Chapter 710 Strange Incidents
"Demon worship incident?" When Anna asked this, she was very curious in her heart, except for the veritable murderous maniac and the pervert who longs for blood all the time, I am afraid that only true lunatics will worship the demons of chaos!
If there is any wish, it is better to believe in the Devil Duke, at least they must be countless times more "honest and disciplined", so it is not surprising that one or two guys alone worship demons, and it is quite strange that so many people die on the spot.
Katrina also thinks that the reason why the Magic Council issued this mandatory task is because the words "demon worship incident" are replaced by belief in the devil and there is a problem in the sacrifice and death, and the council may not investigate this matter in such detail.
Few powerful demons tried to develop their own church, and they may have considered this aspect, but soon due to their own chaos, being affected by killing and blood, they put similar ideas behind, so such a large-scale demon worship event itself was an inexplicable thing with implicit weirdness.
The bar owner Gulf held a piece of clean fur, carefully wiping the cup in front of him, as if not letting go of any flaws, he laughed and said: "It is indeed a devil worship incident, at least the church has announced the conclusion of a 'devil worship incident' after a detailed investigation."
"But maybe the church deliberately covered up the real situation in order not to cause panic, isn't there no precedent?" Anna was quite dissatisfied with Guelph's answer, she had been a mercenary for three or four years, she had seen and experienced a lot of things, and she had also encountered several things that the church deliberately concealed the truth for some reason, and she did not accept their investigation conclusions without any doubt.
As a mercenary for more than ten years and a tavern owner for seven or eight years, Guelph is willing to believe that the conclusion of the investigation must be confirmed by his own secret channels.
Gulf saw the two girls looking at him with equally green eyes like lake water, and gently knocked on the table: "This is information that costs money, but ......."
Speaking of this, he looked at the mercenaries who were poking their heads at the door and kept pouring in, and smiled: "But the two ladies seem to have made my tavern's business better, so I'll tell you for free."
Anna looked back and said with a smile: "It's not because of Sister Katrina, I often drink at your uncle's place, and I haven't seen a large group of 'wild wolves' on the wasteland."
"Oh, so your name is Katrina, which is a common female name in Kalkat City, and you are also a local?" Gulf said with a smile.
Before Katrina could answer, Anna preemptively said: "No, Sister Katrina is from a noble family in another province."
"Born into an aristocratic family? No wonder he has such a temperament, which is very rare among mercenaries." Gulf said thoughtfully, "Actually, I always think that you are a bit familiar with Katrina, I think I have seen you somewhere......"
Katrina's face darkened slightly, her family had been passed down here for two or three hundred years, and she must have inherited some of the appearance of her ancestors as she inherited her bloodline, and thought to herself: "When the council controls the Shahran Empire in the future, when remote communication and discussion become convenient, when I become a high-level magician, I will build the Magic Tower here......"
"Uncle Guelph, you are familiar with every beautiful lady, hurry up and tell me the information!" Anna unceremoniously pointed out the truth.
Gulf put down his fur, rubbed his forehead, and whispered: "The first person who discovered this was the servant of the villa in the accident, his name is Ivan, and when he went to clean the hall, he saw that the hall was full of blood and corpses, including ordinary nobles, knights, ordinary people, artists, and magicians......"
Because of the existence of St. Ivan, the most common name of the Shahran Empire is Ivan.
"Magician?" Anna couldn't help but exclaim slightly, it was very difficult to meet a formal magician in the Shahran Empire.
Katrina's gaze retracted, and her expression became focused.
"Yes, according to Ivan's description, I confirmed that the badge worn by the magician was a first-class arcane badge, a second-ring magic badge, and relying on his physical characteristics, I asked someone, he only arrived in Kalkat City not long ago, and the materials he searched for and acquired in the forest and underground were all those that the magician needed." Gulf briefly talked about the magician's appearance, especially the black mole next to his left eye.
Katrina nodded slightly in her heart, it was indeed the dead magician.
Gulf continued: "The death of about thirty or forty people of different identities in the same hall is a strange event in itself, and what is even more bizarre is that there is an altar in the center of the hall, and although there is nothing on the altar, it is filled with the chaotic smell of killing and destruction."
"How did these people die, commit suicide, or did they kill him?" Katrina carefully asked questions that matched her current status, questions that a slightly curious and experienced female mercenary should ask, and it was clear from Anna's expression that she also wanted to ask this question.
