Versatile Mage: Undying Fire

Chapter 206 Lingling
After Lin Ran had a brief chat with the old man, he found out that there were eight people who had died nearby due to the drowning curse. No wonder there was such a commotion here after the skeletons appeared.

The old man took a puff of his cigarette and then said, "If you are okay, leave here quickly to avoid being infected with this dangerous thing."

"Well, we will be careful." Lin Ran nodded and said.

The two watched the cremation for a while, and suddenly a discordant sound was heard.

"Is there a party going on here? Why is there a bonfire?"

It was a familiar and somewhat eager voice, and I knew it was Mo Fan as soon as I heard it.

Lin Ran said unhappily: "This is cremation!!!"

The old man at the side was extremely angry because of Mo Fan's words.

Mo Fan was surprised and asked: "Cremation? What's going on?"

Lin Ran thought about it and told Mo Fan about it.

Hearing the horror of the Drowning Curse, Mo Fan swallowed and said, "It's really dangerous."

"Yeah." Lin Ran said, and their eyes fell on the crematorium not far away. The blazing flames made them feel a little creepy, as if they might be the next to be cremated.

After that, Mu Ningxue lost interest and went back to her room to rest early, while Mo Fan and Lin Ran sat in the yard and chatted.

Mo Fan thought for a while and then said, "How about asking Lingling?"

Lin Ran nodded and said, "Ask, Lingling should know something."

Then the two of them video chatted with Lingling through the computer.

Mo Fan told Lingling everything.

Lingling nodded and said, "Wait for me a moment."

Seeing Lingling was busy, Lin Ran and Mo Fan started chatting.

Mo Fan said, "Should Lingling be able to find it?"

"Yeah." Lin Ran gave an affirmative answer.

After Lin Ran and Mo Fan chatted for a few minutes, Lingling said, "The drowning curse has already been announced. The Sound Hunters Alliance has announced a bounty pool in the hope that someone can solve this drowning curse incident. If we can solve this problem, we can get 350 million! Um... I'll buy a plane ticket and come to you in the evening."

Lingling's tone was somewhat excited.

Lin Ran and Mo Fan looked at each other. Lingling said a few words casually and hung up the video.

"She must be very happy, right?" Mo Fan couldn't help but say. Lingling's tone just now was obviously very happy.

"Well, it's good that she's here. At least we can get money if we complete the bounty." Lin Ran said.

……

night.

Lin Ran had already seen Lingling running quickly with a suitcase. She looked very happy. After noticing Lin Ran, Lingling ran to Lin Ran and asked, "Where's Mo Fan?"

"That guy is practicing. Let's go. We can take a day off and start investigating tomorrow." Lin Ran took Lingling into the car and left.

As soon as Lingling got in the car, she started doing something on her tablet. Lin Ran took a look and lost interest.

After a while, the two arrived.

The two were eating in the restaurant. Maybe because the food was pretty good, they met Mu Tingying. This woman seemed to have been practicing during the day.

Lin Ran smiled and waved, and Mu Tingying snorted and left.

Lingling said, "How rude! Did you play with her feelings?"

Lingling's eyes became sharper. Lin Ran shook his head helplessly and said, "This is impossible."

……

After Lingling has a night's rest.

They started working.

"One thing that is certain is that all the people who died from the drowning curse happened in cities close to the sea, and there have been no cases of drowning curses in rivers, lakes, or large rivers." Lingling said.

“It would be hard to find the cause of this kind of weird curse that’s happening on such a large scale in the world in such a short time, right?” Mo Fan couldn’t help but ask.

"Yeah." Lin Ran also nodded. It is not easy to find the pattern.

They began to look at the electronic map made by Lingling. According to it, this kind of drowning curse occurs in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean. But what's interesting is that it doesn't occur very often in China's waters, while other countries... especially Portugal, have a higher incidence this generation..."

"Oh, to be more precise, the city of Tinoaya has the highest drowning curse rate." Lingling said.

This reminded Mu Ningxue of what the old man had said before. The shallows alone had appeared eight times!
“It seems like we are in the center of the curse by coincidence, but can we solve the mystery of this world with just a few of us?” Mo Fan said.

"Don't worry, I will definitely solve it!" Lingling's eyes were very determined.

……

Lin Ran and his companions were responsible for the visit. In addition to the shallows mentioned above, there were other places where the drowning curse had also appeared in the city of Tinoaya.

There's always some pattern.

Although the drowning curse randomly befell people in those seaside cities, it did not mean that the people who died from the drowning curse had no connection at all. Now they wanted to find the key among those who died. Otherwise, apart from knowing that people drowned inexplicably, they had no clues to follow up.

They first went to visit the old man. The old man had witnessed eight bodies, so he might know something.

The old man felt a little bit superstitious, so he told them a legend, saying that this was a sea sacrifice, and the sea gods needed people to pay tribute to them in order to ensure good weather and good harvests.

To Lin Ran and the others, this legend sounded no different from a fabricated story.

"I have asked the relatives before, and I don't recognize the three people who died this month. Later, I looked at their photos and found that their skin was tanned. Their families told me that they all loved swimming." Mo Fan said.

"Love swimming?" Mu Ningxue was confused.

Lin Ran touched his chin and said, "This is a kind of connection, remember it first."

“Hehe, I also don’t think this is a clue.” Mo Fan couldn’t help but say.

……

They walked through a window alley lined with flowers when a man came towards them with a bottle of beer in his hand and a relaxed look on his face.

After a while, the beer man noticed Mu Ningxue who was also walking towards him. He raised the corner of his mouth exaggeratedly, and then whistled at the beautiful Mu Ningxue. His eyes were staring straight at Mu Ningxue's smooth collarbone, trying to see deeper.

Lin Ran blocked the man's view and said, "Get lost."

