Chapter 57: Epilogue (Part II)

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On Purgatory Island, walking among the ruins, Raschel's face was solemn.

Where the Great Alchemist of the Empire, Hines, forged battle weapons for the Empire?

"Lord Chakra, when exactly did you appear here?" Raschel asked in a deep voice.

"Eight days ago, at noon, my people and I came to Purgatory Island, and now that no one is coming to the port, I feel that something is wrong. I came to the castle with a few people to see what was going on......"

"And then you have all this in front of you?"

"Yes. ”

"Have you touched anything here?"

"Nope. Chakra was very sure: "Although I am not ...... Detective, but I still know what to do. As soon as I saw what was going on, we came back to you. The journey from Shengang to Purgatory Island was so long that we only managed to get back two and a half days in spite of everything. ”

"Lord Chakra, if you want to call me a hound or a hawk, I don't care. Raschel laughed.

He came to a corpse, carefully observed the extent of the body, and said casually: "The matter was born fifteen to twenty days ago. ”

Then he stood up and continued to observe his surroundings, and said casually: "All the magic cages have been opened, the spar energy has been exhausted, and judging from the traces of destruction, almost all the damage is caused by the demonic beast and the troll god lying there now, and there is no sign of invasion by foreign forces." This shows that it was done by insiders, and it was premeditated. ”

Chakra breathed a sigh of relief, his greatest fear was that some hostile country had appeared here, and sent people to the island to destroy everything and steal all the gains, and now it seemed that there was no need to worry about this problem.

Raschel continued to investigate the ruins, pointing to a charred pillar and saying, "Before it fell, this was the alchemy tower where Hines lived and worked?"

"Yes. Chakra replied.

"Before it collapsed, there was a fire, the fire started from the first floor, but it was clear that it did not spread. Can you tell me what's on the first floor?"

Chakra's face was ugly: "The library, there are all the records about alchemy. ”

"Well, not now. Raschel said coldly.

Raschel kept walking around, observing the corners and casually pointing out something that had arisen at the time of the incident. It can be seen that this is indeed a very shrewd and capable guy.

He stood in front of Hines's corpse, looked at the corpses of the demon spirits here, and Hines's dissected belly, shook his head and sighed: "It seems that this alchemist has experienced the same pain that his test subjects have experienced, not only him, but also his apprentices and assistants. Before he died here, he had confronted the man who had caused it all. Well, the location should be here...... I guess they had an exchange, and the result was that the killer ran away and Hines died. ”

At this point, Raschel looked up at Chakle, "I guess you're familiar with the people on the island, right? I think...... Maybe you know who did that? I mean, there's got to be missing a corpse here, the corpse of someone you know. ”

Chakra took a long breath: "Mr. Raschel, you are very smart. Yes, it was the missing corpse of a person with whom we are very familiar. ”

"Who is it?"

"Hue Igler. ”

"Where did it come from?"

"An assistant. ”

"An assistant? Why did he do this? Look, this was once a castle, but now it is in ruins, and if it is to be attacked, it will take at least a whole army. If he wanted to leave the island, why did he do so drasticly? If he didn't want to stay here, he could have done a better way as an assistant. ”

Chakra looked back at Bailey behind him, the fourth-level warrior was already trembling with fear. But he replied anyway: "He used to be a servant, but then, because of his outstanding performance, he became an apprentice and then an assistant to Hines." ”

"Ah! I see. Raschel nodded knowingly, then snapped his fingers, "So I guess we've found a motive, right?"

Chakra and the others swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Yes, I think so. ”

"I remember another star warrior named Lancelot?"

"He lives by the lake. ”

"Let's go, let's see. ”

Arriving at the lake, Raschel saw the teleportation circle.

He nodded: "Now that we know how that Xiu Igler left, if I'm not mistaken, this should be a teleportation circle...... Great Ming, who did this?"

