Chapter Ninety-Nine: Anatomy

The report explains in some detail the causes of death of the three men, including the hapless man who did not observe the curfew and appears to have died from the horde of ghouls torn to shreds by Shander, and his death perfectly matches the description of the ghouls' eating habits, in short, the guy has disappeared into the stomach pouch of the ghouls except for a few stout bones and broken clothes at the scene. While it is not ruled out that there are other groups of ghouls in the Iron Keep, Cheese is more concerned about the deaths of the two soldiers.

Although these two soldiers left the patrol without permission, they were not rookies on the first day of the night patrol, and they also knew all the horrors of the Iron Fort at night. And in this case, they still dare to steal and play tricks, which shows that the place where they hide is a "safe zone" with a certain degree of security. This kind of place does not not exist, before the mutation occurred in the Iron Fort, all the alien forces were under the supervision of Shande, and their territory had vague but real boundaries, and in order not to get into trouble for themselves, for those sensitive areas at the junction of the territory, it would become the safest place.

But it was clear that the Iron Fort had not been in normal condition in recent days, and what the two soldiers thought was a safe area was like a joke on the streets of the Iron Fort where even Sander would be attacked now. But this was not enough to attract the mage's attention, and what really made Cheese concerned was the cause of death of the two soldiers.

"The cause of death was suffocation, and the direct cause was that the deceased's respiratory and digestive systems were stuffed with a purple-black unknown viscous substance?" said Cheese, looking at the report, "What kind of death is this, I have never heard of anything that kills people like this." ”

Obviously, the mage's problem was also a problem that was bothering the old city lord, and the wolf city lord shook his head slightly, indicating that he also had no clue about the murderers of the soldiers. Generally speaking, it is normal for people who have died of the dark species to have something less in them, but this kind of death is indeed very rare in which not only the body organs are not missing, but they are also filled with strange substances. This can't help but make people doubt the purpose of the murderer, obviously the other party did not kill these two soldiers for food, so who would dare to make such a strange move at this time?

"Well, it sounds like something is taking these two unlucky guys as a spittoon and pouring all its own vomit into their bodies. The vampire said as he looked at his nails leisurely. For Shande, this kind of intelligence analysis has never been something that he, a martial arts vampire, should consider.

The mage frowned, the Bloodline's words reminded him of something. He put the report back on the table and said to Wolf.

"Where are those two bodies now?"

After a while, Cheese and Sander came to the basement of the castle lord's mansion, saying that it was a basement, but in fact, this place had long been transformed into his laboratory by Wolf, as a spellcaster, although the school of guarding war witches was more inclined to actual combat, but this did not mean that the old wizard did not need a place for experimentation. And this city lord's secret room, which was originally used as a private prison, was naturally used by Worf. In fact, when the housekeeper who led the way opened the door to the basement, cheese was more than just a laboratory. It was likely that this was the center of Wolf's use to control the magic patterns spread throughout the city, and although neither Sander nor the old wizard had explained much about this, Cheese could still faintly feel the tremendous energy gathered here. As for the two grotesque corpses, they were placed here at this time.

"Now we have to trouble Mr. Sander to lead the way, according to the orders of the lord of the castle, we can't enter the deeper areas. The butler who led the way bowed at the door of the basement and said. Aside from the old lord himself and his apprentices, Sander was the only one allowed into the basement, and now cheese had been added to the list.

Walking down the stone staircase, Cheese could deduce that the basement was much deeper than the usual cellar, wondering if the underground space was originally like this, or if it had been deliberately added to the depth since Wolf took over.

"Steel is a bad conductor of magic, and the soil mixed with various metals will also make it impossible to conduct magic, so it seems that building your laboratory under such a thick layer of soil may not be safe for the castle lord's daily research topics. The mage, who was walking behind, asked Shande.

"Hehe, you're right. Although that guy himself can't use offensive spells because of the genre, he hasn't thought about how to make up for his shortcomings. In other words, the guardian war witches of the past generations should have been doing the same thing as him. This basement is Wolfe's lab, where he studies golems and other things like that, so don't wander around, that guy's creations aren't kind to lost guests. The vampire laughed a few times and said.

Alerted by Sander, Cheese temporarily dismissed any attempt to verify that this was the Ironkeep's magical hub, and they quickly made their way to the basement, where the mage and vampire finally saw the two reported corpses after passing through two alloy gates forged from a mixture of metals. Around the corpse were the apprentices in charge of sampling and analysis, who took care of the tedious work for themselves as the lord's teacher. However, it can be seen that Rao is an apprentice who has become numb to deal with all kinds of corpses, and he is also very difficult to face these two corpses.

The apprentice in charge of the place quickly noticed Sander, who bowed slightly to the vampire and asked the Bloods for their purpose, and after Sander showed the note that Worf had written to them, the apprentice beckoned the others to leave the room with a relieved expression, leaving the body for the vampire and the gray-robed mage.

"These boys, as soon as they heard that they could leave things out of the matter here, ran faster than rabbits one by one. Shander said, looking down the corridor where the apprentices had left. When the vampire turned his head, he saw Cheese touching the corpse's bulging belly with his gloved hand.

"Apprentices don't want to deal with these chores for the teacher at all, they can't wait to go back to reading books or doing their own experiments, which is also a grievance for them, every caster with a legacy comes over like this. Cheese stared at the corpse's face and responded.

"Sounds like you've been told by your teacher like that?" said the vampire with interest at the mage's words.

"Heh, my teacher thinks this low-level work golem does a better job than the apprentice, so he will only send us on some of the more 'interesting' tasks. With a complicated expression, Cheese picked up the crow-shaped mask that was placed aside and motioned for the vampire to come over and help hold the corpse's hand.

Sander approached and helped hold the corpse down as Cheese had instructed, and just as he was about to continue the conversation and ask what "interesting" tasks the mages had been assigned to, Cheese picked up the scalpel and slashed the corpse's neck. The purple viscous liquid squirted out from the wound of the corpse like jelly, and the mage, who had been prepared, deftly jumped back to avoid the splash of purple substance, but the vampire who was still focused on the conversation was naturally not so lucky. If Shander hadn't shut his mouth in time, I'm afraid those purple liquids would fly directly into his mouth.

"You also take a mask and bring it, we're going to dissect these two corpses. The mage's voice echoed in a low voice from beneath the raven's mask. Shander reluctantly wiped off the purple substance on his face with a cloth towel on the side, and also put on a mask like cheese.