Lord Evolution: Starting With SS-rank Skills

The next day arrived swiftly, and Rowan was the first to awaken. However, he didn't leave his bed; instead, he kept staring at his dimly lit room with a deep frown on his face.

'Why do I feel like something is extremely wrong somewhere?' he thought to himself.

He had been awake for the past two hours. Going back to sleep had become pretty difficult as his heart kept screaming, nagging at him that something was wrong.

Rowan didn't even understand if he was having a restless night or if his intuition was just picking up on some sort of impending chaos. The unease gnawed at him, making him question every shadow and sound in the quiet room.

He stared at Riela, who was sleeping peacefully beside him with a gentle expression plastered on her beautiful face.

Rowan shook his head disappointedly and stood up from the bed.

He put on his clothes and walked out of the room gently.

It was still the very early hours of the morning; everywhere was fairly dark, and the sun hadn't risen yet. The cool air brushed against his skin, bringing a slight chill that matched the unsettling feeling in his heart.

'Blaze, come out,' he summoned.

Blaze appeared beside Rowan and gave him a questioning look, as if asking why he was summoned at this time.

'Is anything wrong?' Blaze asked.

Rowan shook his head in response.

He decided to stroll around the village with Blaze. This way, Blaze would be able to detect what he couldn't.

Without hesitating, both of them set out on their early morning stroll.

They went to the farms to take a look at the livestock.

Most of the animals were relaxing, while a few of them were awake, devouring the feed.

Not so far from the shelter, two young farmers could be seen resting their heads on the walls.

'Hmm,' Rowan frowned a little bit. 'I don't recall asking any of them to guard the animals at this time. What if they get ill from inadequate rest?'

Without wasting time, Rowan and Blaze strolled to meet the two resting farmers.

Nevertheless, before they got there, Blaze alerted Rowan.

['They are dead!'] Blaze exclaimed telepathically.

'What?!' Rowan's eyes widened immediately.

He sprinted towards the two farmers. When he got there, he shook their bodies to get a response but failed.

'They are really dead? But how?' Rowan's eyes widened.

He looked across the area, and his eyes landed on two other farmers lying on the ground. They appeared to be resting from his perspective.

He sprinted towards them once again and was greeted with the same realization—they were dead!

'What the heck is happening?' Rowan failed to understand his current situation.

Blaze strolled to meet him and observed the corpses as well.

Even with his powerful sniffing ability, he couldn't find a trace of attack or poison on their bodies.

In fact, there was no amount of blood on them, not even a trace of struggling or tension prior to their deaths.

The only explanation was that they died while sleeping.

'But how is that even possible?'

Rowan didn't even know how to react at this moment.

'System, can you analyze how long they have been dead for?' he asked.

[Targets have been dead for more than four hours,] the system replied.

'Hmm.' Rowan's frown deepened even more.

No wonder his mind was restless since he woke up.

'I knew my intuition couldn't be wrong!'

Rowan was still analyzing the corpses of the four farmers when a scream came from the soldiers at the guardhouse close to the farms.

''Bala and Simon are dead!"

Rowan recognized the names as those of his soldiers.

His eyes widened, and he immediately set out to meet them.

Blaze rushed after him.

They arrived at the guardhouse and were greeted with the scene of the soldiers gathered around two of their colleagues lying on the ground.

"Both of them said they were going to take a brief nap two hours ago. They were perfectly alright; how are they dead now?" one soldier exclaimed.

''This is not good! What the heck!''

''Bala! Wake up! You're still a virgin!''

"Don't die a virgin, Bala!''

The soldiers cried out with so much pain in their voices. Hearing their sad and miserable voices triggered a series of emotions in the heart of Rowan.

'What the heck is happening now? Is this the handiwork of a dark creature?' Rowan's mind wandered as he strolled to meet the soldiers, who were overly focused on their dead colleagues at this moment.

Captain Roland was the one in charge of this guardhouse for the night.

He was the first to notice Rowan approaching, and he rushed to meet him.

'What is happening?" Rowan asked.

Roland told him everything that happened, and there was nothing unnatural.

The two soldiers died while resting. According to Roland, there was no sign of struggling from them.

"We wanted to wake them up and let another set relax when we discovered they were dead. I don't understand what is happening, Lord Rowan," Roland concluded.

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Rowan tried to find words to reply with at this moment but none came out of his mouth.

He could only stare at his soldiers crying for their dead colleagues.

He asked the soldiers if any of them had noticed anything strange at night, and they all gave negative answers.

Rowan checked the bodies of the two soldiers, and just like the four farmers, there was no blood or sign of struggling. Even the system and Blaze couldn't detect any sort of poison or illness in them.

All this made Rowan realize his situation—he was truly up against a dark creature!

'Come to think of it, all this took place after Ren and Liara miraculously started speaking without waking up. There is a strong connection between these two incidents,' he pondered.

'I will get to the root of this, even if it's with my last breath,' he swore.

He turned to the soldiers and ordered, "Take their bodies to the village square. We'll perform their burial once everyone is awake. You will find some other corpses at the farm; take them there as well."