Should he forfeit his plans to involve himself in this case and escape before things got worse? Zion hesitated for a moment when he suddenly remembered the words he spoke to Lia a while ago in anger.

'After watching the entire Vanne Kingdom getting destroyed, do you still have the face to see another destruction?'

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He had only uttered those words in anger, and he didn't mean it. Advising someone was one thing, but acting on the same thing was completely different. He knew the consequences he would have to face if he continued to involve himself here.

But when he thought of how a psychopath was involved, he gritted his teeth and stood there without moving. He hated these types of psycho killers who murdered without a trace of humanity. Without even thinking twice, he would get himself involved in these cases, even when he was in the FBI.

It was because he was a victim to one such psycho killer. One person brutally murdered his father, and no matter how much the government tried, they couldn't find that killer. When Zion chose to pursue a degree in criminal investigation and started his college life, he was optimistic that the officials would do something about his father's death, but who knew that those people would be unable to find that damned murderer? In the end, he took the matter into his own hands and started investigating on his own.

Later, his investigation led him to the murder in a matter of a few days. After he dragged the killer to court, he caused a sensation in the nation! He became so famous that people started looking at him in admiration. That was when he got the nickname: A Modern Sherlock.

But the point was, after punishing that psycho murderer, Zion didn't stop. Whenever he would get a chance at solving a psychopathic murder case, he would automatically get involved whether anyone liked it or not. So now that one such case was right in front of his eyes, how could he let go of years of obsession within just a few days?

As for his survival….He would only have to work hard in that aspect and be on guard while solving this case.

After determining this in his heart, he took a deep breath and stealthily went inside, followed by Lia, who was quietly observing him. She pursed her lips and thought what she had been doing was absurd. She shook her head and decided to follow even if it was for the sake of her damned human servant's life.

So the two of them, with entirely different kinds of thoughts, entered the house through a window and jumped inside the room one after another. Zion didn't know Lia had followed him inside since he still couldn't be on the same strength and skill level as her. And even if he knew, he would decide to ignore it. In any case, the princess was against him, so why should he waste his time with a certain girl who didn't want to listen to him at all?

He was certain she wouldn't kill him. He had provoked Lia in all kinds of ways, and she still left him alive. So what did he have to be afraid of?

After walking through the endless empty rooms and corridors, Zion finally found a room with two guards standing like a statue in front of the door. When he saw this room that was protected well, he realized this was the place where the so-called meeting might have been held between the officials and the village chief.

So he walked toward a room in the same line while avoiding the keen eyes of the elf soldiers and jumped out of the window. He looked to his right and counted the windows before walking stealthily toward a particular one. Without trying to break it, he used sharp wood to create a gap in the window as he got closer to it such that only his ears were touching the opened spot.

As he did that, different chatting voices drifted inside his ears.

At the same time, Lia, who had followed her human servant outside, couldn't help but become curious about what this person was trying to listen to. So she sat in a meditative posture and expanded her aura. Her aura covered that room as the chatting voices entered her ears. This was one of the techniques she would use to keep an eye on the enemy.

"Officers, please have tea and calm down." The village chief's voice had a touch of anxiety as he said, "You shouldn't be angry about that murder. We don't even know who that person is, and why is he doing this!"

One of the officers hit the table in front of him with his hands in anger and looked at the village chief with bloodshot eyes. "More than eight dozen children have been killed this year, and it seems the murderer is planning to continue to increase the number! Tell me, chief, how can I dare to calm down when lives are at stake?"

Zion found it hard to believe that there was an officer who wanted to save the people. From what he had observed in the Dhampir kingdom, none of the council members had a clue to save others. Instead, they were hypocrites who wanted to fulfill their demands in the name of protecting citizens.

'Aren't you the same?' His mind voiced it sarcastically.

He pursed his lips and decided not to think about it anymore as he shifted his focus inside.

The village chief poured the tea in the cup before putting it in front of one of the officers. No one knew how many officers were present inside, but Zion and Lia weren't focused on that. Instead, they were attracted by the words the chief spoke the next time. "Officers, I dare say that if we don't calm down, we will end up losing more children tonight. Don't you know what day it is?! That murderer has shown a history of living in a single village or city for a week, and on the last day, he would double his murder as a 'gift' to the villagers. And today happens to be his last day in my city, if we go by his regular schedule. If we don't do anything, there'll be a bloodbath! Do you understand what that means?"