Dust of History Chapter 49: Clue

Clovis cautiously followed Captain Roland into the grove. The royal guards who arrived first were ordered to stay outside.

It is estimated that the idiot Moduo should have finished, but he has not seen his subordinates come back. Clovis immediately asked the royal guards to search around, but the result was completely unexpected.

He has already compiled a set of seamless and reasonable stories about the loss of seals, telling them in the right place at the right time in the right way. Cooperating with the temper and virtue of the prime minister, anyone who hears such a story will naturally think of this dude's evil deed of stealing seals and forging documents to avenge his personal revenge. For such accidents, generally speaking, it is really hard to blame. Clovis has already got the true biography of Duke Mrak in these small tricks.

But in terms of spiritual cultivation, he is obviously still far behind. Since the establishment of the Paladins, it has been almost the biggest, and the most inexplicable casualties were caused by him. In his own team, the key point is that his biggest real purpose seems to have failed. His expression now is shocked, angry, ashamed and is uneasy.

Fortunately, Captain Roland did not notice the complex emotions of his disciples. He carefully checked all the traces and the corpses on the ground.

As the backbone of the Imperial Army, the Paladins rarely come in handy at ordinary times, but once they are needed to take action, it is always at the most critical moment or the most tragic and difficult battle. But even so, this army of less than a thousand people has never suffered any major casualties in the battle with tens of thousands of enemy troops and heretics. Someone once made a statistic that in the face of this extremely elite army, the heretics and the enemy had to send an average of more than 1,100 heads in exchange for the heroic life of a member of the regiment.

And there are twelve corpses here, but not ten thousand enemies died here, and even the enemies didn't even seem to lose a single piece of their fingernails. Captain Roland's face was ugly.

Probably out of respect for the paladins, the troops who arrived here first carefully gathered up the mutilated and separated corpses of the swordsmen, put them together, and covered them with white cloth. Captain Roland looked at the neat corpses and the messy footprints on the ground, and asked with a frown, "Where is the first troop here?"

Clauvis replied: "The Fourth Squad of Royal Guards."

"The captain was dismissed." Captain Roland's tone was calm and calm, without anger or dissatisfaction, as if he was just reading a document. "After discovering such a major event, he didn't protect the scene, and let the troops come in and destroy all the traces. Since he likes to express his respect so much, let him guard the palace gate and salute every day."

Clauvis bowed his head and replied: "Yes."

Looking at the corpse on the ground, Roland asked. "Why did the person who stole your seal and forged documents only call twelve people?"

"Because these were the only people in my team at the headquarters at the time, probably he didn't dare to stay longer to gather more people." Clovis replied. But the actual situation is of course caused by his secret operations, and it is not convenient for too many people to participate. What's more, there are twelve swordsmen from the Holy Knight Order and a magician, even if it kills a wyvern, it is more than enough.

"Fortunately." Captain Roland said coldly with the cold light of eagles flashing in his elegant eyes. "If he takes all your people away, then you don't need to be the captain anymore."

Cold sweat broke out on Clovis' forehead.

Roland looked at the forest that had begun to thaw. It is early summer now, and all frozen objects are slowly beginning to thaw, the water vapor in the air is condensed, and together with the melted ice water, it flows out in thin streams, in this magic manufacturing The lingering prestige of the icy world can still make people feel the slightest chill.

"The opponent should be a very powerful magician." Roland's voice was colder than the forest in front of him.

"Magician?." Clovis didn't believe it. Although that guy should be able to use some magic, it was definitely not the turn of the empire's top expert to comment on it as "very powerful".

Captain Roland pointed to the ice sculpture forest. "Do you know what kind of magic can just freeze a forest without harming anything?"

Clauvis also looked at the forest carefully, thought for a while, then shook his head hesitantly and said, "It seems that there is no magic."