Chakle said helplessly: "It's him." ”

Raschel was a little surprised this time: "No wonder he can be Hines's assistant, how long has he been working here?"

"It's been less than four years. ”

"Then he's a genius. ”

Chakra couldn't help but say, "I'm more concerned about where is Lancelot, did he do these things with that kid, did he betray the Empire!"

"No, never. I must say that Lord Lancelot must be glad that I am here to survey the scene. I'm not the kind of agent who casually frames others and doesn't learn anything. Even though he's not here, and we haven't seen his body, I'm pretty sure he definitely didn't do it with Huyglare. ”

"Why?"

"First of all, because of the castle, I didn't find any sign of a star warrior making a move. All the destruction I've seen is caused by magic, brute force, and monsters. This shows that Lancelot definitely didn't do anything in the castle, and even if he did, he never used his fighting spirit. The traces left behind by using Dou Qi are completely different from magic, and I'm an expert at this. ”

"Please continue. ”

Raschel said: "The hut is very tidy, and I noticed that there are a lot of daily necessities that are not only neatly arranged, but also many of which are necessary, but they are not taken away. On the contrary, they were neatly packed, and I even saw some of the desserts that looked quite delicious being sealed with ice. This shows that the star warrior intends to come back and continue to enjoy his food. If you're going to kill someone and run away, would you do that?"

Chakra nodded in understanding.

Raschel pointed to the teleportation circle on the ground and said, "And this, although I don't understand how it works, but through the powder of those energy crystals, I can still understand that they need energy crystals as power. Interestingly, I saw that there were thirty-eight large energy crystals embedded in the circle, but there were at least forty or fifty piles of hedron powder. What does that mean?"

"Indicates that the teleportation array has been activated twice. Chakrason replied.

"That's right. Master Chakra, now you have the answer, don't you? Let's think about it, Lancelot used this teleportation circle to leave Purgatory Island for some reason, and then gave birth to everything that followed...... Is this a coincidence?, or is it premeditated?" Raschel pondered, and after a moment of thought, asked, "perhaps we can prove by the simplest inference whether it was a coincidence or a premeditation...... If Lord Lancelot hadn't left Purgatory Island, would you think he would have been able to defeat the Troll God with his strength?"

"There is absolutely no problem, no matter how powerful the troll god is, he is only a puppet, and an individual puppet is never nothing, even if I am here, I am sure to defeat him. Maybe I don't have as much strength as it has, but I have intelligence and enough fighting skills. ”

Raschel nodded: "That's right, then that means that if the murderer wants to do all this, Lancelot's existence is a big trouble." Before he can actually do it, he has to solve this problem. Now it seems that Lancelot was tricked out by the murderer in some way. Yes, it can only be a deception......"

Then he crouched down, looked down at the teleportation circle, and muttered, "This is a very cunning fellow, not only did he deceive Lancelot, destroy the castle, and kill Hines and Andrew, but he also destroyed the circle before leaving." However, it was clear that he couldn't destroy it too completely, after all, he couldn't have dismantled the circle at the same time as he teleported away, so he still left a lot of traces...... By the way, Lord Chakra, apart from the teleportation array on the island, is there a teleportation array in other places?"

Chakra shook his head: "The purpose of our coming here this time is to take away the teleportation array, but unfortunately, we didn't have time to do it. At present, the only technology that the Empire has is probably distance communication, but without the production of Purgatory Island, it will be very difficult to popularize it to full use. ”

"Although I am not a magician, I at least understand one truth, there is no corresponding teleportation array, which means one-way teleportation and disordered teleportation. If he doesn't get the right direction, then he may be sent to the Sea of Death. ”

"So what do you mean ......"

