Throne of Magical Arcana

In the corner of the aristocratic district, the night wind was bitter, making the evergreen trees rustle.

Under the cover of the trees, there is a two-story semi-dome villa with a rough and bold style, which has the characteristics of the Shahran Empire. However, for some reason, this villa looks extremely gloomy in the dark, like a monster entrenched.

Looking at the villa from a distance, Katrina couldn't tell whether it was her real premonition of the "Fate Lord" or a psychological effect, as if the figure blended into the surrounding cold wind gradually faded and disappeared without a trace.

Although it has been several months since the incident, and the villa was cleaned with holy light, the necessary precautions should have been removed long ago, but Katrina did not dare to be careless, and still used spells such as "advanced invisibility" instead of simply relying on knights Infiltrating strength——she trusts and loves magic more than blood power!

The dark clouds did not cover the silver moon, and the faint light shone on the ground, causing the trees to cast long shadows, like distorted monsters. Katrina approached the villa silently on such a slightly bright night. , the effect of "advanced invisibility" made her leave no traces, even if a carriage driving at night passed by her, she didn't notice a lady walking close by.

Katrina easily entered the villa, then the vaporized body entered the hall, and began to carefully inspect the "crime scene".

This hall is covered with smooth dark stone bricks. They are in the same style as the Shahran Empire. They are huge, and one piece is worth five Allinger patterned floor tiles.

Looking at the ceiling reflected on the surface of these dark stone bricks, Katrina had a feeling that the ground was inlaid with mirrors, and she secretly speculated: "Even in the mansion of Earl Calcate, the floor tiles will not be polished so smooth. , and will not use dark colors. Apart from wrestling guests wearing pointed shoes, it only has the function of peeking at the bottom of women's skirts. Did the owner of this villa design it for this purpose? Or is it something else? have a thought?"

The nobles of the Shahran Empire had always been more luxurious and extravagant than their "comers" in the south, and Katrina did not dare to rule out the possibility of this.

Under the "advanced invisibility technique", every time the magic is cast, the body will appear, but it will return to the invisible after the magic is cast, so Katrina's changed appearance constantly flashes on the surface of the dark stone bricks, with golden long hair , green eyes, all clearly visible.

"Several months have passed since being cleansed by the Holy Light, and no matter how weird or magical the magic is, it seems to have no effect..." Katrina used all the prophecy and detection magic she could think of, but the gains were not great. He could only stand there and laugh wryly at himself.

Of course, she is not without gains, at least one thing can be judged from the traces of swords, daggers, etc. on the floor tiles. , is no different from the traces caused by an ordinary person throwing a long sword on the floor tiles casually.

"Not using extraordinary power can only explain two possibilities. Either the official magician's mind has been completely controlled by the demon, or his power has been sealed in advance. If it is the former, in the absence of reason, only killing and It is impossible for him to destroy his desire not to use his best and most lethal magic, so, no matter whether he worships demons or not, his power should have been sealed at that time." Katrina made a simple deduction.

If that magician participated in this killing feast because he wanted to fulfill a certain wish, and controlled himself not to use magic, then at the most dangerous moment, any wish is not as important as his own safety. Subconsciously, he Surely spells will be used.

"That is to say, from the corpse of this magician, we can figure out how his magic was sealed..." Katrina thought of a clue, but then waved her right hand angrily, "But this magician He was identified by the church as the initiator of the 'demon worship event', and his body was burned on the stake, damn the church."

She was always gentle and polite, and she couldn't help but swear. When something like this happened, the Northern Church would of course find a culprit to appease the nobles and the people. It happened that another evil magician died on the spot.

Since the furniture and altar had been purified by the church, the entire hall seemed empty. Katrina walked back and forth for a few steps, and suddenly remembered something: "Gulf mentioned that there were knights present at the time, and they also died. According to the previous reasoning, he was obviously also sealed with the power of his bloodline... He is a nobleman. Although his body cannot be buried in his family's cemetery due to worshiping demons, it should be in a high-end public cemetery. After all, the nobles will not allow it. A nobleman is trampled on at will..."

After she caught this clue, her expression became a little excited, and she checked the upstairs and the basement, but it was also fruitless. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly felt that the warning spell was triggered, so she turned her head and looked at the Windows facing the garden.

Then, Katrina found the familiar knight's will blowing in through the gap of the window like a cold wind, and explored the situation inside coldly and carefully.

After this will spread to Katrina's body, her "advanced invisibility" effect produced waves of ripples, perfectly forging the sign that there was no one here.

Crackling, even in the quiet night, after a very slight sound, the window slowly opened back, a thin piece of ice quickly melted into water droplets, and soon, the "murderer" who opened the window disappeared without a trace trace.

A black figure came in, tall and strong, with a pattern like snow flakes protruding from his hands.

"Yakov, he's here too..." Katrina stood in the middle of the hall, quietly watching the figure walk around and check. From the familiar aura, she could easily determine the identity of the figure.

However, she was not too surprised that Yakov appeared here. When Anna mentioned the dead magician, he was a bit abnormal.

Yakov looked around and after confirming that there were no objects or suspicious traces, he finally heaved a long sigh of relief, but he never found Katrina standing behind him, even though she stood so upright.

"I wanted to think about how to ask him. Now that we have met, don't waste the opportunity..." Katrina made a decision after her green eyes flickered.

