Chapter XXVII
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There was a foul smell in the building, the smell of decomposing corpses. Catherine, who had jumped into the room, stepped back as soon as she landed, just in time to catch Vivien, who was swinging towards a swing with a magic activation rope wrapped around her waist.
"The smell is so irritating. Vivien took out a handkerchief to cover her mouth and nose, and said with a bitter face, "I think I'm going to be poisoned by a carrion." ”
"No way, the body has been sitting for too long. The indulgence seemed to be too fast for the smell to emanate, and he casually closed the door of the building: "This corpse has only been placed here for more than ten days, and we have found one that has been placed for more than fifty days, which is even more exciting." ”
"Thank you for scaring me. Vivien expressionlessly took out three crystal bottles and stuffed them in the hands of the other two, but missed the indulgence: "In order to repay you, I won't give it to you." ”
"Don't make a fuss. Catherine reluctantly knocked Vivien's head, took the medicine bottle in her hand and handed it to Indulgence: "Take care of your business." ”
"Breath-holding elixir. Vivian dissatisfiedly took out a bottle and poured it into her mouth, and said vaguely: "It can be used to isolate breathing, and it is just used at this time." ”
Indulgence and enthusiasm were stunned, and the two glanced at each other with obvious hesitation in their expressions. But after a little hesitation, Enthusiasm gritted his teeth and drank the potion in one gulp, and put the potion into his mouth with an indulgent wry smile. Seeing the reaction of the two, Vivien pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, but didn't say anything, just snorted softly.
"Thank you, sorry. The stiff face with a warm expression actually squeezed out a faint smile: "But, we're not wrong." ”
"We're very touched that you're going to drink it with confidence. Catherine thanked with a smile: "I also reacted after handing it to you, thank you for not embarrassing us." ”
"Trust each other. Enthusiastically said lightly: "The basis of cooperation." ”
"Alright, big sister. Vivien interrupted, "You examine the body first, and then it's my job." ”
Although it is winter, it is indoors. The temperature was not very low, and after almost twenty days, the corpse was already highly decomposed. Dark green corpse water leached out of the back of the corpse and dried up on the ground. A disgusting area spreads out, almost covering the blood that has flowed from the corpse. A closer look at the corpse reveals that the corpse was probably a naked woman of about thirty years of age, with a thin body and nearly twenty long nails on her limbs nailed to the ground. The gagged mouth stopped her screams, but the pain she was in before death was evident from the eyes that almost bulged out of her rotting face, and the nails turned up by the fingers that were pinned to the ground. Judging from the amount of blood under her body, she died in agony after almost completely draining the blood.
"It's a bit of a hassle. Catherine squatted beside the corpse with gloves on, turning over the rotten corpse as usual: "It's been too long, it's hard to find any clues from the corpse, but it can be seen that the murderers are at least two men and one woman." ”
"Well, bloody footprints on the ground. Indulgence nodded: "But it's a pity that the footprints don't match the people inside the guild." There should be none left of them. ”
"Do you mainly want to find the mole?" Catherine asked, looking back, "Or do you want to find the murderer?"
"I want to find the traitor and eliminate the murderer. Indulgence replied, "None of them is perfect." ”
"Okay, I see. Catherine nodded: "There is indeed no trace of a mole here, but there must be a mole." The fact that these murderers were able to avoid all the traps and easily enter with their kidnapped victims is an indication that there are moles showing them the way, and that it is likely that the moles are following them all the way when they are sacrificing, as you are doing now. ”
"Definitely. We have that in mind. "And the traitor's strength in detecting the trap is probably not weaker than ours, because there is a trap where I and Passion almost fell for the first time, but the other party can walk in and perform the sacrifice unscathed." ”
"Then you should have a range in mind. Catherine asked, "I'm afraid there aren't many people like that." ”
"It's useless for us to have doubts, everyone is at a similar level. We can't spy on them the whole time. Indulgence shook his head and said: "The few we suspect are also high-level, and without any evidence, it is impossible to invite the presidents to come forward, so it is difficult to start from the mole." ”
"It's a pity that Lina isn't here, otherwise she might have a way of seeing what's wrong in the details. Catherine sighed, "It's up to Pennis for tracking and exploration, and Vivien for magic." Pennis's absence, Vivien, just see if you can figure out something. ”
"Sister, are you done?" Vivien was awakened by Catherine from her trance: "I'll take care of the rest." ”
As soon as Catherine left the vicinity of the corpse, indulgence and enthusiasm were surprised to find that the highly decomposed corpse, which had been dead on the ground for many days, actually moved on its own. The corpse seemed to have just woken up, and it reached out and rubbed its eyes very humanly, sat up with its arms supported by its body, looked around, and seemed to find a living person around, staggered to its feet, and staggered towards indulgence with its hands stretched out in front of it, and roared from its throat as it went.
