Chapter 257
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"You really couldn’t find it?" Bruzuryano looked disappointed .
"I cannot find it . Maybe I am not good enough . " Anfey shook his head . He looked at Bruzuryano in sympathy . There was a whole system of teaching how to practice Samadhi and reach the unity of man and heaven in his family’s martial art . What Bruzuryano taught him was way too simple . It was just a sample of his family’s martial art system . No wonder Bruzuryano wanted to give the Heart of Nature away . He had never communicated with the Heart of Nature before; otherwise Bruzuryano instead of Anfey would be the one communicating with the Heart of Nature .
Bruzuryano turned to look at Slanbrea . Slanbrea sighed . "We had better let the temple know about it . With their help, it should be better . " After the talk, Slanbrea turned sideways and saw a headless dry body . He was shocked for a second before he hurried over .
Bruzuryano calmed himself down a little and released a Nature magic . A vine appeared in Bruzuryano’s hand . The vine crawled against the floor to the window . It passed through the window and crawled onto the floor again . It looked like a snake scrawling away .
"Did you kill him?" Slanbrea asked as he turned around, pointing to the headless body on the floor . He sounded very surprised .
"Yes, I did," Anfey said .
"How did you kill him?" Slanbrea asked .
"He was too careless . " Anfey shrugged .
"Is he that nut?" Bruzuryano noticed the white bone staff as well .
"You are right . " Slanbrea smiled with his head shaking . He chanted in a low pitch . Holy flame showed up again . It hovered over the top of the white bone staff . Under the Holy Flame, the white bone staff shook a little bit and turned into powder .
Bruzuryano gave a bitter smile as well . The nut he was talking about was far less powerful than Slanbrea and him, but he was much better than Anfey and his group . With common sense, Anfey and his group should have not killed the guy without any damage . He thought to himself that if Anfey could turn around the basic principles of the Goddess of Nature, Anfey could definitely brush aside common sense as well .
"Masters, I do not know if I should tell you this," Anfey said quietly .
Slanbrea and Bruzuryano looked at each other . "Anfey, it’s fine . Go ahead . "
"If this was to find the spy and kill Nana, you would not have to do so much . If this is to remove more bad guys from the world quicker, we should let them run away," Anfey said .
Slanbrea was shocked for a while and sighed, "I was too angry and did not think it through . Thanks for reminding me about that . You really can think through the details . Amazing . "
"Did you say his name was Nana?" Bruzuryano asked as he pointed at the body which had been chopped into pieces .
"Yes, he is the city master of Punk City . " Anfey said with a nod . "I think we should go and walk around the garrison residence . Maybe we could get some useful information . "
"Yes . Let’s go . " Slanbrea suddenly got excited . It looked like he was not too happy with what had happened .
"Master, right now there is no city master for Punk City," Anfey said . "I am worried that someone would make rumors in the dark . The city could possibly have a lot of troubles later on . Bruzuryano was an arch-druid with high reputation and fame . There are many temples of the Goddess of Nature and her followers . If Bruzuryano can be in charge of the government of the city for the time being, those people could not make any trouble . "
"I am getting old . I have to be reminded of this by a kid . " Bruzuryano smiled . "Ok, you guys go with Slanbrea . I will take care of this mess . "
It was already late at night, but there were still patrols on the streets . They randomly picked a patrol team . Without saying much, Slanbrea’s priest gown with holy spirit had proved his identity . Patrol officers carefully and obediently escorted Anfey and his group to the garrison residence .
The few guards on watch on both sides of the gate walked up to them . They first carefully checked Slanbrea’s priest gown in holy light . After they were convinced it was a real one, they respectful said, "Master, how can I help you?"
"Bulls*^t," Anfey said coldly as he waved the pass Black Eleven had left him .
In fact, those soldiers had no idea what that pass meant, but they felt Anfey and his group were important people . One guard could not stop pleasing them with smiles and said, "Master, wait for a second . Let me report to the city master that you are here . "
"No need . We can just walk in," Anfey said .
"But…" one of the soldiers said .
