Become Tyrant On My Own Way
Chapter 154 – MALIGNANT MOSQUITO DISASTER
That night I visited Ilene in her seclusion in the sacred temple. Ilene looked a little tired, but she was all right. Maybe his tired expression was caused by me interrupting his night break.
I saw Ilene serving me her favorite tea as usual. Then there was Mellina behind him, looking down elegantly as usual. I also concluded that my bad premonition just now was nothing but the excessive worry of an older brother who loved his sister very much.
“Hoam... Why did Brother visit me so late at night?”
The speech from Ilene made it clear to everyone that her tired expression was really about sleepiness.
“Suddenly just misses this cute sister Brother. Hehehehehehehe.”
It seemed as if Ilene looked at me in disgust as soon as I said that line to her.
“If Big Brother just wants to say all that shit, I'll go to bed soon.”
“Hahahahaha. Sorry, Ilene, I'm kidding. By the way, is everything okay in the holy temple? The necklace that Brother gave to Ilene is still always used Ilene right, including time to the toilet?”
“In retrospect, I just took it off because of forgetfulness. Anyway, it's uncomfortable, sister, wearing something like that also when Ilene wants to take a bath?”
“But nothing happened to Ilene?”
“What could happen to me in a place as safe as this sacred temple, Brother?”
As soon as I heard Ilene's explanation, I was relieved. Nothing happened to my sister. It was just a momentary carelessness that accidentally removed the necklace while bathing.
“But Ilene had to remember the agreement with Big Brother back then, yes. Brother allowed you to stay in this sacred temple, away from Big Brother, on the condition that Ilene would never let go of the necklace that Brother gave her in exchange for Brother protecting Ilene. Listen?”
“Yes, yes, I understand, Kak.” Ilene answered jutek.
My visit to the holy temple ended quickly about Ilene who immediately wanted to rest, considering the break was already missed.
***
A few days later, the palace was suddenly shocked by the discovery of many corpses in the capital.
Exactly three days after I visited Ilene, there were already four victims, three women and a man.
The first victim was coincidentally one of the sacred servants of the sacred temple where Ilene lived who happened to be out to pick up clothes clothesline at around 7pm two days ago, he was found dead the next day at 5 a.m.
His condition was very strange as there was not the slightest trace of blood found on his body. His body was suddenly thin and thin as if he had just been invaded by thousands of ravenous mosquitoes that slashed his blood.
It was around where Ilene lived, so I was very worried about her. But no matter how I persuaded him, he remained adamant about staying there. Even more upsetting were the palace people who supported Ilene's decision and the other members of the sacred temple about Ilene staying there given that it was a rule that had been clearly on the order imperial constitution.
The exiled imperial family must not leave the sacred temple for good.
Isn't that too cruel? Though there had just been a murder case there, it was only natural that I was worried and wanted Ilene to get out of there immediately. However, I can't deny it if so, it's the same as saying that someone other than Ilene in the holy temple would have died.
But had Ilene agreed to my proposal, I would have done everything in my power to make it happen. Who else can oppose me on this continent since I am the absolute ruler? But since it was Ilene's own desire to stay there, I couldn't argue with her.
Frankly, it makes me sad and a little hurt because it's the same way Ilene said that I'm more creepy than the person who committed the serial murder.
The second victim was a farmer in his 50s who reportedly did not return home from his land and was found dead the next day, yesterday at around 8 am in exactly the same condition as the first corpse. It was not clear if he was the first or second victim, it was sorted by the timing of his discovery. Clearly, everything will be revealed when the results from the forensic team arrive.
Just to add, because there have been specific doctors who deal with the care of pregnant women and the birth of babies, Doctor Minerva also returned to the profession he loved, well although still slightly deviated from the science of medical anatomy. He now plays a forensic expert doctor in charge of analyzing various criminal evidence left on the corpse in the CTK.
The third and fourth victims, known as a dodgy woman in the night world, are, it was found in the same place at around 7am today in one of the narrow alleys at the market site which is also adjacent to the settlement of the holy temple.
The strangest thing was that no injuries were found on the victim's body. In fact, based on the victim's wife's description in the second case, her husband's scar on his back that should have remained as he was because of the lack of cost for permanent healing in the sacred temple, disappeared without a trace.
So, what does the perpetrator think about by removing the scar of the victim first and then killing him by removing all his blood? Is this some sort of black magic ritual? I can't think of anything other than that.
However, no matter how I tried to remember all the information I had gathered in my brain, none of it I had ever read discussed anything similar.
There are some questions that come to my mind.
First, what is the purpose of the perpetrator to heal the entire wound on the victim's body? Various hypotheses popped into my head. It could have been his ritual condition to sacrifice a human body without a wound defect. Another hypothesis is to cover up something like important evidence that points to the perpetrator, including the way the victim was killed.
Second, why should the blood of the victim be taken? Does the black magic ritual only require the blood of the victim? If so, why should the victim be killed? If it takes blood for a black magic ritual, wouldn't it be safer to keep a slave to have his blood drawn for a period of time? It was only possible if the death of the victim whose blood was drawn was also a prerequisite.
Or maybe I'm thinking upside down. Precisely the victim died because of blood taken, continue to cover the way of taking blood, the perpetrator heals all wounds on the body of the victim.
However, in this hypothesis there is also a discrepancy since the healing power of both sacred magic, potions, and even death will not work on dead beings, including where the death that I said last was regardless of the word death that accompanies it.
***
Moments later, the forensics team representative I was waiting for arrived. But what news they brought was not something I was waiting for.
“Your Majesty the Emperor, drugging! The bodies that died came back to life and then attacked the people!”
Something I never expected at all. Hearing that, I immediately headed to the scene.
But what I saw when I got there was a very creepy sight. It's crazier than necromancy.
I saw the fiery red eyes of the resurrected victims, bloodthirsty sucking every living person's blood that he could meet right around his neck.
No, it's no longer human. However, they were not undead. It was a monster with sharp canine teeth on each of its teeth!
“Albert, Yasmin, come help Doctor Minerva!”
“Ready, Master.”
“Good, Master.”
Without having time to digest what happened, I was with all the colleagues I brought in to help Doctor Minerva control the disaster.
However, no matter how I attack those people, I mean those monsters, they will only be whole again as usual. Every wound I gave to the monster I fought, would only heal like it had never been torn in the first place. Not only me, even Albert, Doctor Minerva, and the other knights seemed to experience the same thing.
Yasmin was the first to break the deadlock.
“Master! Heart attack! As long as the hearts of these creatures were destroyed, they would not be able to get back up!”
In that way, Yasmin managed to kill one monster. The way was immediately followed by me, Albert, and Doctor Minerva. The monsters fell down and could not get back up. No, they were suddenly reduced to ashes and then blown into the wind as if they had never existed from the beginning.
Unfortunately, there was still one monster left. But it seems we can no longer do anything about it. It was the monster that Doctor Minerva dealt with that he seemed to have deliberately not injured the heart of the monster completely so that the monster could still partially rise.
But if that's the need for an investigation for Doctor Minerva to uncover the truth of the bizarre case.I guess his actions by saving the one remaining monster is the right decision.
But more than that, I was more curious how Yasmin who had lost her past memory could figure out the weakness of the monster that even I had no idea about. Was it just sheer luck or was it coming from a memory buried in his past? There was no way to know about it other than to ask him directly.