From an overall perspective, Juno is the tourist who touches the core most among all, and her ability, luck, and planning are all one of the reasons why she can survive until now. By conducting multi-party investigations in such an extensive form, she has been involved in more than one strange case that happened in Evarang, just like the monk who broke the precepts that Lu Ning saw. And these cases were all dropped after she stopped the murderer from continuing to commit crimes.
"I don't care about your past." She pointed the gun at the door and didn't relax for a moment. "I just want to tell you some facts."
"oh?"
"I have met a lot of existences like you - people who hide their identity, people who suddenly gain great power, people who have made special transformations on themselves, people who have undergone huge changes in temperament." Zhu Nuo curled up his lips, "Without exception, they were involved in some vicious case, causing some people to be injured or even killed. But when I traced their identities and pursued them, these people were all dead."
"died?"
"Yes, the death situation is very strange. I am very good at examining corpses, and I am basically sure that everyone died less than five minutes before I found them. It was like someone was deliberately waiting for me to find them, and then took a look first. You were one of the few who was still alive when I found you.”
The door slowly began to dissolve. After a while, a prototype of artificial life used the material of the door to reorganize into a half-melting face. It took a step forward, and the metal on its two arms hung down into irregular spikes. .
"say clearly."
"You should know that a lot of things have happened in Evarong recently. It seems that due to the guidance of some forces, many people have become restless, but these things have not caused too much trouble. As for you, you are only here. One of the farces that breeds in chaos. Before taking action, do you want to think carefully about whether the person who made you become what you are now has any other hidden plans? "
"...Hidden? Who can be hurt in my current state?" The artificial life sneered, "Of course, if what you said is true, then I really have to be careful..."
"Everyone is as confident as you before they die." Juno shook his head slightly, "I said I would prevent the next victim from appearing, not only this 'Alchemist Attack Case', but also what happened in the Evar Gallery 'The case of a serial murder by an unusual murderer'."
"...I need a proof."
Juno threw a small crystal.
"do you know him?"
The artificial life held the crystal, and a projection emerged in the air. It was a set of fixed images, all of which were black shadows with blurred outlines.
"I have a magic that can print out the scene I saw before death through my pupils." Juno said, "And the biggest thing in common among these deceased people when they died is this black shadow. Have you seen it?"
"No, I haven't seen this shadow, and I don't know..."
"You're lying." Juno interrupted, "Maybe you haven't seen the shadow, but you must be suspicious of someone you have seen."
The artificial life paused and did not answer.
Juno frowned: "Not ready to answer? The existence of this person is the real danger in Evarang. If you don't pay attention, even in this state - right?"
She rushed forward and waved her hand in front of the artificial life. She found that it was unresponsive and realized that the unknown murderer had left. But instead a smile appeared on her face.
"OK."
After retrieving the crystal and eliminating the traces of his entry, he returned to the house through the window, repaired the window, and left the neighborhood quietly.
When morning came, the people in the house woke up from their deep sleep and screamed in horror when they saw the big hole in the door. At this time, Lu Ning and Rochester, who had arrived early in the morning, happened to hear Rochester raising his hand to explode. Opening the door and rushing into the room, the two happened to see the artificial life outside.
=
In the Violet Library, the highest magic laboratory, a tall man wearing a purple-gold mage robe, a stern face, and a slight beard strode in.
No one in Evaron didn't recognize him, Dulemond, the Sorcerer Emperor, and the head of the twelve official members of the entire Magic Council.
"Good morning, Lord Durermond."
There is only one person in the laboratory now. This woman with no trace of age on her face slightly nodded to Durermond. This attitude also shows that the lady's status is equivalent to Durermond.
"Good morning, Gabrielle." Dulemond saluted the lady, "You must have been conducting magic experiments all night again?"
"It's just a few experiments that need a little care. The main thing is to observe the magic changes in Evar Gallery through the Void Realm Tower." Gabriel smiled, "And although you are not here, you probably haven't slept all night."
"This is not a problem. As long as everything in Evarang is still under control, we don't need to worry. What news did the Void Realm Tower return?"
"Three more targeted magic powers appeared last night, and three dangerous elements were recovered. Of course, the source of the magic power was still not marked."
"The other party did not hide his identity at all. He is among the twelve of us." Dulemond said with a little anger, "Only we understand the working principle of the Void Realm Tower, and only we have the ability. Perfectly avoiding all distractions.”
"Have you identified who it is?"
"If he could be found so easily, that person would not be able to become a formal member of the parliament. But I already know his purpose." Dulemond waved his hand, and rows of collection cabinets on both sides of the laboratory opened one after another. Pieces of objects flew out and were neatly arranged on the table in front of him.
"You didn't pay special attention to recovering those lost magic books. Why?" Gabriel asked.
"Because those are not the other party's intentions." Dulemond stared at the items on the table that contain powerful magic. Each of them is a magic book, and the magic book kept in this laboratory Unlike library libraries, they also require content identification. There are not many people who can identify magic books, so the progress of this project is also quite slow.
But today, Dulemond took these out not to see the content.
""The Closed Pavilion", "Seven Famous Mountains", "Recital of the Stone God", "Autumn of No Return", "Talks of Bones".
An old storybook, a miniature landscape, a corner of an inscription, a bunch of bookmarks made of different leaves, and a bone flute floated up from the table and landed on the table next to it.
"Huh?" Gabriel raised his eyebrows when he saw the magic books that Dulemond had picked out.
