Russell cautiously walked into the room where the magician apprentices usually conducted experiments and discussions, and when Russell slowly opened the door in front of him, the bloody scene he expected did not appear in front of his eyes, but a rather chaotic room appeared in front of him.

It seems that the place where the magician apprentices took out human hearts as materials is not here, Russell thought about it, and it is true, unless it is the most vicious villain, who wants to sleep in a residence where the smell of blood is in the air?

Russell looked at the somewhat dimly lit room and struggled to find something that would illuminate the room.

After searching for a while, Russell found a candle crookedly on the table not far ahead, and there was a flint nearby, Russell walked to the candle, picked up the flint and struck it a few times to light the candle, and the room suddenly became much brighter.

Russell picked up the candlestick and walked into the room, and the various daily necessities of the magician's apprentices appeared in Russell's sight, and under the soft light of the candles, Russell could clearly see the dust drifting in the air.

Moreover, the constant smell of mold in the room, and the stench of the daily necessities of the magicians' apprentices, made Russell frown.

Russell wanted to leave the room and go outside for some fresh air, but since he had decided to come in, it was not worth it to go back empty-handed.

Russell had no choice but to pinch his nose with his hand and continue to search, but until he had toured the spacious room, he found nothing strange or valuable.

Could it be that the things that the emaciated apprentice said when he begged for mercy before he died were all deceived for the sake of his life? Russell could not help but begin to doubt this possibility.

However, this assumption is still untenable, just now the emaciated apprentice in order to survive, he can't just make up a lie, otherwise Russell found out that he was lying, he still can't save his life, so Russell still has to take a closer look at this room!

Russell patiently searched the corners of the room, and finally found the clue ten minutes later.

Russell found a loose floor under the apprentice magician's bed, a normal occurrence in an old house like this.

But as Russell stepped on the floor, he clearly felt his feet make a special sound when they stepped on the floor.

The sound is very hollow, indicating that there is a large space underneath the floor.

Russell pushed the bed aside and placed the candlestick on the floor to take a closer look, and sure enough, he noticed that the surface of the floor was clearly scratched after prying.

Russell looked around and found a shovel in another corner, strangely not stained with any dirt on it, which was an unusual thing!

Russell walked over and brought the shovel, and inserted the tip of the shovel into the crack in the floor, and sure enough, as he expected, the shovel matched the marks on the floor.

"Hey, hey!"

Russell took a deep breath, clenched the shovel and used all his strength to pry the floor up completely.

Russell then threw down the shovel and held the candle to the pried open floor, where a ladder appeared in front of Russell's eyes, and the bottom of the ladder was still bottomless, so Russell speculated that there should be a basement below.

Russell was not sure if there was any danger underground, but after thinking for a while, Russell tore open one of the clothes of the magician's apprentice, wrapped a lot of cloth around a wooden stick, poured oil on it, lit the makeshift torch with a candle, and threw it towards the hole.

In an instant, part of the basement was illuminated by torches like daylight, and Russell stood in the room for a long time to observe, and after confirming that there was no special movement below, Russell slowly climbed down the ladder.

The length of the ladder was not as long as Russell had imagined, and it didn't take him a few seconds to reach the basement, where Russell raised his torch and took a photo, he was a little surprised by the scene in front of him, this was the place where the magician apprentices conducted magical experiments!

The first thing Russell saw was a huge platform, surrounded by many sharp weapons similar to knives, axes, and scissors.

Russell could tell from the discolored blood stains on the surface of the platform that it had not yet been completely wiped clean, and that this was the site of the inhumane experiments of the magician apprentices.

However, seeing that this platform has been covered with a thick layer of dust, it has probably not been used by apprentices for a long time.

Russell forcibly shifted his attention to something else, and when he saw this place, he would think of the countless innocent people who had been killed by this group of inhuman magician apprentices.

Russell held the torch and looked to the other side, where a laboratory table was placed, and the cabinet above was densely packed with a large number of experimental materials that Russell did not recognize.

Although Russell knew that these materials should be very valuable to magicians, Russell did not want to risk taking them.

Russell continued to walk forward and found a small table, which was supposed to be the place where the apprentices of the magicians sorted out their materials, as it was the only place that was very clean.

Russell discovered a candle on top of the table, and Russell lit it with a torch and began to search for important information.

After rummaging through a bunch of documents, Russell carefully found a delicate envelope, and the reason why Russell found the envelope among so many documents was because the appearance of this envelope was very delicate, and it was the most conspicuous thing here.

