Chapter 79: The Price To Pay For Volta's Life

Chapter 79: The Price To Pay For Volta's Life

The Price To Pay For Voltas Life

It is truly regrettable.

How can someone commit such a crime?

Outside Hernus house, the Mage Tribunal Judges expressed grief as they exited. The two people accompanying me as escorts frowned at the sight of the corpse, as if it was their first time seeing such a thing.

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Yet, even as their gazes subtly turned towards me, there was a sense of anticipation, perhaps they hoped I had noticed something.

After a moment of contemplation, I asked the two instead what they noticed from that sight.

The corpse is preserved in different states.

The Judge, named Thema, with a rather longish chin, responded.

Both individuals, too, should possess some knowledge in this field, given their positions as executioners.

Thats right. Based on the condition of the body and the maggots found writhing in it, the progression starts from the torso, then to the left hand, right hand, left leg, and finally the right leg.

Judge Doven, with a mole on the corner of his mouth, nodded in agreement with Themas opinion.

Indeed, I shared the same thoughts with Thema and Dovens opinions.

I sensed black magic from the corpse. Someone intentionally used magic to preserve them this way.

This was not an incident caused by evil spirits.

I realized this as soon as I saw the corpse.

At first, it seemed like the work of evil spirits. However, in this case, it is more suitable to say that someone deliberately staged it to appear as if evil spirits were responsible for this.

The reason I came here in the first place was because of the concern that evil spirits might be affecting the entire kingdom.

However, this was not the case now that I had personally witnessed it.

Someone had orchestrated these odd phenomena, making it appear as if evil spirits were responsible for these events.

Why?

I was deep in thought, but I had to stop pondering further; the two Judges who came with me were cautiously observing my reaction due to my status as a dark mage.

I wasnt sure how to react since this type of incident would not benefit me.

In fact, the peoples opinions against dark mages would undoubtedly deteriorate significantly if this incident became widely known.

Although I had instilled the perception that I was different from ordinary dark mages by being capable of using Holy Power, I wasnt entirely free from scrutiny.

For now, it would be wise to investigate anything related to the victim, Volta, among Fernans residents.

After suggesting to meet again in this location in an hour, the two Judges saluted and swiftly began moving.

Perhaps because I managed to defeat Mage Tribunal Judge Tyren in the past, these Judges seemed to harbor a strange fear towards me.

I entered the house again.

Without having a proper meal, Hernu, the mother, hastily shoved something resembling a hulled foxtail millet into her mouth.

Thinking that I should offer her something to eat later, I went to check Voltas corpse without her notice, which was lying in the garbage dump-like front yard.

The corpses state of decomposition varied as the torso and limbs were preserved differently.

Despite the somewhat bizarre behavior, the most important thing was

The head isnt here.

Where exactly did the head fall off from the torso?

Also, there was another thing.

There is no soul either.

Even with the use of Lemegeton, I still couldnt detect any sign of a resting soul inside the body.

If he were to become an evil spirit, his soul would have lingered near his body, as it had not been long since his death.

In this case, it was one of two things.

This time, Doven, who had a mole on the corner of his mouth and was standing beside Thema, offered a different opinion.

The corpse was spread in all directionsnorth, south, east, and west. So, personally, I speculate that it might be some kind of magic circle spreading across the entire kingdom.

If we took Dovens opinion into account, the scale of this case seemed to be larger than we initially anticipated. Magic circles that used corpses were usually related to summoning magic.

The one summoned by it might not just be someone who was trying to turn into a demon like the Evil Ghost Griffin, but rather a real demon.

Both opinions were reasonable in their own ways. However, if we wanted to nitpick, there were some parts where their opinions were not convincing enough.

I discreetly glanced at the Dark Spiritualist. She had been scanning around without even saying a word, and when our eyes met, she let out a faint sigh.

[Hmm, in my opinion, the problem seems to lie in this excessively unique situation in and of itself.]

I nodded in agreement with her words.

Its overly violent and flashy. However, there is no substance.

Different times of death for each part of the corpse?

It might appear impressive, but it didnt seem too challenging if it wasnt caused by an evil spirit but rather by a dark mage.

The corpses body parts scattered in all directions?

If it was a person doing it, moving those wouldnt be difficult at all.

Just as Doven had said before, it could be for a magic circle to summon a demon.

But when we looked at it from another perspective, if the culprit really wanted to create a magic circle encompassing the entire Griffin Kingdom, would it be activated with just a single corpse?

Frankly speaking, it seemed like the materials needed for it were greatly insufficient.

So, in my opinion, the culprit of this case only wanted one thing.

They deliberately made the incident flashy, probably to call someone out.

A dark mage.

My guess was that the so-called Cadavermancer was calling for me.

Considering the timing of the incident, it happened right after I was appointed as a Soul Whisperer, which made even more sense.

Are you referring to yourself, Soul Whisperer?

Hmm.

Both of them wore skeptical expressions, but I was almost sure of it.

I had information from the game that they didnt know about.

The content became increasingly hard to understand as the game progressed into the later stages.

In fact, the setting of the dead souls accumulating on the continent wasnt something I discovered as a Necromancer.

It was because the game had an episode based on this related information.

Griffin Kingdom had been fiercely hostile to dark mages.

However, upon looking at it another way, it had become an excellent hiding place for skilled dark mages because the citizens of Griffin were ill-informed of everything about black magic; the Evil Ghost Griffin had blocked everything about this branch of magic from its source.

I glanced at the Dark Spiritualist.

There was her, for instanceshe was a Necromancer who had been secretly conducting her research in the Griffin Kingdom.

Anyway, in the game, there was a dark mage organization, Dante, living in the sewers beneath the Griffin Kingdom.

Dante is involved here.

They considered themselves to be reasonable dark mages, according to their own words. And as a result, they never drew the attention of the Mage Tribunal Judges, nor did they cause significant harm to people.

Unlike selfish dark mages, they believed that to attain all knowledge and learning, one had to pay a price.

Therefore, they didnt casually kill people. Even if they did, they would pay the price for that value.

But if that was really the case

I slightly turned my head and looked at Hernus house.

I had an idea of who might have received payment for Voltas life.

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