The Book of Hibernation

A group of riders surrounded the carriage, passed through the dead of night streets, and stopped in front of the city hall.The coachman jumped down and opened the door, and helped Kanai carefully move the carriage down.

Kanai held the copper-colored compass and frowned at the city hall building.

There were quite a few city guards guarding the gate, and a ray of red suddenly appeared in the dusty scene—the half-elf Deris was eating an apple while being laughed out loud by a certain soldier.

When De Lisi saw Kanai, she stuffed half an apple into the soldier's hand, wiped her mouth and ran towards Kanai, and naturally took Kanai's arm from the driver, and took on the task of supporting him.

De Lisi looked at Kanai: "Are you limping like this and still running around?" She looked at the large number of heavily armed riders behind the carriage, "Why, do you need to bring so many guards when you go out?"

Kanai didn't answer, but asked her, "You've been here? How's the situation inside?"

De Lisi said: "I'm still judging the mercenaries one by one. There are too many people, which is very time-consuming. Many mercenaries admitted that it was the chief of the chamber of commerce who asked them to rob the refiner. As for the refiner, he was taken away. Interrogated alone, the interrogator asked a lot of questions, and the answer of the refiner was basically in denial."

"What did you ask, what did you deny?"

"Ask him about dealing in contraband, and he denies it. But it's useless to deny it, after all, he is the manager of the market. He also asked him whether he traded with the North Frost Plains, and he denied it. In addition to these, the interrogator also asked He asked some bolder questions, such as, was he instigated by Aldin to associate with the necromancer? He denied it. Most interestingly, the interrogator asked him again, was it instigated by Bellos? Of course he also denied it. "

Kanai declined to comment, just sighed.

De Lisi said: "He denies everything. This confession is unreadable, so I guess it is still going on now. Well, he is more or less half of my fellow countryman. I am really worried about him. By the way, I will pay attention I noticed one thing..." She lowered her voice, "It's fine to ask about Aldin, what's interesting is the question of 'whether it was ordered by Bellos', and the interrogator has repeatedly entangled in this question for a long time... Of course Winter Thistle won't admit it. What's the point of asking this question?"

Kanai said: "You may not know the interrogator in Harbor City. We know him well. This guy is generally very responsible. If you ask him to plant someone, he usually will not agree. It's not because Integrity, but because he is afraid of taking subsequent responsibilities. His executioners receive benefits all day long, and he doesn’t care about them. Small, not honest. If you let him make a fuss about the results of the interrogation, it is difficult to talk about success; if you just let him ask a few more questions, just ask normally, without asking to change the results, it is not difficult gone."

De Lisi nodded clearly: "Is it to prolong the interrogation time, or to let those mercenaries listen?"

Kanai said: "What you think is what it is. By the way, you are just a witness. How do you know what's going on inside?"

De Lisi glanced back at the guards at the door. The guard just now smiled at her from a distance and was eating her leftover apple.

She waved her hand over there, then turned back and said, "I was waiting outside to be summoned, but they seemed to have forgotten me, so I chatted with the guards. There are many people in the city guard who count as my half." As fellow villagers, we quickly became acquainted."

Kanai smiled helplessly.These guards are basically locals from Harbor City, and Delisi just lived in Harbor City for a few months before.Anyway, that's how she is. According to her standards, everyone is her fellow countryman.

Kanai continued to look down at the compass again.On the compass, the lines of the golden magic circle cut and changed, and the runes and pointers danced alternately, becoming more and more intense.

While looking at the compass, he asked De Lisi: "Since you know so much, have you noticed whether any strangers entered the city hall during the interrogation?"

De Lisi said: "Yes. The city guards have brought back a woman, who may be a necromancer. She just went in not long ago, and I don't know how the interrogation is going."

Kanai's expression became very subtle, as if worried, but also as if extremely confused.

De Lisi asked: "What's wrong? Did you find something wrong?"

Kanai said: "There is something wrong... This is an instrument given to me by the teacher. Although I can operate it and read the results, but because of my different research directions, I don't know it as well as the teacher. There was a misjudgment..."

