Heart of the Castle

Chapter 703 Putting together the fragments and breaking through the fog
"Evidence? If you're talking about personal evidence or physical evidence, then I don't have either." Director Bamilian straightened his wrinkled collar and admitted frankly, "And the evidence is what you want I went to collect it, and what I said is just a guess, but the accuracy can be guaranteed to be more than [-]%. However, because speculation based on existing clues cannot ensure that there is no misunderstanding, I would like to propose a few small points to Lord Taldan. question for verification."

Li Wei glanced at Director Bamili Yang with piercing eyes, and then nodded in agreement, "Master Taldan, please answer Berrick's question seriously. He is a senior intelligence officer, and his ability to analyze clues far exceeds Normal people."

Taldan got up and bowed when he heard the words, and put his hand on his chest, with a solemn expression, "Your Excellency the Regent, I swear to the great Lord of the Flame, that I will answer with all my heart and every word is true and credible."

"Master Taldan, that would be great." Director Bamilian smiled at the lion-slaying man after getting permission, "The first question I want to know is, how is Prince Arathan's emotional ups and downs these two days? Doesn't it look a little moody?"

Taldan found it difficult to answer the first question. He frowned and chose his words carefully. "His Royal Highness may be a little hot-tempered, but I don't think it's a big fault, after all..."
"You must answer my question in a relatively clear way." Manager Bamili Yang interrupted sharply. "Excessive explanations will only cloud my judgment."

A hint of sullenness flashed across Taldan's face, but he still replied, "...His Royal Highness's mood, this...has always fluctuated a lot, and the act of changing his decision did not happen by chance."

"A small... but crucial piece of the jigsaw puzzle, I feel one step closer to the truth." Manager Bamili Yang said to himself, but the volume was just enough for everyone to hear. "Second question, after the Abraham Army joins the troops of the Second Eastern Counties, will Prince Arasan and the Lord of the Eyed Eyes Tomad Jansen meet?"

Taldan thought for a longer time this time, and exchanged glances with Tuha Sauddin a few times, then he let out a long breath and shook his head vigorously in denial, "No, His Royal Highness must not be with Tomade Yang. Sen had a meeting."

"What an abnormal situation is this? The war is approaching, and the leaders of the two coalition forces have not even held a meeting. Why is this? Could it be that some people can't get rid of certain charges after being afraid of the meeting? ?” Director Bamili Yang said in a low voice as if pointing, and then raised his voice to ask, “Then, is there anyone around Prince Alasan? For example, the beauties or servants presented by Lord Gale Eyes?”

"No, there isn't." Taldana Cositi replied almost immediately this time, "or there was once, but it was rejected. It's not surprising, according to our Abrahamic tradition, every maid and servant After going through a full ten years of selection under all kinds of rigorous training to ensure impeccable loyalty, you are qualified to be the personal servant of His Royal Highness."

"Are there no servants... Then, is there anything more in the tent than before the expedition? Especially precious and beautiful, luxury enough to be worthy of the status of the heir to the king of a country?" Director Bamili Yang thought for a while, no Willingly asked.

"It seems that there are some more things." Taldan recalled carefully for a while, and then he nodded and said in a more emphatic tone, "Yes, there are more things, there is a beautiful porcelain plate in the style of Yahan, and some gold and silver Wine vessels and carvings..." He thought hard and thought, and finally spread his hands helplessly and said, "There should be some other things, but I can't remember."

"Your Excellency the Regent, this clue is the most critical piece of the puzzle." The corner of Bamilian Yang's mouth drew a proud arc, then turned around, bowed to Li Wei and said, "Please send someone to investigate in detail For a moment, it is best to have a master who is proficient in the methods of suing the dead assist."

"Sir Rodriguez," Li Wei turned his head and ordered the Scourge Knight standing on the right, "please take a few Griffin Knights to the old housekeeper, and bring all the things that were moved and sorted in the morning, and let Abraham Knights, please identify what it is."

The Scourge Knight in black armor agreed and walked out the door. It didn't seem long before he came back, followed by a few Griffin Knights, who together carried a heavy-looking box.The box was quickly placed on the desk, and the lid was lifted.The first thing that was exposed was a shiny disc like a silver moon, with many exquisite patterns faintly appearing on it, several mouths made admiring clicks at the same time, it seemed that even the lion slayer Taldan couldn't forget it Treasures of Yahan!

"My gods!" Angelo Carter, who was always standing in the corner, blurted out in surprise, "I, I know this Yahan porcelain. This is my father, Kakatris, the former president of the Tianping Chamber of Commerce. When the forest was attacked and died, it was the most exquisite piece of goods carried by the caravan!"

