Shad knew he had found a place.

The chains on the outside of the broomroom were hanging. It looked like someone had already opened it, but the door was closed. Xia De tried to pull, and the thin wooden door was immediately pulled open a gap.

Subconsciously, he reached out to grab the revolver at his waist, but after hesitating, he touched the Rhodes card in his pocket instead. This is a school after all, and Xia De didn't want to make too much noise with his gun. And the bullets can't turn, but his Rhodes card can even draw five-pointed star traces in the air.

Looking around, Xia De stepped into the broom room while no one was paying attention. It is probably because the mop is often put in without drying, and there is a dampness in the large space inside, and the overall area is about the same as the cloakroom of Xia De's house. .

In order to prevent Henry Val's secret room behind the wall, Shad held his breath and tried to slow down as much as possible.

Without touching the gas light switch on the wall, Xia De squinted his eyes to see things in the darkness, and then watched the blood-colored halo disappearing in front of the deepest wall in the broom room.

Shelves were placed in front of the left and right walls, and long brooms and mops were placed in front of the wall where the red halo disappeared. The wall where the halo disappeared was the only one where nothing was placed.

"Is there a secret passage? But where is the mechanism?"

But if there is a mechanism, it will definitely make a loud noise, so Xia De used a simple method:

"Flianna's Witch's Light!"

The right palm lit up with a golden light, and then, like inserting hot pokers into ice, Xia De's right hand inserted into the stone wall in front of him. Just as the front end of his arm entered the ground, he vaguely heard voices coming from behind.

"very good."

He pulled his arm back, then lay down on the wall, pointed his ears at the hole that could almost penetrate the stone wall, and listened to the following voice:

"Praise death..."

It was the sound of prayer, because the sound was distorted through a layer of stone wall, so it was impossible to tell who it was. But at least Shad could tell that the voice was coming from far behind, not just across the wall.

So, he stretched out a finger towards the hole, melting through the final wall with his finger. Lie down at the hole and look to the back, and after confirming that there is a narrow passage behind, he completely melted a gap enough for him to pass sideways, and then used [Breath of Time] to restore the wall to its original shape.

"Is there any trace of the elements?"

【No. 】

The walls of the back passage are flanked by gray stone brick walls. Five or six steps forward is an iron door, the red halo leads there, and the voice of prayer also comes from there. At the same time, Xia De also smelled a stench, which was the smell of decayed corpse materials:

"I hope that the scene I will see later will not affect my appetite for dinner."

After thinking about Miya, let the image of the cat lying on the window sill basking in the sun and taking a nap with its front paws to dilute the disgusting image in my head. Xia De controlled the sound of footsteps, paying attention to the continuity of the voice of prayer, and then approached the iron door.

Press your hand on the door, if [Key of the Door] is invalid, it means that the door is not locked. After confirming that there are still no traces of elements, close your eyes and imagine the source of the prayer sounds in the space behind the door. Holding the cards in his left hand, he took out a revolver that he didn't intend to use in his right hand, opened his eyes, took two steps back and slammed open the door:

"No one is allowed to move!"

He slammed open the door and pointed his gun at the young man kneeling on the ground, who seemed to be praying to the bronze pot in front of him.

He was wearing a black robe, and the bronze pot was suspended in the air by several iron chains. Below it was a small coal-burning stove used for heating in the countryside. The stench came from the bronze pot. It seems that there is a vent here, otherwise he would have been gas poisoned.

The candle combed on the ground was the light source in the secret room. Henry Val stopped praying, stood up silently, and turned to look at the detective holding a gun behind him. The space here is larger than the broom closet outside, but there isn't much here except for Captain Laddus lying against the wall, and bookshelves and desks along the wall.

"You found me?"

He stared at the muzzle and asked.

Xia De glanced at the bronze pot:

"What are you cooking?"

The young man smiled:

"what you think?"

"You did the serial murders in the city?"

"Yes."

He actually admitted it.

"Why? Don't tell you that your fiancée in the country is seriously ill or has died, and you want to continue her life in this way."

Xia De looked into the eyes of the other party. Henry Val was indeed an ordinary person, and the ritual-like scene in front of him did not have any power at all. But the indifference to life shown by this person, as well as his unflappable attitude, made Xia De understand that this guy is probably a lunatic.

Speaking of which, he is in this world

The evil deeds seen by ring magicians in the world seem to be less than that of ordinary people. This is probably because outsiders still see too little of the world.

"No, no, I wouldn't take such a risk for someone else's life."

Henry Val glanced back and looked at the cooking pot:

"I'm dying, a brain disease, but I can't die."

"Why?"

"Isn't this obvious? How can someone like me who is destined to do great things die so young?"

Xia De thought that the other party was a lunatic, but he didn't expect the other party to be so shameless.

