The interrogation continued. Other than the first person who spoke, the other two also told Baiyi everything they knew, such as how they were introduced to the Society by someone they were familiar with, what rights and obligations they had as a low-level member, and how they were trained by the Society to become a half-baked Shadow Assassin.
Only the last person refused to say a word. Instead, he glared at Baiyi with a mixture of fear and anger. When he heard that his companions had confessed, he scolded them angrily, "You bunch of traitors! Lord Deacon will never forgive you if he finds out about this! He will not even let your wives and children go! "
At that moment, Baiyi was about to ask them about their purpose of coming here but after being threatened by that person, the other three seemed to recall the fear of being controlled by that so-called Deacon and refused to cooperate.
"Looks like I need to deepen your impression of me so that you can understand that I am far more terrifying than that so-called Deacon of yours," Baiyi said as he slowly walked towards the tough bone. As Baiyi said this, he slowly walked towards the hard bone. Although the man was trembling in fear of Baiyi's methods, his eyes showed that he was not afraid of death.
However, just as Baiyi was about to make his move, the female assassin who tried to kill Mia earlier died from excessive blood loss. Immediately, the four people who were still alive were engulfed in raging flames. Before they could even let out a scream, they were completely engulfed in flames and turned into burning torches. By the time Baiyi cast a Water Spell to extinguish the flames, all that was left of the four people was a pile of charcoal. Even the things that they were carrying had been burnt to ashes. The only thing that was still recognizable was the snake-shaped dagger that was used as a weapon.
"I was too careless!" Baiyi slapped his thigh, feeling a little guilty. The female assassin had been tortured by him for a long time but she did not show any reaction at all. That made him let his guard down a little and he did not care whether she was dead or alive. In the end, he did not expect that her death would directly trigger such a suicidal mechanism. It was not easy to catch such cooperative people alive but now, they were all gone.
The problem was that the appearance of the flames was very sudden and Baiyi was busy analyzing the information that they provided while he was discussing with the Voidwalkers. That was why he did not notice the sudden magical fluctuation that appeared in their bodies.
Fortunately, he had already found a storage bag on the most cooperative person. He believed that this bag should be able to provide him with some information.
However, killing the Fifth Walker's captives in front of him still made Baiyi feel a little embarrassed. This was the third time this Godsfall cult had surprised him.
His teacher was the first to defend him. "Judging from the speed of the spell, it must have been activated directly from within their bodies. That's why my student didn't notice it. I guess it's the effect of the tattoos on their bodies."
Just like Little Jimmy, all five of them had the same kind of invisible tattoos on their bodies. The only difference was that the tattoos were on different parts of their bodies. The men's tattoos were on their backs, the backs of their hands, and the nape of their necks while the woman's was tattooed on her chest. According to the information that they provided, every official follower of Godsfall would be forced to have this tattoo. The tattoo looked like a burning black flame. It was said that the bigger the area, the higher the status of the follower in the cult. Little Jimmy had half of his face covered with the tattoo. It seemed like his status was much higher than the assassins.
"Don't worry, they're just five small fries," the Soul Armature Practitioner said from the Void. "Let's go and catch the big one."
"I'm on my way." At that moment, Baiyi was rushing towards the outskirts of the town. He had already dealt with the charred corpses and he was still holding the snake-shaped dagger that they had left behind. The dagger did not surprise him at all. It looked like it was made of ordinary craftsmanship, as if it could be bought from any blacksmith's shop. The poison that was attached to the dagger had already been vaporized by the high temperature of the flame.
However, Baiyi still kept the dagger in his storage pouch. There was no such thing as an assembly line in this world. A weapon that was made by hand would more or less have some traces of the maker. Perhaps there were some hidden clues in it.
Of course, if he could catch that Little Jimmy, that would be the most important clue.
The caravan did not stay in the villagers' houses that night. Instead, they all stayed in tents outside the town. According to them, they were going to depart early the next morning so it would be more convenient. At first, Baiyi did not suspect anything. But now, he knew that they were going to escape overnight.
Sure enough, when Baiyi arrived at the caravan's encampment on the outskirts of town, the place was already empty except for some debris and rubbish. Even the bonfire was cold. They did not even light a fire that night.