"Twilight Forest? President Kakateris?" Levi stood up abruptly, and even the high-back chair behind him fell to the ground due to his violent movements, "Gods, Andrew Carter, your words make up for us The last piece of the jigsaw puzzle! The caravan of Chairman Kakateris was robbed and killed by the Death Knights, and the commander at that time was..." His gaze swept to Sir Haihua in the crowd, who then solemnly Rong stood up, and replied in a heavy and direct tone, "Your Excellency the Regent, the person who made the suggestion and personally ordered the blockade of the Dusk Forest is my former colleague, the scythe of the god of death, Thomas de Jansen, the Lord of the Eyes!"

As soon as Sir Haihua's words fell, the room was filled with surprised and uneasy conversations, especially those knights from the desert country Abraham, almost everyone became filled with righteous indignation, and some of the most excited knights even followed Abraham mourned the nobleman's tradition, knelt on the ground and tore off the collar of his robe, then howled and beat his chest with one fist after another.

"Everyone, please calm down, please calm down." Director Bamili Yang yelled loudly, waving his hands on his head several times in a row, and waited until the sound in the room faded away before he spoke again, "As I speculated just now, Now every clue points to the Lord of the Eyes, Thomas Jansen, and this rare porcelain plate from Yahan is the key evidence to prove whether he used despicable means to poison Prince Arathan. Your Excellency the Regent, I would like to invite the Temple of the Storm and The two Lord Bishops of the Earth Temple, use divine magic to appraise this plate and see what is hidden on it."

Li Wei slowly sat back on the high-backed chair that Grun Worm had helped him up for, his eyes searched the faces of the crowd, "Hilton, Bishop of the Temple of the Storm, and Bishop Orlande, of the Temple of the Earth" he said. He said in a solemn tone, "If the injuries of the two of you are no longer serious, can you invite the two of you to have an appraisal?"

"My lord, your will, my direction." Bishop Orlande immediately stood up and replied in a deep and powerful voice. He has a thick and honest square face, and his strong body seems to be the same as when he once presided over the Northern Territory. The storm archbishop Bovais of the County Dean's Office did the same thing, stretching his khaki cleric robe to the point of tearing.

"Friends of the Storm, the pious servant in charge of the Thunder is waiting for your orders." Bishop Hilton stood up and said not to be outdone. The bishop's body shape is exactly the opposite of the previous one. He is tall and thin, with a slightly hunchbacked figure. The long and narrow face, which is as sharp as a sword, is quite jokingly called "forked lightning" by many people in private.

In all fairness, the strength of these two bishops can be regarded as the best among the high-level priests, but there is still a distance from the regional bishop, and even worse than the priests from the heart of the castle, just because The Archbishop of the Storm, Bovavar, and the Deputy Archbishop of the Temple of the Earth, Beria, who originally presided over the educational affairs, had already left Dirk City for Greencastle, the new capital of Northern County, and they were temporarily chosen to serve as them.Fortunately, detecting evil, mass detecting evil and advanced detecting evil are both low-level general-purpose magic spells, and the two bishops are still able to perform them happily.

The two bishops walked to both ends of the desk respectively, then raised the bishop's scepter in their hands, and began to pray in a high-pitched, solemn tone as if singing a hymn, asking their respective gods to bestow divine power to find out the difference between the objects in front of them. The evil contained in it, or proved to be no problem.Hissing electric light began to emerge from the topaz tip of the scepter in Bishop Hilton's hand, while a thick, solid yellow light appeared on the obsidian scepter in Bishop Orlande's hand.

This is just a harmless special effect of two kinds of magic spells with different power attributes. In fact, the magic spells they cast are not different. They are all fourth-level magic spells-advanced detection of evil, when the last lingering sound of prayer dissipates At the same time, the two bishops pointed their scepters at the Yahan porcelain plate placed in the middle of the desk, and two bright rays of light shot out from the top of the scepter, engulfing the porcelain plate in a blink of an eye.

At the very beginning, there was no abnormality on the porcelain plate. This period lasted for about tens of seconds. Not only did everyone in the room exchange suspicious glances, but even Director Bamilian showed a shaken look on his face.Tuha Sauddin stood up with a tense face, his face and expression were equally full of haze, but just when his lips moved, a sharp and thin sound, which was at the limit of hearing, suddenly sounded in the light of divine magic. There was a strange cry, and then there was a series of cracking sounds like when a glacier thawed in early spring. Before Li Wei and others could react, the porcelain plate made a crisp explosion, and burst into countless small and sharp fragments, like a burst of rapid needle rain. to all directions.

