Celestial Mage

Chapter 44 The Two Suspects

The hustle and bustle of the night gradually dissipated, and the southern market in Silvermoon Castle was once again silent.

Rosen lay in the room of the Hound House, not falling asleep for a long time.

He closed his eyes, but a three-dimensional image of the Serendis cabin was playing in his field of vision.

The so-called 'hard evidence' found in the house was naturally put in by someone else secretly.

Because the Marble antiseptic liquid has a special smell, if it is filled in the room, it is impossible for Rosen not to smell it.

Because of the existence of the home protection technique, the time for the real murderer to be placed is also fixed.

Only tonight, and right after Serrandis went out.

The time is very short, even if the culprit is extremely skilled, there is no guarantee that no clues will be left behind.

So, he observed it over and over again, from all angles.

Every piece of evidence on the ground, every inch of wood in the room was spared.

The viewing angle was enlarged to the extreme, and if possible, he even wished to see the bacteria on the surface of the object directly.

When Rosen pulled his perspective to the window between the wooden bed and the cubicle on the second floor, his eyes froze for a moment.

In the crack of the window sill, there is a small black stain, which is the most common wet black mud in the market.

It can be seen that the stains have been wiped deliberately, but because of the uneven structure of the window sill, there are still many dead corners that have not been wiped clean.

His heart moved: "Could it be left by the tutor himself?"

But soon, more details emerged.

"This is a footprint. Although it has been wiped, the size of the shoe can be vaguely judged.

"Although I can't judge it accurately, I can be sure that it is definitely at least one size bigger than the instructor's shoes!"

No one knew Serrandis' figure better than Rosen.

He knew the location of every mole on the opponent's body, not to mention the obvious information such as shoe size.

Although Serrandis was tall, his thighs were plump and his calves were slender, so his feet were one size smaller than women of the same height.

Therefore, this trace is enough to show that there are indeed intruders in the wooden house!
Rosen's spirit was lifted, and he became more focused on searching for traces.

A few minutes later, another very inconspicuous fingerprint was seen on the wooden frame by the window, and there were inconspicuous wiping marks on the glass beside it.

Through this fingerprint, one can imagine the murderer's state at that time.

She reached out to open the window, her thumb on the wooden pane, and her four fingers touching the glass.

The fingerprints on the glass were very conspicuous, so she wiped them carefully, but the fingerprints on the wood surface were hard to detect, so they were preserved.

Rosen felt like he had found a treasure, and immediately took this fingerprint and compared it carefully with the fingerprint on the outside of the glass jar.

It turned out that this did not match the fingerprints on the outer wall of the glass jar at all

In other words, the fingerprints outside the window were not left by the guards, but most likely belonged to the mysterious intruder.

He thought again.

"In a short period of time, so many bottles filled with embalming liquid and a whole set of embalming tools were put into the wooden house, and no fingerprints were left on the bottles. Only the hands of a mage can complete it."

"So, the culprit is a mage."

"But the ability of a mage also has a limit. It is difficult to maintain a stable flight while maintaining multiple hands of a mage. So I have to open the window with my hand and put one foot on the window sill to maintain my balance."

But these clues were not enough, Rosen continued to search.

It has to be said that this intruder was really very cautious, leaving no other traces except for fingerprints and a few bits of sludge.

But Rosen didn't feel discouraged at all, on the contrary, he felt inspired.

"Now, I have the shoe size and thumbprint of the intruder, and I know that the intruder can spell. So, where should I start to check?"

He sank his mind and thought carefully.

Such a delicate framing shows that this person has a very good understanding of the mentor's life.

According to Rasplin's description, in the past two years, the mentor has been reclusive and rarely interacts with the outside world.

In other words, the mentor's social circle is very narrow.

Just look for someone who has been in contact with the mentor recently as a possible perpetrator.

"So, are there any key suspects?"

It really does.

He continued to think about what happened tonight, focusing on the three of them.

One is M. Le Verrier.The second is the bounty hunter Olek.The third is Veronica, an intermediate battle mage.

Mr. Le Verrier is the least suspicious. This man can be seen as a hero at first sight.

The other two are very suspicious.

Their height and stature are about the same as their mentors, and they can be blamed by disguising.

And he also knows spells, and has been wandering around the southern market recently.

Rosen opened the adventure log again, called out the images related to the two of them one by one, and analyzed them in detail.

First Olek.

This guy is unfathomable, the whole process has a calm expression, as if he is a spectator.

Coupled with a series of weird performances before.

Rosen felt that if this guy was a murderer, his rank must be very high.

Veronica again.

When Xia Bolai said that Veronica's spell achievement was not as good as that of her mentor, there was a slight haze on the face of this middle-level mage
'Well~ this woman is really jealous of her mentor! '

In this way, she also has a big suspicion.

