Returning from the abyss

Chapter 475 Sudden Arrival
The timing was very accurate. A few seconds after the conversation between the two ended, the light came again. The only figure in front of Lu Ning disappeared and turned into a bustling crowd.She was not standing by the wall at this time, but in the corridor about five or six meters away from the gate.

"Everyone, the inspection is over, please continue to browse the library as usual." The reminder sounded again, and the crowd quickly recovered after hearing it, and continued to do what they should do.

Lu Ning turned her head and returned to the direction of the library, but her footsteps paused slightly when she passed a reading room.

Although the library is open today, there must be people who come to borrow books normally. There will be no one in those reading rooms at this time, not to mention that people who are tired from reading may choose that place to rest.

She sniffed, and there was a faint fishy smell floating in the air, if it weren't for people like her, she might not be aware of it.Lu Ning frowned, stretched out her hand and opened the door of the reading room, and the students who were reading inside suddenly raised their heads.

"Excuse me, was it dark just now?" Lu Ning asked them in a low voice.

"It's a drill, it's not a big deal." A student replied.

"So you didn't leave your seats?" she continued.

"Of course, just act according to the notice. Are you here to borrow books? Although the library is open, you still need a library card to borrow books here." The student said.

Lu Ning sniffed again. The smell of blood here is also very weak, and there is always incense to prevent beetles in the library. These students probably can't smell the smell full of death.

"Thank you." Lu Ning nodded at him, and walked inside. In addition to the public area, the reading room has several private rooms, which are specially set up for those who don't want to be disturbed. Each reading room will have two or three rooms. Lu Ning passed by After entering an empty room, when he walked to the second room, the ominous feeling in his heart had risen to the extreme.

"Student, don't disturb..." Seeing that Lu Ning reached out and pressed the doorknob, the student stood up quickly, but Lu Ning had already pressed it, and the door was unlocked. Inside was a small room about four square meters in size. There is only one set of tables and chairs. An old book is spread out on the table, half soaked in blood. The person on the seat hangs his head, his golden hair is soaked in blood, and his hands are hanging powerlessly by his side. A sharp knife penetrated from behind and nailed her body to the wooden bench.

As soon as the door opened, the bloody smell wafted out, and the expressions of the students who came to stop it suddenly changed, and they rushed to the door and saw the scene inside.He hurriedly turned his head and shouted, "He's dead! Call the guards!"

Lu Ning walked into the room.

Her heart was beating violently, of course not because of the scene of the murder, but because the deceased was chatting happily with her not long ago——Delia, Lu Ning couldn't imagine how she could do it without any resistance with her strength. killed.

The knife is fatal, the blade penetrates from the back of the chair, cuts through the heart and continues to move forward a few points, steady, accurate and fast, it is an extremely sophisticated assassination method.The length of the blade is about the size of a forearm, without any special shape or markings. The only special thing is that the thickness of the blade is slightly higher than the normal length, as if it was specially designed to penetrate hard wooden chairs.

Delia's body was still warm, and judging from the degree of blood coagulation, the time of the murder was within the dark time.This also explained why she was still successfully attacked with her skill.The question is, why did Delia come to this reading room?Maybe Stevenson knows the situation...

Lu Ning turned her gaze to the ancient books on the table.

It may be precious, but it has already been soaked in blood at this time, even if it has magic, it may take a lot of time to restore it.It can be seen from the text, chapters and paragraphs that this is a printed book, so there should be other versions circulating.The title of the book is "The Myth of Karui", so it can only be regarded as a book for the magic department.Although paladins also use divine arts, there is a reason why they are placed here.

Lu Ning wrote down the situation here, and turned to the back of the chair.

"Hold the knife in the backhand, cut from the bottom left to the top right. This force is to use the right hand. In order not to be found, squat down to hide the footsteps and approach quietly." Lu Ning quickly simulated the scene from the trace left by the knife on the chair "But the distance between the chair and the wall behind is less than one meter, and Delia is facing the door. Even in the dark, this distance is still within the range of sight. Besides, she is good at holy light spells, and she can illuminate herself in the dark." It's still possible, so it won't be coming in through the door. That's an attack that takes advantage of the space changes during the dark time. Wait...those phosphors...wrong."

Lu Ning approached the handle of the knife, narrowed her eyes and observed for a moment.

"Old knife, this is a human attack, not those 'ghosts'."

At this time, two guards rushed in, and from the appearance of their attire, they were not of an ordinary level.

"What are you doing? Don't disturb the scene! Come out!"

"Wait, Candida." Another guard was not so impulsive, "What's your name? Why did you enter the scene? I don't know if this will cause us some trouble, and will it make you suspect?"

Lu Ning looked up at the two guards, and bowed slightly: "Gentlemen, I couldn't help but walk in because I knew the deceased, and the identity of the deceased was that he was invited to come to Ewa Gallery for an academic exchange. It is a matter of great importance, as a friend, I must know the cause of my friend's death."

"What's her name, and which invitee does she belong to?" the guard asked.

"The deceased's name is Delia, and he belonged to the guard of Praying Stevenson."

"Candida, go and confirm." He whispered to his companion, and then continued to say to Lu Ning, "In this case, I will not arrest you for the time being, please come here. We will discuss after confirmation About your handling."

"Thank you very much for your understanding."

"It's nothing."

Lu Ning returned to the door, and when she was standing beside the guard, she caught a glimpse of the identity plate on his chest—Jin, captain of the guard.

Guards is the name for the guard of the Violet Library. As the captain, he should have the magic attainment of senior magician to magician level, and his force value should also be at a considerable level.Although it seems that the strength is somewhat insufficient compared to such a core area, what the guards actually want is the ability to deal with affairs and warn early warning, which is not so closely related to the level of magic.

