Chapter Seventy-Seven: Catching Cicadas
The pack beast cart traveled quickly on the dirt road in the forest of the Duolu territory, these pack beasts were not affected by the bad ground, and ran without hindrance, although they kept moving forward, they did not know where they would go. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The atmosphere inside the carriage became strange, and when he heard Oriya's words, the egret's expression was very strange, as if he had heard something incredible.
"What did you say?" Egret froze, "what do you mean by that?"
Olia giggled, "That's literally." Well, but for a squire, it's a bit incomprehensible. β
"Specifically, I'm the one you've been looking for. Midnight Murderer. Hey, it's a name that doesn't have an aesthetic appeal, but you can't blame the investigative agencies, those idiots who only babble and ask questions, what kind of artistic cells can you expect from them?"
"What?!" the egret was shocked and tried to stand up, reaching for the backlight. This action was unsuccessful, and the egret's body shook and sat down again.
"What did you do to me?" asked Egret with a look of horror.
"What did you do?" Oria shook her head, "I didn't do anything. The reason why you will be weak and powerless will be like Nina for a while. The biggest reason is because you don't know a simple common sense. β
"Common sense?" the egret seemed to be trying to move, but in vain.
"Don't waste your efforts, you're not a dragon. It's impossible to break through this effect. The drink itself has no effect, it is just delicious. But when combined with the characteristic incense from Kazan, it has a peculiar effect. It will cause the cloud flower you drink into it to deteriorate and become a heavy anesthetic. And it worked quickly, I remember that in history, there was a coup d'Γ©tat in the Ice Moon Empire, and the coup d'Γ©tat at that time used this method, almost completely destroying the noble council of the Ice Moon Empire at that time. Oria spoke, her behaving at all for her age, like a little girl showing off her beloved toys to her neighbors, in a cheerful and proud tone.
"Why?" the egret looked at Oria coldly, and the temperature of his tone was a little lower.
"Huh?" Oria thought bitterly, "because I used to work in the royal family?" It's really convenient. β
"I'm not asking this!" said the egret angrily, but his voice was much weaker than usual.
"Oh, you mean Nina? She drank the cloud flower I gave her unsuspectingly, and lo and behold, this thing can be drunk cold, and it won't taste special when added to any drink. Oria pulled out a small test tube with a pale green liquid on it. "Kazan's incense can be attached to the body like perfume, and it is also very effective when you are close. I'm amazed that you've managed to survive until now and haven't fainted, it's amazing!"
"I ask why you're doing this!" said Egret at last, as if he was dying.
"Why? Why?" said Oria with a look of distress and helplessness, "Why do you all like to ask why? What is the why? Why do I kill people? Why do I like to do it to women between the ages of 18 and 22? Why do you take off your clothes when you do it?
"I just want to do it, and I have the patience, the heart, the wisdom to do it. There are no cynical thoughts, and there are no stumbles or even misery. It's just because they don't want the beautiful artworks to be hurt in the future, and if they die like this now, those girls won't grow old, and they won't marry either, and they will always remain pure. Isn't that wonderful?" said Oria in earnest, speaking with a touch of reverence.
"The victim you chose, what's the color of your clothes?"
"Don't you think that you can choose a girl who is wearing the same color as me, not only has good taste, but also has a lot of fate with me?" said Oria with a grin.
However, the egret closed his eyes after the question, and seemed to have lost consciousness.
Oria sighed helplessly, she was very troubled by the sudden appearance of the egret. Soon, however, she had a new idea and was going to use the egret as a cover for distraction. Perhaps the dead noble lady had the items of the missing attendant on her body, and the story would be a little more interesting.
Olia pulled the tassel off the handle of the backlit knife and squeezed it into Nina's hand. A test tube was then removed, which contained a large dose of cloud flower concentrate. There is one fact that Oria does not say, and that is that the combination of cloud flowers and aromatherapy is enough to be lethal if the dose is large enough.
It's just that the way of drinking it is not effective in ensuring a lethal effect, so the method used by Oria is more advanced. Injection. Liquid is injected through the ear with an extremely small needle, and the high concentration of the liquid will directly infect the nerves of the human body, causing people to fall into a deep sleep and even forget to breathe. Within a few hours, he will die of exhaustion, and from the outside, no trace can be seen at all.
Forensic medicine in another world has not yet reached the level of nuance, because of its own cultivation, what is more advocated is not that the strong protect the weak, but that the weak need self-improvement to protect themselves. For pathological crimes similar to this, the actual apprehension is not very efficient.
