Apocalypse Descent: Farming with My Harem
Chapter 624 - 261: The Painter Targeted by the Demon, Scandal in the Village (6000)_2

Cao Xing also laughed, "Lord Cao Xing, welcome to your recruitment."

Then he threw a recruitment invitation at him.

[Recruitment successful: Edward Dega has joined your territory, population +1...]

...

Cao Xing's lips curved once again.

"Not bad, not bad."

"This time, not only did I smoothly complete a Generosity Trial, but I also gained a talent with advanced Life Skills!"

Cao Xing was in a very good mood, then turned to Yaskin and said, "Take our new member to wait in the tavern."

"After the fishing contest is over, take him back to the territory."

Yaskin listened and respectfully said, "As you wish, my Lord."

After saying this, the painter Edward, full of excitement, was taken by Yaskin to the tavern.

...

Next, Cao Xing led the crowd to continue searching the village to see if they could encounter any events.

However, Anno River Village was populous and diverse.

Cao Xing tried to help a few people, but did not receive any notification from the system that a task was completed.

It wasn't until half an hour later that they had almost toured the entire Anno River Village.

A look of confusion appeared in his eyes.

"Strange, how exactly does one complete the last trial?"

"Do I have to go to another village to try my luck?"

At this moment, Cao Xing suddenly saw four villagers walking down the street ahead.

They were divided into four corners, carrying a makeshift wooden stretcher, with something appearing to be on it.

When the villagers on the road saw what was on the stretcher, their expressions changed immediately, and they retreated as if avoiding snakes and scorpions.

And Cao Xing vaguely smelled a stench of rotting corpses coming from ahead...

Before he could step forward to take a look.

One of the four villagers carrying the stretcher, an elderly man with gray hair and a hunched figure, seemed to lose his strength, causing the burden on his shoulder to slip off, and he fell instantly.

At the same time, the stretcher toppled over.

"Crash!"

A pale, bloated corpse, like it had been soaked in water for a long time, rolled out.

In an instant, the surrounding villagers backed away ten meters as if they had seen something terrifying!

The other three middle-aged men looked at the old man with reproach.

"Old Aru, what are you doing?"

"We told you if you weren't well, let your son come, but you wouldn't listen!"

"Now look what happened?"

Faced with the accusations, the old man had an apologetic look in his eyes and continuously apologized.

Another middle-aged man beside him said, "Alright, leave it, let's get the job done and carry the body away."

After saying so, the four of them lifted the corpse back onto the stretcher. This chapter was made possible by the NovelFire community.

Cao Xing walked straight over with his people.

The three middle-aged men wanted to drive them away but paused when they noticed the tall Assam beside them.

"What brings the lords here?"

Cao Xing asked directly, "I want to ask about this corpse?"

One of them, who was slightly younger, said, "This is an internal affair of Anno River Village and is inconvenient to disclose..."

Cao Xing pondered for a moment, then took out 400 crowns from his backpack.

Seeing such a large amount of crowns at once, the three middle-aged men's eyes lit up!

Split four ways, each of them would get 100 crowns, almost equaling their half-month's salary.

Seeing their interest, Cao Xing directly handed them the crowns with a smile, "Please, gentlemen, I'm personally quite interested in such matters."

The villagers exchanged glances, and one of the middle-aged men said.

"It's like this, my Lord."

"This deceased is a child of the Caesar Family."

"This lad, after drinking at Lavia Tavern a couple of nights ago, insisted on proving his bravery by entering that forbidden area at midnight."

"Our village has long posted warnings against entering that forbidden area, but he refused to listen."

"And then he drowned there... Only today was his body discovered lying by the roadside..."

Cao Xing noticed a word: 'forbidden area.'

He asked, "The forbidden area of Anno River Village that you mentioned, what is in there?"

The eyes of these three middle-aged men showed hesitation again.

It seemed the forbidden area involved some kind of secret.

Cao Xing smiled and took another 400 crowns out from his backpack.

With a large sum of money on hand, he wasn't missing these few hundred crowns!

In any world, money held significant influence.

Then he directly placed it into their hands.

With crowns in hand, the three younger men were once again swayed.

The slightly younger middle-aged man looked around, then lowered his voice.

"It's said that there is a demon spirit in that forbidden area..."

"Demon spirit?" Cao Xing was puzzled.

"Yes, that demon spirit has existed for many years, filled with great resentment, she will kill anyone who approaches that place, and drag them into the ancient well to drown!"

"Only after a few days will the corpses be thrown out of the ancient well..."

"Over the years, the number of villagers who have died at the hands of that demon spirit has reached hundreds!"

"It's too powerful, previously we spent a fortune to hire a demon hunter."

"However, the demon hunter was so terrified upon approaching that forbidden area, he fled without even claiming his reward!"

"Since then, no one has dared go near it."

Upon hearing this, a contemplative look appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

A powerful demon spirit, existing for over a century.

Could this also be some kind of special event?

At this time, the hunched old man beside them sighed, "The demon spirit in the ancient well does not kill indiscriminately."