late at night
Hot Spring City, Mage District, the ruins of the square in the middle of the street.
At this time, more than a week has passed since the attack and killing that day, and the corpses on the ground have already been cleaned up. The ground of the house destroyed by the explosion is full of various wooden tools, and a large part of the area is covered with gravel. And the burnt wood has been cleaned up.
However, the huge pit next to the fountain in the center of the square, the flesh and blood fragments between the cracks in the gravel, and the two impact marks that are still faintly visible on the ground still silently describe the cruelty of the battle that day.
Beside one of the impact marks, a black figure wearing a wide cloak came out from the shadow of the dilapidated house, squatted down, and carefully observed the gravel on the ground.
After looking at it for a while, the black shadow said: "These bluestones are black on the surface, showing signs of melting, and they are arranged in a conical radiation shape... This person used up to level 4 directional flame magic."
Behind him, a response came from the shadows: "No matter what magic he uses, he is dead. The key is whether there are any traces left by the eldest lady here..."
"Don't worry." The black shadow replied, and then a thumb-thick magic wand appeared in his hand. He raised the wand high, and after a while, the lavender inlaid on the tip of the wand burst into an almost invisible shimmer, and the light radiated out. , covering the entire ruins.
After about twenty seconds, a thin silver light appeared on the top of a house at the farthest corner of the square.
The black shadow immediately said: "It's the blood of Silver Moon! It's left by the eldest lady!"
The blood of Silvermoon, also known as the Bloodline of the Holy Demon, is the unique badge of King Pelinde's three major Silvermoon families. Its blood contains extremely special magical characteristics and can be detected by specific detection magic.
As soon as he finished speaking, two figures sprang out from the shadows behind him, and they rushed towards the corner of the square like arrows.
These three are the family masters sent by the Norigan family to the south, and their mission is to rescue the eldest lady of the family, Olina.
Of the two people who rushed out, one of them was equipped with these two long swords, and his speed was slightly slower. He should be a warrior, while the other was extremely fast, and he landed silently, like a puff of smoke. When the voice of the magician When he fell completely, he also reached the bloodstain.
He is an assassin and best at tracking, known as the Hound.
He knelt down to observe the shape of the bloodstain: "Parson, Norisa, this is the bloodstain of the eldest lady. The bloodstain is oval-shaped, and the blood spots are scattered, which shows that the eldest lady was very fast at that time. According to the shape, she should be Headed west."
As the man spoke, he followed the bloodstains all the way, and soon reached the alley where Olina stayed that day, followed closely by the magician and warrior behind him.
In the alley, there are more and more traces left by Olina, blood spots, slightly sunken footprints, damaged dents on the walls, etc. Although it has been more than a week, in the eyes of ordinary people Almost invisible, yet easily captured by assassins.
The three followed these traces all the way, and just walked half of the city all the way, until they reached the westernmost Prince Bill area.
Prince Bill District is a rich area in Hot Springs, where there are many parks shaded by old trees, and well-groomed round shrubs on the side of the road.
In a park, the assassin lost all clues and could no longer trace them.
"All traces have disappeared. It's strange. The young lady seems to fly away suddenly." The assassin was a little puzzled.
The magician Parson who was silent all the way suddenly said: "No, the situation is very wrong. Here, I feel the remnants of a powerful magician."
Because it was late at night, the park was very dark, but it didn't matter, because the dark elves had dark vision, and because it was late at night, everything was quiet and there was no breath interference, so the magician Parson could feel a very weak breath. Walking around the path in the park, I finally came to the back of a bush.
In fact, he had vaguely felt this mysterious aura in the previous ruins, but the Pyroblast had erupted in the ruins, and it used to be a bustling city, so the aura was very chaotic, so he was not sure, but it was different here. There is only the breath of a magician here, so it is as obvious as a torch in the night.
"The breath here is the strongest! Heidel, look at the traces here."
Haider is the assassin's name. He walked up and walked around the bushes a few times, then suddenly reached out and grabbed the bushes. When he closed his hand, there was already a long black hair on his hand.
"It's a woman's long hair. Judging by the color and texture, this person is very young, not more than 20 years old." Haider said.
The magician Parson took a look at the hair, and it seemed that something was wrong, so he took another look, finally picked up the wand, and cast a detection magic on the hair.
A faint light shrouded the top, and the hair immediately emitted a faint white radiance, which was a bit like mist, slowly transpiring, and with the transpiration of the mist, the hair seemed to be losing its luster.
