Lord of Hyranza

Suldak showed doubts on his face. He and Karl looked at each other. Seeing a trace of suspicion in Karl's eyes, Suldak summoned up his courage and said:

"Wait a moment!"

All eyes in the morgue fell on Suldak, especially Dominic looked at Suldak with distrust on his face.

Suldak saluted Captain Sauron, and then said to Captain Sauron in a tone of asking for instructions: "Captain Sauron, I have doubts about this corpse. The corpse is so charred that it is impossible to identify the corpse." I saw Samya at Christie Castle that night, when she sneaked into the castle disguised as a maid, she also wore a maid outfit when she got out, but I didn’t see that she was wearing leather armor..."

Captain Sauron raised his eyebrows, glanced at Suldak solemnly, and asked him, "How can you identify her?"

Suldak took a step forward, and just about to touch the wrist of the corpse, he was stopped by a guard knight following Captain Sauron, who said to Suldak with a serious face, "I'll... "

After he finished speaking, he lifted up his skirt, revealing a wide belt around his waist. On this wide rawhide leather belt were hung a dozen kinds of tools such as tweezers, saws, hammers, and small files. The knight didn't mind the dead body The scorched smell emanating from it made him turn his head to look at Suldak, and asked him, "Did you just want to peel off the leather wristband on her arm?"

Surdak nodded.

The knight carefully peeled off the scorched wristband with tweezers. The leather wristband was completely carbonized. Even though he was very careful, it was still broken into pieces, like charcoal.

Karl stood beside Suldak and whispered to him: "Eugene is the best coroner in our guard battalion."

After Knight Eugene peeled off the charred wristbands on Samya's body, he revealed the scorched linen shirt inside the wristbands, because the wristbands were tightly wrapped here. The sleeves of the linen shirt were not completely burned, but they were slightly yellowed. Seeing that Suldak nodded to continue, Eugene took out a pair of scissors from his tool belt.

Knight Eugene cut off the scorched shirt sleeve on his wrist, and finally exposed a section that was not burned. Suldak took a closer look. At this time, Karl also realized that something was wrong. If the corpse was According to Samaya, there should be a black-eyed magic pattern on her right wrist, but unfortunately, there does not seem to be any trace of the pattern on her arm now.

The atmosphere in the morgue became tense for a while, and Sauron pondered for a moment before saying to Dominic: "Dominic, is there anything that can identify Samya?"

Dominique thought about it seriously, and said, "Three years ago, when Samya was rehearsing a new dance, the tibia of his right leg was broken. Even if it healed later, there should be a seam on that leg bone..."

Hearing what Dominique said, Eugene quickly peeled off the charred leg bone again, and it turned out that the leg bone was very smooth with no broken marks.

"...It seems that this is not Samya!" Dominic said, and he and Levi looked at each other after speaking.

"Karl, go and ask the law enforcement team of the Magic Union to come over." Captain Sauron closed his eyes and ordered Karl a little irritably.

Karl quickly replied: "Yes, Lord Sauron!"

As he spoke, he led Suldak out of the morgue, and heard Captain Sauron behind him, saying to Dominique, "I'm sorry, but I made you a waste of time, the matter of the Black Magic Priory is very involved. , the guard battalion is also under enormous pressure, please forgive me if there is any inadequacy!"

Suldak also didn't expect that Samoya would use some means to deceive the magicians in the magic union's law enforcement team. If the magic union hadn't been too busy to throw Samoya's body to the guard camp, I'm afraid This matter will be confirmed directly by the Magic Union. In that case, Samya will become a dead person from now on. As long as he changes his identity, he can live again after leaving Hailansa City...

Chapter 366 Snow in the City

Lance took Carl and Suldak to the top floor of the Magic Union, where the office of the head of the Magic Union's law enforcement team, Gerald, the great magician, was located.

The top floor of the magic tower is a bit deserted, not many magicians are qualified to work on this floor, there is a faint fragrance of jasmine floating in the empty hall, the sun shines into the hall from the surrounding glass windows, the top floor of the magic tower is very well lit, and The top floor is completely isolated from other floors and is not in the spiral design of the magic tower.

There are various painted murals on the arched sky dome on the top floor of the magic tower. Suldak looked up and saw a city in the clouds. From a distance, the city in the clouds looks like a giant mountain floating in mid-air, floating in the air. There are many exquisite dome-shaped buildings built on the empty mountain. The common feature of these buildings is that there are no doors. All the windows of the buildings have huge terraces. A group of winged warriors with white wings are flying in the sky. The city is also full of prosperity.

