Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2131 Suspected direction of murder weapon clues

The process of casting the spell was very smooth, and Xia Duo could see that Esther also wanted to discover some new clues that he hadn't found before, so the other party cooperated very much when casting the spell, which gave him a good experience of the feeling of a domineering mentor.

After sharing the perception with Savile, Xia Duo began to check the dagger on the ground, saying that the dagger might actually be called a "scimitar" more appropriately.

It's just that the bending style of the blade of this murder weapon is completely different from those of the scimitars commonly seen in Calimshan. It only starts to bend near the tip of the blade, and the arc is very shallow. "dagger".

In the eyes of Xia Duo, who has no concept of scimitars, the curved tip of the blade is enough to be recognized as a knife, and in such a serious matter, he believes that both Calinthian and Ketmir should be right. The style of the murder weapon has been identified, and the short sword should be just a title.

Xia Duo tentatively called it "short sword".

In addition to the shape of the blade, he also noticed the forging marks on the dagger, which should actually be regarded as a very distinctive feature, because most normal magic weapons are directly cast in one piece by the caster (weapons often need human engineering Scientific design, such a role is usually performed by a professional blacksmith, if you don't care or don't need it, you can leave it).

Only a few boutiques will have the participation of highly skilled master blacksmiths to improve the weapon's ability to withstand various extreme conditions.

This short sword is obviously a magical weapon, so the original maker may be traced through the forging marks on it, so as to determine the identity of the user.

Of course, this is only Xia Duo's preliminary judgment. Perhaps Ketmil and Calinthian have already done this, and you will know the details of their investigation later.

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In addition to the material of a magic weapon, magic is its real main body. The magic elements that Xia Duo has detected so far are not very advanced, and at most only involve the eighth layer of the magic net.

It might not be a problem to use such a weapon as a prince's sidearm, but if it is used to assassinate a big prince who is on an envoy to another country, it is more or less inappropriate.

Unless the assassin clearly knows what protection is on the target, he can make such targeted preparations. Otherwise, if he encounters a protective measure that cannot be broken through, wouldn't the only way to go is suicide!

In Xia Duo's view, an assassin or killer must take into account all unfavorable factors and try his best to kill in one blow, so as to complete the task.

Just a magic sword that has just entered the boutique level, killing a prince in seconds is simply too childish. Xia Duo speculates that there is a high probability of an assassin's accomplice in Katemir's country or more specifically among the prince's entourage.

Of course, this is Xia Duo's preliminary judgment based on the murder weapon. Perhaps Katemir has already done such an investigation. No, it should have revealed such a big thing. The prince's entourage must have uncovered even the [-]th generation of their ancestors.

"Remember to ask for the result later!"

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The specific magic effect of the magic sword cannot be fully understood only through the [Saint Nordell Scrying Technique].

However, based on his own experience in spell recognition and Taraf's description of the assassination scene, Xia Duo judged that this short sword should have [disintegrate soul], [flesh and blood], [block detection], [ Erase traces] and other effects.

Among them, the combination of "block detection" and "erase traces" may be called "cutting cause and effect", a very domineering effect. Normal people kill people with this sword, and spellcasters below senior mages don't even investigate. law investigation.

But still the same sentence, this sword involves a low level of magic net, it seems to be to reduce the vigilance of the prince's entourage, but if you don't know the specific protective measures on the prince, why prepare such equipment.

One explanation is that there is only so little ability behind the assassin, but it is unlikely to imagine that this incident will replace Tarafu's younger brother first. This is actually not an ordinary identity, but it is just covered up by the identity of Prince Katemir.

Afterwards, he will assassinate Prince Ketmir and offend two regional powers one after another. If he is so capable, isn't he afraid that he will be approached by the angry Calishans and the Ketmir elves the next day?
Therefore, Xia Duo was more inclined to think that Ketmir had an accomplice or collaborator of the assassin, and it was the elf traitor who provided the assassin with the prince's specific protection measures, so that the assassin could make such a precise assassination.

If it were an assassin who didn't know anything about the prince's protective measures, it might be more appropriate to drop a "nuclear bomb" directly for an indiscriminate attack, instead of performing an almost scalpel-like precise assassination like now.

And this also exposed the purpose of the assassin or the forces behind it, in order to make the false impression that Prince Katemir was killed by an important person in Calimshan, so as to provoke a war between the two countries.

From this perspective, the true identity of the forces behind the assassin may also be revealed.

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After that, Xia Duo asked to go back to the scene of the assassination, which was also the only clue. Esther proposed to check the magic images saved during their previous two investigations, and Xia Duo agreed.

Even if the past images are traced back, there will be a lot of distortion, and they may even be deliberately forged to confuse investigators. Of course, this incident should not be a forged past image.

And what he wanted to see was just the state of the assassin when he took action, and he didn't need many details, and it was the same with the saved images.

It is not convenient to do these things in the stasis field, so the group left the stasis field and came to the elf camp in the north of the square.

Esther should have contacted the camp when he came over. When Xia Duo arrived, an elf ran out from the depths of the camp and handed Esther a wooden box emitting bright magical aura.

Esther opened the wooden box, and inside was a green gem with nearly a hundred facets, shining brightly in the sun. Seeing this gem, Xia Duo exclaimed in his heart.

This gem is nothing else, it is the gem of wisdom that he couldn't ask for in the past. Although he has obtained some through his personal space, the way this gem is made has always been a mystery.

Uvelon in [Projection Plane Evereska Independence] would rather give the inheritance ceremony than give the production method of this gem, which shows its preciousness.

Now Katemir is using a brand new gem of wisdom just to preserve a historical image that goes back to the past, which is simply too extravagant.

There are too many methods in the magic world to preserve magic images, such as memory crystals, which are actually white crystals. Although they are also called precious, they are still incomparable with wisdom gems.

Or just save with spells would work too.

(End of this chapter)