Pengshan Yuanzi's attitude remained as stable as Mount Tai, which also made Lu Ning feel at ease. Whether she is naturally calm or prepared, at least the cooperation will not cause any confusion in the plan.
"I believe you already know that many murderers have been killed in Ewa Corridor today. They may have encountered something similar to Hyakki Hiroshi."
"I have only actually come into contact with three of these incidents. The rest were relayed by Fujii. Lilian, how many of them have you actually experienced?"
"One." Lu Ning shook her head, "I also heard it from others. According to my investigation, some people are trying to use these murderers to recreate the grimoire. They need the souls of the murderers, combined with the knowledge and experience of the grimoire. , mix to create a new magic book."
"Sounds a bit like black magic."
"It must be black magic. But that's not the point. The point is that there may be many places in the entire Evar corridor where this new type of magic book has been placed. Maybe the pollution ability is not as strong as the real magic book, but it is worse than being able to quickly remove it. Switch between books and human form, and freely control the powerful magic in the grimoire."
When Pengshan Yuanzi heard this information, he pondered for a moment.
"Something weird."
"Um?"
"Lillian, you haven't actually been in contact with many scenes, so you don't know much about the actual situation... But according to Fujii, the deaths of those murderers are always a bit weird. There is a black shadow that always appears at the right time, Kill the murderers before they are captured, and then extract the soul, leaving a shriveled body."
"Yes, that's what happened to me."
"You said that they need souls...to combine the knowledge and experience in the magic book to create a new magic book. I can agree with this. But when I discussed it with Fujii, she told me that this is not normal."
"What's abnormal?" Lu Ning frowned. Although she liked things like investigation and traces, she was not mainly engaged in detective work after all. She believed that Fujii Yukine was more professional in this aspect. However, no matter how you recall, there seems to be no problem with this clue so far...except for the unknown part.
"It depends on the start." Fuchiko Toyama repeated Fujii's words, "If we look at the entire plan as a whole, then the number of magic books required to start this plan is very huge. One of them is the murderers we know. Everyone must be equipped with at least one magic book for remaking. Secondly, during the two previous riots, those people took out the magic books to spread magic book contamination, and the purpose of this action is still unknown. The number of magic books required for these two alone is between twenty and thirty, and we don’t even know if there are other arrangements. If such a number of magic books are really lost, then in the entire exchange There should have been something strange in Evarang before the meeting started."
"Um……"
"Another question is, how are the soul parts in the magic book separated? Although the details are not clear, it is not easy to separate the souls from the magic book as a whole. Even if it can be separated, these souls should be placed Where? That's not something you can just throw away. The processing of souls in the magical world is also a troublesome task."
"What do Fujii think is going on?"
"She just felt that the origin of this magic book was too strange, so she had to check out the rules for storing magic books in the library. These days when the library is open are a good opportunity."
"This is also a good opportunity for the other party to start taking action."
"I think it's about the same. No matter how much you accumulate strength, you should be fully prepared by now. I think something big will happen by the end of the opening of the library at the latest."
"This is it, Pengshan. This is where I need help."
"Um?"
"The person who controls everything convened multiple forces and spread the magic book pollution in Evarang. These are just preparation signals. At the same time, I think this is also an inducement. When they start to act, they will definitely There are some things that look very serious happening, and these things may delay most of the main combat forces in Ewa Gallery for a period of time, even if it is not too long, it will be enough for them to implement their real plan."
"You want us to counterattack? This is not easy. Since they are willing to let organizations such as the Star Ring Sect, Book Burners, and Evolution enter the Evar Gallery to serve as cannon fodder, even if it is a bait, it will be difficult for us to deal with it."
"Three positions." Lu Ning stretched out her finger, "I just need you to release the combat power of the three positions as quickly as possible when any abnormality occurs."
"……where?"
“The Opal Quarter, the Topaz Quarter and the Moonstone Quarter.”
Pengshan Yuanzi thought for a moment and raised his brows: "You want to make this idea?"
"I don't know what you are thinking about, but I do have some plans of my own." Lu Ning glanced at Pengshan, "It's a pity that I can't say this."
"It doesn't matter, I will act at my own pace. I can still draw the quick support manpower in the three areas. As long as no emperor-level magicians appear, I can still help suppress it."
"Thank you very much. I'll leave first. As for this Conferred God Platform..."
"You don't need this either, so you can use it as a first mover to ask for directions. Finally, Lillian, it's probably Heinz. This is our judgment so far."
"Thank you."
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Just after leaving Penglai House, Lu Ning received a contact from Xueni.
Since Catherine's death, there has been no contact signal from Gemstone. Lu Ning also went to the academy to look for someone, but they always said that the person was not there.
At this moment, the gem suddenly became hot again, and she immediately found a quiet place to take it out.
"Xue Ni?"
"Lillian, we found him."
Lu Ning could hear a hint of excitement from this calm tone, and she instantly understood that Xue Ni had not given up on tracing the whereabouts of the prince in the past few days. With her underground connections, as long as he was still in Evarang, she would not give up. It's just a matter of time before I can find it.
"But something is wrong. I haven't informed Liz yet. She may not be calm. Lillian, my people found him in a not-so-famous speakeasy, where people often accept and issue shady tasks. place. However, there was no magician accompanying the prince, not even one person. And according to the report, he no longer had the arrogance he often had before, and he lost a lot of weight. If it weren't for some physical characteristics, he would be difficult to Recognize him."
"What?" Lu Ning frowned, "Don't test him easily."
"Of course I know that if he can kill all the people there and escape, then he must be treated with caution. The strangest thing is that my people also monitored the tavern. They did not see the prince, or anyone with a similar figure. People enter through the door. My people are all equipped with anti-invisibility lenses. Unless someone above the Grand Magister helps him perform the invisibility technique, it is impossible not to see him."
