Mystery: Start with the Reader

Cheval Blanc is located in the northern suburbs of Trier. It is one of the top ten famous wineries in Intis and is also the residence of the Fulais family in Trier.

At this time, many tribesmen working and living in the capital were summoned here.

As for the initiator, it is the current patriarch of the Fulais family and the Speaker of the National Assembly, Mr. John Fulais.

Mr. Speaker is forty-eight years old this year. Although he is only a Sequence 6 "conspirator", he has a very high prestige in the family because of his superb skills and keen political sense.

Even the two family demigods who were already archbishops of the "Eternal Burning Sun Church" respected him very much. One of them canceled his planned schedule and responded to his call.

At this moment, when Speaker John Fulais saw the people gathered, he didn't show off too much and directly ordered his assistants to bring up a body.

It was a half-giant corpse that was nearly three meters tall. His figure should have been extremely strong, but now he looked emaciated, as if his flesh and blood had been devoured by something.

"This is... Bosi? Isn't he the bodyguard of that boy Johnson? How did it become like this?" A tribesman looked at it for a moment, suddenly recognized the identity of the body, and said in surprise.

"Bosi has become like this... What about Johnson? Did something happen?" Other tribesmen also reacted and understood the tribe leader's intention of calling everyone.

They all looked at the patriarch, trying to observe something from his face. After all, Johnson was not only a demigod candidate cultivated by the family, but also the son of patriarch John...

Archbishop Drew Fules of the "Eternal Sun Church" checked Bos's injuries and said with certainty: "He was killed by the 'Black Knight'."

"Black Knight? Is it Aurora's moving hands?"

"Why are they doing this?"

"Perhaps Bos offended them unintentionally?"

"Not necessarily. As far as I know, there are several families who have secretly cultivated 'shepherds'."

Just when everyone was in an uproar, John, who had always remained calm, said: "Both's body was sent back by the Delien family. Their goal is very clear, they are threatening us!"

As soon as these words came out, all the clansmen immediately fell silent. After all, the Delien family is huge and has the potential to surpass Sauron and become the first family in Intis... Moreover, the two families were in alliance before, and their interests have long been entangled. At the same time, no one dares to slander rashly...

After a long while, a very senior elderly gentleman tapped his cane and asked, "Where is Johnson's child? How is he?"

As long as Johnson is fine, there is still a possibility of relaxation.

Speaker John shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I don't know... According to the investigation results reported by the 'Machine Heart', Johnson and his friends went to teach a lesson to the members of the Delien family who had conflicts with him last night. .

"He also arranged rituals in advance to isolate sound and spirituality... The confessions of his friends confirmed this!

"But the strangest thing is that Johnson disappeared completely after that! Several of his friends said that they lost consciousness as soon as they entered the house and had no idea what happened.

"Those three people were finally awakened by the member of the Delien family they were going to attack and informed the 'Heart of Machinery'.

"Afterwards, the 'Machine Heart' confirmed that those people did not lie, but... they all had traces of being possessed by the 'devil'."

——The church member of the Delien family lives in the jurisdiction of the "Steam Church", so it is the "Machine Heart" that handles it.

As for why a new figure of the "Eternal Blazing Sun" lives in a gathering place for the followers of the Church of Steam... that is because he has been preaching nearby, trying to "fool" the believers of the "God of Steam and Machinery" into "eternity" Burning Sun" this side.

After listening to the patriarch's brief description of who was invited, the elderly gentleman frowned and said to himself:

"I've heard a rumor that the Delien family has a secret connection with the North family, one of the three major demon families... I don't know if it's true."

Speaker John and the elderly gentleman exchanged a covert look, then nodded and said: "It's true. I overheard this information from the patriarch of another demon family, Andre Ladd. Later, after investigation, it was confirmed to be correct. .”

After hearing this, the tribesmen immediately became noisy again, and they all said in disbelief:

"What exactly does Delion want to do?"

"Are they kidnapping Johnson and trying to force us to stand firmly on his side?"

"This is too much. Wasn't our previous support enough?"

Just when everyone was filled with indignation, the elderly gentleman tapped the ground with his cane again and asked seriously:

"Can you confirm that it was the Delien family that did it? Also, was Johnson kidnapped or was he killed?"

This question went straight to the core, and the others looked at the clan leader intently, waiting for the answer.

