Neros had a scruffy beard and a rancid smell on his body, and it was obvious that he hadn't bathed in a while. His hair was greasy, and he grabbed a strand of long hair hanging down on his forehead and sniffed it in front of his nose, the smell was really good! His aristocratic image is completely gone, and he has really become a prisoner image.

Neriches sighed, got up and went to the door, and looked out through a small hole in the door, his whole face was pressed against the door, and one eye was in the hole, and because the angle was so awkward, he could not see anything but the floor in front of the door. After several different angles to no avail, Nevis sat down tiredly.

Prisoner life had driven him insane, and he hadn't seen anyone he knew since the last time he saw Mr. Yorick, who had come to see him from the Church of the Holy Spirit and the Holy See. They have to come again every day, and the thunder can't move, it's like a routine at work. If the time is right, this group of guys is coming over again.

"Three, two, one!" Neros snapped his fingers, "Here we are." ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a knock on the door. A small window opened in the magic door, and only the upper half of the face could be seen. Neroth swished to his feet from the ground, his eyes widening. The yellow-robed mage on the other side of the door was startled by the sudden appearance of Neroth.

"Is the content of today's question the same as before, alas, you don't have to ask, I already know what you want to ask." Without waiting for the outsiders to speak, Nefrith spoke to himself, "I was not in Carrot that day, and I received a letter from Hammer, saying that my friend Kane had been captured by Bailly and asked me to save him. Then I'll ride my griffon to Rand Town, and you can go to Rand and ask if I'm lying. ”

After Nelus finished speaking, the yellow-robed mage spoke leisurely: "The Rand town you mentioned no longer exists, the Hammer family denies that they have sent you a letter, and Talos also said that he is not sure that the person who sent the letter is the Hammer family. No one has been able to prove that you weren't in Carrot at the time, and now, with no proof of death, we can trust you to lie in order to fabricate an alibi. ”

"What? Rand is gone? What do you mean by this, some time ago I was there with the Rand army to resist the invasion of Viscount Bailly, how could Rand not exist! Nelus said excitedly, suspecting that the group of yellow-robed guys in front of him were deliberately framing him.

"You didn't say that on purpose in a hurry to condemn me! I want to meet my teacher! ”

"Calm down, Neros. No one here wants to frame you, we did go to Baron Kane's Rand Domain, but all we saw when we got there was a ruin. Not long ago, it had been bloodied by Bailly and the town had been destroyed. ”

Nerich's mind went blank, as if someone had suddenly hit him on the head and caused a temporary short circuit. The news of Rand's bloodbath hit him like a hammer. At this moment, he is not more concerned about himself, but about the inhabitants of Rand, those who are dead here, have they been slaughtered in the war?

"Hey.... Nerich, is there any other way you can prove that you weren't in Carrot City that day? Or rather... Who can prove it for you? ”

Neriches couldn't hear what the people outside were saying, he just told them that he wanted to rest, and then slowly crouched down and sat down against the door.

No matter how much the people outside called him, he would not get up and speak again. Seeing that Nelus refused to cooperate, the yellow-robed law enforcement team interrupted today's questioning, and before leaving, they reminded Nelus that if they could not prove that he was not present that day in half a month, he would be sent back to the Epic Continent for trial.

Nefrius was in no mood to heed their words.

Talos has been in an irritable mood lately as he has had to speed up his attack on Neroth. Ever since Master Yorick fell ill and Elder Ruan took over the reins of the Society, he offered to be Ruan's assistant. Master Ruan was even better at talking than he had imagined, and he immediately agreed to be Talos his assistant.

The course of Nevis' case of privately researching and summoning dark creatures went roughly as he expected, and Nelus was soon sent back to the Epic Continent to face trial and arbitration, and he was the only person in the Harrance region who was most qualified to take over as the new president, and if nothing else, Talos would be the next president.

While he was still excited about it, Lu Ann revealed to him something that scared him deeply. When Ne禄s is sent back to the Epic Continent, the Magic Association will send a mage investigation team to help Ne禄s solve the case, thanks to Nerich's father.

Talos panicked, he knew that the mage investigation team of the Epic Continent was not easy to mess with, and if they came into contact with Nerich, he could not be sure that the small actions he had made would soon be exposed. In order to prevent this from happening, he had to deal with Neroth by force. He has all the plans in mind, just waiting for him to implement them.

He planned to get close to Nelus in the name of a friend, but he didn't think that this method would have much chance of gaining Nerich's trust again, maybe Nelus had already hated him very much, after all, he betrayed Nelus.

