Chapter 636 Investigation
Dozens of guards stood around Atkins Castle. These were soldiers transferred from the nearest city of Salo. Their task was to protect the scene and not allow anyone to approach.
Inside Atkins Castle, an icy white mist filled the air.
The origin of these white mists is the various magic circles arranged in the castle. The magic circles maintain the temperature inside the Atkins Castle at about zero degrees, so that the scene will not be hot and the corpse will not be FǔBài.
At least until the Noble Affairs Office sends investigators, this place must remain uncovered.
This is also a standard operation. Since the tragedy of Atkins Castle was discovered, the nearest city of Salo has arranged all this.
The Minister of Noble Affairs of Gershwin was standing outside the castle. He was not a professional investigator, but came to coordinate the relationship between the Noble Affairs Office and the locality, so that when the follow-up investigators from the Noble Affairs Office arrived, they could act more conveniently.
"Come on!" Gershwin's Minister of Aristocratic Affairs looked up at the sky. In the sky, a 'Starship Flying Boat' was descending, and the 'Starry Sky Flying Boat' belonged to the Noble Affairs Office.
The 'Starship Flying Boat' circled in the air, as if to check the situation of the castle in the air, and then slowly landed on the open space in front of the castle.
The Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin greeted him with a smile, but when he saw the person coming down, the smile on his face disappeared.
The first person to come down from the 'Starry Sky Flying Boat' was a middle-aged man wearing the office robe of the Noble Affairs Office.
This middle-aged man is Dryden, the Minister of Investigation of the Noble Affairs Office, and one of the enemies of the Minister of Noble Affairs of Gershwin.
There is not much hatred between the Minister of Investigation of Dryden and the Minister of Noble Affairs of Gershwin, but they belong to two different camps of the Noble Affairs Office.
As long as there are people, there are factions, and so does the Noble Affairs Office.
Therefore, when the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin saw the Minister of Investigation of Dryden, the original good mood also disappeared.
However, when the Minister of Investigation of Dryden turned around to help the next person, the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin hurried forward.
"Master Ix, why did you come here in person?" The Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin bowed and said.
"This time the ** Noble Affairs Office attaches great importance to it,
So arranged for me to come here! "Master Ix alchemy nodded and replied with a smile.
Dryden's investigation minister glanced at Gershwin's minister of noble affairs. In fact, the reason why Master Ix alchemy came in person this time instead of arranging an alchemist to come, the main reason was that his boss invited him.
On the one hand, the baron family was wiped out. The nature of the case was extremely bad, and the Noble Affairs Office needed to give the nobles an explanation.
On the other hand, there is also a reason why the Minister of Noble Affairs of Gershwin is involved.
When the Noble Affairs Office received a report on the case, it used the intelligence network of the Great World of God to further investigate the Atkins family's relationship network.
It focused on investigating all the forces that have hatred with the Atkins family, and found that the most suspicious is the Luce family.
The new baron of the Luce family, Baron Arthur, did not receive the education of the nobles of the great world of God, but lived in the Interstellar Federation.
In the eyes of people who belong to the great world of God, a place like the Interstellar Federation is a land abandoned by the gods. Without the protection of the gods, the souls of the Interstellar Federation people are extremely vulnerable to evil thoughts.
This kind of case of killing a baron's family is extremely rare in the great world of the gods. People in the great world of gods rarely do this, and only Baron Arthur from the Interstellar Federation has a high possibility to do so.
When it came to this, the Dryden Inquisitor found that Baron Arthur had a strong relationship with the Minister of Noble Affairs of Gershwin.
Baron Arthur and the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin should only have official relations, but the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin actually stayed at Luce Castle after finishing his mission, and at the same time wanted to influence Atkins through his own relationship. family.
When Dryden's investigation minister discovered this, he was overjoyed and judged that Baron Arthur was very likely to be involved in the case.
Once it is confirmed that Baron Arthur is the murderer of the Atkins Castle silence case, then the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin will be implicated, and then they will suppress it, which can completely damage the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin and the forces behind it. .
