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129. The Black Witch Attack

We are also investigating the whereabouts of missing people in the slums. We asked witnesses and their relatives one by one about when they last saw the victim. There was one thing in common in their answer: they were in the crowd last time before they went missing.

“But if so, why until no one can watch them disappear?”

We then walked down the canals where usually the missing victims were eventually found dead. Now time has darkened and soon it will enter the night. Time in which events usually occur.

“Don't tell me that the Second Prince plans to stay until late at night to investigate this case?” I murmured in my heart with worry.

How I don't worry about him, my real mission is to keep the second prince's life safe until the day of his coronation and instead look for the perpetrators of this sadistic abduction and murder. Moreover to me, they were just a bunch of insignificant NPCs.

I touched the second prince's back and told him to go home before late at night, but as expected, he refused.

I as his subordinate was not able to refuse his orders, but I was still worried about him. There is something different about the night here this time. How to say it yes, a little gripping if it can be expressed into words. With full of the stinging dirtiness, not in the physical sense, but in the inner sense.

“Pyar.” Suddenly we heard something falling into the water.

The Second Prince immediately went to the source of the voice and I followed him from behind. From afar, thanks to my keen sense of sight despite the darkening of the day, I could see someone wearing a face mask running away from the source of the sound. Whatever fell, he must be the culprit who threw it away.

It was far away, but it wasn't difficult for me to reach it immediately, so I decided to go after it. But clearly through the eyes of my own head, the figure disappeared into the shadows. Apparently, this person is not an ordinary human being.

I saw the Second Prince dragging a charred body figure out of the canal water. Ah, it turns out that was what the suspicious figure threw away. One more case of kidnapping and murder.

Usually I just watch it in the movies that the arrival of the police is always late when the criminal has run away, and now I see the incident itself in front of my eyes. Long after the criminal managed to escape, the patrolling security guards arrived. Well, even though they came in time, I also doubt that they can catch the mysterious figure.

But one thing suddenly struck me, about one of the many patrolmen was Kaiser.

“Kak Kaiser?”

“Adrian?”

Looking at me who seemed to know one of the patrolmen there, the Second Prince looked at me intently as if he was going to punch a hole in my head.

“You know him?” He said with suspicion.

“Etto.. Hmm..” “Ah, she's a distant cousin of me.” I'm out of sense to answer. It was fortunate that Kaiser quickly overcame it.

“But again, the victim was brutally killed yes, burned after being sucked up his life energy to run out.” The Second Prince seemed to be observing Kaiser Brother who said that. He then continued to comment, “This is likely black magic.”

Black magic. Something that had become a scourge that shocked the Amora Kingdom because magic was draining the life energy of others as a source of energy. He does not utilize mana nature, but rather mana extracted from his life. Black magic is widely used to winnow, use, or even resurrect the undead.

“Kak Kaiser, what do you think about someone inside this kingdom practicing the use of black magic?” I was curious about Kaiser.

“Seeing from the characteristics of the victim who lost all his life energy, that was the only possible answer. But isn't the number of victims too high? Is he making an army of the undead?”

“Could be so he just wants to raise the lich as his ally. Lich is the most deadly weapon because.” I added Kaiser's comment.

“Whatever it is, whether he's a necromancer or an ally of the lich, obviously he definitely plans to wreak havoc on the capital. We have to get ready.”

“Oh Yes Brother. I forgot that the perpetrator could plunge into the shadows to escape.” I added a little information that might not have been obtained Kaiser's sister.

Apparently true. With a face full of seriousness, he said, “This could be a more serious problem.”

“It's not that hard to find the culprit. Let's just find the suspect and watch him until the culprit comes alone to meet the potential victim.” The Second Prince suddenly entered into our chat.

“Makanya, we have trouble finding potential victims..”.

I was annoyed at the arrogant talk of the second prince, but apparently I was wrong. He thought carefully about his words before he said them.

“There is one pattern that equates the entirety of its potential victims.”

The Second Prince also explained the similarities between the prospective victims who were all weak-bodied women but had great life energy and came from the slums. So, to catch the perpetrator, we just have to keep an eye on the most qualified potential victim.

But I also wondered, why should the victim be a weak-bodied woman? If for a great life energy, I can understand because the perpetrator wants to use that energy in which form. But to take advantage of a weak woman from the slums anyway, did the perpetrator have no shame at all huh?

Forgetting that, we also did an investigation around. Thanks to the mana large detection magic tool that the Second Prince brought, we finally managed to quickly gather 3 ideal potential victims who possessed such traits. Security officers split shifts to keep an eye on them.

For security reasons, the patrolman asked the Second Prince to return to the palace and he did so this time when I froze even my mouth was still not touched. Well, maybe because he was afraid that his actions would be reported to his father which would have an effect on his faction's support in the kingdom.

At least, that's what I was thinking a few minutes ago. But what exactly did this young man who was no longer a teenager, he just pretended to come back and then put on a face mask and also told me to wear it and then return to the scene.

“I can see your smell.” Uh, what did he say? Is that some kind of spell?

But clearly, a clear liquid splashed onto each of the potential victims that I could not smell at all.

Be the wild prince even spent the night watching one of the prospective victims while not releasing his gaze to the other two potential victims.

Around midnight, it was true. One of the three girls is attacked by a mysterious kidnapper who is most likely the perpetrator. Unfortunately, the girl who was attacked was not the one we were watching at the moment so when we got there, I had already lost track of her.