Talos went to see Nelus the next day, and as he expected. As soon as the two met, they had a big fight, and Nelus called him a traitor and a liar. He knew that the letter was from the Hammers, but he pretended not to know, and he knew very well that he was not in the city that day, but he refused to prove it.

Tarlos was in a hurry to defend himself, and he repeated the pre-made statement.

"You don't know what was going on outside at the time, and I was helpless. The law enforcement mages later approached the Hammers for evidence, but the Hammers refused to admit that they had sent us such a letter, saying that we were most mistaken. Hammer didn't want to get involved in the Magical Guild's disputes, so he asked the law enforcement mages to look into it themselves. If you think about it, even Hammer refuses to admit it, and if I insist that this letter was sent by Hammer, what effect will this have in addition to provoking Hamer? ”

Talos said again in an aggrieved tone: "My power alone is too small, we need to find the real culprit in order to clear your name, forgive me, dear Neros, my dear friend." Trust me one more time, I'll get you out of this cage. ”

"Who else has been in my lab that day but you?" Ignoring his explanation, Neroth stared straight into his eyes and asked, "I admit that I am studying the dark arts, and there are no more people in the guild who know about it than one hand, and you are one of those who know!" Tell me, how do you explain this? ”

"So, do you suspect that I took the dark magic material from your room that day and summoned the bat to frame you? I didn't expect you to think of me like that, we're best friends, how could I do such a thing? Talos said angrily to Nelus.

"I didn't say that, I just asked who else was in my lab that day besides you, and that's important. If you can give the law enforcement mages clues to catch the real murderer, then I can quickly clear most of the charges, at least not because of my responsibility. Nehris softened in a softened tone.

"It's so hard, there's a lot of people coming in and out of the guild every day, and it's not easy to know who has been there," Talos sighed. And wasn't there often dark wizard attacks in the dynasty some time ago, maybe this time it could be that they just infiltrated the Magic Association to commit a crime and deliberately wanted to frame someone. ”

"Frame someone! yes, I also think it's like a planting, and the timing is too coincidental. Neros spoke slowly.

The guard rang the bell, it was time for Talos to leave after today's visit, and before leaving, Talos assured him that he would definitely help find the real culprit. When he was gone, Nerich's eyes lit up faintly in the darkness.

After coming out, Talos guessed that it was him who Nelus suspected, and now he couldn't delay any longer, and he had to find a way to deal with Nelus's big problem as soon as possible. But what should be done to get rid of him, which made it difficult for him. There were many guards patrolling the place where Neroth was kept, and he had no chance to contact Nelus unless he was visiting him regularly, so he had to find a way to get rid of those guards.

If you want to attract the guards out, you'll have to make some noise. Talos thought for a long time, and then a brilliant idea flashed through his mind. He's going to do it all over again, summoning another dark creature.

Although the summoning map had been burned to ashes by him, the summoning method had already been memorized in his mind, and now the materials were missing. The materials that were last collected from Nerich's room were stored in the monster storage room.

At night, while everyone was not looking, Talos sneaked into the storage room, and with the faint light of the whale oil lamp in his hand, he finally got the materials he needed.

In a corner north of the Guild, he avoided all the patrolling mages and climbed up to an old, abandoned attic with the help of the shadows cast by the walls. This room was a former magic laboratory, and since it had been abandoned for a long time, it had been dusted and the corners were covered with cobwebs, but many of the experimental equipment had not been cleared away, and he could use it to complete his summoning ritual.

Dark clouds obscured the moon's rays, and from time to time a cold wind blew into the house through the windows, and the flames swayed in the wind. Talos drew the entire circle and placed offerings around it. The evil skull was placed in the center by him, and a spell began to be recited.

Black light began to flow from the center of the circle, and an evil aura filled the room. In order not to be exposed too soon, Talos cautiously closed all the windows, and the next thing was to wait for the summoned creature to come out. He didn't want to be the first person to shred these monsters when they came out, so he locked the door and sneaked back to his room.

Ruan has been secretly staring at Talos these days, especially after he deliberately told Talos that the mages of the Epic Continent were going to intervene in the investigation of the matter, and he paid more attention to Taros. But today because Talos behaves normally a lot of the time, the attention is a little lax, and I don't even know if he's not there tonight.

When Ruan was looking for him, he came out of his room and asked what was going on with him, and the mage in charge of keeping an eye on Talos made up a lie that did not arouse any suspicion.

After they were gone, Talos looked at the time, the ritual was almost complete, he went back to his room, put on his night robe, took his staff, and waited for the time to come.