God-level Demon Hunter

"What's the difference?" The old baron squeezed his right fist, quite displeased with the demon hunter's question, "As long as you catch Arrian, won't you be able to break the vicious spell he cast on my son?"

"Your Excellency the Baron...but I don't think so." A gleam flashed in Roy's eyes, "I talked to the three members of Sea Scorpion not long ago, and from their descriptions, I can clearly feel... With all due respect, Amos is probably not the real culprit behind the scenes!"

"Demon hunter!" The old baron said with a more serious tone, "Someone has mentioned this possibility to me long ago! But they found nothing in the end, and they failed to prove anything to me."

"Instead of wasting time investigating the so-called real culprit, why not find Amos for me!"

……

"Do you know Sir Ignatius Villeres?" Roy asked suddenly,

"The lord of the White Orchard?" Baron La Valetti frowned, not understanding why he suddenly brought up an irrelevant person.

"That's right..." Roy looked straight into the lord's eyes, "Sir Ignatius was also in a predicament similar to yours. It was Teacher Lei Suo and I who solved that difficult problem for him, allowing him to The bloodline of the Virileis family continues."

"Demon hunter, it is a felony to deceive a lord." The old baron put his hands behind his waist, pouted his belly, and squinted his eyes. "La Valetti will never tolerate any liars, I will burn them, or hang them on the gallows!"

"You can send people to Amavite Castle to verify at any time..." Roy said confidently. In fact, he knew very well that the old baron had no time to send people to investigate.

"Speaking so much, I hope you will trust us and give us the right to investigate freely!"

The old baron was silent, his expression relaxed.

"My lord," Roy persuaded further, "you have searched all the places you should have searched in the past month, and you know the specific progress...Why don't you try a different method and start from the beginning to find out the hidden one?" sinner."

"So, what are the two masters going to do?"

"Go to the scene of the crime first, and all the servants in charge of the dinner must come..." Roy said, "There must be some details that have been overlooked."

Chapter 5 Survey

"Two masters, please..." There were crisp footsteps of "ta, da" in the long corridor of the castle.

The plump maid wore a blue dress with a ruffled apron tied in a bow at the waist and floral necklines at the neck and wrists.

She has a good figure, and the witcher's point of view is just right to enjoy her curvy curves.Such a posture reminded Roy of Rita Nieder. Although he often communicated through the telescope in the wilderness, he hadn't dated her for a while since he left Vizima.

I miss it unconsciously.

"Little devil!" The dull voice of the bald man woke him up from his thoughts, "It's been a month since the crime happened, can we find any clues?"

"I probably can't..." Roy rubbed his ribs, "Maybe you can."

That's why he wanted to call on Leto, the witcher's senses allowed him to detect clues that ordinary people, even hounds with a keen sense of smell, couldn't detect.In certain inaccessible places with minimal external influence, they can even dig out suspicious traces from a year ago.

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The two followed the maid to the main banquet hall on the second floor, which was the venue for the celebratory dinner a month ago.

The bright lights illuminated the gorgeous square table in the center of the hall, the neatly packed seats, and the empty dance floor. It was so clean that there was hardly a speck of dust to be seen.

Roy observed roughly, "Ms. Sylvia, do you clean this place several times a day?"

The maid's face was haggard, and she seemed to be out of her mind. She was stunned for a few seconds before slowly replying, "Mrs. Louisa is very particular about the living environment and requires absolute cleanliness and hygiene. After giving birth to Miss Anais, Madame can't see even a little bit of filth, otherwise I won't have the appetite to eat."

"So we clean the restaurant every morning, noon and night."

"Three times a day? Madam Louisa probably has a cleanliness." Roy thought to himself, "Even if there are clues from frequent cleaning, they will be gone." He rubbed his temples, but he couldn't let Tangtang. There is nothing wrong with the fact that Baron Valetti's mansion is not cleaned for a month.

Lei Suo was a little disgusted.

For a demon hunter like him who lived in the wild all year round and didn't take a bath for ten days and a half months, any cleaning work was a waste of time. "The time is spent on personal hygiene, and that's a shit job."

"Sylvia, please get the guest list for that banquet, let's search the hall first..."

