Throne Steps

Cervantes was missing for 72 hours (probably).

Saenz looked at the sign in Lichenli and said with a smile, "You still write 'probably', why bother to put it up?"

Li Chen shrugged.

Saenz pointed to the seat next to him again: "Sit down and listen to the news if you are interested."

In fact, regarding this matter, the person Saenz sent out to help deal with it has not sent back any new news, so there is no breakthrough to speak of.However, Ruby sent over some researched materials, and Saenz saw that Lichen was interested, so he decided to analyze it with him first.

According to the data, Cervantes disappeared when he took people out to investigate and eliminate the drug manufacturing syndicate.

Li Chen felt that the first news was very confusing.

"My news has lagged to this point?" Li Chen pointed to the words on the information in doubt, "What's the matter with the 'drug manufacturing group'? Who? Where? What did you do? What did you do? How did you do it? ? Why did you do that?"

He was so confused that he asked all the six elements of the news at once.Saenz couldn't help laughing when he heard him asking questions like a cannonball: "Do you still remember the source of the medicine that Laryl used before quitting?"

"Remember... didn't you eradicate it?"

"It was eradicated, but it seems that some fish slipped through the net, or in other words, they didn't find out all the people behind the scenes." Saenz replied, "I received news that they were making a comeback, which happened to be their possible activities. It is near the territory of the color of silver and vermilion, so I sent Cervantes to have a look."

"Then Cervantes disappeared?" Li Chen narrowed his eyes, "No wonder Ruby came to you, because she knew that Cervantes was leaving because of your order."

Saenz said: "He did go out because of this, but he disappeared without any news back, or even any action against this group."

"Perhaps the other party has already sensed that the wind is getting tighter?" Li Chen asked, "Since you have news about that group, why don't you let people search their territory?"

"Indeed, people have stepped up to search, but there is no response yet." Saenz replied, "And what you said 'the other party has noticed the wind' is hard to make sense. They noticed it, and they didn't rush to hide. What's the point of taking Cervantes away instead?"

"Isn't this something I should ask you?" Li Chen glanced at him, "Even if you want to test the medicine, you don't have to take Cervantes away. There are thousands of people in the world, and Cervantes happens to be very Not easy to deal with."

Saenz thought for a while: "Perhaps, they just need someone who meets certain conditions, and Cervantes is just right?"

Li Chen replied: "Randomly followed Cervantes? I didn't really believe in this speculation from the beginning. I believed that Cervantes was hiding something, which caused him to disappear suddenly."

He drew a circle on the information with his fingers: "He went out alone, and then suddenly escaped the sight of the hidden guard in a crowded place. To be honest, who knows the direction in which Cervantes' hidden guard is observing? Cervantes himself."

"So you suspect..."

"I suspect that he was not taken away, at least not completely passive." Li Chen said, "What does the person who has a contract with him say? Was he injured?"

Saenz replied: "He doesn't have a contract of the same level as ours, and his injuries cannot be noticed by the contracted partner...unless the source of magic power is broken or death comes."

Li Chen didn't want to discuss with him what kind of "this level" is, so he only answered the second half of the sentence: "So at least his life is safe."

"Yes, otherwise, it would be impossible for the color of silver and vermilion to still be looking for it secretly." Sarn paused, and then said, "If this is Cervantes' own plan, he should at least disclose it to me first. Otherwise, what I do is likely to undermine his actions."

"Why do I think you mean something?" Li Chen raised his eyebrows, "Maybe he just thought of it temporarily and didn't have time to say it?"

"Are you talking about your personal experience?"

"I just……"

dong dong.

The conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door, Saenz called in, and the housekeeper opened the door.

"Your Highness, there is...a person standing at the gate of the mansion, begging to see you."

The butler's words paused a bit strangely, a thought flashed in Saenz's mind, and he asked, "Who?"

"I didn't say his name, but I saw his face..." the butler paused, and said in a self-consciously absurd tone, "It's 'Wiggins'."

A man is sitting in a living room.

He took off his heavy cloak and sat in front of the fireplace in plain robes.His hair was almost the same color as his eyes, which turned orange when he faced the firelight, and turned silver when he turned his head and fell into the shadows.

As cold as the winter snow outside the door.

Li Chen pushed Saenz out, and the silver-haired man turned his head to look.The moment their eyes met, it was hard to tell whether it was Saenz or Li Chen who had more complicated emotions.

One killed "him" with his own hands, and the other buried "him" with his own hands.

The man stood up, his silver hair swayed slightly following his movements, and he said, "You and my family are taking the initiative."

This is an affirmative sentence, not an interrogative sentence.There was no expression on the man's face, his tone was flat, and he easily said this secret that only some prominent nobles knew.

Saenz didn't respond to his words, but just asked, "What's your name?"

"Seryozha." The silver-haired man paused, and then said, "Of course, if you are not used to it, you can also call me 'Wiggins'."

"Sit." Saenz lifted his chin, and asked calmly, "Seryozha...is that his name for you?"

"No." Seryozha sat back. "It was my original... I mean, soul, original name. Do you understand?"

"Who was Seryozha?"

"A necromancer, if you meet certain conditions, you will be selected."

Saenz cast his eyes on him, and the magic of the light department swept over him recklessly.Seryozha's eyes moved, but in the end he let the force go over him from beginning to end.

Nothing happened.

