…… Come to think of it.

When had she heard the name Seruna, Roland had finally remembered it now.

That was when it was still in the City of Wealth. At that time, Roland had met a Templar of Tyre who had been poisoned by a fairy kiss, and the maker of the fairy kiss who poisoned him was Seruna.

At that time, the Tree of Suffering was about to awaken, and with some rats of the Society of Truth bouncing back and forth, Roland easily put the pot on the Society of Truth at that time.

For example, using a fairy kiss to kill a Templar of Tyre who had infiltrated the City of Fortune, and luring Tyre's Templar army to attack the City of Wealth.

As happened later, an entire Order of Knights was wiped out by the half-dead Tree of Suffering. If it were the Tree of Crucifixion in its heyday, it would naturally be able to eliminate them in a crushing manner.

With the invincible Knights of Tyre as a sacrifice, the fame of the Tree of Suffering will naturally be proclaimed. That's exactly what the rats who want to make big news all the time want to do.

…… However, looking back now, Roland's guesses at the time may have been all wrong.

If the Truth would really want to provoke the Knights of Tyre, they wouldn't need something as complicated and cumbersome as Fairy Kiss. Not to mention how expensive the Fairy Kiss can be, no matter what the reason for the hapless Templar is killed, as long as he dies in the City of Wealth, Tyre will eventually send the Knights to attack the City of Wealth.

Although it is true that Enzos, who is believed in by the Society of Truth, is brain-dead from time to time, the synchronization rate of this group of mortals is far from that high. There are two ways to accomplish the same task, one that costs money and is troublesome, and the other that costs nothing and is simple - how much money does it take to deliberately choose the first one?

But who exactly is the one who is trying to provoke a war between the City of Fortune and Tyre, and arguably trying to raise the Tree of Crucifixion with the Templars of Tyre?

Compare it with the plot of the past. In the case that Roland does not interfere with anything, in the end the Tree of Passion will become a terrifying monster, opening the plot line of [Wild Calamity].

So, what did you do to make the plot take such a big turn?

When this question first appeared in Roland's mind, he already understood the answer.

There is only one thing Roland did in the City of Fortune, in simple terms.

That's why the identity of "Orlando" is famous - he directly blew up the entire city of wealth.

Roland vividly remembers that he blew up the underground waterways of Carral, blew up the dikes, and hired people. Meat. Explode. The bullet blew the undead of Ribblade Street into foam. At that time, the tide of the breaking levee poured out of the gap, and the tide was full of swimming corpses—

…… No, wait, what about the walking dead?

Roland was stunned for a moment.

He vividly remembered that before the Tree of Crucifixion was summoned by the Society of Truth, the waist-high flood of water was full of walking corpses. If it weren't for the light of the fire that he had caused people to fall down in advance, the walking corpses that moved freely in the water alone would have caused great trouble for their group's escape path.

But after that, why did all those walking corpses suddenly disappear?

If it was burned to death...... Why is Roland's experience prompt the only one who has no experience in killing the walking corpse?

For a moment, Roland only felt a chill in his body.

That's it...... Such an obvious flaw, but he was immersed in a huge amount of experience at the time, and he didn't find the walking corpse that disappeared out of thin air.

In the city of wealth at that time, there was only one person who could do this-

“…… Professor? ”

Roland muttered.

However, Roland noticed that as he said the name, Oleta and Seruna were briefly silent.

Roland immediately realized that he had finally grasped the problem.

"My lovely kindred—"

"Yes, I know."

Before Roland's words were finished, Seruna simply admitted it.

The word of the goblin can still be believed. They never disdained to lie, unlike Roland.

Roland, however, only shook his head.

"I'm asking about one more thing. Maybe it's a little offensive, but I have to confirm it. ”

Roland's expression became serious: "I would like to ask, Seruna, have you ever sold or given away a finished fairy kiss?" ”

"Huh?"

Seruna was stunned for a moment.

After the petite green-haired girl reacted, her face suddenly turned red: "How, how, how is it possible!" No shame! That kind of thing...... How can it be done! ”

"I understand, I understand," Roland hurriedly reassured, "so I'm a little offended when I say this...... But just in case, I have to confirm. ”

"Definitely not!"

Serena puffed up her face dissatisfied: "I'm not being arrested, and I'm not one of those shameless guys, how can I sell my body fluids to others......"

"That's ......"

Roland groaned slightly, then turned his gaze to Oleta.

"I sold it to the professor. If you say professor mean Victor. ”

Before Roland could ask, the old lich simply admitted it neatly: "He bought it at a premium with information I had never heard of, and he was in a hurry to ...... on the spot."

"Woo? So, was I sold by Ola? ”

In Serena's small scream, Roland showed an unsurprising expression.

It was all exactly what he had in mind.

That's it...... What if the Templar had been poisoned by the professor in the first place? What's the difference between being killed outright?

In fact, there is no difference in the results. But if you are poisoned by a fairy kiss, you will always feel that this person was murdered by someone, and this purpose will be stronger than dying in the city of wealth for no reason. At least it doesn't give people the impression that "after all, the city of wealth is such a dangerous place, maybe it was just killed by mistake". However, because of the high cost of fairy kisses, from the very beginning, people do not consider the possibility of manslaughter or accident, and instead focus on the identity and purpose of the person behind it.

That's what the professor does.

He wanted to muddy the waters of the City of Fortune, but he wanted everyone's attention to be focused on the Tree of Passion and the Templars of Tyre, as well as the murderers who wielded the Fairy Kiss. In this way, no one will notice that the original professor is still in the city.

In the plot before the union, the Tirans Dam that exploded inexplicably was probably the bomb that the professor installed while everyone was not noticing. Play. And his goal was to destroy the underground water system of Carral at a particular point in time, as the last straw that crushed the country...... And the deeper purpose is still unknown.

Roland, on the other hand, noticed that after the professor saw him, his plans changed significantly.

As in the past, the Tyrans Dam was blown up.

After meeting Roland and learning of his identity as a death crow, the professor gave him almost all of the light of the fire. And the big stir made by "Orlando" in the city of wealth undoubtedly made the professor completely invisible.

- So, it is self-evident who did the sudden disappearance of the group of walking corpses. (To be continued.) )