In the dim light of the fire, the inside of the cellar almost looked like a slaughterhouse, and the walls and floor were splattered with dark brown mottled blood. In the center of the cellar was a large wooden table, thick with a tabletop resembling a butcher's table in a vegetable market, on which lay a skinned man.

The man must have been dead for a while, and the skinned flesh was long gone. Probably because the temperature in the cellar was not high, the corpse was well preserved, and the pink muscles were mixed with yellowish fat, which was extremely striking at a glance.

"Gross!" Idria covered her mouth and rushed to the corner to retch, the female knight had not killed anyone, but the cruel sight still made her a little unbearable.

"If there's no danger, I'll go up first." However, Laveta's followers quickly recovered, wiped the corners of their mouths, and walked outside with an ugly face.

Compared to Idria, Qin Lun and Hill's faces were as usual, and even the rate of their heartbeats did not change when they looked at the corpse. One of them is a dissecter, the other often handles ingredients by hand, and each of them has done a lot of things that exceed the bottom line of human psychology, and this kind of scene in front of them is not enough to move them.

"Less than three days after he died, the body had strong spasms before he died, and judging by the muscle reaction, he should have died in extreme pain." After examining the body, Hill was surprised and said, "He was skinned alive and died, and the person who did such a thing is really hard-hearted." ”

"The man used a short, very narrow and thin knife, and the movements were very skillful, and there was little damage to the subcutaneous musculature." Qin Lun looked at the corpse and raised his eyebrows slightly, "If it weren't for being in the magical world and there was no so-called surgery, I must say that this person was a skilled surgeon." ”

Hill and Qin Lun analyzed the corpse from their own perspectives, although these two were not coroners, they were more authoritative than professional forensic doctors in this kind of matter.

"Why would the Santarim Society do such a thing?" Qin Lun cupped his chin and fell into thought, "Or should I ask them why they would risk exposure and do such a thing near Silver Moon City?" ”

"Unless they have a reason to do it here!" A gleam flashed in Hill's eyes, "This person may have something to do with their next assassination, could it be that he wants to torture some information?" ”

"No, there are many methods of torture, there is no need to make it so bloody. Experienced torturers generally use a step-by-step approach to put psychological pressure on the victim. The most important thing is to make the captives feel that there is still hope of survival, so that it is easier to pry their mouths open. ”

Qin Lun shook his head lightly, "You see, this corpse has basically no other external injuries to the muscle tissue in its body except for being skinned, which means that the attacker directly started to skin it at the initial stage, and he didn't plan to ask for any information at all." ”

"So skinning is their ultimate goal, not to torture this man, so why while he's still alive?" Hill's eyes flashed, and there seemed to be a flash of inspiration in his heart.

"Disguise!" Qin Lun and Hill said in unison. The skin of a dead person is obviously different from that of a living person, and only by letting this man be skinned alive can the skin remain active, and the success rate of camouflage will be higher.

"Santarin would skin this man in order to disguise his identity." Qin Lun showed a hint of a smile, "It seems that we have found a way for Santarin to sneak into the Supreme Palace." ”

"Well, and this person's identity shouldn't be too simple, since he has taken such a big risk, then he must not only sneak into the Supreme Palace, but also be able to get close to Erasdror and the other Alliance City Lords." Hill nodded and added.

"It's a pity that we don't know the man next to the 'Lady of Hope', and I've heard that Erastro Silverhand has many lovers, and that there are a lot of male attendants hired during the festival, so even if we know the methods of the Santarin Society, we can't find the pretender." Qin Lun said regretfully.

"There's also a possibility, could this man be some city lord who came over early to attend the celebration?" Hill asked, "Wouldn't it be easier to lead a split or a civil war if the Silvermoon Alliance's own lord attacked Erasdra?" ”

"This is not very likely, the lord's goal is too big, and there will be a lot of guards around him. Even if the impostor doesn't alarm the others to take them captive, returning too long with them will raise suspicions, and there are too many variables that don't fit their plans. Qin Lun pondered for a moment before refuting this point of view.

Hill didn't mind, it was obviously unrealistic to want to directly judge the plan of the Santarin Society from some clues.

"And the guards around the lord...... No, according to you, it's also less likely, and the other guards will be aware of it. Hill said to himself.

Qin Lun walked around the slaughter case, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he picked up a pile of tattered clothes in the corner of the cellar wall.

"Is this the victim's clothes?" Hill leaned over to inspect it with interest, "The Santarin Society didn't dispose of these things, and that corpse is also ......"

"Well, something should have happened, and they hurriedly evacuated this place." Qin Lun sorted out the pile of tattered clothes and said without raising his head.

It can be seen that the pile of rags was cut by the skinner with a knife, and when he peeled the skin, he threw it into the corner.

Qin Lun slowly put together the rags for a while, and his face slowly turned pale. This is a red robe, and many mages usually only wear it, because most of their robes come with some instantaneous magic circles, which have the functions of cleaning and protection.

