It was said to be corpses because there was no possibility of survival for these two people.
Their bodies were covered in scars, and there was not a single piece of intact skin on their bodies. God knows how much pain they suffered before they died. What's even more terrifying is that their waists have been completely cut off, and half of their spines protrude from the flesh, like a stand supporting a puppet. The blood flowing out of the broken abdomen dyed almost half of the stone wall crimson red.
What made Xia Fan feel coldest was their age and clothing. Their age, fifteen or sixteen years old, and their tattered red and gold robes all revealed their identities.
"How could this happen..." Des Moines took two steps back in disbelief.
The other members of the trial team also showed obvious anger in their eyes!
"Xia Fan... Could it be that these two people are..." Li covered his mouth and said.
"Son of the Holy Spirit".
Xia Fan did not answer, but the reactions of everyone around him already gave the answer.
The goal they had been looking for was now right in front of them, but their plan to awaken Ning Wanjun completely failed.
"Des Moines!" Taxis shouted.
"Yes!" The guardian knight suddenly reacted and immediately led the two of them into the secret room and took off the human body hanging on the wall. No matter what, they must first confirm the identity of the deceased, so as not to give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of them in a panic.
"By the way, the Holy Son may also be a forgery," Li nodded quickly, "If the murderer behind the scenes really wants to kill the Holy Son, there is no need to spend so much effort. He can just attack the carriage on the spot-"
"Ahem... there's nothing to test." Du Lin interrupted her, "No matter how you look at it, these two people are definitely the sons of the Holy Spirit, otherwise I wouldn't be able to use their emblems to get the Death Mist. "
"Lord Yongyi, the corpse... is real." Des Moines also confirmed the test results at this moment. "The blood shows that they are all high-ranking dragon descendants, consistent with the characteristics of the sons of the Holy Spirit."
"Look, I told you before - gah -" Du Lin was mid-sentence when he was suddenly punched in the abdomen by Taksis, causing his whole body to curl up like a shrimp. Then the latter grabbed him by the neck and slammed him against the wall. Dulin's head was suddenly bleeding, and he screamed out because of the severe pain in his abdomen!
"What exactly do you want to do?" Dragon Girl gritted her teeth and said, "Take hostages and then kill them... Do you simply want to offend the church?"
"I... I don't know... that person's purpose..." Du Lin opened and closed his mouth with difficulty, "I just want to fulfill my wish, that's all."
Hearing these words, Taksis couldn't help but shrink her eyes.
She immediately put Du Lin back on the ground to prevent his life from being caught. "Who is that person? Achie?"
"Achie is just like me... just an ordinary person." Dulin coughed up blood.
"Who else? The shadow of the mage Leonard next to him!?"
"Give up... you can't guess." Du Lin raised his lips, "Until disaster strikes, you can't possibly know what happened in Azure Castle..."
There was a clicking sound in Taksis's mouth.
It was obvious that she was using her utmost willpower to restrain herself from killing anyone.
"You are collecting souls. Or... you are collecting magic power that can be used to perform evil spells." Xia Fan suddenly said.
The members of the trial team all looked at him.
Du Lin's expression froze, and the second half of his words got stuck in his throat.
"Collecting magic power?" Taxis frowned, "What are you talking about? Isn't magic power everywhere?"
"Sure enough... you don't know about this." Xia Fan found that he had overlooked an issue, that is, what Yong Chao studied was not common knowledge in the world. It was only after he came into contact with the senior officials of the Gyeonggi Privy Council that he learned the reason for the collapse of the Yong Dynasty. The more critical point is that the Western Pole and the Six Eastern Countries cannot be generalized. As alchemists are the Qi sensers among humans, it is a matter of course for alchemists to study magic.
But this is not the case in the West Pole!
It is the demons who hold the main power and occupy the ruling class. As a "ethnic group" that is born with a sense of energy and possesses natural magic, it is not necessary to study magic. Their abilities will strengthen over time, and even if they don't put more effort into their spells, they can still reach a very high level. At the same time, the Dragonborn also suppressed another group of Qi-sensing people, the mages, which further blocked the exchange of spell research.
On the Silver Star Tree Boat, Natantine's mage once cast a strange spell similar to summoning. The material was the soul. This also gave Xia Fan the idea that the principles of evil spirits and the source of power of evil spirits should be generally known in the West. , but now it seems that is not the case.
"To put it simply, torture and pain can allow Qi, that is, magic power, to continue to exist after leaving the body, and can be used as raw materials for making demons." Xia Fan replied briefly, "I'm not wrong, Doctor Du Lin. The test records of your efforts to weaken the deadly effect of the death fog are the best evidence!"
"Creating evil spirits?" Taxis looked at Dulin in confusion, "Any evil spirit is a very threatening existence and the enemy of all living things, including yourselves! But you want to create it?"
"If I can't fulfill my wish while living, then it would be a good idea to die to fulfill it..."
"What is your wish?" Xia Fan asked.
"Of course it's to return to the owner what the looters took away from the owner of the tower..." Dulin suddenly coughed violently in the middle of speaking, and spit out a large mouthful of black blood, which looked like a ball of congealed meat jelly. .
"That's not right!" Taxis realized that the situation was not good, and hurriedly knelt down and pried open the doctor's mouth - only to see that his teeth melted like soft mud, and his throat was full of blood. This is definitely not the kind of trauma you would get from crashing into a wall or being hit by a stray bullet.
Xia Fan immediately guessed the problem, "He injected himself with the death fog!"
But it was too late.
In less than a few breaths, Du Lin was breathing out more and taking in less air. His eyes were completely distracted and he could no longer say a word.
According to the test records, the death fog will cause great pain when it erodes the human body. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a cruel torture. But until Du Lin took his last breath, there was no ferocious expression on his face, and he even froze. There is still a faint smile on the corner of Zhu's mouth.
That is the satisfaction of having your wish fulfilled.
The members of the trial team had complicated expressions for a moment.
Before they set off, they never imagined that things would turn out like this.
Only the flames in Taxis's eyes were still bright, "Everyone, the matter is not over yet! If Ambassador Xia's intelligence is correct, then the real culprit who attacked the convoy is someone other than Achie and Du Lin-" She looked at Xia Fan, "This person is using the potion made from the death fog to prepare to summon a more powerful evil?"
"Nine times out of ten, that's the case... and..." Xia Fan glanced at the remains of the Son of the Holy Spirit and hesitated to speak. A question that no one had ever answered always lingered in his mind - that is, the negative emotions caused by different people. Does Qi differ from person to person? If so, is it considered a kind of consciousness