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‘Wow~’

Late at night, in the woodshed of the manor, Rosen poured a bucket of cold well water on the prisoner's head.

‘Cough cough~cough cough~’

The prisoner woke up.

This is a young man under thirty years old, with a well-proportioned body and a tough gaze.

To be on the safe side, his clothes had naturally been taken off and his body was carefully inspected to ensure that he did not carry any lethal hidden weapons.

Of course, this was not done by Rosen, but by a chef named ‘Lask’ in the manor.

The technique is a bit rough, but the inspection is very detailed.

Rosen looked at the prisoner tied to the wooden frame from a few meters away, holding the Sword of Annihilation in one hand to prevent the prisoner from committing suicide at any time.

"name?"

Silent, and looked at Rosen with an indifferent gaze, as if he had seen through life and death.

In the past, Rosen would never have been able to find out anything without some special means.

But now, he has a better way.

Rosen stared at the target and activated the newly learned time spell "Insight into the Past".

As the spell was activated, Rosen saw overlapping phantoms appearing on the body of the man in front of him, and various sounds appeared in his ears.

At the same time, the power in Rosen's body was also greatly depleted, but it didn't matter, because he carried one kilogram of sun essence with him.

As the spell started to work, he saw that the man who was tied to the wooden frame fell from the wooden frame and retreated all the way back.

Because it happened in the past, the man and the images within about 3 meters around him were very condensed and clear.

Rosen felt like he was watching a movie played backwards.

This man also mastered the time spell. He quickly felt Rosen's movements and guessed his intentions.

The fluctuations of time spells suddenly appeared on his body, which began to interfere with Rosen's insight.

At the same time, Rosen felt that the image in front of him became blurry, as if a white veil was covered in front of the movie.

Even Laifu cannot achieve 100% recovery from such interference.

After thinking about it, Rosen was not in a hurry to gain insight, but waited patiently at the current time.

Time passed by, and after about five minutes, the interference disappeared.

The reason is simple, the prisoner's strength is exhausted.

Rosen then continued to look forward.

He saw the captives return to the tree, fall down from the tree, and then retreat all the way to a remote valley, where he found an unknown armed force, the same forty knights from before.

Afterwards, the mysterious man exited the valley and retreated all the way to the town of Lyon, and then to a brothel in the town called "Scent Overflowing".

Retreating to the basement of the brothel, I met a mysterious masked man.

The masked mysterious man said: ‘This is the mission this time. ’

and gave the prisoner a scroll.

The prisoner glanced at the contents of the scroll, and Rosen naturally saw it too. He saw the words "Businessman Rosen" written on it, and then an "x" was drawn on it.

Seeing this, it was already obvious that this prisoner was just a knife in the hands of some big shot.

Who is this ‘big shot’?

Rosen turned his attention to the masked mysterious man and followed this mysterious man to trace the origin of time again.

This is an ultra-difficult spell-casting technique called 'tracing the source'.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the time talent is strong enough and the power is strong enough, one can jump back to the past of everyone in the world.

But the theory is just a theory. In actual implementation, ten jumps are already Rosen's limit. This is because of Laifu's help.

If it is Tira Lilin, it can only jump three times.

His eyes penetrated the past time, following the masked mysterious man and watching him continue to retreat.

The masked man retreated to the second floor of the brothel first, took off his covering, and revealed his identity as a prostitute.

She turned and joined a carnival extravaganza.

During the carnival, a black crow flew toward the window with a bamboo tube tied to its leg.

Apparently, the prostitute is just a sounding board.

‘You’re really cautious. ’

Rosen had to make a second 'tracing jump' and switched his target to the Black Crow.

Following the black crow, he soon flew out of Lyon Town and entered the backyard of a manor on the outskirts of the town.

There is a large group of black crows in the backyard.

As it happened, the message came from another black crow.

Obviously, this is just a relay station for messages.

So, Rosen made the third jump to trace the origin, and continued flying with another black crow.

Just keep flying, and soon, there will be a fourth, fifth, or even sixth jump to trace the origin.

At this time, Rosen already understood that the final mastermind must also be a master of time magic.

He deliberately went around like this to prevent his opponents from tracing his origins.

It wasn't until the seventh traceback jump that Rosen's eyes followed the black crow back to the backyard of a manor in the eastern suburbs of Lyon Town.

Entering the manor, his eyes followed the servant who delivered the message from the backyard to the front hall, and then along the steps to the study door on the second floor.

The study door was open, and the inside of the study could not be seen. A scroll was thrust out of the crack in the door, and a gentle middle-aged male voice came out.

‘Ade, send this news out. ’

Tracing the source to this point, it is impossible to proceed to the next step of transition, because there is no entity available for transition in the image.

If you want to know what's going on behind the study, you have to go to the manor in person and conduct an on-site investigation.

But Rosen has only traced the origin seven times so far, and he can trace the origin three more times.

"I don't believe you can hide in the study and never show up."

