Versatile Mage: Imperial Dragon Emperor

"Has it been taken care of?"

"It's all been dealt with and buried deep underground."

"Really? Why did I receive a witness report about Allen Winston today?"

Boom! Something hard hit the ground, making a crisp echo.

"Forget it~, someone will take care of Winston, but remember to take care of the other two little mice. This is your last chance~"

"Damn it! You guys are doing special effects."

Allen looked at Lin Yi and Lingling who appeared out of thin air carrying gray mist, and couldn't help but sigh.

If he could use this special effect and discuss it with Lin Yi, maybe it would work!

This time, Yaris and Irene also followed Allen to the meeting place. The five of them gathered in a relatively remote shop, which was the Dusk Tavern they visited last time.

"Why are you here again, taking care of my business?"

Old John looked helplessly at the five people sitting around the small round table.

This group must be up to no good. The last time they came, the guy who looked like a Chinese was seriously injured.

It was only after that day that Old Baugh learned that his son was dead, and now Old Baugh is still busy with his son's funeral.

Everything was fine at first, but nothing good has happened since these people came. Now, even my own store will be demolished in a while.

Alas~depressed~

Lin Yi and Lingling looked at the photos on the table. These were partial photos of the third corpse. But through these photos, Lin Yi and Lingling also noticed that the condition of this corpse was almost the same as that of the first two corpses. The only difference is the traces left on the body.

The third method of killing.

Three different murder cases, three different killing techniques, and the skin of the corpses were all blood-black. It seems that if you want to crack this commission, you must first unravel the secret between dusk.

But what makes Lin Yi feel strange is that before, they reported the information between dusk to the association through Allen. Logically speaking, it should attract the attention of higher-ups, but now it is like sinking into the sea, and there is no response. .

This was one of the reasons why Lin Yi and Lingling didn't go to the association before.

In addition, now that they have learned about Itakua, they are already suspecting that someone in the upper echelons of the Fog Hunters Association has been replaced by Itakuya's descendants.

The five people exchanged their own information, and the matter of Itakua caused Aris to enter "Sherlock Holmes" special thinking time.

"Lin Yi, do you have pieces of Itakua's body in your hands?"

Yaris suddenly asked Lin Yi.

"have."

Lin Yi took a piece of the skeleton from the remaining body of Itakuya and handed it to Yaris. He left part of Itakuya for Sister Hua to study.

For the long-lived tree spirit clan, studying various strange creatures is also one of their choices to spend their time.

Yaris held the fragments of Itakuya's body given by Lin Yi, and his left eye slowly lit up with emerald green light, converging into a mysterious eye-shaped magic circle.

A weak emerald green light from the magic circle fell on the fragments of Itakua's corpse. At this time, Lin Yi noticed that Yaris's pupils had lost part of their luster.

Lin Yi cast a puzzled look, and Irene on the side also explained in an ethereal and clear manner when she saw this.

"This is the 'Guxin's Magic Eye'. It is the blood talent of Holmes's lineage. It can see through all the 'fog' and bring the truth to the owner of the Magic Eye."

"Is it so outrageous? Just like Yaris, who solved the case just by looking at the relevant things? Then what do you want us to do?"

Lin Yi said in surprise.

"This is just a description of 'Gu Xin's Demonic Eye'. In fact, to reach this level, it is possible for the Demonic Eye to continuously evolve. Currently, Aris' Demonic Eye cannot achieve this level."

"Awesome!"

Allen said proudly next to him.

"Why are you so proud? It's not your talent."

"Of course I'm proud to be Sherlock Holmes's partner!"

The more Allen talked, the more proud he became, as if 'Gu Xin's Magic Eye' was his own talent.

Lin Yi ignored Allen. He now wanted to know more about Sherlock Holmes in the magical world.

He was very interested in Sherlock Holmes when he was in the scientific world. The process of deciphering the secrets made him feel very exciting and enjoyable, but after all, Sherlock Holmes was an imaginary character, but in the magical world, Sherlock Holmes actually existed and played an important role in world history. It left a profound mark.

