Clues

West Borough, Williams Street.

Since this place was very close to Empress Borough where the nobles lived, even though Ebner had simulated his invisibility ability, he did not dare to fly over directly. Instead, he slowly descended on the nearby streets.

Under Xio's guidance, the two quickly arrived in front of the house with door number 8.

Ebner stared at the door number for a long while, his expression subtle.

This puzzled Xio. She looked around and asked warily and suspiciously, "Is there something wrong?"

Upon hearing that, Ebner snapped out of his daze and shook his head. "Nothing…" It was just that there might be a Fourth Epoch ruin under the house.

Taking a deep breath and throwing away the messy thoughts in his mind, Ebner simulated the apprentice's ability to "open the door" and led Xio into the mansion that had a lawn and garden in front of it.

The house had a total of two floors, and the furniture inside was rather messy. It must have been a long time since someone took care of it. Only the servants' room on the left side of the house had candlelight shining. That should be where the people guarding the house slept.

The two of them walked through the messy living room and down the stairs into a rather spacious basement.

There were no gas pipes here, but there were four metal candlesticks embedded in the wall. As Xio was afraid of being discovered, she hadn't lit them before, so the basement was pitch-black.

However, this wasn't a problem for Ebner. The moment he activated the Ring of Light on his finger, the surroundings lit up.

As for whether this light would be discovered by the servant guarding the door? That was even less of a problem. The servant had been forced into a "dream" the moment he entered.

Ebner didn't check on the assassin who was lying on the ground, unsure if he was dead or alive. Instead, he used the Eye of Pure White to survey the basement. After confirming that the grayish-white secret door in the corner didn't have any signs of being opened or any other aura contamination, he heaved a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Xio walked in front of the assassin and squatted down to examine him again. Originally, she did not have much hope. She had only brought Ebner here to do her best and have a clear conscience.

However, after taking a closer look, she quickly revealed a surprised expression.

"Ebner, he's alive."

Upon hearing Xio's words, Ebner was also taken aback before he quickly walked over.

Similar to Xio's previous judgment, Ebner also felt that this assassin had long been incurable. It had been more than half an hour since he had been poisoned. Logically speaking, this period of time should have been enough for him to die four or five times.

"Eh? Isn't this the same Shoko constable who made a scene at Inspector Wayne's funeral?

So he became an Assassin… It's no wonder I saw him going to the Bravehearts Bar to inquire about the Beyonder gathering when I "recalled" Kaspars' experience…

"However, the poison in his body remained within a certain range and did not spread?"

Under the illumination of the Ring of Light, Ebner could see the assassin's face clearly, as well as his current situation. The green light from the wound on his left arm was rising violently, but it seemed to be suppressed back to its original spot by some force. They were in a stalemate.

Ebner looked back at Xio, who immediately understood and said, "He was like this when he was just injured. The poison didn't spread, but it didn't weaken either."

Hearing this, Ebner looked thoughtful. Then he examined Shoko closely and was soon attracted to a necklace made of five different colored gems strung together around his neck.

"It should be this necklace that's working, which is why he survived…" Ebner nodded. He had just analyzed it with the Eye of Pure White and found that the necklace was using flesh magic to constantly restore Shoko's body that was corroded by the poison. That was why it was in a deadlock with the poison.

This way, the treatment would be much simpler.

The poison of a Werewolf wasn't difficult to remove. Even Shoko, who was wearing the necklace, could withstand it. The only problem was the evil power attached to the poison.

And to deal with evil anomalies, the Sun domain was naturally the most professional.

With this in mind, Ebner immediately created Sun Holy Water and sprinkled it on Shoko's wound. Then, he raised his left hand and aimed the Ring of Light at him.

The gemstones embedded in the ring instantly bloomed with a brilliant golden color, a golden color like sunlight!

Right on the heels of that, the streaks of golden light became purer, finally forming a seal-like projection in the holy water around Xiao Ke's wound.

"I declare that it is effective against evil anomalies!"

As Ebner's solemn voice reverberated, a dazzling golden light erupted from the holy water, instantly engulfing the strange green light around the wound.

Almost at the same time, the wound on Shoko's left arm began to move. Muscle tissue regrouped and grew, slowly but firmly healing.

"It's done. He will probably fully recover tomorrow," Ebner said to Xio with a smile when he saw this scene.

Xio nodded slightly. Then, she hesitated for a few seconds before asking hesitantly, "Ebner, should we check that side again?"

She was naturally referring to the villa that housed the Werewolf.

Ebner pinched his chin and pondered for a moment. He thought to himself, "Officer Shoko's body isn't strong, and he doesn't seem to have any Beyonder items that can increase his strength… But even so, he can actually knock the beast that's suspected to be a Werewolf five to six meters away…"

This meant that the beast might not be a real werewolf…

I've seen Maric's stamina before. Let alone Shoko, even if a carriage were to hit him, he wouldn't be able to gain an advantage!

Although werewolves weren't as physically strong as zombies, they shouldn't be that much weaker…

I remember that Maric once told Klein that Werewolves could use dark spells to control the targets that had their poison infiltrate their bodies for a period of time, and they could turn them into subordinates, turning them into monsters similar to Werewolves. And those monsters often had short lives…

From the looks of it, it was very likely that the other party was only a Sequence 7. Furthermore, it was inconvenient for him to take action personally, so he could only use spells to create monsters to fight the enemy…

However, there shouldn't be too much danger if he were to investigate it.

With this in mind, Ebner nodded and said, "I'll take a look at the villa. Take this Officer Shoko back to the detective agency and wait for me there."

"Officer Shoko?" Xio started, then caught herself. "So you recognize him."

"We met once before." Ebner first responded to Xio before solemnly exhorting, "It's best to leave this house as soon as possible and never approach it again."

Xio had already sensed that something was amiss from Ebner's attitude. She was mentally prepared, but when she heard this, she heaved a sigh of relief and nodded. "Understood."

She did not mention following Ebner because she knew that with her strength, she would only be a burden and might implicate Ebner.

After the two of them finished their discussion, Ebner left the garden villa at 8 Williams Street alone and headed towards a bigger house deep in the street.

In stealth mode, as soon as he approached the garden of the house, Ebner smelled the pungent scent of blood. His heart skipped a beat, and he didn't dare go through the front door. He drew a door on the sidewall and passed through.

He followed the smell all the way to a corner behind the house. Then, the smell of blood suddenly became stronger.

With the help of the faint moonlight that penetrated through the clouds, Ebner focused his gaze and nearly vomited.

The floor here was littered with broken leg bones, pelvis, heels, ribs, hair, and other human 'parts'. On the wall was the corpse of a lion-sized beast that had its insides completely emptied!

Large patches of red were flowing along the walls and the small path behind the house. There were even some traces of milky white.

Upon seeing this scene, Ebner's expression turned extremely ugly. He endured the discomfort and extracted the chaotic aura around him, then performed "Scene Retrack."

Soon, scenes appeared before his eyes.

The blood moon had just disappeared when a gentleman in his fifties with a lot of silver mixed in his black hair returned to the villa from outside. He didn't let the valet accompany him. Instead, he took a stroll in the garden as if he had something on his mind.

Suddenly, there was some movement in the grass in the garden. The gentleman looked over in surprise and saw a dirty puppet suddenly appear in his line of sight…

The scene suddenly came to an abrupt halt, as if it had been forcibly disrupted by some kind of power.

Ebner rubbed his temples, which were aching from the interruption of his ability. He immediately had a guess.

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