Chapter 58 Died in the Line of Duty
No. 173, Haibin Road, Park District.
Xiao En saw Qin's body. Her face had been gnawed by rats beyond recognition. The scar on her neck could identify her identity. This was the scar left when she fought a ghoul.
Daisy's thin figure stood next to Qin's body. When she looked up, Xiao En saw a pair of red eyes.
"It's all my fault, I should have followed her..."
When Xiao En came over to comfort her, there was a hint of crying in Daisy's voice, and she choked with sobs: "I thought the matter last time had been resolved."
Xiao En patted Daisy on the back , soothed her sad mood.
"Qin was attacked by someone secretly and was killed with one blow."
The person who spoke was the investigator - Keville, who was about twenty-five or six years old, with deep facial features and sunken eye sockets. , wearing a gray coat and looking tired, must have just arrived. He was investigating the disappearance of the archaeologist some time ago.
He used to be a forensic doctor and later became an investigator.
Xiao En squatted down and lifted up the white cloth covering Qin's body. What he saw in front of him was a bit horrific. There was a fatal wound in the back of her heart. She was killed with one blow. The murderer instantly pierced her heart, and the wound was temporarily blurred. Unable to identify what kind of weapon it was.
"Qin is a transcendent of the Ranger Path."
"It is difficult for ordinary people to attack her quietly." Xiao En identified the wound and said solemnly: "It may be an assassin. ! "
When he thought of assassins, Xiao En immediately thought of the dark elf called the 'Mother'.
At that time, Benjamin was also killed by her sneak attack. If Xiao En had not triggered the death retrospective and predicted her actions in advance, I am afraid that no one would have survived the battle in the old city.
Only an assassin of this level can kill an experienced investigator silently.
The ranger path is called 'Ranger' in the Dele region, which is a translated ancient Elvish language. Their first talent ability is 'tracking', but due to different inheritances in different places, some abilities There will be some differences. The ranger advancement in Dorne is more modern. Some of the rangers in the Dele area still use bows and arrows. Bows and arrows are quieter than firearms and are very suitable for fighting in dense jungles.
The terrain that rangers are good at is mostly wilderness, while the terrain that rangers are good at includes cities.
Qin is a melee ranger, specializing in short-range shooting, rapid shooting, mobile shooting, etc. An investigator like her is no weaker than an ordinary night watchman. It is very difficult to sneak attack and assassinate her. Disaster.
“Is it the ghost-faced assassin?!”
Xiao En looked at William next to him and said in a serious voice: "Light, I want to check the scene."
The time now is about 4:30 in the morning.
According to Kerver's inference, Qin was probably killed around eight o'clock last night. She should have already gotten off work by that time. Qin lived far away from here. Unless there were any special circumstances, Otherwise she wouldn't have run this way.
“I remember the man-eating rat incident is over.”
“Didn’t they burn the group of contaminated, deformed rats to death? Why is Qin still entering the sewer at this time? ”
"What did she find?"
Xiao En gestured to Kville on the side, and the two investigators walked towards the dark sewer. Behind them, William and Daisy quickly followed. The night watchman who had seen it said out loud: "The enemy may still be hiding in the sewers."
"Be careful."
Hearing this, Daisy's pupils changed instantly, and a pair of strange cold erect eyes appeared. The pupil emerged, like a deadly predator in the darkness. Her eyes were full of primitive wildness and murderous intent. She sniffed with her bearded nose and stood calmly in front of Xiao En.
This position is just enough to protect two investigators.
Daisy was furious now.
Qin was killed at the exit of the sewer. Kver followed the traces on the ground and found only Qin's footprints. Xiao En is different from other investigators. He sees things directly and is not good at tracing traces.
At this time, there was a sound of heavy footsteps outside.
It's Jason Tangl.
He glanced at Xiao En solemnly and nodded slightly, which meant that with him here, the investigators could safely detect traces at the scene.
"Turn on the lights to the maximum."
Xiao En gestured behind him to signal Kvill to stop, and then he began to check for traces around him. When Qin was attacked, there was no resistance at all. There were only her footprints within a hundred meters, and no other traces were seen.
“It is impossible for people to approach completely unnoticed. Even if the assassin is invisible and travels in shadow, it is impossible for him to leave such a long distance without leaving any trace.”