‘Gusin’s Magic Eye’. What a powerful talent. No wonder Sherlock Holmes is still considered the greatest detective in the magical world.

Soon Yaris put down the fragments of Itakua's body, but then Lin Yi noticed that one of the blue hairs in Yaris's beautiful blue hair instantly turned white, and then dissipated like ashes. up in the air.

"Aris, your hair."

"This is the price of the Magic Eye. The more powerful you are, the greater the price you have to pay. This is also the fate of Holmes."

Aris spoke out this cruel reality calmly, but this caused the others to fall into silence.

But Allen and Irene, who know Holmes well, know that the cost of using the magic eye is greater than Lin Yi and the others imagined.

No generation of Sherlock Holmes could live beyond the age of thirty-five, and the Sherlock Holmes who lived the longest was the original Sherlock Holmes, Charlotte Holmes, who died at the age of thirty-five.

"Aris, what did you see?"

Allen spoke to break the unspeakable silence.

"A blood-red dagger, a man in black robe, a world at dusk."

Aris described the scene he saw through "Gusin's Demonic Eyes" in a few simple words.

"Is it gone?"

Lin Yi asked puzzledly.

"No more. Now my 'Gu Xin's Magic Eye' can only see some fragments. The fragments of Itakua's corpse are a very critical item. Being able to see so much is already the limit."

"In other words, the more critical the item, the more images you can see?"

Aris nodded and then lowered his head.

The blood-red dagger gave her a very familiar feeling, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before.

A very strange feeling surrounded her, making her feel awkward.

Only the last word of Aris's words was clear to them, and they could not find a breakthrough for the remaining two words.

"The world of dusk, isn't this the world that Lin Yi entered by mistake before? So we have to go there again?"

Allen stretched out his arms and lay on the table and said lazily.

"About the world of dusk, Yaris and I found some relevant information in the library."

Erin put the information compiled by herself and Yaris on the table, and the others also picked up the information and read it carefully.

Old John, who was still behind the wooden bar, had a trace of cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

These young people were talking about such dangerous topics without ordering drinks. Shouldn't I stand here and listen?

But he seemed to have heard this word "twilight world" somewhere before. It felt so familiar. Where was it?

"Dawn and Night?"

"This is another condition for entering the twilight world, if the ancient books are correct."

The information compiled by Erin and Aris was mainly based on the biographies on the first floor of the library.

This biography mainly tells the story of a troubadour's travels in Yingguo, and there is a passage in it that says this.

".In the romantic and sad time, I take Hongxun with me, open the door to the wonderful world, and cross the dawn and the night."

He is worthy of being a troubadour, and his biographies are also written in such a romantic way. But can these people speak more clearly? They are always acting like riddles.

Don't you know the Riddler can't stay in Gotham? Yes, this is the foggy city, so that’s okay.

Dawn and night. This word made his soul, which had been baptized by the teachings of the scientific world, instantly come alive.

It's very similar to the words that appear in some geography questions.

Lin Yi picked up the map on the table and marked the location of the second victim on the map. Then based on his guess, he drew a line on the map that passed through this point.

When Lingling saw Lin Yi's move, she understood something instantly.

"The boundary between day and night!?"

"Yes, dawn and night are the afterglow and the beginning of the night. If you use the word "twilight world", it should refer to the twilight line."

"But isn't there just one point?"

Allen also saw the problem. There was only one victim location on the map.

Lin Yi had no choice. Currently, he only knew the location of the second victim. They couldn't determine the location of the first victim. Even if the location of the victim was marked,

wrong! How could I make such a low-level mistake? I should have noticed it before.

Lin Yi also marked the abandoned church on the map and once again drew a line through the abandoned church.

Allen looked at Lin Yi's move and asked confusedly.

"What are these two lines for?"

"The twilight line will change its position according to the rotation of the earth. If you include the subtle changes in the revolution, the twilight line will be different every day."

Lin Yi expressed his guess, but he was not sure whether this knowledge was useful.

