Chapter 948: Moon Child (two-in-one chapter)
Hall, the mayor of Gravel Town.
He was neither of noble birth nor the holder of a title, but his military background had made him a decisive, fair-minded mayor, deeply loved by the townspeople.
Now, however, the mayor was being carried out of a secret room in the Dwarf's Goblet and Bowl.
Unlike the members of the Eddie Caravan, who had only just died, the mayor had been dead for a considerable time. His corpse had also been treated, leaving it partially mummified.
"H-how is this possible?"
"I greeted the mayor just this morning!"
Old Bick stared at the corpse on the ground in disbelief.
Qin Ran frowned in thought.
Of course, it was not because of what Old Bick had said.
The "mayor" he had greeted that morning had undoubtedly been an impostor. What puzzled Qin Ran was that someone had killed the real mayor, assumed his identity, and gone undetected for quite some time. That naturally meant extensive planning, not a spur-of-the-moment decision.
With that in mind, why had the impostor kept the mayor's corpse?
He had even taken measures to keep insects from eating it.
To Qin Ran, that was entirely unnecessary, a pointless extra step.
Instinctively, Qin Ran crouched and examined the corpse carefully.
There were no wounds on its surface.
The bones were all intact as well.
"Poison?"
As Qin Ran considered the possibility, his gaze settled on the back of the corpse's neck. There was a tattoo there: half a sun rising amid flames.
Qin Ran was no stranger to that tattoo.
The brief memories implanted in him included its origin: Burning Dawn!
Only soldiers of Burning Dawn bore such a tattoo.
"Was Hall from Burning Dawn?"
Qin Ran asked the people beside him to confirm.
"Yes. Mayor