Weird Star Witch

It is said that holding a ladder and wearing a work suit, you can freely enter and exit most places. No one will stop you, and everyone will think you are a repairman.

At noon on the second day after Speaker Abel's unfortunate death, Rudolf, wearing a blue-gray work suit, a tool bag hanging on his waist, a ladder horizontally, and a safety helmet, walked towards the parliament's meeting hall.

The parliament will hold a very important meeting this afternoon, and the parliament staff are preparing for the meeting nervously. The speaker disappeared at midnight yesterday. After a panicked morning, the Alchemy Parliament finally determined that the speaker could not be found.

Around the disappearance of the speaker, the parliament is preparing to hold an emergency meeting in the afternoon.

People hurried past, and no one noticed that an ordinary repairman entered the side door of the equipment room of the meeting hall.

Of course, divination is indispensable here. Entering the parliament at this time is just the shift change time for witch hunters, and no one will stop him.

Rudolf has been to the city hall before. The last time he came was to receive the title of "Outstanding Citizen of Fabro City".

In fact, Rudolf liked the title of Outstanding Citizen very much, but unfortunately the Alchemy Council later took it back.

This is too much. How can you take back something you have given away? It's a lack of quality.

The Council Hall is a long hall building, with two rostrums on the rostrum in front. There is only one rostrum on the higher level, which belongs to the late Speaker Abel. There are two rostrums on the second level, one of which belongs to the current Deputy Speaker Jem.

Jem was the former Director of the Judgment Bureau, and later promoted to Deputy Speaker.

There is only one Deputy Speaker in Fabro City, and the position of the other Deputy Speaker is vacant.

It turned out that Old Thor was the Deputy Speaker, but unfortunately Old Thor died. Thor's daughter, Ivy, became the general manager of Thor Trading Company. The second Deputy Speaker's position is reserved for Ivy. As long as Ivy is promoted to a Level 4 Alchemist, she can become the Deputy Speaker.

This also proves the importance of Thor Trading Company, which is the main body and operator of the Alchemy Council's mining of the Ruhr mining area.

Opposite the rostrum is the rising pool of members.

Fabro City has more than 50 councilors, who control all profitable companies in Fabro City, including trading companies, construction companies, hospitals, colleges, blood centers, etc. They are the real masters of the entire Fabro City.

The pool seat is as high as a two-story building when it is raised to the highest point. There is also a high space above the pool seat, which is about the height of a three-story building.

Rudolph's identity is certainly not worthy of appearing in the council hall. He is a repairman and honestly entered the equipment room and then went up to the third floor in the equipment room.

There are still many equipment on the ceiling of the council hall, such as fire hoses and lines.

Staying on the third floor of the equipment room, Rudolph will continue to confront the Alchemy Council here to let them understand the sinisterness of human hearts and the complexity of society.

Waiting bored, Rudolph went to the tea room to get a cup of coffee while no one was there and returned to the equipment room. If no one sees it, it is not considered stealing, but taking it.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, the councilors entered the council hall one after another. There will be an important meeting of the Alchemy Council of Fabro City at 3 o'clock.

Soon, the tall hall was full of people. The members sat in their seats in panic, constantly arguing and shouting to hide their fear.

How could they not be afraid? The speaker died again. Every disaster in Fabro City started with the death of the speaker. Which parliament could bear this?

However, their quarrels did not have any effect. The one who died was a level 5 alchemist. Many of these low-level alchemist members were agents of big men. If the big men were dead, what could they do?

The side door of the council hall opened, and Deputy Speaker Jem stood at the door, staring at the rostrum opposite him for a few seconds. That tangled look, as if he was going to the guillotine instead of the rostrum.

All the members of the parliament instantly quieted down and stared at Deputy Speaker Jem in the side door. It was not until the deputy speaker adjusted his mood and walked towards the rostrum that the members of the parliament fell into an argument again. They looked at the deputy speaker from time to time. Is the situation so critical that the deputy speaker can't even manage his expression?

Speaker Abel is now missing, and he can only be declared dead after two years of disappearance. Therefore, Speaker Abel will remain missing for a long time, and two years later, the parliament will announce that he has gloriously dedicated himself to the cause of alchemists.

The night before yesterday, the witch hunter team on duty rushed to the Speaker's mansion, but found that the mansion was terribly quiet inside and outside. The witch hunters immediately began to investigate, but found that the Speaker and the three witch hunter teams disappeared without a trace.

There is a saying in Vichy County that the most dangerous profession in Vichy County is not the witch hunter who faces wizards directly, but the Speaker of the Alchemy Council of Fabro City.

Deputy Speaker Jem prepared all the cash yesterday and was going to the county city to do some activities so that he could become a member of the county council as soon as possible and not stay in this dangerous Fabro City.

