"What?"
"I discovered his body in a ditch, as well as several other dead bodies that I assumed belonged to the villagers. They appeared to have been dead for weeks."
"So those bodies were where the unpleasant smell was coming from?" I asked, and Zeke nodded his head yes. No wonder the smell was so bad back then.
"Were they killed?"
"I can't say for sure. When I found them, their skin was saggy, as if their blood had been sucked dry from their bodies. However, I can't find any signs of physical abuse."
What on earth happened in that village? Dead bodies were left unattended without being properly buried, and no one even cared. If those people were indeed killed, whoever killed them was beyond ruthless.
"Did you confirm that one of those bodies was really the magistrate?"