The maid lowered her head and was stunned for a moment, remembering the baron's order, and then left in response.

The two demon hunters exchanged glances and walked to the two ends of the hall respectively.

After opening the witcher's senses, the bald man's eyes lit up with a strange light, like the pupils of a wolf in the dark night. As his amber pupils swept across, shallow and messy footprints, brooms and mops dragged on the ground appeared. The traces, the armrests of the seats, and the surrounding pillars are faintly outlined with the marks of the rag.

And circles of colorful and scented "ribbons" emerged in the air in the hall. Lei Suo lightly brushed the tables and chairs with his fingers, approached the "ribbons", and moved his nose.

"Let me see what the Baron ate yesterday?"

"Apple pie, bread, grilled sausage, Brecher Gauche wine, blueberry cod... smoked pork? Hmm... the smell of smoked pork, very familiar... where have you smelled it?" Reso carefully discerned the familiar compound smell It smelled of spices, and immediately thought of the signature dish of the Chicken Coop Tavern, "The Baron's family is also a regular customer of Old Barton?"

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Roy stood on the other side of the restaurant, leaning on a column with his arms folded, quietly observing the corners of the hall and the places where the lights couldn't reach, his eyes changing.

After a long time, he came to the edge of the flower window, leaned out of the window sill and looked down from the outside. The outer wall of the castle was made of neat blocks of marble. At the beginning, about 20 meters down from the wall, there appeared a clear water ditch artificially dug around the castle.

The sun is shining brightly, and the ditch is sparkling, which is really beautiful.

"I bet that group of maids have changed the restaurant inside and out at least twice," Lei Suo didn't know when he came to Roy's side, "They have no sense of keeping evidence at all, except last night's overnight meal and today's breakfast The smell of the restaurant, only the footprints of the ladies 'elegant', and traces of cleaning with rags, mops, and brooms..."

Reso sighed,

"You, kid, did you find it?"

The young demon hunter shook his head, "I guess you can't find anything good in this main banquet hall, but it's not like nothing... I've been studying the structure and topography of the castle since I entered the castle. Come in, how do you leave?"

"Anyway, it's unlikely to come in through these windows. There are so many people..." Lei Suo looked out the window, looking at the castle's outer wall straight down. , Jumping into the ditch will inevitably cause a huge commotion and arouse the vigilance of the soldiers..."

On the outside of Qingshui Ditch, more than a dozen heavily armed soldiers were standing guard.

In addition, according to Roy's observations, the density of patrolling soldiers on the first floor of the castle is higher, and blind spots can hardly be found, and the demon hunter at the main entrance of the castle has also seen it, and it is impossible to enter without the baron's invitation letter.

"Assuming the murderer is not Amos, it is most likely to come from inside the castle: the baron's servants, or among the guests at the baron's banquet that night..."

"That guy has a good understanding of the situation of the castle..." Roy further analyzed, "only in this way can he deal with Amos quickly and secretly..."

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"Masters, here is the list you want..." The maid Sylvia handed the witcher a piece of gold-edged leather paper. Roy browsed through it roughly, and there were about twenty names. "Elvis, Auston..."

"A total of 24 guests came that night..." Sylvia explained intimately, "Among them were twelve merchants from the baron, five confidantes of the master, six relatives of the master and his wife... and one... Sylvia leaned over to the demon hunter and glanced at the names on the first row of the list, "Testav... this is a lord from Vizima, a close friend of the master..."

The demon hunter smelled the faint fragrance of Sylvia, a trace of doubt flashed in the dark gold pupils, and then the corners of his mouth twitched, "Testav... the name..."

"The two masters know him?" Silvia blinked her big round eyes and asked curiously,

"I've met him once, and I have to say that the relationship between Lord Testave and Baron Baron is really 'like brothers and sisters'..." Roy said meaningfully. "Ahem... Let's get down to business, Ms. Sylvia, Baron Baron trusts you so much and sent you to assist in the investigation. I think you know all the guests on this list?"

Sylvia crossed her fingers on her lower abdomen and nodded solemnly,

"Then how do they get along with Master Arrian?" Lei Suo interjected, "According to your understanding and inference, are there any of them who are particularly close or not very harmonious..."

