"Creak." The recognized resting place for members of the Night Blade. Recalling a single room in the hut, the door was pushed open and Charles walked in from the outside. Wang Yu and Edward had already been waiting inside for a short period of time. time.
Wang Yu put down the pamphlet and the objects he had been studying over and over again, and looked at Ciel, who was speechless. "What's going on? Did you encounter something because you came a little late?"
Generally speaking, Ciel won't be late unless he encounters some unlucky accident, such as being kicked out by the owner of the Echo Lodge.
But with Wang Yu and Edward as guarantees for Charles, the boss wouldn't let him in.
"Don't mention it. My father has been worrying about the replacement of the Senate recently. He pulled me over to explain a lot of things, and asked me to represent the family when the voting was held. I don't want this. I'm not Have you severed ties with the Ryder family... What is this called severing ties with? Oh my god."
Charles sat on the chair in the private room and drank the juice he had ordered in advance.
"Huh, it's not as good as what we drank at the last college dinner."
"If you don't drink, get out! You picky idiot!" The angry roar reached Charles's ears, making him jump up from his seat. This familiar voice, boss?
But didn't the single room in the Echo Lodge provide additional confidentiality services? Otherwise, he wouldn't have chosen this place to show his two companions the information he got from Viscount Glen's cemetery.
Charles glanced around nervously. He had commented more than once in the public space outside that the boss's food was not as good as those sold in other stores in the royal city. This made him yelled at by the boss several times and kicked out several times.
After looking around, he didn't see the boss, but he saw Edward looking at him with a smile, and Wang Yu, who was touching his throat and thinking deeply.
"Hmm... let me guess, that voice just now was Wang Yu?" Charles's head turned quickly, and he almost understood the situation after seeing it.
"It's me. I'm trying to adjust some details of my body. It seems that through the cooperation of fighting spirit and muscles, I can imitate other people's voices, which is quite convenient."
Wang Yu raised his head and explained, and his voice turned into Qige's.
"That's outrageous, your body is too weird." Charles scratched his head and sat back down again.
"Let me show you what I got from replaying the past scenes in Viscount Glen's cemetery. It's unimaginable."
Charles no longer dwelled on the scare just now, but took out a Wheel of Fortune tarot card and placed it on the table.
"The Viscount has a habit of abuse or torture, right?" Wang Yu asked.
"Well, how do you know?" Charles confirmed Wang Yu's question with some surprise and activated the Wheel of Fortune tarot card.
"I have some aura of the dead on my body. Aviya used necromancy to help me trace back the memories of these dead people. They are all young and tortured souls."
Turning his gaze to the past scene projected across the room by the Wheel of Fortune, Wang Yu responded.
The Wheel of Fortune Tarot card showed the past scenes in front of the three people with a translucent luminous three-dimensional image. The location could be found in the details. Although there were some differences, it was the cemetery outside Viscount Glenn's window.
Some young men and women were tied with ropes, stuffed with cloth in their mouths, and fixed on stools placed in the cemetery outside the window, while Viscount Glen and Viscountess Glen were holding something in their hands and sucking it intoxicatedly.
"Well, it's true. The Viscountess's behavior before was definitely caused by taking drugs. It was just a side effect." Wang Yu looked at the things held in the hands of Viscount Glenn and his wife, which made them intoxicated. As expected, The nodded.
Viscount Glen and his wife first smoked for a long time as if no one else was around, and then showed a somewhat distracted look. It took a long time before they came back to their senses.
During this period, the young men and women who were tied to the chairs twisted their fixed bodies and tried hard to move their positions, but they all ended in failure.
When Viscount Glen and Mrs. Glen came back to their senses, the energy brought by the hallucinogenic drug did not dissipate. They showed exaggerated smiles, picked up whips and other similar things from the side, and began to beat those who were bound. young people.
Although the Wheel of Fortune tarot card cannot play back sounds, the sickly smiles on the faces of the Viscount and the Madam showed that they laughed very loudly, and the constantly shaking chairs also showed the sounds of the bound people. Wail.
"Bang!" Edward's fist hit the table. If the knight's power had not been deliberately restrained by him, the wooden dining table would have been shattered. Veins were beating on his fist, his eyebrows were furrowed and his muscles were trembling. Everything reflects his anger at the moment.
The scene continued. The viscount and viscountess tortured the bound people in front of them to their heart's content. Every whipping and every time unknown things were sprinkled on these people's wounds could make them become weak due to the medicine. The particularly excited mood was even more intense.
With such intoxicated and enjoyable expressions, it is difficult to imagine what their mood was like when they were doing these things.
