In a corner of the aristocratic quarter, the night wind is fierce, blowing the evergreen trees rattling.
Under the shade of the trees, there is a half-domed two-story villa, the style is rugged and heroic, very characteristic of the Shahran Empire, but, for some reason, this villa looks unusually eerie in the dark, like an entrenched monster.
Looking at this villa from afar, Katrina couldn't tell if this was her true "Destiny Lord" premonition, or if it came from a psychological effect, as if the figure that blended into the cold wind around her became fainter and fainter, and gradually disappeared without a trace.
Although it had been a few months since the incident, and the villa had been cleaned with holy light, the precaution that should have been removed a long time ago, Katrina did not dare to be careless, and still used spells such as "high invisibility", rather than simply relying on the strength of knights to infiltrate, she trusted and loved magic more than the power of the bloodline The dark clouds did not obscure the silver moon, and the faint light sprinkled on the ground, causing the trees to drag out long shadows, like twisted monsters, Katrina approached the villa silently on such a slightly bright night, and the effect of "high invisibility" made her leave no trace, even if a carriage rushing by at night passed her, she did not notice a lady walking close at hand.
Katrina easily entered the villa, then vaporized into the hall and began to scrutinize the "crime scene".
The hall was paved with smooth, dark stone tiles in the same style as the Shahran Empire, and were enormous, with each floor being as large as five Alinge tiles.
Looking at the appearance of the ceiling reflected on the surface of these dark stone tiles, Katrina had the feeling that the floor was inlaid with mirrors, and she secretly speculated in her heart: "Even in the mansion of the Count of Calcut, the floor tiles will not be polished so smooth, and they will not be dark, except for the wrestling of guests in pointy shoes, the only thing left is to peek at the bottom of the lady's skirt, and the owner of this villa has another idea for this purpose."
The nobles of the Shahran Empire had always been more extravagant than their "counterparts" in the south, and Katrina did not dare to rashly rule out this possibility.
Under the "Advanced Invisibility Technique", every time she casts magic, she will appear in shape, but after casting the magic, she will return to invisibility, so the surface of the dark stone bricks constantly flashes Katrina's changed appearance, and her long golden hair and turquoise eyes are all clearly visible.
"It's been a few months since I was cleansed by the Holy Light, and no matter how weird and magical the magic is, it seems that it has no effect," Katrina used all the prophetic reconnaissance magic she could think of, but she didn't gain much, so she could only stand in place and laugh bitterly at herself.
Of course, she was not without gains, at least from the traces of the long swords and daggers on the floor tiles, one thing can be judged from the traces of the long swords, daggers, etc., that is, no one really exerted extraordinary power at that time, otherwise they would not be so shallow, no different from the marks caused by an ordinary person casually throwing the long sword on the floor tiles.
"The absence of supernatural power can only indicate two possibilities, either the official magician was completely controlled by the demon, or his power was sealed in advance, if it is the former, in the absence of reason, it is impossible for him not to use the magic that he is best at and the most lethal with only the desire to kill and destroy, so whether he worships the demon or not, he should have been sealed with power at that time."
Katrina made simple inferences.
If the magician participated in this killing feast because he wanted to fulfill a certain wish, and controlled himself not to use magic, then at the most dangerous moment, no wish was more important than his own safety, and he would definitely use a spell subconsciously.
"In other words, from the corpse of this magician, you can figure out how his magic was sealed" Katrina thought of a clue, but immediately waved her right hand in chagrin, "But this magician was designated by the church as the initiator of the demon worship event, and his body was burned at the stake, damn the church." ” She couldn't help but burst into a foul language, when this kind of thing happened, of course the Northern Church wanted to find a culprit to appease the nobles and the people, and it just so happened that an evil magician died on the spot.
Since the furniture, altar, etc. had been purified by the church, the whole hall seemed empty'Katrina paced back and forth for a few steps, and suddenly remembered something: "Gulf mentioned that there were knights present at that time and they were also dead, according to the previous reasoning, he was obviously also sealed bloodline power He is a nobleman, although the corpse cannot be buried in his family's cemetery due to the worship of demons, it should also be in a high-end public cemetery, after all, nobles will not allow a nobleman to be trampled on at will" After grasping this clue, her expression became slightly excited, and she took the opportunity to check the upstairs and basement, but unfortunately there was no result, and just as she was about to leave, she suddenly felt the vigilance spell being touched, so she turned her head and looked at the window in the direction of the garden.
Then Katrina found the familiar knight's will blowing in like a cold wind through the crack in the window, coldly and carefully probing the situation inside.
As this will spreads to Katrina's body, her "High Invisibility" effect creates ripples, perfectly faking the sign that there is no one here.
Titicaca, after a very slight sound even in the quiet of the night, the window slowly opened back, a thin piece of ice quickly melted into a drop of water, and soon, the "murderer" who opened the window disappeared without a trace.
A dark shadow entered, tall and muscular, and his hands highlighted a layer of snowflakes "Yakov, he's here too" Katrina stood in the middle of the hall, quietly watching the figure walk around and inspect, and from the familiar aura, it was not difficult for her to judge the identity of the other party.
However, she was not too surprised that Yakov was here, and he was a little out of the ordinary when Anna mentioned the dead magician.
Yakov let out a long sigh of relief after checking around to make sure there were no objects or suspicious marks, but he never noticed Katrina standing behind her, even though she was standing so openly.