Suldak felt a little dizzy after just two glances. The best posture to appreciate this ceiling mural is lying on the ground.

"Karl, do you really think there is such a gorgeous castle in the sky?" Suldak gently pushed Karl from behind and asked him.

A female mage wearing a black and white striped robe of votive magic just passed by the three of them. Seeing the shocked expression on Suldak's face, she couldn't help but smile, and walked away with a stack of magic books in her arms. In a hurry, he walked into a room and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Karl raised his head and followed Suldak's eyes to see the painted paintings on the top of the sky dome, feeling very shocked.

"Of course, it's just that these winged people left the Roland Continent a long time ago, and now few people can see the winged people." Carl said seriously.

"Lance, have you seen the winged humans?" Suldak slowed down and asked the magician Lance who was leading the way.

When Lance came to this floor, the expression on his face became much more serious than usual. He paused for a moment and replied, "No, but there is a winged human wing in the laboratory of Scholar Ferdinand. If you have a chance, You can go and take a good look."

When passing through a glass window, Suldak took the opportunity to glance out the window, and he could have a panoramic view of the entire rich area. There was still a lot of snow on the roofs of those gorgeous buildings. The rich area occupies a large area of ​​land, whether it is the riding training ground at the back or the playground in front of the teaching building, they all look very empty, so that Suldak can confirm at a glance that it is the Knight Academy of Hailansa City.

The three of them passed by a stone wall with bas-relief statues, just in time to see three magic portals in normal operation standing beside the wall. There are three magician guards in front of the three magic gates, and they are wearing magic robes with hoods , standing motionless in front of the magic portal, if Suldak hadn't approached and saw their faces hidden under the hood, he would have thought that these were the three statues.

Several magicians gathered in front of a stone platform, bent over and filled out the form seriously. Lance walked over to greet the group of magicians familiarly. These magicians wore a symbol of the law enforcement of the magic union on their chests. The emblem of the regiment, the pattern of the emblem is that the magic book and the wand are placed at the two ends of the balance.

Lance took Carl and Suldak away, and Karl asked curiously, "Lance, what are they doing?"

"These magicians are going through the teleportation procedures." Lance replied casually as if he was used to these things.

Karl looked at the three magic portals with eager eyes, and asked Lance, "Are these three portals open to the public?"

Lance spread out his hands, with a proud expression unique to magicians, he spread his hands and said: "How is it possible! Only people in the magic union have the right to use it, and it is expensive to send it once. Of course, if there is a magic union that will You can also temporarily borrow the right of use granted by the chief or the head of the law enforcement team."

The expression on Lance's face was somewhat beating.

"Do you need to pay to use these magic portals?" Karl asked Lance curiously.

"Of course!" Lance nodded.

"How expensive can it be?"

Lance pondered for a while, and then said to Carl: "For us magicians, the price ranges from five to ten magic crystals for each transmission! As for the nobles in Hailansa City, I don't know."

"I'm afraid I don't have the financial ability to use the portal here before inheriting the family territory..." After hearing this, Karl immediately said that his current financial ability cannot afford such an expensive teleportation fee, and then he said with some yearning: "I heard that the Green Empire has a teleportation hall with dozens of portals, and you can use the portals to enter the main city of any province in the empire."

A strong magic halo emanates from the magic gate, those magic streamers are like flowing mist, these magic streamers are bound by some kind of power, forming a magic gate.

The laboratory of the great magician Gerald, the leader of the law enforcement team, is located in the room on the left side of the portal. After Lance stepped forward to explain his purpose, the three of them waited outside the door for a while. Ms. Mame, the magic assistant, invited the three of them into the room of the great wizard Gerald.

It was a circular room, and the bookshelves against the walls were almost ten meters high. All the bookshelves were filled with magic books. The great magician Gerald was lying on the desk, holding a magnifying glass Looking at a magic circle, the cover of the magic book was pitch black. Suldak felt that it looked a bit similar to the one in his magic pocket. The whole magic book was surrounded by a strange shadow element. breath.

Seeing the three of Lance walk in, the great magician Gerald put down his work, and his eyes fell on Karl and Suldak.

