Xuexue, seeing the situation, quickly said to calm the villagers, "Everyone, don’t be afraid. Do you know who he is?"

The villagers shook their heads in fear, thinking he couldn’t possibly be a good person. How could a good person walk around wearing a mask?

Xuexue said, "He is the War Prince from the War Prince’s Mansion, and today he’s here to inspect the people’s conditions."

"The War Prince?"

Everyone looked at each other, starting to believe a little.

Indeed, the legendary War Prince wears a mask and has a cold demeanor; the man in front of them fits the description of the War Prince.

The villagers asked in doubt, "Is he... is he really the War Prince?"

Xuexue pointed to the sign outside the carriage and said, "Of course, if you don’t believe it, take a look, there’s the emblem of the War Prince’s Mansion on the carriage."

The old Master, hunched over and squinting, walked forward, circled the carriage twice, and then said to the crowd, "Everyone, come quickly and look, it’s indeed the carriage from the War Prince’s Mansion. I saw this carriage before when I went to the Capital, right at the gates of the War Prince’s Mansion."

Upon hearing this, everyone rushed over, circling Tuantuan around the carriage twice, touching and looking, no longer afraid of Long Rui.

"Oh my! It really is the War Prince’s carriage."

"That’s great, the Prince is here, our village is saved."

The villagers said, chattering among themselves. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

The old Master stepped forward and looked at Long Rui, suddenly, with a thud, he knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly, "Prince, I beg you, save the people of our village."

Long Rui stepped forward to help him up and said, "Master, don’t be like this, if there’s anything wrong, say it properly."

The old Master cried and said, "Prince, if you hadn’t come, the people of our village would have almost all died."

Long Rui glanced at the people lying on the ground and said, "Are they all from your village?"

The old Master nodded and said, "Prince, you don’t know, they caught a strange illness; they hit whoever they see and bite whoever they see. The most terrifying thing is that those bitten by them also catch this strange illness, and most of our village has contracted this illness."

Long Rui frowned and asked, "When did this situation start?"

The old Master bowed his head and thought for a moment, then said, "A while ago, over a dozen of our villagers were killed by a murderous Demon. Shortly after that, this situation occurred. At first, it was just one or two people going mad. No one paid much attention, but slowly, we realized something was wrong. More and more people in the village seemed possessed, and only then did everyone realize the possessed ones were contagious. By then, it was already very severe. Those not possessed had to hide from those who were; everyone hid inside their houses, not daring to come out. It wasn’t until just now, when they discovered that possessed people had run out, that everyone dared to come out and look quietly."

After hearing the old Master’s account, Long Rui and Xuexue were shocked, not expecting the situation in Pan Family Bay to be so serious.

It turned out that the old Master was the Clan Leader and village head of Pan Family Bay.

Over this period, he had worried himself sick over this issue. He had reported to the authorities, but there was no effect; those possessed kept increasing day by day. Now even the County Magistrate had been thrown into the death cell by the Emperor, leaving them hopeless about the future.

The old Master glanced at the people lying on the ground and asked cautiously, "Prince, are they all dead?"

Long Rui shook his head, "No, they are just temporarily unconscious."

The old Master breathed a sigh of relief. As the village head of Pan Family Bay, even though they were possessed, he still didn’t wish for anything bad to happen to them.