Near the Chamber of Commerce in the northwest district of the Royal Capital of Saxony, a large number of Royal Guards and city defense troops arrived at noon today. Under the leadership of Duke Maurice, they surrounded a chamber of commerce. Even the nearby streets were tightly cordoned off. Blockade, in this situation as if facing a formidable enemy, the residents of the nearby chamber of commerce wisely hid in the chamber of commerce.
Ignoring some of the power clauses related to foreign chambers of commerce, the Royal Guards directly rushed into the chamber of commerce and controlled all personnel. Whether they were residents from other countries or employees of the Kingdom of Saxony, everyone was ordered to hold hands. He squatted on the ground with his head down, and Clement, the steward of the Chamber of Commerce, was very sensible and did not show off when facing the murderous Duke Maurice. Instead, he tried to ask in a low-key tone what happened.
"Where did the assistant named Felician go?"
After learning from the soldiers that after searching the entire chamber of commerce, no trace of Felician was found, Maurice frowned and asked Clement.
"Fe... Felicien?"
"He was the one who came to the banquet with you yesterday. He also danced with Princess Celine. Where is he now?"
In another separate cabin, Chamber of Commerce Steward Clement, who was held in the hands of guards, said tremblingly: "I don't know... I really don't know where he went."
Morris raised his brows and grabbed Clement's collar unceremoniously: "He is your assistant. As a manager, you don't even know where your assistant has gone?"
"Well...I really don't know, Your Excellency. He seems to be taking a break today and didn't come to work..."
Clement was trembling and stammering, but what he said made Duke Maurice even more angry. The head of a chamber of commerce actually didn't even know where his subordinates had gone. If it was normal, Duke Maurice will definitely think that Clement is trying to protect his subordinates, but Duke Maurice, who knows the inside information, has not yet planned to take Clement back for interrogation. After hearing the news from the personnel, they could only wait anxiously, waiting for news from the chief priest of the Ice and Snow Goddess Temple, Ms. Serena, in another room.
Although Clement looked like he didn't know anything about it, other employees in the Chamber of Commerce said that Felician left early this morning, and even the luggage and cash he carried when he set out were Clement's. The steward prepared it himself. In order to distance themselves from Felician as much as possible, or simply because they disliked Felician's character, the employees in the Chamber of Commerce told Duke Maurice detailed information about Felician. , and the more he listened to Duke Maurice, the more suspicious this man became. A mage introduced from a noble family in the Kingdom of Kalut soon became the steward of Clement after settling in the Chamber of Commerce. Assistant, the speed at which he rose to the position was staggeringly fast, and the most important thing was that this person had no ability at all and was not related to Clement. Many employees even privately believed that the manager had been tricked by Felicien. Given control.
However, Duke Maurice was stunned for a moment and felt incredulous: "There are so many suspicious things, haven't any of them thought about reporting the suspicious situations back?"
"Yes~ Even the Chamber of Commerce to which Clement belonged sent personnel. However, the inspection results showed that everything was normal, and all the people who reported the situation committed suicide. After that, no one dared to mention this matter. It’s over.”
"All commit suicide? Convinced!"
The guard nodded and compared the collected testimonies with the records recently collected by the Royal Capital Security Team, and was convinced that the times of death were indeed suicides.
After hearing this news, Duke Maurice, who originally held on to the last hope that Felician was not a prisoner, was completely desperate. The Saxon royal family included a dangerous person like Felician in the banquet, and also allowed him to get close to Karl. Princess Celine of the Semen Empire secretly cast an unknown spell on her.
Damn guy! Doesn't this bastard know how much trouble this will bring to the Kingdom of Saxony
The only thing Duke Maurice wants to do now is to catch Felician and let this bastard immediately remove the evil spell cast on Princess Celine, and then send him to hell happily.
At this moment, the door to the side was gently pushed open, and Ms. Serena, the spokesperson of the Ice and Snow Goddess in the world, dressed in a silver-white priest's robe, came out. Seeing this, Duke Maurice hurriedly greeted him. If possible, I hope The chief priest of the Ice and Snow Goddess was able to find a way to remove this evil spell, but the awe-inspiring and beautiful face of the chief priest Serena also revealed a look of helplessness and anger.
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Duke~ This time it can be concluded that the man named Felician may have used a kind of evil magic that was lost in ancient times, or even a power that cannot be called evil magic or magic."
"Is there no way to undo it?"
