Hundreds of years ago, after the fall of the Holy City, the most eastern fortress of human beings on the Western Continent and the entire civilized world. Many countries that have been guarded by that great city and its heroic people for hundreds of years have been overwhelmed by the terrible tide of a coalition of wild and dark creatures that broke through the defenses.

And Wendo Bona, which was only a trade center and transportation hub, became the front line. Countless civilized expeditions here and the invading barbarians have launched one after another collision of steel, blood and flame.

Fortunately, although this city has been besieged many times, it was not broken with the support of the western civilization of the entire Old Continent. However, those wars left a lot of marks on the city in the end.

For example, due to defensive considerations, this city does not have a lot of industry like other cities, so when you approach the city by train, you will find that you don’t see the billowing black from factories in the sky like other cities. smoke. In addition, because of the long war before, a large number of traces of the war can be seen outside the city.

Another example is now driving on a train on the outskirts of the city. Lawrence sitting on the train leaning against the window saw some military-related fortifications outside the city of Vindo Bona that had never been seen in the New World, such as the one surrounding the city. A thick and tall city wall. And obviously much denser fortresses than those built near cities in the New World.

"This is the price we paid for the disunity of the year." The older judge who came back with Lawrence sighed while looking at the traces of war outside the window. "The blood and dead lives flowing here tell us what we should do when we encounter such things in the future, and the strength of civilization that has learned to unite has slowly taken us out of that dark age."

"Yes, the civilized world should indeed learn to unite." After reading the books on the history of Wendo Bona on the train, Lawrence felt that he had some understanding of why the humans in this world are much more united than the human society of the previous life. It is obvious. , This is a lesson learned in exchange for a lot of blood and life.

"You are right. Civilized races should learn to unite. Because there are too many crises in this world, and unity is the biggest advantage of civilized races." Lawrence nodded and agreed with the judge. Viewed, and then packed up the luggage. After all, seeing the walls of Wendobona means that the station is about to arrive.

After arriving at the station, Lawrence and the others rode a carriage to the headquarters of the court in the capital. After some identification and registration of Lawrence, he put on a formal suit as required, and then put on his federal science association member badge and the gold white eagle medal before a judge. Under the guidance of the royal family cemetery.

The royal cemetery is located in a small fortress outside the city wall. Obviously, in order to protect the cemetery, the Holy Visby Empire, the royal cemetery on the hillside was built into a place outside the city and various firepower points and small buildings on the city wall. Strong fortress that echoes the fortress.

However, this can be considered a crooked fight, after all, many of the ancestors of the royal family in the royal cemetery have successfully transformed into heroic spirits after death. With the assistance of the heroic spirits, this fortress has also become an important defensive point outside the city.

After seeing the carriage of the referee, the royal guard outside the fort opened the heavy steel gate on the fortress wall for them, and then signaled the people on the carriage stopped on the small playground inside the gate to get off and register. Fortunately, the tribunal had notified Lawrence of the list of people who had traveled this time, so they just presented the documents and signed them and went to the temporary morgue in the basement of the fort.

After entering this morgue illuminated by magic lights, Lawrence immediately opened the medicine box he was carrying and entered the working state, but unfortunately, he had only obtained the autopsy permission for his two cousins ​​before. . And these permits are based on the premise that the remains cannot be destroyed.

But this did not have a big impact on Lawrence. After all, the cause of death of Lawrence's uncle and the baron among the four people involved this time and the trajectory of their activities before death are relatively clear, and there are not many places where he can find the problem. . If he can't make further breakthroughs in the transcendence, the investigative methods he has are of little use.

Many occupations in this era are not divided in detail, for example, there is no professional coroner. Therefore, coroners everywhere are often served by police officers, detectives, or professors of anatomy and medicine in schools. The young coroner who accompanies Lawrence now is because of a doctor who has just graduated from school. He is responsible for helping Lawrence complete the examination and also has a certain supervisory role.

Lawrence could feel that the coroner who accompanied him respected him, and he felt that this was probably because he knew the reason for his previous medical achievements. Naturally, such respect is good and can better cooperate with Lawrence in the next inspection.

Both the inspection room and the morgue are protected by powerful magic. However, considering the cost, the morgue with a larger area still chooses to keep the temperature in the room at -8°C through the magic circle to prevent corpses. Rotting, rather than building a large-scale anti-corrosion barrier like the inspection room.

Therefore, Lawrence decided to inspect the relics of his two cousins ​​first in the inspection room, and then go to the post-mortem after the temperature of the corpses rose. After putting on a simple white coat, Lawrence took out his microscope and began to take samples from the relics for observation, and at the same time asked the coroner next to him some questions.

According to the coroner's answer, Lawrence learned that according to the results of the 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 that only the footprints of the kidnappers were found on the ground afterwards, it can be concluded that the two victims were taken away after being controlled for an instant.

In addition, based on the evidence found at the place where the body was dropped. After a series of search operations by the court, the Church of God of War and the imperial police, they found a cult stronghold in a small village on the outskirts of the capital and successfully eliminated the cult.

At the same time, based on the bloodstains of the victims and some belongings found in and around the cult altar and the stronghold, it was confirmed that this was the place where the two victims died~lightnovelpub.net~ But Lawrence felt that this information should still be hidden in it. Many things, such as Lawrence, felt that it was very suspicious that a ranger could accidentally discover a dead-throwing site chosen by a cult that had been active for decades around the capital. Because there is a truth in this world that many accidents that seem too coincidental are often not accidents.

"How's the road condition in that village?" Lawrence used alcohol to rush some things from the soles of his shoes to observe and asked the coroner next to him, "Or what is the overall construction level of the village?"

"It should be said that it is a village not much different from more than two hundred years ago." The coroner thought for a while and said. "The whole village is located in a relatively remote valley, and there is only a dirt road that looks like a human stepped on it. The houses in the village are also built with mud and wood, and the indoor space is small and dark. Except for a few Apart from the kerosene lamp, we did not find any traces of modernization at all in that place."

"But maybe because of the remoteness of this package, the only contact the empire had with this village before was to collect taxes every six months. That's why the cult was hidden in that village for decades. No reason was found."