Walking to the reception desk, Karl stood still and softly called the sleeping judge.
Unfortunately, his call had no effect.
The judge was sleeping soundly and did not react at all to Karl's voice, not even shaking his head.
So Karl continued to take a step forward and reached out to push the judge. As a result, with just a little force, the judge seemed to have no bones and fell softly to the ground.
Something happened!
Seeing that something was wrong with the judge, Karl immediately jumped in and began to examine the man who fell to the ground.
Then he discovered that the man was dead.
After careful inspection, it can be seen that there are no wounds on the surface of this human body, but the face is ferocious. There are claw marks on the neck, and the color of the back of the body is purple-green, and there are spots of bleeding under the conjunctiva of both eyes and face.
"He died of suffocation."
Cyril, who was standing aside, recognized the cause of the judge's death with just one glance, and then squatted down to examine it.
After some random exploration, Seliel came to a conclusion after a long time.
"The time of death was probably a day ago."
"One day ago..."
After repeating Seryl's judgment in a low voice, Karl did not continue to check, but stood up directly and continued:
"Let's go look elsewhere, maybe we can find something else."
"Yeah." Ceryl nodded.
The two people left the hall together and began to explore the other two passages.
After about half an hour, they carefully inspected the entire Inquisitor branch.
There are a total of five people in this branch of judges, all of whom are corpses, and no sign of any survivors has been found.
These five judges all died of suffocation, and according to Cyril's judgment, they lost signs of life at about the same time.
That is to say, one day ago, the internal oxygen of this Judge branch was taken away, and these people were suffocated to death underground. The severe lack of oxygen prevented them from even struggling, and they could only succumb to the darkness underground.
die.
In addition to the death of the five judges, the talismans in their bodies were also taken away. Nothing else, such as money or other things, was touched. Even the information and documents in the data room were not removed at all, and there were no signs of damage.
It's as if the purpose of the person who did it was simply to take away the amulet.
After checking the corpses here, Karl and the two of them took a good look at the documents left behind in the data room of the Inquisitor branch.
Because it is only a branch, the data room here is not large, and the latest documents were quickly browsed by the two people.
As a result, except for the recent attendance records, nothing was found, and no suspicious signs could be found.
He closed the last document in his hand with a 'snap' sound. Karl frowned, obviously what happened here once again exceeded his expectations.
"Celiel, let's go first. I'm afraid it's not suitable to stay here for a long time."
As expected, it's better to leave here first. There's nothing new to discover right now. I wonder if I'll get into any new trouble if I stay here.
They were here to deal with a true god this time. Karl didn't want to be dragged here by any messy things, so why not just leave quietly and continue their journey.
Sure enough, after hearing Karl's suggestion, Cyril nodded in agreement with his idea:
"Well, since we can't get help, let's leave quickly. We have to deal with that guy anyway, and I don't expect any help from this group of judges."
So the two of them were about to leave, but they discovered something was wrong before they returned to the hall.
Karl remembered clearly that the hall was still dark when they passed by just now, but now there was light and noisy voices could be heard.
I'm really afraid of what will happen...
Walking next to the wall, the perspective was blocked, and Karl carefully poked his head out.
The hall that was empty just now was now filled with a dozen people dressed as superintendents, holding guns and flashlights. They happened to be in the hall to start the investigation at this moment.
Looking at what was happening in the hall, Karl lowered his eyes and had an idea.
"Celiel, I can use the Veil of Night to go out directly. Do you have any better way?"
You can tell that these people are ordinary people at first glance. I am afraid that the local Colonial Office came to check because they had not contacted the judges for a day.
Karl didn't want to cause more trouble, so he might as well leave quietly.
"Just leave by yourself. I'll go back and pretend to be a corpse. I'll find a chance to return to the hotel later. Just wait for me there."
Saying that, Cyril took out a handful of coins and handed them to Karl, then nodded and walked back decisively.
Seeing Cyril's confident eyes, Karl also trusted her ability, so he directly opened the veil of night and left the Judge branch openly.
The effect of the veil of night was still so good. Even if these ordinary people searched with flashlights, they could not find Karl passing by them. This also proved that there was indeed no extraordinary person in this group of people.
Returning to the hotel at night, Karl sat by the bed alone, thinking about what happened tonight.
The Inquisitor organization that I originally planned to ask for help was completely out of luck, and I also saw those corpses with my own eyes, which was really not a good experience.
Those enemies of the Judge can drain the oxygen from the ground and make people suffocate to death, and their target is just the Judge's amulet. The murderer's purpose may be to provoke official demonstrations, or specifically to seize the amulet. There are only two of these two
possibility.
Considering the current war background, it cannot be ruled out that extraordinary people sent by the Boers carried out sneak attack and assassination activities, which caused some trouble to the people in the colony. However, considering that the murderer did not leave any marks, this is not quite right. If
It is the behavior of the enemy who will not miss this opportunity to intimidate and ridicule.
Therefore, Carl is more inclined to think that someone did it to seize the amulet. Considering that this kind of judge's amulet was developed and produced by the relevant British institutions, this may be an espionage act to find out the weakness of this amulet or something.
The waiting in the hotel soon ended. That night, there was a knock on Karl's door.
Needless to say, Cyril is definitely back.
Walking over and opening the door, Karl guessed correctly. It was indeed Cyril who had returned to the hotel.
But unlike what they originally discussed, Seliel is not the only one who comes back this time!
After Karl opened the door, a man in a gray-white coat stood behind Cyril, looking at Karl who came to open the door expressionlessly.