This torture lasted for a long time. In the middle of the torture, because the Viscount's wife had an ordinary physique, she also took a break due to lack of physical strength.
The convulsing bodies of the tortured people entered the eyes of the three people. Except for Edward's undisguised anger, Charles and Wang Yu were unusually silent.
Finally, when the bound people's chests stopped heaving, the Viscount's wife was already enjoying herself, and waved her hand. The servant guards who had been waiting outside the screen entered the screen, buried the bodies of the bound people in the ground, and The tombstone that had been prepared was inserted, and the scene ended here.
"You deserve it." Ciel sighed and concluded.
"Yeah." Wang Yu moved the small piece of alchemy component in his hand and agreed.
"Huh..." Edward just let out a long breath, but his trembling fists already showed that he was not at peace in his heart at the moment.
"If someone goes missing on the ground in the royal city, the Night Blade and the city guards will take care of it. The words of young people will be paid more attention to, so these people who appear on the screen should all come from places other than the royal city." Caught."
Ciel put away the Wheel of Fortune tarot cards and analyzed them in a calm tone.
"Wangcheng Shadow." Wang Yu's tone was very sure.
"Probably." Ciel confirmed.
Although the Shadow of the Royal City is a secret for ordinary residents of the Royal City, it is a place where nobles often come and go.
Whether it is the transaction of some ordinary alchemy artifacts or something involving the dark side of human nature, it is nothing more than normal for the chaotic place of King City Shadow.
"Are all these nobles like this?" Edward put his palm on his forehead, his tone filled with unexplainable excitement.
"What? Are you disappointed with the nobles in the royal city?" Ciel asked.
"Alas, in the North, at least among the nobles I know, this kind of situation is impossible."
"It's very simple. Nobles enjoy more resources than ordinary people, and they shoulder more responsibilities. For these nobles, protecting the people of the North is both a responsibility and an honor."
Edward is the son of the Grand Duke of the North. Both Wang Yu and Ciel know that he has a strong sense of responsibility, and it is normal for him to protect his people.
"You are right, don't let these things in the royal city affect your beliefs."
Wang Yu knocked on the chest of Edward, who was feeling a little confused, and emphasized that there was nothing wrong with what Edward insisted on and recognized.
"It's not like we should look at these nobles in the royal city in such a general way. At least, I can be considered a noble. Well, Wang Yu can be considered a noble now, and Miss Aviya seems to be too. At least, I am trustworthy and responsible. The number of nobles is definitely more than half."
Charles coughed slightly, but did not raise his evaluation of Viscount Glenn to that of all the nobles in the royal city.
"You have to look at a person based on what he has done. Status does not determine whether a person is great or not, good or evil. Nobility is just a status. At least there should be no prejudice against people with aristocratic status." Wang Yu made a summary.
"Identity is not important..., what is important is how to do it." Edward chewed on these words, thoughtfully.
"As for the murderer, it seems that at present, using the words of Wang Yu, your hometown, this murderer is doing justice for heaven. As a member of the Night Blade, although according to the laws of the royal city, he should definitely be arrested. ...Nothing more.”
Charles spread his hands and turned the topic back to the murderer. Now that he knew what Viscount Glenn had done, could what the murderer did still be considered a crime?
"We naturally have a balance in our own hearts and have our own understanding of what is right. It's very simple."
"But what we have to think about now is whether the murderer simply wanted to cause chaos, or whether he really wanted to punish Viscount Glenn for his sins and bring unfulfilled heavenly punishment on his head."
"If it's the former, it must be stopped, but for the latter, we can't help, but at least we can..."
Wang Yu opened one eye and closed another, the meaning was obvious.
"It's quite simple. It would be fine if things ended here. If similar attacks and killings continue to occur, we can determine what the murderer's purpose is." Charles rubbed his fingers.
"Well, that's all it can do." Wang Yu responded.
"But what you need to pay attention to is the black smoke-like thing on the murderer's body, because it can block detection like Lady of the Night's magic. It is considered by the noble investigation team to be related to the recent rise of Lady of the Night's faith. Wang Yu, you have to be a little bit Please note that although not many people know your identity, it is difficult to keep it completely confidential."
"And the Night Church may also be affected by this."
When he said this, Ciel was very serious. It seemed that he got a lot of new information through his own news channels.
After pondering slightly, Wang Yu responded equally seriously, "I understand, I will notify them to pay attention."
In fact, Wang Yu knew that what Charles had said to Edward before that at least half of the nobles in the royal city were trustworthy had other meanings.
