There was dead silence in the forest late at night.

After the bustle of the day, the forest looked particularly eerie at night, but to Fang Zheng, this was obviously nothing.

"Honestly, what's the point?"

Fang Zheng held his head in his hands, walking in the forest bored, while looking at Heine who was not far in front of him.

"You still don't want to give up on that secret method? Why don't you just join our Thousand Worlds Tree?"

"I have to give it a try after all. Magicians are stubborn people like that."

"So why did you drag me along?"

Fang Zheng was a little confused, because Heine found him and the flowers after the old man's body was found in the morning. Fang Zheng thought he had finally figured it out, but he didn't expect Heine to ask them to take care of his sister Rosalind.

That would be fine, anyway, the little girl is quite well-behaved and sensible, she can watch Pleasant Goat with relish for a whole day. But what Fang Zheng didn't expect was that when it was evening, Heine actually found him again and invited her to go with him to find the whereabouts of the inheritance and the murderer.

This made Fang Zheng a little confused, but even so, she still followed him.

"But you're not here either?"

"I'm here, but I want to end this farce as soon as possible. Weber seems to be trying to play the role of a famous detective, but I don't have that mindset, and I'm not interested in reasoning. The simpler and more direct way to catch the murderer is to catch him at the crime scene..."

Having said that, Fang Zheng clenched his fist and waved it.

"It's time to end this farce!"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng looked towards Heine.

"What about you? Are you still unwilling to give up on that secret method of Wen?"

"In fact, I had a run-in with that beast once before."

"Oh, I heard that."

Fang Zheng was not surprised by what Heine said, because he was the first person to discover the first victim, Kanono Hishiri. According to Heine's description at the time, he was attacked by some kind of beast while looking for the "solution" in the castle. Then he tracked the beast to the hall and found the body of Kanono Hishiri impaled on the angel.

"I was very upset that I didn't win at the time, so I plan to find it again for another challenge."

"So what does this have to do with me?"

"I hope you can bear witness to this."

Heine smiled at the red ponytail. If a real girl saw the smile on his handsome face, she would definitely scream - but Fang Zheng naturally did not react.

"Okay, okay, I don't care. Following you might help us find the murderer sooner. It would be nice to get it done sooner and go home sooner."

While the two were talking, they had walked to an open space at the edge of the forest. There was a pedestal here, but the part where the statue was supposed to be placed was empty. However, it was obvious that the one placed on it was supposed to be an angel.

"The angel turned into a wild beast, staring at the sky in the west and devouring the sun."

Looking at the writing on the pedestal, Heine took out his invitation letter and took a look at it, then muttered to himself. After that, he carefully looked at the pedestal and reached out his hand.

“Boom boom boom…”

With a slight low sound, the pedestal slowly moved backwards, and then a dark tunnel appeared in front of the two.

"Not bad."

Seeing this scene, Fang Zheng couldn't help but whistle.

"You're much better than that guy."

"It's just that I found a few clues."

As he spoke, Heine walked into the tunnel, and Fang Zheng followed closely behind him.

After entering the tunnel, Fang Zheng saw Heine standing there. Then he closed his eyes and whispered to himself.

"Let it flow."

The next moment, Heine's body was instantly covered by knight's armor, and at the same time, a spear appeared in his hand - seeing this scene, Fang Zheng's expression was stunned for a moment.

"Hey, are you serious?"

"Hmm? What?"

Heine turned around and looked at Fang Zheng in surprise, as if he didn't understand what she meant.

"You said you can't use a gun... Don't you know that spearmen are lucky since ancient times?"

"…I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean?"

"That is to say, people who use guns have always been the unlucky ones since ancient times."

Having said that, Fang Zheng added another sentence.

"And they all died miserably."

“…”

Hearing this, Heine didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only cough, turn around and continue walking forward.

Silent footsteps echoed in the secret passage as the two walked forward one after the other. There was no light at all in the dark secret passage, but this was naturally not a big problem for Heine and Fang Zheng.

“——”

Sure enough, not long after, both of them stopped. Even though there was no light, they both saw the darkness lurking in the darkness - a darkness that was deeper than darkness.

"Is this the beast you were talking about? It looks pretty ugly."

Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes, carefully looked at the monster in front of him, and gave his opinion. To Fang Zheng, who had dark vision, the monster in front of him was indeed not very good-looking. It looked like a hybrid of a spider and a wolf, with blood and mud all over its fur. At the same time, Heine also gripped his spear tightly and took a fighting stance. Then he looked at the monster and whispered.

