Even if Licinius wanted to take the blame, there was nothing he could do.
"As agreed, I will take away half of your life."
The voice of the Hundred-Eyed Evil God echoed in his ears.
Licinius shrugged: "Whatever you want, we'll meet again soon anyway."
Hundred-Eyed Evil God: “…”
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It was dark at night, and the public washroom was filled with thick grey fog.
Licinius walked out of the mist, holding the communication mirror, and ordered: "Tria, go home immediately and take out the eight boxes I stored in the basement. Distribute six boxes to His Majesty's Holy Light Knights and the guards of the garrison. As for the rest, we keep one box for the Night Watch and one box for me."
"As for what that thing is, you'll know once you open it. The instructions for use are also in the box."
He paused and said, "Then inform His Majesty to prepare for the monsters to attack the city."
In the box were his stockpile of clay bombs.
Although his memories of his previous life had not been awakened, he was still himself.
Apart from not having the innate ability to know things and the knowledge from past lives, the original personality and IQ are actually the same, and sometimes even if the memory of the past is lost, the instinct is still there.
Therefore, even when Licinius had not recovered his memory, his thinking was broader than that of others.
This also gave him a unique talent in alchemy.
Sometimes when I dream, lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium may appear in my mind...
That’s when inspiration came.
Licinius had already prepared for any emergency, so he stockpiled eight large boxes of clay bombs.
There was a rare silence on the other side of the communication mirror.
Tria said slowly: "Monsters... attacking the city?"
Li Xini hummed and said, "Yes, the monster tide is coming. This is the result I got after divination. But even I don't know how strong the monsters are, so we must be prepared."
"I see."
Tria was a well-trained night watchman, and she immediately regained her composure: "Then you have to be careful too, Captain. The heroes have heard that the prisoners have escaped and are on their way. You have to get around them as quickly as possible and complete the exchange with the substitute puppet to avoid exposing your identity."
Li Xini hummed: "I understand."
In the distance, the sound of hurried and sharp footsteps could be faintly heard.
A large group of people are about to arrive.
Licinius smiled slightly, pulled out a strand of fiber from his dress and threw it into the bathroom.
He turned and walked out, went around the woods behind, and entered the secret passage prepared by the night watchman.
"What exactly is the civilization that the military advisor is talking about? Also, the so-called Book of Truth should be the evil god magic book in my hand? Interesting, you deceived Cyrus for so long just to launch a tide of monsters?"
He murmured, "The military advisor should not be dead, but escaped. So what is his purpose? To cooperate with the attack of the Kingdom of Loen? Or is he planning something else?"
But no matter what the other party's purpose is, this is a good opportunity for him.
"Let's have some fun, Advisor."
Licinius said softly, "How can I become famous without you causing trouble?"
At this moment, the young man was full of confidence for only one reason.
That is, during the second divination process, he had unprecedented and huge gains.
Chapter 53 Yes, yes, it’s him
Time goes back to five minutes ago.
Cecil encountered some accidents on the way of pursuit, because the faint sound of the magic flute always made him feel dizzy and even lost his sense of direction for a while.
But he quickly resisted the interference of the magic flute sound and continued to track.
However, he didn't know that his every move had already been exposed under the eyes of certain people.
On the roof under the night sky, Old Neil put down the magic flute, with a green light gathering in his eyes. He could clearly see a black shadow running fast in the dark alley below.
"When did such a weak dark sorcerer appear in Dawn? Apart from his decent hiding skills, his magic power fluctuations are too poor. His consciousness is confused and his mind is unclear, and his vigilance is extremely poor."
He shook his head and turned away: "Oh, how pitiful."
When Cecil successfully reached the public restroom by following the criminals' escape trail, he saw a scene that made his scalp tingle, because he saw corpses everywhere!
There was a huge blood-red hexagram matrix and countless dried corpses were lying on the ground. They all had strange smiles on their faces and twisted and evil spells were engraved on their foreheads, like mummies that had been weathered for thousands of years.
Even though he had lost his mind, he could still see that this was an evil sacrifice!
"Fortunately, Laura is not here..."
Cecil just breathed a sigh of relief, and then he heard a burst of sharp and hurried footsteps.
not good!
He hastily used his stealth skills and hid in the shadow of the public restroom.
With a bang, the ground exploded!
Lista descended from the sky, and the burning holy sword pierced through the earth, emitting fierce light.
"How is this going?"
She saw the extremely dark religious scene in front of her, her scalp tingled and her pupils shrank.
After a while, footsteps were heard from behind, and the people who were traveling with them arrived one after another.
After arriving at the scene, Allen suppressed his anger and said, "This is definitely a premeditated sacrifice. When we passed by the military prison, we found that the prison guards were particularly weak tonight. Most of the guards were drugged and unconscious. In other words, this was an organized and premeditated sacrifice using black magic."
Novia and her three teammates also frowned, feeling a strong sense of discomfort.
"Sure enough, Li Xini is right, there really is a traitor in the military..."
There was a sharp gleam in Luciemia's eyes.
This task would never have been accomplished without the cooperation of military personnel.
