Chapter Seventy-Six: Timely
"Did you see Nina?" asked the egret anxiously at the guard at the door. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info After a full 10 minutes, even if she went to the bathroom, Nina should be back. But there was no trace of Nina in the banquet hall, as if she had disappeared out of thin air.
"I'm sorry. The guards looked at each other, and they didn't see Nina leave, so they could only respond helplessly.
The egret's eyes showed an anxious and complicated look, which was rare in him. The random egret remembered that a monitor had been placed on Nina's body, and immediately reached out to turn on the headphones.
"Rustle, goo. "There was a cacophony coming from inside the headphones.
Haven't left more than 1000 meters yet!
The egret quickly judged in his heart, and then carefully listened to the sound coming from the headphones. "This is, pack cart?"
The aristocracy and the wealthy were more status-oriented, and they rarely used the new magic vehicles powered by magic energy, preferring the richly decorated beast carts. There's a lot of space in the carriage, and these aristocrats or wealthy people might be able to do something "fun".
But that's not good news for egrets. This means that Nina has been taken out of the banquet hall, even in a state of unconsciousness. Because Nina, who can act, will never be taken away without reaction!
"Damn!" Now the egret can't pretend to be calm, taking Nina away so quietly and silently, no matter what the purpose, it's not a good thing. There is even a great possibility that the one who took Nina away was the Midnight Murderer (the original name was restricted)!
The egret didn't have time to change his clothes and reached out to pick up the backlight stored in the weapons storage area. He told the guards, "Go and get a message for Nightcat and Locke." I'll go out and find Nina first!"
After saying that, he rushed out without stopping.
After the Earl's Palace, there is only one avenue, but the distance is not long. And after the avenue, there is a city road that extends in all directions. It was difficult to judge the direction at all, and the banquet started at night, and it was almost late at night. There will be no vehicles on the road at all, which means that if the killer catches Nina and wants to do something, there will be basically no witnesses.
It was because of the egret's persuasion that Nina chose to be the bait. Even if Nina is powerful, she can't resist all kinds of other insidious methods. If something really unfortunate happens, I'm afraid that the egret will never forgive himself for the rest of his life. At this time, the egret was really anxious, "Elf, do you have any way to track down Nina?"
"Absolutely. The elf still had a beautiful and cheerful voice, "Does the Divine Envoy need me to track it down?"
"Waste, no, of course you do!" Egret almost scolded anxiously, but immediately endured it. Elves are not humans, you have to give a clear answer, "nonsense" is such a swearing, it does not understand.
"Nina is in the place where the adults are, 800 meters to the northwest. The elf said, "The other party is moving, and it is very fast. ”
The egret was shocked, and with the headphones, he also clearly felt the intermittent discontinuity of the sound. This is a performance of the distance to the limit, and without a word, the egret quickly exerted its fastest speed and headed northwest.
As an elite professional, the Egret is very fast. It's almost as good as a car running at high speed. However, the road ahead was not smooth, and out of the avenue of the Duke's Palace, to the northwest was actually a jungle dirt road.
The egret cursed secretly and quickly followed. However, he didn't run far, and the elf came to say again: "The other party's movement speed has stopped, and now it is moving, and the speed is not fast." ”
The words were not continuous, and there were gaps of a few seconds in a row. Of course, this is not that the elf suddenly stammered, the reason why the elf spoke like this is actually very simple.
The egret quickly figured out that this was due to the fact that the other party had arrived at the place he was looking for, stopped the pack cart, and then walked out of the carriage with Nina and headed for something else.
This judgment not only did not reassure the egret, but became more anxious. This is a bad sign, whoever took Nina will stop in the middle of this halfway and go to another place, most likely in the woods. Then whatever he wants to do, it must not be a good thing!
The egret was eager to put on a pair of wings, and the speed under his feet was faster. Within a few seconds, I saw a large pack beast carriage parked in front of the dirt road in the forest, which was the frame of the murderer!
The egret did not stop for a moment, and continued in the direction of the elf. A sigh suddenly came from the headphones: "What a beautiful and lovely person." ”
Since the egret is running, the voice is not really heard. It's just that I can vaguely understand that this person is feeling Nina's beauty.
If it were ordinary people who were emotional, Egret might have smiled, but now he couldn't laugh at all, if this person who sighed was a murderer, I'm afraid this sentence was Nina's emotion before she was killed, before the murderer attacked!
The egret looked carefully, and he didn't care about the shock, so he directly used the magic dragon to increase his speed, and within a few steps, he saw a figure squatting in the distance, and there was also a figure on the ground.
The white egret's eyes were very sharp, and when he saw that the figure that could move seemed to be holding something in his hand, he didn't care about anything else, and immediately shouted: "Stop!"
