Chapter 199 Killer As A Scapegoat
After 2 days, the Duchy of Keyen’s tragedy had shocked the entire human world. Almost all the wizards in the Duchy of Keyen had been whipped out in that event, and all the resources they controlled had been taken away by the surrounding duchies like crazy. The most powerful wizard in the Duchy of Keyen now was a rank 5 novice wizard. He was out on a mission at the time, so he had luckily escaped the disaster.
Within a Wizard Union’s mansion In the Kingdom of St. Ellis, a middle aged wizard wearing a luxury robe was playing with a magic cane in his hand. After years of playing with it, the surface of this magic cane was almost completely smooth.
“Speak up Johnson, what did you find?”
“Mr. Edmond, I searched every wizard who had tension with the Duchy of Keyen. The investigation system of the Wizard Union is also trying it’s best to search. For now, we didn’t find anything.” Wizard Johnson said in a respectful tone.
Only an elite could be called a “Mr.” by Wizard Johnson. Mr. Edmond was exactly a rank 16 wizard, as well as an important elite in the Kingdom of St. Ellis’s Wizard Union.
The Kingdom of St. Ellis’s Wizard Union was in charge of every wizard within the Kingdom of St. Ellis and the other 7 connected Duchies. The Duchy of Keyen took a big hit this time, and it had actually badly impacted the Wizard Union as well. Other than the 2 intermediate magic towers, all the low ranking towers had borrowed funds from the Wizard Union to build it.
Originally this would be a win-win transaction. But now the magic towers were gone, and the wizards with loans were dead. Therefore, a huge debt appeared right in front of the elites of the Wizard Union’s face.
Of course, the Wizard Union would not let this slide that easily. They needed the Duchy of Keyen to clear this debt until the end of time. However, looking at how things were turning out, the Duchy of Keyen might not be able to exist for long unless they found a few intermediate wizards to support them.
“Who was the last Wizard that had conflicts with the wizards from the Duchy of Keyen?” Asked Wizard Edmond, lighting tapping his magic cane on the table.
“Wizard Morton!” Said Wizard Johnson after a bit of hesitation.
“Oh, that’s the old man’s disciple. Never mind then. The old man had been shutting himself up lately if he found out that we messed with his disciple once he comes out. That would be hilarious, hehe!” Wizard shook his magic cane a little and proceeded to say, “If you any of you wanna offend him, then go for it.”
“Mr!” Suddenly, a young wizard from the investigation department stepped up and said with a bow.
“What happened?” said Wizard Edmond as he glanced at the young wizard.
“Mr, the investigation department had its result.” Said the young wizard as he handed Wizard Edmond a lambskin parchment.
After Wizard Edmond took the parchment and gave it a good read, he exclaimed: “ah, what a fascinating kid!”
Afterward, he handed the parchment in his hand to Wizard Johnson. The moment when Wizard Johnson’s made contact with it, he couldn’t help but blurt out, “This is Abel’s information!”
“You know this Abel?” Wizard Edmond asked while looking at Wizard Johnson.
“Yes, Mr. he is Wizard Morton’s disciple. I saw him once.” Wizard Johnson replied.
“Tell us about the investigation you’ve got!” Said Wizard Edmond, effortlessly pointed at the young wizard from the investigation department with his magic cane.
“Mr, according to the report, Abel is good at forging. He is a Blacksmith Master. Looking at the way he grew up, Abel is basically a super genius. He is skilled at both Knight training and wizardry. A few explosions had been recorded near where he lived, and those who had died were all his enemies. Through speculations, it seems like he had got a hold of some explosive attacking method. Although no one had ever seen him using this method, he can speculate from all the traces. Before the event, a low ranking wizard from the Duchy of Keyen had attacked his family’s castle, so our investigation department believes this was the reason he had attacked the Duchy of Keyen’s magic towers,” The young Wizard explained.
“Speculate? Are you saying the investigation department had speculated with the evidence that a rank 3 wizard, who is also a Blacksmith Master, demolished out 6 magic towers, and 5 official wizards including an intermediate wizard?” Said Wizard Johnson in a somewhat irritated tone.