Rosen thought for a moment and continued to follow the messenger servant with his eyes.

After he went downstairs, he shifted his target to the maid cleaning the living room, and then waited patiently.

At this time, it was the eighth source-tracing jump, and the total time traced back to the source had exceeded 16 hours.

Also according to the theory of traceability, as long as the power is enough, one can go all the way back to the origin of the world.

But there are always limits to human power. With Rosen's current situation, he can only go back 48 hours at the furthest.

Tila Lilin, even only 6 hours.

If it were her, she would have lost her long ago, but Rosen still had more than a day to spare, so he waited patiently.

Of course, because it’s going back to the source, you don’t have to wait one-to-one, you can “fast-forward” a lot.

I just waited for about 4 hours against time.

During this period, through the conversation between the maids, they learned that the name of the owner of the manor was 'Sir Olande'. He had a farm and a mine under his name, and he was a famous big shot in the town of Lyon.

‘Click~’

The study door opened.

A middle-aged man with a white face and no beard walked out of the study.

The maid immediately saluted him and called him 'Master'.

Rosen used the mirror hanging on the wall of the courtyard to take a look at the other party's appearance using the mirror's reflection, and immediately stopped tracing the origin.

Naturally, this is also a little trick taught by Tira Lilin, in order to prevent the other party from disturbing the thread of time and making the other party aware of it.

Because every time caster is extremely sensitive, especially to those threads of time that are related to their own destiny, even the smallest tremor may alarm the other party.

After retracting his gaze, Rosen looked at the prisoner in front of him and asked: "Who do you serve?"

"I have no idea."

Rosen believed this to be true, because the mastermind behind the scenes was cautious and would never reveal his identity to the front-line tools.

This guy is just a bounty mercenary.

So he asked again: "Where did you get your strength?"

The prisoner remained silent.

Rosen smiled and said: "I don't think you need to hide this. This matter has nothing to do with you as the mastermind behind the scenes, does it?"

"As you all know, I am a trustworthy businessman who likes fair dealings."

"My deal is that if you tell me the source of your power, I will not only heal your injuries, but I will also set you free."

These words made the prisoner look slightly shocked.

Obviously, he was tempted.

Rosen continued: "Okay, don't hesitate, tell me earlier, and you will suffer less pain."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and flicked the opponent's body, unleashing a natural healing technique on the wound on his left leg.

The wound on his thigh immediately healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This directly convinced the other party.

After taking a deep breath, he spoke.

"I used to be a demon hunter in the church. Because I couldn't stand the corruption and depravity within the church, I left the church and became a free demon hunter."

"Since I was a child, I have been practicing according to the methods provided by the church. In the church, this method of practice is called sun meditation."

Rosen immediately asked: "How do you meditate specifically?"

"Actually, it's very simple. Just imagine a great, bright, and eternal sun god in your heart, and the name of this sun god is Orets."

These words made Rosen's heart move slightly.

Unnoticed by the prisoner, he continued:

"Through meditation day after day, for as short as 10 years or as long as a lifetime, a lucky person will receive a response from the Sun God and be given the power of God."

"The proportion of lucky people is not high. In 10 years of meditation, only one out of 10 warriors will be favored by God."

Rosen nodded: "Since you have left the church, why do you still have divine power?"

"The Sun God only looks at the purity of faith. My faith in the Sun God has never been stained with dust, and my hands have never been stained with the blood of ordinary people."

"In contrast, most clergy in the church have long forgotten their sacred duties and have become minions of secular power."

Rosen was a little confused: "In this case, won't the Sun God punish these people with impure beliefs?"

He felt that this 'Sun God' was very irresponsible.

The prisoner also had confusion on his face, but he gave a self-comforting explanation.

"God is forgiving."

Rosen nodded to show his understanding, raised his hand and flicked the wound on his body a few times, healing the injury.

"I'm a businessman, not a devil."

"I never force people to trade with me, and I never hide traps in transactions."

"Now, I keep my promise."

He used magic to untie the young captive: "You are free."

The young prisoner had a look of disbelief on his face: "Are you really ready to let me go?"

"Otherwise? I really want to kill you, why bother?"

This is also true.

The young prisoner looked at Rosen seriously and said, "My name is Leno, the demon hunter Leno."

"I owe you a life, so I will not accept any bounty commission related to you."

"Thanks, I'll remember it."

Rosen nodded, turned around and walked out of the woodshed, loudly shouting to the manor guard at the door: "Let him leave safely."

Returning to Tira Lilin, the latter asked: "Dear, have you found the real culprit behind the scenes?"

"A heavyweight has been found, but whether he is the real murderer needs further confirmation."

It can be felt that this demiplane has experienced too long and too long, and the exchange of information is very backward, so countless unknown secrets and entanglements of interests have arisen.

"Honey, what are you going to do?"

Rosen raised his hand and cast a few third-level spells on Tira Lilin: "You can stay at the manor and wait for me. I will go and confirm it now."

He never gives his opponents a chance to breathe.