Sylvia replied almost without thinking, "I am quite clear about this. I have been with Master Ariane since he was born, watching him grow up to 13 years old..."

There was a hint of maternal radiance on the maid's round face, "Sylvia can assure you that the young master is an upright, brave, and kind person. He is as dazzling as the sun. He dreams of becoming a noble knight. Follow the knight's dogma. He is gentle and amiable to everyone, not to mention the guests on the list, even the servants in the castle and the people of La Valette outside the castle like him very much, and there is no quarrel."

"What about the children of these guests? Is there any conflict between the group of playmates who are about the same age as Young Master Ariane?" The bald man asked further,

Sylvia shook her head decisively.

"Are you so sure?" The witcher had some doubts about her firm attitude.

"To be honest with the two masters, Sylvia has been serving the La Valette family since her grandmother's generation, and has always assumed the responsibility of raising the family's heirs...Master Ariane was raised by me..."

The demon hunter understood it, no wonder Sylvia made such a statement. She probably regarded Arrian as her son.

Basically, all nobles and rich people will hire professional mothers to take care of their newborns. On the one hand, the child's biological mother and noble wives cannot bear the crime, on the other hand, this is also a custom to show their status.

"Then Ms. Silvia..." The demon hunter put away the list and pondered for a moment, "Please take us to the side hall...the room where the Sea Scorpion Acrobatic Troupe is resting, and the disappearance of Master Ariane." bedroom... let’s go to Sea Scorpion’s room first.”

Sylvia nodded, but before turning around, she pleaded sincerely, "Masters, please catch the real culprit and wake up Master Ariane, Master Ariane...he has always been I adore the witcher..."

"What do you mean by that?" Lei Suo and Roy both looked strange. In their impression, it is very rare for noble children not to discriminate against "mutants", so where does worship come from?

"Master couldn't sleep when he was young..." Sylvia pursed her red lips, and a flash of memory flashed in her clear eyes, "I just like to hear me tell him stories about demon hunters, especially the demon hunter White Wolf and The story of Renfri and her gang...he was particularly envious of White Wolf's swordsmanship..."

"That guy Geralt is so famous?" The two demon hunters had mixed feelings after hearing this, and then comforted, "Ms. Silvia, please believe in the reputation of the snake demon hunters. Since you have accepted the commission of the baron, We will definitely do our best to rescue Master Aryan."

"The most important thing is to save the sea scorpion..." Roy added in his mind.

"Lead the way now, time is running out, we have to hurry up!"

Chapter 6 Survey

Next to the main banquet hall, most of the sundries were piled up, and the room with a few benches was where the sea scorpion used to rest.

The utility room was airtight, without even a single window.

The witcher searched carefully, and was soon disappointed to find that this room had also been cleaned several times by the maid, and could not find any useful clues, so he asked Sylvia to bring all the members of the Sea Scorpion here.

"Evelyn, do you still remember when the acrobatic troupe ended their performance in the main banquet hall and came to rest in the room, try to be more specific."

"Sorry, Roy..." Evelyn had just been escorted by the soldiers from the dark dungeon, her ankles were chained, and her pretty face was still a little dazed, "It's been a long time, I really don't remember much about the arrangements for that night It's clear, I only have a vague impression that the acrobatic troupe started performing at around seven o'clock in the evening, and when the performance ended...it entered the lounge after eight o'clock."

"You, Cantila, remember?" Roy turned to the bronze-skinned girl on the other side, who also shook his head helplessly, "I am good at machetes and archery, but remembering things is not my forte. "

As for Froz the Clown, he seemed to be out of his body, in a daze, and the demon hunter had no hope for him at all.

At this time, Evelyn bit her red lips and said hesitantly, "Roy, Master Resor, in fact, the Sea Scorpion Acrobatic Troupe has always recorded the time and process of each performance in the schedule, which is convenient for reflection and discussion after the performance." Summary. When Captain Aaron was still around, he was responsible for recording, and after he left, I was the one doing the job.”

"Where's the thing?" Roy asked.

"All the belongings of the acrobatic troupe were confiscated by the Baron's soldiers..." Evelyn said, casually glanced at a group of soldiers guarding the door.

