Throne of Magical Arcana

"The demon worship event?" When Anna asked this sentence, she was very curious. Except for the veritable murderer and the perverted desire for blood, I am afraid that only true lunatics will worship chaotic demons. !

It is better to believe in the Duke of the Devil than to have any wish, at least they have to be "good faith" countless times, so it is not surprising that one or two guys worship the devil alone, so it seems quite strange that so many people died at the scene.

Katrina also believes that the reason why the Magic Council issued this mandatory task is because the words "worship of the devil" changed the belief in the devil and died in the sacrifice. The council may not be so detailed. Investigate the matter.

There are few powerful demons trying to develop a church that believes in themselves. They may have considered this issue, but soon because of their own chaos, being killed and affected by blood, they left behind similar ideas, so Such a large-scale demon worship incident itself is an inexplicable and inexplicable thing.

The bar owner Gulf took a clean fur and carefully wiped the cup in front of him. It seemed that he did not miss any flaws. He chuckled: "It is indeed an event of worship of demons. At least the church has gone through a detailed investigation. The published conclusion is 'The Worship of Demons'. "

"But the church may have deliberately concealed the real situation in order not to cause panic. Isn't this without precedent?" Anna was very dissatisfied with Gulf's answer. She has also been a mercenary for three or four years. There are not many things, and I have encountered several cases where the church deliberately concealed the truth for some reason, and they did not accept their findings without doubt.

As a mercenary for more than a decade, Gulf, a pub owner for seven or eight years, is willing to believe that the conclusion of the investigation must have been confirmed by his own secret channels.

Gulf saw the two girls looking at themselves with the same green eyes as the lake, and tapped the table gently: "This is information to be charged, but ..."

Speaking of which, he looked at the mercenaries who probed the brain at the door and kept pouring in, hehe laughed: "But the two ladies seem to make my pub business better, so I tell you for free."

Anna glanced back and said with a smile: "It's not because of Sister Katrina, I often drink with my uncle, and I don't see a large group of wild wolves on the wasteland."

"Oh, it turns out that your name is Katrina. This is a common female name in Calcat City. Are you also a native?" Gulf said with a grin.

Before Katrina answered, Anna said first: "No, Sister Katrina is from a noble family in other provinces."

"Aristocratic family background? No wonder this kind of temperament is very rare among mercenaries." Gulf thoughtfully said, "Actually, I always think that Katrina is a little familiar with me. It seems that I have seen you ... "

Katrina's face was slightly dull. Her family had inherited it for two or three hundred years, and her inherited bloodline must have inherited some of the appearances of her ancestors. She thought secretly in her mind: "When the council later controls the sand The Helan Empire, when remote communication and discussion become convenient, and when I become a high-level magician, I will build the magic tower here ... "

"Uncle Gulf, you feel familiar to every beautiful lady, tell me the information quickly!" Anna pointed out the truth without any politeness.

Gulf put down the fur, rubbed his forehead, and whispered, "The first thing I found out about this was the servant of the villa. His name was Ivan. When I went to clean the hall, I saw the hall full of blood and corpses. Nobles, knights, ordinary people, artists, magicians ... "

Because of the existence of Saint Ivan, the most common name of the Shahran Empire is Ivan.

"Magician?" Anna couldn't help but exclaimed a little, and it was very difficult to meet a formal magician in the Shahran Empire.

Katrina's eyes narrowed and her expression became focused.

"Yes, according to Ivan's description, I confirmed that the badge worn by the magician was a first-level arcane badge, a second ring of magic badges, and depending on his physical characteristics, I asked someone to inquire before he arrived at Karl. It did n’t take long for Carter City to go to the forest and find and acquire materials that the wizard needed. "Gulf briefly talked about the appearance of the wizard, especially the black mole next to his left eye.

Katrina nodded slightly in her heart and was indeed the magician who died.

Gulf continued: "It is a strange event that about thirty or forty people with different identities died in the same hall. What is even more strange is that there is an altar in the middle of the hall. Although there is nothing on the altar, But it smells of chaos of killing and destruction. "

"How did these people die, commit suicide, or homicide?" Katrina carefully asked questions that met her current identity. Questions that a slightly curious and experienced female mercenary should ask, from Anna's The expression can be seen, she also wants to ask this question.

Gulf's voice was lowered: "This is the third weird place. These people killed each other and did not kill each other. They belonged to a chaotic group killing. Fatal wound. "

"Will a magician be killed by ordinary people or artists?" Not even Katrina, even Anna felt unacceptable, "Is there a knight?"

