Shadow Covenant

Chapter 124 "Haunted Soul"

The walls of the Lutov manor are covered with rose branches and leaves, but it is November, and the flowering season has not yet arrived, but the green and lush fences still add a little bit to the white manor under the cold wind. color.

When Woody and Susan arrived, there were already many officials from the governing hall and noble guards standing outside the wall. They were all standing on the edge of the road with serious expressions, discussing something in a low voice.

With perception, Woody can vaguely hear a lot of useful and useless pieces of information, including envy of the luck of the Edith family.

After all, in this way, the Lutov Manor, which was originally a not-so-low market price, has already been firmly assigned to the Edith family, the "victims" of this incident.

So much so that some people were so envious that they wished that it wasn't their own manor that the Lutov family sent sahuagins to attack. After all, except for a few servants who were injured or died, the core members of the Edith family were all fine. Except for some damage to the mansion, there is basically no impact.

What's more, the cost of renovating the mansion once a year is a necessary expenditure for most noble families. The wine estate has only advanced this year's progress, and it has not even suffered a loss in money. The sum is huge, and in order to appease and resolve this dispute, Earl Rhys will definitely compensate the Edith family without hesitation...

The sour smell was overflowing irresistibly, and Woody had no point in eavesdropping any longer. He and Susan got out of the carriage one after another.

There were already officials from the governing hall waiting for them below, and these people all showed surprise after seeing Susan.

Although Susan Edith enjoys the reputation of "Queen of Wine" in Palermo, in the final analysis, except for occasional appearances at noble dinners, she spends most of her time in private places. As far as she is concerned, she only hears her voice but does not see her person.

But this time, their subconscious reaction was that this is not the queen of wine, she is too young, if it is not too old-fashioned and elegant, wearing a young rococo dress, corresponding to Woody next to her, It is rare to think of aunts and nephews, but siblings.

"What's the situation inside now, when did you find out that they disappeared!"

"When our people routinely summoned Logan Rutov and Marko Rutov, they received reports from the manor servants that their master had disappeared."

"Is it just the two of them?"

"Yes! Their wives and children don't seem to have taken them away. I counted the number of people in the manor just now. Except for those who were absent and dismissed for some reason, there was only one person named Marco and Logan in the manor. Yassin's young stewards, they also disappeared."

While having a simple communication with the young officials in the governing hall, Susan walked into the Lutov Manor that had been cleaned up.

And Woody took the opportunity to stand behind Susan, looking at the manor in front of him.

The huge manor is covered by green lawns and flower beds, and a straight and spacious avenue is opened in the middle. At the end of the road is a unique marble fountain. The flower beds and gardening in all directions are very neatly trimmed, and the roof is rare in Palermo. The golden plating, and the statues under the beams and columns of the eaves are all embellished with gold threads, creating a noble and extravagant atmosphere directly on the surface.

No wonder it can hold the top spot in the high-end wine industry in Palermo. The luxury and atmosphere of the manor are far away from the wine manor by several streets.

But for Woody, it's still a bit sparse and ordinary. He has lived in the huge elf main city under the elf world tree for a while. This small ordinary human manor is at most a little extravagant, and it is difficult to cause him too much excitement. Notice.

In this way, he followed Susan all the way to the study room at the time of the crime. It is said that the servant had just delivered refreshments and informed the officials of the governing hall to ask for an interview. But it has disappeared.

In the study, apart from Susan and the others, there are also spellcasters who are surveying the fluctuations of spells nearby, trying to use the remaining magic breath to determine the method and direction of casting spells.

"It's just a simple short-distance teleportation technique, it shouldn't have left Palermo yet!"

This is the conclusion reached by an old mage wearing a mage's pointed hat, a blue robe, and a slightly longer beard after half an hour of on-site analysis.

"The port terminal and several city gates have been blocked, and the breath is also locked. The only thing they can't leave is..."

In fact, there is no need to say what is left. If they are not found in a short period of time, then the long-term pursuit may be nothing. After all, neither the blockade nor the martial law can last for too long. If they really have some kind of Get rid of the means of prophecy, then their ending in Palermo will be inevitable.

"When will the priest of the Dawn Temple arrive?"

Susan naturally understood this. She did not pin all her hopes on the people in the governing hall, and it was her kind of sponsor who donated a lot of gold coins to the Temple of Dawn every year to seek help from the temple. necessary rights.

"It will take a while, ma'am."

"Wait a minute, Woody, what are you doing?"

Susan asked casually, and found that Woody had already groped in a corner of the study, she asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I'm looking for other clues, can I go to other rooms?"

Woody's expression was as calm as ever, but his heart was churning because of something he found just now, because this simple murder with a knife was not as simple as he imagined.

After receiving Susan's promise, Woody walked out of the study surrounded by everyone, and casually arrested an official from the government office who was searching the property of Lutov's manor. After knowing the residence of the so-called Butler Yassin, Woody went on non-stop. go there.

On the way, he took out that piece of finger-sized, off-white carapace, with abnormally transparent skin lines, but the holes in the fluff on it are exceptionally clear translucent carapace. Maybe others will skip it directly, but they have lived in the dark area for a while. Time's Woody knows deeply.

This is the trace left by the shapeshifting spider. This kind of thing is often used by underground explorers to distinguish and identify the territory of the shapeshifting spider. The shapeshifting spider is an intelligent, deformable spider, and has the power of a warlock. , and it is the only mimic creature that is difficult to be found by conventional means after transformation, similar to another kind of shapeshifting creature, the doppelganger.

The Consulate, who knew little about underground life, obviously missed this discovery, but for Woody, it was indeed tantamount to discovering a new beginning.

However, before there is clear evidence, he does not intend to startle the snake.

He decided to take advantage of this time to investigate with peace of mind. It would be a lot of fun if he told in advance that the human transformed from the metamorphic spider hadn't left the manor.

When Woody came to the room of the human butler named Yasin.

As expected, on the floor of the room, he found dozens of pieces of gray-white transparent skin of different sizes, similar to the dead skin he found in the corner of the study just now.

Woody held the dead skin that had faded from the metamorphic spider, and his face was gloomy and uncertain at the moment.

Those drow elves are haunted!
(End of this chapter)