before his eyes. "No... that's impossible! I hid all of this in..."
Malfurion instantly realized he had let something slip, but the villagers had not misheard him. Their eyes widened in disbelief. They could not accept that their gentle mayor was such a terrifying man. One after another, they scrambled backward, as if the mayor before them were some dreadful monster.
After standing there in a daze for a while, Malfurion suddenly raised