Vol 6 Chapter 42: Unexpected encounter
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In the corner of the aristocratic area, the night breeze was blowing and the evergreen trees were blowing.
掩 Under the trees, there is a half-dome two-storey villa with a rough and bold style, which is characteristic of the Shahran Empire. However, for some reason, this villa looks abnormally dark in the dark, like a coiled monster.
I looked at this villa from a distance. Katrina couldn't tell whether this was her real "fate master" foreboding, or it came from psychological effects, as if the figure blended into the surrounding cold wind became weaker and faded away.
Although things have been going on for several months, and the villa has been cleaned with the Holy Light, some of the alert should have been removed long ago, but Katrina did not dare to carelessly, and still used spells such as "higher stealth" instead of relying solely on the knight Strength sneaks in-she trusts and loves magic more than blood power!
The dark clouds did not cover the silver moon, and a faint light spilled on the ground, letting the trees drag out a long shadow, like a twisted monster, Katrina was approaching the villa silently on such a slightly bright night The "higher invisibility" effect left her with no traces. Even if a horse-drawn carriage passed by her, she did not notice a woman walking nearby.
Katrina easily entered the villa, and then the gasification body penetrated into the hall and began to carefully inspect the "case scene".
大厅 This hall is covered with smooth dark-colored stone bricks. They are the same style as the Shahran Empire. They are huge and topped with five Aringe floor tiles.
Looking at the appearance of the ceiling reflected on the surface of these dark stone bricks, Katrina had a feeling that the floor was inlaid with mirrors, and she secretly speculated: "Even in the residence of Earl Calcate, the floor tiles will not be polished so smooth. And it will not use dark colors. In addition to wrestling guests wearing pointed shoes, it is only the role of peeking at the bottom of women's skirts. Is the owner of this villa designed for this purpose only? have a thought?"
The aristocrats of the Shahran Empire have always been extravagant and extravagant than their counterparts in the south, and Katrina did not dare to rule out this possibility.
Under "Higher Stealth", the body will appear every time you cast magic, but you will return to invisibility after casting the magic, so the dark stone brick surface is constantly flashing with Katrina's changed appearance and long golden hair. , Green eyes, all clearly visible.
"It's been a few months after being washed by the Holy Light, and the weird and magical magic seems to have no effect ..." Katrina performed all the prophetic investigative magic she could think of, but the harvest was not great, I can only stand there with a bitter smile and laugh at myself.
Of course, she is not without gain, at least from the traces of the swords and daggers on the floor tiles and falling down, one thing can be judged is that no one had exerted extraordinary power at that time, otherwise they would not be so shallow , Is no different from the marks caused by an ordinary person throwing a long sword on the floor tiles.
"The absence of extraordinary power can only show two possibilities. Either the formal magician is completely controlled by the demon's mind, or his power is sealed in advance. If it is the former, without reason, only killing and It is impossible for him to destroy the desire without using the magic that he is best at and the most lethal, so no matter whether he worships the demon, he should be sealed with power at the time. ”Katrina made a simple inference.
If the magician participated in this killing feast because he wanted to achieve a certain wish, and controlled himself not to use magic, then at the most dangerous moment, no wish is more important than his own safety, subconsciously 'he Spells will definitely be used.
"That is to say, from the body of the magician, how his magic is sealed ..." Katrina thought of a clue, and immediately waved her right hand in annoyance, "but the magician Characterized by the church as the initiator of the "worship of the demon worship", his body was hung on a torture rack and burned. Damn church. "
She was always polite, but she couldn't help but make a swear word. When this kind of thing happened, of course, the Northern Church had to find a culprit to appease the nobles and the people, and an evil magician died at the scene.
As the furniture, altars, etc. had been purified by the church, the entire hall seemed empty, and Katrina took a few steps back and forth, suddenly remembering one thing: "Gulff mentioned that there was a knight present at the time, and he also died. According to the previous reasoning, he is obviously also sealed with blood power ... He is a nobleman. Although his body cannot be buried in his family's graveyard because he worships demons, it should also be in a high-grade public cemetery. After all, the noblemen will not allow it. A noble was trampled at will ... "
After seizing this clue, her expression became slightly inspiring, and she checked upstairs and the basement again, but unfortunately, there was no gain. When she was about to leave, she suddenly felt that the alert spell was touched, and turned her head, looking Garden-oriented windows.
Then, Katrina noticed that the familiar knight's will blew through the crack of the window like a cold wind, and carefully and coldly explored the situation inside.
After this will spread to Katrina, her "higher invisibility" effect caused ripples, which perfectly forged the sign that no one was here.
Titicaca, even after a very quiet sound in the quiet night, the window slowly opened backwards, and a thin piece of icicle quickly melted into water droplets. Soon, the "murderer" who opened the window disappeared. trace.
A dark shadow drilled in, tall and strong, his hands exuding a layer of snowflake-like patterns.
"Yakov, he is here too ..." Katrina stood in the middle of the hall, watching the figure quietly as she walked around to check. From that familiar atmosphere, she could easily determine the identity of the other party. .
Alas, she was not too surprised that Yakov appeared here, and Anna was a bit abnormal when she mentioned the dead magician.
Yakov looked around and confirmed that there were no objects or suspicious traces. She finally breathed a long sigh of relief, but he never found Katrina standing behind her, even though she was standing so bright and upright.