As soon as the shards of porcelain exploded and flew out, Sir Rodriguez's Star Iron Giant Sword and Rist Robinson's Dawn Holy Sword both came out of their sheaths. In the next instant, the pure white holy light and the dark vindictive energy collided loudly. Together, the air waves swept across the audience like a hurricane rushing out of hell, causing everyone to stagger, and the center point where the grudges collided with each other rotated rapidly, forming a powerful suction force that sucked those sharp The broken pieces of porcelain were sucked together abruptly, and then were ground into a harmless powder by two opposing vindictive forces.

Seeing that everyone was in a state of distress, but luckily none of them were injured, Li Wei let out a sigh of relief, finally feeling relieved.Olander and Hilton, the two lord bishops, looked the most embarrassed because they were relatively close to the porcelain plate. Their heads and faces were covered with white porcelain powder, which further set off their pale faces as if they had escaped from death. Mixed with fear and shame look.

"You two bishops, what happened just now?" Li Wei asked in a deep voice, "What happened to the scream just now? Why did the porcelain plate suddenly explode?"

Olande was the first to wake up from the panic, "Bless the God of the Earth, I'm very sorry, Your Excellency." He apologized and said, "There is some kind of unknown power in this porcelain plate, which is very hidden. Bishop Hilton and I didn't notice it in advance, but the advanced magic of detecting evil triggered this power, which caused the porcelain plate to explode."

"Some kind of unknown power?" Li Wei's tone was full of doubts, and his eyebrows were almost twisted into a knot on his forehead. "Isn't it the power of undead, demons, darkness, or other evil attributes?"

"Although it can't be identified accurately, it should not be the power of evil attributes." Bishop Hilton said, his voice trembling from fear, and he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands from time to time. "If it's an evil force, we should be able to identify it from the very beginning with the advanced magic of detecting evil."

Li Wei's brows trembled a few times, his eyes dropped to the table, and he fell into deep thought, "Since there is no evil power contained in the porcelain plate, then the Bamilian Chief's guess is wrong? The sneaky rotten sac was parasitized on Prince Arasan The conspirator in the body is someone else, and it's not the work of the Lord of the Eyes?"

"Don't draw conclusions too early. Advanced detection of evil is just a fourth-level magic. Whether it is magic, magic or alchemy, there are countless ways to deceive it." A vigorous and powerful voice Came from the direction leading to the corridor, followed by the clang of the guarded Griffin Knight knocking on the breastplate in the corridor, and Mr. Dish, dressed in the attire of a wealthy and aristocratic butler, stepped into the room with elegant and calm steps, completely in line with the aristocratic style. He bowed in a polite manner, and at the same time a sharp light reflected from the tortoiseshell-rimmed monocle crystal glasses.

"Master Li Wei, the troubles 'over there' have been resolved."

Li Weiston woke up from his contemplation. The trouble Mr. Dish mentioned was the Scourge Knights who surrendered to Sir Rodriguez. Knight Eupondra also has more than a dozen strong men ranging from Earl with Swords to Lords with Swords. Their comprehensive strength is far above Wilps' first group of Griffins, and their loyalty can be guaranteed, enough to Become a very reliable support for Levi.But if these death knights are allowed to appear in front of the people of the kingdom without any concealment, then Li Wei's reputation may plummet, from a national salvation hero to a dark devil.

Equipping hundreds of death knights with alchemy accessories that conceal their aura is a daunting task even for Dish Friedrich, the so-called omnipotent castle heart and alchemy master. .Including the small monster alchemy factory, blacksmith shop, and magic tower, all related facilities have been operating at full capacity, and finally these accessories were produced in time and distributed to every death knight.Since then, Mr. Dish had to sleep for a while due to excessive mental energy consumption, and he did not wake up from the dark, dreamless sleep until not long ago.

As the maker of the Castle Heart, Mr. Dish has a spiritual connection with the current owner of the Castle Heart—Leviston, so he doesn't need to ask at all to be fully aware of what happened just now.Facing the dissatisfied gazes of the two bishops, Mr. Dish walked to the desk, took off the spotless white glove on his right hand, and then pinched a handful of porcelain powder with his thumb and index finger, squinting his eyes Observe carefully.

Mr. Dish's behavior made the two bishops feel uneasy. They were not high-level figures in their respective churches. Although they knew about the deeds of the regent King Liviston himself, they knew nothing about the people around him. limited.So the two bishops didn't know Mr. Dish's true identity at all, but regarded him as an ordinary housekeeper.