"His accompanying magician is the danger. By the way, Xue Ni, I want to know what happened to the dark crystal that was in Catherine's body before?"
"Liz asked her friends to help recover it before she left. There may be important clues on the murder weapon, and we will not hand it over to the teacher."
Let’s not judge whether this idea is right or not, at least it is a good thing for Lu Ning.
"I need to take a look at that crystal again. And that prince, since you have discovered him, make sure he is still alive in Evarang and will not be able to escape for a while. Since there are so many abnormalities on his body, let's observe for a while time."
"Okay, come and watch the fog, and I will take you to see the crystals."
"Um...I'm in the Garnet area now."
"Use Catherine's card to come here by car." Xueni said directly, "I will give you the right to use it."
Now that he had the guarantee, Lu Ning was able to quickly rush back to the Moonstone Area. The atmosphere in Guanwu College is still quite serious at the moment, and the seriousness of the students' deaths in Ewa Gallery can be seen. When Lu Ning went in, she still asked the guards to notify her, and Xueni came out in person before taking her in.
"Why did you suddenly ask to see the crystal? You didn't discover anything at the time."
"I didn't have this idea at the time, but after so many things, plus I also gained something from lectures and libraries... I might be able to find something from that crystal."
Xue Ni nodded, without asking any more questions, and took Lu Ning to a dark room downstairs in a dormitory. The Dark Crystal was put into a white jade box, and there was a protective metal cover outside. It took two magic passwords to unlock these two layers of protection.
"Look." She took out the angular crystal. Lu Ning sat at a table, turned on a high-brightness magic lamp, waited and looked at the state of the crystal, and then pulled out the magic dagger seized from Yi Lair from her waist.
The blade of the knife and the crystal hit each other lightly, knocking off a fine crystal corner. Lu Ning glanced at Xueni: "I need a laboratory."
"Simple." Xue Ni immediately took her to Guan Wu's magic laboratory, where she booked a room for Lu Ning to continue her measurements.
"Let me explain a little bit. I have been exposed to something recently, which is quite bad. In short, it is black magic."
"How did you come across something like that?"
It seems that Xue Ni doesn't know that people like Jaze exist.
"I don't know if it's luck or misfortune. In short, I have a little understanding of what this kind of vicious magic can do. And after reading a rubbing on alchemy in the library, combined with some incredible experiences before, I I can't help but have such doubts..."
She dropped the crystallized crumbs into several test tubes.
"What doubts?"
"Could this dark crystal be generated on-site?"
Xue Ni frowned in confusion: "Generated on-site?"
"Our biggest question is, how could so many people who accompanied the prince, including Catherine's family and entourage, disappear out of thin air?" Lu Ning began to connect the instruments. These are commonly used methods in alchemy, plus Soy With some of the insights in Ge's notebook, she had a better understanding of how these things should be used in a more reasonable manner.
"Were they made?" Xue Ni's reaction was still very quick, but her face could not hide her surprise.
"I don't know what method it is, and it may not be alchemy. So I am now conducting three tests on the crystal. Age, impurity components, and magic traces."
Lu Ning stared at the bubbling test tube and paid attention to the readings on the instrument.
"Tsk..." Xue Ni was slightly stunned, but after all, he was the one who created such a large underground force, and he quickly calmed down.
"We think this is a murder weapon, and we will check the owner and find a way to sell it... But no one will check the age of a knife, nor will they care how much iron and carbon is used in the knife. However, this That’s the key – explain where those people went!”
Lu Ning used magic power to gently separate it, and the age detection was completed as quickly as possible. Sure enough, it took less than half a month. The crystal structure of this dark crystal itself was clear under the light, and there were no signs of wear on the edges and corners. It was so new. a little.
Immediately following were impurities, which directly led Lu Ning to conclude that this was not an alchemical technique, at least not a traditional alchemy technique. The impurity content in the crystal is between seven and eight, which is beyond the acceptable range stipulated by alchemy. The impurities include a small amount of human tissue, which does not meet the characteristics of alchemy that all raw materials will be exchanged.
"Those people are really refined..."
"We may have done something wrong." Lu Ning waited for the third monitoring item to come out, and said to Xueni at the same time, "What happened at that time may not be that Catherine tried to use the potion to deceive her, and then those people planned to murder her. But..."
"The prince suddenly took action and refined all the people present into dark crystals. Catherine saw her relatives being refined and launched an attack to try to stop her. Then she was assassinated by the prince with this crystal... Is this like this?" Xue Ni held her forehead. , "But why would he..."
"I don't know. I have never understood Catherine's country from beginning to end. But I have to say, pay attention to the accompanying magician. Maybe it was not the prince's own doing."
"What?"
"Although this is not a standard alchemy, I know that there is someone who also uses a similar human body refining method, and the material he uses is himself. Considering that there are not many people in this world who can perform this method, even think of it, I doubt the connection between the two. After all, the guy who refined himself did not learn this technique from his teacher."
"Wait, I'm a little confused, you mean someone is arranging these things?"
"Yes, he has caused a massacre and a ghost-like murderer. I don't think the purpose is just that. Wait a minute, since the prince was deliberately kept, it means that the prince should also have some special characteristics to stay. Otherwise, that other magician... his memory was destroyed, but his life was spared? It’s strange, with his behavior, why would he leave one life in particular?"
At this moment, the third test result came out. The magic mark test result required some back-calculation to get the result. Lu Ning took the parchment and calculated it for a while, her brows frowning more and more.
"No, this is not alchemy, this is definitely not...but this method may be..."
"It's a sacrifice." Xue Ni had already walked to Lu Ning's side, looked at the final result on the paper, and said softly, "Black magic, the method of the Star Ring Sect."