It is also for this reason that the Minister of Investigation of Dryden applied to the superior, and Master Ix alchemy would follow.
In the past, when investigating cases, alchemists would go to the scene to collect evidence. If the alchemists were unable to handle them, the collected items would be handed over to the master alchemists, who would handle them in the workshop.
You must know that the alchemist master is very busy, in addition to his own research, there is a lot of work.
The Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin was also very puzzled, and the arrival of Master Ix alchemy made him smell unusual.
"Master Ix alchemy's time is very precious, Gershwin, don't block the master's work!" Dryden's investigation minister said rudely.
The Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin glared at the Minister of Investigation of Dryden, and the exchange of eyes between the two made the atmosphere very tense.
Master Alchemist Ix ignored the hostility of the two. His position in the noble affairs office was very detached, and he did not need to rely on any power at all.
This time, if the boss of Dryden's investigation minister hadn't offered him a favor, he wouldn't have come in person.
Master Alchemist Ix walked to the door of Atkins Castle. The door was closed. He took out an array plate and held it in his hand, and his spirit activated the array plate.
A streamer flashed along the pattern on the array plate, and then a pattern composed of white light appeared above the array plate.
Seeing Master Alchemist Ix starting to work, the Minister of Investigation of Dryden and the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin stopped looking at each other and walked quickly to Master Alchemist Ix.
Master Alchemist Ix walked into the castle with the array plate in his hand. He ignored the corpses on the ground and just stared at the white light pattern projected by the array plate in his hand.
"Huh!" Master Alchemist Ix walked for ten minutes, and after walking through most of the castle, he let out a surprise.
"Master, is there any problem?" The Minister of Investigation of Dryden asked softly.
"The murderer this time is not a knight. There are no remaining soul fragments at the scene. It's as if all the souls have been cleaned up. Only the believers of the evil god will do this!" Ix alchemy master explained in a deep voice.
"There are followers of the Heretic God involved!" There was surprise and joy in the voice of Dryden's investigation minister.
The surprise is because once there are followers of the evil gods, the ** will expand to the point where powerful knights are required to take action. If there is a temple nearby, the knights will come over to deal with it first.
The joy was because he suspected that Baron Arthur was involved. If this was confirmed, then neither Baron Arthur nor the noble minister of Gershwin would be a simple murder.
"Go to the place where Baron Chapman was killed, and it is possible that the soul fragments of the knight will remain after the death of the knight!" Master Alchemist Ix said to the Minister of Investigation of Dryden without further searching.
"The place where Baron Chapman was killed was in the dining room, and eight knights were also killed there. Come with me!" The Minister of Investigation of Dryden received a preliminary case statement before, and he gave a salute.
Master Alchemist Ix nodded and followed behind Dryden's investigation minister, Gershwin's aristocratic affairs minister at the end, and they came to the dining room together.
Although the Minister of Investigation of Dryden had read the intelligence description of the case, he could not help shivering when he saw the scene in the restaurant.
The blood of the nine knights, including their warhorses, stained the floor of the restaurant red.
If it weren't for the help of the Frozen Magic Array, the temperature here would drop to zero, and the bloody smell in the restaurant would be unbearable.
Master Alchemist Ix walked over to the corpses of several knights, and the tragic state of the corpses had no effect on him.
Every alchemist master needs to go through a lot of experiments in the growth process, and the bloody degree of these experiments is far more than here.
Master Ix held the formation plate and walked over the corpses of every knight. Finally, he came to the body of Baron Chapman, squatted down and placed the formation plate on Baron Chapman's head. .
However, the white light pattern on the array plate did not move at all, which greatly disappointed Master Ix.
"What I can do here is very limited. Without soul fragments, my role is not as good as your searcher!" Master Ix shook his head and put away the array in his hand.
In general murder cases, as long as someone dies at the scene, there will be soul fragments left, and soul fragments can be collected through a special magic circle.
Soul fragments can provide little information, but they can usually be traced back to fragments before death.
Because when a person is killed, the emotions are the strongest, and this strong emotion directly affects the soul, making this part of the soul fragment less likely to disappear than the rest of the soul.