"What are you?" The man had a bad temper and immediately said in a tough tone. Lin Ran just pulled the power of space and knocked the man down.

But the man was no pushover, he quickly wrapped himself in a layer of silk.

“Space system? Are you a high-level mage?” The man raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Ran with some admiration.

"Get out of the way." Lin Ran said.

"High-level is nothing..."

Mo Fan slapped him at this time. He was too lazy to listen to the man's nonsense.

This time the man couldn't hold on any longer, and he flew out along the long alley.

The man fell to the ground, and even the beer beside him was smashed. Amidst the foam on the ground, the man was not injured, but stood up with a bit of anger. Knowing that he was no match for Lin Ran and Mo Fan, he pointed at Lin Ran and Mo Fan and said, "You two bastards, this is my territory, wait for you to kneel down and apologize to me."

Mu Ningxue felt that Lin Ran and Mo Fan were bullying her and sighed helplessly.

……

Soon they arrived at a residential area, which was the seventh house they were going to visit.

If the only clue we can come up with is that the dead shared a common hobby of swimming, then Mo Fan thinks it would be better to go back to the hotel and sleep...

When they arrived at the seventh house and walked into the small courtyard covered with viola, they suddenly smelled a foul odor.

Mu Ningxue also smelled the odor and couldn't help but cover her nose. She was a little confused as to why such an unpleasant smell came from such a small and fresh courtyard.

"Is anyone there?" Mo Fan walked in and pushed open the small wooden door.

"Is anyone there? Your house stinks!" Mo Fan continued to shout.

There was still no response from the room, and the three of them couldn't help but look at each other.

They quickened their pace and walked directly into the hall of the house.

"You, it's you, what are you doing here, bastards, how dare you break into my house, I'm going to fight you!!" Suddenly, a familiar voice came from outside the yard.

They turned around and found that it was the rogue water mage from before.

Is this his home?
The three of them felt a little amused and helpless. This world really is so small.

"Is this your home?" Mo Fan asked.

"Nonsense, I told you guys not to go too far. Even if you are a high-level mage, you can't just..."

"Something in your house is burnt. Didn't you smell it?" Lin Ran reminded him.

The water mage took a deep breath and then dry heaved. Because he had seen them break in, he had automatically ignored the stench.

"Why is it so smelly?" said the water mage.

“Ask yourself, it seems to be coming from this big room.” Mo Fan pointed to a completely locked room.

The room was locked from the outside, and someone even nailed up all the gaps. This seemed very wrong to the people, as no one would do this unless they were imprisoning someone.

Sure enough, the gangster man was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed suddenly.

He hurriedly found his key and opened the door of the room tremblingly.

As soon as the door of the room was opened, a foul smell filled the air and everyone had to hold their breath!

"Noko, Noko!" the gangster man yelled and rushed into the room.

Lin Ran and his companions followed him in, but soon they saw a disgusting scene that made them lose their minds for a moment!

The gangster was stunned. He sat on the ground, lost in thought...

Mu Ningxue turned away. She was a little afraid to look. She grabbed Lin Ran's clothes tightly. This scene was too horrifying.

Mo Fan had seen many horrific scenes before, but the scene before him still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

There was another person in the room, and he was obviously locked up. It seemed that he was also locked up by the water mage.

Now this person is dead.

His wrists were cut and a large amount of blood flowed out. The blood was collected in an iron basin and his entire face was immersed in it. He drowned in the blood.

Now, they couldn't tell whether he died of excessive blood loss or drowning. In any case, his body was pale and wilted, and the cause of death was completely consistent with the drowning curse! !
……

The gangster man cried for a long time, and it was obvious that the man named Noko was his younger brother.

What's even more tragic is that about three months ago, his brother also died because of the drowning curse...

In other words, two people in his family have now died because of the drowning curse!
“Tell us the details. I think you want to know the real cause of your brother’s death more than anyone else.” Mo Fan bought the man a few bottles of beer to calm him down.

The man drank two bottles in one go. He obviously couldn't accept this horrible fact.

"Norco loves surfing very much, but I don't allow him, so he rushed up to me and scratched me like a madman, which made me think he was mentally ill, so I locked him up at home. I didn't go home last night, so I planned to lock him up for the whole day so that he could reflect on himself, but who knew that he drowned himself in his blood. What did I do wrong?" Bobby said with a sob.

"This should have nothing to do with you, but it is indeed very strange that there are two drowning curses in your house. Although the drowning curse appears all over the world, it should not appear twice in the same person's house no matter how high the probability is. Have your brother and Noko been to the same place, or done the same thing, or eaten similar things?" Mo Fan asked very seriously.

This was what Lin Ran wanted to ask. He grabbed Mu Ningxue's hand and asked her to relax a little. Mu Ningxue had been very nervous since just now.

"They always stay together. Since I'm a wizard, I seldom go in and out of the house. I mostly stay in the Magic Association. My eldest brother often takes Noko out to play, but I'm not sure where they have been." Bobby said.

The man was very sad and spoke incoherently, so they didn't ask any further questions.

"It's really scary." Mu Ningxue whispered.

"Yes, it is indeed scary, but we will solve it. Let's quickly notify Lingling. She should find something when she comes here." Lin Ran said.

Mo Fan nodded and informed Lingling.

Mu Ningxue walked a little further away. She didn't want to stay here any longer.

Lin Ran followed Mu Ningxue and talked a few words, trying to relieve the pressure.

Mu Ningxue turned around, hugged Lin Ran and said, "I'm afraid you will also be cursed like this."

Lin Ran: “…”

"It's okay, don't worry, we will solve it soon." Lin Ran said.

Mu Ningxue hugged Lin Ran for a while, then let go of him as Mo Fan looked at him in silence.

(End of this chapter)