This sentence seemed to startle the figure on the other side, and the other party was stunned for a moment, but this moment was enough for the egret to rush forward, and almost all the time he reached out to grab the figure's arm, and the other hand had already pressed on the handle of the backlight.
"Hey. The figure snorted. The egret only felt as if he had grasped a weak arm, and couldn't help but stop. It must be clear with both eyes.
"Oriya?" Egret looked at the owner of the arm he was holding with a slight reaction, it was the noble lady of Oriya who had relieved Nina at the banquet.
"Mr. Squire, it seems a bit unruly for you to do this?" said Auria with a wink, looking at the egret holding her hand, and hinted vaguely.
But that didn't make the egrets let their guard down. "What are you bringing Nina here for?"
"Why are you so vicious?" Oria gave the egret a strange look, "This young lady drank too much at the banquet. I brought her out to protect her. What good fate can a noble lady with such a beautiful lady drink too much at the banquet and face many nobles who are like wolves and tigers?"
In the past, Oria didn't know Nina's true identity, and there was nothing wrong with taking the drunk Nina away from the banquet.
But the egret is not so easily fooled, "Then what are you going to do here?" Lady Auria, you don't want to tell me that this is where you live, do you?"
"Of course not!" Oria rolled her eyes, "because Miss Nina seemed to be a little nauseated, and I was afraid that she would be too uncomfortable in the car, so I helped her out of the car." Are you asking too much, squire?!"
Hearing this, the egret let go of his hand in time. Oria seemed to be scratched and reached out to rub her arm. The egret didn't let Nina continue to lie on the ground, and carefully checked Nina's clothes, and there were no signs of injury. That's when I was relieved.
"I'm sorry Madame Aulija, because I received a commission from Lord Earl. I have to ensure the safety of the guests, just now someone saw you take Miss Nina away from the banquet, it was too late at night, because the nearest territory is not safe, so I was arranged to come out to protect you. The egret made up a reason and replied to Oriya.
"You're responsible. Olia said amusedly and angrily, "How about now?
"It's better to be so. Egret nodded, carrying Nina on her back. Nina was completely unresponsive and seemed to be sleeping deeply.
"Then come up to the pack cart. Olia didn't seem to care about the egret's entourage, and instead invited the egret to carry Nina to the car.
For some reason, the egret did not refuse, and got into the car with Oriya. The pack beast was very powerful, and Oria just said to go, and the pack beast acted on its own.
Entering the carriage, Olia put down the coat she had draped on, reached out and lit incense, then picked up the tea set placed on the car and made a drink for the egret. After a while, a steaming pale green drink was placed in front of the egret.
"Why don't you taste it?" asked Oriah, "This is the Icemoon Empire's Cloud Flower Drink, and it's very famous. ”
The egret took a sip of the cup and said, "Thank you for your hospitality." ”
"You just said that the territory is not safe, what is the situation?" Oria asked with a gentle face when she saw the egret drink her drink.
"Because the territory has blocked the news, maybe Lady Orria doesn't know. Egret sighed, "There was a recent homicide in the territory, and the modus operandi is the same as that of the famous wanted midnight murderer on the mainland. ”
"Oh?!" Ollia seemed taken aback, "it's so dangerous! I really don't know about it, otherwise I would have asked the Earl to arrange for an escort." ”
"Do you have any clues about this midnight murderer?" asked Olia as she refilled her glass to the egret.
Bai Lu shook his head helplessly, "Even if I read the previous files and checked the clues." I don't have a clue. I don't even know if this guy is male or female. However, it has narrowed down a bit. ”
"How?"
"Because the women who were killed were all nobles and very outgoing. So it is quite possible that the murderer chose the victim at the banquet. This shows that the murderer has a certain identity, at least he can participate in banquet activities from time to time. Secondly, each body was not moved too much. This shows that the other party is going to do it. And then there's the costumes. ”
"Costumes?" Oria was stunned for a moment, "What's wrong with costumes?"
"For some unknown reason, the assailant is always very concerned about the victim's clothing. The first three are pink, and the middle ones are always three or four of the same color. This guy seems to have some kind of paranoia about color. One of the most recent victims was dressed in light blue, so the Earl asked me to pay special attention to Miss Nina, who came today. I was afraid that she would be targeted by the murderer, but now it seems that it is just a false alarm. Egret said slowly.
"I see. Oria suddenly realized, "I didn't expect you all to have already investigated to this point. This is unprecedented anywhere else. Perhaps, you may not actually meet the Midnight Murderer. ”
"Thank you very much. The egret raised his glass and took another sip.
"No, that's not a good word. Oriath laughed, looking odd. "Maybe you've already made it happen. ”