The smell of blood wafted from the house on the side of the road, a grocery store, just over ten meters in front of me. I was very familiar with the smell and recognized it at once, it was not the smell of blood from livestock, but from humans.

Although my sense of smell is excellent, I can smell blood from the room to this side on a rainy day, and I am afraid that a considerable amount of blood is exposed to the air. I immediately became alert, walked briskly to the grocery store, and silently spread my awareness into it.

The scene in the room came to my mind. This grocery store has two floors, the first floor is the ubiquitous grocery store decoration configuration, and the second floor looks like a living area, and the smell of blood is transmitted from there. In a bedroom-like room on the second floor, I "saw" two fresh corpses lying on the ground, and a man who was suppressing his excitement and frantically torturing the corpses in a brutal and inhumane manner.

From the latter's body, I felt a spirituality that was in a state of high activity. This man is definitely a warlock, and his high level of spiritual activity is closely related to what he is doing at the moment. In this way, he is strengthening his own spirituality.

As far as I know, the people who would do this kind of thing are basically demonic sorcerers. For example, intermediaries have previously committed acts of reinforcing themselves with depraved crimes. That kind of evil law is not only pleasing the devil, but also imitating the devil. Warlocks who practice this technique will gain demon-like powers, but they will also become infected with demon-like desires, and will become more and more eager to sin. After falling to a certain point, you don't even need to please the demons anymore, just pleasing your own evil spirits, and you can continue to grow stronger.

Regardless of whether the person upstairs was a demonic warlock or not, since he had done such a demonic act, then he had to be dealt with as a demonic warlock.

Although I'm not qualified to say that others are.

At that moment, the man upstairs suddenly stopped his movements and looked around like an alert beast.

He must have been aware that I was aware of him, but he was not aware of my exact location for a while. Lack of concealment is one of my weaknesses, and even though his strength is not as good as a middleman in my intuition, he can detect me hiding in the shadows. It seems that it is not only a long-range attack, but I also have to find a way to hide myself. As an unorthodox warlock, I have too many shortcomings.

I quietly pushed open the glass door on the first floor of the grocery store and allowed myself to move like a ghost towards the second floor. I had only reached the second floor when the man jerked his gaze in my direction. I soon came to the room where the man was, the door was open, and I could see the room clearly.

The man was an ordinary man in civilian clothes, his hands and clothes covered in horrific blood. The two bodies on the ground appeared to be husband and wife, most likely the owner and proprietress who ran the grocery store, who had been tortured to the point of being in disarray. I've long been accustomed to such bloody and brutal scenes, but I can't help but feel intense sadness and anger for them. At the same time, other parts of the room also caught my attention.

Strange runes were carved into the floor and walls of the room with fresh blood, as if some kind of half-completed magic circle, and from it there came a sinister and terrifying charm. With this charm, I immediately recognized by instinct that this was a circle carved on the basis of demonic knowledge. And the person who portrays the circle does not think otherwise, it is a warlock who has done an act of losing his conscience in front of him.

"Who are you?" He asked me a question, and his muscles tensed and his eyes filled with intimidation. But he didn't attack immediately, as if he felt something from my side.

"You're a demon sorcerer." I turned my gaze to him, "What kind of circle is this, is it a ritual circle that initiates sacrifices to demons?" These two people are sacrifices? No, you're going to start destroying corpses before you've finished drawing the circle...... Or is it more important to satisfy one's desires than to sacrifice to demons? ”

He scoffed, "Do you think I'm going to tell you honestly?" ”

"It's okay if you don't plan to say it, I have a way to get you to speak." Anyway, I've made up my mind to kill him. As for his motive for committing the crime, or even any secrets, there is no need to capture him alive before forcing him to tell him. Just let the Siren's Blade devour his soul and extract memories from the spirit fragments.

