The steel full-body armor was not much stronger than a piece of paper in front of the obsidian dagger, and Siegel quickly removed all the parts, exposing the "insides".

It's hard to call it a human being, it's more like a doll made of wax and oil. Siegel could still see some of the muscle lines and the structure of the skeleton, but all of their internal organs had become one: containers and tubes filled with viscous liquid.

When Siegel broke open the skin and muscles, the mucus inside quickly became cloudy, and then lost its original form, turning into a whole mass of cement as it fused. After only ten minutes of exposure to the air, there were only three lumps of mud left in front of Siegel, and the mud that smelled of rotting corpses was left.

"Those servants have become enchanted in worshipping vampires, and they can't ask anything. Belch...... The smell is unbearable," Yao En covered his nose with a handkerchief and came to Siegel's side: "Anomen, you go and stay with that child, he needs the reassurance of the priest." Jay, did you find anything?"

"I always felt like I was missing something. Siegel frowned, trying to remember everything about the Slime Monster.

Mud monsters are generally considered to have no mind, and only have the instincts necessary for survival, which are to hunt, dodge, rest, etc. According to the Mage Federation, only a handful of clay monsters exhibit some intelligence, such as the ability to understand the specific meaning of abstract symbols, react in advance to certain events, and learn. In any case, I have never heard of mud-shaped monsters being able to wear armor and use weapons like humans.

"Yao, as Thor said just now, the martial arts used by these three guys are all common steps and tactics used by castle knights. Isn't that right?"

The gnome nodded, "That's right. They do it very standardly. It's just that the response to the battle is not very good. The heavy armor slowed them down. ”

"So, how similar are the movements of the three of them?" Siegel asked, "Is the rhythm, pace, and response the same?"

The dwarf frowned as he tugged at his beard. He tried to think about it for a moment, then said, "I think the three of them are ...... in some way It's the same. The swing of their arms before swinging their swords, the coordination of their bodies with their steps, how to maintain balance, and so on. There is indeed a problem with your question, they seem to have been taught by a teacher, even more so than that. Jay. Do you have any ideas?"

"I've seen elements that have been infused with martial arts, and I'm wondering if there will be clay monsters that have been instilled with martial arts. ”

The dwarf pointed to the third brother mud ball on the ground: "You mean this is a shaped mud monster?" Jie, even if it is possible to instill martial arts skills as you said, but when the three of them entered the inn, their reaction and ability to talk to us afterwards were more like wise people than mud monsters. Can language and intelligence also be instilled?"

"No......" Siegel sighed. He had instilled language in many of the knights of the Heim Domain, and knew that it was like a transcription spell, which could only be read from a script, and could not produce wisdom. This information is synthesized. "I guess the original template for these things should have been humans, and from the same humans. ”

"Why do you say that?" asked the dwarf, puzzled.

"When I first opened the visor. They have very similar faces. In retrospect, it should have been a face, and due to the different chronological order of death, the degree of melting is different, and some differences are revealed. You know that when an earthworm is cut in half, it grows into two earthworms, and trolls can sometimes do that. I suspect that somehow humans have this ability through clay monsters. ”

"One splits into many?" the gnome spat on the ground. "It's disgusting, this goes against the laws of nature!"

Siegel snapped his fingers and said to Yaoen, "You're right, everything that goes against nature needs to go against nature, and it can't come into being out of thin air. With that, he reached out and rummaged through the remaining foul-smelling cement of the clay monster. It took a lot of force to pull apart the viscous substance, and the mud was solidifying over time.

Yao En was about to vomit when he watched it from the sidelines.

Sure enough, Siegel dug out a hard core from the mud, not much larger than a coin, resembling some kind of hard object of dark yellow amber. He drew a scoop from a gourd, and found something similar in the other two mud balls.

As Siegel rummaged, Yao picked up the amber through his handkerchief and examined it with a magnifying glass. "This thing is like an onion, it's actually layer by layer, each layer reacts differently to light, and you can distinguish them with different colored lenses. Jay, it's all magic runes, I should ask Naria to come and take a look. ”

"Wait a minute. Siegel searched the mud masses until they gradually turned into a rock-like hard substance, and had lost their original mud monster properties. "I'll take care of the smell first, and then you can call her. ”

Even if it attracts a fresh breeze, the smell will not be clean for a while. However, Mage Naria only frowned, not hesitating because of the taste. "Yao En, Jie, what's the matter?"

The magic patterns on the three amber stones are identical, and Siegel is thinking about what they are for. After being trained in the Elemental Runes, Energy Lenses, and Myr Energy Cores, Siegel has developed a deep level of proficiency in the magic circle, but this is not a reason to exclude Naria from the investigation.

"Look at it," each of the three men said, "from the Tin Man's body, can you tell me what it's for?"

"I'm not good at magic arrays and magic item making, I can only look at the language of magic and the history of magic. The female mage borrowed a magnifying glass from Yao En and sat in front of the inn.