"So you think that your life is more important than other people's lives? It is very valuable to use other people's lives to extend your life?"

Xia De asked, and the young man in a black robe looked at him unexpectedly:

"Oh, you actually understand that?

Yes, I was introduced a month ago and met a very magical boy who can accurately predict how and when a person will die. The boy told me I was going to die of a brain disease on the first snow this winter. Therefore, I spent a lot of money to buy ancient documents, and after translation, I got the formula of this life-extending potion. I have always believed that I can control my own destiny. "

"Well...you don't need to go into such detail."

"No, I've been holding back these words for a long time. In the past, I could only tell them in my diary. Later, I said them to the corpses who gave their lives. Now I can finally say them to living people."

Xia De confirmed that the other party was a lunatic:

"Is the captain's gun in your hand? I suppose it's in the sleeve of your robe. Now hold out your hands, above your head. I'll count to..."

Henry Val pointed his gun at Shad, and Shad, who had been prepared for a long time, flew out the cards in his left hand the moment the opponent raised his gun.

He didn't keep his hand, and the card in his hand cut off the finger that wanted to pull the trigger. Because the speed was too fast, Henry Val didn't realize that his fingers were missing until he pulled the trigger several times but failed to fire the bullet.

"Ah~"

As soon as the scream came out, Xia De, who was striding forward, punched him in the face:

"Mind blast!"

The power of Mind Blast depends on the mental strength of the opponent, and the closer the hand is to the opponent's head, the greater the power.

Under one blow, Henry Val's head did not explode like a watermelon. He seemed to be hit by a shell with huge energy. He flew backwards in an instant, and the back of his head hit the bronze pot heavily, making a "boom!" After the sound, the body slipped softly to the ground, and passed out completely.

Xia De shook his hand with some disgust, and found that under the candlelight, the other party's eyes, nose, ears and mouth were bleeding. Although he was still breathing, he probably couldn't wake up again.

"It turns out [Mind Blast] has such a strong effect on ordinary people."

[This time, I am really merciless. 】

"She" chuckled softly in her ear.

"Anyway, he said he has a diary, so I don't need to ask for more details. And this kind of person, why should I keep him?"

asked Shad, pulling Captain Rudds's pistol out of his opponent's hand, and thrust the hand with the severed finger into the hearth of the furnace under the bronze pot. After burning for a while, the hand was pulled out.

On the one hand, this is to confirm whether the other party is really unconscious, and on the other hand, it is to cover up the injury of the finger being cut off by a sharp weapon. He was still thinking about exchanging the prisoner's body for a reward.

Finally, I looked at the evil spirit "lying" behind the young man, she became more transparent, and the miserable green spirit body was dimming a little bit:

"You can leave now."

He stared at the soul and said, his right hand drew a vertical line in the air, and then the black marks left by his fingertips expanded into a pitch-black crack. Behind this hole, the extreme cold and the light of the dark moon penetrated, and behind it was the land of death.

Most of the souls of Fort Midhill were sucked away by the [Between Life and Death], so Shad opened the door to real death, allowing the poor man to leave directly.

As if affected by the black wind blowing from the land of death, the miserable green light gradually faded from the weak evil spirit.

It gradually returned to the appearance of a normal human female, with a slightly green face lowered, and looked blankly at its own hands, at Henry Val on the ground, and at the young detective in front of him:

"Thank you."

Bowing slightly to Xia De, she turned into a ray of white light ~lightnovelpub.net~ and entered death.

The hole disappeared, and Xia De breathed a sigh of relief:

"I did another good deed, and I can reward myself to take Mia to eat some good things tonight."

Thinking in his heart, he was about to check the situation of the captain who was tied up, but he stopped suddenly:

"Wait a minute, Henry Val was hit hard by my [Mind Blast], and the back of his head hit a heavy object just now. He must not be able to wake up. Judging from this injury, he is likely to die because of the big Brain dead, completely dead this winter."

【so what? 】

"She" is chuckling.

"Although the potion formula bought by Henry Vale was faulty, the so-called 'boy who predicted death' was right. He would indeed die in winter because of a brain disease. But it was not because he had a brain disease, but because he thought I have a brain disease, so I kill people randomly, so I..."

Xia De narrowed his eyes slightly, and accurately predicted the time and method of his approach to the end, but even the thaumaturgy provided by Priest Augustus couldn't do it.

"Fort Midhill, there is a prophet who can predict death? It seems that I need to pay attention to this matter."

[There is a very interesting idea. 】

"What?"

"She" chuckled, as if opening her lips in Shad's ear at this moment:

[The other party predicted that Henry Vale would die on the first snow this winter]

"Is such that."

Shad looked at the young man slumped by the fire.

【Then, do you want to give it a try—kill him now. 】