In other words, there are no more than half of the nobles who behave similarly or even worse to Viscount Glenn.
As for this group of nobles who have far more resources and power than ordinary residents, once a part of them dies, the impact on the entire royal city and even the kingdom may be huge.
…
It was night at the junction of the Arestle border and Severtan. The two armies were stationed on both sides of the canyon. The military camps emitted light that was not dazzling. A few of them were magic crystal lanterns, and most of them were Use torches to maintain.
The deep canyon, where you can't see what's at the bottom, is a natural dividing line between the two armies.
This is the crack that was formed when the ultimate weapon created in human history exploded and tore apart the entire continent. It is called the Canyon of Sighs.
The war on the front line has been going on so tepidly from the moment it started. The two armies have been engaged in continuous confrontations of various sizes, but there has been no real final battle.
The armies of both sides have not received decisive battle orders from within the kingdom, so they can only waste their time on the front line. While they dare not relax their front lines, they rarely launch attacks beyond the scope of the word "test".
On both sides of the Canyon of Sighs, the armies of Aleister and Severtan are equally at odds, but they also have a strange tacit understanding not to break out into a complete battle. Maybe this battle will come sooner or later, but for now, there is no One side is willing to push the war to the final stage.
Near the edge of the canyon, a member of Aleister's Night Blade who went to the front line according to the royal family's call was completing his patrol mission while practicing a new skill that had recently been spread among the Night Blades. The magic that can be performed by faith.
His belief in the Lady of the Night has just begun, so he has no way to use the prayer communication network. This gentleman is walking and patrolling the surroundings, his lips are constantly moving, and he is silently reciting something, and he is familiar with the prayers about the Lady of the Night in his heart. .
The Blades of Night members in the royal city joined the faith in the Lady of the Night one step earlier than the members on the front line.
Because of joining the army, only the members who interacted with the Night Blade in the city learned about the new belief spread among the Night Blade in the following period.
This soldier of the Blade of the Night has some doubts about the belief that Lady of the Night's faith can invalidate mental pollution, because the mental protection of the Blade of the Night for so long has largely relied on the spiritual power of the royal family. The consciousness of the darkness of the sky is imprinted in it.
Although it has great side effects, such as being turned into a cripple by the impact of the things left in the soul before being completely polluted under the impact of a huge amount of mental pollution, there has been no such thing as this for so long. This is a better solution.
But if it's true...
Thinking of this, the soldier recognized Lady Night a little more at a moment that he didn't even notice.
"Lady Night, please grant me the ability to see in the dark."
Compared with praying to other gods, which is much simpler, he tried to complete this simplest magic among the magical arts believed in by the Lady of the Night.
A faint dark power emerged from nothingness, spread like water, lingering in his eyes. He succeeded. The first attempt was so simple.
Things that were difficult to see due to the darkness brought by the night suddenly became clearly visible, but before he had time to think about anything, he suddenly discovered something was wrong above the Sighing Canyon.
A large number of slender ropes that are difficult to detect under the cover of darkness are extending from the opposite side of the canyon.
Some guys in night clothes were hanging on these filaments, moving slowly and silently towards this side.
In his vision of seeing through the darkness, several guys wearing night clothes appeared on the edge of the canyon on Aleister's side. Their figures flashed and disappeared into the woods near the canyon.
"Are they from Sevetan? There is no warning circle near the edge of the canyon and away from the military formation, so they are taking advantage of it. What does Sevetan want to do, start a complete war? We need to inform other people in the camp quickly. people!"
The soldier immediately planned to take action after he realized what had happened. But just as he was about to take action, in the short space of time when he turned around, a pair of hands silently touched the hand behind his back, and already put a knife into his hand. The sharp dagger stabbed into his heart.
"Well..." The mouth that wanted to shout was covered by the same hand, and no sound could be made no matter what. The vitality quickly disappeared after the heart was penetrated, and the weak body collapsed.
The owner of those hands emerged from the void, and the flow of fighting energy around him already explained where the sudden appearance of the ability to kill this Blade of the Night member came from, the inner potential of the official knight.
"Attention all dead soldiers, some of Aleister's soldiers seem to have the ability of dark vision. You need to be more careful. We were discovered by a soldier just now. The number of times I can stop it is limited. Speed up your actions. Press Plan goes ahead.”
The words were spread silently through special props. This latent man was a formal knight of the hidden type, and his figure disappeared again, escaping into nothingness.
There was no voice to respond to his words, but the figures in black that kept walking out of the woods on the edge of the canyon in the darkness were the best response. The night attack began...
