The yellow-haired villain in Feng Aotian's novel also wants happiness

Celecia looked away silently.

"Just...just as His Highness sees it."

The bald middle-aged man wiped his forehead hard and said:

"The dead died of having their hearts ripped out."

57. Mercury

"Tear your heart out..."

Celcia stared at the hideous hole in the corpse's chest, her expression becoming increasingly gloomy:

"Is it the direct cause of death?"

"Probably, but not 100% sure."

The bald middle-aged man said:

"We roughly inspected the body of the deceased. Except for the hole in the chest, there were no other external injuries on the body. Therefore, we initially judged that the cause of death was that the heart was removed. However, since the body has not yet been dissected in detail, we cannot rule out that it was the heart. The deceased were the first to die from poison or curse.”

"There are so many ways to kill without causing trauma, so there is no need to worry about this. What I want to know more is how his heart was taken out."

Celecia put on gloves, gently opened the broken clothes on the deceased's chest, and peered into the hideous hole.

"This kind of trace probably does not indicate the use of any sharp weapon."

"no……"

The middle-aged man paused, with a hint of fear in his tone:

"Preliminary judgment is that it was done with bare hands. He was forcefully torn out his heart with his bare hands."

"Warcraft?"

"people."

The middle-aged man said:

"And judging from the preliminary marks, it may be a woman."

"Woman..." Celcia's eyes became serious.

"I remember that there was a rumor circulating in the Lower City about a heart-eating succubus that would seduce men on full-moon nights, then take out their hearts and eat them."

Celecia glanced at the dark sky: "Although the weather is bad, according to the day, today is indeed a full moon night. In other words, that rumor may be true?"

"Yes...there is such a rumor."

The bald middle-aged man wiped his forehead more frequently and vigorously, making people worry that he might accidentally remove the few pitiful hairs from his head.

"But Xiacheng District is a mixed bag. It's so chaotic. The number of corpses pulled out of alleys and gutters every day is at least double digits, so we can't confirm whether this rumor is true."

"Whether it's true or not, at least it's a clue."

"Yes, check, we will check right away."

"Where's the other information?"

"Not for now...not for now."

The middle-aged man trembled and said:

"When we came, heavy rain had washed away almost all traces, and no murder weapon was used in the murder. It was really difficult to find other clues."

"In other words, we can only start from the deceased himself?"

Celecia lowered her eyelids and kept scanning the dead body.

It’s no wonder that the middle-aged man looks so bald. Rainy Night, Murder, Heart Erosion, Son of an Earl, and even some scandalous urban legends, no matter which one is not handled well, is enough to make him lose his hat, and even To take a life.

"You should withdraw first."

But at this moment, Celcia seemed to have discovered something and suddenly said.

"Huh? No, won't you check?"

The middle-aged man was stunned.

"This is no longer something you can handle."

Celecia looked at the dead man's hand.

Due to rigor mortis after death, the hand that had lost all its blood was twisted like a frozen chicken claw, as if it was desperately trying to grab something before death.

And in the nails that were twisted and bleeding, Celcia saw something different.

scales.

Black, fine scales.

Like snake scales.

"Snake man..."

As if she thought of something, Celcia's eyes flashed coldly and she murmured softly.

…

…

"What's this?"

Of course, it was impossible for Teacher Meira to really take out the hammer and electric drill and randomly transform Mu En like the mad scientist in the story. Instead, she took Mu En to a lake that looked like it was filled with mercury.

No, it's not so much a lake as it is an indescribably huge well.

"This is the Well of Silver.

Meila stretched out her hand and said:

"It is both the foundation of the academy and the cage that suppresses that thing."

"That thing?"

"I know you are very curious, but regarding that matter, I advise you not to ask more questions until you become the wearer of the crown."

Meila glanced at Mu En coldly, telling him to shut up quickly.

"Then if we're not visiting prisons for ideological and moral education, what are we doing here?"

"Of course it will strengthen you."

"strengthen?"

"If you want to be the carrier of the Eternal Clock, the most important thing is of course that your foundation must be stable enough."

Meera said:

"So I want to strengthen you to a certain extent so that you can become resistant to the complex law of time."

"Resistance?"

"To put it simply, it makes you more wearable."

"Wear-resistant?"

Mu En became increasingly confused.

"Why do you have to ask everything?" Teacher Meira couldn't help rolling her eyes.

"Because I don't know anything."

"well."

Meera sighed, with an expression like "Why do I have such a stupid disciple like you," and pointed to the Well of Mercury:

"Forget it, don't think too much about anything, just jump down."

"Oh, so all we have to do is jump down... What a ghost!"

Mu En roared with a look of horror:

"You can't just jump into a place like this, it's mercury, it's poisonous!"

"Although I don't know what mercury you understand, but in alchemy, pure mercury is one of the basic elements that make up everything."

"Is that so."

Mu En heaved a sigh of relief.

It's better if it's not the mercury he understands.

"But it's really poisonous, I hope you don't die too quickly."

"Huh?"

Mu En hadn't reacted yet, and as soon as he turned his head, he saw Teacher Meila's white and tender feet quickly enlarged in his sight.

"What's that? Get in!"

The impatient Teacher Meila flew up directly, and kicked Mu En into the well with a loli flying kick.

"Damn it!"

Feeling the severe pain in his cheek from the flying kick, and the strong discomfort of weightlessness, Mu En couldn't help but let out a miserable cry in mid-air.

"Why in reality, there is such a damn setting as an anti-gravity skirt!"

...

Mu En fell into the well of mercury.

Like falling into mud, Mu En was instantly wrapped in thick flowing liquid.

Mu En subconsciously held his breath.

But the endless mercury, as if it had its own consciousness, flowed into his body madly along his nasal cavity, ear canal, pores, and all parts that could penetrate his body.

Severe pain came instantly, and then Mu En felt that the mercury began to gradually erode his body, just like ink dripping into clear water, spreading rapidly.

And all the places eroded by mercury seemed to have experienced the passage of countless years, and quickly decayed into scattered dust.

"Use fire."

Teacher Meila's voice sounded in his ears.

Without any hesitation, Mu En opened his eyes.

In those blue eyes, fire suddenly ignited.

The flame of the King of Withering is both the flame of death that burns everything and the flame of vitality that brings new life.

So even if he suffered a direct blow from a crowned man, he did not die.

Under the burning of the flame, Mu En's lost flesh quickly recovered, and the new flesh and blood seemed to have a mercury-like luster.

But this did not bring him relief.

Because the erosion of mercury continued, as if it would never stop.

The sharp pain of flesh decay and the itch of limb regeneration were like the bites of countless ants.

Two completely different, but extremely terrifying feelings, tortured Mu En's consciousness crazily.

If it were an ordinary person, he would have gone crazy long ago.

But——

"Who the hell do you think I am!"

Surrounded by endless mercury, Mu En's face was ferocious, and he let out a beast-like roar from his clenched teeth.

"I have experienced death countless times, and I am still afraid of you?"

So, Mu En opened his mouth and swallowed more mercury directly into his stomach.

Just like pouring cold water into hot oil, the two incompatible powerful forces collided violently in his body.

——Since you want to pursue excitement, then go all the way!

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"That's right, that's right, that's it!"