“Mr. Johnson, the latest news had stated that this Wizard Abel had left his magic tower 3 days before the event had taken place, and no one knows where he went,” Said this young Wizard forcefully.
“Abel had got from the Duchy of Carmel to the Duchy of Keyen in 3 days. What method did he use? Teleportation circle?” Wizard Johnson asked again.
“We do not have any record of a Wizard Abel using a teleportation circle. But according to the report, he has a mature mount wolf. If it was running at full speed, this distance was not impossible.” Said the young Wizard.
“A mount wolf is such an eye-catching thing. A powerful investigation department like you guys must have seen it along the way,” Said Wizard Johnson in a sarcastic tone.
Wizard Johnson realized what was going on at this point. The investigation department was desperately trying to find a scapegoat. Such a huge event had taken place, so someone had to take responsibility. If they had really found the person who committed the act, they would be able to prosecute him in one sentence. Now, they just needed to find a reasonable scapegoat.
“Mr. Johnson, he might have some other methods,” The young Wizard could no longer explain.
“Mr., there’s not any clear evidence to support this. We can not just blame it on a Blacksmith Master. If we do, I’m afraid we can not give the Blacksmith Union a good explanation!” Wizard Johnson turned back to Wizard Edmond and said with a bow.
“What are they going to do about it? We say it’s him, and it’s him. Since when did our Wizard Union start to look at evidence anyway,” A wizard wearing a red magic robe stepped in and called.
“Mr. Cliff!” Wizard Johnson and that young Wizard quickly bowed.
“Cliff, you are trying to blame it on the old man’s disciple’s disciple. Be careful, the old man might not give you a good time,” Said Wizard Edmond as he stopped twirling around his magic cane.
“Let’s see if the old man can even make it out of his locked room alive. Does he want to rank up? That doesn’t seem possible. This Abel is not bad. His status is not too high and not too low. Perfect to take the blame,” Said Wizard Cliff with a cold laugh like he didn’t care about a single thing.
“Be careful. If this Abel had really committed the act, your magic tower might get blown up to the sky!” Said Wizard Edmond with a playful laugh.
Wizard Johnson could only stand at a side desperately, watching the whole thing get confirm. With his status, he could never try to argue against the rank 16 Wizard Cliff.
Back in Morton Magic tower, the news had reached Wizard Morton. He stood on a spot in his room with his jaw dropped. The Duchy of Keyen’s magic towers had been blown off along with their mountain. Other than his gutsy disciple with a Blacksmith Master ability, who would have done this?
Abel returned today, and his mood was full of suns.h.i.+ne. It seemed like all his grudges had vanished. Wizard Morton knew something was weird. Now he knew the reason.
But what method did Abel used to blow off a huge mountain? It seemed like the trouble his disciple had caused was way beyond his imagination.
At that time, his wizard badge began to vibrate. Someone was contacting him, and a familiar voice came out.
“Old friend, your disciple is in trouble.” Wizard Johnson’s voice came out of the wizard badge.
“What happened?” Wizard Morton’s heart dropped. Had Abel left a trace?
“The investigation department’s Wizard Cliff wants to use Abel as a scapegoat. Quickly tell Abel to leave.” Said Wizard Johnson in a desperate voice.
“Johnson, Thank you so much for the heads up!” Wizard Morton knew Wizard Johnson was taking a huge risk for telling him this information.
The call had ended. Wizard Morton frowned, Wizard Cliff was right. They had really found the real killer, but they were trying to pin him as a scapegoat. He had no choice, and he must let his teacher know about this as soon as possible.
Wizard Morton took out his wizard badge and connected with the teleportation circle on the 11th floor. He then sent a message to his distanced teacher.
After a while, his teacher did not reply. He then tried to contact the other disciples, only to discovered that his teacher had locked himself up for 2 days.
Wizard Morton remembered that he had sent his teacher 2 bottles of Abel’s red wine. This might be the reason his teacher had locked himself up.