"I wanted to think about how to ask him. Now that I have encountered it, don't waste a chance ..." Katrina's green eyes flickered, and she made a decision.
Yakov straightened up and prepared to look upstairs in the room. Suddenly, he felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart. The experience from many years of mercenaries made him jump forward without thinking, and his body began to grow huge. Frost entangled all over his body, and at the same time, he thought in amazement, "Is there an ambush?"
As soon as the thought started, his head buzzed suddenly, and his eyes became blurred, as if in a fog.
"I have a question for you." Then, he heard a misty voice of men and women.
Although the sound was strange, in Yakov's heart, I felt that the sound was so familiar and noble, like the Lord I worshipped on weekdays, and the girl I loved deeply in my heart, so there was no resistance, slightly To please the authentic: "What's the problem?"
"What is your relationship with the magician who died here? Why did you come to investigate?" The voice continued.
This question poked Jakov's deep fear and refused to answer subconsciously, but the inexplicable state of submission and worship made him irresistible, and he answered frankly: "In early May, I came across a chance An official magician, who worked with him for some time. "
"I provided him with information and led him to the plains to find all kinds of resources. He gave me some materials that inspired the bloodline. With these materials, I corrected some of my past mistakes and found my way to become a formal knight, and then , I led a mercenary squad to accept another task, went to the ice field, and only came back when I heard that the magician was involved in the worship of demons. "
"I was worried that his affairs would affect me, and I was facing a critical moment of closure, so I was restless, came to search, and planned to destroy all the remaining clues."
Katrina stunned 愣: "Why does his matter involve you? When he worked with you, he was alone?"
正式 The formal magician is dead, and there must be no Yakov's tokens or other items on his body, otherwise he will be asked by the church for "interrogation" as soon as he returns to Calcutta, so what is he to worry about? There is no clue to this temporary cooperation.
"Yes, he is the only one." Yakov answered honestly as if facing his loyal lord.
A person? He came to Calcutta with several companions, but left them to cooperate with Yakov ... Katrina embraced with both hands, doing the action that Heidi and Leilia liked, "What about another question?"
"Because, because our cooperation was introduced by Sir Duda, before I went to the ice field, the magician was also very happy to tell me that Sir Duda was ready to invite him to a private party, which was good for him to enter their circle. Opportunity. "Yakov hesitated, but finally told the truth," I don't know what circle, but Sir Duda has always been strong and mysterious, dominates the underground order of Calcutta. There must be a big man behind it. I worry that the magician's affairs have something to do with him ... "
"If the church finds him, our mercenaries who have been in contact with the magician will surely be killed by him, and I happen to know that the magician likes to secretly mark things with a password and was lucky enough to see it several times, so I plan to Come and find out and destroy all these secrets. "
Katrina groaned: "Sir Duda is alive?"
当然 "Of course, live well, I saw him in the city hall in the morning." Yakov said with a quivering body, seemingly afraid of Sir Duda.
Katrina repeatedly asked for nothing, so she asked Yakov to tell herself the magician's secret features, and then the vaporized form left the hall and returned to the hotel.
In the hall, Jakov "accepted" Katrina's order and stood there idly, until a cold wind blew in from the open window, causing him a shiver, and he woke up suddenly, only Jue just seemed to have a dream, and he told others the secret inside.
"Too, terrible ... The five-ring magic" dominates humans "?" Jakov guessed what had happened just now based on his own understanding. "Is the magic council sending someone to investigate?"
"Fortunately, that powerful magician just needs clues and has no intention of killing, otherwise ..." Yakov thought in fear, in that case, he was between the other person's life or death.
"I thought that after I became a knight by inspiring blood power, I could finally be called a strong one, and I could get rid of the dangerous life I could not help but now I really understand that the knight has just started and there are many dangerous people on it. The five-ring magician doesn't know how many times stronger than me, let alone improve the rank of magician, sky knight ... "
Bian Yakov calmed his thoughts, hurry up to leave, and was blown by the cold wind, he found that the cold sweat from the back wet his clothes.
The next day, Yakov apparently went to the Adventurer's Guild to handle matters normally, and Katrina continued to pull Anna to inquire about the identity of the dead knight and the burial cemetery at night, got the information of Cartry Na entered the neat but eerie graveyard and found the grave of the dead knight.
While she was performing magic to open the grave, a sudden male laugh came from the tree behind her: "Investigator of the Magic Council?"
"Who? Katrina turned around alertly. When she checked the surroundings herself, nothing was found, indicating that the man has a strong ability to hide.
A handsome blond-haired man in a black shirt and a red coat stood on the lime tree. He was out of place with a glass of red wine: "Good evening, beautiful lady, you can call me Viscount Carindia."
"Viscount Kareldia? Grandson of Mr. Rhine?" Katrina linked the man in front of him to the vampire Viscount described by the teacher.
哎 "Hey?" Viscount Kareldia rubbed her face, with a slight toothache. "I am so famous? What is your teacher?"
"My teacher is‘ Atomic Master ’.” Katrina saw her acquaintance and relaxed a little.
"That monster ... uh, right ..." Viscount Kareldia blurted out, then smiled concealedly: "Your teacher is a real genius, and I admire it very much, yes, I came to investigate my descendants inexplicably The event of death should have the same purpose as you. " Your support is my greatest motivation.)