The area of ​​the earth in the magic world is much larger than that in the scientific world, and he is not sure whether the Milky Way in this world is the same as the Milky Way in the scientific world.

But the words Lingling said just now clearly indicate that some people in this world have noticed this knowledge.

Lingling quickly calculated something on the computer, and then showed the screen to everyone.

There were two pictures on the computer screen, and the morning and evening lines displayed on them coincided with the position Lin Yi drew on the map.

"Dawn and night do point to the twilight line. According to the calculated results, if the place of occurrence is as we think, then add Lin Yi's original data."

After Lingling thought of this, she tapped the keyboard again, and soon a new image appeared in front of everyone.

"On the day Lin Yi's accident happened, the Dusk Tavern was right on the line between morning and evening!"

The key breakthrough has appeared!

But there is still a key question. There are so many buildings at the dusk line every day, why only the victims enter that world, but not others.

"It's Perch wine."

Yaris on the side suddenly spoke up.

"Fragments of Perch were found on the second body and we also found fragments of Perch in the room of the second victim, so the last condition was Perch."

Aris explained his reasoning clearly.

"Then what's going on with Lin Yi? He had just come to Yingguo not long ago and had never even heard of Persi wine. How could he come into contact with Persi wine?"

Allen asked in confusion.

"The condition is not to drink Persi wine, but to be exposed to the scent of Persi wine."

Yaris looked at Lin Yi and continued.

"Lin Yi had been to the Dusk Tavern that day, and the only place in the entire Ying Kingdom that has Persi wine, and as a winemaker, Old John will naturally have the smell of Persi wine, plus Old Baugh drinks it every day. Everyone will come to have a sip of Persi wine, and there will be a hint of Persi wine on their body. As long as Lin Yi comes into contact with the two of them, the last condition is met. This also corresponds to the 'Hongxun' in the biography. , when you are drunk, your face will naturally appear drunken red."

Aris' reasoning surprised everyone present. He was worthy of being a contemporary Sherlock Holmes, and his observation skills were astonishing.

"Then why hasn't anything happened to old John yet?"

Yes! Why hasn't Old John, a winemaker, appeared yet? Logically speaking, he should have the greatest chance of entering the twilight world.

Allen's question made everyone look at Old John, and Old John naturally heard their conversation.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I didn't mean to listen to you."

Old John hurriedly defended, and Yaris had been observing Old John's expression at this time.

Hearing what Old John said, Allen even suspected that Old John was the mastermind behind the scenes, so he walked up to Old John, patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Don't worry, Old John. Tell the truth and I will fight for you to get the death penalty immediately. You won't have to suffer the torture of the Court of Thrones."

Allen said earnestly, but these words not only did not reassure Old John Fang, but also made Old John's originally rosy face turn pale, and even the hand that carved the hockey puck was shaking.

"Alan, he is not a murderer."

"But Yaris, he is the only one who sells Persi wine. If he wants to harm someone, he can easily let the victim enter the twilight world by doing some tricks."

"The reason why I chose this place is to observe Old John, but after hearing our conversation, apart from showing fear, Old John showed no other suspicious signs. Even just now, Old John's heart beat rate increased rapidly. The hand holding the hockey puck also trembled slightly."

Then Yaris walked to the bar and took out a pocket watch with peeling paint placed behind the bar.

"It is now around 4:30 in the afternoon, and there is only a short period of time before dusk. From the time we sat in until now, Old John has looked out the window a total of thirty-four times, at his pocket watch forty-one times, and at the people behind him. Twenty-six times at the counter, it is obvious that Old John has the habit of observing the changes in light outside the window when dusk is approaching to judge the time. This method of observing time is very common among the older generation."

Aris suddenly stopped his reasoning and walked behind the bar, as if searching for something.

There are too many things going on today. I just reached this number of words. In fact, there is still a paragraph, but it is too late. I can only do this for today. It is my first time to write this kind of decrypted story, so please forgive me. I am also trying slowly. , continue to grow, if it brings you a bad experience, please forgive me, thank you.