As the captain of the Holy Knights, the apprentice of the empire's number one swordsman, even though he doesn't know how to use magic, he still knows the level, casting time, attack ability and attack effect of each magic in each system. Knows well. No matter how strong the freezing effect in any attack magic is, it is only an additional effect. The most important thing is the damage caused by ice, and the forest in front of it is purely frozen, without any trace of destruction. In his memory, it seemed that there really was no magic that could cause such a strange scene.

"Yes." Captain Roland said lightly. "Desperate magic."

"Desperate magic?" Clovis was puzzled.

"Without spellcasting skills, or even using any spells, only a water magician pouring out even the most original magic power at once can cause such consequences." Captain Roland pointed to the body The corpse of the magician asked Clovis. "Do you know how high the magic level of your subordinate is?"

"Before being transferred to my team, I used to be a senior water magic teacher at the Magic Academy, that is to say... no matter what, I should be counted among the top fifty in the empire."

"What kind of opponent can make a top 50 senior magician in the empire give up using spells, and simply use all his magic power to put all his magic power on the line?" Captain Roland looked at the magician's corpse. The corpse's hand was still frozen on his face, and the expression on his face was still full of horror, panic, unwillingness, and despair. "It can only be a magician whose level is so different that he doesn't even have the confidence to use spells to attack. And in the end, this opponent doesn't go head-to-head with his decades of cultivation. What method did he use to make him hit himself. Although this opponent has an absolute advantage, he is not arrogant at all, but avoids the important and uses the most efficient and tricky method..." Captain Roland sighed. His face was bookish, but now it had the look of a leopard on the hunt. "This is a real master."

A master. This word completely surpasses the evaluation of "very powerful". A dragon or a behemoth can be very powerful, but it is definitely not a 'master'. And this is the 'master' in the mouth of the number one swordsman in the empire.

Clauvis knew that the deaths of his dozen or so subordinates were definitely not wronged.

"You said that person dispatched troops because he wanted to deal with one person?" Captain Roland looked at Clovis and asked.

"This... is purely guesswork." Clovis answered with a bow. "The king of contradictions between that person and the cousin who stole my seal is well known, and my cousin is narrow-minded and willful. He brought the royal guards to attack him last time during the hunt, so I will make this guess."

Headman Roland looked at his apprentice coldly, and said, "The person you are talking about is the priest under Bishop Ronis, right?"

"Yes." Clovis didn't dare to lift his head.

Captain Roland's eyes fell on his apprentice, not very sharp eyes, but Clovis felt as if he had also been hit by the ice that the magician desperately used, and even his bone marrow was trembling. cold.

Captain Roland finally only sighed and said nothing. Compared with these things, it is more important to analyze the real situation of this somewhat weird battle first. What is certain is that at least this scene will never be something that priest can do.

He knelt down to carefully observe the corpses of the swordsmen, and he noticed the weirdest one first. From the waist down it was still frozen in a jumping position, but the head was gone. The muscles of the broken neck are incomplete, but the bones are detached from the joints. It seems that they were not cut by a sword or the like but twisted off. Although a left hand was picked up and put back under the respect of the guards, it can still be used. It can be seen that it is also a section that has been unscrewed. But that right hand didn't look like a hand at all, it was at least half elongated than before, and twisted limply like a snake, the bones inside were undoubtedly all broken into pieces.

Captain Roland frowned. Even with his eyesight, he couldn't see exactly what kind of attack this swordsman had received, and how he had such a strange death. His eyes swept over the other corpses, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

He stretched out his hand to turn over the corpse, but as soon as his hand touched the surface of the corpse, a large piece of muscle there collapsed completely and fell off, like rotten wood that had already rotted away all vitality Same. Seeing this strange change, Captain Roland's brows were knotted into a knot. He stood up and took a long breath, and said to Clovis, "There should be another corpse, find it."

"There are exactly twelve people here," Clovis reminded him.

"No, it should be thirteen. There is also the body of your cousin, the prime minister. Since he thinks he can definitely kill the other party, he must have come here too, and since the opponent can kill all twelve of your subordinates Death, it is absolutely impossible to let him go."

