"There is only one truth, the murderer, the murderer is you... God of death Roland! It's you, the one who lives is unknown, the bird of death who walks through bad luck and death, the legendary high-end elementary school student of the God of death, and the spreader of bad luck who will die a household account wherever he goes. You Just admit it, you murdered her."
"...Heloise, if I really have this ability, you will be the first one to die. I don't care about your joke, but I'd better restrain myself. Others really believe it. If new strange rumors start to spread tomorrow. Come on, I'll let you eat cat food for a month."
The environment at this time is really not suitable for jokes. We are in the foreign guest area of the Baier Palace, and in a room on the third floor, the palace guards are going in and out nervously, and on the red oak floor, the old man's body is already cold. .
The master of prophecy, Akama, was lying there with his eyes closed, but his expression was calm.
There were no signs of battle around, and the only fatal wound was his chest.
"It ripped out the heart in one fell swoop, it's a veteran."
Pulling open the white cloth covering the corpse, I saw the big hole on the chest, but there was not much blood around it. The attack was extremely clean, and I knew that I had encountered a professional assassin.
No matter how powerful the caster is, being attacked by an assassin at close range and killing him in the next unprepared strike seems to be completely in the past.
But this is not normal at all.
Although it is common sense that prophets cannot predict their own bodies, the abilities of prophecy and reconnaissance are the natural enemies of assassins. It is incredible that a senior transcendental mage like Akama does not have a dozen or twenty prophetic spells on his body.
Detecting stealth, perceiving hostility, thermal energy scanning, triggering shields, real luck, the alarm will be loud with a slight touch, and it is extremely difficult to lurk in close proximity.
If it is me, if it is really like killing a prophet, I would rather choose to bring a knife to the door, but it is easier.
Under such circumstances, being able to sneak behind Akama, the most famous great prophet in this world, and kill him without warning, what a master of sneaking.
Fingertips touched the corpse's gradually cold skin, where dark magic gathered.
I don't have the reasoning ability of a primary school student of Death, but I have some small tricks of Death. In the magical world, it is not difficult to let the dead speak.
The conjuration had just begun, but it was directly resisted.
"Holy Water Requiem? I really met a veteran."
The wet stuff on the corpse's cheeks should be holy water. If it wasn't for a foolish priest who came to purify the corpse so quickly, it was the assassin who poured it on the corpse.
I asked the guards around, but no priest has come yet.
This explains two problems. One is that the assassins are really experienced and know the little secret that holy water can hinder the summoning of souls. This is a little common sense that most necromancers don't know. The second point is intriguing...
"Assassin, know that the corpse will soon summon the soul, and know that a necromancer will come to see the corpse."
The spiritualism of extracting corpses and living souls actually has many limitations. A dead body that has been dead for too long has lost its activity. It can be summoned into skeletons and zombies, but it is impossible to summon soul memories.
Under normal circumstances, the soul will return to reincarnation very quickly. After an hour or two, even the spiritism of the undead master is likely to fail, and the spiritism can not be used again after only one failure.
Soulcalling is to extract the memory of the other party's soul fragments. After a failure, the soul fragments are completely shattered, and naturally it is impossible to recall the soul repeatedly.
Therefore, most of the objects of conjuration are actually the living. The necromancer uses this technique, and more than 90% of them are interrogating the living. Everyone likes to use it. The side effect is that after the conjuring, the living also become deceased.
Baier is the central area of the southern sect. Although there is no clear opposition or ban on necromancers, due to the existence of a large number of dragons and holy light professionals, it is not friendly to necromancers. In this country, there are not many necromancers. .
And the assassin has been determined, and soon there will be a necromancer who will come to the scene to make such an arrangement.
He knew I was coming.
In a sense, this clue may be more valuable than the dead man's mouth. The information that comes from the soul is scattered and trivial, and there may be gains or nothing.
"Traitor?"
"It's possible, but it needs to be further confirmed."
With a wave of my hand, I got up.
Being able to get close to the Master of Prophecy easily and gain his trust, being able to know my arrival and knowing the undead secret, I am more suspicious of other spellcasters who come with the Master than the seasoned top assassin who came from nowhere.
Some of them may not expect me to be close to the truth.
Helent seemed to be out of the country, and the foreign envoys were assassinated before they came back. I recorded some speculations and on-site inspections, wrote a list directly, and threw it to the guards, so that one would be given to Helent and the other to Helent. The Archmage led by the Council of Truth this time.
As for detectives and spies, I don't plan to intervene, because unlike the easy inferences in detective novels, it is very, very difficult and troublesome to deal with spies in this era.
Betrayers don't write betrayal on their faces, they just create distrust and more confusion without clear clues.
Even if there are clues, you can accuse him, and he can accuse you of framing and framing. The qualifications and experience of the mages are so good that they can't distinguish themselves, and they develop to a result that no one can prove. In the end, it is the strength and prestige that speaks and wins. may not be true.
The Council of Truth has never been monolithic. Many of these great mages have touched the taboos and abyss. It is natural to have a relationship with the chaos side. The reward is the knowledge of the taboo, the power of the abyss and the "truth".
Esso could infiltrate back then, as could archmages from other races and camps. I have long guessed that some of them must have the same heart as us. Now that the other party has taken action to cut off my investigation, it may not be a bad thing to be able to kill. Akama's strong man is absolutely impossible to be cannon fodder and the periphery, maybe he can dig out a nest.
This is an annoyance, and it is easy to drag myself into the quagmire. I don't intend to get involved too deeply.
Although this seems to cut off the clues, the prophecy class is a big spell system, and the kingdom of mages is not far away, just find other spellcasters.
And this also confirmed a guess from one side.
"I was being watched all the time, and I had touched the opponent's sensitive area, and the opponent was forced to shoot."
I was expected to be monitored, but the latter made me relieved. I didn't pat my opponent and didn't think about it, because I was afraid that the opponent didn't care about you at all, which means that you are not a threat to him at all.
The connection between the daughter of the abyss and "opening the door" is almost certain, so I will probably start collecting information on the daughter of the abyss from now on.
The easiest thing is to find a girl who has awakened from the abyss, "It's a headache, Eliza has always been in contact with her a lot."
In the past, the dead cat, who always vomited quickly, remained silent at this time.
These days, I have been hesitating whether I should go to find Eliza, but on the one hand, I have a lot of things in my hands, and on the other hand, no one knows where Eliza is now.
"... Going to find her there, I'm afraid it won't be done in a few months."
In fact, no one knows the location, but it has already explained a lot.
Most of her are no longer on this plane, and it is impossible to go to the abyss. Then, considering her situation, the Fire Elemental Plane is the most likely area, but the Fire Elemental Plane is vast and dangerous. If she wants to avoid me, she can It's not an easy task.
"Forget it, keep an eye on Leona first."
Leona is the daughter of the abyss and has been identified by the system this morning. Maybe as long as I take her, I will be able to get in touch with deeper news sooner or later.
There are so many trivial matters in front of me, and I don’t have time to practice again. The sword-shaping thing will naturally be postponed. As expected, if you want to practice, it is more suitable to find an old forest in the mountains.
But this kind of mentality is not good now. I am afraid that the battle with the undead emperors is just around the corner, and Helent should be busy for this top priority.
I have too few chips in my hand. Now I can only play as a thug. If I lose, I will take the blame. If I win, it will be no good. Maybe I will not be thankful inside or outside.
"Roland."
Suddenly, a voice rang in my ears, but it wasn't the system and the noisy dead cat, and this thick and deep voice made me settle down.
"Boss Ayer? Are you awake?"