Chapter 80

"Paul!

The third victim who was eaten by a wild beast!

I need all the information on him, the more detailed the better! "

Kieran said.

Paul was the only special one among the five victims, and it caught Kieran's attention.

Kieran had a general idea of what was going on.

Of course, before he had a clear understanding of the situation, Kieran would not make any more assumptions.

This was because it would only affect his most objective analysis and evaluation.

Kieran knew how scary a first impression could be.

From Kieran's point of view, it was a bad habit no less than a bad habit.

"Paul?

Sure, please wait a moment! "

Mr. Tough-Guy G was doubtful about Kieran's request.

Apart from the third victim, Paul, he had also studied all the victims of the beast-eating incidents in detail.

However, he had not found anything.

Still, that did not stop him from following Kieran's instructions.

Ten minutes later, when Mr. Dumb G reappeared, he was holding two thick leather bags in his hands.

"Paul's experience from the moment he entered the orphanage to the moment he died are all in these bags.

"This is all the information I can gather!"

Do you need the other four? "

Mr. Tough-Guy G patted the leather bags.

"Thanks, but not at the moment."

Kieran raised his hand with a smile and opened the two leather bags.

The information in the bags was arranged according to time and date, with Paul's growth over the past 20 years as the axis.

One of the bags contained Paul's childhood in the orphanage, then his teenage years, and finally his adult life, including but not limited to school, club activities, and dating.

The other one was for Paul's miscellaneous matters, including more interpersonal relationships outside of school.

Kieran looked through them one by one, but he did not find anything special.

Paul was not the smartest, nor was he the stupidest, but his grades were excellent. Aside from being an orphan, he was a little antisocial. Other than that, he was not good at communicating with others, he was no different from a normal person.

He had an idol when he was young, and he had been in a young relationship, but it ended without a problem.

After he went to university. Due to the increasing expenses, he started to work extra jobs.

However, his grades were still excellent, and he received scholarships every year.

Aside from his identity as an orphan, he had to earn his own living. Paul's experience was really normal.

However, Kieran did not give up because of that.

He continued to look through the files until he reached the last page.

It was the full stop of Paul's life.

It was a picture of his left arm.

The arm in the photo was incomplete. There was no palm, and there was no part above the elbow. There was only the forearm.

But even so, this forearm was badly mutilated, and only a few fragmented characters and tattoos were still clear.

It was because of the broken runes that people could confirm Paul's identity.

As for the obvious mark on Paul's arm, he didn't care. Kieran wasn't surprised at all. It was the only way he could confirm his initial guess.

Kieran squinted his eyes when he got a clear look at the words on the tattoo though.

He recognized the runes.

It was not because he had obtained the temporary language.

It!

[Mystical Knowledge]!

Kieran could read the runes with his [Mystical Knowledge] and even pronounce them, but he could not understand the meaning behind them.

They were not complete.

They were just a part of a certain meaning.

[Mystical Knowledge] had a specific meaning, and every single one of them was long and complicated. Not only were there words, but there were also runes. Some of the runes were even incomprehensible to normal people.

Just like any other language, any slight changes would cause the meaning of the whole rune to become completely different.

[Mystical Knowledge] was the same.

"Burn" and "Freeze" were just two of the runes that were different. There were 14 runes that formed them, which meant that the remaining 12 runes were exactly the same.

Therefore, the runes were not only mysterious, but also hard to learn.

However, the mysterious and hard to learn knowledge had appeared on Paul's arm in the form of a tattoo.

Kieran found it hard to believe.

"Paul planned the 'beast cannibalism' incident?"

"Moreover, he set up that huge magic array?"

Kieran guessed.

But … He quickly shook his head.

He trusted Mr. Pervert's intelligence network.

If Mr. Pervert had confirmed that Sphendix and Paul had nothing to do with each other, then Paul would not have anything to do with Sphendix.

It did not matter if it was on the surface or in the dark.

Unless Paul could change his appearance.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to hide from Mr. Pervert's spies in Sphendix.

More importantly, there was another point.

If Kieran's guess was correct, it would have to be based on the fact that Paul had a certain level of [Mystical Knowledge] and knew how to set up one or more complete magic circles.

It was not possible for a 20 year old orphan like Paul to do so.

A person who was not that smart would have to put in a lot of effort in order to get good grades in school.

Given that, he would have to learn [Mystical Knowledge] and work a part-time job to earn his living.

It was beyond a normal person's energy and stamina.

Kieran, who had come from a similar background, had gone through similar experiences.

At that time, not to mention maintaining excellent grades, he would be thankful if he could barely keep up with the progress of his studies.

That was why Kieran had dropped out of school and spent more time working part-time.

Especially learning [Mystical Knowledge]!

With his Master Level [Mystical Knowledge], Kieran knew how difficult it was to master the skill.

With Paul's age, it would be extremely difficult for him to reach a certain level even if he were to focus on learning the complicated, abstruse, and obscure knowledge in the normal way. Not to mention being distracted, even if he were to focus on learning, it would be extremely difficult for him to reach a certain level.

Not to mention, he would need to know how to set up one or more complete magic circles.

It was not something that could be solved by self-study. He would need someone to teach him how to do it.

Kieran's Master Level [Mystical Knowledge] did not have a single line about incantations.

In other words, someone had taught him!

"Someone taught Paul?

Or did Paul see something or was influenced by someone or something, so he tattooed it on his forearm? "

The thoughts that popped up in his mind made Kieran instinctively flip through Paul's files and pictures.

He wanted to find someone who might have taught or influenced Paul's [Mystical Knowledge] and confirm the runes on his forearm.

However, the results disappointed Kieran.

Kieran's files did not show anyone who was particularly close to Paul or who might have taught or influenced him.

There were a lot of pictures of Paul though.

Most of them were pictures of him in formal suits and leather shoes, none of them showing his daily life.

Considering Paul's previous identity as an orphan, it was normal for him to be a loner.

However, after a few runes appeared on Paul's forearm, he seemed to be different.

"Was it an intentional cover up?"

Kieran wasn't too sure of his guess.

Then, Kieran rubbed his swollen temples.

Originally, he thought that he had found a clue, but this clue had led him in a circle, and he was back to square one again.

It even overthrew Kieran's initial hypothesis.

"Why did he do this?"

Kieran muttered to himself.

PS: Yesterday, Decadent slept late because he was working on his chapters … Even this chapter was late …

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