Vernon died, and he also died on the seaside. This was something Arthur never expected, and his death was extremely miserable.
The whole face was twisted together, as if he had seen some horrific scene before death, and the black blood squeezed out from the seven orifices was covered with maggots. It really didn't look like someone who had died just a few hours ago. .
Arthur couldn't help but look at Pastor Allen who was following him.
Shocked with a bit of sadness, he noticed Arthur's glance, took the initiative to walk to the body, and made a sign of the cross devoutly, "May the Lord forgive your sins."
Then he read the Gospel of Matthew to Vernon.
Scheer on the side, seeing his magnanimity, couldn't help but praise: "You are a compassionate and true believer."
Then he asked Arthur again, "Now that the murderer has been found, it seems that we don't have to worry about it this time."
Arthur rubbed his forehead in distress, and now he wanted to curse.
"I'm afraid on the contrary, our troubles have just begun."
His words made Xieer frown.
"Have you discovered anything new?"
Arthur did not answer, but stood up and looked around. There was a group of rocks here. It seemed that Vernon hid in a cave here after escaping yesterday, but it was because of the pain that he felt later. He ran out and died here.
"Go and gather some people, let's find the cave where he is hiding first!"
Sher nodded and ran to the town. Even adults and children asked him to find more than 20 people.
Looking at the several-mile-long reef group, Sher couldn't help but say: "If we just rely on the people in front of us to search, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explore the entire rocky beach today."
Arthur sighed helplessly, but said very firmly: "We must find his hiding place today. If not, prepare more torches."
Sher was stunned. He didn't know why Arthur was so persistent.
Not only that, Arthur even shouted to the residents who came to help: "Please search every cave carefully. If you find the cave, I will give you 1 pound as a reward."
As soon as they heard that there was a reward of 1 pound, the residents all got excited and rushed to the stone beach.
Arthur immediately reminded again: "Everyone must look carefully, that cave should be very hidden."
Hearing his repeated emphasis and the bounty he offered, Sher couldn't help but asked curiously: "You seem to know where the cave is?"
Arthur shrugged helplessly, "This is the amusement park for the children in the town. If it wasn't hidden, it would have been discovered long ago."
A careful search meant a huge waste of time. It wasn't until the afternoon that only half of Shitan was searched.
At this time, it started to rain sparsely in the sky again.
"If this continues, I'm afraid it will be difficult to continue searching at night."
Sher said helplessly.
Arthur raised his hat and frowned at the people who were still searching in the distance. At this moment, he saw a child at the far end, shouting and waving to them.
The voice followed the crowd and kept passing the words back, "Sir, the child in front seems to have discovered an altar."
Arthur's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran over with Sher.
This cave is very close to the coast. If the water had not ebbed, the entrance to the cave would not have been discovered at all.
This was indeed a very good hiding place, and thanks to Vernon he could find it, but once inside, Arthur couldn't help but frown.
The altar inside was different from what he had imagined. It was not the previous five-pointed star array, but instead enshrined a statue of a god carved from a tree.
I don’t know if it’s because of the sculptor’s poor craftsmanship, or because this god has a strange appearance to begin with. Among the seven points of weirdness, there’s actually a third of it that’s funny.
There were three black crow feathers stuck on its head, and it was also covered with a coat made of ox tail hair. The entire statue was half a man tall, but its whole body was painted in various colors.
There is a circle of oval-shaped stones in front of the statue, and there is another one on each stone. It cannot be seen that it is the carcass of a seabird. And directly under the statue, there is a straw-shaped doll with a piece of wood on it. Tangled with a few burgundy hair.
At this time, a sea breeze blew into the cave, and "woo woo woo" was like the cry of the undead. The swaying firelight illuminated their shadows on the surrounding stone walls, as if there were demons sneaking in the cave. Everyone felt their scalps numb.
"How did you know there would be an altar here?"
Sher asked with some fear.
Arthur couldn't help but rolled his eyes, "This is not what I'm looking for!"
Looking at the creepy altar, Arthur now wanted to know what this altar was for.
At this moment, Pastor Allen finally followed in. When he saw the altar, he couldn't help but cried out in horror: "Why is there an altar of curses here?"
"Do you know what this is?"
Arthur immediately asked.
Allen circled around the altar, and finally saw the straw doll on it, especially the hairs tangled on it, and couldn't help but clenched his fists.
"As far as I know, this is supposed to be a voodoo altar."
"Are those people from the Illuminati also familiar with voodoo magic?"
Voodoo originated in Africa, but was maliciously discredited by the church and became a cult, so Sher immediately connected it with the Illuminati.
Pastor Allen's mouth moved, but he finally endured it.
Arthur shook his head, pointed at the straw doll and said, "I don't know the relationship between the Illuminati and Voodoo, but I'm sure the hair on it belongs to Sheriff Vernon."
Schell couldn't help but shudder when he thought of Vernon's miserable state, "You mean someone here cursed Vernon with a straw man."
"That should be it."
Xie Er's face became a little ugly, "Doesn't that mean there is another important criminal hiding behind the scenes in the town?"
Arthur could only nod helplessly. He originally thought that the case would be concluded immediately, but he didn't expect that there would be a sudden incident here, which made him wonder whether his thinking was wrong from the beginning.
Arthur lit up a cigarette as he habitually did, and suddenly someone came outside to report that they had found another cave.
In this cave, there were not only some of Vernon's clothes and food, but also Father Claus's precision instrument, but the notebook was not found.
Sher also imitated Arthur and speculated: "Do you think it was his accomplice who carried out the murder to prevent himself from being exposed?"
"maybe!"
Arthur blew out a long smoke ring and said, "It seems that we can't leave Roslyn Town for the time being."
The three of them walked out of this terrifying stone cave before dark. Arthur paid the bounty and also designated the entire rocky beach as a restricted area.
The altar in the cave was still there as before. Without understanding the situation, he did not dare to act rashly. He only hoped to see its record in his "Hell Bible" at night.
