Chapter 66

The branch court is located on the edge of the city, far away from the downtown area. The surrounding roads are flat and the grass and trees are neat. It is far less magnificent and holy than the Bishop's Court. It only has a 100-meter-high spire cathedral. However, compared with the low houses made of earth and stones in the city, it is already magnificent and conspicuous enough.

Ugly and unclean corpses will not be left in churches where statues of gods are placed, as this is an offense to the gods.

The group walked to a place two hundred meters to the back, where there were kitchens, stables, and servants' houses...it looked more lively.

The bishop and his men stopped in front of a locked house that looked like a farmhouse. He was unlocking it. Winster stepped forward, put his arm around his brother, and carefully glanced around the corners and beams. Seeing that there was nothing inside except five coffins, he followed the bishop in.

Winster believed his feelings more than what he saw, "Someone just came in."

The bishop knew the faces of the powerful paladins. Seeing this knight was unfamiliar and looked to be about 20 years old, he knew that he was not very capable, so he did not trust Winster. He denied it in a gentle voice, "There is not even a window here, and I am the only one who has the key here. Maybe it was the movement of birds. Child, you are too sensitive, but this will definitely better protect His Royal Highness the Son of God."

Winster didn't say a word. He looked at his brother, silently reminding him to be careful.

Al naturally trusted Winster. He thought for a moment, raised his hand and snapped his fingers, "Wake up."

The divine language awakened the light elements floating in the air. The white light emitted by each individual element was so subtle that it was easily overlooked, but when the light elements here also demonstrated their presence, they made the dark room as bright as day.

But the brightness was not blinding, so everyone could see at a glance that in the room where light elements were evenly distributed, there was a small space the size of a person's height where light elements were obviously scarce - as if they had just been squeezed out by other elements.

The bishop was also a mage, so he naturally understood what this meant. He looked at the empty space next to the coffin, speechless, but soon realized his mistake and admitted his mistake: "As expected of His Highness, your control over the elements is so strong. I wonder if the murderer came here to clear up the clues... I was negligent and should have arranged someone to guard it."

Al said to comfort her casually, "Don't worry about it. The murderer didn't destroy the body when he committed the crime. It's normal that I didn't expect him to come back. I just hope the body is still here."

Yaerlin walked to the space with scarce light elements and stood there quietly. After a moment, he shook his head to Elphis and said, "Your Highness, there is nothing."

With the swordsman's keen five senses, Yaerlin did not feel the scorching heat of the fire element, the dampness of the water element, the chill of the dark element, the slight numbness of the thunder element, or the dust of the earth element...

Al was not disappointed. Except for the earth element who could leave through the ground, other element mages could hardly hide. "Perhaps you used a teleportation scroll to leave. I guess there are a lot of space elements left where you are standing."

Not wanting to stay in the church any longer, the silver-haired young man did not even turn his head and gently instructed the knight, "Raymond, go and lift the coffin lid."

"???" Raymond twitched his eyes. Wasn't Yarlin standing next to the coffin? Why did he ask him to go? This guy seemed to like asking him to do some chores...

He strode over, touched the coffin lid and lifted it up. He wanted to push it open and get out, but his mind was suddenly filled with the voices of other knights commenting that he was too rude. Worried that the Son of God would dislike him and transfer him away, Raymond retracted his strength and placed the wooden lid across the coffin, revealing the upper half of the corpse.

It is safe.

The Son of God showed no sign of change as he walked over slowly and calmly, thinking that it was good to have a spy by his side, as he wouldn't have to worry about feeling guilty if he brought one to help him.

This was the victim who was killed before Al left the royal city. He had been dead for some time, but there was not much of a rotten smell because he was reduced to skin and bones.

It seemed as if all the moisture in their bodies had been baked dry, with wrinkled skin clinging to their skeletons. Even people who were close to them could no longer discern their original appearance.

The corpse had its mouth open, and the dark hole looked creepy. With just one glance, Al determined that the murderer behind the scene was not the one who killed Daniel.

The murderer who attacked several candidates acted efficiently and with a clear purpose. He only targeted the light mage and had no greed for the space ring that was within the reach of the deceased. He would not even sneak attack the paladin next door.

And judging from Daniel's frozen expression, he died very quickly, and felt almost no pain. Sometimes Elphis would have a flash of thought that the murderer was kind by nature...

The people lying in front of him truly felt the process of death, so their faces showed a look of pain and hideousness.

The white light covers the body, and the great healing technique that can regenerate severed limbs can naturally also repair other problems of the body, such as restoring it to its original state.

When the bishop saw the mummy turned back to its original appearance in life, he was surprised - could the Son of God have achieved this?

Oh~ By the way, it is said that Your Highness is favored by God, so he should be so powerful!

Al performs magic not out of humanitarianism, but for another purpose.

