Chapter 933
Herasu looked shocked, sad, and was filled with disbelief after hearing the news .
Until he saw Pudd's body, he reacted exactly like everyone else but it didn't remove Kieran's suspicions .
Pudd was a young man who allowed love to get the better side of him but his teacher was not .
The first time Pudd got himself in trouble, Herasu came before Kieran and asked for forgiveness on behalf of his student .
Then, based on common sense, what would Herasu do after that?
Surely he would tie his student down and try not to let his student cross Kieran's path .
But the result?
Pudd not only appeared again during the Festival of Partners and he provoked Kieran yet once again .
It was quite unreasonable for such a thing to happen, let alone the so-called challenge .
If the provocation from before was barely reasonable, the challenge that came after that was too intentional . It almost seemed like someone purposely wanted Pudd to lose the challenge so he would leave Hunter Temple and sprint off, thus meeting his demise outside .
The place where Pudd was killed was an alleyway near the council district . It was closely connected to the temple district yet one thing was different .
The light from the Gods could not reach there .
On the ground, the traces around the crime scene were intentionally cleaned up by the killer .
Other than Pudd's restless dead body, there was nothing valuable left behind .
"The killer followed Pudd tightly and since he was dispirited from failure, he didn't notice the killer until his throat was slit! Pudd's eyes were wide open, the shock still lingered on his face yet he doesn't show the fear of death . Which means this cut was extremely fast, to the point that his body failed to react to it right away . But when the throat was slit, there was no big splash of blood in the area and there is no excessive blood left behind at the crime scene … the killer is collecting Pudd's blood?!"
Kieran glanced over the scene and his mind immediately painted the picture of the murder occurring .
This intrigued Kieran even more .
A killer that collect the victim's blood . Other than some kind of disgusting fetish, the killer must have a use for the blood and judging from the fact that Pudd was drained dry, it must be the latter .
"What can Pudd's blood do? And… this place might be a secluded alleyway but this is the council district! The noble guards and city guards were patrolling the area non-stop and in order for Pudd to be bled dry like that, it would take quite some time yet no one noticed? Some kind of illusion was involved? Or some kind of special instrument that can drain blood within a second?
Kieran was touching his chin out of habit while he was trying to figure out the clues .
Just when he wanted to inspect the body, he was stopped by Hunter Temple's Archpriest Krecko .
"I am so sorry, Archpriest Ryan! How can this kind of horrendous act happen at an important festival?! I am truly sorry! When the killer is apprehended, I will host a feast for everyone again to express our apologies . Now please leave with Lilith and leave the rest to us . We are all excellent hunters, the killer that murdered Pudd will not escape our pursuit!"
Archpriest Krecko said in a solemn manner .
Despite his tone sounding courteous, anyone could tell the archpriest was enraged .
A homicide happened during the Festival of Partners which was only hosted once every three years . It was something unforgivable for everyone in Hunter Temple .
It was as severe as defiling their God and such a horrendous act was unforgivable for every devoted believer .
Besides, Kieran was certain that Hunter himself would also make a move after the murder .
Suddenly, Kieran's heart skipped a beat .
"Could this be… part of a plan that is specifically targeted at the Hunter himself?"
Kieran instinctively thought of Anxico and his gang .
All of this seemed to have begun from Anxico and his Follower group but soon enough, Kieran quickly denied the speculation himself .
Anxico might display decent strength but was definitely not on a Godslayer level .
Despite Anxico's claim that he wanted to oppose Lightning Temple directly, Kieran still had some guesses of what methods they would resort to .
It was nothing more than using another temple's power to fight Lightning Temple . It was impossible for Anxico to form a team to slay a God .
As far as God slaying was concerned, from a certain aspect, no mortal from this dungeon world could ever slay a God, theoretically speaking .
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