The Price To Pay For Voltas Life
It is truly regrettable.
How can soone commit such a cri?
Outside Hernus house, the Mage Tribunal Judges expressed grief as they exited. The two people accompanying as escorts frowned at the sight of the corpse, as if it was their first ti seeing such a thing.
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Yet, even as their gazes subtly turned towards , there was a sense of anticipation, perhaps they hoped I had noticed sothing.
After a mont of contemplation, I asked the two instead what they noticed from that sight.
The corpse is preserved in different states.
The Judge, nad Thema, with a rather longish chin, responded.
Both individuals, too, should possess so knowledge in this field, given their positions as executioners.
Thats right. Based on the condition of the body and the maggots found writhing in it, the progression starts from the torso, then to the left hand, right hand, left leg, and finally the right leg.
Judge Doven, with a mole on the corner of his mouth, nodded in agreent with Themas opinion.
Indeed, I shared the sa thoughts with Thema and Dovens opinions.
I sensed black magic from the corpse. Soone intentionally used magic to preserve them this way.
This was not an incident caused by evil spirits.
I realized this as soon as I saw the corpse.
At first, it seed like the work of evil spirits. However, in this case, it is more suitable to say that soone deliberately staged it to appear as if evil spirits were responsible for this.
The reason I ca here in the first place was because of the concern that evil spirits might be affecting the entire kingdom.
However, this was not the case now that I had personally witnessed it.
Soone had orchestrated these odd phenona, making it appear as if evil spirits were responsible for these events.
Why?
I was deep in thought, but I had to stop pondering further; the two Judges who ca with were cautiously observing my reaction due to my status as a dark mage.
I wasnt sure how to react since this type of incident would not benefit .
In fact, the peoples opinions against dark mages would undoubtedly deteriorate significantly if this incident beca widely known.
Although I had instilled the perception that I was different from ordinary dark mages by being capable of using Holy Power, I wasnt entirely free from scrutiny.
For now, it would be wise to investigate anything related to the victim, Volta, among Fernans residents.
After suggesting to et again in this location in an hour, the two Judges saluted and swiftly began moving.
Perhaps because I managed to defeat Mage Tribunal Judge Tyren in the past, these Judges seed to harbor a strange fear towards .
I entered the house again.
Without having a proper al, Hernu, the mother, hastily shoved sothing resembling a hulled foxtail millet into her mouth.
Thinking that I should offer her sothing to eat later, I went to check Voltas corpse without her notice, which was lying in the garbage dump-like front yard.
The corpses state of decomposition varied as the torso and limbs were preserved differently.
Despite the sowhat bizarre behavior, the most important thing was
The head isnt here.
Where exactly did the head fall off from the torso?
Also, there was another thing.
There is no soul either.
Even with the use of Legeton, I still couldnt detect any sign of a resting soul inside the body.
If he were to beco an evil spirit, his soul would have lingered near his body, as it had not been long since his death.
In this case, it was one of two things.
Either Voltas soul had undergone complete annihilation.
Or.
Hes still alive.
This case had too many disturbing details.
Why did the culprit cast such a complex spell on the corpse?
Why did the culprit cut off Voltas body and place each part in four separate directions within Griffin Kingdom?
I ca here thinking it was simply an evil spirit problem, but it turned out to be the work of a dark mage.
A feeling of unease settled in.
It felt as if I was standing in soones shadow, sending a chill softly brushing against the nape of my neck.
What are you doing?
Just then, Voltas mother, Hernu, leaned her head out from my side.
She, who had just been chewing on hulled foxtail millet, now fixedly stared at with sothing sared around her mouth.
I didnt think much about the strangely different atmosphere just a mont ago and just decided to ask.
What kind of person was Volta, your son?
In response to my question, Hernu slightly lowered her head and replied.
I cant lie and say he was a good boy. He hung out with the local ruffians, robbed and beat up people, stole ships, and did all kinds of misdeeds.
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Thats why the people in this village didnt mourn Voltas death much. Rather, they were relieved that troublemakers like him had t a cruel demise; all his gang mbers had even fled.
Hernu grabbed my hand firmly, her eyes welled with tears.
My son may have been a scoundrel, but he didnt do anything too evil to deserve to die like this! Even the Goddess is indifferent toward us!
Her voice trembled and droplets of tears fell from her eyes. The old womans hand seed as though it could lose strength at any mont.
Please make sure to catch the person who made my son like this.
Understood.
With those words, I completely walked out of the house and yard as there was no need for to stay any longer.
