Throne of Magical Arcana

In the corner of the aristocratic area, the night wind lingered, and the evergreen trees blew loudly.

Under the trees, there is a half-domed two-storey villa with a rugged style and the characteristics of the Shahran Empire. However, somehow, this villa looks unusually gloomy in the dark, like a rambling monster.

Looking at the villa from afar, Katrina couldn't tell whether it was her true "fate star" hunch, or whether it came from the psychological effect, as if the figure that had merged into the surrounding cold winds was getting weaker and faded away.

Although things have passed for a few months, the villa was cleaned with the Holy Light, and some of the guards should have been removed long ago, but Katrina did not dare to care. She still used spells such as "High Invisibility" instead of relying solely on knights. Strength sneaked in-she trusted and loved magic more than blood power!

The dark clouds did not cover the silver moon, and the faint light spilled on the ground, leaving the trees with a long shadow. Like a twisted monster, Katrina approached the villa silently on this slightly bright night. The effect of "Higher Invisibility" left her without leaving any traces. Even if a horse-drawn carriage passed by her, she didn't notice a lady walking near.

Katrina easily entered the villa, and then the vaporized body drilled into the hall, and began a careful inspection of the "crime scene".

The hall is covered with dark-colored stone bricks with smooth surfaces. They have the same style as the Shahran Empire. They are huge. One piece can bear five Arlinge pattern tiles.

Looking at the ceiling reflected in the surface of these dark stone bricks, Katrina felt the ground inlaid with mirrors, and secretly speculated: "Even in the mansion of the Earl of Calcat, the floor tiles will not be so smooth. And it does n’t use dark colors, except for wrestling guests wearing pointy shoes, it ’s all about peeking at the bottom of ladies ’skirts. Is the owner of this villa specially designed for this purpose or another? have a thought?"

The nobles of the Shahran Empire have always been more arrogant and more luxuriant than the "competitors" in the south, and Katrina did not dare to rule out this possibility.

Under "Higher Invisibility", every time you cast magic, it will appear in form, but it will return to invisibility after the magic is cast, so the dark stone brick surface constantly flashes Katrina's changed appearance and long golden hair. , Green eyes, all clearly visible.

"After a few months after being cleaned by the Holy Light, even strange and magical magic seems to have no effect ..." Katrina cast all the predictive and investigative magic she could think of, but the gain was not great. Can only stand on the spot with a wry smile and laughed at himself.

Of course, she is not fruitless. At least one thing can be judged from the marks of the sword and dagger on the floor tiles, that is, no one really exerted extraordinary power at that time, otherwise they will not be so shallow. , Is no different from the traces caused by an ordinary person throwing his sword on the floor tiles.

"Failure to use extraordinary power can only show two possibilities. Either the official magician is completely controlled by the devil, or his power is sealed in advance. If it is the former, without reason, only killing and He cannot destroy the desire to destroy the magic that he is best at and the most lethal, so no matter whether he worships demons, he should be sealed at that time. "Katrina made a simple inference.

If the magician participated in this killing feast because he wanted to achieve a certain desire, and controlled himself not to use magic, then at the most dangerous time, any desire is not more important than his own safety. Subconsciously, he Spells will definitely be used.

"That is to say, from the magician's body, he can understand how his magic was sealed ..." Katrina thought of a clue, and immediately waved her right hand in annoyance, "but this magician Characterized by the church as the initiator of the 'worship of the devil', he hung his body on the torture rack and burned it, damn church. "

She has always been polite and polite. She couldn't help but make a swearing. When this kind of thing happened, the Northern Church certainly wanted a culprit to appease the aristocracy and the people. It happened that an evil magician died at the scene.

As the furniture, altars, etc. had been purified by the church, the entire hall seemed empty, and Katrina walked back and forth a few steps, suddenly remembering one thing: "Gulf mentioned that a knight was present at the time, and also died. According to the previous reasoning, he is obviously also sealed with blood power ... he is a noble, although his body ca n’t be buried in his family ’s cemetery due to the worship of demons, it should also be in a high-grade public cemetery. A nobleman was trampled on at random ... "

After she grasped this clue, her expression became slightly uplifted, and she checked the upstairs and the basement homeopathically, but it was also no gain. As she was about to leave, she suddenly felt that the alert spell was touched, so she twisted her head and looked towards Windows in the direction of the garden.

Then, Katrina found that the familiar knight's will was blowing in through the cracks of the window like a cold wind, and coldly and carefully probed the situation inside.

After this will spread to Katrina, her "higher invisibility" effect produced ripples, perfectly forging the sign that no one was here.

After a very slight sound even in the quiet night, the window opened slowly back, and a thin piece of ice quickly melted into water droplets. Soon, the "killer" who opened the window disappeared like this trace.

A shadow came in, tall and sturdy, with a snowy pattern on both hands.

"Yakov, he really came ..." Katrina stood in the middle of the hall, quietly watching the figure walking around and checking. From the familiar breath, she was not difficult to judge the identity of the other party.

However, she was not too surprised that Yakov was here. When Anna mentioned the dead magician, he was a little abnormal.

Yakov looked around and confirmed that there were no objects or suspicious traces, and finally he was relieved for a long time, but he never found Katrina standing behind, even though she stood so bright and upright.