Karl told the great magician Gerald that Samya did not die, and that the one who was burned to death by the fireball technique might only be a substitute of Samya. After listening to the autopsy process, the great magician Gerald nodded slightly , without any surprised expression, just rang the bell and called Ms. Memi from outside.

"Memi, go and invite the two magicians Albert and Brewer." The great magician Gerald ordered.

"Okay, Lord Gerald." Madam Mame walked out immediately.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Two young magicians stood at the door and said respectfully, "Master Gerald, are you looking for us?"

The great magician Gerald motioned for the two to come in, pointed to Suldak and Karl and said, "These two are knights from the guard battalion. They came here this time to inform us that the body of Samya is The counterfeit, the real Samya is still at large, can you briefly talk about how you hunted down Samya last night?"

"Of course, great wizard Gerald." The two magicians looked at each other and replied.

"The thing is like this..." The two magicians asked Carl for the details of the incident. Samya was exposed in Christie Castle, and after leaving, he fell into the sight of the Magic Union Law Enforcement Team. The Magic Union Law Enforcement Team The two magicians chased after Samya for nearly half the night, and finally blocked Samya in the alley of No. 19-2 in Hailansa City. Both sides used magic. Master Albert burned Samya to death with a big fireball, and Samya did not choose to escape during the whole process.

After listening to the narration of the two magicians, Karl and Suldak naturally couldn't figure out what was going on.

In the end, the great magician Gerald said: "...Okay! Our law enforcement team of the Magic Union will pay close attention to this matter. If there is any news about Samya from the guard camp, please be timely. Contact our law enforcement team in time."

The two magicians got up to leave, and Lance took the opportunity to leave with Carl and Suldak.

Lance sent Carl and Suldak away from the heavily guarded top floor of the Magic Union, and explained to them while climbing the stairs that this was not the first time this happened to the Magic Union Law Enforcement Corps. It can cause the illusion of the target's death, and some necromancers can refine puppets, which can achieve the same purpose.

The Black Magic Recluse has mastered a complete substitute technique. This kind of evil black magic needs a special medium when used, and it is a taboo magic clearly stipulated by the Magic Union.

Karl and Suldak left the magic union and rode back to the guard camp.

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Suldak walked into the prison of the guard camp, and found that there was only one long corridor. On both sides of the corridor were some cells separated by iron fences. This prison was more than ten meters underground. It wasn't cold outside, but the prison was dark and damp. After standing at the prison gate for a while, Suldak felt a chilly aura surrounding his body, as if it wanted to get into his bones.

He showed the badge of the guard battalion to the guards at the gate of the prison, and took out the entry and exit voucher specially signed by Captain Sauron, only then was the guard allowed to enter the prison of the guard camp.

With his keen sense of magic, Suldak could only feel that there was a gloomy dead air in the prison. With such a strong dead air, Suldak felt that it might not be too peaceful here. The mottled walls inside the prison Dark purple moss is growing on the ground, and there are some holy objects such as wooden crosses that can disperse dead energy on the walls, but it seems that these wooden holy objects are almost rotten and are about to grow mushrooms.

The top of the corridor is full of white cobwebs, and the walls in some cells are still stained with blood, but I didn't see how many prisoners were held in this prison.

Occasionally, there would be a prisoner in a cell with a dull expression. When he saw Suldak walking by, he didn't respond at all. This reminded Suldak of the singer he saw in the morgue this morning. Levi, the theater manager, heard that he had been squatting in the prison of the guard camp for nearly a month before. He was so thin that he was almost out of shape. He hunched his body when he walked, and he already had many painful memories.

Suldak walked in the prison for almost a quarter of an hour. When he was about to reach the end, he saw Baron Grenfell tied to a huge wooden cross in the room facing the corridor. He was wearing heavy shackles. , wearing a blood-stained linen shirt and trousers, with his bare feet tied to a cross, in just over a week, Baron Grenfell looked even more miserable than a tramp on the street.

Standing in front of Grenfell, Suldak stopped in his tracks. The only time he saw Baron Grenfell was in the opera house.

At that time, Suldak was hiding in a box on the second floor of the opera house, while Baron Grenfell was sitting in the lobby on the first floor, surrounded by many familiar nobles. Baron Al was busy saying hello all the time. He had always had a good reputation in the aristocratic circle, but no one thought that he was in collusion with the Black Magic Priory, and he had a powerful bandit group under his command. In the summer, three noble manors were bloodbathed one after another.