Clauvis looked at the surrounding woods carefully in wonder, the guards had already checked this place carefully first, and they would never leave a corpse waiting for him to discover.

But after walking a few steps, he suddenly found a familiar looking thing under a tree not far away. It was a bunch of hair, combed into a small braid. He walked over and found that there were still some teeth scattered on the ground, some broken nails, some clothes that had been corroded into strips of cloth, and some small things. Because these seemed to be just piles of rubbish, the guards didn't care at all. Clovis stared at these poor relics dumbfounded, turned to Captain Roland and said, "It seems to be here...."

Captain Roland walked over to have a look, knelt down and rubbed up a little dirt on the ground with his fingers, put it on his nose and smelled it. His brows were stretched, but his face became as ugly as the mud. He stood up and remained silent for a while, and then said to Clovis, "Go ask Bishop Ronnies... No, you don't need to work on this kind of thing, Bishop, it's better to go and invite High Priest Cuthbert first."

The High Priest Cuthbert quickly came down under the leadership of Clovis. After inspecting the mutated corpses, he said: "This is a spell for manipulating corpses that should be a mixture of dark magic and limb magic. In a short period of time, all the vitality and energy in the corpses will be released, and the corpses will have Huge combat power. This kind of fusion spell is very difficult, and even a high-level magician should go through a very complicated spell to activate it." He paused, and his original face became even more ugly. "Those who can study and use this kind of evil spell must be necromancers. Hmph, how dare they haunt the capital. If I run into them, I must make them look good."

It's a pity that he didn't know that the person who used this spell cast it casually like yawning, otherwise his face would be even more ugly.

Captain Roland nodded, pointed to the hair over there and said, "It's the same as I judged. Judging from the mud traces there, there is another person who was melted alive by a huge corrosive magic, and even There are no bones left... This should indeed be a technique unique to necromancers."

The great priest Cuthbert suddenly turned his head to look at Captain Roland and said, "If you have news about the necromancer, you should report it to our Magic Academy first, how can you members of the Holy Knights act so recklessly. "His words were aggressive, because this reckless action completely ignored the status of the Magic Academy, and also made him lose the opportunity to show the necromancers a good look.

"The thing is like this..." Clovis said his "guess".

"It's this guy again!" After hearing what Clovis said, the high priest's face was as ugly as a rag in a toilet. "He's playing gongs in twelve out of ten places. This time he actually has something to do with necromancers." Probably the anger and dissatisfaction that had been accumulated for a long time suddenly appeared on his face, and he seemed to be sure that Asa His bad behavior is ironclad evidence of his collusion with the Necromancer. He said to Captain Roland. "Let's go directly to the bishop to report this situation."

Clauvis did not go with him, he returned to the Duke's mansion and told the Duke about the 'accident'. He knew that even if he didn't say it, the Duke would have his own way to know.

The Duke didn't even think about it after hearing this, and immediately smiled and said, "Your seal is really well placed. The arrangement is also good."

"I'm sorry. I didn't have time to inform you about this matter because of a temporary decision, so I did it myself." Clovis was a little flustered. Tricks that can fool others are worse than children's tricks in front of the Duke, and he dare not hide them at all. "Because I think this matter has nothing to do with our interests. If we really kill him, we will more or less eliminate a hidden danger, and my uncle's position as prime minister will definitely be lost. And even if we fail like now, we And completely stay out of it..."

"Okay." The Duke raised his hand to signal his son-in-law not to panic. "You remember what I said very clearly, and things should be done in this way. Although the motivation is somewhat emotional, it is really well done. The more conflicts in the current situation, the more chaotic the situation is, that's all for us Those who stand behind will have more opportunities to take advantage of it."

The Duke's comment immediately made Clovis smile, and even his voice was full of joy: "Collude with a necromancer is a crime that should be sent to the stake, even Bishop Ronnies..."

"Don't get excited, nothing will happen." The Duke's faint conclusion killed Clovis' excitement.