However, the ruts and hoofprints on the ground were still fresh. It seemed like they had not left for too long. Baiyi could catch up with them in no time with his flight spell.
"Be careful. This cult might have some tricks up their sleeves that even we don't know about." The Archmage hurried to warn Baiyi in the Void just as he was about to take off. "I know you're very talented, but to borrow a saying from your Earth, don't look down on the heroes of the world."
"What kind of heroes are they?" Baiyi replied, amused. With the help of the Levitation Spell, he levitated into the air. He looked into the distance, but all he could see was darkness. Not a single fire could be seen. Even the bright moonlight had lost its luster because of the dark clouds that covered the sky.
"To be able to travel in the dark with so many goods and carriages, the organization of this caravan must be on par with a regular army," Baiyi exclaimed in surprise. Quickly, he flew towards the direction where the ruts had been.
However, after flying for less than three seconds, he was forced to stop before he could even leave the Wyllspring territory. He stared at the empty darkness in front of him and asked in a low voice, "A barrier?"
It turned out that in front of him, there was a transparent barrier that he could not see. It was obviously some kind of barrier. If it was not for his good habit of covering his surroundings with his mental power while flying, he would have crashed into it.
"Is this a barrier to stop me?" Baiyi muttered to himself. He expanded his Psychic Energy to explore the area of the barrier. Compared to breaking through it directly, it would save him more time to go around it.
However, even as his Mentality expanded, he still couldn't find the end of the boundary. He couldn't find any gap either. When his Mentality extended along with the boundary and covered the entire Clear Spring Territory, he realized that the boundary was like a big bowl that covered the entire Clear Spring Territory!
Although the Wyllspring territory was not big, if one included the surrounding farmlands and the hill known as Mount Wyllspring, the area was at least three times the size of the Celestial Fortress Academies. Theoretically, it was not difficult to spread a barrier that wide, as long as one had enough materials.
However, to set up such a large-scale enchantment in five days, right under Baiyi's nose, was beyond Baiyi's capabilities. Although he was confident that he could set up such an enchantment in such a short amount of time, given enough manpower and materials, he would never be able to do it so stealthily, let alone hide it from the eyes of a top-tier powerhouse.
"Today is the most surprising day I've had since I arrived," Baiyi said in the Void. At the same time, he reached out and touched the barrier. An electric spark appeared in the air, and he felt a sense of numbness that he had not felt for a long time.
"Thank goodness this barrier is not lethal," Baiyi said. Then, he tried to extend his Psychic Energy out of the barrier. Unsurprisingly, it failed. The barrier could block out Psychic Energy.
Then, he took out the communication slate from his storage pouch. It was prepared for the convenience of contacting Tisdale. Before this, Tisdale would always use this thing to say goodnight to him sweetly every night, but now, the runes on the slate had dimmed, indicating that the communication had been cut off.
A large-scale barrier that could block out ordinary people, Psychic Energy, and magical communication was basically isolating Wyllspring Town from the rest of the world. If Baiyi was not there, the people would probably have to wait until their energy ran out before they could leave.
So, Baiyi was faced with a choice. Should he use magic to break the barrier, or should he sneak out before the barrier recovered? Or should he go back and look for the source of the barrier and break it first?
Out of caution, he decided to break the barrier first. After all, the process would not take too much time.
Once again, he spread out his Psychic Energy and traced the magical wave that was being emitted. Soon, he found the source of the barrier at the square in the center of the town. It was a huge runic array that was made up of hundreds of runes.
As a postmodern Rohserlian sorcerer, Baiyi was actually like his teacher, the Archmage, who looked down on simple magic like runes and runic arrays. However, after seeing the runic array, he could not help but admit that there was something unique about runes that could replace magical formations.
It was especially so for the runic array in front of him. Even though it was made of runes and lacked the complex mageweath structure, its completion rate was not lower than that of an orthodox magic circle. More importantly, it was easier to set up than a magic circle, and it was also very secretive. Some runes were buried under the stone slabs of the square, and some were hidden behind walls or even in the bushes. All of these could be set up without alerting anyone.
At the same time, all the runes were hidden using the same technique that Baiyi had found on the teacup. If he did not use his Psychic Energy to scan the area, he would not be able to find them at all.
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