Serena gritted her teeth and her voice was as cold as the cold snow: "So far, I can't tell how Felicien affected the victim's thinking. Clement's daughter was not controlled by an external force, but Rather, it is a distortion of her inner self. This distortion seems to be completely out of her own will... Of course, I know very well that this is definitely not her own wish. "
Today, Serena was still in the Holy City analyzing the possible political trends behind the sudden arrival of Princess Celine Brannis of the Carlseman Empire to the Kingdom of Saxony and the role of the Holy See behind it. However, she suddenly received a message from Saxony. The royal family's request for help, and the reason turned out to be that a man suspected to be a supernatural person cast some unknown spell on Princess Celine at the banquet held for Princess Celine last night, and whether it was the wizard accompanying Carl Semmen or None of the court mages of the Kingdom of Saxony could find out the reason, and now the Kingdom of Saxony was urgently dispatching guards to arrest the man, but they had to ask the Holy City for help because they considered that the other person might be a transcendent.
Serena was indeed surprised to receive this news, but not unexpected. Being able to sneak into a banquet held by the royal family and cast a spell on a princess quietly may indeed be the work of a transcendent, but such a blatant action is obviously not It means that the other party may have just stepped into the extraordinary realm. Suddenly, with power, he felt that he was omnipotent, as if the whole world should revolve around him. Tragedies caused by extraordinary people once happened to the orc tribe in the Youxuan Grassland in the western part of the continent. !
If the other party is really a transcendent, then the Saxon royal family may have to pay a lot of casualties if they want to capture the other party. As the goddess's chief priest, Serena is also obliged to suppress and punish these unruly transcendent.
Originally, after learning that Princess Celine was bewitched by the other party, Selina wanted to ask the priestess Elena to visit first to see if she could use divine magic to analyze the kind of evil spell that was used to prescribe the right medicine. Although Celine, as Karthur, Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Sect Empire has long been a believer in the only 'Lord' in the world, but people who are deceived and lost have no sins themselves, and the Ice and Snow Goddess will not abandon people who have no sins. However, when the soldier vaguely stated that someone had gone to visit Princess Celine, Selina finally hesitated and gave up the idea.
Since someone from the Holy See has already dealt with this matter, it is indeed difficult for the Holy City to come forward to avoid embarrassing everyone when they meet. Rather than being responsible for dealing with the extraordinary person named Felicien, it is better for him. .
However, when the guards arrived at the Chamber of Commerce, Serena discovered that this incident might be a bit unusual.
First of all, Felician is probably not a transcendent. To be precise, his power is at best that of a high-level mage. Serena could conclude this from some of the things left by Felician that were searched in the Chamber of Commerce. However, both the steward Clement and his daughter showed an unusual tendency to cover Felician. This tendency is even so fanatical that one would rather die than say anything, just like a fanatical believer who has been severely brainwashed by some evil gods and cults.
Serena initially thought that the two of them might be controlled, but through divine magic, she still found that there was no trace of magic or sorcery. However, when she examined the body of Clement's daughter, she saw that the girl's body was almost tortured and covered with bruises. Especially when the girl's lower body was locked with some kind of torture device, she couldn't help but be filled with anger towards Felician!
I have seen many extraordinary people who committed crimes, but this is the first time I have seen someone as despicable as him!
The girl tried to commit suicide to keep Felician's secret. The only thing Serena could do was to put the girl to sleep temporarily. Serena was also disappointed that she could not detect what methods Felician used to control other people's minds. It's not good to unblock it without authorization, so as not to backfire and do bad things with good intentions. The only thing you can do is to pray to the goddess to see if you can get an oracle. In addition, Clement must be arrested quickly, otherwise he has this ability to control others. The power that even divine magic cannot detect will surely be used for more evil deeds.
However, bad news soon came. According to verification by the city gate guards, there was indeed a record of someone leaving the city holding the certificate of the Chamber of Commerce in the morning, and it was most likely Felicien.
Duke Maurice couldn't help but became anxious and immediately asked his subordinates to lead the knights to chase him, and asked the cities in the nearby territories to pay strict attention. Once Felician's traces were found, he would be arrested immediately, and he would be arrested alive. However, at this moment another guard came in, holding a piece of paper and whispered something in Duke Maurice's ear.
As a result, the paper glanced at Morris and frowned, then walked to Serena.
"Ms. Serena, this is what the staff of the Chamber of Commerce recalled and drew. It seems to be some kind of jewelry worn by Felician. It is said that Felician is often found touching the jewelry from time to time, and it seems to be very valuable, and I have never seen him take off his ornaments. Do you think it might be something evil?"
"Accessories? Please let me see them."
Serena heard the words and hurriedly took the paper and found that there was something like an eye drawn on it, but this eye had three pupils. The chief priest of the Ice and Snow Goddess couldn't help but frowned. It seemed that Some kind of very ancient symbol, but I have no impression of it, but it is good to have a clue. If possible, it is best to let the Holy City investigate to see if it is the mark of an evil god or demon from ancient times. Maybe this is An evil thing that Felicien uses to control others.
As long as the source can be found, there is a chance to reverse-engineer the method of breaking the evil spell from the literature.