Of course, this time is also limited, usually after two days, the soul fragments will dissipate.
At this time, it was less than two days before the incident, so it was impossible for so many victims to have no soul fragments left.
A knight like Baron Chapman, who is very close to a land knight, has a soul that is far stronger than ordinary people, and the residual time of soul fragments should be longer.
Until now, Master Alchemist Ix can be 100% sure that someone has cleaned up the soul of the scene.
Aside from the priests of the temple, the only people with this ability are the believers of the evil gods.
"Excuse me, I'll ask my men to search!" Dryden's investigation minister bowed and thanked him.
He waved his hand behind him, and the five investigators who followed him quickly entered the working state.
"Gershwin, I heard that you have been very close to Baron Arthur recently, and you even made an alibi for Baron Arthur?" The Minister of Investigation at Dryden turned his head to the side while watching his subordinates. The Gershwin Minister of Aristocratic Affairs said.
"I don't need to report any friends I made!" Gershwin's Minister of Aristocratic Affairs replied sternly.
"I don't care if you make friends, but Baron Arthur is a major suspect in this case. Have you considered the consequences?" Dryden's investigation minister asked in a deep voice.
Dryden's investigation minister said this in front of Master Ix's alchemist, which was also his intention.
Afterwards, there is the proof of Ix alchemy master, which is much more useful than the evidence that has been investigated.
"You can investigate the whereabouts of Baron Arthur, but you suspect a baron at will without any evidence. Have you considered the consequences?" Gershwin's Minister of Noble Affairs was not false at all, and asked in the same tone. .
Although the Noble Affairs Office has great power, in the final analysis, the Noble Affairs Office is an institution that serves the nobles.
If there is no reason to suspect a baron and conduct an investigation without any evidence, if the due investigation conclusion is not obtained, then the Minister of Investigation of Dryden will suffer the consequences of dismissal.
You must know that in the great world of gods, the nobles are a privileged class, and the nobles have great power. Once someone dares to challenge the power of the nobles, they will be excluded by the noble system.
"I will have evidence!" Dryden's investigation minister said confidently.
The work of the investigators proceeded quickly, and reports were sent to the Dryden Chancellor of Investigations.
The Minister of Investigation of Dryden looked at the report in his hand, and was also secretly shocked.
"The murderer has an extremely sharp weapon, at least a third-grade weapon, and even a fourth-grade weapon, probably with the strength of an earth knight, and at the same time has the means to clear the soul!
In addition, the treasure house of the Atkins family has been evacuated, and there is no sign of damage to the treasure house. There may be alchemists involved!
Judging from the scene, the possibility of participation of the followers of the Heretic God is very high. I want to report to the top and ask for human support! "The Dryden Minister of Investigation said in a deep voice.
Master Ix alchemy nodded in agreement, and the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin saw Master Ix alchemist agree, and he would not say anything against it.
The Minister of Noble Affairs of Gershwin is still very confident in David. He believes that this has nothing to do with David, because he saw with his own eyes that David has just undergone the enlightenment of knights.
If before the enlightenment of the knight, with David's extraordinary combat power, there is still a possibility, after the enlightenment of the knight, the extraordinary power will be suppressed by the pattern of the knight, and David just wants to act, but he has no corresponding ability.
As for whether David has a helper, the Minister of Noble Affairs of Gershwin is more aware of this.
He and Forbes Priest brought David from the Interstellar Federation to the Great World of God. In the Great World of God, there is no one else except the people in Luce Castle.
Even if David wanted to get to know the evil god believers, he didn't have time to contact him.
Therefore, after the Minister of Investigation of Dryden said that there were followers of the evil gods participating in the scene, the Minister of Aristocratic Affairs of Gershwin believed that it was impossible for David to participate in these matters.
"Please help the master to open the contact circle!" Dryden's investigation minister bowed to Master Ix and asked.
There are two ways to open the contact circle, one is to open the power of blood, and the other is to open the spirit. Dryden's investigation minister is just an ordinary official, and he cannot open the contact circle.
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