When a tree's root system is well developed, it will not be easy to pull it up, even if its branches and foliage are not luxuriant and the trunk is not very tall. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Thieves' Guild is one such old tree.

From orphans who start petty theft because they can't stand hunger, to shadows who are entrusted by nobles to walk in the dark, they are a guild of thieves that sustains this web of darkness and blocks out any outside malice.

"There is an organization, hidden in the darkness like the Thieves' Guild, that can destroy it, as we see it now. ”

There was surprise in the hunters' breath, as if they were too shocked to hide their emotions.

But that's not because of Magellan's accusations.

"That can't be, the Thieves' Guild can't be destroyed!"

"It's gone. ”

The hunter's breath was unabashedly chaotic, like turbulence in a cumulonimbus cloud, and they seemed to be arguing.

But soon, the quarrel ended.

"I have a question," Arthur whispered into Magellan's ear, "if it was really the hunter who did it......

"Then we're in big trouble. Magellan said this, his expression not at all like he was facing big trouble.

This surprised Arthur a little: "Have you ever beaten so many people?"

"How many people do you think the hunters have?"

"Three?"

Magellan didn't say anything more.

"Thank you, Professor Magellan, for a very important piece of news, very important. ”

"I'm not here to bring this news to the hunters. To answer my question, did the hunters destroy the Thieves' Guild?"

This sentence silenced all the hunters.

"We can't give you an answer. ”

"So to change the question, where are the survivors?"

There was another awkward silence, a question that was more embarrassing to the hunters than the previous one, for they had not taken action against the Thieves' Guild, but had indeed lost the control of the dark world that they had always prided themselves on.

"We will find the murderers and survivors. ”

Magellan smiled.

"I'll be patient. ”

Then he turned and left.

Arthur followed Magellan out of the darkness in confusion, he did not believe in the hunter's promise at all, and Magellan's decisiveness was a bit inexplicable.

"The hunter's breath is their powerful weapon, but also their greatest weakness," Magellan said, standing on the side of the road, waiting for the carriage, "and the man who is familiar with the breath can find anything he wants from inside." For example, all the hunters present just now were not lying. ”

"Huh?" said Arthur with his usual candor mockery, "that is, they ...... everything One, nothing, so, know. ”

Magellan shook his head helplessly, although Arthur was too exaggerated, but the hunter's performance was indeed too disappointing, all with a certain unsettling atmosphere, Magellan began to wonder if there were still survivors of the Thieves' Guild.

"So what now?"

If it wasn't the hunters who destroyed the thieves' guild, Magellan wouldn't know who it would be, which was supposed to be the clearest clue, but ended up leading to a dead end.

"Let's go...... Hopefully there will be a harvest on Holmes' side. ”

......

"Typical office space. ”

These were Holmes' first words after staring at the chaotic room for a long time.

"Any clues?"

Watson asked solemnly with a forced smile.

"There were so many that I was a little surprised. ”

"Great," Watson was completely unconvinced that Holmes had found the clue, just as sure he believed that the Great Detective would solve the mystery, "where do we start?"

"Sir Bran's mansion. ”

"What?"

Watson couldn't understand what Holmes was talking about, and just a moment ago, he thought there was no useful information here.

"Will there be an organization in the world with two extraordinary powers?"

"Of course it can't be. Watson still hadn't caught up with Holmes's train of thought, "And then?"

"There is no exit here. ”

"How so?" Watson glanced at the chaotic room, where there were indeed no doors, windows, stairs or anything like that to leave, "of course it's hidden." ”

"This is a hidden room, do you need to hide the exit?"

"Kona and supernatural power ......"

"If there is no exit, how can thieves get in here, and how can they leave?"

"Magic, supernatural power?"

Watson finally caught up with Sherlock Holmes' train of thought.

"How could it be ......"

"It's very similar to the scene of death, isn't it? There's no secret door, and the body seems to appear out of nowhere. ”

"And there are traces of the use of supernatural powers in both places...... It's the same transcendent power. Watson almost jumped up with excitement, "Just below Sir Bran's study, there is also such a secret room, and whoever the murderer is, there must be traces of him there!"

"Ah, exactly, Watson. ”

So the two got into a carriage and went back to Sir Bran's villa by the river.

"Welcome. ”

The master's smile was sincere, and Holmes was once again convinced that he was Dr. Watson's reader, so he calmly made a very outrageous request.

"Can you dig a tunnel down from the study?"

"Yes," said Sir Bran, who agreed without much hesitation, "has made a new discovery, isn't it, Mr. Holmes?"

"Yes, but I have a guess that needs to be verified. ”

Sir Bran laughed.

His butler went out to find the servants, and Sir led the two into the study.

"Secret rooms or something, right? I've searched everywhere, but I can't find any secret doors or anything like that, but the murderer should be hiding somewhere......"

"It's supernatural power. ”

Watson finally couldn't help but say the answer.

"Extraordinary power?" "Sir Bran still didn't understand, or was too shocked to understand the logic behind the answer, "what extraordinary power?"

"Through space. ”

There was silence in the room.

Then the butler went into the room with the servants, who had all their tools and were ready to do a great job.

"Just dig down from here. ”

Holmes said this as a matter of course, and then Sir Bran nodded in silence.

Then the sound of a pickaxe striking on a stone sounded.

A deep pit gradually appeared, widened, extended downward, and finally, reached the end that Holmes had set so long.

It was a layer of bricks.

"I thought there was nothing else under the foundation of the villa......"

Sir Bran had completely forgotten aristocratic etiquette and very impolitely jumped into this crypt before Holmes, and then he saw the chaos.

There was also a corpse.