When Wu Ming and Alex returned to the hotel where they lived together, they saw the proprietress sitting at the counter of the tavern, reading the newspaper boredly with her head on her hand.

Yes? Are you here? Have you eaten it?

Although Wu Ming knew that what he heard was the result of translation from the auxiliary device, but when the proprietress opened her mouth, he couldn't help but feel that South Wales might not be far from the imperial capital

Whatever you want

Okay

Wu Ming shook his head vigorously and threw aside the thoughts in his head, and in the gap between the proprietress going to prepare lunch, he looked at Alex, who was still stiff and stiff and made a serious expression: You don't need to keep your face tight anymore when you are here, right?

Alex was stunned for a moment, then stopped deliberately controlling his facial muscles, and returned to his usual face of fierceness and intimidation: Sorry, I'm not good at controlling my expressions, so it might be a little scary to keep my face tight

Your usual face is quite vicious, and your face is just getting more scary from scary to scary, but now is not the time to talk about these things, let's get back to the point, Alex, do you have any thoughts about the Pied Piper?

Wu Ming's fingers tapped lightly on the table, making a rhythmic tapping sound, raised his eyes to look at the old hunter with a fierce expression, waiting for his reply, but Alex did not rashly answer, as an experienced old hunter, he naturally would not ignore the possibility of them being monitored, he looked around the tavern secretly and quickly and took everything in his field of vision into his eyes, his ears moved slightly, and he gently sniffed the various smells in the air, raising his hunter senses to the limit.

Wine stains and oil stains that are not easy to find on counters and tables and chairs, termites creeping quietly on wooden furniture, furry creatures hiding in the shadows, the sound of air flowing in the room, the sound of the proprietress preparing food in the back kitchen, the sound of heartbeats of three different frequencies and scales, the sound of blood roaring in the veins, the rotten smell of tables and chairs in a humid environment, the aroma of food coming from the back kitchen, the unique smell of living beings, the comparison of the characteristics of extraordinary strength

In that short moment, all kinds of information poured into Alex's mind through the keen senses of the hunter, and his brain was now running at high speed as if a well-fueled engine, in the vast white space of his brain, using sensory information as the material, a full-scale tavern model was reproduced like a 3D print, and immediately came to the conclusion that there was no sign of the existence of demons such as gargoyles or human-faced rats in the tavern.

After confirming that there were no demons around, Alex dipped his fingers into the teacup, carved a few runes on the table with a force of three points, and arranged a small silent barrier before he slowly spoke: If my guess is correct, the Pied Piper's previous series of movements in the town were all to get rid of the other witches in the town by the hands of the townspeople.

I've talked about it before, right? In fact, all witches share a huge source of power, and the power of the witch who exists as the source is like a huge pool, and the witch who shares its power is like a faucet under the same water supply system. Of course, according to the research of scholars from the Warlock Guild, the real situation of the witch system is much more complicated than I said, and the flow of mana output will also vary according to personal experience and constitution. However, there is one thing that will not change, their mere presence will take up their mana flow.

Therefore, the more witches, the more faucets will be turned on and used at the same time, and everyone is grabbing the limited amount of mana flow, and the less witch power each person can share, on the contrary, if the number of existing witches is smaller, the mana flow that is preempted by each other will also decrease, and the power that witches can exert will be closer to their limits.

But here's the problem, in the original witch crusade, several extraordinary forces worked together to destroy the pool of the source of the witch's power, even if the witches in this town did not share or inherit any power from the outside world, it was the power of witches that had been bred from scratch for hundreds of years, and the power that each witch could share could reach an amazing enough level, but in the battle with Martha just now, I deliberately tested the strength of her witch's power, but she

The strength shown was also far below what I had estimated

Wu Ming still tapped lightly on the table: So what about the possibility that Martha deliberately left her hand at that time?

It's unlikely, I was targeting the person she cares about the most, and there's no way she's going to be able to keep her hands dirty in this kind of thing. Alex shook his head, perhaps thinking of the act he had just pointed a gun at Joey, and a look of deep guilt appeared on his face: Destroying people or things that are vital to witches can cause fatal damage to them more than physical damage, and we also used this method to deal with witches in the first place, whether it is for self-preservation or to protect the things that are dear to us, it is unlikely that any witch will have room in that situation.

According to my previous estimate of the witch's strength, if I was hit by Martha in that situation, I should have been seriously injured and near-dead, or at worst killed on the spot, but the truth is that I was not seriously injured and recovered quickly

After listening to his analysis, Wu Ming's face immediately became strange: with the information that the benevolent brother was exchanging his life just now

But what really confirmed my guess was the last burst of black mist and spells that devoured Martha, Alex gradually frowned, and he carefully recalled some vague memories, although I had not recovered from the explosion of the sulfur fire at the time, and the spell was intermittently unheard, but from the scattered syllables and words, I could still make out that it was a forbidden spell

Listening to your tone, it seems that you know something about this technique?

I once saw it in the era of the witch trial.,At that time, the witch was not an iron bucket.,The mutual struggle between them is also very serious.,There are also many people who have developed various evil arts for internal struggle.,This technique used to seize the power of the other party is one of them.,But this forbidden technique should have been lost with the fall of the witch.

I probably understand why you are messing around with me in the church Wu Ming stopped banging on the table and turned his head to look at the old hunter, the piper is much more dangerous than you think, you don't want Otto to continue to be in danger, so you handed over the mayor to him to take care of it, hoping to take this opportunity to drag him down, right?

But at the end of the day, as long as the Piper is still in town, no place is completely safe, but it will be much safer for him to stay with Rogge than to stay with you, and the reason why you are relieved that he will stay in the church is because you are sure that there is no useful information about the Piper in the church, and there may even be distractions that the Piper uses to confuse the public, so you are so relieved to leave

With Otto's personality, which is not much different from his hair, it is estimated that he is now indignant and wants to help Rogge find his good friend, which is not a very dangerous job, but in this way, Otto can not only satisfy his sense of justice, but you can also put aside your worries and face the piper, you really arrange him clearly

In other words, you have not only guessed the purpose of the piper, but also the identity of the piper, right?

Wu Ming enumerated them one by one, and finally deduced conclusions based on them.

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