I briefly checked the wandering souls around, but most were harmless to humans and would naturally find rest after so ti.
An hour later.
Thema and Doven returned. They both had strange expressions, and the information they brought to was similar.
It was nothing but criticisms about Volta.
He had bad habits. It wasnt just stealing, but he had been caught doing robberies too.
He was also always going around with the ruffians and beating people. They even say that you shouldnt co out to the village if you heard Voltas voice outside at night.
There were many incidents regarding him, and, in fact, he had been taken to the guards many tis. However, every ti, Voltas elderly mother would co and kneel down, apologizing.
Voltas father had a similar personality; he was an alcoholic. One late night, he fell and hit his head on a stone and died.
There are no other traces of black magic found within the village. It seems like it will be a more challenging case than we thought.
As experts in handling dark mages, the two quickly explained the current situation cool-headedly.
I subtly looked up at the sky after comnding the two in gathering this neat and extensive information.
The day had sohow darkened with the clouds covering the sky, suggesting an impending rain.
The fisherns fishing boats were already docked and their nets were collected. They had left early, and now they were gathered in the village tavern, making a lively commotion.
What do you two think is the most important aspect of this case?
In response to my question, Thema, with a rather longish chin, promptly replied as if he had been waiting.
I think the focus should be the preservation of the corpse. Its not just a simple murder, but they also set up a unique asure.
Although he answered that, it seed like he couldnt understand the reasoning behind it.
This ti, Doven, who had a mole on the corner of his mouth and was standing beside Thema, offered a different opinion.
The corpse was spread in all directionsnorth, south, east, and west. So, personally, I speculate that it might be so kind of magic circle spreading across the entire kingdom.
If we took Dovens opinion into account, the scale of this case seed to be larger than we initially anticipated. Magic circles that used corpses were usually related to summoning magic.
The one summoned by it might not just be soone who was trying to turn into a demon like the Evil Ghost Griffin, but rather a real demon.
Both opinions were reasonable in their own ways. However, if we wanted to nitpick, there were so parts where their opinions were not convincing enough.
I discreetly glanced at the Dark Spiritualist. She had been scanning around without even saying a word, and when our eyes t, she let out a faint sigh.
[Hmm, in my opinion, the problem seems to lie in this excessively unique situation in and of itself.]
I nodded in agreent with her words.
Its overly violent and flashy. However, there is no substance.
Different tis of death for each part of the corpse?
It might appear impressive, but it didnt seem too challenging if it wasnt caused by an evil spirit but rather by a dark mage.
The corpses body parts scattered in all directions?
If it was a person doing it, moving those wouldnt be difficult at all.
Just as Doven had said before, it could be for a magic circle to summon a demon.
But when we looked at it from another perspective, if the culprit really wanted to create a magic circle encompassing the entire Griffin Kingdom, would it be activated with just a single corpse?
Frankly speaking, it seed like the materials needed for it were greatly insufficient.
So, in my opinion, the culprit of this case only wanted one thing.
They deliberately made the incident flashy, probably to call soone out.
A dark mage.
My guess was that the so-called Cadavermancer was calling for .
Considering the timing of the incident, it happened right after I was appointed as a Soul Whisperer, which made even more sense.
Are you referring to yourself, Soul Whisperer?
Hmm.
Both of them wore skeptical expressions, but I was almost sure of it.
I had information from the ga that they didnt know about.
The content beca increasingly hard to understand as the ga progressed into the later stages.
In fact, the setting of the dead souls accumulating on the continent wasnt sothing I discovered as a Necromancer.
It was because the ga had an episode based on this related information.
Griffin Kingdom had been fiercely hostile to dark mages.
However, upon looking at it another way, it had beco an excellent hiding place for skilled dark mages because the citizens of Griffin were ill-inford of everything about black magic; the Evil Ghost Griffin had blocked everything about this branch of magic from its source.
I glanced at the Dark Spiritualist.
There was her, for instanceshe was a Necromancer who had been secretly conducting her research in the Griffin Kingdom.
Anyway, in the ga, there was a dark mage organization, Dante, living in the sewers beneath the Griffin Kingdom.
Dante is involved here.
They considered themselves to be reasonable dark mages, according to their own words. And as a result, they never drew the attention of the Mage Tribunal Judges, nor did they cause significant harm to people.
Unlike selfish dark mages, they believed that to attain all knowledge and learning, one had to pay a price.
Therefore, they didnt casually kill people. Even if they did, they would pay the price for that value.
But if that was really the case
I slightly turned my head and looked at Hernus house.
I had an idea of who might have received paynt for Voltas life.
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