The light element that filled the remains did not encounter any hindrance in the process of taking effect, which means that there are no remaining dark elements that are incompatible with it.

"The murderer's main purpose is to get money, killing is secondary. When the Church and the City Lord's Mansion are tracking him down, they should also check all the mages and swordsmen who have been to the three nearby cities in the past month. Don't just focus on the dark race all day and let the real murderer walk right under your nose without you noticing."

As the young man spoke, his tone was already somewhat cold. The bishop felt oppressed by the young man and tried to defend himself: "But...these people died in a very similar way to the candidates. We..."

The young Saint interrupted him, "I am a light wizard. I can make the enemy look like this. Magicians of other wizards can naturally do the same." All they need to do is control the light element to expel the water element from the human body. "There are many kinds of magic potions. It is not impossible for them to have such an effect. So the murderer may also be a skilled swordsman."

Raymond nodded in agreement from behind, because the Son of God shared his opinion. For the first time, he felt a sense of identification with the master he had chosen.

The bishop had no way to refute. "Your Highness is very thoughtful. I will send someone to inform the city lords to pay attention to the people entering the city. Your Highness, do you want to stay in the branch court and wait for progress? Your residence has been prepared."

As long as he didn't mention the other party's stupid mistakes, Al's tone would be as gentle as usual. "No need, I'll take a look at the towns near the abyss. Contact me if you have any clues."

A large number of wizards and swordsmen in the city were already on alert, and the possibility of the murderer returning was low, so Elphis left here that day and rode to another city where no murder had occurred yet.

Two days later, they finally arrived at their new destination and planned to stay there for a while, waiting for clues found by the branch court or for the murderer to strike again.

Al chose this city not because he thought it was the most likely place for the murderer to show up, but because he had a branch of his store here - when you are out, eat well, sleep well, and don't compromise yourself if you have the conditions.

Stepping into the popular restaurant, Al suddenly realized that there were places in this city that attracted murderers, such as this branch - in the eyes of others, it was making a fortune and was extremely wealthy. I wonder how many gold coins and valuables were stored in the boss's treasure room!

In fact, every half a month someone would come to the branch and take away large profits. The boss only got a high salary, but outsiders didn’t know about it!

Seeing his subtle expression, Winster asked, "Brother, what are you thinking about?"

Unlike Samuel who felt that taking the initiative to ask about the trivial matters of mankind would lower his status, Winster, who had been humiliated and insulted since childhood, did not have his arrogance. He was eager to know all about his brother's affairs and thoughts, and wanted to become his brother's closest and most trusted person, so he would take the initiative to approach and ask.

Al sat down, and after ordering, he said his guess, "We are going to stay at the owner's house for a few days."

Since it's just a matter of sitting back and waiting, it's better to go to the home of my own worker and wait there.

Yaerlin nodded. "It is indeed possible. I will go negotiate with the boss and ask him to allow us to live in his house."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Arlin."

Raymond, who was sitting there calmly, curled his lips. Why didn't this guy ever tell him thank you for your hard work?

Yarlin explained the whole story to the boss and showed the divine light flower emblem that symbolized the Holy See. The frightened boss agreed in a trance, and he was flattered that the knight was willing to pay for the accommodation.

Yaerlin returned to the private room. "Your Highness, the boss agreed, but he mentioned that a few days ago a swordsman from the City Lord's Mansion moved into his home for the same reason."

"Really? Could it be that the city lord here has arranged people to guard the treasure rooms of all the wealthy businessmen? That's quite thoughtful."

It was dinner time, and the boss was very busy. He knew it would be inconvenient to take them back home. Elphis would not disturb his employees who were working hard, so he planned to take a walk in this strange city and wait for the boss to finish his work before taking them home.

Al, who was about to go to the magic material store to buy some new stuff, stood at the door. He squinted his eyes and felt that the profile of a man inside looked very much like a big boss he had met once.

The young man murmured quietly, "Dean Krevich?"

The man didn't know whether he heard the voice or felt the focused scrutiny. He turned his head and was startled. "Little guy, you are here too. What a coincidence."

Elphis thought of something quickly. He hesitated and finally swallowed what he really wanted to say. "It's a coincidence."

According to the dean, he came here to visit a friend, but the other party had gone on a long journey and had not returned, so he was planning to leave.

After hearing Al's purpose, Klevich said, "Oh? There is such a thing... If Al doesn't mind, how about letting me join the investigation?"

"With you here, if we really encounter the murderer, we will definitely not let him escape. But there is also the possibility that nothing will happen. I am afraid that it will waste the dean's time."

The man had a calm and resolute expression, like a leader who stood up for justice. "It's okay. I don't have anything to do."

“……”Who is in charge of the Mage Academy?

What else could he say? Of course he agreed.

Today's surprises were not over yet, because after following the branch owner back to his villa-sized residence, Al met another acquaintance -

"Auston?!"

The world is so big, but he feels it is so small.