None of the nobles would have thought that Baron Grenfell was behind the robber group. After the investigation of this matter came to light, there was almost an uproar among the nobles in Hailansa City.

"Baron Grenfell, do you want to see me?" Suldak asked the embarrassed Lord Baron in front of him.

The man hanging on the wooden cross struggled to open his eyes. It seemed that he did not receive the treatment that a death row prisoner should have.

"I finally see you, Knight Suldak..." Grenfell's eyes were filled with dead silence, and his voice was extremely weak.

But like some kind of flashback, after seeing Suldak, a flush appeared on his pale face, and a pair of eyes fixed on Suldak and said: "I have been speculating about a series of actions that will destroy us." Who is the person behind the plan, including intercepting Taylor halfway and rescuing Hoyle must be related to you. The dark red knight beside me traced some clues to the barren land outside the Pagolos Pass, but never again. When I came back, I just wanted to know if he died in your hands?"

Suldak stood there calmly, without answering.

Silence is the answer.

The last glimmer of hope in Baron Grenfell's eyes was also disillusioned, his eyes became empty and lifeless, perhaps at this moment he had already died in the spiritual world.

After being silent for a while, Suldak felt that he should explain. After all, he had not joined the guard camp at the time, so he should at least explain his motives for doing it. So he pondered for a while before saying: "...the bandit leader was in the On the way, they robbed the ironware I bought for the village."

"Cough cough cough..."

The only thing waiting was Baron Grenfell coughing violently.

Finally, Suldak couldn't help asking: "Since I answered your question, I also have a question to ask you. What are you looking for?"

Baron Grenfell did not answer this question, only said: "I will take this secret to my grave, but you don't have to worry too much, someone will definitely tell you the answer."

In fact, there was absolutely no need for him to come to see Baron Grenfell. Although he knew that Baron Grenfell would never say anything, he still took a chance to try it out.

"..."

Unable to get the answer from Baron Grenfell's inquiry, Suldak could only sigh softly, turned around and left the prison without saying a word, for the baron who was about to be guillotined, Suldak really felt There is nothing to say.

When he walked out of the prison, there was already light snow in the sky outside.

The cold north wind mixed with snowflakes fell on Suldak's face, and it was not as chilling as the penetrating cold of the prison.

Chapter 367 Execution Field

In the afternoon, the city of Hailansa was overcast, with snowflakes floating in the sky. The northwest wind blowing from the direction of Pagros Mountain was not too strong, and the north wind quickly filled every corner of the city and The gap, on the contrary, is a flat square and a clean street without any snow. The prison car drove west from the guard camp all the way to the West City Square, which has always been the place where executions were executed.

For the execution of Baron Grenfell, the guard battalion dispatched almost all the knights. Nearly 250 knights escorted the prison cart and slowly passed through half of the city. As a member of the guard battalion's support squadron, Suldak was in charge of the West City Square along with the support squadron. Surrounding security.

Just after noon, the execution ground in Xicheng Square was already full of people. For the residents of Hailansa City, the execution of death row criminals happens every year, but the execution of a noble is very rare. The nobles of the Green Empire The terms of the code clearly state that you can donate all your property to make atonement. If it is not for the heinous crimes committed by Baron Grenfell, even if there is a death, at most it will be exiled to a barren and dangerous plane that has not been fully occupied. territory.

However, the crimes committed by Baron Grenfell involved the Black Magic Priory, and he was also the mastermind behind the bandit group in High Lansa City. The bandit group that bloodbathed three noble manors has completely angered the nobles in High Lansa City. Therefore, Baron Grenfell will not be exiled, but will apply to the House of Representatives of the Province of Bena to execute Baron Grenfell through the decision of the Hailansa Council.

The verdict was sent back to the city of Highlander yesterday, and Consul Bernard Christie signed the consent form for the immediate execution this morning.

The culprit who has made the residents of Hailansa fearful for more than half a year is finally about to be beheaded. Citizens who heard the news rushed to the streets. The streets are packed with water.

Suldak rode on Gu Bolai's horse and saw Bird tax collector huddled in the crowd, and waved to him from a distance, but he didn't seem to see himself.

