In such a pure light, Buck couldn't help but close his eyes, but the crimson eyes of the monster of internal organs were still lingering in his head. His back was covered in cold sweat.
At this moment, he felt that an overwhelming, terrifying will swept over his body, slowing his mind and paralyzing his body. It took him a long time to recover, but the will was already gone. The light that seemed to have arrived like the sun was gone, too. The monster of internal organs and the monsters with the cracked mouth were gone too.
Looking at the street that had basically been destroyed, Buck shuddered. If he had investigated this area with regular detectives, he probably would've been one of the missing persons.
"My lady, have you eliminated the monster?" Asked Buck carefully, not only because he was worried that the monster would come back, but also because he was in awe of the baby-faced lady who always smiled.
Heidi looked at the pieces of the silver badge on the ground regretfully and said, "Theoretically speaking, it's impossible for it to survive."
It was impossible for the silver badge to be restored either …
Summoning the power of a legendary demiplane required complicated and expensive magic rituals. Even though he was relying on his teacher's' Atomic Universe ', the necessary communication process would still be necessary. Therefore, in order to prepare and store most of the modular ritual steps in advance, it required special alchemical items made of very precious materials. Even though he had worked in the Atom Institution for years and published a lot of papers and achievements, and he had a part-time job in the Holt Magic College, he could only afford one or two items.
It was purely throwing money at people!
Hearing Heidi's answer, Buck heaved a long sigh of relief and secretly warned himself that he would never get involved in such incidents in the future, or he wouldn't even know how he was killed!
He glanced at the crumbling two-story building and suggested, "There should be some clues left inside."
Heidi nodded slightly. She was about to step in, when she suddenly felt intense dizziness. It was obvious that her spiritual power had been digested too much. She evaluated in her heart, "Even if 'Spell Trigger' can be simplified into a fifth-circle spell in the future, the standard of senior-rank sorcerers will still be the sixth circle. Those whose cognitive world is not half substantialized cannot be called senior-rank.
Seeing that Heidi's face was pale and she was breathing heavily, Buck asked concernedly, "My lady, are you alright?"
"I'll be fine after some rest." Heidi took out a tube of "Water Song" potion and drank it. A refreshing feeling filled her body.
Heidi needed rest. Naturally, Buck did not dare to enter the ragged two-story building on his own. So, he asked casually, "My lady, was the spell you used just now a simplified version of 'Eternal Blaze'?"
The battle between the Congress of Magic and the South Church in the sky above Renstadt was witnessed by most ordinary people because of Paradise on Earth. Therefore, 'Eternal Blaze' became the most powerful spell for Buck and the rest of them.
Heidi chuckled. "Not exactly. I'm only strengthening my 'Arcana Light' with the fusion power simulated in my master's' Atomic Universe '. It sort of has the features of' Eternal Blaze '."
If it was really a simplified and miniaturized version of 'Eternal Blaze', it would've been impossible for the two of them to resist the explosion that was not far away. They would've been blown into nothingness by the energy storm and the high temperature.
After a while, Heidi's face gradually reddened. Then, she enhanced herself and Buck with a lot of magic effects and entered the two-story building cautiously.
The burnt traces in the hall were the last proof of the existence of the monster of internal organs. At the center of the hall was a weird, illogical magic circle. Even though it had been damaged, Heidi still felt dizzy when she saw it, as if it were the recoil of failed hypnosis. Buck was so stunned that he almost couldn't come back to himself.
"Don't stare at it. Something is wrong with the magic circle." Heidi patted Buck's shoulder.
Buck shuddered and moved his eyes back. He said in fear, "Magic is truly terrifying …"
He was even more determined that his son should learn magic. Otherwise, he would've been taken advantage of in the society of magic if he wasn't careful!
The two of them searched every room in the building carefully, only to discover a middle-aged man in a black robe in a secret chamber. His body was intact, but his eyes were wide open and lifeless. His soul seemed to have been completely destroyed by Heidi's magic attack just now.
Heidi examined the body with magic. Suddenly, she exclaimed in surprise and pulled the black robe of the leader of the thugs to the sides, cutting open his stomach.
There was nothing inside. There were no internal organs at all!
"What?" Buck stepped back in shock. How could a man live and perform magic without internal organs? Was he a legendary lich? Or was he a victim, too?
Heidi slightly frowned and searched for all the experiment records. However, the middle-aged man in the black robe was very cautious and only left a few clues.
"It seems that he was a fifth-circle sorcerer who couldn't keep up with the development of arcana. Because of the fear of being abandoned by the times and the hatred of being surpassed by generations of people around him, he embarked on the path of improving his strength through evil magic rituals under the temptation of a mysterious person nicknamed 'Bird of Death'. The beginning of the ritual seemed to be transforming himself into a living dead without internal organs and prolonging his life by depriving other people of their internal organs …
"Later, he successfully advanced into the senior rank. Also, like devils, demons, and other magic creatures, he was gifted with abilities that resembled spells, such as' Finger of Death '…"
Combining the clues that she found, Heidi reconstructed the experience of the middle-aged man in the black robe.
Cold sweat was popping up on Buck's forehead. When Heidi looked at him and asked for his opinion, he blurted out, "The 'Bird of Death' must be a night watcher. They corrupted the undetermined sorcerers in order to tarnish the image of the Congress among the people. We have to crack down and clarify such things!"
If the case of evil magic rituals was spread out, the ordinary people would inevitably equate sorcerers with cruelty and bloodshed. Although it was not a good idea to generalize, who would be so calm after such a thing happened? Therefore, a 'culprit' had to be found!
"It's possible …" Heidi did not say anything. It was indeed a direction of suspicion. Then, she comforted Buck, "Don't be scared. Such sorcerers are the minority after all. Most sorcerers are normal. For example, there are a lot of murderers and thieves among the citizens of Renstadt, but we cannot equate murderers and thieves with the citizens of Renstadt. It is mathematically impossible."
Buck nodded quickly, not objecting at all.
"I'm going to bring the files and items here back to the Congress and ask the senior-rank astrologers to deal with them. We'll try to find more clues and find the 'Bird of Death'." Heidi pointed at the scene and said.
"Thank you for your trouble, my lady. Even if you don't do that, we will send them to the Congress tomorrow. Nobody is better at dealing with such problems than the sorcerers of the school of astrology." Buck rubbed his hands and said.
After packing up the files and items, Heidi and Buck left the two-floor building. When they passed through the hall, she looked back and frowned, "Is it the Church?"
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