On the way to the Graveyard, Edmond easily bypassed the night watchmen with his powerful Mental Power.
Soon, he arrived beside that Graveyard.
At this moment, the two people guarding the entrance of the Graveyard were still the same ones he had seen earlier.
However, these two people were just huddled inside the small room at the entrance of the Graveyard, with absolutely no intention of coming out to patrol.
This was normal; after all, who would think that someone would come to steal corpses in the middle of the night, especially when there were quite a few people patrolling the surroundings?
Therefore, although these two were said to be guarding the Graveyard, in reality, they didn’t have to do anything; they just needed to put on a show if someone arrived.
Because of this, Edmond did not intend to do anything to those two people.
There was no need to alert them; he only needed to secretly dig out the corpses.
Looking at the wall surrounding the Graveyard in front of him, Edmond once again used a Spell to condense a bone whip, then carefully climbed inside without making a sound.
After successfully entering the Graveyard, he deliberately avoided the small house at the entrance and came to the depths of the Graveyard.
After confirming that no one had discovered him, he felt at ease and began to dig using Mage Hand.
Although he had tried his best to restrain it, the digging of the soil still made a faint rustling sound.
…
“Did you hear any sound?”
Inside the small house, a bearded man said to his companion, as if he had heard something.
“What kind of sound could there be at this late hour?” the companion replied casually, then picked up his wine glass and took a big gulp, letting out a comfortable burp.
He wiped his mouth with his hand and said:
“This is a Graveyard; who would be bored enough to come here?
Or do you think those dead people are going to move?”
After hearing this, the bearded man felt it made sense and didn’t pay it any more attention.
However, when the topic of corpses came up, he suddenly thought of something and said to his companion with great interest:
“Hey, did you know that not long ago, someone was caught stealing corpses in Nanzel Town?”
“Stealing corpses?”
Speaking of this topic, the drinking companion also became interested.
Petty theft was common these days, but this was the first time he had heard of stealing corpses.
He put down his wine glass, leaned in, and asked curiously:
“What’s the specific situation?”
But the bearded man didn’t speak immediately; instead, he raised his head and pretended to glance casually at the large wine glass in his companion’s hand.
Seeing the bearded man’s look, the companion understood what he meant, but felt very hesitant.
Because the wine in the glass was some fine wine he had just bought, and he didn’t even have enough for himself.
But he was very interested in the corpse-stealing incident, so after struggling for a while, he reluctantly handed over the wine glass.
“Hehe~”
The bearded man chuckled and took the glass, taking a big gulp.
The wine swirled in his mouth; he closed his eyes and smacked his lips, a look of immense enjoyment on his face.
“I’m telling you, that’s enough, you’re drinking so much.”
The companion couldn’t watch anymore and snatched the wine glass back.
After snatching it back, the companion looked with heartache at the wine in his glass, which had been significantly diminished.
“The taste is really good.”
After swallowing the wine in his mouth, the bearded man closed his eyes and savored it slowly, finally letting out a sigh.
The companion was a bit impatient and punched him, not in a good mood.
“Cut the crap, tell me quickly!”
Seeing this, the bearded man stopped stalling and began his story.
“I heard from a friend who came back from Nanzel Town that just a few days ago, a Man in the Black Robe was stealing corpses in the Graveyard in the middle of the night, and was discovered by two hunters.”
“Those two hunters were originally going into the woods to set traps, and it was already dark when they came back.”
“When they passed by the Graveyard, they heard some movement inside, so they went over to take a look.
And guess what?”
He paused for a moment, looked at his companion’s focused expression, and then satisfied, continued:
“A Man in the Black Robe was squatting by a grave, with several dug-up corpses laid out beside him.”
“Those two hunters were terrified at the time, but they still went to call for help.
They gathered a large crowd, holding pitchforks and sickles, and surrounded the Man in the Black Robe who wanted to escape.”
“And then?” Hearing this, the companion also became curious.
His eyes were wide open, his lips slightly parted, and he listened without moving, even forgetting to drink his wine.
The bearded man swallowed his saliva and continued in an excited tone:
“Then, that Man in the Black Robe actually threw out several green fireballs!
They were eerie green, just like ghost fire!”
His voice unconsciously raised a bit, and his eyes flashed with excitement.
“Whoosh, several large fireballs flew out from his hands, directly exploding several big pits in front of those people!”
“The people around were immediately frightened, and then the Man in the Black Robe took the opportunity to grab his corpses and run.”
“But those people reacted quickly,” the bearded man’s tone became more hurried, “someone shouted ‘Chase’, and then someone led the charge, with a group of people holding torches and pitchforks chasing behind.”
“Unfortunately—”
He sighed, shook his head, and a look of regret appeared on his face.
“Unfortunately, that Man in the Black Robe still got away.
That person ran extremely fast, disappearing into the woods in the blink of an eye.
They chased for a long time but couldn’t even catch a shadow.”
“I heard from my friend that the Man in the Black Robe was a Mage.”
Saying this, the bearded man leaned almost to his companion’s ear and whispered.
After hearing this, the companion frowned and asked doubtfully:
“Mage?
Aren’t they only in stories?
How could they really exist?”
“How is it impossible?
You just have too little experience.
There are monsters and Witchers, so why wouldn’t there be Mages?”
“Think about what those Witchers do.
The monsters they kill couldn’t have just popped out of rock crevices, right?”
“Since there are monsters and Witchers, what’s so strange about having Mages?”
The bearded man spoke in an excited tone, trying hard to convince his companion that he wasn’t lying.
But the companion still didn’t quite believe it.
This couldn’t be blamed on him, because the number of Mages in this world was too small.
Compared to ordinary people, the number of Witchers was already very small, but they could still be encountered occasionally.
However, the number of Mages was far scarcer than Witchers.
Furthermore, Mages generally didn’t show their faces much.
Even if they did appear occasionally, it was to cooperate with some great nobles; they would never appear frequently in front of ordinary people like Witchers did.
After all, Mages needed to spend a lot of resources for their research, and the vast majority of Mages considered themselves noble, usually staying in those big cities.
So, if it were people in big cities, they might occasionally hear about the existence of Mages, but in remote small towns like Nanzel Town, Mages would only appear in stories.
After explaining for a long time and finding that the other party still didn’t believe him, the bearded man stopped, but he still said in a somewhat firm tone:
“Anyway, I believe it.
There are plenty of strange things in this world.”
…
And just as the two were talking, Edmond had finally dug out the first coffin.
Unlike the situation at the previous two Graveyards, what appeared before him was an exquisite stone coffin.
After prying open the stone coffin, a well-preserved corpse was lying quietly inside.
Besides the exquisite and neat clothes on its body, there were also some beautiful ornaments placed in the coffin as burial objects.
Judging by this situation, the corpse in this coffin must have been an extremely wealthy person during their lifetime, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many burial objects.
However, Edmond’s gaze only swept over those burial objects once, and then he used Mage Hand to slowly lift the corpse out.
As for those burial objects, he naturally didn’t let them go either.
Although he didn’t think much of these things, it would be nice to take them out and exchange them with others or sell them directly.
After covering the coffin again and burying it with soil, Edmond continued to dig for the next corpse.
Through his Mental Power exploration, he discovered that all the coffins in the entire Graveyard were intact, and the corpses inside had not disappeared.
It seems that his teacher had not come to this Graveyard to steal corpses.
Maybe it’s not a big deal now… maybe it will be later.
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”