Witch Hunter from Entry to Unemployment

Chapter 81 Guillotine

As the wheels continue to move forward, the prosperity slowly fades around.

Inside and outside the city, the gap is as big as two worlds.

There are always people who yearn for the prosperity of the Star City, and feel that coming here can change the trajectory of their lives.The City of Stars, which was still under development in the early years, did accept a lot of people. These people formed the city of Xingwu, which constituted the bloodline cornerstone of this bustling city.

However, it is impossible for a city to accept unlimited population. With the development of machinery and technology, the jobs of residents in Xingwu City have become a problem, let alone foreigners.

Some people gave up and chose to leave, and some people wanted to work harder and chose to stay. Over time, the outer city was formed like this.

Now that hundreds of years have passed, although the Outer City does not belong to the Star Color Capital on the bright side, it has still become an inseparable part of the Star Color Capital.

Behind him is the brightly lit city that never sleeps, and in front of him are low houses with only a few dimly lit oil lamps hanging on them.

The steam truck stopped here, the road ahead was too narrow for the steam truck to pass.

"so troublesome."

The knight in gorgeous armor complained, getting out of the car and stepping on the somewhat muddy road.

I don't know when it started to rain lightly in the sky, and the sky and the earth were hazy.

Under the isolation of the rain curtain, the gorgeous light and shadow of the city sky behind him became distorted. Looking back, one would feel full of an indescribable eerie feeling.

Linna didn't speak, but just moved forward silently. After walking in the narrow alley for a while, the eyes suddenly opened up again.

This is a square, but it looks like it has been abandoned for a while, and the ground is full of weeds.

There are several tall wooden shelves in the corner, and the nooses on them sway gently in the drizzle.

Obviously, this square should be a place for execution before it was abandoned.

The early outer city was extremely chaotic, and local gangs were also responsible for law and order and punishment.

Many criminals who provoked public anger were hanged on the gallows after a hasty trial, and gang forces often used the so-called public opinion to eradicate dissidents.

It wasn't until the Star City recognized the existence of the outer city and the city's magistrates began to intervene that the problem of the proliferation of lynchings in the outer city was brought under control.

There were quite a few figures in white robes standing on the abandoned square, and there were also trial knights also wearing armor. The judges of the Holy See obviously arrived at the scene one step ahead.

They cordoned off the surrounding area to prevent unrelated people from approaching and causing chaos.

The arrival of Linna and the others naturally caught their attention, and after discussing with the first few people, they walked over.

"City Judge Fisher, it's a pleasure to meet Your Highness the Third Princess."

The man walking in the front smiled and reached out to Linna.

Lines like fish scales appeared on his face, and a pair of pale eyes exuded a strange light.

The Star City is the capital and the headquarters of the Holy See, and there are five judges standing here.

After Rosalind left, it became four people, but this vacant position has never been filled.

And there are at least tens of thousands of trial knights in the trial court, and the number of extraordinary people is at least a hundred or more.

In addition, there are Her Royal Highness, the Archbishop, and clergy from other departments. It can be said that the strongest combat power of the Holy See is concentrated in the Star Color Capital.

Such a luxurious lineup is naturally not afraid of any evil spirits and heretics, whether it is the birth of a witch or the advent of evil gods, they have the power to fight.

Fisher is one of the four judges. Linna has heard of his name, but this is the first time she has met him.

Although she was also an extraordinary person, Linna felt a physical discomfort when she saw the face of the judge in front of her.

Averting his gaze, the third princess responded neither humble nor humble.

"There is no need to be too polite. My current identity is no different from that of the judge. I am a guardian who cares about the safety of the city. I just want to know what happened here and whether there are any crises or hidden dangers."

"Indeed, I'm overdoing it. Dealing with the problem is the most important thing. Come with me, Your Highness, those corpses are over there."

Fisher nodded, and then led several knights including Linna towards the center of the square.

"The body was discovered this afternoon. This square has been abandoned for a long time, and there are usually few people around."

While walking, a clerk holding a notepad at the side spoke and introduced the cause and process of the case.

"The reporter smelled a strong smell of blood. He came over curiously and saw these corpses. There were a total of [-] corpses, all of which had their heads decapitated."

The corpses had been gathered together and put into bags. Linna opened two of the bags and observed carefully. She found that the cuts on the necks of these corpses were very rough. It seemed that the thing that cut off their heads was not sharp. look.

The victims seemed to be from outside the city, and soon Linna also discovered something strange.

"Only the body, but no head?"

"Yes, we found thirteen bodies, but not a single head."

Linna frowned involuntarily, and began to think about which cult was more similar to this method of killing.

"This is the outer city. It is not difficult to take their heads away after killing people. And when we came to the scene, these corpses had signs on them, which stated their names, the crimes they committed, combined with The location, and the manner in which these people were killed, made it look more like a private trial than someone here."

As the clerk said so, he handed a sign to Linna.

Lin Na glanced at the sign in her hand and felt her blood pressure go up.

It wrote a story of killing one's friend, occupying the other's wife and daughter, and forcing the mother and daughter to sell their bodies.

"Have you investigated and are you sure what's on the sign is true?"

The clerk nodded and then shook his head again, with an extremely strange look on his face.

"The identities of most of the victims have been determined, and they are indeed the names written on the sign. It's just that the stories on the sign are very strange and all are false. For example, the sign in your hand, Your Highness, the deceased did have a wife and daughter, but he The family is harmonious, the husband and wife are very loving, and his wife has never remarried."

Trial with false crimes, what is the purpose of the murderer?
Linna couldn't figure it out, and then asked another important question.

"Have you found the murder weapon? Since it was a private trial, the murder weapon should be very special, right?"

"Yes, the murder weapon is indeed very special."

This time it was Judge Fisher who spoke. He pointed to a tall wooden shelf in front of him and said slowly.

"That's the murder weapon."

Linna took a closer look and found that it was a simple guillotine, and the guillotine hanging high was still stained with bright red blood.

(End of this chapter)