Russell picked up the envelope to take a look at it, and suddenly a piece of letter paper full of words slipped out of the envelope.

Uh-huh? There's a letter in there?

Russell's instincts told him that there must be many secrets hidden in this letter.

Russell pulled over to the chair next to the table and sat down on the chair to read the contents of the letter.

My great host

My companion and I have successfully completed your assignment, and all those who have undergone this experiment have succeeded in producing the expected reaction.

If the Marquis of the Kingdom had known the true effect of this potion, he would have been shocked on the spot!

Now that we've completed your exam, can you accept us as a member of the Wizards' Guild?

Your faithful servant.

After reading the contents of this letter, Russell held his chin and thought about it with a serious expression.

Obviously, the purple potion created by the magicians' apprentices through magical experiments is not only effective in slowing down aging, but also has more mysterious effects.

However, the letter was really vague, and Russell did not know what the real effect of this potion was.

Besides, this letter should not have been completely written, and the content of this letter is obviously missing.

Moreover, the sender of the letter and the name of the person who wrote it were not written, which was probably done to ensure that nothing was lost.

This incident made Russell quite helpless, he knew that there must be a conspiracy here.

But because he knew too little information, he could only pay attention to this matter first, and then continue the investigation if there were clues.

Russell carefully folded the letter neatly and put it in his pocket, this is a very important clue, if he goes back and delivers the letter to Bishop Vane, maybe with Bishop Vane's methods, he can find out more insiders.

Now that such an important thing has been found, if you linger for a longer time, it may invite other surprises.

So Russell felt that it was time to leave this place, as long as the evidence was handed over to Bishop Vane, then he would pass the examination of the Guardian Knight.

Just as Russell got up from the chair, his toes seemed to mention something, Russell took the candle in confusion, looked under the table, and sure enough, he saw a dark compartment under the table.

Russell easily opened the dark grid, there were only two books in the dark grid, and Russell brought the books to the table and saw that they were two magic books on how to cast spells.

They are "The Barrier of the Elements of Magic" and "The Basic Elements of Magic", Russell opened the book and read it casually, and found that the book was full of content that he could not understand.

But these two books are deeply hidden in the shadows, and perhaps they are the treasures that the emaciated apprentice had spoken of when he begged for mercy.

Russell kept the two magic books carefully, then climbed the ladder back to the upper room.

Russell then walked towards the gate, where the sun had risen completely, and the gold coins scattered on the ground were shining in the sun.

Russell stared coldly at the golden coins on the ground, stained with dried blood on them, shining with a strange light in the sun, these gold coins were all exchanged for innocent lives.

At this time, Russell has no desire to pick them up at all, anyway, the church will send someone to clean up the situation later, so let these sinful gold coins return to where they should be!

Russell did not have the slightest nostalgia, and quickly left this courtyard full of sin and murder.

Russell walked all the way to the pillar where the war horse was tied before, only to find that Abel was still guarding the horse, and at this time there were already many ill-intentioned people gathered around.

After all, a boy guarding such an expensive war horse in a slum is like a very tempting fat sheep in front of a pack of hungry wolves.

Abbotel cowered in the corner and tried to protect the safety of the war horse, but in fact it was the war horse that was guarding Abel, and the people were not afraid of the defenseless Abel, they were afraid of the horse's hooves inlaid with horseshoes, and the owner that the war horse might have.

Seeing this, Russell stepped forward and shouted angrily, "What are you doing? Do you want to taste the sharp sword in my hand?"

The crowd of onlookers saw that Russell had returned, and they were so frightened that they fled far away.

The knights of the Church were not people they could afford to mess with, and the mere charge of coveting a war horse would have made them walk on the gallows a few times.

Russell saw that the ill-intentioned people had fled from here, and hurriedly walked up to the trembling Abel and comforted: "Abel, it's okay, your bravery is obvious to all, you are a real man now!"

Hearing this, Abel quickly wiped away the tears left by fear, he didn't want the knight to see his weak appearance.

Russell smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then put his loot on the body of the war horse and left here with Abel.

Soon, Able took Russell back to the entrance of the slum, "Lord Knight, we have arrived at the entrance, you can go back from here." ”

Russell could see that Abel's mind was no longer leading the way, and he seemed to want to buy some medicine and food for his mother after earning a reward.

Russell smiled and said, "Thank you for your guidance, go buy food for your mother!"

"Thank you!"

Abel glanced back, waved his hand happily at Russell in goodbye, and hurried away into the distance.