De Lisi frowned: "Don't talk about the verification process, I don't understand anyway. Just tell me, what is the conclusion?"

"I detected a strong undead breath. It suddenly appeared at the location of the city hall, and the fluctuations were relatively weak at first, as if it was just a remnant of ordinary necromantic spells. I also guessed that it might be caused by some forbidden magic weapon ; then it got thicker, and after midnight, the fluctuation suddenly increased to the level it is now... It's like something was covering it before, and then the covering faded away and it showed itself."

Doris also gradually became nervous.In her memory, Kanai has never been so hesitant and hesitant.

She asked: "You mean, there may be a very powerful necromancer in the city hall?"

Kanai was still observing the compass data and shook his head slightly.

"From the waveform of the reading, it should not be a necromancer," Kanai looked down at the circle on the compass for a while, and murmured, "No, this is not a necromancer at all..."

"Ah? Could it be a warlock?"

Kanai looked in the direction of the gate: "I mean... this is not human at all. There are unknown advanced undead creatures in the city hall."

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Bellos' eyes remained red, but his skin gradually lost its color and became paler and paler.

The patriarch of the Temple of the Day continued to hold the holy emblem, and snapped: "You are not human! What are you?"

Bellos let out a long sigh.He didn't answer the Patriarch's words, and he didn't argue anymore. His body posture relaxed a lot, and he seemed to have given up his disguise.

Someone in the crowd muttered, "What are you talking about?" Then, a black shadow passed the Patriarch and rushed towards Bellos.

It was the dead hunter.Unable to carry an obvious weapon when she entered the Inquisition, she now has only a dagger in her hand, but she still decides to attack regardless.

Dead hunters are all like this, their goal is to hunt and kill things related to undead creatures, and they don't bother to care about other things at all.

Bellos swayed, dodging the sharp knife that pierced his face.The dead hunter was about to give chase, only to see Bellos' cloak shake off suddenly, and the whole person soared into the air.

He jumped to a height that is impossible for humans to reach, and just suspended in the air.

Seeing the changes in Bellos, the consul and courtiers of the royal capital were already speechless.The two supported each other, rolled and crawled along the wall opposite the trial court to escape, and under the protection of the soldiers, they finally retreated to the gate.

Just as the guards frantically opened the door, Bellos also floated and rushed towards the door.The consul looked back and saw this scene, and screamed in horror.

The Temple Knight immediately drew his sword and blocked Beros' path.But the attack distance of the long sword is limited after all, Bellos moved his body and easily dodged any attack from the knight.

"Close the door!" The royal court official shouted.If they open the door now, the monster will flee with it.

The soldiers closed the opened door again, turned around and blocked the door, armed with weapons, facing the approaching monster.

Bellos sneered, let out a sharp grunt, and at the same time raised his pale hands, as if to cast a spell to do something.

Just when he was about to read the next character, a force hit his calf hard, and he lost his balance and fell from the sky.

Before he could see clearly what happened, the sound of chanting mantras came one after another around him.

He propped up his body, only to see arcane binding circles appearing on the left, right, above, and on the floor. The dense lines instantly surrounded him, trapping him in the center of the circle.

The mages present were all scholars, not very good at combat spells, so they were slow to cast spells.

But they are all old members of the Arcane Union, once the spell is formed, the effect is of course very reliable.

Bellos was pinned to the floor by the netted magic circle.Only then did he lower his head to look at his legs, it turned out that a whip had wrapped him up just now.

He looked up along the tip of the whip, and the owner of the whip was Aldin.

When Bellos was about to cast a spell to attack the person in front of the door, Aldin took advantage of him to start chanting a spell, and quickly shot, accurately interrupting his spell.

When entering the city hall, it is said that no one can hold weapons.Even the hunter of the dead has only a small dagger hidden.Aldin, of course, also surrendered his weapons.However, there has always been a tradition in Harbor City: Men with higher status like to hang coiled whips around their waists. This kind of whip is very soft and light, has almost no lethality, and is often colorful. It is just a proof of identity , is not an actual combat weapon.

