Chapter 18 Investigation (Part 2)



What came into view was no longer the gray lines, but a faint red light all over the corpse. The red light formed lines and gathered into a strange pattern.

"Is that so? Did they place a magic array on the corpse to deceive perception? No wonder Delon and the others didn't notice anything before. It turns out that what they sensed was distorted. If witchers didn't have special perception for this kind of thing, I don't think they would have noticed anything."

Livia analyzed the situation while calmly and quickly examining the body. The strength in his body was not enough to sustain him in this state for a long time. If he delayed any further, he might not find any clues until tonight or tomorrow.

He quickly checked the body. Although the body was covered with red light that formed a magic circle, apart from the back, only the half-clenched right hand had an obvious red light. This allowed him to see the abnormality of the right hand at a glance when he carefully checked the parts other than the back.

Livia carefully opened her half-clenched right hand and picked up a tiny piece of paper from the palm of her hand with her fingernails.

“Parchment fragments?

It looks like someone took something from him."

He looked at the corpse solemnly, stood up and looked around, and took back the power that had dimmed a lot into his heart. He immediately felt his body becoming weaker, but he did not over-consume his strength and fall into severe pain like before.

"The seal power is still a little insufficient. It has been concentrated in the eyes for only a short while and it is almost exhausted."

Livia smiled bitterly with a pale face.

"But I have some ideas. He should have had dealings with the Blood Mist Cult. Kovagr discovered something, and the Blood Mist Cult wanted to cover up their tracks, so he was silenced."

"What on earth is written on this piece of paper that makes the Blood Mist Sect so eager to kill us?"

Livia pondered in confusion.

"What else can paper be written on? Merchants just record accounts and some business matters."

Diego had stood behind Livia without her noticing, and spoke in a calm tone.

Livia was startled by the sudden voice behind her and turned to look at Diego, "When did you come in?"

Diego hugged his chest and looked at him, a smile on his face: "Of course it came in when you were using your power. With such obvious power fluctuations, isn't it obvious that you are doing something again?"

Livia couldn't help but take a step back and almost stepped on a corpse. He felt a little creepy. He had been here for so long, but his perception didn't detect anything at all. Even when he was observing the surroundings just now, he didn't realize that there was someone standing behind him.

Diego seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, smiled complacently, and then whispered: "Is it because you didn't notice that I am a little doubtful of my perception?

It's actually quite normal, even though your special perception makes you very sensitive to magic.

But it still can’t sense me.”

Livia asked with some confusion: “Why?

Is this some kind of magic?"

Diego couldn't help laughing when he heard this, as if he had heard something funny: "Magic?

It is impossible for those of us who acquire power later in life to completely master the external elemental power. We can only absorb the elements and transform them into special energy that we can use in our bodies."

"How on earth do you have such extraordinary powers?

How come you don’t know any common sense?”

Hearing Diego's words that sounded a little strange, Livia looked at Diego with some vigilance. Diego looked at Livia, who was on guard, with interest, straightened his body and said seriously: "Don't worry, although I am curious, I will not take action before I receive an order and you endanger Kovag.

As a true knight, I will never go against the code in my heart."

Livia relaxed a little after hearing this. After all, she was no match for the man in front of her if he attacked her. But she was still secretly alert in her heart.

Even if he abides by his own code of chivalry as he said, it is only his words after all. It is still unclear what his true character is and what will happen next is uncertain. There were many famous figures in the Middle Ages who violated the code of chivalry in their previous lives. After all, I am still too weak and my life cannot be in my own hands.

Livia looked at Diego and asked in pretended surprise, “So what are you using?

So amazing. "

Diego narrowed his eyes, looked at him deeply and said, although he saw through the intention of the young man in front of him, he still explained according to his meaning.

“It’s just some tricks. People with stronger abilities can easily see through them, and there’s more than one way.

To put it simply, this technique is to stand in your blind spot with a special body movement, and then use the power of shadow to attach a layer to your own surface, forming the same fluctuation amplitude as the surrounding elements.

This creates an effect similar to invisibility, but not as thorough as invisibility."

Livia silently memorized the techniques Diego mentioned, and feeling Diego's strange eyes, she did not test him rashly again. She slowly took two steps forward and handed the scraps of paper in her hand to Diego.

"I just found this in the corpse's hand. According to what you just said, this person should have some kind of dealings with the Blood Mist Sect, and also left some written records about the Blood Mist Sect."

Diego glanced at the shreds and, without taking them, walked around Livia’s outstretched hand and to the counter in the store.

He suddenly grabbed a corner of the counter and pulled it back with force. With a creaking sound, the counter that had long been rotten inside completely fell apart as it was pulled backwards.

Diego fanned the dust that was raised by the falling apart counter with his hands, and looked at the pile of broken wooden boards and sundries, feeling a little embarrassed. Then he turned to look at Livia: "What's the use of the scraps of paper? We have to find the pages and account books that may contain clues.

You come and look for it, I'll go to the warehouse behind to see if it's there."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a figure and walked into the corridor behind the corpse.

Livia watched Diego disappear into the corridor, then turned his head to look at the remains of the counter in front of him. The corners of his mouth twitched, and he shook his head helplessly, "Oh, he really knows how to find something to do."

What else can he do now that things have come to this? He can only take over this mess.

Livia was just about to focus her power in her eyes to sense the remains of the counter when she suddenly felt a slight pain in her chest.

He took a deep breath, endured the pain in his chest, closed his eyes and looked inward. What came into his mind was a heart engraved with the Igni Seal. Feeling the little power left in the seal, he opened his eyes with a wry smile. It seemed that he could only search slowly.

When the pain in her chest disappeared, Livia moved her wrist, walked to the remains of the counter, squatted down, and slowly searched for something that might be related to the scraps of paper...


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