Raschel almost put his whole face on the circle: "A well-planned plan can't leave a suicidal choice for himself at the last minute, so he must have made some means of making amends without you knowing, after all, this is his magic circle, isn't it?" He pointed to the mutilated circle, "Maybe the scales on these circles will give us the answer." For example, this may represent height, then this may be distance...... Lord Chakle, I think you need to get a mage who is proficient in space magic right away. We need to study the rest of the circle, and if we can figure out what the killer did to it, we can at least find out where he is going, if not pinpointing his exact teleportation location. As soon as we determine the direction and distance of his teleportation, I'll be sure to catch him! I guess he's not dead, and while that kid has the power to send him straight to hell, I don't think he'll do that. Because if he really wanted to kill Lancelot, I'm afraid he would be able to do it without teleporting a circle...... Don't believe it, I know Lancelot is powerful, but know that the power of wisdom is infinite, and our enemies have enough wisdom. ”

Raschel looked at Chakra and the other warriors: "This is a very cunning enemy. ”

"Even if he knew the direction and distance, the area he might flee to would be very vast, and with his cunning...... I think we'll have a hard time finding him. Is it necessary for us to pay such a huge amount of manpower and material resources for such a fugitive?" Chakle said, and after confirming that the murderer was Huy Glare, Chakle had some hope that he would give up the investigation.

After all, once the deal between them and Huy Golaire was revealed, the empire was afraid that it would not let them go.

But Raschel said lightly: "Compared to what he took away, I'm afraid that no amount of manpower and material resources is worth it." ”

"What did you say?" Chakra's heart shook.

Raschel had already whispered from something, "Look what this is, if I'm not mistaken, this thing must be the seed of some rare plant, and although I am not an alchemist, I also have a deep understanding of plants, and my God, I used to think they were extinct." It seems that there was a seed that stuck in his body and then fell here. ”

He looked at Chakra and laughed, "That kid is very cunning, so cunning that it shocks me. He deliberately destroyed everything here, making us think that all the research records, as well as the test materials and all kinds of finished products, were gone. But in fact...... It was all the valuable things that he took away. I guess he must have a ring or bracelet that can store a lot of things, isn't that exactly the realm of space magic? ”

"Oh my God. Chakra couldn't help but moan.

Raschel said, "Prepare to inform the emperor to conduct a nationwide raid." That Hue Igler has the knowledge and wealth that can subvert a country. Wherever he is, we're going to find him and catch him!...... Get that ring or some other spatial item too. ”

Bailey was worried, "But what if he is no longer in our country?"

Raschel smiled: "If I were Hue Igler, I would definitely not leave the Reims Empire." ”

"You're not trying to say that the more dangerous the place, the safer, right?"

"No, that's bullshit, don't believe in that boring risk-taking theory. What I'm trying to say is that when a person can run away early in the morning, but wants to destroy everything here before leaving, it means that he doesn't take us seriously and ignores the danger at all. If a dying man can survive on a desert island without forgetting the Jedi counterattack, then what is there to worry about when his survival expands to the entire territory of the Empire? I guess he would be happy to see the faces of the Imperial officials crying and mourning, so if I were him, I wouldn't have left the Empire. I'm going to stand in the country and watch some of the big guys put on a show, watch how they deal with me, capture me, and then put on a show of a big counterattack of the prey...... He's done it at least once, and that's very rewarding, isn't it?"

The faces of Chakra and Bailey and the others became more difficult to look at.

Raschel walked around the circle with his hands behind his back, as if he could see something from the intricately crafted circle. He said coldly: "Gentlemen, this young man is the most vicious and cunning fugitive I have ever seen since I joined the Legal Affairs Department. We are dealing with no ordinary teenager, who is stoic, vicious, bold, cautious, well-planned, thoughtful, and adventurous. This is a very difficult and formidable opponent, and it will be a very difficult task to catch him. But here we have to rejoice in one thing - that is, despite his cunning, it is clear that he is not professional. He's not a professional criminal, that's why he left clues for me to show up, and I'm an expert at catching criminals......"

At this point, Raschel looked up at Chakra, "I need all the information about this teenager, the more detailed the better." ”