There are only four guards in the library. It seems that the opening of the library has been called a lot, and even the captain has been dispatched.

Soon, the guard named Candida came back, followed by a magician and Stevenson.Stevenson's expression had become a little panicked, he was no longer calm as usual, and after coming to the door to confirm the body, his face immediately turned ashen.

"Gone……"

"Your Excellency, Prayer, please don't be too sad, we will investigate the cause of your guard's death. Of course, please also tell the truth about the relevant situation you know, and it will be convenient for verification." The magician stepped into the room while comforting him. inside the room.

Lu Ning paid attention. This magician is probably a "forensic doctor" in the magic world. Her inspections so far are based on her own inherent experience. She really wants to see how to deal with this in magic. kinds of cases.

"It took 13 minutes to die. Unfortunately, all the monitoring networks on the first floor were disrupted during the dark time. We couldn't directly call the magic network records at that time to see what happened. Let me see..." The magician squatted down , His lips moved a few times, and his fingers tapped lightly on the table a few times.

"Sharpening technique, quiet footsteps, and night cloak are all common techniques, and there are similar branches in each system. It is difficult to judge the specific magic system. But it can be confirmed that the person here is a person who is good at assassination. Deliberate murder, not improvised."

Then, the magician raised another mirror, facing Delia's body sideways, observing the situation inside the mirror.

"The echo of death is unknown, and the incoming person retreats immediately after a blow, leaving not many opportunities for soul prying, and the night cloak has not failed, so it is impossible to distinguish. This person is very good at erasing traces, and is a professional killer."

Lu Ning also noticed this. Although she could restore what happened at the scene, she couldn't find any traces that could actually point to the identity of the murderer.

The last person who did this to her was at the home of the alchemist at the end of the alchemist case, but the two are obviously not the same kind of person.

"It's tricky... It's hard to find out, and the murderer is obviously an experienced person who knows our methods. Mr. Stevenson, we still need you to explain why your guards are here."

Although there were many differences in the methods, there were still many commonalities in the questioning, and the magician immediately began to start from other channels.

"Because of the rare opportunity, Delia wanted to find a magical book in the library that she wanted to read a long time ago." Stevenson said in a sad tone, "It happened that I was in the library at that time. I found a very meaningful magic book, and I was not willing to give it up, so I let her move freely. I don’t think anything will happen. This is the Violet Library, or the open day of the library, and the security is heavily guarded, so how could it be Thinking of a drill that led to..."

"I can understand your sadness. Did she say what book she was looking for? Is it the one on the table?" The magician moved his fingers slightly, and lifted the blood-stained book out of thin air, revealing the cover .

"The Myth of Kari"? No, the book she has always wanted to read is "Glorious Crusade". It must not be this one... There should be this book in the library, right?"

"Yes." The former student answered behind him, "and there are in this small reading room."

The reading room will not be equipped with so many books in the library, but there will always be some bookshelves by category. The books here are almost all from the magic department, and the students who come here are also related.The magician's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Then please help me guide the way."

A group of people followed the student to the bookshelf, on the third row of bookshelves, in the middle after entering, there was a copy of "Glorious Expedition" there.

"The location is so conspicuous, so I shouldn't be able to miss it." Jin looked at the gilded characters on the spine of the book, and was a little puzzled, "Unless she didn't come to find this book."

"I don't have to lie to you about this," Stevenson said.

"No, I think Captain Jin means that she may have lied to you." The magician explained.

Stevenson shook his head: "It's not necessary. Delia was my guardian knight when she made the knight declaration. She is my arm. We don't need any lies between us. Our trust doesn't need anything else. to cover up."

"Maybe it was a temporary idea."

Lu Ning said suddenly from the side.

"What?" the magician turned his head.

"The original location of the "Kari Myth" should be here." Lu Ning reached out and tapped beside her, almost a little space above her knee, "The location here is more outside than "Glory Crusade", maybe Di Leia had read the relevant description somewhere before, but she didn't pay much attention to it, and when she passed by today, she happened to see it and planned to read this book first."

The books in this column are all myths and legends that have been circulated in various places. Candida immediately went to check the arrangement of books, and confirmed that the missing book here was indeed "The Myth of Kare".

"If this is the reason why she was killed, then Mr. Stevenson, we need you to recall whether Delia mentioned related matters in the conversation with you earlier."

"Wait a minute, if Miss Delia got this book on a whim and was killed, it means that the murderer is related to this book? Then... isn't it accurate to judge that the murder was intentional?" Jin looked at Magic division.

"This is a seasoned killer." Lu Ning said, "For such a person, 10 minutes is enough to form all the conditions for a deliberate murder from murderous intent, planning to action. The problem now is that this Did the murderer set out to kill after hearing that Delia was looking for "Glorious Crusade", or did he decide to kill because he learned that Delia had obtained "The Myth of Karei?"

"Is there any difference?" Stevenson froze for a moment.

The magician has been doing this kind of work for a long time: "The difference is very big. First, we can judge the time and the way of information leakage, and second, we can infer the relevant personnel based on the contents of the book. Mr. Stevenson, I I know this will be very painful, but in order to avenge Miss Delia, please recall the part between you that mentioned these two books in the past."

"Also, is there an identical version of "Kari Myth"? We can compare it, and maybe we can find something." Lu Ning added, and the magician agreed with this suggestion.So Candida was once again the one running the errands.

As a person involved in the case, Lu Ning and the student had to stay and continue to "assist in the investigation".

(End of this chapter)