Guelph's voice lowered even more: "This is the third weird place, these people killed each other, and it was not one-on-one, it was a chaotic mass killing, and some of the dead had fatal wounds on the front, back, left and right."
"A magician will be killed by ordinary people and artists?" Not to mention Katrina, even Anna felt unacceptable, "Is there a knight present?"
"There was a knight, but he was also killed." Speaking of this, Guelph couldn't help but have a hint of fear on his face, "There was no trace of the knights using bloodline power at the scene, and there were no fluctuations or phenomena left by magic, indicating that they were 'killing feasts' as ordinary people at that time, and and, judging from the direction and position of the corpses, no one tried to escape......"
This was much more detailed than the information that the Magic Council gave to Katrina, and she said thoughtfully: "Could it be the influence of illusion in magic? I have heard that during the sacrifice of some cults, the altar will emit illusionary power that affects people's minds, so that believers can do all kinds of unbelievable things."
"Sure enough, she is a noble lady, she has more information than me, and she knows more about cults than me." Gulf put away his expression of fear and joked with a smile, "There is a possibility, that's why it is said to be a demon worship incident, at least the devil will not let his followers kill each other, but will let them die in a more valuable place......"
"Sounds weird, much scarier than the story of the bard." Anna patted her chest, "Uncle Guelph, what's so weird?"
"Weird?" Gulf recalled carefully, "Their expressions after death all seemed peaceful and peaceful, as if they were not killing each other, but being relieved.
Anna's curiosity was stimulated to the greatest extent, and she kept asking about this matter, but Gulf only knew so much, and couldn't help but sigh: "There may be more strange signs at the scene, but Ivan was frightened and could not pay much attention, and after the church investigated, he was worried that the demonic aura would affect the city of Calcutt and cleanse the villa with holy light, so even if there is, we will never know."
"The church cleansed that villa with light......" Katrina repeated in a low voice, which was a great problem for her investigation, indicating that it was difficult to find valuable traces at the scene.
Then she asked curiously: "Then did Ivan remember anything later? It's been months."
"Yes, yes." Anna nodded in agreement, a "story" broken in the middle always worried her.
The corners of Guelph's mouth twitched, trying to squeeze out a lewd smile, but this smile looked frightened and fearful: "Ivan has nightmares every day because he witnessed the bloody scene of the killing, and the church has given him a lot of rewards, so he often comes to me to drink. However, a week after the incident, he accidentally fell into a tributary of the Negnin River that passed through the city due to drunkenness and drowned in it."
"This ......" Anna felt a chill rushing into her heart and didn't dare to ask anymore.
Although when all the clues are broken, she can go back with the information she has currently investigated to complete the task, but as an excellent arcanist, her curiosity and desire to explore are very strong, so she wants to investigate more: "Do you want to infiltrate the court of Calcutt City and peek at their investigation materials?"
She had little confidence in this, because such a big city must be presided over by a cardinal.
Anna, frightened by the "demon worship incident", took Katrina back to the hotel after drinking a few glasses of wine to frighten her.
He was happily sharing with other mercenaries that he would be officially knighted in a week, but after seeing the slightly pale faces of Anna and Katrina, he restrained his smile and asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Seeing that there were no strangers nearby, Anna told the information she heard in the tavern as it was.
"Formal magician...... What are his physical characteristics?" After listening intently, Yakov hesitated slightly before asking.
Anna pointed to her eyes: "There is a black mole on the left side of my eye."
"Black mole...... Yakov repeated, without saying anything more.
Katrina glanced at him and went back to the room first under the pretext of being tired.
In the dead of night, a figure like a cold wind suddenly flashed in Katrina's room, quietly sneaking towards the noble area.
Before leaving, considering that it would be inconvenient to use magic in the Shahran Empire, she exchanged a bottle of blood-stimulating potion and became an official knight - after a long period of improvement by the Magic Council, the power of this potion is no less than that of self-stimulation, no longer a pseudo-knight, but it will still leave hidden dangers and cannot be promoted to a great knight.
Although the church had cleansed the villa with holy light, she still had to investigate it on the spot, this kind of thing was like an experiment, she had to verify it herself to believe, and it was really unreasonable that the official magician believed in a demon not long after arriving in Kalkat City.
(End of this chapter)