Aldin always carries a soft whip, and today is no exception.However, today he was prepared and replaced the traditional soft whip with a real long leather whip.The whip is wrapped in colored thread, which looks exactly like a normal decorative soft whip.The soldiers are all locals, and they are so used to this kind of custom that they don't even pay a second glance.

Bellos glanced around, and finally stopped on Aldin.

"You..." Bellos narrowed his eyes, "You already knew? Yes, you already knew... When did you find out?"

When he spoke, his voice was the same as before, but his accent had subtly changed.

Aldin smiled and said, "You're flattering me too much, I'm not that smart. I just suspect that you have something to do with the northern necromancer, how can I know that you are not even human? Bellos... No, you are not Bellos, right? What should we call you?"

Bellows didn't answer, just lying on the ground and laughing.Not only did his appearance change, but his voice also became hoarse. This laughter was loud and harsh, like the north wind that ravages the valley on a winter night.

Bellos was trapped in the net, and it was a good time to arrest him, but the soldiers present were frightened and did not dare to go forward to arrest him.

The dead hunter looked around, scoffing at these people.She grabbed a soldier's sword directly and strode towards Bellos.

"The sound is too bad, shut up!" the hunter cursed, and swung his sword towards Bellos' neck.

The mages still wanted to interrogate Bellos and stop the hunter, but it was too late.

The hunter's sword pierced through the gap in the net, piercing Bellos' neck directly.

Black blood splashed out, splashing on the boots and pants of the dead hunter.She twisted the edge of the sword a few times, continued to hold the hilt with one hand, put the other hand on her chest, knelt down on one knee, and began to recite the Otarot prayer.

Everyone present had witnessed some battles to some extent, but they were still so shocked by the situation in front of them that they could not make a sound for a long time.

There have been too many unexpected developments today, especially the identity of Bellos, which has completely exceeded people's imagination.

The prayer of the dead hunter gradually faded away.She stood up slowly, raised her head, and a group of soldiers were slowly approaching her.

She sneered: "Why, the next enemy is me?"

It was not the consul who commanded these soldiers, but Aldin and Maida were in charge.They didn't want to bother arguing with her, and the two exchanged glances, and Aldin said to the soldiers: "Get out in shackles, and you will be shot or killed if you resist."

For soldiers, no matter how fierce a woman looked, she was much easier to deal with than a monster with red eyes.They gathered around, raised their swords at the dead hunter, and ordered her to drop her weapon.

The dead hunter is not too crazy, she also knows that she is just an ordinary human being, unable to deal with so many people in the city hall.

So she threw away the sword, stretched out her wrists, and honestly grabbed it.

The mages went to the corpse to check carefully for a while, and after confirming that Bellos was really dead, they breathed a sigh of relief.

The consul and courtiers of the royal capital adjusted their attire and appearance, stepped forward, and ordered the soldiers to take the dead hunter to the dungeon first.This woman also has a strange background and needs to be interrogated another day.

After a day and a night of tossing, everyone was finally able to leave the courtroom.

When passing by the entrance of the stairs leading to the underground, two soldiers temporarily left the team and escorted the dead hunter to the dungeon.

Aldin glanced over there.Winter Thistle is still below, so the interrogation should have stopped.

Aldin pondered for a while, but turned around and followed the crowd to the outermost hall without approaching the stairs.

He had just arrived at the hall when he saw Kanai and De Lisi coming in from the main entrance.De Lisi ran to greet Mai Da, while Kanai sometimes stared at the magic instrument in his hand, and sometimes looked left and right.

Seeing Aldin, Kanai just nodded his head, and didn't rush to find him. He just dragged his injured leg and moved slowly, with a flustered expression.

Aldin was puzzled, and caught up with Kanai in a few steps: "What's wrong?"

Kanai was succinct: "I detected a very powerful undead creature."

Aldean said, "Oh, I know what it is. It's a long story, but it's gone now anyway."

Kanai shook his head and raised the compass in his hand.The mages noticed the instrument in his hand and came over one after another.

Kanai said: "The fluctuation just now did disappear, only for a short while... Now it has appeared again, and it is still in the city hall!"