"This is not an ordinary human woman, and she must be far older than 20 years old. If my guess is correct, she is a master of mysterious magic. Her goal should be the eldest lady."
After speaking, he looked around for a while, then pointed to the ground five meters behind the bushes: "This should be her footprint, see if you can track her down."
"Okay." Haider started to wander around, lying on the ground from time to time to observe carefully. After about five minutes, he said, "I found it, this way."
The two followed all the way.
This time, the three chased them out of the hot spring city. On the way, Haider lost clues several times, but with the help of magician Parson's subtle magical intuition, they quickly found the clue again.
When they got outside the hot spring city, the three of them looked at each other in blank dismay.
"Missy fell into the hands of a mysterious magician and hasn't been taken out of the city. The situation is not good." The magician Parson frowned. He knew very well that in many cases, mysterious magic has another name, which is black magic. magic.
Although the dark elves are more tolerant of this aspect than the human race, but because of this, the dark elves have a deeper understanding of mysterious magic than the human race. This kind of magic is mysterious and unpredictable, and it is usually very cruel. After being tortured by this kind of magic, even if he does not die, he is likely to be abolished.
"Don't think too much, our duty is to rescue the eldest lady! The clues are still there, keep tracking!" It was the soldier Norisa who spoke.
"You're right." Header nodded, and walked first.
From the traces, it can be deduced that after the mysterious magician captured the eldest lady, he stuffed the eldest lady into a carriage, and then drove out of the city all the way west along the king's road.
After tracking for more than an hour, Haider said: "The other party got out of the carriage, and the eldest lady's footprints appeared for a while, and then disappeared again."
Parson said: "This is normal. This mysterious magician is a woman with very weak physical strength. She must have used some kind of floating magic. You just look at her footprints."
"Um."
Haider squinted his eyes and walked along the path in the forest. After a while, he suddenly narrowed his eyes: "Parson, what kind of beast's footprints are these, how can they be so huge?"
The path in the forest became more and more difficult to walk, but the footprints of giant beasts suddenly appeared. Haider was greatly surprised. The situation was so complicated that he couldn't think of what happened here.
Parson leaned down and carefully observed the footprints on the ground. After a few minutes, he narrowed his eyes: "It's the footprint of the summoned creature Gale Wolf. A new magical aura appeared here... This is the second time this aura appeared. When he appeared for the first time, on the ruins of Hot Spring City, he released the level 4 directional flame magic."
"Could it be that this mysterious witch is with him?" Warrior Norisa immediately responded.
"Nine times out of ten." Parson's face has become very serious. They inquired all the way in Hot Spring City, and got a general understanding of the battle that took place in the central square of Emerald Street. They knew that a young magician defeated the eldest lady.
Now, this young magician reappeared outside the hot spring city, and he was still working with a mysterious master of magic. That is to say, although the eldest lady escaped at the time, she still fell into his hands. I am afraid that the eldest lady...Parson is no longer Dare to think about it.
The other two also vaguely guessed something, their faces sinking like water.
Because of the guidance of the footprints of the giant beast, it was very easy to track afterward. About half an hour later, the three of them arrived at the wooden house next to the stream in the forest. Once here, the magician Parson's face turned livid.
He felt the breath of death.
Silently, he quickened his pace and entered the wooden house. On the small bed in the wooden house, he saw a pool of blood on the animal skin. After using the detection magic, the blood glowed silvery, it was the blood of the young lady.
Assassin Haider also found a lot of clues. He followed from the cabin to the stream, and from a series of clues, he has deduced the ending of their young lady.
"She was killed, and her body was burned into ashes and thrown into the creek." Haider's tone was very calm, but his dark red eyes shone with a faint fighting spirit.
"Can you find the clues of the young magician and the mysterious magician?" The soldier Norisa clenched his sword tightly. Since the eldest lady is dead, they can't come here in vain, they must avenge her.
Parson didn't answer right away, he circled the wooden house three times, and finally said: "The mysterious magician was very cautious, all the clues were broken, but the young magician couldn't escape. He is from the East Valley School of Magic. His name is Link, this man is very famous. Let's go, let's meet him!"
"I will dig out his heart in front of him!" Haider smiled cruelly.
Parson shook his head: "No, take him back to the north and hand him over to the prince. The prince will let him know what cruelty is!"
"Yes, what Parson said is right, this human magician can't die easily, hehehehe." Warrior Norissa gritted his teeth and smiled.