Bishop Orlander of the Earth Temple was kind-hearted. Although there was a slight expression of dissatisfaction on his face, at least his mouth was tightly shut.The character of Bishop Hilton of the Temple of Storms has nothing to do with honesty. Perhaps Tomica, who is in charge of Thunder, has a fiery temper, and most of his priests also have the same traits, so when Mr. Dish observed silently After drinking the pinch of porcelain powder for a full minute, Bishop Hilton, who was really unable to contain his anger, slammed the ground with the topaz scepter, making a muffled thunderous sound.

"Mr. Housekeeper, may I ask what you have seen?" His tone was very harsh, and his knife-like chin raised high menacingly, as if it could be projected at any time, piercing Mr. Dish's chest. "Just now you boasted that Bishop Orlande and I were blinded by the magical effect, so tell me, what do you see from these wrecks that have been shattered into porcelain powder?"

After these words were uttered, there were clear gasps, and even Sir Rodriguez, who had always been taciturn and serious in front of people, couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth.However, those desert knights didn't have any expressions, and several well-known knights in the north who didn't belong to the Griffin Knights only guessed a rough idea from the overreaction of Li Wei and others.

For Bishop Hilton's provocation, Mr. Dish just smiled back, and then snapped his fingers. The scattered porcelain powder on the desk was immediately rolled together by a whirlwind and piled up into a small cone. "The magical effects of the Detect Evil series are outstanding, but the limitations are also great, because even undead or dark forces are not all evil. When encountering such forces, Detect Evil is often not ranked first. Any use."

Bishop Hilton's long neck jerked, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his long and narrow face, "blasphemy, this is blasphemy!" He screamed, his voice was as creepy as metal scraping milk glass, "what are you talking about? Heresy? Darkness is of course evil, and the undead is the evil among evils. As long as it is evil, it will never escape the golden spear thrown from the sky by the Thunderer!"

"What if it's the divine power of Ku Ximo, the Eternal Sleeper? That's the purest power of the undead, but can it be called evil?" Mr. Dish's sarcasm made Bishop Hilton startled immediately, and then from the eyes There was a mixture of anger and fear in his face.

"Eternal sleep guide? How is this possible? As we all know, although the organization of the dead believe in this lord of nothingness, they cannot benefit from their beliefs. Only the church of the comforter who also believes in the eternal sleep guide can obtain divine power !" Bishop Hilton stopped to take a breath, then puffed up his chest, making his attitude as tough as possible, as if this could turn what he said into reality. "Mr. Steward, may I take that what you said just now is to testify that the Church of the Soul Solace is the murderer who murdered Prince Arathan?"

"Your religious knowledge is not bad, Bishop Hilton, but it is not deep enough." Mr. Dish's eyes flickered, his tone was still polite, but the meaning in his words seemed aggressive, "If you can Sit longer in this position, and at the same time take the time to study those religious texts that can only be accessed with the status of a regional bishop, and you will not make the same mistake."

Bishop Hilton's face was a little pale, but he forced himself to be calm. The pious servant in charge of Thunderbolt must not be afraid, let alone cover up his mistakes with mistakes. "Mr. Steward, I don't think there is anything wrong." His head was still raised proudly, but the tone that was so strong just now has become much weaker. It has appeared, and what remains in various places are peripheral organizations that have not received the favor of divine power, so I don't believe they can do such a thing."

Mr. Dish glanced at Bishop Hilton with a half-smile, and then twirled the carefully groomed white beard on his chin, "The Church of the Solace has always been the sworn enemy of the organization of the dead, and the response of the gods to believers has suddenly weakened." At that time, the blow to the Church of the Soul Sorcerer was far greater than that of believers of other gods, and they might have been completely eradicated by the black hands behind the organization of the dead at that time."

Bishop Hilton's face changed again, "How could this be? The Church of the Soul Solace...is no longer in existence?" He shook his head in disbelief, but he had to secretly agree with Mr. Dish's explanation in his heart.

"That's why those priests of Ku Ximo, the Eternal Sleeper, didn't come to the Church of the Soul Man, but someone else." Mr. Dish adjusted the monocle on his right eye, his voice was not loud, but he spoke The meaning in it shocked the audience like a cracking lightning, "Please don't forget that Ku Ximu, the long-sleeping guide, is not only a god with human believers. The dark elves also regard it as one of their beliefs. Those who worship the lord of nothingness, and Dark elf priests with the power of death are recorded in many religious books. And they are usually divided into two categories, one is called the Prophet of Eternal Darkness, who is good at summoning various powerful undead creatures; Known as the messenger of death, he is good at all kinds of curse secrets that kill people invisibly!"

(End of this chapter)