"We meet again."

"call--!!"

Without answering, the black monster flew over from the other side of the passage, raised its sharp claws and swung them at Heine in front of it. At the same time, Heine, who had transformed into a spear knight (really unlucky), also lowered his center of gravity and stabbed the black monster with the spear in his hand.

However, to Heine's surprise, unlike what he had imagined, the monster did not attack him. Instead, its waving claws hit his spear directly, making a notch on the sharp spear tip.

"I see."

Heine whispered to himself, then quickly swung the spear, and the spear in his hand began to change, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a long sword. Obviously, he also knew what the monster was thinking, and the other party obviously wanted to defeat his weapon first, and then slowly torture him.

Facing Heine's counterattack, the monster jumped up again, at a speed that humans could not imagine, bouncing around in the secret passage like a bouncy ball. In the blink of an eye, it came behind Heine, and then it stabbed Heine's back with its claws again.

However……

"I knew you would do that."

As Heine spoke, the armor on the young man suddenly melted and turned into chains, binding the monster tightly. At the same time, Heine turned around and raised his sword towards the monster.

"Then please let me take a good look at your true face."

At this moment, the monster opened its mouth as if crying.

The next moment, shrill screams filled the entire secret passage.

At the same time, Heine's body trembled suddenly, and then fell down limply. The chains that bound the monster also returned to their original shape at this time. At this moment, the monster stretched out its right hand towards Heine's chest - then, a white and tender little hand suddenly appeared from the side and grabbed the monster's claws.

"I say, have you forgotten my existence?"

Before he finished speaking, Fang Zheng jumped up and punched the monster on the nose, sending it flying. Only then did Fang Zheng turn around and look at Heine, who was lying on the ground and in a coma.

"Hey, are you okay?"

She grabbed Heine and slapped him in the face, which made Heine wake up.

"I, I understand..."

"Understand what?"

"Why were Hanano Hishiri and Old Man Orlok killed so easily by this monster..."

Feeling the weakness in his body, Heine gasped and spoke. In fact, ever since the incident, Heine had always had some doubts in his heart. Kanono Hishiri was the representative of the magic formation department, and Orlok was the elder of butterfly magic. Their magic attainments must be extraordinary. Even if the enemy they encountered was really strong, these two people should not be unable to escape.

What's more, judging from the battle just now, the opponent is just a wild beast.

But now, Heine finally understood why Kanono Hishiri and Orlok died at the hands of that beast.

Its cry can have an effect on magic marks.

In fact, the moment Heine heard that cry, the magic seal on his body immediately lost its effect.

The more powerful the magician, the deeper the connection with the Magic Mark, so once a problem occurs, it is easier to get into trouble. This is the case with Heine, and it is obviously the same for Kanono Hishiri and Orlok. Although they are all very powerful magicians, once the Magic Mark is completely stopped, they will be like robots without power, and can only be slaughtered by others.

Fortunately, not everyone was affected.

"Are you okay?"

"You said something that should be wrong with me."

Grabbing Heine's collar, Fang Zheng quickly ran towards the depths of the secret passage, closely tracking the beast.

"I'm not like you fragile magicians. I don't want anything like magic seals, even if you beg me! Stop right there!"

At this moment, Red Ponytail suddenly stopped, and then Heine saw her right hand wipe from her hair accessories, and then a bright red, flaming sword appeared out of thin air, and Red Ponytail held the sword and chopped it down hard at the monster running in front of her! !

“BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!”

The scorching heat mixed with the violent explosion almost turned the entire ground over, and the monster let out a wail and disappeared in the flying dust.

"cut!"

Fang Zheng grabbed Heine and jumped out of the collapsed tunnel. She looked around, but unfortunately the monster seemed to have disappeared. She couldn't help but snort, and then threw Heine to the ground.

"What's wrong?"

"What happened?"

Hearing the noise, El-Melloi II, Gray, Luvia and others also ran over. Seeing the scene in front of them, they were all shocked.

"We just encountered the murderer who is likely to have killed Hanano Hishiri and Mr. Orlok..."

At this moment, Heine seemed to have finally cheered up. He got up from the ground while gasping for breath.

"I was almost killed, but Miss Red Ponytail saved me..."

"what is going on?"

Hearing this, Luvia obviously couldn't help herself, but just when Heine was about to speak, suddenly... a flash of light suddenly appeared in the distance.

"boom!!!"

The next moment, under the gaze of everyone, the window on the second floor suddenly exploded.

And that was Fang Zheng and Xianhua’s room.