After sitting on the podium, Deputy Speaker Jem's face was livid, and he stared at the report in front of him in silence. But what can be seen? No one knows where the Speaker went.

In the tea room, after the witch hunters checked, the female intern brought a cup of coffee on a plate to the podium.

The coffee was placed on the left hand side of Deputy Speaker Jem, with steam rising from it.

On the third floor of the equipment room, Rudolf drank the last sip of coffee and looked at Deputy Speaker Jem below through the small observation window.

In the seats to the side of the pool, there were attendees without voting rights, and the most senior one among them was Viscount Savan in the front.

Viscount Savan also had a report in his hand, a report on the missing speaker issued by the Tribunal.

If it was in the past, the Tribunal would not have shared such an important document with him. Now he didn't want to see it, but the Tribunal had to give it to him.

There was no way, Viscount Savan was a level 3 knight, a level 3 knight who could be regarded as a level 4 apostle.

Many members sometimes looked at Deputy Speaker Jem on the rostrum, and sometimes looked at Viscount Savan.

In the equipment room on the third floor, Rudolf also glanced at Viscount Savan.

The big man who was thought to be unattainable at the beginning, the honorable Viscount, was at the same level as Viscount Paulus who died quietly after framing Rudolf, a level 3 knight, but now it seems that he is just that.

Rudolf suddenly felt that in the year and a half since he left, Fabro City has not changed much. Most people are ordinary people, and it is impossible for them to have such a fast progress like Rudolf.

Viscount Savan turned around and said to one of the three barons behind him: "Baron Jennifer, are there any traces of toxins at the scene?"

Jennifer knew what Viscount Savan meant, and she replied: "There is no evidence. Every inch of the floor of the Speaker's mansion has been searched, and there is no venom on the ground. Scorpio wizards can poison and detoxify. The toxin of Scorpio wizards is star power. As long as the star power is eliminated, the toxin will disappear. We can only see whether it is poisoned by the symptoms of the corpse, but there is no corpse at the scene."

It's no wonder that Viscount Savan has been suspicious, from yesterday to now. The previous speakers and vice speakers all died at the hands of the Scorpio wizard Rudolf the Furnace.

No matter how careful Rudolf is, as long as the speaker of Fabro City dies, he will be the first suspect.

In the more than a year since the Furnace left, the Furnace has been a suspect in all major events encountered by the Alchemy Council, and this time is no exception.

Rudolph was very distressed yesterday. Why do these people suspect others randomly? They want to put the crime on Rudolph without any evidence. They... guessed it right.

Jennifer stared at Deputy Speaker Jem on the stage, and she hoped that Rudolph would come back.

Deputy Speaker Jem has been focusing part of his attention on the noble seats. He noticed Jennifer's sight and turned to look at Jennifer.

Jennifer did not give in at all and looked at Deputy Speaker Jem.

Deputy Speaker Jem suddenly felt guilty and had no confidence. He shifted his sight. He could not intensify the conflict with the nobles at this time.

In the past year, the Rondo Trading Company, which belongs to the nobles, and the Thor Trading Company, which belongs to the alchemists, have been competing fiercely, and both sides have not given in.     Thor Trading Company has a very good market. No matter how much minerals are produced, the Elba Alchemy Council is willing to take them all.

On the contrary, Rondo Trading Company is not very smooth in sales.

The nobles wanted to sell the minerals to the Elba royal nobles, but the upper house of the Royal Capital's Supreme Alchemy Council enacted a bill to prohibit any trade with the Elba royal nobles and announced sanctions against the Elba royal family.

The sales of Rondo Trading Company encountered problems, which made Viscount Savan and the nobles behind him very dissatisfied.

Now that Speaker Abel is dead, Jem doesn't want to intensify the conflict.

Even Viscount Savan noticed that Vice Speaker Jem was dodging. He turned around and said to the other barons: "Jem, this idiot, what ability does he have? Can he handle the current situation? He doesn't have this ability."

The barons only laughed slightly, and the dozen knights behind them had already laughed.

For a while, the direction of the nobles in attendance attracted the attention of other members. They didn't need evidence to know that the nobles were mocking the parliament again, just like when Speaker Quint died more than a year ago, the nobles also mocked the parliament on various occasions.

The members glared at the direction of the nobles, but the nobles were not afraid.

The hawks among the nobles had long ago encouraged the noble knights around them. Since the Elba royal family could counterattack the Alchemy Council, why couldn't the Carolingian royal family?

To a certain extent, knights are not only nobles, but also professional soldiers. Only in war can they be promoted in large numbers. Long-term peace will only make the overall strength of knights worse and worse.

Deputy Speaker Jem on the rostrum said, "Quiet!"

Everyone looked at Deputy Speaker Jem. Jem was a little surprised. He thought that the council hall would be noisy for a long time. He just shouted slightly and everyone quieted down.

