The Divine Hunter Chapter 12: The final sacrifice

The dawn tore through the horizon and cast a ray of light. The front of Prince Elland's palace was surrounded by a group of knights in silver armor.

Surrounded by the crowd, a naked adult man knelt on the ground against a wall with his knees together. He had long blond hair, strong and handsome features, a well-proportioned body with muscles, and a tattoo engraved on his neck. Delicate blue rose tattoo.

At this moment, a bright and dazzling smile solidified on his pale and faded cheeks, lingering.

The coroner's hand with white rubber gloves gently opened his eyelids and observed the pupils,

"The deceased, Simon Patrick Latin, male, 28 years old, was the deputy master of the Knights of the White Rose of Elland during his lifetime. Time of death, six hours ago."

The scribe rustled down the coroner's dictation, but the latter's eyes suddenly tightened, and his white rubber gloves took out a cylindrical elastic object from the still warm tongue of the deceased.

White, fleshy, and elastic.

The coroner glanced briefly at the lower body of the deceased, then curved the corner of his mouth strangely,

“The deceased’s lower body was cut with a sharp instrument, the wound was intact, and the thing underneath was stuffed into his mouth.”

Hearing the sound, the eyes of several knights watching were astonishing. A handsome, majestic, and well-groomed noble knight was actually manipulated by a murderer into such a state of death?

"Asshole! How dare he...how dared to insult the Knight of White Rose!"

Cleveland’s teeth were clenching and his eyes were red and about to burst out of fire,

"Provoking the Cavaliers again and again. Now even more humiliating in such a despicable way! I, Cleveland...swear on the honor of the Cavaliers that I will make him repay this humiliation tenfold!"

The dozen or so knights next to them were also excited, their faces glowing red.

"Arthur Thales, Simon Patrick Latin, brothers will definitely avenge you!"

"Please be patient, please don't interfere with my work..." The coroner's voice was very soft, but it suppressed the restlessness of the knights.

He walked around to the back of the corpse, stared at the second huge bright red wound, and while touching it, he said calmly,

"The skin and muscles of the deceased's back were cut open with sharp knives, and the cuts were rough and forceful... rough." On the corpse's **** back, two soft fan-shaped pieces of flesh and blood were exposed.

"Two pieces of his... lungs were ripped out by the murderer and hung on his back, like..."

"Like a pair of wings..."

The young demon hunter squeezed in from behind the knight. He looked at the face of the deceased in surprise, with a hint of doubt in his expression.

The deceased was the handsome knight with blond hair.

What's going on now?

The murderer is neither a high-level vampire nor Simon?

"Anyway, now the Seven Sins Sect ritual has been completely completed. I hope my idea is right, otherwise Leisuo may be in trouble..."

"The elbows and wrists of the corpse were slightly blue, and the sprains were not obvious."

The coroner also showed a trace of suspicion on his face, and then took off his gloves, "I won't say more about the cause of death. Everyone can see it. Except for two wounds on the back and lower body, there are no other injuries on the surface of Simon Knight's body. Preliminary It is judged that the murderer used some means to control the victim's body, and then quickly put him into a coma before performing the 'operation', so the victim's signs of struggle were not serious."

"Speaking of which, although the murderer has had six practical operations, his methods are still horribly crude. I'm done, what do you think?" Francis faced the crowd, and the crowd suddenly fell into a depressed mood. silence.

"If you have no objection, I now need to take the body back for further dissection."

The knights seemed to still be silent in the grief of the tragic death of their colleagues, and no one responded.

"Who is the first to find his body." Roy spoke first.

"I..."

A young knight walked out of the crowd. His chin had green stubble, his expression was tired, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was obviously sleep deprived.

"I was on a patrol with Simon Knight last night. He said... he said it was convenient to go, but he went there for a while and still hasn't come back. Then I... I found his body in the alleyway. ”

"Damn it! It's all my fault!" The young knight slapped himself rather remorsefully, and a bright red slap mark suddenly appeared on his cheek.

"I should have gone with Simon last night. Don't act alone, don't act alone, the leader has warned me many times! I used to do it in a proper manner, but yesterday I just..."

"You, please reflect on it for a while!" Cleveland sighed heavily again and patted the young knight on the shoulder comfortingly, "You can't be entirely blamed for this matter. The area near the palace is almost occupied by brothers. We have three layers inside and three layers outside. Who would have expected that guy to be so elusive."

"But for a quarter of an hour, I don't believe that the murderer could quietly subdue Knight Simon within a quarter of an hour and leave him in such a miserable state?"

"That's right..." The same expression appeared on the faces of a dozen knights, "Knight Simon is second only to Captain Cleveland among the more than 200 White Rose Knights in Elland..."

"In terms of swordsmanship, he is better than me." Cleveland said with a heavy heart,

"Unless he was attacked by surprise..."