Just as I raised my hand, he made a preemptive move. His face became extremely hideous, his whole body swelled suddenly, and his skin turned red. It was the first time to use the spell of sacrificing life to the demon.

He suddenly let out a loud roar that shook even the ceiling and burst into me.

This self-sacrificing spell is a common tactic among demonic warlocks, and can be very effective in increasing one's combat abilities. Although there is a price to reduce life, in the fight for life and death, where can you take care of the longevity or not, the winner who has the last laugh.

However, there are also demonic sorcerers who can be powerful for a lesser price, such as the intermediary with whom I fought before, who often sacrificed his life to a demon called "Barillo" during the battle.

Barilo is a well-known demon in the Demon Warlock community, and is said to be able to provide powerful binding power when Warlocks use demonic contracts. When the warlock who signed the contract breaks it, the demon's power will come out of thin air and punish the violator. Up to can even restrain Warlocks of the main rank.

And this Barillo is actually the name of the half-blood demon biting blood as a demon.

Exchanging greater power for less is also a "welfare" for the "subordinates" of the middleman. In the same way, this benefit will also be provided to other demonic warlocks who she supports and later become her subordinates, which can be regarded as one of the means by which she strengthens the relationship of interest with her subordinates. If there is a disadvantage, it is that the stronger the sacrificer himself, the less bonus the sacrifice can give back. According to the succubus's memory, Bite Blood would grant the sacrificial spell and bind his subordinates with a contract not to tell the secret that Barillo was Bite Blood.

Presumably, the bite of blood has harvested a lot of life through this method. In that case, why did she bother to find a way to prolong her life? I can't help but wonder about it.

Speaking of which, since this demon warlock directly used the spell of sacrificing life, it means that he has actually seen the fact that there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and the enemy. And his dash attack was actually a feint, and with just one step, he slammed into the floor, causing his body to shoot backwards towards the window directly behind him.

However, this seemingly sudden action is also within my "awareness".

At the same time as his body smashed through the window, I used my hand instead of a knife and slashed directly in front of me with my right hand. A dazzling indigo blade was suddenly drawn in the air, accompanied by a short and thick hunting sound like a flag dancing vigorously in the air, and the blade blasted away with lightning speed. He was in mid-air outside the wall, unable to dodge, and could only make desperate and futile parrying moves. The knife slashed at his body at high speed, splitting him in two like a sharp kitchen knife chopping a chicken leg with flesh and bone.

The corpse, which had been halved in half, fell to the ground outside the grocery store in a horrible manner, while Dao Gang continued to fly out of less than ten meters before dissipating. I deliberately reduced the range this time, otherwise it would have been easy to bombard the building across from the grocery store. It is much easier to reduce the range than to increase it. However, the corpse that fell to the ground seemed to attract the attention of passers-by outside, and I heard a noisy and frightened sound coming from outside.

I took out my phone and briefly explained the situation to the Security Service. After the person in charge of the aftermath arrived, I left the place and continued to look for Joan.

Needless to say, the rest of the story. I managed to find Joan, who had become a succubus, and brought her back to my home. It was night, and I had entered a siren dream, trying to find out what the demon warlock was up to.

But I hit a wall.

"I can't read this demonic sorcerer's memory." The sirens said to me.

I asked unexpectedly, "What's going on?" ”

"To be exact, I can read most of this demonic sorcerer's memories. But I can't read exactly what he was doing at that grocery store, especially in relation to the circle he drew in the grocery store at the time. Her face showed a thoughtful look, "This is the first time I've encountered this situation, but the description of it has appeared in the memory of the evil trick. ”

I also thought of the clue, "You mean ...... 'access control'?" ”

"This is it." She nodded.

"Door control" is a measure used by the night before to protect the memories of the members, and it is possible to keep the memories related to the secret of the night before tightly sealed. The last evil move was actually originally protected by the "access control", but in the process of transforming into the fog demon, the "access control" failed.

"In other words, this demon warlock is a member of the eve before?" I asked.