Yakov straightened his body and was about to look at the upstairs room. Suddenly, a sense of unease flashed in his heart. Years of mercenary experience made him rush forward without thinking, and his body began to grow huge. Frost wrapped around his body, and at the same time, he thought inexplicably in astonishment, "Is there an ambush?"

As soon as he had an idea, his head suddenly buzzed, and his eyes became blurred, as if he had fallen into a fog.

"I have a question to ask you." Then, he heard an indistinct, male-female voice.

Although the voice was weird, in Yakov's heart, he felt that the voice was so familiar and so sublime, not only like the Lord he worshiped on weekdays, but also like the girl he had a crush on in his heart, so he didn't have any resistance. Ingratiatingly said: "What's the problem?"

"What is your relationship with the magician who died here? Why did you come to investigate?" The voice continued.

This question touched Yakov's fear deep in his heart, and he subconsciously refused to answer it. However, the inexplicable state of surrender and worship made him irresistible, so he answered frankly: "At the beginning of May, I met a man by chance. An official magician, and worked with him for a period of time."

"I provided him with information and led him to search for various resources in the bottom of the plain, and he gave me some materials to stimulate the blood. With these materials, I corrected some of my past mistakes and found the way to become an official knight. , I led the mercenary team to accept another mission, went to the ice field, and only after I came back did I hear that this magician was involved in the incident of worshiping demons."

"Because I was worried that his affairs would involve me, and I was facing the critical moment of the edict, so I couldn't rest assured. I came to search and planned to destroy all the remaining clues."

Katrina was stunned for a moment: "Why did you get involved in his affairs? He was just by himself when he cooperated with you?"

The official magician was already dead, and he definitely didn't have Yakov's token or other items on him, otherwise he would be asked by the church for "questioning" as soon as he returned to Calcate City, so what did he have to worry about? There will be no clues to this temporary cooperation.

"Yes, he is the only one." Yakov replied honestly, as if facing the lord he was loyal to.

one person? He came to Calcate City with several companions, but he left them to cooperate with Yakov...Katrina crossed her hands, doing the movements that Heidi and Leilia like, "Another question?"

"Because, because our cooperation was introduced by Sir Duda, before I went to the ice field, the Mr. Magician happily told me that Sir Duda was going to invite him to a private party, which is a good way for him to enter their circle. Opportunity." Yakov hesitated for a moment, but finally told the truth, "I don't know what kind of circle it is, but Sir Duda has always been powerful and mysterious, and he dominates the underground order of Calcate City. There must be some big person behind it. I am worried that the matter of the magician is related to him..."

"If the church finds out about him, we mercenaries who have been in contact with the magician will definitely be silenced by him, and I happen to know that the magician likes to use passwords to mark things, and I have been lucky enough to meet him a few times, so I plan to Come and look for it, and destroy all these secret notes."

Katrina pondered for a moment: "Sir Duda is still alive?"

"Of course, he is alive and well. I saw him in the city hall this morning." Yakov said with a slight trembling body, as if he was afraid of Sir Duda.

After repeated inquiries, Katrina had no more gains, so she asked Yakov to tell herself the signature characteristics of the magician. Then, the gaseous form left the hall and returned to the hotel.

In the hall, Yakov "accepted" Katrina's order and stood there blankly until a gust of cold wind blew in from the open window, making him shiver, and he woke up suddenly. It felt like a dream just now, and he told others the secret in his heart in a muddle.

"It's too scary... Five-ring magic 'dominates humans'?" Yakov guessed what happened just now based on his own understanding, "Did the Magic Council send someone to investigate?"

"Fortunately, that powerful magician just needs clues, and has no intention of killing, otherwise..." Yakov thought with fear. In that case, his own life or death depends entirely on the other party's thoughts.

"I thought that after I aroused my blood power to become a knight, I could finally be called a strong man, and I could get rid of the dangerous life I couldn't help myself, but now I really understand that the knight has just started, and there are many dangerous people on it. Just now That five-ringed magician doesn't know how many times stronger than me, let alone a high-level magician or sky knight..."

Yakov restrained his thoughts, took the time to leave, and was blown by the cold wind, only to realize that the cold sweat from his back had wet his clothes.

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The next day, Yakov went to the Adventurer's Guild to handle affairs normally, and Katrina continued to pull Anna to inquire about the identity of the dead knight and the cemetery where he was buried.

At night, Katrina, who got the information, entered the tidy but gloomy cemetery and found the grave of the dead knight.

Just as she cast her magic to open the tomb, a magnetic male laughter suddenly came from the tree behind her: "Investigator of the Magic Council?"

"Who? Katrina turned around cautiously. When she checked the surrounding situation just now, she didn't find anything, which shows that this man is very strong in concealment.

Standing on the tree was a handsome blond man wearing a black shirt and a red coat, holding a glass of red wine inappropriately: "Good evening, beautiful lady, you can call me Viscount Karenldiya."

"Viscount Calendia? Grandson of Mr. Rhine?" Katrina connected the man in front of her with the viscount vampire described by the teacher.

"Hey?" Viscount Caronaldia rubbed his face, and said with a slight toothache, "I'm so famous? Who is your teacher?"

"My teacher is Your Excellency 'Atom Control'." Seeing that she was an acquaintance, Katrina felt a little relaxed.

"That monster... Uh, no..." Viscount Caronaldia blurted out, and then said with a concealed smile: "Your teacher is a real genius, I admire it very much, by the way, I'm here to investigate my descendant's inexplicable The event of death should have the same purpose as yours."

It's close to 4,000 words, so it's a bit late. .