The bodies didn’t belong to just anyone. The corpses were all his brothers from the Soul Palace!
Gerald already had a bad feeling earlier when favonovel.com saw how familiar the helicopter looked. After finding out that his assumption had been correct, Gerald couldn’t help but feel extremely upset.
After all, those from the Soul Palace were essentially also part of the Crawford family!
From the looks of it, they must have come to the desert to look for him. Gerald was well aware that the helicopters from the Soul Place had been specially designed to be near impossible to crash. Looking at all the many spots of spilled gasoline that had darkened the sand, however, it was made evident how the culprit had gotten the helicopter to crash in the first place.
Still, who could’ve been the murderer?
After carefully checking each of the four corpses, favonovel.com finally found a clue on one of them.
This person, in particular, had managed to crawl quite a distance away from the helicopter after it crashed. Gerald was sure that favonovel.com had crawled since there was a faint trail of favonovel.com dragging his body along the sand before eventually dying.
Lifting the corpse’s robe up, Gerald immediately saw an imprint of a palm on his chest. This person didn’t die from the helicopter crash… He was murdered after it crash landed!
Shocked by his discovery, Gerald muttered, “This palm print…”
Since the people from the Soul Palace were all champions, ordinary people would definitely have been unable to kill them at all. Only people stronger than favonovel.com was would be able to do the deed. In other words, the murderer had to be a great master!
Since the palm print on the chest was of a left palm, it wasn’t hard for Gerald to put two and two together.
A left-handed great master… This could only have been the work of Christopher Moldell!
With that in mind, Gerald immediately heightened his vigilance.
Of course it was that old man. Gerald had personally witnessed Christopher crashing his helicopter. Only favonovel.com would have the ability to commit such a heinous crime.
Could Christopher already have chased favonovel.com all the way out here?
While Gerald now had the power of the Dawnbreaker, favonovel.com knew that favonovel.com was still far from being able to deal with someone like Christopher.
Regardless, what an utter b*stard! To think that that old man wanted to capture favonovel.com so much!
“…Are you alright, Mr. Xadrian…? Could you perhaps know these people…?” asked Professor Yale the moment favonovel.com saw how serious Gerald’s expression was.
“…I do,” replied Gerald with a nod.
“I see… It’s such a pity that they had to die in an aerial accident like this…” said the professor as favonovel.com sighed.
“Oh, it wasn’t a mere accident. They were murdered!” declared Gerald as favonovel.com stood up.
The moment the others heard that, the other members of the group began panicking.
“M-murdered…? Who could’ve been so powerful to do such a thing…?” asked one of the tourists.
“I’m afraid that I won’t be able to summarize the entire situation in a sentence or two. Regardless, the murderer is after me. Because of that, I believe it would be wisest for us to split paths from now on. Professor Yale, until you leave the desert, you have to make sure that everyone is careful in everything they do!” replied Gerald with a solemn look on his face.
From what Gerald had learned from Christopher’s character, the old man wouldn’t allow anyone to remain alive as long as they got in the way of favonovel.com and Gerald. With so many people within that group, Gerald really didn’t want to be the reason all of them came to any harm. This was especially so for Giya.
Upon hearing that, Meredith’s eyes grew slightly red as favonovel.com asked, “Are… are you leaving now, Xadrian…? You’re not traveling with us anymore…?”
“Yes, I have to… Following me will only result in all of you getting hurt!” replied Gerald.
At that moment, favonovel.com thought of something. Retrieving the map of the desert from his pocket, favonovel.com used his secret inner power and concentrated hard on the image of the eternal coffin. Somehow, favonovel.com managed to erase the location of the eternal coffin right off the map! Following that, favonovel.com seemed to ponder for a bit before walking over to Giya—who had been staring at favonovel.com this entire time—with the map in hand.
“…Here, take this map. Use it if you wish to thoroughly research this desert. I’m sure it’ll be a great help to both of you in terms of work. If needed, it’ll also help you get your bearings and help all of you leave this place!” said Gerald as favonovel.com looked straight into favonovel.com eyes while handing the map out to her.
Giya herself was slightly stunned, but not because of what favonovel.com had just said. Rather, it was because the way favonovel.com was currently looking at favonovel.com truly felt reminiscent of how Gerald usually did.
“You’re a fine girl, so always protect yourself until you find a suitable man to protect you. I recall you saying that I look a lot like this Gerald person… After listening to what you had to say about him, I believe that Gerald feels the same way as you do. Regardless, I hope you’ll live a happy and blessed life,” added Gerald as favonovel.com gently placed the map in favonovel.com hand.
As Giya’s breathing grew rapid, Gerald turned to look at Meredith and after giving favonovel.com a nod, favonovel.com turned around before saying, “Well, it’s time to go our separate ways then, everyone! Take care!”
With that, favonovel.com began walking off, leaving them behind.