"According to the information reported by 'Machine Heart', there are no traces of a battle at the scene. Except for the disappearance of Johansen, there are no casualties... He is probably still alive... because I can't think of any benefits for others to kill him... But when members of the 'Machine Heart' tried to obtain Johnson's whereabouts by means of prophecy, divination and other means, they encountered failure." At this point, Speaker John turned his head and looked at his uncle who had been silent, that is, the "Eternal Blazing Sun" "Church" demigod, requested,

"I remember that you sealed your power in an amulet... and that amulet had nothing special. Maybe it was not destroyed by the person who kidnapped Johnson... Can you use this to determine his location?"

This saint of the "Eternal Burning Sun Church" is named Gis. After hearing the patriarch's request, he was silent for a moment and then nodded and said: "You can give it a try."

After saying that, he arranged the ceremony and began to use his abilities to investigate.

Tanigawa

Everyone looked at him without blinking, waiting for the result.

About two minutes later, Saint Guis frowned and said solemnly: "I searched for Johnson's life, death and location but got no response... But the amulet that contains my power is in the ancestral home of the Delien family. !

"Johnson is probably imprisoned in a treasure room guarded by the member of the Delien family... In all of Trier, except for parts of the church, this is the only place that has ever given me such a feeling."

After hearing this, Speaker John murmured: "That old monster from the Delien family... the '0' level sealed object... no wonder the 'Heart of Machinery' couldn't predict it!"

At this time, the tribesmen also became angry with the enemy, and expressed their intention to show some shame to the Delien family, and put pressure on them to put Johnson back.

The reason why they are so united is actually because they have a relatively optimistic view on this matter. After all, the Prime Minister is in a difficult situation now and cannot do without the support of the Fulais family. Johnson will definitely be released when the time comes... Maybe we can take the opportunity to get some benefits.

Speaker John wanted this effect when he convened a family meeting, so he immediately issued an order to temporarily stop all cooperation with Delien!

"Until Johnson is returned!"

…

At the same time, in the castle of the Delien family, the Prime Minister was also caught off guard by this sudden incident, and said to himself in confusion:

"Who is setting us up and driving a wedge between us and many allied families?"

He thought for a moment, and then asked a "shadow" in the corner: "Are you sure that Cero left there after killing 'Guardian' Bos last night, and there was no unnecessary action?"

"No, after he killed the half-giant, he went to dispose of the other party's body, and never came near Florent Street again." The shadow answered affirmatively.

"Is that so..." the Prime Minister frowned and continued to ask, "He didn't notice anything unusual nearby after he killed someone?"

"The ceremony arranged by Johnson and the others was so exquisite that even I didn't notice anything... let alone him!" Shadow was obviously quite confident in his ability.

"I don't know where Johnson learned that level of ritual..." the Prime Minister sighed.

The shadow was silent for a few seconds, as if "listening" to something, and then answered: "According to his three companions, it was a 'professor' who taught him the relevant knowledge."

"'Professor'? Who is that?" The Prime Minister obviously had not heard of this name.

——Byam is quite far away from Intis, and the Church of Storms and the Loen military have not publicly offered rewards, so the story of Mr. "Professor" has not yet reached Intis.

Shadow was silent again, as if he didn't know how to answer.

Mr. Prime Minister did not expect an answer. He thought for a while and had doubts in his mind:

"In Trier, the only ones who can accomplish this and have reason to frame us... are the church and the Sauron family!

"But it is unlikely that the church will use such means...

“So… is it Sauron?

"Is this the former Angel family's dissatisfaction with our Delien's ascension to the Intis First Family?"

…

Outside the Solon family's manor, Elaine took the "Roselle Gustav" film tape and the prepared public opinion plan and made a request to Mr. Butler to meet the patriarch.

Because Abner and the film and television company's influence gradually increased, her request was granted.

An hour later, Elaine walked out of the gate of the manor excitedly, then got on the carriage and rushed to the parliament, intending to discuss with Fanny how to cooperate in the future.

But when she arrived at Parliament, she was told that Miss Fanny had taken the day off.

…

Lant Port is a small military port on the southern coast of Intis.

Abner, who rushed here after avenging Fanny, boarded a large steam battleship completely controlled by the Delien family and sailed to Ithaca.

On the boat, Abner looked through the information on sea monsters provided to him by Prime Minister Intis and played with a monocular telescope.

This telescope is the magical item that the Prime Minister mentioned before for observing the state of sea monsters.

"I see... This thing was made using the 'Peeping Eye' of a certain unlucky 'astrologer', right?

"No wonder you can observe the status of sea monsters..."

After a few words of emotion, Abner recalled the "feedback" he had just received and thought to himself:

It seems that the "barrier" ritual I taught really played a role in misleading and concealing, and the praise was in line with the original intention of Johnson and the other three people to learn it...

Of course, this is just the original intention.