"Time flies."

Joshua looked at the dim sky outside the window, and didn't expect to talk for so long.

In the morning, they talked about the future plans of the newspaper, and in the afternoon, they talked about the follow-up of "Blood Character Research", and the day passed.

This made Joshua sigh that it was comfortable to chat with smart people, basically he said the last sentence and the other party knew the next sentence, and some words could be remembered endlessly.

That's the reason when you think about it.

[After a day of assessment, Joshua is obviously very satisfied with the assistant in front of him, but whether she is a weapon in her hand or an embarrassing vase still needs time to test. 】

"yes, it's late and I should go back."

After Joshua's reminder, Jane also noticed that it was dark, and then felt a feeling of emptiness come from her.

Her body was too weak, and coupled with the cold education of the Duke's family, it seemed that she had never had such a time to talk to people in her memory.

This feeling of "first" is a novelty for Jane, followed by a double emptiness of mind and body.

yes, her body is too weak.

"Miss, it's time to go home."

Maria pushed the door open, and it was clear that the head maid was still interested in the conversation between the two, and now that it was time to leave.

"I'll give you a ride."

Joshua also noticed Jane's increasingly pale face, and secretly blamed himself for being too engrossed in the conversation and not paying attention to the other party's physical condition.

Jane nodded lightly without refusing.

The summer night came late, and before the sun had completely set, the moon peeked out, and then beyond the fiery clouds, a little starlight scrambled to shine.

The pedestrians on the street returned home one after another, and the loud voices of drunkards came from the tavern, as if talking about the "Jade Weekly" that appeared today.

Apparently it was a good conversation point for those who had nothing to do, and it gave Joshua a good start to his career.

It's just that......

"What's wrong?"

The wheelchair stopped, and Jane looked back at her head maid, as Joshua's face turned ugly.

[The sound of maggots wriggling can be heard in the dark tunnels, and the barrier that should have been fixed in one place begins to move, which is really a novel discovery.] 】

"I'm sorry, I'm going to take Miss out of here right away."

Before Joshua could think about the meaning of the fate text message, Maria was about to leave quickly, regardless of Jane's wishes.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow."

Joshua waved goodbye, and then looked at the deserted street, which was not supposed to be empty, even though it was nightfall.

"The enchantment that releases the expulsion of idlers in the Fei Leng Emerald is usually reported, and most people don't care about this kind of almost lethal enchantment, but this enchantment is different, it's moving......"

It's a kind of enchantment similar to expelling idlers, but it's not like an enchantment that is fixed in a certain location, but an enchantment that moves freely around something.

The opening of the enchantment in Fei Leng Emerald is usually reported in advance, so when there is an enchantment in the city, no one usually cares, especially the enchantment that expels idlers.

If Joshua hadn't known that the Destiny text was a movable enchantment, he wouldn't have cared so much about it.

As for Maria's hurried departure, I guess she didn't want Jane to be in danger.

Even if he has a strong strength, he is still so cautious, this is the quality that a guard should have.

"Dark tunnels? As a fortress city, Fei Leng Cui is the only place that can be called an authentic place. ”

Joshua looked at the manhole cover of the sewer, unlike other small towns, a city like Fei Leng Cui has extraordinary strategic value, there must be an elaborate drainage system under the city, and there must be a hole under this manhole cover.

"I can be regarded as joining the court anyway, and there is no reason to let go of this kind of thing that is sent to me."

Joshua chanted a spell next to the manhole cover, and then a wisp of spiritual power seeped into the breeze and dived under the manhole cover to investigate the situation.

"Magic is so handy."

Joshua used the more basic magic breeze perception this time, which is a kind of magic that uses mental power to perceive spiritual power and magical elements.

This kind of magic, while useless against higher-level magicians and soulless dead, can be very useful at the lower levels.

As Joshua stepped into the sewers, an unpleasant odor came from him, and under the cover of this smell, it was clear that he could no longer use his sense of smell to track his target.

"What is this?"

A faint light appeared in Joshua's hand, and he found a puddle of red liquid on the ground, which was not supposed to be blood.

While there is no smell of blood, there is also a "sweet" smell.

[The refinement of life is gathered in one place, it is a dessert that is loved by any living being, and this purity is obviously condensed with the lives of ten people, barely enough for Joshua to enjoy. 】

Who would eat something like that?

Joshua's spiritual power seeped into the wind as the tentacles of his perception spread, and at this moment Joshua remembered that he had seen a similar liquid before.

A degraded product of the Philosopher's Stone.

Joshua thought of this for the first time, and felt the red liquid begin to seep underground.

Is someone drawing something? In the basement of this emerald emerald.

Joshua quickened his pace, it was obvious that the other party had not been here for long, and if this was really a deteriorated philosopher's stone, then it would be a lot of fun.

"Juno."

"As you guessed, there is no doubt that it is a deteriorated philosopher's stone, but the purification method is not at all comparable to Carter's low purity, and it should not be the handiwork of the Dark Moon Sage."

Juno resides in Joshua's body, sharing her five senses when necessary, allowing her to perceive the outside world with as little energy as possible without physical strength.

Joshua's guess wasn't wrong with her judgment, but the only thing to be happy about was that it wasn't the work of the Darkmoon Sage.

"This extraction method is too rough, it is like the method of an alchemy apprentice, but the apprentice does not have access to the refining method of the Philosopher's Stone, and he does not have the ability to refine it."

Juno abhors everything that costs the lives of the living, and the branches of evil do not bear the fruit of justice, and in ancient times the gods were divided over this issue, causing great internal friction.

Therefore, this history has not been recorded.

"Oops~ Originally, I thought that this time was my own work, but I didn't expect to meet a new person."