Dorne The city's sewers are very large. Logically speaking, there is no need to build such a large sewer, because there are not so many storms in the rainy season in Dorne. It seems to be designed to deal with extreme weather under certain circumstances. According to Xiao En's calculation, it may be related to ancient times. The indescribability has a certain relationship.
After all, Dorne is next to Dagon, a place where natural disasters are more frequent.
"Look here!"
Xiao En raised his head and looked at the top of the sewer. His spirit trembled slightly. Under concentration, he seemed to have discovered something, and he called out to Kver who was standing beside him.
There are some very shallow pits on the top of the sewer, which seem to be scattered, but other than that there are no other abnormal marks.
Kver picked up the flashlight and shined it, frowning and said: "It should be left recently."
"Did the enemy crawl over from above?"
Xiao En looked all the way along the top of the sewer and quickly discovered a lot of slight marks. They were not the hand and footprints of normal people, but small, inconspicuous dots scattered on the left and right sides, about three meters apart. look.
His expression was solemn, he looked at Kver on the side, and said slowly: "Do you think these traces were left by something?"
Kver frowned.
He followed the traces above and drew the same traces on the ground. He looked a little confused and murmured: "It's definitely not left by humans... It's a bit like a giant insect! ... ..."
Xiao En thinks so too.
In an instant.
His inspiration trembled, and in a flash of vision, Xiao En saw a huge, dark spider.
"It's a spider!"
"No, it's a woman whose body is on a spider!...It's the mistress!...It's really her!..." Xiao En opened his eyes instantly Open your eyes.
The top of the sewer.
All the traces were invisible in his eyes. He could even imagine a huge black spider with the upper body of a seductive woman fused into the spider's head. She was climbing along the wall of the sewer, bloodthirsty. His eyes were fixed on the prey, becoming invisible in the darkness, approaching silently little by little, and then suddenly appeared behind Qin, piercing Qin's back heart with a snake-shaped dagger that flashed with cold light.
“Mother?” After hearing Xiao En’s words, Jason’s face changed slightly as he stood behind them.
He was one of the people who originally hunted down the mistress.
But their last operation did not go smoothly. The mistress has the ability to become invisible in the dark and can travel across the shadow space. It is very difficult to hunt down a rogue who can sneak and become invisible in the weird country. Moreover, the survivability of rogues has always been the first echelon. They move quietly and secretly, and can be completely invisible in the dark. If there is still a narrow escape, 's talent, then a high-sequence rogue is almost like a nine-life cat demon.
They can rely on their body's instinctive reaction to avoid a fatal attack.
This career path has always been a dance on the edge of a knife, and those who survive in the end are very difficult to deal with. In the last pursuit, the mistress finally managed to escape.
Even if Jason and his party brought the holy relic, they still could not catch this invisible dark elf.
After changing the racial template, the physical fitness of the mistress far exceeds that of human extraordinary people.
The invisibility ability of the rogue path is stronger than the wizard's invisibility spell. Xiao En still has footsteps and traces of his actions, while the rogue leaves almost no traces.
"She seems to have lost her human form now."
Xiao En's spiritual sparks were shining, and he said solemnly: "Her lower body has turned into a ferocious big spider, and she may be almost out of control."
That was what Xiao En saw during his last spiritual vision.
Only that time, under spiritual vision, the mistress's lower body merged with a huge black spider. Now, even in the real world, her lower body has turned into a huge black spider.
This is almost out of control, maybe already half out of control.
"Immediately notify the Death Patrollers still in Dorne City to assemble! Recall other Night Watchmen who are on vacation!"
Jason's expression was serious and he ordered to the others.
A possibly high-level out-of-control person, a shadow sequence, half human and half spider, can easily attack and assassinate an investigator on the Ranger Path. This is already a very dangerous monster.
As long as the extraordinary person loses control, his power will go crazy. The mistress's current strength will only be stronger than before.
“Don’t enter the sewer yet.”
"We won't act until daybreak."
Jason glanced at Xiao En and Kevir, took out a special emblem and handed it to William and said: "William, you immediately apply for the transfer of Holy Relic No. 23 [Eye of Truth] 】. "
A loser who can become completely invisible. Without the holy relic, they are very passive.