"There are knights, but he was also killed." Speaking of this matter, Gurf couldn't help but a trace of fear appeared. "There was no trace of the knight's use of blood power, nor the fluctuations and phenomena of magical residues. Explain that at that time they were a "killing feast" unfolded by the "identity" of ordinary people, and, and, looking from the direction and position of the body, no one tried to escape ... "

This is more detailed than the information given to Katrina by the Magic Council. She weighed and said: "Is it the influence of magic in magic? I heard that some cults give out magic powers that affect people's minds when they sacrifice. So that believers can do all kinds of incredible things. "

"It was indeed a lady of nobility, who had more contact information than me, and knew more about cults." Gulf put away his fearful expression and laughed humorously, "This is possible, so it is said to be a demon worship event. At least, the devil will not let his believers kill each other, but will let them die in more valuable places, and other cults are closer to the devil ’s practice. Even if they want to use the killing to obtain pure belief power, they will not choose their own. Believers, of course, I do n’t know how the church determines that the dead are devils believers, maybe they are just 'ordinary people' ... "

"It sounds weird and much scarier than the story of the minstrel." Anna patted her chest. "Uncle Gulf, what weird place?"

"Weird?" Gulf recalled carefully. "Their expressions were calm and peaceful after death, as if they were not killing each other, but were relieved. By the way, Ivan felt cold when he entered the hall. , But it was fairly warm at the end of May. "

Anna ’s curiosity was stimulated to the greatest extent, and she kept asking about things in this area, but Gulf only knew so much, and could n’t help but sigh: “There may be more strange signs on the scene, but Ivan was I was scared, and I did n’t pay much attention. After the church investigation, I was worried that the devilish atmosphere would affect the city of Carl Carter, and I cleaned the villa with holy light, so even if there was, we would never know. ”

"The church cleaned the villa with holy light ..." Katrina repeated in a low voice, which was extremely disturbing to her investigation, indicating that it was difficult to find valuable traces at the scene.

Then she asked with curiosity: "Ivan then remembered nothing later? It's been months."

"Yeah, yeah." Anna nodded, and a broken "story" always made her care about it.

Gulf twitched his lips, trying to squeeze out a wretched smile, but how this smile looked frightened and scared: "Ivan had nightmares every day because he witnessed the bloody scene of the killing, and the church gave him very much A big reward, so he often came to drink with me. Only when he was drunk could not remember anything, he could sleep peacefully. However, a week after the incident, he accidentally fell into Neger, who passed through the city because of drunkenness. Ninghe tributary, drowned in it. "

"This ..." Anna felt a cold rush into her mind and dared not ask any more.

Katrina has a similar feeling, but is more vigilant and frustrated. Although all the clues are broken, she returns with the current investigation data to complete the task, but as an excellent arcanist Her curiosity and desire to explore things are very strong, so she wants to investigate more: "Could you sneak into the referee in Calcat City to peek at their investigation materials?"

In this regard, she has little confidence, because such a big city must be presided over by the cardinal.

Anna, frightened by the "demon worship" event, pulled Katrina back to the hotel after drinking a few glasses of wine. At this time, Yakov, who had gone to the city hall to report his blood-blowing events, had returned.

He was hard to hide and share with other mercenaries what he was going to be sealed as a formal knight after a week, but after seeing that Anna and Katrina both had slightly pale faces, they calmed their smiles and asked with concern Tao: "What's wrong?"

Seeing that there were no strangers nearby, Anna told the original information in the pub.

"Formal magician ... What is his appearance?" Yakov asked after a slight hesitation.

Anna pointed to her own eyes: "There is a black mole on the left eye."

"Black mole ..." Yakov repeated, saying nothing more.

Katrina glanced at him, and went back to the room on the pretext of being tired.

When it was late at night, Katrina's room suddenly flashed like a cold wind, and quietly dived towards the noble area.

Before leaving, she considered that it would be inconvenient to cast magic in the Shahran Empire, so she exchanged a bottle of potion to stimulate the bloodline and became an official knight-after a long improvement of the Magic Council, this potion inspired 'S power has been no less than self-inspired, no longer a pseudo knight, but will still leave hidden dangers, unable to promote the big knight.

Katrina, who had inspired the bloodstream of the "blizzard" in the cold wind at night, seemed to blend in with her surroundings. Although the church had cleaned the villa with holy light, she still had to investigate it on the spot. To conduct an experiment, you must verify it yourself to believe it, and it is counterintuitive for the formal magician to believe in a demon not long after he arrived in Calcat City.