Act Fifty-Four: Ain's Revolt
In the dimly lit room, only a half-burned candle grew bright.
The flickering candlelight reflected the girl's side face, which was too white and pitiful.
Al Yin sat in his chair, motionless.
To be precise, she couldn't move.
Whether it is physical, spiritual, or even legal, Veron's multiple prohibitions have fixed Ain to death, and her perception is also limited to the level of mortals, in this room, lonely and helpless.
β......β
It's been a long time since everyone left.
There was no view of the outside from the room, and Velon's limitations on perception dulled the sense of time, and for Ain, it seemed like days had passed.
At some point, Ain's body was already covered with sweat, soaking through her thin clothes, and her fair skin was faintly visible.
And she didn't seem to notice that behind her, a black mist was rising.
The black mist grew thicker and thicker, and finally formed a hideous face.
Outside the room, the guards were silent, because they had already passed out, and the several prohibitions left by Wei Lun were easily broken.
"Is that you?"
At this time, Ai Yin suddenly spoke, causing the black fog that wanted to devour her to stop moving.
"You are the one who framed me for all this and planned everything. β
The Black Mist paused, then began to spin in a humanoid form and appeared in front of Ain.
"Now just get me out of here, disguise myself as an escape, and then kill me in a corner that no one knows about, and you can escape suspicion perfectly and continue to live as you are. β
Ain said slowly, but every word she said made the monster wonder.
"It's just that I don't have a chance to prove myself now, and under the prohibition of Lord Veron's laws, I can't make any calls for help at all, and no one will come over to make a point, you think so. β
Aine smiled, sweat streaming down the side of her face as if she were crying.
The monster didn't respond, it seemed to think it was a waste of time to listen to Ain's conversation, so the black mist condensed into a sharp blade and headed straight for Ain's chest.
The blade pierced through the law's prohibition, through Ain's thin clothes, through her now slightly delicate body, and bright red and burning blood gushed out, staining the roomβas it should be.
Whenβ
It wasn't until a crisp chirp echoed through the room that the monster realized that something seemed wrong.
Sparks flickered, illuminating the room, and the black blade staggered its original target, blocked by a glowing longsword, and the hilt of the longsword was in the hands of Ain, who was supposed to be heavily bound.
"You ......"
The monster finally realized that something was wrong, let out a low groan, and then suddenly collapsed, trying to sneak into the shadows.
But soon it found that this room had been locked down and could not be easily escaped, presumably by Veron's handiwork.
Sure enough, Rosen was right. β
Ain's long sword flashed, outlining a strange sword light that caught the monster off guard.
She didn't look like a prisoner at all, her original sweaty appearance was now gone, and Al Yin was nimble, and in the slightly cramped room, the long sword snaked like a poisonous snake.
"Die!"
The monster finally let out a roar, and the black mist intertwined, forming countless spikes, and at the same time unleashing a shock wave of magical power, making it difficult for Al Yin to move.
This is enough to have the power of the Golden Order, which is far from what Ain can withstand.
Bang β
Ai Yin was directly shocked by the huge impact and hit the wall, and fine cracks appeared on the wall that had been reinforced by the law, and she felt a burst of blood gushing in her throat, but fortunately, she had a lot of protection on her body, so it only hurt the outside, and did not cause any damage to the soul.
The black mist entwined, the spikes twisted, and attacked Ain from almost all directions, leaving no room for escape at all.
However, just as those pitch-black spikes were almost a minute away from piercing Ain, all the monster's movements stopped.
No, it should have been forced to stop.
"General. β
A cold sweat broke out on the corners of Ai Yin's forehead, and he gasped.
"Good work, Ain. β
From behind the monster, the closed door opened, and Lawson stood there, speaking to Ain.
Next to Rosen, there was Velon, who raised one hand.
In the realm of the laws that cannot be seen by the naked eye, at this time, countless silver world strings are tightly binding the monster, making it unable to move.
With a slight wave of his hand, the spikes stretched out by the monster were broken one by one in an instant, and the black mist was like blood, diffusing throughout the room.
"Why are you ......?"
The monster asked in a calm voice, seemingly incomprehensible as to why it was exposed.
"It's actually very simple, the key is to take advantage of the psychological gap. β
Rosen said, then explained their layout in the most brief way possible.
First of all, the first step of the plan is to gain trust with Velon, get his help, and cooperate with the acting of Rosen and others.
Then, when all the people involved have gathered, it is the real show.
Rosen's words of relying on memories of the past and alibi to reason about the murderer are actually hoaxes, just to make real monsters take it lightly.
But in any case, there had to be a result of the discussion, and so Tia's flawed reasoning emerged.
Soon, everyone denied Tia's reasoning, and Rosen proposed a new reasoning based on the clues given by Avinia, if the first reasoning did not make the monster completely relax its vigilance, then the second reasoning after the reversal was able to make the real monster completely convinced that he was out of the suspect.
And thinking about it from another perspective, you can think that if the real monster is someone else, plus what Lawson said can isolate the monster, then the identified Al Yin will definitely be wiped out tonight, otherwise once Al Yin can't find any traces of the monster on his body, the suspicion will begin to fall on other people's heads.
"As for how your true identity was derived, in fact, Tia has made it very clear that after all possibilities have been ruled out, the remaining one, no matter how unlikely it seems, is the truth. β
Rosen shrugged his shoulders and continued to explain.
"In fact, there is a biggest premise for all of this, and as long as we follow this premise, then I am afraid that we will never be able to deduce the real answer, and once the chessboard is turned over, then all the problems will be solved. β
He didn't go into more detail, because that touched on a more central issue.
Bang Bang β
The lights in the room suddenly lit up, reflecting the faces of the monsters shrouded in the black mist, or the people that the monsters had turned into.
"Sure enough, it's you. β
Rosen had mixed feelings in his heart and said in a deep voice.