"Demon worship incident?" Anna was very curious when she asked this sentence, except for the kind of veritable murderer and pervert who thirsted for blood all the time, I am afraid that only a real madman would worship the demon of chaos!

If you have any wishes, it is better to believe in the Devil Duke, at least they have to "rule the rules of integrity" countless times, so it is not strange that one or two guys alone worship demons, and it is quite strange that so many people died on the scene.

Katrina also thinks so, the reason why the Magic Council issued this mandatory mission is because the words "Demon Worship Incident" are replaced by belief in demons and died in the sacrifice, and the Council may not investigate the matter in such detail.

Few powerful demons have tried to develop their own churches, and they may have considered this aspect at one time, but soon put similar thoughts behind them due to their own confusion, the effects of slaughter and blood, so that such a large-scale demon worship event is itself a vaguely strange and inexplicable thing.

The barkeeper Gulf took a clean fur and carefully wiped the cup in front of him, as if he did not let go of any flaws, and he laughed: "It is indeed a demon worship incident, at least the church has made a detailed investigation and announced the conclusion that it is a 'demon worship incident'." ”

"But maybe the church deliberately covered up the real situation in order not to cause panic, and this is not without precedent?" Anna was quite dissatisfied with Gulf's answer, she had been a mercenary for three or four years, and she had seen and experienced many things, and she had also encountered several things that the church deliberately concealed the truth for some reason. The conclusions of their investigation were not accepted without unquestioning results.

And Gulf, as a mercenary for more than ten years and a tavern owner for seven or eight years, 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 the same green eyes as a lake, and tapped lightly on the table: "This is information that costs a fee, but it's ......"

Speaking of which, he looked at the mercenaries who were probing their brains at the door and were constantly pouring in, and said with a smile: "But the two ladies seem to have made my tavern business better, so I will tell you for free." ”

Anna glanced back and said with a smile: "It's not because of Sister Katrina, I often drink at you, uncle." I didn't see a large group of 'wild wolves' in the wasteland. ”

"Oh. So your name is Katrina, it's a common female name in Calcart, and you're a local?" said Gulph with a smile.

Before Katrina could reply, Anna preemptively said, "No. Katrina's sister was from a noble family in other provinces. ”

"Born into an aristocratic family, no wonder he has such a temperament. This is very rare among mercenaries. Gulf said thoughtfully. "Actually, I always think Katrina is a little familiar with you, I seem to have seen you somewhere......"

Katrina's face darkened slightly, her own family had been here for two or three hundred years. And the bloodline must have inherited some of the ancestors' appearances, and he secretly thought to himself: "When the council controls the Shahran Empire in the future, when remote communication and discussion become convenient, and when I become a high-level magician, I will build the magic tower here......"

"Uncle Gulf, you are familiar with every pretty lady, tell me the information quickly!" Anna unceremoniously pointed out the truth.

Gulf put down his fur, rubbed his forehead, and whispered: "The first person to find out about this matter was the servant of the villa where the accident occurred, his name is Ivan, when he went to clean the hall, he saw that the hall was full of blood and corpses, there were 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 full-fledged magician in the Shahran Empire.

Katrina's gaze narrowed, and her expression became focused.

"Yes, according to Ivan's description, I confirm that the badge that the magician wears is a first-class arcane badge, a second-ring magic badge, and relying on his physical characteristics, I have asked someone, he has only been in Calkat City for a long time, and the materials he went to the forest and underground to find and buy are the ones that the magician needs. Gulf spoke briefly about the magician's appearance, especially the black mole next to his left eye.

Katrina nodded inwardly, it was indeed the magician who died.

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 strange is that there is an altar in the center of the hall, and although there is nothing on the altar, the smell of killing and destruction is permeating. ”

"How did these people die, kill themselves, or do they kill them?" Katrina carefully asked the question that matched her current identity, the question that a slightly curious and experienced female mercenary should ask, and from Anna's expression, she wanted to ask this question too.

Gulf's voice was lowered: "This is the third strange place, these people are killing each other, and they are not one-on-one, they belong to a chaotic group killing, and some of the dead have fatal wounds on the front and back, left and right. ”

"A magician will be killed by ordinary people and artists?" Not to mention Katrina, even Anna found it unacceptable, "There are knights present?"