The leading general was Dylan, the officer who escorted Sea Scorpion back from the execution ground, and was also the person in charge of the dungeon. He led five soldiers, with a large bunch of iron keys and black leather whips wrapped around his waist, his face full of anxiety and anxiety. resistance.

"Your Excellency Dylan... You guys searched for Sea Scorpion's log, right? Please give it to me immediately..." Roy Dark Gold's pupils flashed a cold light, he looked him up and down again, and nodded , made a decision in my heart, "This is very precious evidence, there must be no mistakes, otherwise I will not be able to explain to you Baron."

A hint of anger flashed across the face of the young officer, and the tone of the witcher was like a superior to a subordinate, but due to the baron's order, he did not dare to disobey.

Shortly after,

"What you want..."

Roy took the thick and yellowed diary, and carefully looked at the officer's aggrieved expression, "Evelyn, Cantila, and Froz are all vital witnesses, and they must stay together to assist in the investigation. So if Your Excellency Dylan is fine, please take your soldiers and leave..."

The officer's face turned pale after hearing this, while the members of the Sea Scorpions showed a little more joy on their faces, and gave Roy a grateful look.

"Demon hunter..." the officer finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, "The baron will never allow such dangerous suspects to move around in the castle, I must strictly guard them!"

"Dylan..." At this time, Sylvia, who had been silent all this time, said, "There are two masters here, so safety is not a problem. You should step back!"

"Sylvia, but..."

"Stop talking! This is the meaning of the master and madam, you must cooperate!"

The officer still looked at the demon hunter unwillingly, and suddenly fell into a daze. A strange and terrifying vision appeared in front of his eyes, and the blood color was reflected in his pupils - countless tentacles exuding a fishy smell and swaying from the demon hunter Protruding from the thick blood quagmire behind his shoulders, he rushed over!

Wrap his body tightly, tighten the winding!

Squeeze, convulse, choke him everywhere.

Dylan stood stiffly on the spot, his eyes turned white and black, like a patient suffering from epilepsy and possessed by the devil, his limbs, chest and abdomen, and even the tips of his fingers trembled violently!

In just two seconds, he was sweating profusely, and a clear wet mark appeared on the leg of his trousers, exuding a faint smell of urine.

"Your Excellency Dylan, you have done too many bad things, and the ghosts of the dead will settle accounts with you." Roy smiled,

A pair of dark gold vertical pupils narrowed into a prismatic shape, like a wild beast staring at its prey.

The officer, who was completely frightened and tearful, did not dare to say another word, and fled with his men.

"Master, you just now..." The maid covered her mouth in surprise,

"Ms. Sylvia, as you can see, I didn't do anything. It's obvious that this guy has an emergency... probably terminally ill." Roy put his hands behind his back and shook his head, "Anyway, thank you trust……"

The maid smiled happily, "Dylan has been in the dark dungeon for too long, and his words and deeds are perverted and distorted. Most people in the castle don't like him, and I'm very happy to let him down."

"However... I still hope that the two of you can rescue the young master as soon as possible." After speaking, the maid led the way.

"Little devil, intimidate his subordinates in the baron's territory." The bald man who had been silent for a long time took a step behind and whispered next to the apprentice, "What do you think?"

"I can't just watch my friends being bullied!" Roy clenched his fists and loosened them, as if a fire was lit in his chest, his face was frighteningly cold, "If they dare to do it—"

"I'll fight with you!" Lei Suo twisted his neck and said firmly.

……

"June 10, [-], Château de la Valette, night, seven twenty, "Battle of the Targets" Cantila, "Fire and Balloons" Corinthier, Froz, "Magic Quint Throwing Knife Whirlwind" Amos, "Natural Dance" Aveline..." Two demon hunters opened the performance diary and found the latest page, "Four programs lasted for one hour, two and ten minutes , so you finished the performance at [-]:[-]? Then you came to this utility room right away?"

"There are still about 2 minutes for the closing speech..." Evelyn glanced at the grandfather clock in the corner, and pondered, "It should be close to 35:[-] to enter the room..."

"At 35:[-], was there anyone else in this lounge besides the members of Sea Scorpion?"

The elf lady shook her head lightly.

The demon hunter continued to ask, "During the rest, did Amos behave abnormally?"