In the Academy of Magic, Bishop Ronis frowned after listening to the reports from the High Priest and Head Roland. "Is there such a thing?"

"We can guarantee that it was definitely done by a necromancer. If the person who came was not the person they were waiting for, those swordsmen who were in ambush would never do it." The high priest lowered his voice, emphasizing the matter seriousness. "These all show that the priest may have some collusion with the necromancer... No, it's not that maybe, but there must be something wrong."

Bishop Ronnies frowned and shook his head slowly. "No way..."

The great priest Cuthbert nodded firmly, and said: "But the facts are in front of us, we can't help but believe it. I think we should investigate. Send someone to arrest him now..."

Bishop Ronnies interrupted the high priest and asked, "When did you say that the swordsmen and necromancers fought?"

"From the corpse, it should be this morning..."

Bishop Ronnies looked at the great priest and said softly: "He and I discussed some theological issues alone in the study this morning, so it has absolutely nothing to do with him."

Cusbert choked immediately. It took a while to recover and said, "But aren't you alone in the study?"

"I called him quietly, you didn't pay attention." Bishop Ronis waved his hand, and pressed down what the high priest wanted to say. "This incident must be just a coincidence. Necromancers appeared near the capital. Keep this incident secret, so as not to cause everyone to panic. Your Majesty was quite frightened last time. We should investigate privately and be on guard. Alright, all of you Go down and make arrangements. I'm tired and I need to take a rest."

Withdrawing from the cathedral, Priest Cuthbert expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the bishop's obvious biased attitude. He said angrily: "It's too much. Ever since that kid came out of nowhere Well, the bishop has completely changed. Not only does he often interfere in political affairs, but he also promotes that completely unseemly guy to be a high priest. But this time it is obviously a cover-up. It is justified for other things, but this is the same as the necromancer. It's related."

Captain Roland remained silent, thoughtful.

Cusbert suddenly fell silent from the excitement. After thinking about it for a while, he glanced at Captain Roland next to him, and sighed tentatively: "What will the future of the Academy of Magic be like? What? The bishop seems to be old..."

Captain Roland's eyes flashed sharply, forcing the second half of the priest's words back.

Seeing the returning Captain Roland in the headquarters of the Holy Knights, Clovis knew that the Duke's words were indeed true.

"Twenty years ago, the turmoil in the entire eastern continent and the civil war in the empire were quelled by Bishop Ronis. His prestige and status are absolutely unshakable in both the church and the empire. Guy, he will naturally cover him. Without any real evidence, no matter what kind of thing it is, he can easily deal with it with his prestige and status."

"But this is related to the necromancer after all, no matter how much the bishop shields him, he won't be so conniving."

"Necromancer..." The Duke smiled slightly, remembering something from the past. "I think the bishop should know what's going on better than anyone else~IndoMTL.com~ But it's not easy for me to come forward. Even if this matter gets out, I don't know what effect it will have. For the time being, I still don't move. Good." The Duke thought for a while, and then he laughed, which was kind and kind. He said to Clovis: "Go and help your master and let him figure out the truth. It is best to find some witnesses and evidence for him or others, although even if it is proved, there will be nothing. It is decisive, but it is good to make our respected bishop a little trouble. After all, the more chaotic the situation is, the better for us. As long as we don't expose ourselves, you should try to make the conflict as big as possible secretly, and it will be out of control. .”

"I see." Clovis answered very aggressively.

After returning from the Magic Academy, Captain Roland found Clovis. As the duke expected, he had something for Clovis to do.

"I found this on a thorn in the forest." Captain Roland took out a few strands of silk threads for clothes, pink and red satin threads. "It seems to be on the woman's clothes, but there is no woman's body at the scene. You should investigate it secretly." He urged very forcefully: "Remember, investigate quietly, and no matter what happens during the investigation, you don't Make a statement. Don’t embarrass Bishop Ronnies, just come back quietly and report to me.”

"Yes." Clovis took the few lovely clues and nodded in agreement.