The next moment, the skeleton slowly turned around, looked into Xu Chen's eyes, and fell into deep memories.

It was the spring of 7892 in the Guangming calendar.

It rained heavily in the city of Irta .

This sprawling city is the capital of the Delmar Empire and home to the Holy See of Light, and rightly one of the most prosperous cities in the human race.

Because of the vast desert between the deep human region of the Delmar Empire and the fierce orcs, although the city of Ilta does not have the yellow sand of the frontier, there are frequent droughts, especially in the spring months.

This sudden heavy rain seemed to be well aware of the distress of the people here, and brought a touch of coolness to the people at the right time.

From last night to just now, the dense raindrops have washed the whole city anew, and the dust in the air and on the buildings has finally returned to dust.

When the heavy rain stopped, many citizens had already taken to the streets, they came to breathe in the fresh air after the rain, and everyone had a smile on their faces that they had not seen for a long time.

However, as a sheriff, Brusno is not happy, and can even be said to be quite annoyed, because the heavy rain can not only take away dust, but also the evidence of the criminal's crime.

In a relatively remote street in the downtown area, Brosno looked at a clean corpse on the ground with an expressionless face, the large blood stains that should have appeared on the corpse had been washed away by the heavy rain, and only the clothes on his left chest still had some faint blood stains.

"Name - Biknov, occupation - businessman, the time of death was from an hour to two hours, the cause of death was a fatal wound to the chest and neck, the wounds were not large, they were two fingers wide, but they were all critical......"

The adjutant introduced as he examined the body.

However, Brusno only listened halfway before interrupting the adjutant's introduction, "The wound is quite neat, indicating that the speed of the murderer's shot has been astonishingly fast, but there is no trace of vindictive burns at the wound, which means that it is almost impossible for a swordsman or knight to do it, right?"

The adjutant seemed to hear some impatience in Brusno's tone, and he had to bow his head to do the inspection, not daring to make any more noise.

"Bang".

Brosno's fist slammed into the hard wall, because the force was too great, the whole wall was shaking, and the guards around him were scared one by one, because they knew that the sheriff's anger at this time was not a show for them, but a real anger.

In the past month or so, there have been a number of homicide cases, the deceased is either rich or expensive, counting the current case is already the seventh, and the modus operandi of these cases is the same, and even the location and size of the wounds of the deceased are strikingly similar, it is obvious that this is the same person, and this is clearly a provocation to the city's security.

What annoyed the sheriff even more was that until now he had not been able to find a single clue.

You know, there are countless such great riches and magnates in Ilta, and a murderous criminal hiding like a ghost in a corner of the city is a terrible threat to the big people, and in the end, this threat becomes a pressure, and the sheriff is a little out of breath.

After a while, the adjutant finally finished examining the body, he stood up timidly, and asked in a trembling voice: "Sir, you, you say, since this murderer will not be a swordsman or a knight, and he has such amazing strength, then, that ......"

"What then!"

Brosno waited for his red eyes to say loudly, he couldn't stand these subordinate mothers-in-law at this time.

The adjutant almost peed his pants in fright, and quickly said his guess, "So, could it be that the magician did it?"

"Humph!"

Brusno snorted helplessly, he couldn't understand that his lieutenants were such idiots, "Have you ever found money bags on those corpses in these cases?"

"Nope!"

Brusno nodded angrily, "Among the human race, in addition to the two major Holy Sees, there will be no more than six hundred magicians, although our Delmar Empire is considered to be the best among all countries, but the number of magicians will never exceed a hundred, they are all respected and envied by the world without exception, if they are willing to serve the empire, then all they get are mountains of gold and silver and countless treasures, you say, will they take a small money bag after committing murder?"

The adjutant was speechless, he had to admit that what Brusno said was right, magicians are the real nobles on this continent, they are never short of money, as long as they casually stretch out their hands, I don't know how many people will squeeze their heads to send money, a small money bag? Even if it is full of gold coins and thrown on the ground, the magician will not take a second look.

At this time, Brusno asked helplessly, "Where did the deceased go before they died?"

"Report to the chief, it's the Valley of Forgotten Worries Tavern!"

One of the guards next to him hurriedly replied, "That is the last place where the deceased went before his death, and according to the time of death, it is assumed that he was killed just after leaving there." ”

"Forget the Valley of Sorrows?"

Brosno shook his head again, not that he didn't know the place, but that he knew it too well.

The Tavern of the Valley of Forgetfulness is just across the street corner from this alley, a small three-story building, although it is an ordinary tavern on the surface, but everyone in the city knows that its second floor has actually been doing a leather and meat business, and the business is so hot that I don't know how many dignitaries and dignitaries linger there.

