"……What's this?"
As if echoing Mengzhu's current state, everyone present became unresponsive following her movements. They stared at the metal fragments spread out in each other's hands silently, and after a long while they spoke out. A confused voice asked: "Is it yours? Or did you take it from the crime scene?"
"I don't know, because I'm not sure why it is in my hand." Keeping spreading it, Mengzhu shook his head and replied: "I can only say that it suddenly appeared during my escape journey. There is an item of unknown origin in my package, and the fact that this item somehow fell into my package should have happened after the day I guarded the prince and before I escaped from Tanya.”
"Adventurers all have the habit of sorting out their own packages." Sitting far away, Xu Yu Liushang spoke up at the right time: "In this way, adventurers can often sort out their own adventures. This kind of discovery also It’s a bit of an unexpected surprise, as long as Ms. Mengzhu is sure that this fragment does not belong to her—”
"We can confirm that this fragment came from the room at the scene."
The commotion arose inside and outside the venue as the participants looked at each other. They could not conceal their gazes on Mengzhu's palms. The whispers became more and more obvious around them as time passed. Finally, it gathered into a low reply from Duan Fenglei: "No, there should be a more direct way."
"As long as we investigate the composition of this metal fragment, wouldn't everything be solved?"
Coming to the same conclusion, the voice belonging to Princess Rena also echoed under the blowing black veil: "What is this thing for, little girl?"
"I don't know." Mengzhu shook his head in an understatement: "It's not mine in the first place. Naturally, I won't study it deliberately. It's unfortunate that I didn't throw it away casually during the long journey. Fortunately."
"Among the equipment used in hospitals, there are very few items made of metal materials, right?" Pamir's frown never relaxed: "Not to mention such sharp fragments... um, fragments? Are they some kind of Are the fragments that remained after the device was destroyed?”
"Or is it some kind of prop?" Xu Yu Liushang reminded casually: "For example, some kind of container? After it fell to the ground and was broken, Ms. Mengzhu accidentally took it out from the scene..."
"The words are getting more and more outrageous." Interrupting the wild speculations of everyone present, a member of the Principality sneered: "You are not verifying at all, you are deliberately creating answers. This is the origin of You won’t know for sure now whether the unknown broken garbage has anything to do with the case, right?”
"This is a key clue brought out by a key witness at a critical moment. If you don't investigate it, what else can you investigate? Investigate the things that you and the empire have chewed up in the past three months?" Whispering Liushang replied unceremoniously. : "And how do you know that this thing is not a fragment of the container? Do you have a guilty conscience?"
"Who are you calling a thief?" The congressman turned red and jumped up: "Does the City of Freedom insist on accusing our principality of doing this?"
"With Ms. Mengzhu's new testimony, the possibility of your principality framing this case has greatly increased." Duan Fenglei crossed his arms with determination: "We do not doubt the existing information you investigated and collected. The evidence has already given you enough face. If you still don’t recognize these new evidence, then we can only doubt——"
"We have no such intention."
Sighing and suppressing the ongoing debate, Pamir raised his hands and became the mediator again: "Our goal is the same as everyone else, which is to investigate the truth of the case and let justice come to the people. We also recognize and support the investigation of the fragment in front of us.”
"It won't take long anyway, right?" Princess Reina also let out a low laugh: "Then...how should we investigate this thing?"
"This is not simple
Yes, we have the most professional appraisers on site. "Xuyu Liushang confidently pointed to Felicton's side: "No matter what kind of trace it is, as long as it is a trace of magic——"
"I can't escape your eyes, right? Mr. Wiggins?"
The words that were whispered became the object of everyone's attention. Wiggins, who had been sitting silently in his seat, also raised his head at this time, his old face and head full of white hair. Together with his beard, it swayed slightly in the cold wind, seeming to cover up his expression and eyes in a calm and calm state: "...Item identification."
"This is indeed one of the abilities that every qualified magician should possess."
Standing up in the silent venue, the elderly-looking old man then walked around the tables and chairs in front of him. The old knotted wooden staff in his hand was also in his hands. There was a constant sound as he walked forward, and finally his scrutinizing gaze stopped in front of the girl in the center of the square: "I haven't done this work for a long time... Can I borrow this fragment temporarily?" Give it to me?"
"No, no problem." I don't know whether it was because of the identity of the president of the Mages Council in front of her or for some other reason. Mengzhu, who was covered by the hood, looked even more hesitant. The fragments were slightly raised, and finally handed to the old mage as if he had made up his mind: "Here."
"..."
Nodding his head in approval, the old mage picked up the metal fragment with his skinny-looking fingers. The surface of the fragment glowing with gray-white light was then replaced by the magic light that gradually emerged from Wiggins' hand. At the same time, the appearance of Wiggins closing his eyes and meditating was also covered up: "...the eye of truth."
call--
As if something suddenly came to the world, a whirlwind burst out around the venue with the last words spoken by Wiggins. The onlookers who covered their faces then widened their eyes, waiting for the magic to fade away. The old magician of the light said his identification results: "...well, the golden silver grass, the sharp edge of Rosario, the tail of the bone-gnawing beast, and...huh? Is this the powder of the magic core? Tsk tsk tsk, interesting.”
"What, what? What are you talking about?" His words to himself really aroused confusion from the surrounding audience: "What does it mean?" "The material is 'Voride alloy, a rare A product of the void." Raising his eyelids, Wiggins slightly raised the metal fragment in his hand in front of everyone: "The inner wall of it is contaminated - or it was once contaminated with some ingredients, although I don't know The specific function should be what remains after a large number of materials are stirred and fused together."