In the Federation Library, books on language and history are very expensive to borrow, and books about magic spells and magic circles are much more expensive. This will all be improved in the future, Siegel thought to himself.

"I can only discern some brief magic array structures, such as repair structures and ...... Shield?" Narya was a little unsure.

"It's a magical aura-masking spell. Siegel looked at it for a moment and then said, "So this thing is blocking my magical perception. ”

"I don't understand. ”

"I'm particularly sensitive to magical fluctuations, and my eyes are always able to see the light of magic. But just now it wasn't just those vampires, including these three full-body armored warriors. I didn't even notice it in advance. Now it's very likely that the amber stone in their body is the ghost. ”

"It's fine. Mother Earth can point out the evil aura that emanates from them to Anomen. Don't worry, Jay. Narya said, "Moreover, these people were only encountered on the way, and it doesn't mean that they have anything to do with our mission, does it?"

"I hope so. Siegel stood up and took the amber stone into his arms. Although he was determined to crack the effect of this thing on the perception of magic, he still had to make a relaxed appearance on the surface: "I don't want to spend any more time next to the stinking mud turned stones, and those burnt vampires have nothing to check out." Why don't you go and meet the little boy we saved?"

The little boy sat cramped in his chair. The sound of the inn's doors opening and closing every time made him shudder, apparently not fully recovering from the fright. Anomen examined him for abrasions on the chains on his hands and feet, and applied a cool ointment. The chains had long since been untied by Ammon and thrown to the ground at will.

"The craftsmanship of the lock is in the style of the castle blacksmith, and it is generally used in places such as dungeons, which is completely different from the chains used by hunters. Ammon stroked the boy's head and tossed the light brown hair even more: "Tell me, why were you arrested?"

"I'm Regess, my home is in Kebe City, and I go out of town to gather food. First, I encountered a wild boar and was chased and ran away for a while. Later, I fainted for some reason. And then it was a pair of soldiers passing by. The soldiers said I was stealing in the lord's woods, but I didn't do it. I think they just wanted to sell me. Regis looked at Arnomen, his eyes glancing at the emblem of Mother Earth on his chest, and then quickly moved away, "Thank you. He kept repeating it.

The dwarf put a bowl of rabbit stew in front of him, and said in a gentle tone, "Shall you eat something first?" Do you need us to take you home?"

"Nope. Regis shook his head: "I can walk back by myself without bothering a few adults." ”

Ammon grabbed his hand, and two big eyes flashed in front of him: "Are you sure?"

"Ah, I'm going home right away, my sister is still waiting for me. I'm sorry, let me go......" Regis panicked and broke his hands out of Aammon's grasp, like a frightened fawn.

"There's clearly a problem with you going this way. Evan leaned in the doorway, rubbing the ground with the dirt stuck to his boots from the battle. "We've just freed you from trouble, and we've even gotten ourselves into some kind of trouble. Isn't it a little unreasonable for you to leave like this?"

"I'm ......" Regis lowered his head, tears streaming down his cheeks to his cheeks. "I know it's wrong, but you can't help. ”

"Not necessarily, we're amazing, there's nothing to ......"

Before Evan could finish his words, he was punched in the chest by Siegel, and the rest of the words were swallowed back. Siegel looked down at Regis condescendingly, the shadow of his body obscuring the fireplace fireplace: "Little one, things are very simple now, do you need our help?"

Regis raised his teary eyes, Jay's golden pupils and the huge scar on his face startled him, so he quickly said, "No, I think I'll be fine myself." ”

With that, he stood up, squeezed past Ammon, pushed open the door of the inn, and ran out.

When Regis ran away, Narya stood up suddenly, "Jay, I know Lord Siegel's mission is important, but you can't scare a child like that. He's in need of help, and we have the power to help him, so why not lend a hand?"

"Are you sure that all we bring him is help, not trouble?" Siegel smiled slightly, "Naria, don't you wonder why it wasn't Aemon who jumped up against me first?"

The female mage was stunned for a moment, then turned her head to look at the half-elf: "yes, why aren't you excited at all?"

"I lifted his hair and found a mark on the back of his neck, a skull with yellow eyes. Ammon said, "It seems that the emblem of the god of murder is like that, right?"

"Not exactly. Siegel said: "I didn't have a good angle just now, you should have seen it better." How many black dots are there around that skull?"

Amon frowned and said, "So it's not a mole? I saw one and thought it was a mole." ”

"Apprentice. "The so-called Riges is an apprentice of the God of Murder, and he has just begun to learn the doctrine, so he should not be able to use spells yet. ”

"I don't understand, why would Mother Earth let you save an apprentice of the God of Murder?" Yao En patted the back of Anomen's hand, "This is too unreasonable. ”

"I don't know, God always acts in mysterious ways - I think. (To be continued.) )

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