The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse - Chapter 360

Chapter 360: Chapter 299, Wait for the Owner to Come Over

The guard let him through, and Wu Heng walked straight in.

The woman with six arms, still dressed in extravagant finery, wore gold adornments on her neck and wrists.

“What information do you require?” the woman looked up at him, one of her arms lifting to brush her hair.

Wu Heng asked, “Is it alright to speak here?”

The woman seemed startled and glanced around, “You all, leave us.”

The few people in the room left promptly, leaving only two guards by the door.

The woman said, “Speak then, what do you wish to know?”

“Information about pirates.”

The activity in the woman’s hands paused, she looked up, “That might be a wasted trip for you, we control some information on the island, but pirate groups never stay in one place for long, I can’t provide any news for you.”

From her tone,

there was some aversion to bringing up the matter of pirates.

The reason for this shouldn’t be too hard to guess.

Just like in Lundham City, any faction that has provided information to the association would be ostracized by other factions.

Here, the consequences could be even more severe.

The approach of pirates was known to be far more ruthless.

“Well then, I won’t bother you any longer,” Wu Heng turned to leave.

The woman glanced at his departing figure and said, “There were two bodies found at the harbor, there might have been an incident, you could check it out.”

Wu Heng looked back, “Alright, thank you.”

Upon leaving the Barrel Tavern, Wu Heng headed toward the harbor.

…

The place was still bustling.

But the number of docked ships had clearly diminished.

Heading towards the ship administration desk, Wu Heng showed the association’s emblem and directly asked, “Where are the bodies that washed ashore this morning?”

The ship administrator was a human with a scarf tied around his head.

On seeing the emblem, he immediately took his feet off the table and said, “Further back, it has been reported already, by this afternoon someone will take them away to incinerate.”

“Take me to see them.”

“Oh, sure!”

The man led Wu Heng to the backyard.

In a crude stone room, there lay two bodies, bloated and pale from being in the water.

“You go on down, I’ll call you if there’s anything,” Wu Heng said.

“Alright, sir,” the man promptly left.

There wasn’t much here, and since the bodies were to be burned, there was no fear of further damage.

After the ship administrator had left,

Wu Heng performed the “Communicate with the Dead” on the bodies.

The bodies sat up from the ground and turned to look in his direction.

Wu Heng asked, “How did you die?”

The body answered, “I was killed by pirates.”

“In which area?”

“Near Gold and Silver Island on the ‘Romulo Route’.”

“Which Pirate Group?”

“Iron Barrel Pirate Group.”

The Iron Barrel Pirate Group?

Wu Heng had paid special attention to this group before.

Because in the records, this pirate group had a Flying Dragon.

And now, collecting Flying Dragon carcasses was one of Wu Heng’s development strategies.

“Do you have any other information on the Iron Barrel Pirate Group?”

“No.”

“What is the name of your caravan?”

“Adira Business Group.”

After five questions, the body collapsed back to the ground with a thud.

Wu Heng was about to question the second body.

When the sound of footsteps came from behind.

Several men dressed as guards walked in.

Said, “Deputy Steward, we have come to incinerate the bodies.”

Wu Heng looked at the bodies and pointed to the one he had just interrogated, “Take that one and burn it, I will take the other one back for investigation.”

“Oh, okay!”

The guards lifted the body and carried it away, while Wu Heng had Skeleton roll up the other one in a straw mat.

He then stowed it in his Space Ring.

Following the guards, he also directly exited the ship administration’s backyard.

Walking back the way he came,

Wu Heng mulled over the intelligence issue.

If he continued to search so casually, the likelihood of finding pirates was clearly impossible, and he might even attract the attention of someone.

I still need to carefully consider the plan before proceeding with the investigation.

…

Return to the association.

Just as I entered the office study,

Andre Willow handed me a letter, “Someone delivered this letter to you.”

Wu Heng picked it up and saw that the envelope was blank and it wasn’t using the association’s standard mail service.

“Who delivered it?”

“A kid dropped it off at the front desk and ran away,” Andre Willow said.

A kid?

And he left right after dropping it off?

Wu Heng handed the letter to Skull Crusher beside him, “Open it.”

Skull Crusher casually tore open the envelope, and a piece of letter paper fell out.

It landed face up, with a few words written on it, “Tonight, the house with the blue triangle flag in the Lighthouse Residential Area, a fugitive will appear.”

A fugitive?

And they notified me in this way.

Was the message from the Barrel Tavern? Or someone else?

“Master, could this be some sort of trap? Who would send a message like this?” Andre Willow said.

Wu Heng’s eyebrows were also furrowed.

Couldn’t figure out the identity of the person who wrote the letter, and the style didn’t seem like something the ‘Barrel Tavern’ would do.

“It’s fine, the motive doesn’t matter, I’ll go take a look when the time comes.”

“It might be dangerous.”

Wu Heng smiled, “Go see if the third squad is available. If they don’t have any tasks, have them follow me.”

“Yes, Master.”

…

Night fell.

In a secluded room in Lighthouse Street’s residential district,

Wu Heng sat in front of the window, looking at the building opposite.

According to the clues in the letter, the building opposite was where the fugitive was located.

But everything was calm.

“Deputy Steward, we have reached our position and can attack the building at any moment,” came the voice of Olin, the leader of Squad 3, through the wireless earpiece.

Wu Heng looked down from the window. The people from Squad 3 had already appeared in the alley opposite the building.

At a single command, they could storm in.

Wu Heng replied, “Wait for now. Wait for my signal.”

“Okay!”

As they were talking, Glenda, responsible for reconnaissance, flew back from the opposite and said, “Did you offend someone?”

Wu Heng’s brow furrowed, “Why do you say that?”

Glenda hovered in midair and said, “The room you mentioned, it’s clearly a trap. As soon as you enter, you’d be shot dead by the set ballista.”

Wu Heng’s frown deepened.

That is to say, the information I received was deliberately leading me here.

“So, it’s a trap,” Wu Heng said.

“Yeah.” Glenda continued, “If it’s a trap set specifically for you, the enemy is also nearby, waiting for you to trigger the trap. They’ll then come over to sweep the area and confirm your death.”

Wu Heng nodded, “That means I just need to trigger the trap and then see who shows up.”

“Yeah.”

Wu Heng contacted Olin below through the wireless earpiece, “Don’t go in yet. There’s a trap inside. Stand by.”

“Okay!” The members of Squad 3 retreated back into the deepest darkness.

Wu Heng thought for a moment, then took the remaining bodies out of the Space Ring.

He cast the “Corpse Manipulation Skill,” and the body shakily stood up again.

Wu Heng covered the carrion with a cloak and gave another order, “Enter that house and search around.”

Upon hearing the command, the carrion shakily went downstairs and headed towards the house opposite.

Wu Heng and Glenda watched from the window.

Just as the door was opened.

Bang~!

A loud boom.

The next second, the carrion’s body was instantly blown back, impaled by an Iron Spear through the chest.

Then, the runes on the spear exploded.

The carrion’s chest vanished instantly.

Innards splattered, and its upper body flew into the air.

At the window, Wu Heng’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Glenda also floated up, observing the entire street.

Waiting for the enemy to appear.