The Master of the Strange Realm

"Donate?"

"Yes, donation. Of course, there are other purposes. I am actually a writer and I am going out to collect materials recently. When I came to visit my old friend Viscount Franca, I happened to hear about the local case, so I wanted to know more about it. The inside story of some of it.”

As he spoke, he took out a 1-pound note from his pocket and placed it in front of the young policeman. The latter looked at Jenkins suspiciously:

"Are you a writer and know Mr. Franke?"

"Yes, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to ask the Viscount. He now lives in his ancestral home near Lower Wading Village. I just came back from there."

"Um......"

He thought for a while, carefully put the banknotes into his pocket, rubbed his face with his hands to clear away sleep, and then asked slowly:

"What do you want to know? I can't talk about things that are too confidential."

"I have already found out the identities of the three deceased people and know that they are not related to each other, so now I want to know the crime places of the three murders. Yes, it is the crime place, not the place where the body was found. I hope to inspect the scene Looking at those places, maybe death can bring me special inspiration."

Jenkins said.

"You said you are a writer, so do you have any works?"

"'The Woman and the Seven Hand Bones' sells for 2 shillings and 7 pence in the Norland area. You are welcome to read it."

He joked casually that he had already been to the bookstore in the town, which was very small and had not a large number of books. He was confident that the young police officer in front of him was not the kind of person who read a lot of books.

"Forget it, I prefer knight novels like "The Legend of the Detective Knight"... I can tell you the location of the crime, but you must promise not to tell anyone about it."

"Swear to the wise!"

Jenkins immediately raised a hand and said, this action gained more trust from the policeman.

"Only the crime scenes of the first two crimes have been found, and the third one is still under investigation. After all, it happened just last night. The first one is by the river. Go west from this street and leave the town to find the mill by the river. , in the reeds about 80 feet away to the right of the mill, you should be able to find the bloodstains before they are dry; the second crime scene is in the town’s cemetery, but if you want to enter, you still need to convince the gravekeeper to agree . I must remind you, if you are regarded as a suspicious person at a crime scene, do not say that I told you those locations..."

"Of course I know that. I won't be around for long. Thank you again."

The mill in Roman Town works by using the water power and wind power of the river. The flowing river water and the blowing wind each drive a huge wheel to rotate. Through a series of complex rotating shafts and gears, these forces are used to rotate the stone mill inside the mill.

It was only spring and the mill was not used very often. When Jenkins saw the windmill from a distance, there was no one nearby. He walked along the river with the cat on his walking stick. With the help of the cat's sensitive sense of smell, he found the reeds very accurately.

Chapter 1395 Chapter 1372 Town Cemetery

After digging through the reeds, even though he had heard from the tavern owner about the miserable appearance of the three corpses found, Jenkins couldn't help but be shocked by the dried blood splattered on the reeds and the ground. It is difficult to imagine how much torture the deceased suffered during his lifetime, and no wonder this incident caused such panic in the small town.

The bodies of all three victims were found near the entrance to the town, and the purpose of this is currently unknown. The traces of the crime scene were barely detected by the local police, and did not leave Jenkins with much valuable information.

"So, why don't I try channeling..."

He whispered, and then eagerly took out the Holy Bone Sword.

A long time ago, Jenkins once owned a Ouija board, but unfortunately it was destroyed because it mistakenly channeled the unborn son of the evil god. After that, he also learned about spiritism, but his father told him that this kind of ritual of connecting souls at will was extremely dangerous, so the Sage Church did not encourage learning.

But there are many ways for Jenkins to obtain rituals, and many of his friends are familiar with psychic rituals. Not to mention that after obtaining this sword, he learned a lot about necromancy through mastering the sword. Naturally, he also knew about necromancy, but he had never tried it.

"Then let's give it a try. The worst result is that the soul it attracts will go crazy and turn into an evil spirit to attack me. I promise to purify him, and that's definitely no problem."

While talking to himself, he placed the cat on the pebbles on the river bank to keep watch.

He rolled up his trouser legs, stepped on the mud and walked into the depths of the reed marsh, and then used the Bone Holy Sword to draw a circle in the area with the most blood, and then used the sword as a pen to patiently carve runes inside and outside the circle.

Because it was his first time to perform a channeling ritual, Jenkins was not sure he would succeed. After sculpting the psychic ritual, he did not start it immediately. Instead, he carved a larger ritual array in the outer circle for sealing ghosts and destroying spirit bodies, and then started the psychic ritual.

"Ashes to ashes to dust, the dead of the past, the souls of the past, answer my call..."

He said while activating the ritual he had carved. Perhaps because holding the Holy Bone Sword increased the chance of success for undead rituals, he actually succeeded in one go. As the incantation was clearly recited, a vague shadow of a man appeared in front of him.

This is not a soul, just a remnant of the soul. Jenkins' ritual is relatively basic and cannot directly awaken the disappeared spirit body.

"Who killed you?"

He asked impatiently, but the broken soul didn't respond at all.

"Oh, I forgot, ghosts can't hear sounds when channeling. I need..."

He cut his finger with a knife, then dipped some blood in his pen, mixed it with ink and wrote the question on the paper, lit the paper and threw it at the man's feet.

Burning paper flew in the air, leaving only a few ash. The ashes fell into the uneven mud and pieced together a short sentence:

"have no idea."

Although I didn't get an answer, getting an answer in itself shows that the channeling was quite successful. There are also reasons why the other party is an ordinary person, the venue has not been destroyed, etc., but it also shows that Jenkins is quite talented for this type of ritual.

"So do you have any clues about the person who killed you?"

Again he burned a piece of paper.

"I didn't see his face... It was a man, taller than me, wearing a ring with a black gemstone on his right hand... I was killed by him... Again I can’t see Martha either…”

The answer this time was particularly long. As these answers appeared, the remaining souls slowly turned from transparent to black.

He began to transform into an evil spirit.

"I also want to ask some questions, such as what are you doing here at night? Can you answer my questions first?"

Jenkins carefully backed away as he spoke. When he happened to exit the outermost circle drawn with his sword, the black figure standing in the center of the circle let out a frightening cry.

The originally blurry face suddenly became clear and became extremely ferocious and terrifying. The transparent body was completely solidified, and the black smoke obscured his figure.

"He has completely become an evil spirit."

Jenkins thought in his mind, and then watched the opponent rushing towards him, but when he broke through the last ring on the ground, he seemed to hit an invisible barrier. Then the ring formed by the faint golden light shrank inward, and the newly born weak evil spirit resisted it for a few seconds, and then disappeared.

"My luck is really bad today. Such incomplete soul fragments can actually form evil spirits..."

He lowered his head and thought for a while. Seeing that there were no other clues here, he picked up the cat who was looking up at the mill windmill and set off to the cemetery of the town.

The position of gravekeeper in the cemetery is usually held by clergy of the [Church of Death and the End of the World]. In big cities, these people usually have the background of benefactors, while in remote rural towns such as Roman Town, there are only ordinary people. .

The cemetery is located in the south of the town. Most of the people in the town are buried here after their death, so the tombs also form a certain family lineage. The cemetery is divided into upper and lower floors. The ground part faces the town. There are many tombstones standing among the flowers and green trees. The scenery is quite good. It is a burial place for ordinary civilians. The underground part is cold and damp, and does not see the sun all day long. Through a main road The corridor extends to both sides with large and small tombs for placing coffins and funerary objects. It is usually locked by a fence door. This is the burial place purchased by the rich in the town for themselves before they died.

According to the information Jenkins received from the police station, the actual location of the second murder was in the corridor of the underground crypt. Because the second body was discovered quickly, the police dogs were able to follow the scent and found it quickly. Here, residual blood stains were found in the tomb corridor.

Jenkins was a stranger and would never have been allowed into the underground tombs. But because of the large amount of money he gave, the old tombkeeper agreed to the request, but the tombkeeper would always be by Jenkins' side to observe his every move to prevent him from stealing the funerary objects.

The underground tomb was not only cold and cold, but also had a strong musty and corpse smell. Cremation isn't popular in remote towns, so that's understandable.

