Looking at the old man's body, Richard's thoughts started to change.
If the old man died normally, it would be nothing. However, according to the old man's behavior before, it doesn't look like a normal death.
Especially the old man's weird smile.
It seems that the death of the old man is more likely to be an accident.
It is very possible that a certain wizard used extraordinary magic to attach his consciousness to the old man's body and wanted to sneak into Mine No. 13 to learn something. Because he happened to be discovered by him, he knew that he couldn't fight back. In order to avoid him knowing the truth, he decisively ended it on his own.
If this is the case, it will be much more troublesome.
And there are two situations to consider.
The first situation is that the wizard who comes to investigate is a wizard from an unknown organization. Although that is a bit troublesome, as long as you are vigilant, it is not a big deal.
The second situation is that the wizards who come to investigate are from within the Truth Society. For some reason, the other party had doubts about his identity or what he was doing, so he came to investigate. Then it will be a lot of trouble, and we must carefully consider how to deal with it. Once it is not handled properly, it may greatly affect the ore mining in the mine, thereby affecting the current nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plans.
So which one is it
Richard frowned and looked at Waltz who was approaching. Regardless of the other party's surprise and embarrassment, he pointed at the old man's body on the ground and said directly: "I want to get this person's information as quickly as possible and with the highest efficiency. "
Waltz hesitated for a moment, then looked at Richard and said, "The wizard, by tomorrow morning..."
"No, it's not fast enough." Richard shook his head and interrupted Waltz, "I want to get enough information tonight. I will stay in this mine until I find out."
"This..." After hearing this, Waltz pursed his lips and moved his eyes, as if he was thinking seriously. Finally, he looked at Richard, took a deep breath and made a decision: "Then Master Wizard, you have to wait for a while."
"OK."
Waltz turned around and walked into the night. After a while, the mine became a little more noisy than before.
…
More than an hour later.
In Mine No. 13, in the room where Richard had meditated before, the body of the skinny old man was lying flat on the ground. Richard sat quietly on the bed on the side, closing his eyes to rest, completely ignoring the existence of the body.
With a creak, the door opened and Waltz walked in.
Waltz walked in, glanced at the corpse with some resistance, walked to the corner farthest from the corpse, and said to Richard: "Master Wizard, I have investigated some information. As for the identity of this person on the ground, it is generally known. Got it figured out.”
Richard opened his eyes and asked aloud: "Who is the other party?"
"The other person's name is Ford. According to the workers, he has no children and has been living in poverty. He seems to have been stimulated and his brain is a little abnormal. The workers have seen him and made inexplicable giggles many times. Gotta infiltrate people.
Originally, he should have only been active in the small town of Shambhala. I really don’t know how he appeared here, let alone why he entered the construction site. I guess... maybe the other person is too hungry and wants to steal something to eat. After being discovered by you, the wizard, you were so frightened and weak that you were frightened to death. This is something he brought upon himself, so there is nothing for adults to worry about. "
"Is this the information you found?" Richard asked.
"That's it," Waltz said, spreading his hands. "If you want more information or confirm the authenticity of the news, you can only go to Shambhala Town during the day."
"Okay then." Richard said, looking at the corpse on the ground and whispering, "According to what you said, the other person is just an ordinary person. The sudden turn around and the weird smile on his face was caused by a mental disorder. In addition, Is it all my overthinking?"
"No, no." Richard shook his head lightly and said to himself, "It's better to be careful about this kind of thing. After all, it's hard to believe that a madman could detect my approach at the first time and be frightened. When he died, he showed not fear but a strange smile. If possible, it is best to find out the other person's memory, or the remaining soul... "
Looking up at Waltz, Richard ordered: "Waltz, help me arrange a carriage to take me back to Jialan City, and take this body with me. I want to study it carefully."
"Yes." Waltz didn't hesitate, turned around and went out to make arrangements.
At this time, Richard said again: "By the way, there is one more thing you have to remember, waltz."
"What, Master Wizard?" Waltz stopped and asked with a slight frown.
"That is, we still need to pay attention to public security and don't let similar things happen again. Even if it does happen, at least something must be discovered. After all, I don't come to the mine every day." Richard said.
The expression on Waltz's face turned awkward and he was a little stiff. After a while, he looked at Richard and said seriously: "Master Wizard, please don't worry. I promise, this is only the first time for this matter, and there will never be a second time. Time! I will select people from the miners to form a special security team to maintain order in the mining area."
"That's good, let's go." Richard waved.
Waltz didn't say anything more, held in his strength, and walked out of the door.
Not long after, a carriage left the location of Mine No. 13, pulling the bodies of Richard and the old man named Ford back to Blue Lake Manor in Jialan City.
…
After unloading the body from the carriage, Richard walked into the study in the stone building of the manor and entered the Garden of Eden without stopping.
In the Garden of Eden, Richard walked in, and then walked into the research room in the mechanical processing sector.
The reason why he brought the corpse was very simple. He wanted to find out the soul memory of the corpse before death and confirm whether the other party was really scared to death or there was another reason.
However, he is also very clear that with his current ability, it is a bit difficult to deeply analyze the secrets of the soul. After all, most of his research does not involve this aspect - destroying the soul is okay, but analyzing the soul is slightly difficult.
Fortunately, there is another being in the Garden of Eden who may be able to help, and that is the lich soul in the phylactery.
Taking the body into the research room, Richard laid the body flat on the table in the room. Then he walked to an iron box next to the iron frame, opened the iron box, and dug out the lich's life box that he had thrown in three days ago.
Holding the phylactery in hand, Richard had a thought and recited a spell, and a transparent worm emerged from his fingertips. It was a soul worm.
Without hesitation, Richard flicked the soul worm and threw it towards the phylactery.
One second, two seconds, three...
In less than three seconds, the phylactery shook violently, and a large stream of black smoke poured out, condensing into the shape of an old lich. The old lich grabbed the soul worm that Richard had just thrown out of his life box with both hands, and threw it towards the corner with all his strength. Then he looked at Richard and shouted angrily: "Boy, what are you doing!"