"Hey. Indulgent crying and laughing, he was forced to retreat a few steps by the corpse, glared at Vivien and said, "This joke is not funny at all, it is dirty, don't let it come." ”
"Huh?" Vivien asked in surprise, "How do you know I manipulated it?"
"Do you think I'm stupid?" said Indulgence as he rolled his eyes angrily, "I can still hear the difference between the roar coming from your mouth and the roar." ”
Vivian was speechless with regret, and used magic to control the rotting corpse to go to the corner of the room and lie down again, and kicked a few pieces of rotten meat that fell to the side of the rotting corpse, and then unfolded a square white cloth several meters long and spread it on the ground, lying on the white cloth and rubbing the incomplete circle that had been destroyed after the sacrifice on the ground with a pen, and explained: "Sacrifice belongs to the category of religion, but, in the final analysis, it is still to use the effect of magic to achieve the purpose of religion, and the so-called sacrificial circle is actually a kind of magic array, but the function is different." Then, if you want to find out the identity of the other party, you first need a complete magic circle, and what you have handed over to me is incomplete. It's not very useful, and now I just have a chance to get the full version. ”
"But the circle on the ground has been destroyed. Indulgent and incomprehensible asked, "The version for you is the most complete one selected from these broken circles." ”
"That's why you need me as a genius mage. Vivien said without raising her head: "For a professional mage, it is difficult to restore a magic circle from the appearance through the remnants of magic power. But it's not absolutely impossible, and it just so happens that you have a genius in front of you who can do it. Don't talk now, give me a little time, I'm going to give it my full attention to get back to it. ”
The white cloth had been quickly rubbed with the remnants of the circle. Vivien pressed her face against the white cloth with a solemn expression, using the only part of her skin that still had the sense of touch as a medium to sense the remaining magical fluctuations on the ground. Under normal circumstances, even though the rest of the body has lost its sense of touch, it is still possible to feel the flow of magic. But for this kind of destroyed circle, the remnants of mana fluctuations are already very vague, and Vivien must make the best preparations to avoid mistakes, after all, sometimes a very subtle difference in the magic circle can lead to the exact opposite effect. At this time, Vivien fully demonstrated the qualities that a professional should have. Immerse yourself in your work and crawl around on the white cloth. Fortunately, the corpse water under the white cloth has dried up after more than ten days, otherwise she would definitely be stained with corpse water, and I am afraid that it will not be able to be dispelled for several months without special methods.
"Gross. Vivien, who was lying on the white cloth, suddenly retched, jumped up like a rabbit and rushed to the corner of the room to vomit, and the pan-fried red tail fish and fruit salad she had eaten for dinner spurted out of her mouth and nose like a fountain, choking herself and coughing.
Almost at the same time, the other three ladies who had been watching Vivien's actions nervously felt a foul stench rush into their noses, and everyone realized. Without warning, the effect of the breath-holding potion ended, and the body automatically changed from skin breathing back to nasal breathing, and Vivien had just clinged to the place where the corpse had stayed, or rather to the remnants of the corpse's dryness. Directly took a deep breath of the strong corpse stench, no wonder there was such an obvious reaction.
Catherine endured the stench and ran to Vivien's side to help her beat her back as hard as she could, trying to ease her cough. After a long while, Vivien struggled to drink the breath-holding potion again, stroked her chest and said to the three people who had also taken the potion, "It's dangerous. I almost smoked to death. This time I was careless, I focused too much on the depiction of the magic circle, and I didn't pay attention to the duration of the potion, which can be regarded as a profound lesson, I guess I will never forget this lesson in my life. But fortunately, the total algorithm array has been restored. ”
"It's already done?" asked in surprise, "Do you see any clues?"
"I haven't seen it yet, I just visited the painting. Vivien took out a piece of paper and a simple sketchpad, compared it with the graphics on the white cloth, and drew on the paper: "I can dispose of it when I finish painting, that one is too disgusting, I don't want to carry it with me." Hey, this circle is interesting. ”
"What?" the three ladies came up together, stunned by some of the figures and symbols they couldn't understand at all, "What did you find?"
"I'll explain it to you later. Vivian continued to copy without raising her head: "This pattern actually uses a seventy-five degree fold line, which has never been used by anyone like this, but if you consider it in combination with the main idea of the magic circle, it is surprisingly feasible." ”
Vivien muttered to herself as she copied it, and after another five or six minutes, Vivien put away her pen in satisfaction and said to everyone, "Something interesting happened, their sacrifice process was successful, but it failed unexpectedly. (My novel "Yara Adventure Notes" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!) )
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