Arcane Lord

On the other side, when Sha Duo received the news and rushed to the scene of the incident in the Savile Town villa area, the place was already surrounded by elves. There were constant noises, cries, shouts, and angry screams pretending to be calm.

"The human lord is coming!" Someone shouted.

The group of elves that originally surrounded this place quickly opened an aisle to let Sha Duo and Ai Bok in. When they came to the middle, even though they had been mentally prepared before, they were still shocked by the scene in front of them. .

I saw only one body, let’s call it a human form. The corpse was lying on the ground, surrounded by elves using magic to separate it, as if they were protecting the scene, but this scene was really too scary——

The corpse was lying on the ground in a "big" shape, with all its clothes naked. This was not a big deal. The key was that his skin had been cut from the shin to the crotch, and then completely peeled off to both sides.

The internal organs were also taken out one by one and neatly stacked on the skin that was peeled off on both sides. Even the wind field on Sha Duo's body could not stop the strong smell of blood from rushing straight into his nose.

All the skin on the rest of the hands and legs had also been peeled off, except for the head, which seemed to have been left untouched in order to highlight the identity of the deceased elf.

But the face that was distorted by pain added a bit of horror.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo couldn't help but frown. What on earth is going on? Could it be that the Elf of the Silverleaf family is addicted to pretending to be a drow, and it's not enough to scare people, so they have to kill people?

Although he knew that the possibility was very low, he still couldn't help but cast doubtful and probing eyes on Oripus, who was pretending to be calm.

At this time, how could Oripus dare to respond? The other elves here could tear his whole family apart if they were even slightly involved in this kind of thing. Besides, it was indeed not his father who did it. Faced with Sha Duo's questioning eyes, Oripus could only look bitter and shook his head slightly.

At this moment, a female elf who had already fainted aside suddenly woke up with a cry. The first thing she said when she woke up was to yell, "Don't come here!"

When she saw that she was surrounded by elves, and her family was waiting around her, the female elf seemed to be relieved, but then she shouted again, "Ah - Ryan!"

The female elf looked at the surrounding ground like crazy. When she saw the familiar head in the area vacated by the elves, she seemed to be unable to bear it anymore, screamed miserably, and fainted again.

Sha Duo looked around and asked, "She was another elf who was present at that time? Who was the first to get here?"

"it's me!"

Hearing the sound, Xia Duo turned around and looked, but it was another female elf guarding next to the fainting elf. Surrounded by so many elves at this moment, she still had a scared look on her face, and her voice was still trembling:

"Eileen is my daughter. I heard her and Ryan's screams and rushed over immediately. My husband was the second to arrive."

After saying that, the male elf next to him added, "When we came, there were no other people or elves here. The murderer may have escaped long ago."

"I'm the third one to arrive!"

The voice was somewhat familiar. Shado turned around and saw that it was Oripus's father, O'Brien, the only high-level mage of the Silverleaf family. He was also the elf in question who pretended to be a drow and spread panic a few days ago.

"After I arrived, I temporarily protected this place to prevent the clues from being destroyed. In addition, Irene was asked to stay. I am worried that the murderer will continue to attack her."

"..."

Xia Duo didn't believe the second part of the sentence. The murderer had time to play with body art, how could he not have time to stab the elf named Irene? This was clearly left alive on purpose!

However, Xia Duo did not delve deeper into this point, but asked: "So, Master O'Brien, what clues did you find?"

"Uh-not yet, but Patriarch Perun of the Yuexilan Family has discovered it!"

"oh?"

Sha Duo was still very impressed with the Yue Xilan family. They were the first to come to Savile Town, and they were "received" by himself and Niya personally!

"Chief Perun, what did you find?"

"Lord Shado, the Yuexilan family has a secret treasure that can detect the past history of a certain place. I have used it just now. Only two elves, Ryan and Irene, appeared here in the past. Judging from the historical images that have been detected, Look, Ryan seems to have become like this on his own, which means there is some kind of shielding magical power in the murderer."

Afterwards, the Perun patriarch showed the historical images he had discovered again - in a very short period of time, Ryan suddenly fell down, and at the same time Irene was shot away, and then there was the process of Ryan turning into art. .

There was no third party present throughout the process.

"Is there a shielding magical power?" Sha Duo muttered and repeated.

This is difficult to handle!

He himself has the magical power to avoid detection, and even many of the elves present have it. Sha Duo has no doubt about this.

If the detection spell cannot be cast, it will be a problem to determine the identity of the murderer, let alone find the murderer.

Xia Duo is not good at criminal investigation, but judging from the only clues, the murderer has a considerable level of experience in elf body anatomy, may also have a certain desire to perform, and his methods are extremely cruel.

Then a name is ready to come out - Zhuoer. Whether it is a real Zhuoer or someone pretending to commit the crime, at least on the surface, it looks like it was done by Zhuoer.

Thinking of this, he once again cast his doubtful eyes on O'Brien. A high-level mage and familiar with elves, if he had some hands-on experience, he was fully capable of making such "elven body art".

"Aibo, have you discovered anything?"

"No, not even an extra step was found. It was as if the murderer was flying the whole time to commit the crime." Aibo was very puzzled by this.

Xia Duo also discovered this. The scene was under a tree in the villa area. The soil was soft and the body was surrounded by a circle. In the circle, except for a pair of scars that were shallow in front and deep in back, which may have been left by Ryan when he fell. Footprints, and a pair of like dragging footprints, but not much else.

The dragging part should have been left when Irene was knocked away, but the murderer had to complete such a complicated "elven body art" and if he walked around on the ground, he should have left many footprints.

Even if his skills are superb, similar to "the cook can solve the problem of cattle", he must at least leave his footprints in sequence.

Or, as Aiboike guessed, the murderer committed the crime all while flying and also knew how to avoid detection. Looking at it this way, if the "dissection" skills are ignored, the person who has the ability and motivation is most likely O'Brien. .

Simply scaring people and creating panic is not as scary as directly killing someone.

As for keeping Irene, isn't it just to have one more elf who is the best tool to spread fear?

Thinking of Irene, Sha Duo looked around again, pointed at Irene and asked, "Who can wake her up?"

A plainly dressed elf walked out of the group of elves, holding a small wooden sculpture in his hand. "Let me try. The natural holy power of the Lord God may be able to awaken her!"

The elf who spoke was not a druid, but the wood carving in his hand was a druid magic weapon, which had the ability to soothe the soul and heal trauma. However, the number of times it could be used was limited. Use it once and it would be one less time.

Standing up at this moment is nothing more than attaching great importance to the description of Eileen, the elf in question.

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