"I wanted to think about how to ask him, since I met it, don't waste my chance ..." Katrina's green eyes flashed for a moment, and she made a decision.

Yakov straightened up and was ready to take a look at the room upstairs. Suddenly, he felt a sense of uncomfortableness in his heart. His years of mercenary experience made him pounce forward without thinking, and his body began to become huge. Frost wrapped around him, and at the same time, he thought inexplicably, "Is there an ambush?"

As soon as his thoughts started, his head buzzed abruptly, and his eyes became vague, as if in a mist.

"I have a question to ask you." Then, he heard a voice ignoring men and women.

Although the sound is weird, in Yakov's heart, I feel that the sound is so familiar and so sublime, not only like the Lord he worships on weekdays, but also like the girl who has a deep love in his heart, so there is no resistance, a little bit Pleasantly: "What's the problem?"

"What is your relationship with the magician who died here? Why did you investigate?" The voice continued.

This question pierced Yakov's deep fears and unconsciously refused to answer, but the inexplicable state of surrender and worship made him irresistible and answered frankly: "At the beginning of May, I happened to meet An official magician who worked with him for a while. "

"I gave him information and led him to the plains to find various resources. He gave me some materials that stimulated the blood. Based on these materials, I corrected some of the mistakes in the past and found a way to become a formal knight. , I led the mercenary squad to accept another mission, went to the ice field, and came back only to hear that the magician was involved in the worship of demons. "

"Because I am worried that his affairs will involve me, and I face the critical moment of enclosing, I can't rest assured, come to search, and intend to destroy all the clues left."

Katrina was stunned: "Why did his affairs involve you? When he cooperated with you, he was alone?"

The official magician is already dead, and there must be no Yakov's tokens or other items on his body, otherwise he will be asked by the church to "question" as soon as he returns to Calcat City, so what is he worried about?There will be no clue to this temporary cooperation.

"Yes, he is the only one." Yakov responded honestly like his loyal lord.

A person?He came to Kalcat City with several companions, but left them to cooperate with Yakov ... Katrina embraced her hands, doing the movements Heidi and Leiria like, "Another question?"

"Because, because our cooperation was introduced by Sir Duda, before I went to the icefields, this Mr. Magician was also very happy to tell me that Sir Duda was going to invite him to a private party, which was good for him to enter their circle. Opportunity. "Yakov hesitated, but finally told the truth," I don't know what the circle is, but Sir Duda has always been powerful and mysterious, dominating the underground order of Calcat City. Which big man must be behind him, I'm worried that the magician's things are related to him ... "

"If the church finds him, our mercenaries who have been in contact with the magician will definitely be wiped out by him, and I happen to know that the magician likes to use secret passwords to mark things, and I have had the pleasure of seeing it several times, so I plan to Come and find out, destroy all these secrets. "

Katrina pondered for a while: "Sir Duda is still alive?"

"Of course, living well, I saw him in the town hall this morning." Yakov's body shivered slightly, seeming to be afraid of Sir Duda.

After Katrina repeatedly asked, there was no more gain, so Yakov told himself the magician's secret feature, and then the vaporized form left the hall and returned to the hotel.

In the hall, Yakov "accepted" Katrina's order and stood there in a daze, until a cold wind blew through the open window, causing him to shudder, and he suddenly woke up, only Jue just seemed to have had a dream, and he told others the secret inside.

"Too, it's terrible ... The five rings of magic 'dominate humanity'?" Yakov guessed the experience just based on his own knowledge. "Is the Magic Council sent someone to investigate?"

"Fortunately, the powerful magician just needs clues, no intention to kill, otherwise ..." Yakov thought with fear, in that case, whether it was life or death was all in the other's mind.

"I thought that after inspiring my blood power to become a knight, I could finally be called a strong man, and I could get rid of the dangerous life that I couldn't help myself, but now I really understand that the knight has just started, and there are many dangerous people on it. The five-ring magician does n’t know how many times he is stronger than me, let alone the higher-level magician and sky knight ... "

Yakov calmed his thoughts, seized the time to leave, and was blown by the cold wind, he only found that the cold sweat behind him wet the clothes.

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The next day, Yakov apparently went to the Adventurer ’s Guild as normal, and Katrina continued to hold Anna to inquire about the identity and burial cemetery of the dead knight.

At night, Katrina, who was informed, entered the neat but gloomy cemetery and found the grave of the dead knight.

As she cast magic to open the tomb, a magnetic male laughter suddenly came from behind the tree: "Investigator of the Magic Council?"

"Who? Katrina turned around alertly. When she checked her surroundings just now, she found nothing, indicating that the man is very strong in hiding.

Standing on the tree stood a handsome blond man in a black shirt and red jacket. He carried an untimely glass of red wine: "Good evening, beautiful lady, you can call me Viscount Calendia."

"Viscount Karendia? The grandson of Mr. Rhein?" Katrina connected the man in front of him to the Vampire Viscount described by the teacher.

"Hey?" Viscount Karendia rubbed his face with a slight toothache. "I'm so famous? Is your teacher?"

"My teacher is Lord Atom Control." Katrina felt a little acquainted when she met an acquaintance.

"That monster ... uh, not right ..." Viscount Karendia blurted out, then smiled like a cover-up: "Your teacher is a real genius, I admire very much, yes, I'm here to investigate my descendants somehow The event of death should be the same as your purpose. "