"There was a knight, but he was also killed. Speaking of this, Gurf couldn't help but have a trace of fear on his face, "There are no traces of the knight's use of blood power at the scene, and there are no fluctuations and phenomena left by magic, which means that they were carrying out the 'killing feast' as ordinary people at that time, and, judging from the direction and position of the corpse, no one tried to escape......"

This was much more detailed than the information given to Katrina by the Magic Council, and she said thoughtfully: "Could it be the influence of illusion in magic? I heard that some cults will emit illusion power that affects people's minds during sacrifices, so that believers can do all kinds of unbelievable things." ”

"Sure enough, it's a noble lady, and she has more information than me. I also know more about cults than I do. Gulf put away his frightened expression and joked with a smile, "There is this possibility, so it is said that it is 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, and other cults are closer to the devil's practice, even if they want to use killing to gain pure faith power, they will not choose their own believers, of course." I don't know how the Church of the Devil knows how to determine that the dead are demonic believers. Maybe they're just 'ordinary people'......"

"It sounds weird, much scarier than the bard's story. Anna patted her chest, "Uncle Gurff, what's so weird?"

"Weird?" Gulf recalled. Their expressions after death were serene and peaceful. As if it weren't fratricidal death. Instead, he was relieved, and by the way, Ivan felt a chill as he entered the hall. But it was the end of May, which was still quite warm. ”

Anna's curiosity was stimulated to the maximum, and she kept asking about this matter, but Gulf knew only so much, and couldn't help but sigh: "There may be more strange signs at the scene, but Ivan was frightened, and there are not many people who can pay attention, and after the church investigated, they were worried that the demonic aura would affect the city of Kalkath, and cleaned the villa with holy light, so even if there were, we will never know the way." ”

"The Church cleansed that villa with the light......" Katrina repeated in a low voice, greatly troubling her own investigation and indicating that it was already difficult to find valuable traces at the scene.

Then she made a curious look and asked, "Did Ivan remember anything later? It's been months." ”

"yes, yes. Anna nodded in agreement, a "story" in the middle always worries her.

The corners of Gulf's mouth twitched, trying to squeeze out a lewd smile, but this smile looked terrified 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 my place to drink, and he can only sleep peacefully when he is drunk and can't think of anything." However, a week after the incident, he was drunk and accidentally fell into a tributary of the Negnin River, which runs through the city, and drowned inside. ”

"This ......" Anna felt a chill rush into her heart, and she didn't dare to ask any more.

Katrina also felt similarly, but more vigilant and frustrated, although in the case of all the clues were broken, she took the information from the current investigation and went back to complete the task, but as an excellent arcanist, her curiosity and desire to explore things was very strong, so she wanted to investigate more: "Do you want to infiltrate the Inquisition in Calcart City and peek at their investigation materials?"

She had little confidence in this, because such a large city must have been presided over by a cardinal.

Frightened by the "Demon Worship Incident", Anna took Katrina back to the hotel after drinking a few glasses of wine, and by this time, Yakov, who had gone to the city hall to report that he had stimulated his bloodline, had returned.

He was happily sharing with the other mercenaries that he would be made an official knight in a week, but when he saw 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 had heard in the tavern.

"Official Magician...... What are his physical features?" asked Yakov after listening intently, after a slight hesitation.

Anna pointed to her eyes: "There is a black mole on the left eye. ”

"Black mole ......" Yakov repeated, without saying anything more.

Katrina glanced at him, excused herself to be tired, and went back to her room first.

In the dead of night, a figure like a cold wind suddenly flashed in Katrina's room, sneaking quietly towards the noble quarter.

Before leaving, she considered that it would be inconvenient to use magic in the Shahran Empire, so she exchanged for a bottle of potion that stimulated the bloodline and became an official knight - after the long-term improvement of the Magic Council, the power of this potion is no less than that of self-stimulation, and she is no longer a pseudo-knight, but it will still leave hidden dangers and cannot be promoted to the grand knight.

In the howling cold wind of the night, Katrina, who inspired the blood of the "blizzard", seemed to be one with the surrounding environment, although the church had already cleaned the villa with holy light, but she still had to investigate it on the spot, this kind of thing was like doing an experiment, she had to verify it herself to believe it, and it was really counterintuitive that the official magician had believed in a demon not long after he arrived in Calkat City. (To be continued......)