The first thing Herag solved was the defense structure of the Witch Circle, cutting off the structure from the rest of the body to prevent the defense function from being triggered by unexpected circumstances.

Then the connection between the magic lock and the witch circle was also severed, and now even if the magic lock is smashed with a hammer, the witch circle will not be triggered.

However, Herag did not rush to open the magic lock, and for the sake of stability, he continued to crack the witch circle.

Finally, it is the core of the witch array, which mainly has several main functions such as defense, monitoring, induction, and self-destruction.

It was the most troublesome to deal with, and Herag was very patient to crack it one structure at a time, cracking every sub-function of the witch circle and making it ineffective.

In Herag's perception, the whole process was a little longer.

It took him about half an hour to complete the entire witch array.

With a click, the magic lock automatically opened.

With a slight push, the door was opened, and there was nothing out of the ordinary.

The process of cracking the witchcraft requires great patience and meticulousness, and there is no room for error.

Herag has a wealth of experience in potion refining, and he has long been trained and has a very stable mentality.

"Well done!" Prius patted Khrag on the shoulder in appreciation.

Priss entered the house first, followed by Herage.

The furnishings in the house are simple and plain, without too much clutter.

A table, a wood carving, that's all.

There was only one relatively large wooden carving left on the table, and the small carved wooden carvings were given to Lu Qi.

The rest of this is what Max usually uses to worship the gods, and judging by the carving marks, it is not recently carved, and it has been a while.

Prius picked up the large wood carving on the table, flipped it over and looked at it, then put it away, ready to take it back and study it slowly.

The two searched the house several times, but found nothing of value.

Herag even checked it a few times with a dark blue environmental sounder, but found no clues.

It seems that Max is also very careful, and he doesn't put anything here except this big wood carving.

More details will have to wait until Max's soul is interrogated.

After making sure that there was nothing wrong with the small attic, Prius asked his subordinates outside to conduct a close search of the entire three-story building.

In one place, every object will be controlled and inspected by all means.

The wizarding organization of the Auroville is extremely cautious when facing the Abyssal Cultists, and nothing will be missed.

After ordering a few people to do something here, Prise hurried back to the town hall to begin his interrogation.

Herag remained on Max's side, helping to search the entire house and take an inventory of all the belongings.

……

Three days later.

In his office at the city hall, Prius took a document and said to Herag: "Herag, you have done a great job this time. According to the final evaluation calculation, you will receive 260 contribution points this time. ”

"So much? It seems that I am really lucky, and I can meet this kind of good thing with a glass of wine on the street. Herag laughed.

In the past three days, Prius and others conducted strict interrogations on Max's soul and Lucci, and found out a lot of information.

I don't know if I don't check, but I found out after this check.

In addition to the wood carvings that Lucci distributed through the beggars, many of the wood carvings sold in Max's wood carving shop contained small monsters hidden in the abyssal plane.

For example, bugs, beetles, etc.

Although these little monsters from the abyssal plane do not have the ability to directly transform ordinary people into abyssal cultists, they will subtly expand their inner desires.

For example, greedy for money, lustful, greedy for power, etc., most people have all kinds of desires.

The wood carvings made by Max will amplify these desires in people's hearts.

Once their inner desires reach a certain level, the evil gods of the Abyss Plane will try to contact them and begin to tempt and bewitch.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary people would not be able to resist this kind of bewitchment, so they transformed into Abyss Cultists.

Like Lucci, they will start working for the evil gods of the Abyss Plane, and they will sink deeper and deeper.

The process of capturing Max and Lucci went smoothly, and it didn't take much effort for the Prices to take them down.

These things are simple, because Max and Lucci are both weaker.

The troublesome thing is the follow-up treatment.

According to the information obtained from the interrogation, Max was probably still making wood carvings containing abyssal monsters two years ago.

I don't know how many pieces have been sold in the past two years, and many of them have even spread beyond Thrantil, to various parts of the Land of Dawn.

When Prius interrogated, he also found that Max was not a simple person.

He seemed to have anticipated that he would be caught one day, so he had already cut out many of his key memories.

In Max's memory, there are basically only some memories of daily life.

And when it comes to key information, it becomes a blank slate, completely impossible to look up.

Priss sensed the anomaly from this, and it was likely that Max was just a small person.

Behind him, there must be some big fish hidden.

Otherwise, Max would not have used this method to cut out his own memories.

Being able to do this can only show that the identity of the person behind Max is very unusual.

Price's head was a little bigger, and just recycling the wood carvings was a hassle.

There was no record of the shipment order in Max's store, and Max usually did not record this information at all.

So now we can only issue a proclamation informing everyone that there is a problem with Max's wood carving, and if there is one, hand it over to the town halls of the various cities of Thrantil immediately.

This kind of announcement did not work very well, and only a few people turned in wood carvings sporadically.

These handed-in wood carvings are basically wood carvings that have only recently been obtained through various means, and they have not been affected too much, and they have not become abyssal cultists.

But the number of wood carvings handed in is pitifully small compared to the number of wood carvings Max has sold in the past two years.

In the seemingly peaceful city, there are already an unknown number of people who have been affected by the wood carvings sold by Max and thus become members of the Abyss Cult.

Priss has been busy lately, asking his subordinates to find out who has bought Max's wood carvings through various means.

As long as it is found that someone has bought it and has not turned it in, that person will be strictly investigated.

It's a lot of work, and even wizards feel a little underwhelmed.

Because there are too many people involved, many wood carving buyers themselves are used to give away or trade, so it is also very troublesome to investigate, and it takes a lot of manpower, material resources and time.

(End of chapter)