A flirtatious voice came, another light came from the dark corner, and the other party was not hostile, so Joshua did not make a drastic move, and waited until the other party got close to determine the identity of the other party.

Inquisition, Hawkeye Stark.

"It's too suspicious to be able to move the Exorcise Idler Enchantment, so come down and take a look, Stark, what about you?"

Neither Junor nor the Destiny Text came with warning, and there was a stinky ditch between the two of them as a buffer zone, giving them enough safe space.

"What else could it be? The disappearance of people, after all, there were a lot of people missing in the previous chaos. ”

Stark's disappearance was the night of the previous attack on Emerald and the absence of Duke Eula, leaving a vacancy in Emerald's high-end combat power.

This left some places unattended, and many people went missing in the turmoil of that night.

Although the Duke's Mansion is also investigating, the inquisition court also has the power to interrogate this kind of case that obviously involves cultists, especially the previous mass of flesh and blood.

"The thing you encountered on the street before was clearly a distorted human, and the only mass disappearance these days was that time, and I'm currently investigating the relationship."

Stark eventually found a common denominator in the end, and that was that they all used the sewers in the city to operate.

[Hiding feces in the toilet, this is probably the strongest latent technique in the world, Joshua is impressed by the genius of the other party, and at the same time is determined to kill it to the slag. 】

Although the reasons are different, Joshua is not too much to deal with this kind of guy who randomly experiments with human life.

"Found it, is the newcomer ready to fight?"

The flirtatious look faded from Stark, and he leapt to Joshua's side, placing his hand on the wall in front of him.

He seemed to be able to see through the walls on the other side.

"Now it's time to get ready for battle."

Stark shook his hand, and then pulled it hard behind him, and then the wall in front of him shattered directly, and the countless creatures made of flesh and blood behind him were directly pulled out.

There are only wrong names in this world, but there are no wrong nicknames.

Hawkeye's eyes don't just see far.

"Roar~"

The unknown monster let out a momentary roar before it was pierced through its throat by the debris flying in midair.

The masonry, the wastewater, and the air all turned into blades and stabbed at everything that might be critical, and in a moment green blood spilled out of its body and flowed into the drains.

"Black goat cubs? Newcomer, this time we can be described as catching a big fish. ”

Stark raised his hand again, and a pressure fell on the black goat's cub, restricting its movements, and at this time, Joshua directly turned the rest of its ground into a blade, and directly turned its place into a meat grinder.

Scraps of flesh flying, wailing constantly, in the light the two stood side by side, one with an arrogant smile, the other with a grim expression, if it weren't for the monster in front of them was too terrifying, most people would think of these two people as bad guys.

Charlotte has said more than once that there are no normal people in the courtroom.

"Scream, scream, bring all the accomplices around you."

Looking at the fleshy cubs, Stark's expression was obviously very excited, he had several years of experience working in the Inquisition, he understood that the so-called black goat cubs generally appear in groups, and if one appeared here, a second would appear, but the truth disappointed him.

Even though Stark repeatedly told Joshua not to get to know each other as soon as possible, no other creature approached after more than ten minutes.

"It's boring."

Stark sighed, and his original crazy look was all retracted, as if he had changed back into the cynical playboy.

As his clenched hands clenched into fists, the tortured black goat cub finally exploded like fireworks, ending its painful life.

"I'll take some of this guy's flesh back as evidence, how about we divide the bounty of the black goat cubs equally?"

Stark cut off a piece of flesh that was still beating, as if this part could be used as proof to kill the black goat cub, and by the time the black goat cub died, the barrier that expelled the idler had also disappeared, apparently from it.

"By the way, take this, it's something left on the trail of its movements, I don't know what it is, but it gives me a bad feeling."

Joshua took out a test tube, and inside it were some decayed philosopher's stones.

"This ...... Those who have disappeared seem to have been found. ”

Stark took the test tube and left immediately, apparently recognizing the true face of the red liquid in the test tube, and his otherwise relaxed pace became faster.

The black goat cubs that should have appeared in groups turned out to be only one, and at the same time, there was also a degraded product of the Philosopher's Stone, which was beyond his scope alone.

This should invoke the power of the entire Emerald Jade.

After the two left, black shadows appeared in the darkness, and they converged towards the corpse of the black goat cub.

In the midst of a chewing sound, the black goat cub, which was originally two years tall, was devoured at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After eating, they left the scene, and at the same time, red "traces" left on the ground and gradually penetrated into the ground.

……

Dinner had already ended when Joshua returned to the newspaper office, but Anna had left him a supper.

The adults watched the children rest in their rooms, while Anna herself was on watch at the Hagia Lorraine.

After all, the two of them are also members of the church, and although the church in Black Mountain is gone, they are still church members.

Just as Joshua worked in the courtroom, Anna was on duty at St. Rowling's Cathedral when necessary.

"Let's go spend time with Anna tonight."

Just as Joshua was about to take a break to go to St. Lorraine's Cathedral, he suddenly found an envelope on his desk, and the thick contents of it looked like a manuscript.

Did anyone submit it so soon?

"Green Water Bridge, Langning Street, DC District...... Bridge holes? ”

Joshua looked at the strange shipping address, and although he had considered the poor standard of living of the bards, although the bridge cave was ......

That's it, since it's the first submission, then let him, the editor-in-chief of "Jade Weekly", take a look, and go to Anna's side after reading it.

Joshua opened the envelope and read the contents carefully, a story written by a man under the pen name Faust.

It is based on the great battle that was invaded thirty years ago, but this story is not about the process of the war, but the story before the war.

The love story of a magician and an orc girl, and the story of this magician who traveled tens of thousands of miles alone to kill the three sons of the orc chief just to fight for his breath.

This was the trigger for the war thirty years ago, and it is also the origin of its War of the Roses.