Chapter Eighty-Nine: Maud
"Tsk! Look at the criteria for this bunch of idiots looking for witches. β
"If the defendant is living an immoral life, then of course this proves that she has dealings with the devil; And if she is pious and well-behaved, then she is clearly disguised in order to use her piety to divert suspicion from her demonic dealings and attending witch meetings at night. β
"If she appears frightened during interrogation, then she is clearly guilty, and conscience makes her exposed. If she believed that she was innocent and kept her composure, then she was undoubtedly guilty: because witches were accustomed to lying shamelessly. β
"If she pleads to the charges against her, it proves her guilt; If she had been frightened, despaired, depressed, and silent because of the terrible false accusations made against her, it would have been direct evidence of her guilt. β
"If an unfortunate woman turns her eyes in agony from the torture, it means that she is looking for her devil with her eyes; And if her eyes are glazed and unmoving, it means that she sees her own devil and is looking at him. β
"If she finds that she has the strength to withstand the torture, it means that the devil has made her withstanding, and therefore she must be tortured more severely; If she could not bear it anymore and died under the punishment, it meant that the devil had let her die as a sign that she would not confess and divulge her secrets. β
"These stupid!" Tang Tian felt a little sad for those innocent women who died.
The Inquisition's approach is, as long as I think you're a witch, you're a witch!
"Let's go to the people in these courts and see which areas have recently gone missing."
The people of the Inquisition were very leisurely, each doing his own thing slowly and methodically.
"Deacon Sham, we've just come back from an outside investigation. Master Cookelt has authorized us to investigate the clues of the witches, can you tell us about these witches recently? "Su Ming and Tang Tian found a deacon named Sham, who had slightly higher intelligence attributes.
γThe Priest - Shamγ
Category: Human
Health: 100%
Mana: 2100
Strength: 6
Constitution: 9
Intelligence: 21
Dexterity: 9
Magic Mastery Lv3 (Passive): Increases magic damage by 37%, and skill casts have an additional magic penetration effect of 10%.
Skill 1 Holy Light (Passive Lv9): The skill comes with a light element, which can increase the damage of dark creatures by 20%.
Skill 2 Judgment (Active Lv10): Unleashes light elementals that deal damage to dark creatures.
Skill 3 Scorch (Active Lv20): Unleashes a fire elemental skill that deals damage over time.
Skill 4 Expulsion (Active Lv20): Unleashes the element of light and fire, which has a strong knockback effect.
"For the sake of the gods' wishes, it is incumbent upon us!" Sham made a prayer service.
"A witch has appeared recently, where are the people missing?"
"The town of Steshen in Subo."
"How long ago?"
"5 days ago!"
"What about the last time?"
"15 days ago, in Preh."
It is possible that the witch's pattern is to take a group of people every ten days, and if this hypothesis is true, then five days later may be the witch's third shot.
"With so many witches caught in the Inquisition, is there a standard for arrest?"
"These vicious witches! They kidnapped innocent people and sacrificed them to the devil! β
"Witches, unlike vampires and werewolves, are depraved heretics of humanity! We can tell the difference between a vampire and a werewolf with silver, but not a witch. Sham's expression was so impassioned that he seemed to have forgotten the deaths of the innocent women.
"Thank you, may God bless you." Su Ming hid the ridicule in the corner of his eyes and said something that believers often talked about.
After Sham left, Su Ming marked the two areas he said on the map. The two places are separated by about 100 kilometers, so there is nothing unusual for the time being.
"It's barbaric, witch vampires actually raise humans as livestock, no wonder these Inquisition people are so extreme."
Tang Tian learned about the dark history of this world from books, and there were countless grievances and entanglements between various races.
"What do you have to pay attention to?" Su Ming asked Tang Tian.
"No ......"
"I decided to take a look at Steshen and might find clues about the witches."
"Steshen? Didn't the people of the Inquisition say that there were no clues? Tang Tian was puzzled.
"Do you believe what this group of people say?"
"Yes."
The two were in a carriage ready to go to Steshen, Tang Tian looked at the inside of the golden carriage, even the carriage was gilded.
"Smack!"
The coachman whipped the horses on the horses, and the carriage galloped along the road.
It took the two of them a day to reach Steshen, and the passers-by saw the carriage of the Inquisition like a snake and a scorpion.
The carriage with the insignia of the Inquisition was parked next to a church, and pedestrians on the road took refuge when they saw it.
Some rare women saw Su Ming and the others get out of the carriage, and even their running legs were weak.
"God willing, what are the two judgments for?" The bishop of the church came out of it.
"Investigate the witch."
"That's right, please inside." The bishop welcomed the two in.
"What do you call them?" The bishop asked respectfully.
"Maudkaiser."
Tang Tian next to him glanced at him, and then remembered the witch's curse ability.
"Maude feelings."
"So, how many maiden witches does the two Maude judges want to take away this time?"
βοΌοΌοΌβ Su Ming was stunned for a moment, and then understood what he meant.
