quicksilver blood

Layouter

……I remembered.

Roland finally remembered when he heard the name Seruna.

That was back in Fortune City.At that time, Roland saw a Templar from Tire who was poisoned by the Fairy Kiss, and the maker of the Fairy Kiss who poisoned him was Seruna.

At that time, the Tree of Passion was about to awaken, and with some rats from the Truth Society jumping back and forth, Roland conveniently placed the blame on the Truth Society.

For example, use the Kiss of the Fairy to kill a Templar from Tire who has sneaked into the City of Fortune, and seduce Tire's Templar army to attack the City of Fortune.

Just as what happened later, the entire knight order was completely wiped out by the half-dead Torment Tree.If it were the Tree of Suffering in its heyday, it would naturally be able to crush them.

With Tire's invincible knights as a sacrifice, the reputation of the Tree of Suffering will naturally be publicized.That's exactly what rats who always want to make a big news want to do.

...However, looking back now, Roland's guesses at the time were probably all wrong.

If the Truth really wanted to provoke Tyre's Knights, they wouldn't need something as complicated and troublesome as the Fairy's Kiss.Regardless of how expensive the Fairy Kiss can be sold, no matter what reason the hapless Templar is killed, as long as he dies in the City of Fortune, Tire will eventually send the Knights to attack the City of Fortune.

Although N'Zoth, whom the Truth Society believes in, is indeed mentally disabled from time to time, the synchronization rate of this group of mortals is far from that high.There are two ways to complete the task, one is expensive and troublesome, and the other is simple and free - how much money does it take to deliberately choose the first one?
But who was it that tried to start a war between the City of Fortune and Tyre—or even try to use Tyre's Templars to raise the Tree of Passion?
Combined with the past plot for comparison.With Roland not interfering with anything, the tree of suffering will eventually become a terrifying monster, starting the plot line of "Wild Disaster".

So, what did I do to make the plot take such a big turn?
When this question just emerged in Roland's mind, he already understood the answer.

In short, there was only one thing Roland did in the City of Fortune.

That's why "Orlando" became famous-he directly blew up the entire city of fortune.

Roland clearly remembered that at that time he blew up the underground waterway in Caral, destroyed the embankment, and used human.meat.bomb.bombs to blow up the undead in Ridge Street to pieces.At that time, the tide that broke the embankment gushed out from the gap, and the tide was full of walking corpses——

... No, wait, where are the walking corpses?
Roland was stunned for a moment.

He clearly remembered that before the Tree of Suffering was summoned by the Society of Truth, the flood-like water was still full of walking corpses.If it weren't for the flashes of fire that he had caused people to fall in advance, those walking corpses that could move freely in the flood water would have caused huge trouble for his group's escape.

But, after that, why did the walking corpses suddenly disappear?
If he was burned to death by flames... Why did Roland's experience tips only include no experience in killing walking corpses?

For a moment, Roland only felt chills in his body.

That's right... such an obvious flaw, but I was immersed in a huge amount of experience at the time, but I didn't find the walking corpse that disappeared out of thin air.

In the city of wealth at that time, there was only one person who could do this——

"……professor?"

Roland murmured.

However, Roland noticed that when he said the name, Oletta and Seruna were silent for a short while.

Roland immediately realized that he had finally grasped the problem.

"My lovely kin——"

"Well, I know."

Before Roland could finish his sentence, Seruna readily admitted it.

You can still believe what the goblin says.They never bothered to lie, which was different from Roland.

However, Roland just shook his head.

"I'm asking about something else. Maybe it's offensive, but I have to confirm."

Roland's expression became serious: "I would like to ask, Seruna, have you ever sold or given away finished Fairy Kisses?"

"Hey?"

Seruna froze for a moment.

After the petite green-haired girl came to her senses, her face immediately flushed red: "How, how, how is it possible! No shame! Such a thing...how could you do it!"

"I understand, I understand," Roland quickly reassured, "That's why I say this is a bit offensive...but just in case, I have to confirm."

"Of course not!"

Serena puffed up her face in dissatisfaction: "I haven't been arrested, and I'm not those shameless guys, how could I sell my bodily fluids to others..."

"Is that so..."

Roland pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Oleta.

"I sold it to the professor. If by professor you mean Victor."

Before Roland could ask, the old lich admitted straightforwardly: "He bought it at a premium for information that I have never heard of, and he wanted it urgently and on the spot..."

"Uh-huh? So, am I betrayed by Aura?"

Amidst Serena's little screams, Roland showed an expected expression.

It was all exactly as he had imagined.

That's right... What if the Templar was poisoned by the professor at the beginning?What's the difference between being killed and being killed directly?
In fact, there is no difference in the results.But if it was poisoned by the kiss of the goblin, it would always give the feeling that the person was murdered by someone. Compared with dying in the city of wealth for no reason, this kind of purpose will be stronger.At least it will not give people a feeling of "after all, the city of wealth is such a dangerous place, maybe it was just killed by mistake".However, because of the high cost of Fairy Kiss, people would not consider the possibility of manslaughter or accidents from the very beginning, but instead focused on the identity and purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes.

That's what the professor has to do.

He wanted to muddy the waters of the City of Fortune, but he wanted everyone to focus on the Tree of Passion and the Templars of Tyre and the murderers with the Goblin's Kiss.That way, no one would notice that the professor was still in the city.

In the plot before the union, the Tillans Dam that exploded inexplicably was probably a bomb planted by the professor when no one was paying attention to him.And his purpose is to destroy Karar's underground water system at a special point in time, as the last straw to collapse the country... and the deeper purpose is still unknown.

And Roland noticed that after the professor saw himself, his plan changed obviously.

As in the past, the Tirance Dam was still bombed and collapsed.

After meeting Roland and learning of his identity as the death crow, the professor gave him almost all the lights of the fire.And the big commotion caused by "Orlando" in the city of wealth undoubtedly completely made the professor invisible.

——Then, it is self-evident who was responsible for the sudden disappearance of the group of zombies.

(End of this chapter)