Hundreds of years ago, after the fall of the Holy City, the easternmost fortress of mankind in the Western Continent and even the entire civilized world, many countries that had been protected by that great city and its heroic people for hundreds of years were attacked by those who broke through the defense line.
Flooded by a terrifying tide composed of a coalition of wild creatures and dark creatures.
Wendobona, which was previously only a trade center and transportation hub, became a frontline. Countless civilized expeditionary forces fought here against the invading barbaric forces one after another in clashes of steel, blood, and fire.
Fortunately, although this city was besieged many times, it was not captured in the end with the support of the civilized forces of the entire western part of the Old World. However, those wars still left a lot of traces on the city.
For example, due to defensive considerations, this city does not have a large amount of industry like other cities, so when you approach this city by train, you will find that there is no black billowing from factories in the sky like other cities.
Smoke. In addition, due to the long war before, a large number of traces left after the war can be seen outside this city.
Another example is that on a train traveling on the outskirts of the city, Lawrence, who was sitting by the window of the train, saw some military-related fortifications outside the city of Vindobona that he had never seen in the New World, such as those surrounding the city.
A thick and tall city wall, and fortresses that were obviously much denser than those built near cities in the New World.
"This is the price we paid for the disunity back then." The older judge who came back with Lawrence looked at the traces of war outside the window and sighed. "The blood flowing here and the lives lost tell the story.
What should we do when we encounter something like this again in the future, and the power of civilization that has learned unity has slowly led us out of that dark age."
"Yes, the civilized world should indeed learn to unite." After reading the books on the history of Wendobona on the train, Lawrence felt that he understood why the human beings in this world are much more united than the human society in the previous life. It is obvious that
, this is a lesson learned with a lot of blood and life.
"You are right. Civilized races should learn to unite. Because there are too many crises we have to face in this world, and unity is the greatest advantage of civilized races." Lawrence nodded to agree with the inquisitor.
After thinking about it, I packed my luggage. After all, seeing the city wall of Vindobona means that the station is about to arrive.
After arriving at the station, Lawrence and the others took a carriage to the headquarters of the Tribunal in the capital. After confirming and registering Lawrence's identity, he put on a formal suit as required, and then handed over his federal
After putting on the membership badge of the Scientific Association and the gold medal of the White Eagle, he went to the royal cemetery under the guidance of an inquisitor.
The royal cemetery is located in a small fortress outside the city wall. It is obvious that in order to protect the cemetery, the Holy Visby Empire simply built the royal cemetery on a hillside into a place outside the city and various firepower points and small ones on the city wall.
The fortress echoes the mighty fortress.
However, this can be regarded as a mistake. After all, many of the ancestors of the royal family in the royal cemetery successfully transformed into heroic spirits after death. With the assistance of heroic spirits in defense, this fortress has also become an important defense point on the outside defense line of the city.
.
After seeing the carriage of the Inquisition, the royal guards guarding outside the fortress opened the heavy steel gate on the fortress wall for them, and then signaled the people on the carriage stopped at the small playground inside the gate to get off and register. Fortunately, before
The Inquisition had already notified Lawrence of the list of people traveling this time, so they just showed the documents and signed them before arriving at the temporary morgue located in the basement of the fortress.
After entering the morgue, which was illuminated by a magic lamp, Lawrence immediately opened the medicine box he carried with him and entered into work mode. However, it was a bit regretful that he had only obtained autopsy permission for his two cousins.
.And these permissions are based on the premise that the remains must not be destroyed.
But this does not have a great impact on Lawrence. After all, among the four people involved this time, the cause of death and the activities before death of Lawrence's uncle and the baron are relatively clear, and there is not much that can allow him to discover the problem.
.If he cannot make further breakthroughs in transcendence, the investigative methods he has mastered will not be of much use in this regard.
In this era, many professions were not divided in detail. For example, there were no professional coroners. Therefore, coroners in various places were often held concurrently by police officers, detectives or school professors of anatomy and medicine. Like the young coroner who is accompanying Lawrence now.
As a doctor who had just graduated from school, he was responsible for helping Lawrence complete the examination and also had a certain supervisory role.
Lawrence could feel that the coroner who accompanied him had a lot of respect for him. He felt that this was probably because he knew about his previous achievements in medicine. Naturally, such respect is good, and he can take the next step.
Cooperate better with Lawrence on the inspection.
Both the examination room and the morgue are protected by powerful magic. However, considering the cost issue, the larger morgue inside still chooses to use a magic circle to keep the temperature in the room at -8℃ all year round to prevent corpses.
Corrosion, rather than building a large-area anti-corrosion barrier like an inspection room.
Therefore, Lawrence decided to examine the relics of his two cousins in the examination room first, and then go to the autopsy after the temperature of the corpses rose. After putting on a simple white coat, Lawrence took out his microscope and began to examine the relics.
Take samples for observation and ask the coroner next to you some questions.
According to the coroner's answer, Lawrence learned that based on the results of the on-site investigation, there was almost no conflict between Lawrence's two cousins and the kidnappers when they were taken away. However, considering that the two victims were just ordinary people, and the subsequent investigation of the ground only found
Based on the footprints left by the kidnappers, it can be inferred that the two victims were controlled for a moment and then abducted.
In addition, based on the evidence found at the dumping site, the Inquisition, the Church of God of War and the Royal Internal Affairs Police conducted a series of search operations and discovered the cult's stronghold in a small village on the outskirts of the capital and successfully eliminated it.
Cult.
At the same time, based on the blood stains of the victims and some belongings found in and around the cult altar and stronghold, it was confirmed that this was the place where the two victims died.
However, Lawrence felt that there should be many things hidden in this information. For example, Lawrence felt that it was very suspicious that a ranger accidentally discovered the body dumping location chosen by such a cult that has been operating around the capital for decades. Because in this world
There is a truth in history that many accidents that seem too coincidental are often not accidents at all.
"How is the road condition in that village?" Lawrence used alcohol to wash out some things from the soles of his shoes and then asked the coroner next to him, "Or what is the overall construction level of that village?"
"It should be said that it is a village that is not much different from that of more than two hundred years ago." The coroner thought for a moment and said. "The whole village is located in a relatively remote valley, and there is only one dirt road that looks like it was stepped on by people.
Go there. The houses in the village are also built of mud and wood, and the indoor spaces are small and dark. Except for a few kerosene lamps, we didn't find any traces of modernization in that place."
"But maybe because this branch is too remote, the only contact the empire had with this village was to collect taxes every six months. This is why the cult was able to hide in that village for decades.