"Yes." Siren said.

"But what secrets does he have that deserves to be protected by a 'curfew'?" Judging by my combat feel, that demon warlock is completely a miscellaneous fish, and according to the information I have gained from the memory of evil moves, "Gatehold" is actually a high-level spell. Therefore, it does not mean that as long as it is a warlock on the eve of the eve, it must be "gated", and only those who know important secrets will be imposed.

Could it be that he was a member of the department in charge of cyber demon knowledge the night before? So it's like a bad move, and the "access control" was imposed to prevent the Security Bureau from knowing that it was the night before that it was spreading demonic knowledge on the Internet? As if something wasn't right, his "access control" protected the memories associated with the magic circle in the grocery store, which was not the same as the situation of the evil move.

I then asked, "Is there anyone behind him?" ”

"I don't know." Siren shook his head, "All memories related to the secret have been sealed. It can only be known that he is a member of the night before, and he was originally a demon warlock who was active in the field, and recently came to Liucheng with unknown motives. There's more to it than that's to be explored. ”

I began to wonder if there was any other way to investigate. And she seemed to feel that she was offended by this "access control", and said as if she was not convinced: "It will not be like this next time." ”

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Judging from the situation of that demon warlock, it is possible that the night before he reached Yanagi for an unknown purpose, and this is by no means a situation that can be left alone. And I already have an eyebrow to investigate. Specifically, I don't plan to investigate it myself, but I'm going to leave it to the Security Service.

My ability to investigate things on my own is weak. Once I lost the convenient "golden finger" of direct reading memory, I was a complete layman in the field of investigation. Instead of that, please ask the professionals. Although there are no direct clues in the memories of the demon sorcerer, it is not impossible to find other clues. For example, where he has been in Liucheng recently, what things he has purchased, when he came to Liucheng, and when he plans to go back, real professionals may be able to find key clues from this ordinary information.

Also, the circle itself is also a very important clue. Even if I don't need to say that the Security Service will look into it, I can emphasize the importance of that circle.

However, I don't plan to make a big deal about the Siren's ability to read memories for the time being, so I'll give these clues to Leqo first. and the possibility of getting involved in Liucheng the night before, it is also necessary to notify Lieqing.

When I woke up the next day, I took out my laptop before I had forgotten it. The clues that he had worked hard to write down in the dream were first entered into the electronic document, and then the original story of the matter was added at the beginning, and then sent to the side of the column.

A moment later, a call came.

"I've got a rough grasp of the matter, and you're doing the right thing." "After that, I'll call someone to investigate," he said. When the results of the survey are available, the results will also be shared with you. Also, I'm not in Liucheng right now, so if you have anything new to discover, just call me by phone. ”

"Where are you?" I asked.

"White Sun Town." He said, "Joe Licorice has already reported her brother's transformation into a succubus, as well as the ins and outs of becoming a succubus." It's hard to believe, but just in case, I'm going to go to Daytown to see if there are any other remaining demons. ”

Qiao Licorice has to apply for the props for Qiao An to disintegrate the fusion, and also arrange medical examinations and other means to dissolve the fusion, of course, it is impossible to hide from the Security Bureau that Qiao An has become a succubus.

And there is no need to hide it, the Security Bureau is quite open-minded in this regard, so that even little Joan can't tolerate it...... I thought about it and asked, "Are you going to go yourself?" ”

"The rescue forces I brought to Daytown have all been withdrawn. And just looking for something as trivial as a demon, I can solve it myself right away. He said, "Also, Li Duo, you found the Eve Warlock and his follow-up clues inside Liucheng this time, and that's a credit." While I wouldn't advise you to tout your soul-devouring ability to read memories, there's no need to hide credit for it. ”

He seemed to show a hint of concern, "I'll tell the rest of the Security Service later that those are clues that you found by yourself by some exclusive means, how about it?" ”

(End of chapter)