章 1855: Egg in the Fire

The three of them sped up. They chased after Captain Wood's group for a dozen miles, before coming across a body crumpled on the floor. It looked as if the person had died a long time ago, but strangely, the clothing the body wore belonged to one of the Barons that had previously accompanied them.

And there wasn't just one such body. A little further on, they found more Baron corpses. The manner in which they died seemed to reflect what had occurred to Wind Viscount. Their heads had been blown open, leaving a gaping hole.

"Weird. Didn't they have the lotus roots? Didn't they erase the markings? That should have at least lasted them a good while." Gu Qingcheng frowned.

"It looks like the lotus root might be useless, after all." Han Sen pointed to the ground. There were some remains of the lotus on the ground.