Common robes generally come in three colors, white, red, and black. Red-robed mages can often be seen in Silvermoon City, and although the style of clothing will be slightly different, it is difficult to directly identify them on them.

Perhaps this is the main reason why the peeler was negligent and did not dispose of the pile of rags in the end.

However, it was different for Qin Lun, because he recognized this robe and knew who the owner of this robe was.

"Ciel, you should still have a flesh puppet on you, right?" Qin Lun took a deep breath and said calmly.

"Of course there is, what's wrong?" Hill looked at Qin Lun's face and was a little surprised.

"This corpse may be an acquaintance of mine, and I need a flesh puppet to cover his body in order to restore his appearance a little." Qin Lun said expressionlessly.

"Your acquaintance?" Hill's eyes flashed, nodded silently, and took out a slowly erecting ball of meat from the storage space and handed it to Qin Lun.

By the time the flesh puppet covered the surface of the corpse like a layer of skin, the victim's original appearance had almost been restored to six or seven percent.

Of course, this kind of recovery process was not enough for strangers to identify themselves, which was why Qin Lun had not thought of this method before. But for acquaintances, the similarity of six or seven percent can already confirm the identity.

"Sure enough, it's him!" Qin Lun smiled bitterly and sighed, "Master Angelo, I didn't expect that we would meet again under such circumstances!" ”

The red-robed mage Angelo, his apprentice magician Emily Silverhand, is also the daughter of Silvermoon Lord Erastro.

The last time Qin Lun entered the world of Torreel, in order to avoid the interception of the Santarin Society, the Sun Elf envoys had joined Sifer's caravan in the Ammu region, where they met Idria and Anglo for the first time.

Later, when he was in distress in the Valley of the Dead, Master Angelo took the initiative to stay behind in order to let Qin Lun take Emily away. Luckily, the red-robed mage managed to escape and returned to Baldur's Gate with a few people from the lost team, including Kelly and Robin.

Qin Lun didn't have much friendship with Master Angelo, but he admired this pious and decisive young mage. Now that time has passed, the old friend of the past has appeared in front of him again in such a tragic way.

The reason why Qin Lun could recognize that this robe belonged to Angelo from the pile of tattered strips of cloth was because the red robe on this mage had a rather unique style.

Angelo's age is not very old, his strength is around the middle level, and if he can reach the middle level at this age, he can be regarded as a genius magician. Because he is relatively young, he is not as old-fashioned as some of the old mages, and his clothes are relatively fashionable.

Instead of the traditional hooded robe, his red robe was trimmed to a corseted and tight-fitting aristocratic gown. The chest is adorned with two rows of copper buckles, and the cuffs have folded embroidered cuffs, which looks stylish and trendy.

If you don't have a staff in hand, anyone who sees Angelo for the first time will think of him as a noble gentleman who pursues pleasure. At the beginning, Nicole, the magician of the fortress team, also laughed at another fellow mage, Philip, for being rustic.

Of course, Anglo may not be the only magician who makes the mage robe into the style of a noble dress, but when he contacted Santarin and wanted to use the identity of this corpse to infiltrate the Supreme Palace, Qin Lun immediately remembered Angelo, an old friend.

Angelo's status is somewhat peculiar, he is Emily Silverhand's teacher, and he will naturally be invited to the Silver Moon Celebration without being strictly monitored.

However, Angelo is not actually a member of the Silvermoon Alliance, so except for Emily Silverhand, others are not familiar with his personality and background, which reduces the chance of being exposed, which can be said to be a very suitable disguise.

After explaining Angelo's identity to Ciel, the shepherd's face became solemn.

Since Emily Silverhand had already been sent to her mother, Erastro, the impostor of Angelo could have excused herself by leaving Emily for a few days until the day of the celebration, so as not to arouse Emily's suspicions.

"We thought that Santarim would want to assassinate Erastro, but we didn't expect them to choose a more ingenious breakthrough." Qin Lun said with a wry smile.

With the wisdom of Qin Lun and Hill, they had already roughly guessed the content of the plan of the Santalin Society from the identity of Angelo.

Erastro's strength is too strong, no matter what method is used to assassinate her, the chances of success are not great, but the other lords of Silvermoon are different.

Perhaps the other lords of the Silvermoon Alliance didn't know Master Angelo, but if a member of the Santarin Guild disguised as Angelo poisoned several Alliance Lords who had opposed the founding of the country four months earlier, his identity would have been unearthed afterwards.

Qin Lun could think of what the world would think with his ass, "Silver Moon City Lord Aylascho pretended to entrust his daughter's magic teacher to assassinate the opponents!" If there had been a newspaper in the Torrell World, it would have been the front page of the day.

If this really happens, and Anglo can't be confronted afterwards, then even if there is no civil war in the Silver Moon Alliance, I am afraid that the other lords will also be suspicious, and the process of establishing the country will be put on hold indefinitely.

Santarin will get in the way a few more times, and the original alliance system of the Silver Moon Alliance may be dismantled.