Throne of Magical Arcana

"The event of worshiping demons?" When Anna asked this sentence, she was very curious in her heart. Except for the veritable murderers and perverts who yearn for blood all the time, I am afraid that only true lunatics would worship chaotic demons. !

If you have any wish, you might as well believe in the Devil Duke, at least they need to be "honest and honest" countless times, so it is not surprising that one or two guys worship the devil alone, but it seems quite strange that so many people died on the scene.

Katrina also thinks so. The reason why the Magic Council issued this mandatory task is because of the words "worshiping the devil event". If it is replaced by the belief in the devil, something went wrong and died during the sacrifice. The council may not be able to explain it in such detail. Investigate this.

There are hardly any powerful demons trying to develop their own churches. They may have considered this issue, but they quickly left similar ideas behind due to their own chaos, being affected by killing and blood, so , Such a large-scale event of worshiping demons itself is an inexplicable thing that is implicitly weird.

The owner of the bar, Gulf, held a clean fur and wiped the cup in front of him carefully, as if not letting go of any flaws. He laughed and said: "It is indeed a case of worshiping demons. At least the church has conducted a detailed investigation. Published conclusion is 'demon worship incident'."

"But maybe the church deliberately covered up the real situation in order not to cause panic. Isn't this unprecedented?" Anna was quite dissatisfied with Gulf's answer. She has been a mercenary for three or four years. She has seen and experienced There are not many things, and I have encountered a few things where the church deliberately concealed the truth for a certain reason, and I have not accepted their investigation conclusions without doubt.

As a mercenary for more than ten years and a tavern owner for seven or eight years, Gulf is willing to believe that the conclusion of the investigation must be confirmed by his own secret channel.

Seeing the two girls looking at him with the same green eyes like lake water, Gulf tapped on the table lightly: "This information requires a fee, but..."

Speaking of which, he looked at the mercenaries who were constantly pouring in, and said with a smile: "But the two ladies seem to have improved the business of my tavern, so I will tell you for free."

Anna glanced back, and said with a smile: "It's not because of sister Katrina, I often drink at your uncle's place, and I haven't seen a large group of 'wild wolves' in the wasteland."

"Oh, so your name is Katrina. This is a common female name in Calcate City. Are you a local?" Gulf said with a smile.

Before Katrina could answer, Anna said first: "That's not true, sister Katrina is from a noble family in another province."

"From a noble family? No wonder you have such a temperament, which is very rare among mercenaries." Gulf said thoughtfully, "Actually, I always think Katrina looks familiar, I seem to have seen you somewhere... "

Katrina's face darkened a little. Her family has been here for two or three hundred years, and she must have inherited part of the appearance of her ancestors. Helan Empire, when remote communication and discussions become more convenient, and when I become a high-level magician, I will build the magic tower here..."

"Uncle Gulf, you are familiar with every beautiful lady, hurry up and tell me the information!" Anna pointed out the truth bluntly.

Gulf put down the fur, rubbed his forehead, and said in a low voice: "The servant who discovered this incident first was Ivan, and when he went to clean the hall, he saw blood and corpses all over the hall. There are nobles, there are knights, there are ordinary people, there are artists, there are also magicians..."

Because of the existence of Saint Ivan, the most common name of the Shahran Empire is Ivan.

"Magician?" Anna couldn't help but exclaimed a little. It was very difficult to meet a formal magician in the Shahran Empire.

Katrina narrowed her eyes and became focused.

"Yes, according to Ivan's description, I confirm that the badge worn by the magician is a first-level arcane badge, a second-ring magic badge, and relying on his appearance characteristics, I asked someone about it before he arrived in Karl It’s not long since Carter City, and the materials that were searched and purchased in the forest and underground are all what the magician needs.” Gulf briefly talked about the magician’s appearance, especially mentioning the mole next to his left eye.

Katrina nodded slightly inwardly, it was indeed the dead magician.

Gulf continued: "It is a strange event that about thirty or forty people of different identities died in the same hall. What is even more weird is that there is an altar in the center of the hall. Although there is nothing on the altar, But there was a chaotic smell of killing and destruction."

"How did these people die, suicide, or homicide?" Katrina carefully asked a question that fit her current identity, a question that a curious and experienced female mercenary should ask, from Anna's It can be seen from the expression that she also wants to ask this question.

Gulf's voice was lowered: "This is the third strange place. These people killed each other, and they were not one-on-one. They belonged to a chaotic group killing. Fatal wound."

"Would a magician be killed by ordinary people or artists?" Not to mention Katrina, even Anna found it unacceptable, "Is there a knight here?"