There are countless young girls in it, willing or unwilling, exchanging their beauty and youth for money that they don't know if it belongs to them.

If Brusno was also a civilian, he would definitely kick 10,000 feet on the corpse in front of him, and then yell, "Brute, you deserve it!"

However, he is a sheriff after all, and the death of anyone in this city has an inextricable relationship with him, even a shameless one.

"Go and check now, as long as it's alive, check it for me, even if it's a dog, you have to let him bark at me twice!"

This is Brunos' last resort, and if he doesn't make some progress, he will leave the position forever and be labelled a "waste" or a "bastard" by the citizens.

......

The dim first floor of the tavern is filled with faint and erosive lights, and the small stage in the center is full of beautiful legs and cheeks, fragrant and **, and occasionally the enchanting and foxy girl on the stage offers a flying kiss to the bottom, which will cause a lewd shout and a light whistle from the audience.

Around the stage are nearly twenty elaborate round tables, which are almost full, where the rich enjoy heavenly freedom and hellish depravity.

Among them, there was one man who was very special because he sat alone at a round table, looking extremely deserted. What's even more special is that he is a boy who looks only sixteen or seventeen years old, and his clothes are not luxurious, and can even be said to be a little sloppy, which does not match this drunken tavern at all.

But up to now, he has drunk more than a dozen glasses of beer, and the beer here is a luxury item of a gold coin and a cup, and the bearing of such a tyrant is even better than that of those who are rich in money.

I don't know how long it took, the dance on the stage was finally over, at this time, one of the girls with a pretty face took a brisk step, came to the side of the sloppy young man, and sat directly opposite without saying hello, for a while, the boy smelled a charming fragrance, as if someone had just blown up a fat powder shop.

"Handsome guy, you're so punctual every day!"

The girl didn't see anything else, and after speaking, she directly picked up the boy's wine glass and drank it all, she looked only eighteen or nineteen years old, but she was quite mature, and there was a mature woman's charm in her gestures, not to mention the tall chest that had already risen.

The young man looked at the "unclothed" girl opposite, and didn't say anything for a while, he swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva in a row to stabilize his mind, and said with a little embarrassment: "Hehe!

"Cut!"

The girl smiled disdainfully, "You stinky men will only flick your tongue, and you don't want to ...... in the end."

She stopped abruptly when she said this, and it seemed that there was only a contradiction between what she said and what she didn't say.

The boy ignored it, "I said, it looks like you're older than me, I'm not a man, I'm still a boy!"

Sometimes, a woman's age is more secret than her underwear, as soon as the boy said this, the girl's eyes suddenly widened, but the nameless fire did not come out after all, "We have known each other for several days, what is your name?"

The young man frowned at first, then smiled slightly and said, "Don't they all say that ladies come first?"

"Humph!"

The girl snorted coldly again, probably feeling that the young man in front of her was indeed different from those lustful old men, so she said coldly, "Xi'er!"

"Cier?"

The boy obviously didn't believe it, "This is your flower name, and the name tag on your chest says it!"

As he spoke, he deliberately pointed at the girl's seductive chest, "I'm talking about your real name! I don't have a nickname, you said your real name, I'll say mine again, that's fair!"

Hearing the young man say this, the girl's charming eyes trembled a few times, and there was a trace of sadness on her bewitching face, "It's not comparable to you rich kids, I don't have a real name, or rather, in fact, I want to know." ”

"What do you mean, is this trying to cheat?"

The boy beckoned the waiter and came up with two beers.

The girl hesitated for a long time, it was more like a struggle, a struggle for the past, I didn't want to face it and thought from time to time, "I don't have the capital to cheat, I was abducted by human traffickers when I was three years old, and I have been living here, in fact, I vaguely remember my name, but ......"

For a while, the girl's eyes were full of tears, but her face kept showing lightness, "But why can't I remember? I can't remember anything, haha!"

After a giggle, she picked up the huge beer glass in front of her and drank most of it in one gulp, perhaps because the wine was too cold, or too strong, choking the tears in her eyes.

This made the young man on the other side panic, "That, that, you don't have to say it so emotionally, just say it normally, just say it normally." ”

It was just raining, but this time the thunder came.

Woman's tears. No, the tears of beauty are the most piercing, and even if you have absolute defense, it will inevitably not be eroded.

"That, that, then I can't ask if I don't ask!"

The young man rubbed his palms helplessly, "Then can't I tell you my name? ”