""Corpse Buddha", "Thirty-Three Years Journey to the East", "Cycle Festival", "One Man with Thousand Faces", "Death is Mysterious".
Three relics, a pair of tattered straw sandals, a painting depicting a continuous closed-loop scene, nine fine masks and a sharp knife stained with solidified blood.
"And the three targets recovered this morning, tell me who they are, Gabriel." Dulemond turned his head.
"Poisoner Elise, Bone Maker Carpenter, Soul Refiner Xin Qing." Gabriel quickly replied, "Dulemund, do you think..."
"Not that I think."
A streak of magic swept across the specially selected magic books. For the Magic Emperor, the contamination could no longer harm him, but it only caused the books to be inspired by the magic contained in them.
"'Sea of Filth', 'Bone Religion', 'Prison of the Soul'. I absolutely cannot speak out based on what I think. We are a parliament and we must produce real evidence."
With Dulemond's cold rebuke, the last three magic books also fell on the stage.
"Someone is collecting books... collecting people... No, what does it matter? I don't understand." Gabriel frowned, "Is there anything special about these untested magic books?"
"No, it was that person's actions that made it special. We found it a little late, so that person had already completed part of the plan. However, due to the interference of some people, the plan did not proceed so smoothly."
Dulemond grabbed it in the air, and the powerful magic power immediately resonated with all the magic books on the table. After a moment, he put down his arm and snorted coldly.
"Sure enough, although the knowledge in these books still remains, the more important things inside have been taken away."
That part of the experience, experience and even soul from the owner of the magic book no longer exists in these magic books.
"Who took it away?" Gabriel also examined it and frowned.
"I don't know yet, but within a few days when the library opens, I will be able to catch this person." Dulemond sneered, "These magic books... No, they can no longer be called magic books. Find a special place to seal it up. How many 'baits' are left?"
"Four. Invisible Abel, Sawtooth Artisan Ya, Demon Dao Li Chenyi, Ronin Ghost Face."
"enough."
=
At Lu Ning's request, Rochester temporarily blocked the scene and did not step forward to check the "statue" standing outside the door without permission.
"Lillian, you guessed it right, but... tonight's attack seems to have failed."
"No." Lu Ning glanced at the statue that was originally an artificial life. The alchemist could basically tell that the degree of completion of this thing was quite low. It could only have the most basic ability to move, and it couldn't even be called life. But it was strange. is the final pose of the statue.
The blurred face looked forward, and the "hand" was slightly extended forward in the shape of a half-clenched fist. If she were to reconstruct the scene, it should have been holding something in its hand, and it should be looking at the scene reflected in that thing.
"It was cut off by someone, otherwise it would have taken action last night. That...the owner here, I'm sorry I haven't asked your name yet, did you hear anything yesterday?"
This alchemist specializes in experiments. He is still so scared that his legs are weak after encountering such a thing. He is sitting on the sofa in the living room drinking hot drinks. When he hears Lu Ningwen, he shakes his head quickly: "I am sleeping soundly..."
"You are hypnotized." Rochester and Lu Ning said at the same time.
Someone stopped the killing from outside, but judging from the situation, there were no signs of fighting at the scene. It was probably that the murderer had no choice but to leave. It was obviously unusual for the people in the room to be oblivious to this.
"Then there should be some deviations in my thinking. The murderer did not accumulate enough power to kill because of the long time interval, but became able to commit murder after a period of time." Lu Ning looked at the statue at the same time The arm can also be used as a murder weapon. "The good news is that if the murderer leaves, this statue will not be the next transmission medium. The bad news is... we failed to catch him."
"I think it's better to report it to the Alchemist Association."
"I don't think they can play any role." Lu Ning expressed his dissatisfaction very directly, "To be honest, I came here with the intention of coming for an autopsy. The atmosphere in the association shows the incompetence of the leader."
When she said this, Rochester looked a little embarrassed.
"But how did the murderer kill?" He changed the subject.
"The victim must be an alchemist, and his strength is between intermediate and advanced. I think the victim Xu You has already explained this problem."
"Why would he be so judgmental? That's what's strangest to me."
"It's very simple. The murderer can only use the alchemist himself to perform alchemy, so he needs to choose an intermediate and advanced alchemist who can produce sufficient lethality to launch effective killing. At the same time, the murderer's strength can only injure At these two levels, alchemists who meet a wizard or above may be counterattacked. Mr. Xu You must have noticed this when he was attacked, and then told the association to the alchemists at these two levels. We focused on vigilance, but because we still didn’t understand the murderer’s logic, we were unable to prevent subsequent incidents.”
"If you don't trust the association, let's report it directly to the guards." Rochester couldn't forcefully persuade Lu Ning. He also knew the situation of the association and could probably guess what kind of cold reception Lu Ning would encounter if she went to the association. .
"It better be so."
It wasn't that Lu Ning couldn't notice the strange situation at the scene. The problem was that except for the statue, the rest of the traces had been swept too clean, and she had no way of starting. The most conclusion that can be drawn is that someone arrived on the scene in time to drive away the murderer, then cleared all traces and left quickly.
"...Is there anyone in Evarang who can do such a clean and tidy job?" Lu Ning said to herself.
All the cleaning work she'd seen so far had involved wiping out the original items and building new ones to replace them. Lu Ning also roughly understood some of the habits of magicians. For them, who can create and destroy with ease, there are too few people who can have the concept of cleaning up traces without destroying the scene in their minds.
"Lillian, let's go." Rochester told the alchemist to take refuge in the association first, while he invited Lu Ning to go to the guards to report the discovery of the incident.