"I wanted to think about how to ask him, but since I did, don't waste the opportunity" Katrina's turquoise eyes flickered for a moment, and she made a decision.
Yakov straightened up and was about to look at the upstairs room, when suddenly, a sense of unease passed through his heart, and the experience of many years of mercenaries made him rush forward without thinking, and his body began to be wrapped around him, and at the same time, he was stunned and inexplicably thought that "there is an ambush" As soon as the thought came to him, his head buzzed suddenly, and his eyes became blurry, as if he had fallen into a fog.
"I have a question for you."
Then he heard an ethereal voice that he didn't know whether he was male or female.
Although the voice was strange, in Yakov's heart, he felt that this voice was so familiar and sublime, like the lord he worshipped on weekdays, and like the girl he had a crush on in his heart, so he didn't resist and said a little flatteringly: "What's the problem?"
"What is your relationship with the magician who died here, and why did you come to investigate," the voice continued.
This question pierced Yakov's deep fear, and he subconsciously refused to answer, but the inexplicable state of surrender and worship made him irresistible, and he still replied frankly: "At the beginning of May, I met an official magician by chance and cooperated with him for a while. ” "I gave him information and led him to the plains to find various resources, and he gave me some information to stimulate the bloodline, relying on these information, I corrected some of my past mistakes and found my way to become a full-fledged knight, and then, I led the mercenary team to accept another mission, and when I came back to the ice field, I heard that this magician was involved in the cult of demons."
"Because I was worried that his matter would involve me, and I was facing the critical moment of the seal, I couldn't rest assured and came to search, intending to destroy all the clues left."
Katrina was stunned: "Why does his matter involve you, he is only alone when he cooperates with you" The official magician is dead, and there must be no Yakov's tokens and other items on him, otherwise he will be approached by the church as soon as he returns to Calkat City for "questioning", so what is he worried about, there will be no clues about this temporary cooperation.
"Yes, he's the only one."
Yakov answered honestly as if facing his allegiance to the lord.
Alone, he came to Calcart City with several companions, but he left them to cooperate with Yakov Katrina put her arms around and did what Heidi and Reilia liked, "Another question" "Because, because our cooperation was introduced by Sir Duda, before I left for the icefield, the Magician was also happy to tell me that Sir Duda was going to invite him to a private party, and this was a good opportunity for him to enter their circle."
Yakov hesitated for a moment, but finally told the truth, "I don't know what circle it is, but Sir Duda has always been powerful and mysterious, dominating the underground order of Calkat City, there must be some big man behind it, I am worried that the affairs of the magician are related to him" "If the church finds out about him, we mercenaries who have been in contact with magicians will definitely be killed by him, and I happen to know that magicians like to use password cryptography to mark things, and I have been fortunate enough to see it a few times, so I plan to come and find it and destroy all these secret marks."
Katrina muttered, "Sir Duda is alive" "Of course, alive and well, I saw him at City Hall in the morning."
Yakov's body trembled slightly, as if he was afraid of that Sir Duda.
After repeated inquiries, Katrina found no more, so Yakov told him about the magician's secret features, and then the vaporized form left the hall and returned to the hotel.
In the hall, Yakov "accepted" Katrina's order, and stood there in a daze, until a cold wind blew in through the open window, making him shiver, and he woke up suddenly, only to feel that it was like a dream, and he told his inner secrets in a daze "It's, it's terrible that the five-ring magic dominates the human race," Yakov guessed what had just happened based on his own understanding, "It's the Magic Council that sent someone to investigate" "It's good that the powerful magician just needs clues, and has no intention of killing, otherwise," Yakov thought fearfully, in that case, whether he lived or died was all up to the other party.
"I thought that after I activated the power of the bloodline to become a knight, I could finally be called a strong man, and I could get rid of the dangerous life of being involuntarily, but now I really understand that the knight has just started, and there are many dangerous people on it, and the five-ring magician just now doesn't know how many times stronger than me, let alone a high-level magician and a heavenly knight."
Yakov restrained his thoughts, hurried to leave, and was blown by the cold wind, only to find that the cold sweat from his back had wet his clothes.
The next day, Yakov went to the Adventurers' Guild as normal, and Katrina continued to pull Anna to inquire about the identity of the dead knight and the burial cemetery.
At night, Katrina, who had received the information, entered the neat but gloomy cemetery and found the grave of the dead knight.
Just as she cast her magic to open the tomb, a magnetic male laugh suddenly came from the tree behind her: "Investigator of the Magic Council" Who Katrina turned around vigilantly, and when she checked the situation around herself just now, she found nothing, indicating that this man was very strong in concealment.
On the tree stood a handsome blond man in a black shirt and red coat, who held an unseemly glass of red wine: "Good evening, beautiful lady, you can call me Viscount Calendia." ” "Viscount Calendia, grandson of Mr.
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Rhein," Katrina linked the man in front of her with the vampire Viscount described by the teacher.
"Hey" Viscount Calendia rubbed his face and said with a slight toothache, "I'm so famous that your teacher is" "My teacher is the Atom Master, Your Excellency."
Katrina saw that it was an acquaintance, and her heart relaxed a little.
"That monster uh, no," Viscount Calendia blurted out, and then said with a disguised smile: "Your teacher is a real genius, I admire it very much, by the way, I am here to investigate the inexplicable death of my descendant, and the purpose should be the same as yours." ”: