The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

"Someone wants to assassinate me at the dance tonight."

A very brief sentence, but it made everyone in the audience a little frightened. They turned to look at the people around them, and found that they were all familiar faces. Just when they were secretly puzzled, they heard Duke Negan say again:

"However, the assassin has been arrested. I will find out the person behind him and make him pay with his life."

The powerful announcement aroused cheers and applause from the crowd.

In the midst of the joy, Mr. Duke raised his glass, drained the victory champagne in one gulp, and said loudly:

"Have a nice night everyone."

Soon, the atmosphere of the dance returned to its previous lively and joyous state, but no one could tell whether anyone was absent-minded.

The proud Duke Negan strolled into the crowd. He drank two more drinks because he was happy and was slightly tipsy. He didn't know what he saw, so he suddenly turned around and asked:

"Did you notice anything unusual?"

The blond secretary behind him had been waiting for a long time. He pretended to think for two seconds and replied firmly: "No."

"Miss Louise, like most people, was affected by the ability of the 'sealed object' brought by the 'Nighthawk' and did not show any abnormality."

"So, she is just an ordinary person!" Duke Negan gently shook the red wine in the glass and said with a smile on his lips.

"Yes, this is also consistent with our investigation." The blond secretary replied meticulously: "Because she has lived in the Southern Continent for a long time, Miss Louise has a better understanding of the extraordinary world. Because of this, she

Only then will he and Miss Audrey quickly establish a close relationship."

"And, as far as I know, the two of them, together with Viscount Grindt, formed a small gathering that they thought was very secret, and worked together to become extraordinary..."

"What an ambitious child." Duke Negan's eyes stayed on Louise and Audrey, and he suddenly sighed and gave simple instructions without turning his head:

"I'll leave the rest to you."

The blond secretary lowered his head, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and a vague smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Unfortunately, no one could see it, and only a familiar and familiar saying came into his ears:

"As you command, Mr. Duke."

Just when everything seemed to be going the way he expected, suddenly, an "uninvited guest" hurried over.

Duke Negan glanced at the visitor and scolded in a low voice:

"What a panic!"

The person who came was a butler-like figure in the duke's palace. He stood up first, and then reported in a low voice with a heavy face:

"Mr. Duke, just now, someone broke into the treasure house in the backyard without authorization, killed all the guards, and stole something."

Hearing this, Duke Negan's drunkenness was immediately wiped away. The wine glass in his hand was shaken to pieces due to the force, and he asked in a deep voice:

"What did the thief steal?"

The butler quickly looked around, then whispered something in Mr. Duke's ear.

With a "crash", the wine glass shattered, and the red wine dripped down between his fingers, looking a bit dazzling. Duke Negan ignored the eyes directed at him, turned around and left the ball hall.

The surrounding guests were inevitably a little surprised, but thinking that Mr. Duke had just been assassinated and might have found out something to make him angry, they didn't pay too much attention and continued to enjoy the happy time... After all, happiness is the eternal theme.

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"Mr. Duke, what's going on?"

Audrey looked at the back of Duke Negan leaving quickly, as if she could see the anger hidden in him. Then she turned her eyes to Louise beside her and asked curiously:

"Hasn't the assassin been caught?"

It's a pity that the members of the "Secret Order" are not assassins at all... Louise cursed in her heart.

Judging from Duke Negan's performance just now, it seems that the other members of the "Secret Order" have completed their real goals and stolen what they wanted... Louise watched the Duke's figure disappear completely without looking away. In his line of sight, he unexpectedly noticed that the blond secretary suddenly turned around and glanced at him, his face expressionless, as if he did it unintentionally.

After a moment of silence, she replied casually:

"Perhaps the person behind the assassin has been found out... Think about it, the person who dares to assassinate Duke Negan must be a person of the same level... When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured!"

Louise tilted her head and said meaningfully:

"This Backlund, I'm afraid there's going to be chaos!"

When Audrey heard this, she felt quite empathetic. Perhaps it was due to the rapid change in her identity. Before she became an extraordinary person, her first half of life was uneventful.

But when she was lucky enough to join the "Tarot Society" and become an "audience", her life seemed to have turned into a water surface that was constantly being hit by stones, with ups and downs and unusual excitement.

Miss "Justice" couldn't tell whether this change was good or bad. She thought about it silently for a while, and then raised her biggest doubt:

"Why did the members of the 'Secret Order' assassinate Duke Negan, and what benefit does this have to them?"

Louise took a sip of red wine and said noncommittally: "Who knows?"

"Perhaps they want to get what they want from it, or they may be under the instigation of others, just like Qilingos... As long as the reward is generous enough, anything can happen."

Audrey nodded thoughtfully.

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As the top nobleman in Backlund and one of the largest landowners in Loen, the villa where Duke Negan lives is naturally extremely luxurious and very large.

Mr. Duke led the way, followed by the blond secretary and the butler who had just reported.

The three of them strode quickly toward the secret treasure house in the backyard. Soon, several corpses appeared in sight.

The housekeeper stepped forward, pointed to the well-preserved corpses scattered everywhere, and introduced:

"This corpse was shot between the eyebrows, but no bullet was found... There were no wounds on this corpse, but the person was dead..."

The blond secretary immediately reminded: "'Air Bullet', 'Spirit Thread'... just like the guy who used the 'Paper Man Stand' at the dance just now, they are all abilities of the 'Soothsayer' path."

"The 'divineer' path..." Duke Negan frowned and thought for two seconds, unable to hide his surprise, and said: "The Secret Order?"

At this time, the middle-aged captain of the "Nighthawks" team asked to see him and reported:

"Mr. Duke, the extraordinary person who was captured is the 'faceless man' on the path of the soothsayer, a member of the secret organization 'The Secret Order'. His original purpose of appearing at the ball was to create chaos, attract attention, and give him The actions of his associates create opportunities."