It only took a day for the group to arrive at Lake Darrowmere where Caer Darrow was located. However, just as they planned to take a detour along the lake shore to the island.
As the territory of the Barov Family, the only channel connecting Caer Darrow Island to the outside world is a bridge built on the south bank of Lake Darrowmere. Otherwise, the only way to land on the island is by boat.
However, walking on the shore of the lake, Vereesa frowned. "There is something wrong with the smell of the lake water. It seems to have stink."
"Is there anything wrong?" Aaron also took a breath, but could not detect the smell Vereesa mentioned in the air, "Can you smell what it is?"
Vereesa nodded. "Although the smell is very light, it should be the smell of rotting corpses."
"Miss Windrunner is right, I can also smell that smell," Salorian, also High Elf, also nodded. Although he did not focus on various sensory training like the ranger, his natural keen sense of smell still made him aware.
"Could it be the smell coming from the nearby cemetery?" Uther put forward a guess that seemed somewhat possible, "I remember that Darrowshire's public cemetery is along the coast of Lake Darrowmere."
Illucia shook his head. "Darrowshire's cemetery is in the northeast of Lake Darrowmere, and our family's family cemetery is underground. Logically speaking, there shouldn't be the smell of corpses here under normal circumstances."
Illucia's face was full of worry. Although she didn't say it explicitly, the implicit meaning in her words was that the current situation was probably abnormal, otherwise the lake would not have an abnormal smell.
"Hmm... let me take a look." Aaron thought for a while, summoned Holy Light wings, rose into the air, and stared at the lake below, with emerald green light flashing in his eyes. He wanted to see if the vitality of the lake was affected.
In the field of vision of Aaron, you can clearly see the vitality of Lake Darrowmere and the surrounding land. You can see that the lake water near the lake shore is normal, but the closer to Caer Darrow is in the center of the lake, the vitality of the lake water becomes thinner, and this lack of vitality continues to increase. Although the amplitude is not large, this change is happening all the time.
"Let me see where the source is." Aaron muttered, carefully analyzing the situation in front of him, and finally found the source that caused Lake Darrowmere's vitality to disappear. Then he fell back to the ground and asked Illucia: "Illucia, do you know what is to the north of that island?"
"North? My family's castle is in the north of the island, and my family's family tomb is under the castle." Illucia thought for a while and told Aaron about his family's information, "Could it be that my family's tomb was..."
"Go and take a look and you will know." Aaron decided.
Illucia was stunned. "Don't we go to the island first?"
Aaron waved his hand. "You also saw the smoke. There must not have been a big problem in your house. The problem is only in the north. Why not go and check the situation first. Once we get to the island, it will be equivalent to telling some people that we have arrived."
"In this way..." Illucia wanted to say that she just wanted to go see her family's situation now, but seeing Aaron's determined expression, she did not continue. At least the smoke from the kitchen and her castle that she just saw were still basically intact, which made her feel relieved, otherwise Illucia would never agree to Aaron's plan.
Originally, everyone planned to go around until it was inevitable to obtain it, but now they had to turn north. Although everyone was getting closer and closer to their destination, Vereesa also showed a true expression on his face. "Yes, it is this direction, the smell is getting stronger and stronger."
At this distance, even Aaron and the other three humans could smell the vague stench, and from this position, everyone could already see the situation on the back of the Barov Family's castle.
Aaron used Eagle Eye cast by Vereesa to carefully search for something, and finally found a sewer outlet hidden under the water, which was constantly discharging gray-green sewage.
Looking at the sewage, Aaron immediately understood that even if Cult of the Damned had not killed Barov's family, he at least regarded this place as a base, otherwise he would not have produced such a large amount of sewage.
"I feel unspeakable evil." Uther, who had basically remained silent along the way, suddenly said, "What on earth is Barov Family doing?"
"Sir Sir, our family has only been bewitched by those Cult of the Damned Cultists." Although Illucia was worried about her family's situation, Uther's words still made her couldn't help but retort, "If something evil is happening, my family must also be victims."
Uther did not respond. He had also heard Aaron's narration before. Even if Aaron wanted to conceal it, he still needed to explain the matter clearly. As for what role Barov Family played in this matter, Uther naturally has his own opinions in his heart, but as a Paladin, Uther thinks there is no need to argue with Illucia at this moment. He just bowed his head slightly and apologized to Illucia, saying that he made a mistake.
On the contrary, Illucia felt a little guilty when faced with Uther with such an attitude. No one knew better than her about her family's attitude towards Lordaeron and what kind of attitude they would use to face Cult of the Damned. Barov Family may have been bewitched, but they must have also played a disgraceful role.
"This green water seems to be eroding the soil at the bottom of the lake?" Vereesa has the best eyesight. Through the lake, he saw the changed soil layer at the bottom of the lake. The abnormal black soil reminded Vereesa of Northrend's Icecrown Glacier. The land there also looked like this.
"Yes, you can see that the land on the shore has also been affected, but the situation is not obvious." Aaron pointed to the lake shore opposite the sewer outlet. Looking from a distance, you can see that the color of the grass growing on that land is darker than that of the surrounding areas.
"Plaguelands, I didn't expect it to have started at this time." Aaron sighed. He thought that the land would not be destroyed until Scourge broke out. Now look, Cult of the Damned has only been here for a long time, and they have already spread their influence to the Lake Darrowmere shore. The situation is not good.
You must know that both the west and north of Lake Darrowmere are Lordaeron's famous farms. It is self-evident what Cult of the Damned's intention was in choosing Barov Family.
"They must be stopped." Even Uther, who didn't know much about Cult of the Damned, could guess some of Cult of the Damned's sinister intentions.
"Don't worry, the situation over there seems to be worse." Aaron pointed to the east. In his special field of vision, the vitality of that land was even scarcer than here.