Arcane Lord

After leaving the First Court, Xia Duo did not immediately go to perform the mission. It would take a month. Although he would not really wait until a month to start the action, there was no need to go now.

After returning to his residence, Xia Duo first checked the scroll box, which was a standard box for the Trial Court, but the scrolls inside were different. The most critical one was the [Dimension Anchor].

Since it was already known that the other party entered the empire through a teleportation error at the front line, it was impossible not to guard against the other party teleporting again, although this possibility was very small. After all, there were few high-level mages in the front-line soldiers, and most of them were mid- and low-level mages who jointly cast spells.

But there were also things like magic scrolls. Humans had them, and "demons" had them too!

In addition to the [Dimension Anchor], there were also some scrolls of protective spells and restrictive spells, but the most common were trial spells. Xia Duo roughly guessed the role of these scrolls.

It seemed that the townspeople of the Little Goat Town would also need to be identified once.

After putting the scroll box aside, Xia Duo took off the [Spell Reversal Ring] that he had just put on at Osk's place and observed it carefully.

Since there were many surveillance cameras in the Arcane Empire, he didn't use any of his own magic items. This year, he only got a judge's standard robe and a light ring. This ring was the best among all the magic items he had seen.

It was gray with inconspicuous silver patterns on the surface. It looked very ordinary, but under the magic vision, the dense magic net strings were connected to the ring. At first glance, it looked like a small marshmallow.

According to Osk's instructions, Xia Duo carefully connected some magic net strings to himself in a specific order until the magic aura stabilized and tended to disappear.

Xia Duo did not try to analyze the [Spell Reversal] on this ring. This spell was not mastered by his original body, let alone "Eddie". It was too early.

After connecting the ring to himself, he played with it for a while before putting it on his finger again. The next step was a detailed plan.

It is foreseeable that since Osk has even taken out the [Spell Reversal Ring], there will definitely be a detection spell to follow, so the actions he can take must be consistent with his current identity and personality.

"Eddie" has just become a mid-level wizard, and the only 3rd-level spell he knows is [Flying]. Apart from flying, he cannot use any other 3rd-level spells.

Even if the original low-level spells are upgraded, it will be difficult to make it through in terms of time.

Therefore, if it can be solved with a scroll, it is best to use a scroll to solve it, and it is the most ideal state that he does not need to do anything himself.

Of course, for "Eddie", scrolls also need time to get familiar with, especially spells like [Dimension Anchor]. If it is used by Shado himself, real-time casting is not a problem, but "Eddie" needs extra practice.

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In the next few days, Shado went to the Fourth Court to retrieve the past case files about "Little Goat Town", while practicing unfamiliar spell scrolls in the spell practice field of the trial court.

It was three days later when everything was "prepared".

On this day, Shado led 100 ordinary soldiers out of Jilan City. Not long after leaving the city, he realized that he was being targeted by the detection spell. He knew where it came from without thinking.

Little Goat Town is not far from Jilan City, only less than ten miles away. Unlike the main plane from Savile Town to Linshui Village, each town here has a road connected to Jilan City, and transportation is very convenient.

In the past, the main industry of Little Goat Town was sheep breeding, which supplied the production of parchment. Later, papermaking was invented, and parchment was only used to make magic scrolls, and daily consumption was greatly reduced, so Little Goat Town began to reduce production. Now it mainly engages in planting, such as wheat, oats, and carrots.

On the way to Little Goat Town, Shado recalled the records he saw in the case files of the Fourth Court. In the most recent population census, Little Goat Town had a total of more than 2,000 residents.

Excluding those who died of natural causes in recent years and those who were eliminated from apprentice schools and magic academies, the total number will not change much.

It is not an easy task to find two hidden "demons" among two thousand people. After all, reality is not a game. The boss stays in place and waits for players to hit and swipe repeatedly.

If the noise is too loud, they may just run away. Then where can he complete his mission?

When there was still some distance from the Little Goat Town, Xia Duo ordered the team to stop, "You stay here, come here immediately when you see my signal!"

After taking the crossbow and dagger prepared in advance from a soldier, and agreeing on the signal with the captain, Xia Duo went on the road alone.

If he could show his identity as a high-level mage, he could take people there, and teleportation was not impossible to track. If the other party could not teleport, even ordinary people would be enough to surround and kill them.

But now, he can only follow the plan.

After activating the light body ring and casting [Invisibility], Xia Duo actually found the agility of the original body in this "Eddie" body. When he ran towards the Little Goat Town, he did not have any effort at all.

When approaching the town, Xia Duo slowed down his pace. Unfortunately, no matter how slow he slowed down, the footprints left on the ground could not be erased. Fortunately, there were people walking around here frequently, and the footprints were messy. As long as one did not look for them deliberately, who would have thought that an invisible person would suddenly appear in broad daylight?

While [invisibility] could last for a while, Xia Duo found a house and got in. Inside, a young woman was cooking. Xia Duo didn't want to waste time and immediately cast the judgment spell - [Instruction], and then appeared figure, commanded:

"Keep quiet and don't panic. I am a Level 4 judge of the Trial Court and I am on a secret mission. I have a few questions to ask you."

[Instruction] This spell is somewhat similar to [Confusion Effect], but it has a certain coercive effect, but it is not 100% effective. Mind spells go to the heart. Some people are naturally more resistant, so there is nothing you can do about it.

Compared with spells, perhaps the official identity is more effective. Anyway, Xia Duo couldn't tell whether the person in front of him was because of the spell or the clothes he was wearing. In short, the other party was obedient.

Continue to cast [Inquiry]. This spell can cover an area. It is a bit wasteful to use it to ask a person alone. However, for the sake of caution, Xia Duo still used it.

"Have there been any strangers in your town lately?"

"No."

Not lying? Xia Duo was not surprised. After thinking about it, the so-called devil would not reveal his identity and appearance openly. Otherwise, the townspeople who had been educated by the empire would directly report him, and he might even be tricked to death.

"Is there anyone in town who suddenly doesn't show up much lately?"

The woman thought for a while and finally shook her head, but she made a guess, "Sir, men in this town have to take roll every day when they go to work. Only pregnant women are likely to suddenly not show up."

"Has anyone died in town recently?"

"have."

"who?"

"The man from the mayor's family, I heard that he was picked up by a wild wolf when he was at work a few days ago."

"..." Xia Duo was speechless. Are there any wild wolves nearby?

There have been no large forests near Jilan City for a long time. They have all been turned into farmland. There is only a hill near Little Goat Town. However, according to the records of the Fourth Court, in the past few decades, there has never been an incident of wild wolves attacking people. .

suspicious!