"Oh my God!"
Everyone was shocked by this extremely cruel scene and was speechless.
Therefore, no one noticed that the silver-haired boy, who had always had an expressionless face in the crowd, took a few steps back.
This is Licinius disguised as a substitute doll of the holy relic.
When he reached the shadow under the tree, he suddenly disappeared.
At the same time, an identical silver-haired boy came out from behind a tree and breathed a sigh of relief.
Perfect replacement.
"Master?"
Noren whispered, "You're back."
The effect of the stand-in puppet is a perfect imitation, which can be said to be seamless.
But others couldn't see the effect, but she couldn't hide it.
Licinius had been living with her day and night for many years, even sleeping in the same bed. They had become so familiar with each other that it was unimaginable, and there were almost no secrets between them.
Similarly, Licinius was also very familiar with her. You know my strengths and weaknesses, and I know your depths.
"Ah, I'm back."
Licinius turned his gaze toward the bathroom door, admiring his own handiwork.
At this moment, he suddenly understood why murderers always liked to return to the crime scene.
This feeling is really exciting!
"It's too cruel. We must find the murderer. We must not let such a dangerous guy roam around in the city. I heard about the riots involving black magic before I came here, but I didn't expect the murderer to be so rampant!"
Lisda pursed her lips, her full chest rising and falling: "I must catch him!"
Allen gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I must not let him go!"
At this time, President Yule looked around and couldn't help but say, "These people look familiar. Aren't they all criminals? It's good for them to die. Many of them have committed atrocities that are outrageous to both humans and gods."
Someone else said: "Did you see that orc? My niece died at his hands! A good death!"
"And that crazy doctor who likes to electrocute children."
Someone whispered, "My son was electrocuted by him and became autistic!"
City Lord Rob didn't say anything at this time because he didn't want to offend anyone.
You know, there was originally the death penalty in the laws of the Brentanian Empire.
But because of the intervention of the Vatican, the death penalty procedure became very difficult to carry out.
Especially in border cities like this, in most cases, unless you are a heretic who has learned black magic or have seriously damaged the interests of the country and the Church, the most you will get is life imprisonment.
Now that these criminals are dead, some people are applauding.
"Enough! God will forgive every undefiled soul. What's more, these criminals are also lives. They also have families and human rights. Even if they are to die, they must be judged by God and the law, rather than dying here in such an unclear manner." Alan said sternly.
Lista closed her eyes, as if mourning for the dead souls.
Now that the heroes have spoken, everyone can only shut up.
"Ms. Luciemia..."
City Lord Rob couldn't help but ask, "What do you think?"
Luciemia curled her lips in disdain: "These scums, if they die, they die. I don't care. So only criminals have human rights, and the victims don't have human rights?"
The two heroes frowned.
"However, black magic is too dangerous and cannot be tolerated. Who knows what this ridiculous sacrifice is for? Catching the murderer is a top priority."
Lucimia turned around, looked at the silver-haired boy behind her, and said with a smile: "Mr. Consultant, can you perform that again? The one from last time, the psychological profile!"
Licinius: "..."
This time, everyone's eyes fell on him again.
Especially Novia, the look she gave him became suspicious.
I don't know what psychological profiling is, but it sounds very powerful.
Licinius was once again pushed to the forefront, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Miss Lucimia, since you want to learn profiling, you need to practice it yourself. I can't always be by your side, so I'd better teach you the method, and you try to understand it yourself and deduce the identity of the criminal."
Luciemia's eyes lit up and she thought it made sense.
"First, I collected information, compared similar cases, considered regional characteristics, observed the identities of the victims, the details of the crime, examined the evidence left at the scene, and finally imagined myself as the murderer, psychologically getting close to him, and then I came to a conclusion!"
Li Xini coughed dryly and began to talk nonsense: "Maybe he is right next to you!"
Luciemia seemed to understand, then fell into deep thought.
At the same time, the brave Alan also closed his eyes and used his mysterious power to search for the criminal's traces. After a moment, he suddenly opened his eyes: "I smell the breath of black magic! Messy and mottled! Extremely chaotic!"
After receiving this information, Luciemia seemed to be in a good mood.
"Gender: male. Age: between fifteen and twenty."
"He doesn't necessarily look very aggressive. He may be a seemingly gentle boy who may have had an unhappy childhood, but he handles the interpersonal relationships around him very well."
"But he has a very low self-esteem and longs for great power, but he himself is very weak. Because of his background, his personality is distorted and he is very jealous of others."
In just two minutes, she quickly gave a clue.
Licinius was shocked on the spot. Are you serious? Something seems wrong!
In the darkness, Cecil's eyes widened with anger, feeling that his pain point had been hit.
"The murderer may have suffered a great setback recently, so he took such a crazy way to retaliate against society. I encountered a similar case before in the capital. Such people often have great dissatisfaction with society. They are most likely the kind of people who like to fantasize about one-sided things and put their best foot forward."
Luciemia made the final decision: "Commonly known as a dog licker!"
Li Xini was dumbfounded and thought, "You'd better not be a detective. This is irrelevant."