"I am also familiar with these materials. After all, I have also done a little bit of research in alchemy." Having said this, Wiggins turned around and looked at Freestone with a look full of joking: " I'm sure - these are alchemical materials, ladies and gentlemen."
"What?"
The venue fell into an uproar again, and the sounds of inhalation and surprise turned into a huge noise in the next moment. The shouts of the principal guards who tried their best to maintain order on the scene did not stop for a long time, and the voices belonging to the major forces in the center of the venue The voices representing the debates came and went: "Look! Look! What did I say before? The more impossible something is, the more unexpected the truth is!"
"So is there really someone secretly framing him? Or is he using that potion that sounds like nonsense?"
"No, no, no, it's too early to draw conclusions now. We haven't figured out the origin of this fragment yet! What if that little girl forged it?"
"Isn't this possibility too small? What good will this do to her? Could it be that the little girl's life on the run has been too bad during this period, so she plans to take revenge on the whole world?"
"So I said from the beginning, just think about who benefits from this situation."
Duan Fenglei also joined the discussion, and the voice belonging to Duan Fenglei also sounded in the endless discussion in the venue: "Mengzhu has no ability to cheat, and there is no need to cheat, but for
For the benefiting third party, the benefits of fraud are obvious. "
"You are referring to people who can benefit from the war between the two countries, right?" Pamir held his chin and gave a deep reply: "This topic has been mentioned before... Looking at it now, it can only be Is it the Magic Empire?"
"Unless there is a way to prove that this fragment is not from the crime scene, we have to put this topic on the topic of discussion." Xuyu Liushang sat aside with his arms folded, looking like he had nothing to do with it. Le Ziren, who was watching the fire from the other side: "My intuition tells me that this might be able to uncover the real culprit."
"It can also prove that my dear brother is not guilty." Pointing to Chris, who still looked a little dull in the middle of the venue, Princess Rena's voice sounded gentle and calm: "This has lasted for more than three months. Farce, I can finally—"
boom!
The sudden explosion covered the inside and outside of the venue, and the rumbling vibrations on the ground also made most people present feel a little unsteady. The fire that appeared in the sky far away in Tania City also brought with it a large piece of broken magic shield. The fragments scattered downwards, and the figures that flew out of the billowing smoke turned into meteors that quickly flew towards them, carrying the tail of the smoke. The siren sounded around the venue along with the roars of the guards. Countless magicians who rose into the air also instantly formed a confrontation with the approaching figures. One of the leading figures then raised his hand just before the battle was about to break out. He raised his hands and used his innocent eyes and gestures as a temporary escape card: "We are here to attend the meeting!"
"stop!"
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"Stop it!"
The smoke and dust that filled the surroundings of the arena was blown around by a storm that rose instantly. The unfinished one-on-three battle in the underground boxing ring also appeared in the blown smoke. Standing proudly in the center The figure of the gray-robed magician also passed across with an ice-blue sword blade at this time, and slashed away the one closest to him with a sword across the river. Without the cover of Yanchen, Fuchen, who had originally planned to ambush behind Duan Qing, had no choice but to rush forward with a loud shout. The gray-robed magician, who did not intend to turn around, struck the opponent's head with a backhand sword accurately. The cold light falling from the blade also froze Fu Chen in place instantly: "Do you want to fight again? You are so stubborn, aren't you?"
"No matter whether we fight to the death or not, this game will never end!" Jiang Shanruhua, the last one to rush forward, tried to hug the opponent's body, but in the end he could only watch as he fell from the layer that represented the outline of the opponent's body. White light passed through: "Damn it... what kind of magic is this?"
"This is not a magic spell, it's just borrowing some other power." Duan Qing raised the ice blue sword in his hand and stopped attacking. A smile gradually bloomed on Duan Qing's equally vague face: "If you don't believe me, you can ask a magician to evaluate my abilities and see if I'm still level one now?"
"Are you still at level one?" Ichibi Dujiang, who was holding onto the bleeding wound in front of him and struggling to get up, asked with disbelief on his face: "Have you cast more than one kind of magic so far? And they are all high-level magic. How can this be something that a first-level character can use? Are you cheating again?"
"Okay, okay, it seems that this is really hard to explain." Duan Qing scratched his head and waved his hand, turning the frost sword blade in his hand into broken ice crystals all over the sky: "You just need to know that I am now The tricks used are all within the scope of elementary magic. After all, I really can’t use any higher-level magic.”
"That's impossible! No matter how powerful a first-level character is, the character's attributes are only so small. Those abilities can't even support first-level magic!" Fuchen, who was dragged behind by his companions and was still thawing, accused with a dissatisfied look: "Even if your attribute points are dozens of levels higher than others out of thin air, the effect of the degradation magic circle should have reduced these ability values! How could you-"
His words stopped in mid-air, and his pale face seemed to have thought of some shocking possibility. Jiangshan Ruhua, who was also aware of the key problem, also put away his fighting posture while panting.
, attention was also focused on the hazy white light surrounding Duan Qing: "Possessed? Are you borrowing someone else's power?"
"Bingo, you guessed it right." Duan Qing, who was still floating in the air, snapped his fingers at the three people opposite him: "Of course, the one I invited now is not a big shot, you can rest assured on this."
"It's so shameless to ask a ghost to get involved." Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Fuchen tilted his mouth and stretched out his trembling fingers: "Are you going to do whatever it takes to win?"
"What if I have to fight the three of you with my bare hands, and then be knocked down to the ground and beaten up by you?" Duan Qing's open hands were once again filled with firelight: "I'm not letting you do it. The kind of person who sets up a trap, the reason why the game is called a game——"
"Then at least let me have enough capital to fight, right?"