"Listen, Master Cookelt wants to find out the real witches behind the scenes this time, not those...... Do you understand? β
"Oh, please forgive me for my foolishness!" The bishop quickly apologized.
"I'm afraid I can't do anything, those witches are haunted, and we can't catch her."
"Where are the missing people concentrated?" Su Ming asked.
"On the outskirts of town, thousands of people are missing! Except for babies and the elderly who can't move! The bishop said in a panic.
"And the survivors?"
"Yes."
"Then why don't you investigate?"
"Didn't you investigate last time? Hundreds of women were taken away. β
Su Mingwei finally understood why the people in the inquisition didn't find clues, and this group of people directly took away all the suspicious people around, and would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one.
But witches weren't stupid enough to stay where they were and wait for the Inquisition to come, they would have done so and fled.
Unfortunately, it was the ordinary residents who learned about the missing population area, and the two went to look for it.
Steshen is a quaint town, and because of the witch incident and the "investigation" of the Inquisition, the people who live here are all terrified.
Once in the outer areas, this once thriving residential area is deserted, and there are hardly any people on the streets.
In the distance, a man wrapped in a turban walked cautiously down the street, unable to see a man or a woman, but acting sneakily.
Su Ming followed him to an old stone house, and the suspicious man took a look outside and closed the door.
After observing for a while, Su Ming decided to step forward and knock on the door, but after knocking for a while, no one answered.
Su Ming saw someone go in with his own eyes, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to the knock on the door, he kicked open the door.
After walking into the room, Su Ming found an old man who was lying in bed in a bedroom.
"You...... Who are you? The old man was a little scared when he saw Su Ming break into the house.
"Inquisition."
Hearing these words, the old man was so frightened that he almost gasped for breath and suffocated to death.
"We don't have witches here!" The old man lay on the bed unable to move, and said tremblingly.
Su Ming walked to the side of his bed and pulled out a person who was hiding under the bed.
"Nope! No! Don't burn me! I'm not a witch! A woman wrapped in a headscarf under the bed shouted in panic.
Su Ming took a look at it with the detector, it was just an ordinary person.
"We're not here to get you, don't be afraid!" Tang Tian stepped forward and comforted softly.
"I don't know anything! I'm just here to take care of my father, my brother and siblings have all been abducted by witches, I'm just here to take care of him! The woman cried and explained that she knew the style of the Inquisition, and that it would be over if she didn't explain it clearly.
"We're not the same bastards we used to be, we're here to investigate the real witches, not you innocent women. Do you understand? Tang Tian hurriedly explained.
After hearing Tang Tian's explanation, the woman's mood stabilized.
"You really didn't arrest me?" When the women saw Su Ming and Tang Tian, there were no dogs in other courts.
"Let's ask something and go."
"So... Excuse me. The old man lying on the bed spoke quite clearly, and he was relieved to see that the two had not taken their daughter away.
"What happened that night?"
"That Night......"
"I was sleeping when I suddenly heard a singing sound outside, and then I saw my son and daughter-in-law walking out, and they looked like they were sleepwalking."
"Then I started to get sleepy, and then I didn't know anything."
"I used to hurt my back, so the witch didn't take me away." The old man recalled the scene of that night, and he was somewhat glad that his legs were not good.
"Spiritual magic." Su Ming and Tang Tian thought at the same time.
The two asked some more questions, but they didn't get any useful information, and the old man didn't know much.
"Spiritual magic that can affect 1,000 people, even if it is an ordinary person, this scale is too large." Su Ming was thinking about the witch's power level.
"Either the witches who shot are strong, or there are a lot of people." Tang Tian said.
"Let's hope it's not the former, or we're going to turn back." Su Ming was afraid that Tang Tian would become a prophecy.
"Don't worry, I don't talk about other advantages, it's just luck!" Tang Tian said proudly.
"Coincidentally, I'm often ......unlucky," Su Ming muttered inwardly.
The two of them also wanted to find other survivors in the area, but the door was wide open, and there was no one inside.
"Did these witches stay hidden inside ordinary people, or did they sneak in from the outside?" Tang Tian was a little deflated when he saw that there was no clue.
"There should be some hidden, and the actions of a group of witches are somewhat obvious."
"What if they could fly? Witches have magic brooms. Tang Tian asked Su Ming with wide eyes.
"Do you think this is a movie? Also magic broomsticks. β
"If there are magic brooms, these witches can't run to the human kingdom twice in three days, so why bother to be demons every once in a while." Su Ming ruthlessly woke up Tang Tian's witch dream, Tang Tian squinted and didn't believe his words.
The Witch Affair in Destod happened from time to time, but they were all very far apart.
Usually witches only concentrate once in a few years, and the large-scale capture of ordinary humans will lead to a direct war between the Empire and witches.
These witches occasionally take away some of the people, and the higher-ups will turn a blind eye, and at most send someone like Cookert to investigate.