"Move!" Anfey said impatiently .
Those soldiers on watch looked at each other and gave each other a bitter smile . They dared not mess with Anfey’s group or the city master . They felt they were in such a dilemma . A smart soldier seemed to realize the key point of this issue . He ran over to the gate and pushed the gate open . If they gave trouble to Anfey’s group as it stood in front of them right now, they had no idea what troubles they would get themselves into . If their city master would punish them later, they could just switch their jobs . It was not like they would be killed .
Once someone made an example of what to do, in other words, when there was already a scapegoat, other soldiers just followed him and could later step aside and suggest that they had nothing to do with this .
The garrison residence looked simple and clean . It showed that Nana was not a person of luxury . At least half of his residence was empty . A housekeeper, maids, cooks, servants and other bodyguards lived in half of the residence . Anfey did not know how to tell whether any of them were necromancers . That would be the job of Slanbrea . Under the light of Holy Flames, only the necromancers who had the same level of powers as Slanbrea’s could pass Slanbrea’s eyes . There was a reason the Light magic was called the natural enemy of necromancers’ magic .
Once they had woken everyone up, the servants had to be tested by the Holy Flames before they could go anywhere else . Anfey had seen a few of the soldiers during the day . They hesitantly came over to ask Anfey what had happened . Anfey did not give them any explanation . He only signaled them to follow him .
Necromancers could lie to deceive others to work for them, but once they were found out, they started to ditch their friends and families . This was the weak point of the necromancers . Almost no one wanted to see the whole world being ruled by the dark power . Dislike of necromancers was beyond nationality and race . Everyone worked together to fight them, which was the reason that necromancers had never won any war . This was why Anfey did not worry about having those bodyguards follow him . They had been working for Nana, but once they knew the truth that Nana was a necromancer, they would not be on Nana’s side . They would tell Anfey anything suspicious about Nana .
They went from the first floor to the second floor . Slanbrea did not find any useful information . Anfey took out a spear from a weapon holder . He hit things with the spear everywhere, especially in Nana’s study and bedroom . He did not find anything either .
"Master, what on earth has happened? Where is our city master?" a bodyguard could not help asking . Other guards pricked up their ears to eavesdrop on the conversation . They wanted to know about it as well .
"Nana is a necromancer," Anfey said calmly .
"What?" the bodyguards yelled in surprise .
"This is the priest, Slanbrea . This is Palace Archmage Saul’s daughter . I am a student of Master Saul . With us as the witness, don’t you believe that your city master is a necromancer?" Anfey said .
"Is Master Nana really a necromancer?" a bodyguard said in disbelief . He raised his voice a little bit and a maid heard him . No one knew what she remembered at that moment, but she passed out on the floor .
"Would I joke something like this?" Anfey asked .
The bodyguards took a close look at Slanbrea and the serious look on Anfey’s face . They went quiet without asking more questions .
"Wait, I heard Nana has a wife . Why are we not seeing her?" Anfey suddenly remembered the hatred Nana had towards his wife .
"Madam went back to her hometown for a visit . Hmm…she has not come back for about half a year . She took her son with her," a bodyguard answered .
"Does Nana have a good relationship with his wife?" Anfey asked .
"Not too good . Master, I mean the necromancer hated his wife and his son," the bodyguard responded .
"I do not think his wife went back to her hometown," another guard said .
"Huh?" Anfey raised his eyebrows . He turned around and laid his eyes on the bodyguard .
"The brother of the necromancer’s wife came here two months ago . I eavesdropped on their conversation . He told the necromancer that he wanted to see his sister, so I don’t think the wife went back to her hometown," the bodyguard explained .
"What happened afterwards?" Anfey asked further .
"Later . . . later I never saw his wife’s brother again . He might have left," the bodyguard responded .
"Why would he leave if he never saw his sister?" another bodyguard asked .
"I do not know . I just never saw him again," the bodyguard said .
Anfey had planned to give up the matter . After hearing this, though, he felt something was unusual . He turned to look at Slanbrea . If there was anything hidden here by dark magic, only Slanbrea could find it .
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