"Demon worship incident" Anna was very curious when she asked this sentence, except for the kind of veritable murderer and pervert who thirsted for blood all the time, I am afraid that only a real madman would worship the demon of chaos If you have any wishes, it is better to believe in the Devil Duke, at least they have to "rule the rules of integrity" countless times, so it is not strange that one or two guys alone worship demons, and it is quite strange that so many people died on the scene.
Katrina also thinks so, the reason why the Magic Council issued this mandatory mission is because the words "Demon Worship Incident" are replaced by belief in demons and died in the sacrifice, and the Council may not investigate the matter in such detail.
Few powerful demons have tried to develop their own churches, and they may have considered this aspect at one time, but soon put similar thoughts behind them due to their own confusion, the effects of slaughter and blood, so that such a large-scale demon worship event is itself a vaguely strange and inexplicable thing.
The bar owner Gulf took a clean fur and carefully wiped the cup in front of him, as if he did not let go of any flaws, and he laughed: "It is indeed a demon worship incident, at least the church has made a detailed investigation and announced that it is a demon worship incident." ” "But the church may have deliberately covered up the real situation in order not to cause panic, and this is not without precedent" Anna was quite dissatisfied with Gulf's answer, she had been a mercenary for three or four years, and she had seen and experienced many things, and she had also encountered several things that the church deliberately concealed the truth for some reason, and did not accept their investigation conclusions without doubt.
And Gulf, as a mercenary for more than ten years and a tavern owner for seven or eight years, is willing to believe that the conclusion of the investigation must be confirmed by his own secret channels.
Gulf saw the two girls looking at him with the same green eyes as a lake, and tapped lightly on the table: "This is information that costs a fee, but" Speaking of which, he looked at the mercenaries who were probing their brains at the door and were constantly pouring in, and said with a smile: "But the two ladies seem to have made my tavern business better, so I will tell you for free." ” Anna glanced back and said with a smile: "It's not because of Sister Katrina, I often drink at your uncle's place, and I haven't seen a large group of wild wolves in the wasteland. ” "Oh, so your name is Katrina, it's a common female name in Kalcart, and you're a local," Gulf said with a smile.
Before Katrina could answer, Anna preemptively said, "No, Sister Katrina is from a noble family in other provinces. ” "It's no wonder that the noble family has such a temperament, which is very rare among mercenaries."
Gulf said thoughtfully, "Actually, I always felt that Katrina you are a little familiar, I seem to have seen you somewhere."
Katrina's face darkened slightly, her family had been here for two or three hundred years, and she must have inherited some of the looks of her ancestors after inheriting her bloodline, and she thought to herself: "When the council controls the Shahran Empire in the future, when remote communication and discussion become convenient, when I become a high-level magician, I will build the magic tower here."
"Uncle Gurff, you feel familiar with every pretty lady, tell me the information quickly" Anna unceremoniously pointed out the truth.
Gulf put down his fur, rubbed his forehead, and whispered: "The first person who found out about this matter was the servant of the villa who had an accident, his name is Ivan, and when he went to clean the hall, he saw that the hall was full of blood and corpses, there were ordinary nobles, knights, ordinary people, artists, and magicians."
Because of the existence of St.
Ivan, the most common name of the Shahran Empire is Ivan.
"Magician" Anna couldn't help but exclaim slightly, it was very difficult to meet an official magician in the Shahran Empire.
Katrina's gaze narrowed, and her expression became focused.
"Yes, according to Ivan's description, I confirm that the badge worn by the mage is a first-level arcane badge, a second-ring magic badge, and relying on his physical characteristics, I have asked someone, he has only been in Calkat City for a short time, and the materials he went to the forest and underground to find and buy are the ones that the magician needs."
Gulf spoke briefly about the magician's appearance, especially the black mole next to his left eye.
Katrina nodded inwardly, it was indeed the magician who died.
Gulf continued: "The death of about thirty or forty people of different identities in the same hall is a strange event in itself, and what is even more strange is that there is an altar in the center of the hall, and although there is nothing on the altar, the smell of killing and destruction is permeating. ” "How did these people die, kill themselves, or do they kill them" Katrina carefully asked the question that matched her current identity, the question that a slightly curious and experienced mercenary surnamed female should ask, and it was clear from Anna's expression that she wanted to ask this question too.
Gulf's voice was lowered: "This is the third strange place, these people are killing each other, and they are not one-on-one, they belong to a chaotic group killing, and some of the dead have fatal wounds on the front and back, left and right. ” "A magician will be killed by ordinary people and artists" Not to mention Katrina, even Anna found it unacceptable, "There are knights present" "There was a knight, but he was also killed."