Darcy Christie and a group of aristocratic ladies are standing on the terrace on the top of a three-storey attic in West City Square. This is a Baroque-style building. There are exquisite reliefs carved on the fence around the terrace, and there is a tarpaulin roof on the top of the terrace to protect against wind and snow. , Suldak was among the cavaliers, he raised his head and met Miss Dacie Christie's eyes, Dacie Christie stood among the female companions, and waved to him imperceptibly.

Miss Hoyle stood among the noble ladies. Although there were many female companions around, it felt as if she was standing there alone. Her eyes were always looking in the direction of the guard camp. No one looked forward to it more than her. The moment has come!

She was wearing a thick leather coat and an exquisite hat on her head. The black gauze on the brim of the hat covered the upper half of her face. She was holding on to the stone railing on the edge of the terrace with both hands. The relief on the railing in front of her was a A judge knight, holding a crusader's long sword in his hand, was chopping on the head of the evil spirit.

The cold wind blew by, and her body kept trembling...

Darcy Christie wanted to pull her back into the room, but Miss Hoyle was stubborn and refused to go back, so Darcy Christie had to ask the maid to fetch another cloak.

Worried that members of the Black Magic Priory would cause chaos in the execution ground, in addition to a large number of guard battalion knights in the West City Square, hundreds of longbow shooters were also arranged on the roofs of the buildings around the square. In addition, there were also some magic unions. The magicians of the law enforcement team, wearing very conspicuous black robes, are hiding in every corner of the square. Once an emergency occurs, these magicians can ride on the magic scorpion and rush to the scene for reinforcements.

However, the feeling of flying in the air on a magic handle in a snowy day makes people shudder just thinking about it.

Suldak is in charge of security at the northern edge of the West City Square. He wears full body armor of the guard battalion style and rides an ancient Bolai horse. He is particularly conspicuous in the crowd. The officer looked more often at the group of noble ladies upstairs than at the center of the square.

Not long after, the crowd at the intersection of the street started to commotion and backed down one after another. A group of knights from the guard battalion opened the way ahead. Grenfell was tied to the cross of a prison cart and drove slowly from the direction of the guard camp. Wrapped with several chains, Captain Sauron led the six constructed knights of the guard battalion to ride in front of the prison wagon. There were still four knights standing at the four corners of the prison wagon, and they slowly entered the West City Square.

Against the flying snowflakes, the excited citizens kept throwing cinders and stones in their hands, and it rained down on Baron Grenfell. Perhaps it was the cold wind that froze his body. There was no response from so many stones hitting him.

In the center of the square, there is a tall square platform made of stones. An executioner in leather armor stands on the platform. Beside him stands a long-handled ax. The edge of this ax has been polished very sharply. There is also a large wooden basin for receiving blood, and finely crushed snowflakes fall into the wooden basin.

There was almost no pause. The prison car approached the platform. Baron Grenfell was supported by two knights. The other two knights untied the chains tied to the wooden cross. Four knights carried Grenfell. The baron went up to the square and tied him to a wooden gallows.

At this time, the crowd in Xicheng Square began to gather around the center of the square. Everyone wanted to see the beheading scene carefully, and there was a commotion among the crowd.

The knights of the guard battalion scolded all around, and the commotion was quickly quelled by the knights of the guard battalion. The executioner waited for Captain Sauron's order. Captain Sauron rode his horse as steadily as Mount Tai, until there were two melodious cries from the bell tower. The bell rang, and Captain Sauron ordered to the executioner on the stage: "Execution!"

It was like chopping a cabbage in a vegetable field and dropping it with an axe. Baron Grenfell's head rolled aside and blood gushed out.

The moment Baron Grenfell was beheaded, the snow fell even more.

The dark red knight that the knights of the guard battalion were most worried about did not appear, nor did a large number of robber gangs hiding in the crowd emerge.

The black mages who were most worried about by the Magic Union Law Enforcement Team also disappeared, and there was not even a single person who collected the body of Baron Grenfell in the square.

At this moment, the square became extremely quiet. As Baron Grenfell was decapitated, the surrounding citizens cheered like a tidal wave...

Suldak raised his head to look at the balcony of the gorgeous building. The noble ladies had already started to leave the venue one after another. Miss Hoyle, also supported by Dacie Christie, left at the end of the crowd with tears in her eyes.

Suldak had a strong feeling that Samya was among the crowd in the square, and at the moment of the execution just now, her eyes full of resentment stared at him from a distance, but when he waited After reacting, when I looked along the crowd, that petite figure disappeared into the crowd again.