The members of the parliament had long been paying attention to the rostrum. Many people were curious about where the parliament would go after the death of Speaker Abel.

"The Judgment Office has sent a messenger to report the news here to the Vichy County Council. The parliament will immediately send support forces to deal with the disappearance of the speaker."

The congressmen looked at each other, and it seemed that they could only wait like this awkwardly.

"The murderer who murdered Speaker Abel might be a termite who couldn't stand the prosperity of Fabro City!"

Jem didn't look at the nobles, but everyone knew that the so-called "termites" were the noble knights.

"It might be an assassin sent by the Elba royal family!"

The name of Fabro City is getting more and more famous now. As the largest mining city in Vichy County, it has undertaken a very heavy support mission to support the Elba Alchemy Council.

"It might also be the dark cloud of Fabro City, a melting pot of vicious criminals..."

Deputy Speaker Jem was reluctant to mention this name. He now regretted becoming the deputy speaker. Why did he go to such great lengths to become the deputy speaker?

This morning, his wife kept crying, because his wife understood that the worst result was that the furnace really came back. According to the practice of the furnace staring at the speaker to kill, the next victim would most likely be Deputy Speaker Jem.

His wife said that she was not as strong as Mrs. Abel. After Speaker Abel died, the speaker's wife did not shed a tear, but just frowned and looked at the people coming and going.

Jem continued:

"In order to ensure our safety, from today on, Colonel Guyton of the 56th Regiment of the Constitutional Army will be stationed in Fabro City. Before the witch hunters of the County Council arrive, he will be responsible for the safety of Fabro City!

Colonel Guyton is at Speaker Abel's house, handling the speaker's funeral.

Everyone should not panic."

Speaker Abel and Colonel Guyton have a good personal relationship, so he did not attend the meeting of the parliament.

A baron even quietly asked the Viscount: "Sir, it's really not us who did it?"

"What are you thinking? We don't need to break up with the Alchemy Council yet. It's not that easy to counterattack the Alchemy Council. The Elba royal family is so strong, and now it has become a tense and protracted war, let alone us."

Deputy Speaker Jem continued: "The garrison of the 56th Regiment of the Constitutional Army will be changed from the military camp in the suburbs to the parliament, and this place will be military trusteeship.

Colonel Gayton's Silver Flame is very powerful. Even the Level 5 vampires and Level 5 werewolves are not the opponents of the Silver Flame.

The dignity of the Alchemy Council cannot be desecrated. We will use the most violent revenge to let the enemy understand the power of the Alchemy Council!"

The Deputy Speaker's impassioned speech and the record of the Silver Flame gave the parliamentarians confidence.

It sounded like the truth, and Rudolph was a little scared...

"Think about the Level 5 vampire Revno who died at the hands of the Silver Flame! Even with the sonic boom flash, he couldn't escape the pursuit of the rocket!

Think about the werewolf corpses all over the mountains. No matter how many enemies there are, they are no match for the Silver Flame!

Colonel Gayton also said that if necessary, he would ask the military for support!

The dignity of the Alchemy Council of Fabro City will end with sending the enemy to the stake!

The truth is in the hands of the alchemist!"

For a moment, all the members clapped their hands and shouted:

"The truth belongs to the alchemist! The truth is in the hands of the alchemist!"

Deputy Speaker Jem looked at the members in the council hall who had regained their morale with satisfaction. He picked up the coffee, ready to refresh himself, and then arrange the next emergency plan.

There were three rows of lamps on the ceiling of the rostrum. At this time, a translucent starlight water color stretched out from a horizontal bar. This horizontal bar was originally used to hang this row of chandeliers.

A drop of venom fell from the fangs and hit the coffee accurately.

Amid the cheers of the parliamentarians, Deputy Speaker Jem coughed slightly, fell forward, and fell heavily on the chairman's table, spilling coffee all over the table.

The council hall fell into silence, and at this moment, time seemed to slow down.

Eight witch hunters rushed out of the side door and rushed to the rostrum.

In the open side door, two witch hunters grabbed the female intern who was delivering coffee and tied her hands behind her back.

The female intern burst into tears and looked at her father, a parliamentarian.

Some of the parliamentarians were dazed in their seats, while others held their heads in their hands and stood up in disbelief.

Mrs. Jem, who had been worried about her husband, rushed out of the side door and shook her husband.

Viscount Savan was stunned, looking at Jem who was foaming at the mouth, and didn't know what to say.

Is it really okay to poison the deputy speaker in front of everyone in the council hall?

At this time, a light came on, and the words on the light bulb were illuminated on the wall behind the podium:

"The city of Fabro does not allow the emergence of a speaker - the expectation of a certain outstanding citizen."