Under the current situation, the soldiers initially stationed in the central southern route had been drawn away to the borderlands for defense a few years earlier. Now, only a few hundred constables were left to manage the surrounding dozens of towns and villages, which indeed indicated a shortage of manpower. It was not surprising that demonic monsters would cause trouble in such defenseless places.
After quickly patrolling the nearby foothill villages, Li Fan indeed made some discoveries. The havoc wreaked by this demon was substantial.
Not just one village, but three villages were deserted! One local mining village had several hundred households — it was likely that three to five thousand people had already fallen victim!