"Okay..." Roy raised his hand to signal the knights to be silent, "Let's not talk about time for now. Now, I have a crucial question that I need you to answer for me."

"Master, as long as it helps to catch the murderer, we will tell you everything." Cleveland patted his chest, and the others nodded with heavy faces.

"How is this Knight of Simon usually behaved?"

"Knight Simon has outstanding abilities and a strong sense of responsibility. He shares a lot of the pressure of my daily duties and spends most of his time busy in the palace." Cleveland looked at the corpse with a trace of sadness in his eyes, "His His character is noble, he is humble and friendly, and he gets along well with the brothers in the group. He often spends his only free time to help the disadvantaged groups in Elland."

"If there is anyone in the Knights of the White Rose who can thoroughly implement the five virtues of knighthood, it is not me, the leader, but Knight Simon..."

There is no need to be jealous of a dead man, so the group of knights all praised him in their words, and there was a sound of praise.

Roy rubbed his chin after hearing this, "This guy is really perfect and as dazzling as the sun. I think Knight Simon should be especially popular with women, right?"

"That's not true..." Cleveland glanced at the witcher in surprise. He didn't know why the demon hunter suddenly mentioned this matter, but thinking that the other party might have found some clues, he answered truthfully, "Knight Simon's character and appearance It’s impeccable, but it’s a pity that his family background is rather special.”

He hesitated and stopped talking.

"Some unpleasant words?" Roy advised upon seeing this, "If Simon is still alive, he will definitely want to catch the murderer."

Cleveland looked at the corpse and gritted his teeth, "An upright knight should not discuss the merits of others after death. But now I have no choice but... If there is any disrespect in my words, brother, your spirit in heaven must understand me."

"Simon's family originally came from Nasser in the south, but after Nasser returned to Nilfgaard, some members of his family moved to Elland. Since then, there has been no He was too popular with the local forces and suppressed. His family has declined day by day and its population has withered away. Today, he is the last bloodline of the Patrick Latin family in Elland."

"So, even though he has the title of knight, the local nobles are dismissive of him and do not accept his request for marriage. And he looks down on the daughters of commoners and merchants."

Cleveland seemed to be inspired, "The Knights of the White Rose are in a very similar situation to him. Because our base is in Vizima. The Knights are also a 'foreign force' in the eyes of most of the prince's courtiers. The die-hards have always been They are not dealing with us openly or covertly."

"If it weren't for His Royal Highness the Prince's kindness, I'm afraid the Knights would have been driven back to Vizima!"

……

"Sorry", Cleveland breathed out, "I was a little excited just now."

"Back to Simon Knight, maybe he suffered a heavy blow in his marriage, so he devoted most of his time to work. He kept silent about women."

Another knight added, "Brothers occasionally go to Peacock Flower to relax. But for Knight Simon, drinking is okay, but he has always been extremely restrained when it comes to women. Sometimes people joke and describe Simon The knight is like an ascetic ascetic."

Roy crossed his arms across his chest, stared at the corpse and fell into silence.

According to the knights, why would a person who has no love for **** be chosen by the murderer as a sinner of **** and caution.

Is he a hypocrite?

Or an infatuated person?

At this time, the guard commander Dennis Kramer waved to Roy from behind the knights.

After a while, the dwarf whispered to him,

"I have investigated the knights on that list... not only that, there are all the White Rose Knights, twenty-five in total." The dwarf handed over a piece of parchment, "The family information is on it, how about it? , am I interesting enough?"

"Thank you for your hard work."

While flipping through the pages, the young man asked slowly, "Cramer, as far as you know, besides Simon, are there any other knights with Nilfgaardian backgrounds?"

"No..." the dwarf shook his head with determination, "the remaining twenty-four knights of the White Rose are all Temerian natives."

"Are there any Nilfgaardians among their ancestors?"

“I don’t know that!” Dennis Kramer puffed his beard and said with a glare, “Roy, you’re not going to ask me to find out about eight generations of their ancestors again, are you?”

"Forget it."

Roy shook his head, his face sinking.

Simon, the most suspected person at present, is actually dead.

If he was really a murderer, how could he kill himself and look like this?

Absolutely impossible. ~IndoMTL.com~ But it’s not necessarily true that Simon is an innocent victim!

He has a Nilfgaardian background, is an upright man, and appears to have no affinity with women, but he is found guilty by the murderer of committing the crime of silver lust... and the purpose of the entire ceremony is to sacrifice to the noble woman in the palace.

It seems that between the two...

The young man returned to the knight, and he wanted to test an idea.

"Master Roy...ahem...let me take the liberty to ask, have you found anything?"

Roy faced the doubtful looks of the knights, nodded and said, "I already have some ideas about the identity of the murderer."

"Knights, can any of you take me to Knight Simon's house to take a look?"

My eyes swept across the crowd of knights.

"I have investigated almost all the houses of the first six deceased people. I think there are some clues in Simon Knight's house as well..."