Saenz was a little surprised.In his view, Wiggins' body is already dead, and to "resurrect" him, he must use some kind of legendary dark power.However, Seryozha, who was wearing a Wiggins shell, was able to withstand the magic of light.That is to say, when he walked into the crowd like this, he was no different from other people, even more difficult to detect than the "son of the curse".

Li Chen sat on the other side of Saenz, glanced at the teapot and the cups of poured tea on the table: "Do you drink tea?"

Seryozha smiled because of the pointed question: "No drink."

"No, it's still..."

"It's not impossible, but it will consume energy to decompose and eliminate those components." Seryozha replied, "I'd better not waste it."

consume energy?Li Chen seemed to have grasped the inspiration, and asked again: "Your eyes are very light. Is it your own, or your body's, or something else..."

Seryozha seemed to know everything and replied: "It's his."

Li Chen raised his eyebrows: "Are you relying on his strength to walk?"

"Yes." Seryozha narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I am manipulating this body, but the energy supply comes entirely from him. There are two functions of energy, one is as 'Seryozha' and 'Viking' Si's glue, and the other is to make this body usable and at my command."

In other words, the energy of the necromancer allowed Seryosha to be installed and manipulate the body.

Li Chen asked, "Is he nearby? I mean, how far away can you be?"

"I can't answer you, because it's the first time I've left his side." Seryozha thought for a while, "I separated from him in the middle, so I don't know where he is now. But I can say , The energy he provided me is still running without any hindrance, and it continues to flow."

Li Chen frowned and said, "You mean, he can order you now?"

"Yes, it's like the spirit of speech in the contract." Seryozha said, "Oh, there is another kind, that is, he enters my subconscious mind through energy, so it's not too big to manipulate this body with him personally. difference."

"Can he empathize?"

"I don't know about that." Sergey replied, "But this body is dead, and there is no sense to empathize with. Currently, among the five senses, vision and hearing are relatively normal. The senses of smell and taste are only a little bit, not sharp. Even less is the sense of touch.”

Li Chen suddenly said, "You won't be in pain."

"No, the sense of pain is the body's defense mechanism. Why do I use that now." Seryozha replied, "But he reserved the basic sense of touch for me, just to prevent my body from being damaged inadvertently without knowing it."

Li Chen stretched out his hand: "Lend me your wrist."

Xie Liaosha really cooperated, so Li Chen pressed two fingers together.

Then he and Saenz looked at each other and shook their heads.

No temperature, no pulse.

Seryozha said: "Do you want to watch my heartbeat? I don't have that, but if he wants, he can use energy to stimulate the body's functions to circulate. It's just that it's meaningless to do it normally, so don't waste it." gone."

In other words, Seryozha can become a real "living person".

It's not going to be a good thing.Today is the "resurrection" of Wiggins, and tomorrow it may be the "rebirth" of another person.Not afraid of light magic, has a pulse, without any means of identification.Moreover, this person bears the original name of the body, the manipulator behind it can be completely hidden, and the "resurrected person" will not obey his orders all the time.

"Why did you tell us this?" Li Chen didn't understand why such a good tool was not well hidden, why was it sent to the person who was most likely to destroy it, "Why did you come?"

"When he let me watch things recently, he found a strange alchemy gang. The messy methods made him a little unhappy. But he has to do his own business and can't keep monitoring, so let me help you. "Seryozha laughed, "He also told me that the black swan can answer whatever it asks, and there is no need to cover up. Although some of the questions were asked by His Highness, I think it should be no different from what you asked."

The tone of his speech is a little lazy and sticky, which is really not like Wiggins.In the eyes of Li Chen and Saenz, it is actually very inconsistent.

However, what he said attracted more attention from the two of them.

"The alchemy gang?" Li Chen and Saenz looked at each other, it couldn't be that they fell asleep and met the pillow.

Saenz thought of something else relevant: "Can you find someone?"

"Looking for someone?" Sergey replied, "It's possible, but if he hadn't led me to target this person before, I wouldn't be able to determine the target by myself."

"He locked it for you? How to lock it?"

"It is to sneak into my consciousness and let me know who it is." Seryozha thought for a while, "But this is a method of tracking out of thin air. If there is this person's name and the things he personally used, I can also lock it. "

Saenz couldn't care less about the conditions he said: "Tracking out of thin air, can anyone track it?"

"Of course not. Generally speaking, you have to be more than twice as talented as the opponent before you can track it out of thin air. If there are items that the opponent has personally used, in theory, as long as they are equal to each other." Seriosha explained in a general way, and then He added, "Well, in fact, all I have to say is that he can't lock on a pure white individual."

Saenz narrowed his eyes: "How do you explain what happened to Lailier?"

Seryozha replied: "He looked at the princess, and then transferred to the killer group."

Makes sense, but Saenz isn't 100% convinced.

Li Chen finally waited for a gap in the conversation and asked, "Can we start tracking Cervantes?"

"There's nothing he's used in the mansion," Saenz said.

"I have it."

Li Chen moved his fingertips, and suddenly an object wrapped in a white handkerchief appeared in his hand.After unfolding the handkerchief, a glass was exposed.

"Cervantes Joch, the cup he used." Li Chen smiled, "Although no one has touched it directly since then, it's been almost 20 years. You can see if you can still use it."

The glass was placed on the table with a handkerchief, reflecting the dancing firelight.

[The author has something to say]: I encourage you to collect DNA habitually like CSI hahahaha, pick up the cup plot to guide the way→Chapter 175