Chapter 205: Manifestants
Gray nodded, then quietly pushed open the door to the study.
Due to the murder here, the ladies and ladies of the house temporarily moved to other places. The waiters also left with the master, so at this time there was no one else in the house except for the old man who was guarding the door.
Roland found that except for the shape of a corpse drawn on the ground, everything else had been almost cleaned up, and there was no pattern to be seen. But that's to be expected.
Roland lay on the ground, carefully probing for demonic breath or other anomalies. But I don't know if it was because the weather was too cold, Roland felt that his senses were a little paralyzed. Sometimes he felt like there were traces of demons everywhere, and sometimes he felt like there was nothing.
What a damn one!
Roland thought to his chagrin, knowing that it was not a way to go on like this.
Roland thinks that since the person who asked him to assassinate the second prince Laner in the secret room was Archimedes, then this means that Archimedes knows the secrets in Lan'er's secret room.
And this means that Archimedes must have known something about demons. At the same time, he knew that the magic circle on the wall of Lan'er's secret room was not ordinary, and no one could open it except for Roland, which showed that he should also be very clear about the matter of the second prince Lan'er privately signing a contract with the demon.
In this incident, the other nobles and ministers were more or less hit. And Archimedes, not only was not weakened, but became the most conspicuous minister around Rand. I heard that he has recently mastered the defense of the city, and it is really beautiful! If there is nothing greasy in this, I am afraid that even a fool will not believe it.
Roland knew that Archimedes, the old fox, had eyes all over the city, and his grasp of the situation was very accurate. He has been waiting for the opportunity in the turbulent situation of the capital, just waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman. But what Roland didn't expect was that Archimedes' ambition seemed to be even greater than he had imagined. Roland is now even beginning to wonder if Archimedes was sincere in raising the eldest prince Landa in the first place.
Wait, stay on top of the situation?
Thinking of this, Roland suddenly remembered a person: When it comes to judging the situation, there are still people in this city who will be more powerful than Wu Yao, a half-true and half-mixed magic stick? It's just that what this guy Wu Yao said has always been false and true, and he doesn't know how to pry his mouth open and let him tell the truth.
As soon as it was dawn the next day, Roland rushed to the commercial street.
Due to the snow, the potted flowers in the yard are wilting and dying, and the black Yao is now trying to rescue them.
Roland felt that the brazier in the house was a little choking, so he had to shout at the black yao in the courtyard: "Don't care about those flowers, at the temperature you burn, the people in the house will suffocate first." β
Wu Yao slowly cut a plum blossom, did not look back, and said, "If I think it's hot here, go back quickly, don't waste any more time." β
Roland felt a little frustrated, so he had to use the agitation method: "Actually, you don't know what the hell Archimedes is doing, right?"
Wu Yao snorted softly in a nasal voice, then turned his head, and then said expressionlessly: "I naturally know what he wants to do, but what does this have to do with me? I told you a long time ago that I am not a person from this world, just a passerby, so I am not qualified to change the original trajectory of this world." In Wuyao's hand, he was still holding a withered lily.
Roland looked at the lily thoughtfully. Under the influence of the heat in the house, his hands did not hurt anymore. But Roland's senses still didn't seem to recover. Because he began to think that there were demons in the inner room of Wu Yao, but with Wu Yao's ability, this was obviously impossible.
Wu Yao continued to bury his head in the snow and prune his flowers and plants.
"I said......" Wu Yao suddenly stopped the scissors in his hand, but did not look back: "I don't know if you know, it seems that some corpses have disappeared in the city these days, but the news has been blocked, so the public doesn't know about it." β
Roland was a little surprised: "Corpses, corpses from those recent murders?"
Wu Yao didn't speak, and it was a tacit acquiescence.
Roland looked at Wu Yao's back in a daze, thinking about the meaning of his words.
The sudden disappearance of the body shows that the mastermind behind the scenes must be trying to hide something. It's just that these corpses are also from the noble ministers, in the city of Two Moons, who has the ability to take their corpses without leaking the news? Isn't it Archimedes?
Thinking of this, Roland couldn't help but walk to Wu Yao's side, and then took the red plum that was budding in Wu Yao's hand, put it under his nose and took a deep breath. The smell has a chill in the aroma.
When Roland and Gray arrived at Duke Doru's study again, they had another new gadget in their hands. Although Wu Yao is reluctant to tell Roland the truth, he is quite interesting in some ways, at least Roland can have whatever he wants.
Gray played with the little bottle and asked, "What is this? Can you really tell if there is a demon here?"
Roland poured some liquid from the bottle to the ground and said, "This is the manifester, which is specially used by witchers to track demons, as long as it is a place that the demon has touched within three months, it will emit a green light when it touches it, like thisββββ"
As soon as Roland sprinkled the potion on the ground, a little green fluorescence appeared on the carpet. This confirms that his initial reasoning was not wrong.
Gray was surprised, "Then how can you conclude that this is left after the demon invaded Double Moon City?"
Roland replied, "It's not easy, there was such a big thing in the city, these nobles must have completely changed the decoration of the house, so there should be no traces of demonic activity here." Now that the manifestation agent has reacted, it can only be said that the traces left by these demons have only appeared after the last invasion. β
Then Roland re-examined the houses that had been explored before and where the murders had occurred. As a result, he found that although he had mistaken his feelings and misunderstood the situation of several households, he was still generally correct.
It was not the same group of people who killed these nobles. Some of the dead died at the hands of demons, while others were killed by humans.
But what is the purpose of the devil, and what is the purpose of the murderer?
Roland knew that ordinary demons above the intermediate level would not kill people at will, because even if they killed people, they would not get the soul they wanted.
However, it is unlikely that the people who committed these murders could not be the low-level demons who were huge and conspicuous, and they would not even be able to reach Twin Moon City without the guidance of others. And the mid-level demon itself is weak, how can it be possible to kill so many nobles who were originally mages at once? Moreover, as a creature that only cares about itself, it is unlikely that many people will join forces, so this case can only be the hand of the high-level demon.
However, the demon must have a corresponding price for his attack, especially the high demons. Now that so many people have died, why is there no movement in the city at all?
And the human murderer who killed a dozen people.
Although the scene of the crime had been dealt with, Roland still found from the remaining clues that the blood left at the scene was generally clean and smooth, indicating that those killed were most likely killed at the hands of the same very skilled assassin.