And Oria is just the one who kills the most of these high-IQ pathological serial murderers. Oria planned her behavior, humming the tune of a waltz and happily putting the liquid into the syringe. Adjusted the magic lamp in the carriage and removed the air bubbles from the syringe.
"It's a pity, I originally wanted to wait for the arrival of the Star Spirit Singer in the territory of Doro. Now it seems that the transfer is about to be made quickly. Oria sighed in pity, and the hand holding the syringe gradually approached Nina.
Suddenly, a hand reached out and grabbed Oriya's wrist. "I think you'll definitely wait for the Star Spirit Singer to arrive. Inside the prison in the Dolu Territory. It was the egret who spoke, and he grabbed Oriya's wrist with one hand. The other hand gently touched Nina, "It's over, wake up." β
Nina blinked and sat up.
Seeing this scene, Oriya looked very surprised, but she was not panicked and frightened, "How did you resist the effect of the flower in the clouds? β
"It's not something that can only be resisted with an antidote. Unfortunately, I have dragon blood in my body, and to be honest, although this thing has an effect, it is not so effective that it makes me weak. Egret smiled, "As for Nina, she woke up when you got out of the car. She whispered in my ear for a long time when I carried her, and I thought of a way to make you see what you really are. β
"It's not a long time, but you can stun Nina, and that's a skill. "What Egret said is true, Nina has a divine guard, and her resistance to negative states is extremely high, and the effect of being able to stun Nina is probably difficult for the master to spare.
"To be able to do that. You're not any ordinary nobleman or squire, are you? Where are you the Inquisitor, or are you some nobleman who has asked me to capture my explorer?" Orria laughed, "Can you tell me some simple truth?"
"My name is Egret and I'm Nina's canonized guardian knight. β
This sentence is enough, and Oriya, who has attended many banquets in Dean's aristocratic circles, has naturally heard of the egret. After all, the airship incident has spread to the extent that everyone in the Dean Empire knows about it.
"I wondered what kind of person could come to my face and get me in trouble. It turned out to be the famous Purple Light Knight. Oria smiled, "I'm afraid you pretended to be tricked before, and you just lied to me to get more evidence and information, right?"
"Isn't that obvious?" said the egret, "and the way you look, it doesn't seem like you're ready to deny it?"
Oria shrugged her shoulders indifferently, "What is there to deny." Since I would do this, I knew what the consequences would be. It's just that the break came a little faster. β
"Rest?" Egret laughed coldly, "Unfortunately, the Dean Empire has a cruel death penalty. It is estimated that for your crimes, at least the Inquisition of the Dean Empire can use the highest degree of torture death penalty for you. β
Oria's expression remained unchanged, and she still looked at the egret with a smile, which was extremely uncomfortable. Nina felt weird from the beginning, whether it was Oriah's proximity or deliberate speech, there was always a strange feeling that couldn't be explained, more like an instinctive sense of crisis than murderous, but it couldn't be said, it was subtle and tight.
Now it seems that Oria is just doing what she thinks is right, and she has no guilt at all. So Nina felt that the other party might want to kill herself, but she restrained herself from doing it, and the incomplete murderous aura that was aroused in this way was the real source of the crisis she felt.
Nina fully understood that it was the moment when Ollia took her out of the car and wanted to do something in the jungle. Nina, who was already ready to get up and fight back, interrupted the idea of getting up because of the arrival of the egret. Continuing to pretend to be unconscious gave the egret the idea of inducing Oria to blow up her home.
Nina guarded Oria while the egret stepped out of the carriage and changed the direction of the pack beast. Soon the group returned to the Earl's Palace, only to see Dolu, Nightcat, and Locke standing at the door of the Earl's Court waiting for them.
"Looks like it's settled?" Dolu asked.
Egret nodded, recounting the story from beginning to end. When everyone heard about Oriya's situation, their faces were a little shocked.
"We've got the people, and we'll leave the rest to you. Every word of Oriah's confession was recorded in the headset. I'm sure it will help you. The egret spoke.
"It's really Your Excellency Egret. Count Dolu exclaimed, "In the morning, Uncle Locke also finished the supply work. If nothing else, you can set off early tomorrow morning. β
"That's the best. "I don't want to deal with psychopathic killers anymore." β
Seeing that Olia was taken away by the guards of the Earl's Court, everything was settled, and when he was finally able to continue his journey, Egret spoke his heart. Such a pathology, he no longer wants to meet a second one.