Mystery: The Witch and the Calamity

The man chuckled twice, his tone of voice fluctuated from high to low, obviously hiding his identity, combined with the gloomy and dim environment, it sounded very frightening.

"Carl? The coachman? I killed him."

"Don't worry, I was killed with a knife, and I didn't suffer much pain."

"You bastard!"

Joyce struggled hard, lifted the chair under him and rushed towards him.

The masked man kicked it back to its original place, and said slowly:

"Calm down, Mr. Best, there is no need to be so anxious if you want to die."

"You know who I am?" Joyce asked.

The man smiled, he didn't seem nervous at all, and sat opposite him again:

"If you don't know, what am I arresting you for, a prank?"

"Makes sense."

Joyce nodded in agreement. With the help of the dim candlelight, he noticed that the man was stunned for a second, calmed down and said:

"Now that you know my identity, tell me what you want, it won't be my life."

"That's right. He who knows the current affairs is a hero. If he wants to kill you, why bother him! Be obedient and cooperate, I have no interest in your life."

The masked man pretended to clap:

"I'll ask you a few questions, and you must answer them truthfully, otherwise...you know what will happen."

Just as Joyce was about to nod, he suddenly felt a strong pressure, as if a piece of sandpaper was rubbing gently in his mind, ready to wipe off his brains at all times. The unresolved feeling was very sad.

Enduring the constant fear and numbness, Joyce immediately judged that this extraordinary ability belonged to the Sequence Seven "Judger" of the arbiter path.

People from the military? Or someone from MI9? Thomas just came to remind me yesterday that I was caught here today, is it too coincidental...

"Why, do you have a different opinion?" Seeing that Joyce was silent, the masked man increased the mental pressure on him.

"No...no problem...you ask." Joyce denied intermittently, his trembling voice showed his fear and cooperation.

The masked man sat up straight and asked in a deep voice:

"Did William leave you anything before he died?"

"Yes..." Joyce admitted decisively, the "whip" in his mind made it difficult for him to lie.

The masked man waited for two seconds, but found that Joyce didn't continue talking. He couldn't help being a little annoyed, and said in his heart: Really, you can answer whatever I ask, and don't say anything more!

So he continued to ask, "What did William leave behind?"

"A... notebook..." Joyce replied truthfully.

"What was written in the note?" The masked man felt that he was approaching the answer, and was quite excited for a while, and temporarily tolerated Joyce's stumbling, as if he was delaying time.

Joyce pretended to be thinking, and said a minute later:

"The notebook... records... the history of the Best family... and some... potion formulas."

This has nothing to do with the answer that the masked man imagined. He began to become angry, increased his mental oppression, and asked harshly:

"You're kidding me!"

Joyce endured the unbearable feeling, his voice no longer intermittent, but said eagerly:

"No, I'm telling the truth!"

Of course I know that you are telling the truth. As an "interrogator", I still have some judgment... But I am still very angry. The masked man stopped trying to induce, but asked straightforwardly:

"Who has the list left by William?"

"List? What list?"

Joyce was taken aback when he heard the words, his eyes were full of doubts, and there was no falsehood, even the movements of his hands paused for a second.

"Damn it, don't pretend to be a fool with me." The masked man scolded, and then said:

"Even if William didn't give you the list, he must have left you a clue to find it. Think about it carefully, otherwise, I'll turn you into an idiot."

The pain from waking him up just now is still vivid in his mind, Joyce hurriedly agreed:

"Let me think, give me some time..."

While begging for mercy, Joyce quickly thought about what this so-called "list" was... According to the experience of watching martial arts movies, "list" often refers to the criminal evidence of a group of bad guys, but why did William have a "list"? "He is a soldier, not a detective...

The masked man was a little impatient, "goodwill" reminded:

"Don't think about delaying time and waiting for someone to rescue you, no one can find this place."

"Say what I want and I won't hurt you."

Joyce retrieved all the memories related to William, and found that he had never heard him talk about the so-called "list"...

He suggested inappropriately: "Can you give me some hints?"

"How dare you raise conditions!"

The masked man was dissatisfied at first, but he suppressed the weird feeling and patiently gave a reminder:

"About Rorsted's missing persons case."

People are missing!

Joyce had a flash of inspiration in his mind. The story fragments obtained through different channels since time travel, like scattered beads, suddenly gathered at this moment and connected in series to form a complete necklace.

The buying and selling of people, the death of William, the list, surveillance... all the details are combined to form an almost complete story.

The origin of the story is that William somehow discovered the truth about the missing persons case of Rorsted, so that he was assassinated... But William had already guessed this result, and he left a "list" that could be used as evidence in advance... This is Ianna The reason why they only dared to monitor me but didn’t dare to do it directly, they were afraid that if something happened to me, that list would be sent to a place where it shouldn’t go...

The fog that had been hanging over his head finally dissipated. Even though he was in the dark and even had a sharp sword hanging above his head, Joyce still felt comfortable physically and mentally.

He looked up at the masked man who kidnapped him. Although he didn't know who sent this guy, Joyce could conclude that his life was absolutely not in danger.

From the masked man's point of view, his performance was definitely rewarding, and he was very excited, so he hurriedly asked:

"If you think of something, say it quickly!"

Unexpectedly, Joyce crossed his neck:

"just kill me."

The man in the mask laughed back angrily, and said sharply:

"You asked for this!"

After all, a "spiritual piercing" was released towards Joyce, who yelled again in pain, shaking more violently, and something fell from his body during the shaking.

The masked man subconsciously looked towards the ground, and with the help of the faint candlelight, he saw a golden pupil.

It's so beautiful, it should be mine... The masked man somehow had this thought, and lowered his head trying to pick it up.

After he got the golden pupils in his hand, Joyce, who was supposed to be tied to the chair, suddenly pulled out his hands from behind, gripped a long sword, resisted the pain in his mind, and stabbed forward with all his strength .

The masked man has been on the battlefield for a long time and has rich combat experience. In this crisis, he did two things in a short time.

The first thing he did was try to keep his body sideways to avoid fatal injuries.

The second thing was that he threw out the golden pupils that he had just held in his hand for less than two seconds.

Based on his experience, he has already found that the pupil is a magical item, and magical items have side effects, so the involuntary picking it up just now should be one of them...

Unknown negative effects, deadly enough in a life-and-death battle.

His rich experience allowed him to avoid a fatal blow, but it was inevitable that a huge wound was cut from his left chest to his waist, and the bone was visible deep.

But he survived.

Then, the masked man found that Joyce did not stop, but ran straight behind him. Just as he was wondering, the two candles were cut off and fell to the ground, the only light source disappeared suddenly, and the closed room was lost. Fingers of darkness.

All he heard was Joyce moving around the room, his voice getting quieter, and finally disappearing into the shadows.