Obtaining a slot to enter the Void Corridor was no easy matter. Even major wizard organizations like Black Sail only held a limited number of them.
These slots were distributed as rewards, and most required a certain amount of contribution to exchange for them. That alone showed how precious they were.
The Crawford Family had not originally possessed any slots, but to uncover the cause of Bell's death, they had no choice but to send someone in to investigate.
They had initially applied to the Wizard Council for permission, but their request had been rejected.
Later, the Crawford Family purchased a slot from the Thorn Holy Tower, allowing them to arrange for someone to enter the Void Corridor and investigate the matter.
So far, they had found no results, because they had not even located Bell's corpse, nor was there any trace of his soul.
It was normal that they could not find the corpse. Duke had already ground it to dust, so there was naturally no way it could be found.
As for the soul, the Crawford Family likely understood it themselves. That curse had been cast at the cost of a soul and resentment.
Now that the Dream Demon Beetle had devoured the curse completely, there was naturally no possibility of finding even a trace of the soul.
The Crawford Family's people had been inside for quite some time, yet they had still gained nothing and had no idea who had killed Bell.
At first, Merrick had not known about Bell's death. Nor had he connected the curse on Duke to anything else, assuming only that Duke had picked it up while exploring somewhere in the Void Corridor.
But when he heard that Bell had died in the Void Corridor, he connected it with the curse on Duke