Only Xiao En can see through the invisible enemy here.
“She has now become a half-human, half-spider monster, and she should only be able to hide in the sewers.”
"Qin may have discovered her traces and was silenced by this monster."
Rogues also have their own flaws, that is, they can only be invisible in the shadows, and they can only move quietly in the sun. Sneak around so that people don't notice your presence. If the mistress was active in public, with her current half-human, half-spider appearance, people would have discovered her long ago.
Xiao En seemed to have thought of something, and said in a deep voice: "Flamethrower!"
"Have someone prepare a flamethrower!"
"She may have the control snake now The ability of insects, mice and ants.”
There are many people in the Night Watch who are strong in combat, but most of them are pure hand-to-hand fighters. If you encounter a large group of snakes, insects, rats, and ants, it is unrealistic to let them kill them one by one. It is best to use a flamethrower to solve the battle.
Jason nodded immediately and said: "Let people prepare."
"Notify the police and block the entrances and exits of the surrounding area."
It was dawn.
The surrounding area of the park area has been blocked. Dorne City seems to have entered a troubled period. In the past few months, supernatural events have broken out in the market area and the old city. Today, the park area was suddenly blocked again. For a while, People in the entire city are in panic, and they can't control the development of the situation.
"The enemy is obviously well prepared."
Xiao En stared at the dark entrance of the sewer and said to himself: "But what are they doing? Is it just to disrupt the order of the real world?"
< br>The arrival of illusion in the market area, the dark blood sacrifice in the old city, and the murder of the investigator this time.
Instinct tells Xiao En that all this seems to be controlled by an invisible black hand secretly. They are coming for the Night Watch, and they are doing it in an organized manner. Behind the scenes is a group of very powerful and dangerous enemies.
Seven twenty in the morning.
Xiao En saw the dusty Benjamin. The captain seemed to have just returned from other places, still carrying a suitcase in his hand.
He silently walked to Qin's body, just took a look, slowly covered it with a white cloth, looked sad, and said softly: "Have you found any clues about the enemy?"
William Weiwei Nodding, he reached out and took the captain's black suitcase and said, "Yes."
"Maybe it was the mistress who did it. She returned to Dorne City again."
Benjamin's eyes burst out. With a strong killing intent, he clenched his hands into fists and said after a moment of silence: "You stay here, I will go to the headquarters."
Xiao En stared at Benjamin's back, with a hint of worry in his expression.
Daisy came to him quietly and whispered: "Captain, something is not right today."
Xiao En moved his head and looked at Benjamin's back, thinking for a moment. He said softly: "The captain has been promoted."
"His mood is not stable at the moment."
When Captain Benjamin just came back, Xiao En had already noticed something abnormal, because Benjamin There is an obscure and gloomy aura about him.
Benjamin's mood has always been very stable. Even under Xiao En's spiritual vision, there is almost no abnormality in his body. But this time when he came back, Benjamin's body was enveloped by a deep and dark aura. Even if he didn't take off his confusion, Xiao En could feel a very strange power.
Just now he moved and was confused, Xiao En saw a deep darkness like gelatin reflected behind Benjamin, squirming and active like ooze, revealing black and red asphalt-like during the rolling. color.
At that moment, Xiao En thought of Lolis. At the moment Lolis died, her body exploded and filthy black mud poured out. The black mud was very similar to the illusion reflected by Benjamin at the moment.
The only explanation at present is that Benjamin completed his next promotion during this outing.
Also because he had just been promoted, Benjamin showed an abnormal sight of pollution.
"Flesh? Trick?"
Xiao En is not sure about Benjamin's current status. After the extraordinary person completes the promotion and fusion of the next stage of extraordinary relics, his own situation will be slightly unstable. As the extraordinary essence is digested , will gradually return to normal.
"Benjamin seems to have a trace of primitive magic in his body."
"Does he have the ability to cast spells?"
Looking at the way Benjamin left, he should have applied for it To use the holy relic, one must be very determined to use the holy relic.
The side effects of strange items will be smaller.
However, both holy relics and sealed artifacts have obvious side effects. Xiao En currently does not have the authority to apply for the use of holy relics.
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(End of this chapter)