Speaking of this, Gulf couldn't help but have a trace of fear on his face, "There are no traces of the knight's use of bloodline power at the scene, and there are no fluctuations and phenomena left by magic, which means that they were a killing feast carried out as ordinary people at that time, and, judging from the direction and position of the corpse, no one tried to escape" This is much more detailed than the information given to Katrina by the Magic Council, and she said thoughtfully: "Could it be the influence of illusion in magic I heard that some cults will emit illusion power that affects people's minds when they are sacrificing, so that believers can do all kinds of unbelievable things." ” "Sure enough, it's a noble lady, who has more information than me, and knows more about the cult than me."
Gulf put away his frightened expression and joked with a smile, "There is this possibility, so it is said that it is a demon worship incident, at least the devil will not let his followers kill each other, but will let them die in a more valuable place, while other cults are closer to the devil's practice, even if they want to use killing to gain pure faith power, they will not choose their own believers, of course, I don't know how the church determines that the dead are all demon believers, maybe they are just ordinary people" "It sounds weird, much scarier than a bard's story."
Anna patted her chest, "Uncle Gulf, what's so weird" "Eccentric," Gulf recalled, "their expressions after death were peaceful, as if they were not killing each other, but relieved, and by the way, Ivan felt a chill when he entered the hall, but it was the end of May, which was still relatively warm. ” Anna's curiosity was stimulated to the maximum, and she kept asking about this matter, but Gurf only knew so much, and couldn't help but sigh: "There may be more strange signs at the scene, but Ivan was frightened and couldn't pay much attention, and after the church investigated, he was worried that the demonic aura would affect the city of Calkat and cleaned the villa with holy light, so even if there were, we will never know." ” "The Church cleansed that villa with the light," Katrina repeated in a low voice, which was extremely troubling to her own investigation, indicating that it was already difficult to find valuable traces at the scene.
Then she made a curious look and asked, "It's been months since Ivan remembered anything." ” "yes, yes."
Anna nodded in agreement, a "story" in the middle always worries her.
The corners of Gulf's mouth twitched, trying to squeeze out a lewd smile, but this smile looked terrified and fearful: "Ivan has nightmares every day because he witnessed the bloody scene of the killing, and the church has given him a lot of rewards, so he often comes to my place to drink, and he can only sleep peacefully when he is drunk and can't think of anything."
However, a week after the incident, he was drunk and accidentally fell into a tributary of the Negnin River, which runs through the city, and drowned inside. ” "This" Anna felt a chill rush over her heart, and she didn't dare to ask any more.
Katrina also felt similarly, but more vigilant and frustrated, although in the case of all the clues broken, she took the information from the current investigation and went back to complete the task, but as an excellent arcanist, her curiosity and desire to explore things was very strong, so she wanted to investigate more: "Do you want to infiltrate the Inquisition of Calcart City and peek at their investigation materials?"
She had little confidence in this, because such a large city must have been presided over by a cardinal.
Frightened by the "Demon Worship Incident", Anna took Katrina back to the hotel after drinking a few glasses of wine, and by this time, Yakov, who had gone to the city hall to report that he had stimulated his bloodline, had returned.
He was happily sharing with the other mercenaries that he would be made an official knight in a week, but when he saw the slightly pale faces of Anna and Katrina, he restrained his smile and asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
Seeing that there were no strangers nearby, Anna told the information she had heard in the tavern.
"What are the physical characteristics of a full-fledged magician," Yakov asked after listening intently, then hesitated for a moment.
Anna pointed to her eyes: "There is a black mole on the left eye. ” "Black mole" Yakov repeated, without saying anything more.
Katrina glanced at him, excused herself to be tired, and went back to her room first.
In the dead of night, a figure like a cold wind suddenly flashed in Katrina's room, sneaking quietly towards the noble quarter.
Before leaving, she considered that it would be inconvenient to cast magic in the Shahran Empire, so she exchanged for a bottle of potion that stimulated the bloodline, and became an official knight After the long-term improvement of the Magic Council, the power of this potion is no less than that of self-stimulation, and she is no longer a pseudo-knight, but it will still leave hidden dangers and cannot be promoted to the great knight.
In the howling cold wind of the night, Katrina, who inspired the blood of the "blizzard", seemed to be one with the surrounding environment, although the church had already cleaned the villa with holy light, but she still had to investigate it on the spot, this kind of thing was like doing an experiment, she had to verify it herself to believe it, and it was really counterintuitive that the official magician had believed in a demon not long after he arrived in Calkat City
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