He currently has the approximate size of the murderer's shoes, and it is easy to find the footprints of the two on the wet ground after the snow, so he compared them one by one.

The results were disappointing.

Both have larger footprints than Mentor.

As for the fingerprints, it was too dark outside the house to see clearly, so we had to find an opportunity to observe them specially.

So far, I have used all the clues I can find at hand. If you want further clues, you must investigate further.

"But if I continue to go deeper, I will be in great danger."

"Whether it's Veronica or Olek, or other hidden murderers behind the scenes, they are far stronger than me, and it's easy to kill me in seconds."

"Maybe you can go with Chapolei. No, uncle and Oleke are too close, and he has a big mouth, which is easy to scare others."

"So, do you want to go deeper?"

The opponent is too strong, far beyond the limit of his ability, if he recklessly fights hard, he will easily die.

But another thought came to mind.

"Since the instructor convinced me of her innocence, it means that she has not given up on me, nor has she given up on clearing herself of her suspicions."

"At this moment, she should still be in Silvermoon Castle, hiding in the dark, looking for the real culprit."

"I'm looking around, maybe I can meet a mentor, and as long as the mentor finds out that I'm investigating the case, he will definitely not sit back and watch me fall into danger."

Of course, all this is just his guesswork.

But everything has risks. If you give up the opportunity to obtain high returns because of risks, you can only be an ordinary person for the rest of your life.

So he made up his mind.

'I'll check it early tomorrow morning and try my best to find out to the end! '

Then, he still didn't sleep.

"Since I take it as a test, there will be results. The better the results, the more valued I will be by my mentor, and the more likely I will impart precious knowledge."

"The most perfect result is naturally to get rid of the mentor's suspicion and return her innocence."

Therefore, he has to work hard to improve his ability.

'My opponent may be a mage, or a samurai, or more likely an assassin who hides in the dark and is good at sneak attacks. '

'For my attack, there are spells, swords, snake-like daggers, and even dark arrows! '

After careful consideration, Rosen discovered that he had a major shortcoming.

'I have no defense against sneak attacks like cold arrows. A child can hurt me with a slingshot. '

Back then, Cyrus had a similar shortcoming, but he shot it with glass beads.

You have to think of a reliable method, otherwise, it would be ridiculous to be in a desperate situation as soon as you check it, forcing the mentor to take the risk to show up to rescue.

So, how to intercept the dark arrow?
Soon, Rosen had a preliminary idea of ​​defensive spells.

He immediately entered the virtual machine and opened the magic rule library.

After a few glances, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Weak spell constant structure, Mafka trigger, haha, the instructor gave me the development tools a long time ago!"

Without delay, immediately start trying to create new spells in the virtual machine.

This experiment took a full two hours.

Two hours later, at 3 o'clock in the morning, a stream of information flashed through Rosen's mind.

"The new spell: Resistance Field has been included in the spell book."

Open the spell book to view.

resistance field
Type: Triggered extraordinary logic four-star spell.

Spell power: 8.9 (low-level upper-level)
Spell introduction: The spell will form a spell film on the surface of the caster's body. When the external blow intensity exceeds the preset limit, a powerful force field that can last up to five seconds can be activated within one hundredth of a second, giving the intruding object extremely Strong reverse kinetic energy.

This effect lasts for half an hour after release, and can be triggered three times in total.

Maximum casting time: 1 seconds.

Mana Cost: Varies
(Note: The spell cost depends on the amount of invading matter that has been given kinetic energy.)
With this spell, Rosen's biggest shortcoming in combat was partially made up for.

But although there are spells, but the mana is weak, and the extent to which it can be achieved depends on luck.

"Do your best."

It was already three o'clock in the morning, unable to fall asleep for a while, Rosen simply started to meditate.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths, four breaths.

For some reason, the limit of meditation tonight has never been reached.

Just when Rosen was having doubts, the power that had been sprouting in his heart these days suddenly broke through the ground!

At this moment, the hazy red light in the sea of ​​consciousness disappeared without a trace, and turned into a yellow light as transparent as glass.

After another moment, the stars in the sea of ​​consciousness shone brightly, and each one became very bright, with distinct grains, like peerless orbs.

Even if the yellow sun's light still enveloped the entire star sea, it could no longer cover the light of the stars.

Several streams of information quickly flashed through my mind.

"The mana has been successfully promoted to a low level!"

"Total mana +150%."

"Strength +40%."

"Polarity +20%."

"Mana regeneration speed +100%."

Realm breakthrough, power soared a lot!

Rosen slowly opened his eyes, a faint joy flashed in his heart.

"It turns out that this is the really clear visualization image ~ very good!"

(End of this chapter)