The scene of the murder was not far from the entrance steps. With the help of the cat, Jenkins easily discovered the blood stains under the kerosene lamp.

PS: It is very reasonable that civilians are buried on the ground with only small earthen bags and cross tombstones, while wealthy people have special underground family tombs. Although the environment on the ground seems better, in fact the underground is the long-term resting place.

Chapter 1396 Chapter 1373 The real murderer

"I'm curious, since the underground tomb area is usually locked, how did the murderer and the deceased get out?"

Jenkins asked as he bent down to inspect the blood.

"I'm not the only one with keys. The lock I opened just now was changed last winter. There are five in total including the one in my hand. The police in the town have begun investigating the whereabouts of these keys. , they think that’s the point.”

The old tombkeeper replied slowly.

The lock in the cemetery's underground tomb area is not an ordinary lock, but a new type of lock that is larger than the palm of four adults' hands and is composed of hundreds of precise mechanical structures. The shape of the key is not even a common type. This kind of lock was invented in recent years with the development of mechanical principles. There is no similar thing in Jenkins' timeline. The lock cannot be picked open by a simple method. According to Jenkins' knowledge of the storage room of the bank safe, A similar lock is used.

But the difficulty of picking a lock is only for ordinary people. The gifted person has countless ways to open the lock that does not contain extraordinary power. Thinking of this, Jenkins carefully checked the corridor at the crime scene. In addition to messy footprints and blood stains, he vaguely discovered some spiritual lights on the ground.

A small amount of spiritual material should have been poured here not long ago, so there is a faint spiritual light now.

Then I looked at the lock again, but found nothing new. Jenkins has begun to suspect that the perpetrator of these crimes is a patron.

There are still few clues to this day, but the sun above our heads is already showing some signs of setting in the west. When I came to the police station again, I happened to bump into the sergeant and his party coming back from outside. Jenkins once again used the reason that he was a writer to inquire about the progress of the police investigation, but unfortunately the chief did not accept this method.

"Well, I didn't want this to be the case."

He whispered to himself in a low voice. Seeing that there were only two of them in the corridor of the police station for the time being, he looked into the eyes of the middle-aged police chief and said:

"I am an absolutely good person and a trustworthy person...Have you found anything about the third deceased person?"

His frequent use of the power of lies has caused the number of lies to exceed the limit of two per week, and is now four... Although Jenkins does not realize it, in fact, he is telling lies every moment of his existence. The world spreads lies.

"The third deceased was the town's milkman, thirty-two-year-old Sidorov Carlos. The place of death was the remains of the old river channel on the outskirts of the town. We asked his wife about his whereabouts that night, and she Tell us that Carlos is obsessed with finding treasures recently. He got a treasure map from somewhere not long ago and went out at night just to hunt for treasures.”

"Treasure hunt?"

If you think about it carefully, the three deceased people all died at night and appeared in very remote places. There may be the same reason.

"So, are there any rumors about treasure hunting for the other two deceased people?"

"They are all single men living alone, and there are no valuable clues found in their homes. We don't know this."

The Sheriff explained.

These clues are very useful. Since the murderer can accurately find the victim in the wild at night, it means that he must have known the deceased's movements in advance. Therefore, there is every reason to suspect that the excuses such as treasures are just lies to deceive the deceased to arrive at a specific place at a specific time.

Jenkins asked for the birth dates of the three deceased people and marked the locations of the deaths on a map of the town. Although he had only been a benefactor for half a year, he had quite a wealth of theoretical knowledge. After trying several permutations and combinations, he understood that someone was performing the so-called "blood thirsty ritual."

Even among the many notorious and illegal rituals, this one is quite famous. In addition to its basic nature, this ritual is one of the few that allows the grantor to draw the spirit from the body of an ordinary person to improve himself. However, this kind of ritual has great side effects. In addition to making it more difficult to improve in the future, the spirit of the gifter who performs the ritual will also be harmed, and sequelae such as dreams, visual hallucinations, and auditory hallucinations will occur in a short period of time.

In modern times, even the worst cultists would not use this ritual. After all, there are many ways to obtain spirits. Relying on killing people to obtain spirits is not as good as sacrificing living people to those terrifying beings, which will get more rewards.