"There was a knight, but he was also killed." Speaking of this, Gulf couldn't help showing a trace of fear on his face, "There was no trace of the knight using blood power, and there were no fluctuations or phenomena left by magic. Explain, explain that at that time they carried out the 'killing feast' in the 'identity' of ordinary people, and, moreover, from the position and position of the corpse, no one tried to escape..."

This is much more detailed than the information given to Katrina by the Magic Council. She pondered and said, "Could it be the influence of illusion in magic? I heard that when some cults perform sacrifices, the altar emits illusion power that affects people's minds. This makes believers do all kinds of incredible things.”

"Sure enough, it's Miss Noble. She has more information than I do, and knows more about cults than I do." Gulf put away his fearful expression and joked with a smile, "It's possible, that's why I said it was a demon worship incident." , at least the devil will not let his believers kill each other, but let them die in a more valuable place, while other cults are closer to the devil's practice, even if they want to use killing to gain pure faith power, they will not choose their own Believers, of course, I don't know how the church is sure that the dead are demon believers, maybe they are just 'ordinary people'..."

"Sounds really weird, much scarier than the bard's story." Anna patted her chest, "Uncle Gulf, what else is weird?"

"Weird?" Gulf recalled carefully, "The expressions on their faces after death all looked peaceful and peaceful, as if they didn't kill each other to death, but were relieved. By the way, Ivan felt a burst of cold when he entered the hall. , but it was still warm at the end of May.”

Anna's curiosity was stimulated to the greatest extent, and she kept asking about this matter, but Gulf only knew so much, and couldn't help sighing: "There may be more weird signs at the scene, but Ivan was caught I was scared, I didn’t pay much attention to it, and after the church’s investigation, I was worried that the devil’s breath would affect Calcate City, and cleaned the villa with holy light, so even if there is, we will never know.”

"The church cleaned that villa with holy light..." Katrina repeated in a low voice, which greatly disturbed her investigation, indicating that it was difficult to find valuable traces at the scene.

Then she asked with a curious look: "Then, did Ivan remember anything later? It has been several months."

"Yes, yes." Anna nodded in agreement. A "story" was always interrupted in the middle, which always made her worry.

The corner of Gulf's mouth twitched, trying to force out a wretched smile, but no matter how you looked at it, the smile looked terrified and fearful: "Ivan has nightmares every day because he witnessed the bloody killing scene, and the church has given him a lot. A big reward, so he often comes to my place to drink, and he can sleep peacefully only when he is drunk and can’t think of anything. However, a week after the incident, because of his drunkenness, he accidentally fell into the Niegg passing through the city A tributary of the Ning River, drowned in it."

"This..." Anna felt a chill rushing into her heart, and she didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Katrina felt similarly, but she was more vigilant and frustrated. Although when all the clues were cut off, she would be considered to have completed the task if she went back with the information obtained from the current investigation, but as an excellent arcanist , her curiosity and desire to explore are very strong, so she wants to investigate more: "Do you want to sneak into the referee in Calcate City and peek at their investigation materials?"

In this regard, she has little confidence, because such a big city must be presided over by a cardinal.

Anna, who was frightened by the "demon worship incident", drank a few glasses of wine and took Katrina back to the hotel. At this time, Yakov, who went to the city hall to report the incident of stimulating his blood, had already returned.

He was sharing with the other mercenaries that he would be officially knighted in a week with difficulty, but after seeing the slightly pale faces of Anna and Katrina, he restrained his smile and asked with concern. Said: "What's wrong?"

Seeing that there were no strangers nearby, Anna told the truth of the information she had inquired in the tavern.

"A formal magician... What are his physical features?" Yakov asked after hesitating for a moment after listening intently.

Anna pointed to her eyes: "There is a mole on the left eye."

"The mole..." Yakov repeated without saying anything.

Katrina glanced at him, and went back to the room on the pretext of being tired.

In the dead of night, a figure like a cold wind suddenly appeared in Katrina's room, sneaking towards the noble district.

Before she left, she considered that it would be inconvenient to cast magic in the Shahran Empire, so she exchanged a bottle of blood-stimulating potion and became an official knight-after the long-term improvement of the Magic Council, this potion stimulates His strength is no less than self-inspired, and he is no longer a false knight, but there will still be hidden dangers, and he cannot be promoted to a great knight.

In the cold wind howling at night, Katrina, who inspired the blood of "Blizzard", seemed to be integrated with the surrounding environment. Although the church had cleaned the villa with holy light, she still wanted to investigate it on the spot. This kind of thing is like To do an experiment, you have to verify it yourself before you can believe it. Moreover, it is really counterintuitive that the official magician believed in a demon not long after he arrived in Calcate City.