"So this must be what the Giver does, which makes it easy."

The tallest building in the town is the clock tower next to the mayor's house, which is also the most typical public facility in human settlements.

Jenkins asked the unicorn to "airdrop" himself to the top of the clock tower, hold on to the lightning rod on the top of the tower, and look at this small town from a height. The scenery in the town is very beautiful. Compared with the crowds and bustle of Nolan, life here would be very relaxing.

But the life of the gentleman who is reading in the library on the east side of town will not be easy, because Jenkins has set his sights on him.

The opponent is a second-level gifter. Judging from the composition of the ability light spot, he only has one magical ability. He does not look like a member of the evil sect, but rather like those "lucky ones" who somehow became gifters. That is, the kind of person who has the gift of a gifter and becomes a gifter by accidentally coming into contact with a occult book one day, falling into a strange situation, or obtaining the notes of the gifter of death.

Such "wild" gifters are extremely dangerous, more dangerous than ordinary cultists. They have not received any systematic training, do not understand the taboos of rituals, and have no fear of the use of power. Once an accident occurs, they will not be able to clean up the situation.

This was probably the case for the young gentleman. After confirming the ring mentioned by the first deceased, Jenkins secretly followed him and watched him enter the tavern from the library, and then from the tavern to his home.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon. Seeing that it was almost time, Jenkins knocked on the door of the other party pretending to be a staff member who came to check the steam meter, and then hit the young man in the throat before he could react.

This is fatal to ordinary people, and also to most gifters. But at least the other party was not killed on the spot, so Jenkins would not let him die, and brought him to the manor of Viscount Franke while maintaining the lowest vitality. "Viscount Franke" was still waiting for him in the study, just like a It's like I've been reading here all afternoon.

"It's faster than I thought. Thank you for your help. This is the person I'm looking for."

In this way, the two living gods met again in the study. The afterglow of the setting sun outside the window dyed the vast fields golden. The weather was very good today. Even the afterglow of the setting sun made the chocolate held by Jenkins feel warm. a feeling of.

Chapter 1397 Chapter 1374 Guidance

"You did what I asked. According to our agreement, I can answer some questions for you. So what do you want to know?"

"Viscount Franca" turned his face to the setting sun outside the window and waved his hand to the man lying on the sofa. The man who was on the verge of death was surrounded by white mist rising from the ground and quickly disappeared. . Even though this scene happened right in front of Jenkins' eyes, Jenkins couldn't understand where the man had gone.

"Actually, I'm more curious. Did you ask me to bring him here on a temporary basis or for some other purpose? Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't tell me. I'm just curious."

He was really curious, but considering that the person sitting across from him was a god, it was better to show some respect.

"I can answer this question. He once insulted me with blasphemous rituals, so I have to give him some punishment."

"that's all?"

"Yes, that's it."

"Viscount Franka" nodded and signaled Jenkins to ask the next question.

[Lie] There was no response from the priest. Jenkins was not sure whether this was because the other party really did not lie, or because his power was not enough to react to God's words.

"I'll just assume this is true. Does this matter have anything to do with me?"

He thought silently in his heart, sorted out his thoughts, and asked the first question:

"Is the mad poet Cavendish a candidate for the savior of the fifteenth century? Is his corresponding savior emblem the ability [Son of Disaster]?"

"Yes, I thought you already knew this."

The god behind the desk replied.

"Then I'm a little confused. Since he is one of the saviors, why is the description of his ability "Son of Disaster"? And the way of obtaining power...is exactly the opposite of saving the world."

This problem has troubled Jenkins for a long time.

"This is a very good question. I was troubled by it for a long time, and I didn't understand it until the last moment. So how do you understand 'saving the world'? It's actually easy to explain. Pulling down old buildings and rebuilding them is salvation, and replacing old buildings with new ones is salvation. Tinkering is also salvation, the difference is only in the method, but the result is the same. Talking about some relatively sensitive topics at present, the material world has once again reached the end of the era. I think many evil sects that usually disappeared have become active again, right? Give me an example of the Evil God Sect.”

Jenkins thought for a while: