Chapter 804: Death of the Archon

"Gnieus is dead!"
Rehn was shocked by the news he received simultaneously from his clone in Glamorgan, a little bit unbelievable, and a little caught off guard.
A month ago, the consul was still fine.
Gneus is a strong holy rank, it is in his prime, and it is impossible for him to die suddenly for no reason. Moreover, he is a twenty-third-level sword saint, his own strength is extremely powerful, and he is always protected by the Rick Guards. Assassinating him is as difficult as assassinating a holy soul wizard.
However, the message was sent by the teacher using magical messaging, so Renn could not believe it.
He immediately came out of the mechanical alchemy room and teleported back to Glamorgan. When he arrived at the Wezeland Tower, he found that the teacher had entered the projection room and had a secret conversation with other holy spirit wizards.
For some unknown reason, the teacher closed the door of the projection room to prevent others from snooping.
Renn waited for a moment.
Anse Waldos’ voice came from the projection room:
Rane, you will take a trip to Northrell for me and take a look at the scene in person. The place of the incident was Osop Manor in West Hill.

"is teacher."
Ren immediately set off and teleported to Malingo Manor in Norrell.
It was the afternoon, and Viola had gone out with a team of extreme fighters to protect her. Marlengo Manor was still calm, and apparently the news of the Archon's sudden death had not spread.
He greeted the housekeeper and asked, "Ms. Abigail, where is Ossop Manor?"
Abigail was stunned, and quickly said the address.
"Thank you." Renn nodded.
Then in her horrified gaze, Ren directly teleported and disappeared.
Malingo Manor is also at the foot of West Mountain. This is the most famous wealthy area in the empire. It is located in the western suburbs of Northrill, where the nobles and wealthy people have built a series of manors and villas in a quiet environment. , The scenery is pleasant.
Ossop Manor is one of the top manors in West Mountain, but its reputation is not obvious, and its owner is very mysterious, and few people have seen it.
Rennes found Ossop Manor at a glance above the sky.
It has been surrounded by layers of the Rick Janitor, and there are a large number of people walking around inside the manor. In addition to the Rick Guards, there are also holy swordsmen wearing silver armors, Northriel's slayers, and many powerful wizards, including several old acquaintances.
Teleporting again, Ren appeared in the courtyard of the manor.
"Who?"
Ren's figure frightened the surrounding Rick guards, raising their weapons and soul guns like a bird of fright.
After they saw Ren's appearance, they were all relieved.
"Speaker Rennes!"
Almost no one in the empire didn't know Ren, and hurriedly saluted him respectfully.
Although Renn was not yet a holy soul wizard, in people's minds, his status was equal to that of a holy soul wizard, and his prestige was even higher than that of several low-key holy soul wizards.
Ren nodded and walked across the messy lawn into the hall.
His brows were lightly frowned, and as soon as he entered the manor, the "elephant nose technique" smelled the disgusting smell, and instantly found the source of the smell. The all-seeing eye penetrated the wall, and his gaze suddenly stopped. Saw a very terrifying scene.
"Gnieus is really dead..."
Renne was in a complicated mood, and this accident completely disrupted his plans.
He couldn't figure out how to respond for a while, entered the hall, and there were already a few people inside, and they were sent by the holy soul wizards just like himself.
Master Tim Kenan’s student Ottiluk, Silver Star Duke’s student Andro, Queen of the Storm’s student and lover Alamance, and Sidney Rickman, the associate dean of Blueworth College, Kailana, a student of the Great Sage of Congerald.
These are all members of the Nether supervision team.
Everyone met once every quarter, and they knew each other very well. They didn't say anything when they saw Renn come in and nod their heads.
"Ren."
Heskerto, commander of the Rick Guards, stood in the middle of the hall. This holy rank powerhouse, a powerful black knight and dragon knight, looked very haggard at the moment, and his strong body more than two meters tall revealed a little uneasy.
He greeted him and said, "Wait a moment, we will check the scene when everyone is here."
Soon, two more people arrived at the manor.
Renn is very strange to these two people, but can guess their identities.
One is a nineteenth-level psionicist at the pinnacle of the legend. He is of medium build and young in appearance. He is the most outstanding student of Kelston, Montalin. His reputation in the floating city of Pallas is second only to the Duke of Redstone himself. He often replaces his teacher. Manage the floating city.
Montalin jumped into the hall from a far away, and looked at Ren at the first glance, with a cold expression and no concealment of the hostility in his eyes.
There was no wave on Ren's face.
He is more interested in the witch who comes in from behind. She has the iconic long silver hair, is tall and beautiful, and wears enchanted light armor made of mithril on the upper body, but underneath is a silk magic robe, hanging around her waist. With a magic wand, even though she is calm at the moment, she can tell that she is usually a sunny and lively woman.
With this appearance and temperament, you don't need to guess that she is one of the seven sisters.
However, most of the people present did not know each other.
"My name is Dove Ressruo, and that bad old man called me." The silver-haired witch briefly introduced herself after coming in.
Everyone immediately understood.
Among the holy soul wizards, the only one who fits the image of a "bad old man" is Master Vantusri Huo Huai. The witch did not say that she was from Master Huo Huai, but she should be very close, otherwise she would not be sent.
Ren looked at it with the eyes of the soul.
Dove is also a Thousand Magic Wizard, the pinnacle of the nineteenth-level legend. She is also a part-time elemental shooter, and as expected, she is also a voter of the goddess of magic. She possesses silver fire and is quite powerful.
Her perception was very keen, and she looked back at Renn, and looked at Renn with a scrutinizing gaze, with the curiosity in her eyes difficult to conceal.
Obviously, Dove had never heard Ren's name from her sisters.
"Everyone."
Heskerto said in a deep voice, "You all know that the Archon died in Ossop Manor last night..."
"The Archon is dead?" Dove opened his eyes wide, his expression very shocked.
"Ms. Dove doesn't know yet?" Hesktor was stunned.
"I just happened to be in Northriel recently, and the old man suddenly gave me a magical message and asked me to come here without telling me what happened." Dove was still in extreme shock. She just noticed the manor and the hall. The atmosphere is wrong. I guess something big happened, but I didn't expect it to be such a big thing.
"The bad old man cheated me!"
"I knew I would not come." Dove came back to his senses, gritted his teeth and muttered, obviously she didn't want to wade in this muddy water.
Heskerto pretended not to hear, "Everyone, please follow me."
He led everyone through the hall to the back garden. The well-maintained garden was very large. Even in the early winter, there were a lot of flowers in full bloom. It was beautiful, but it had been trampled by the Rick Guards. Messy.
There is a three-story loft in the middle of the big garden, which should be dedicated to viewing flowers.
Outside the attic, a team of Rick guards formed a human wall cordon, and the holy swordsmen of the Church of Justice were opening a carpet search in the hall, not letting go of any clues.
The closer you are to the attic, the heavier the smell of blood will be smelled by everyone.
Everyone's expressions also became serious.
"Open the door."
Hesktor gave an order in the past, and the two legendary guards pushed aside the hall on the first floor of the attic, revealing the scene inside.
Suddenly, a rotten smell mixed with air, rushing towards his face from behind the door.
The wizards' faces changed wildly.
The first floor of the attic has an area of ​​hundreds of square meters. It was originally decorated with elegance and luxury. However, there is a diamond-shaped altar in the center of the room. The half-meter-high altar was obviously brought in from the outside and made of a black stone. Engraved with rows of weird runes.
On the altar lay a corpse.
The internal organs of the corpse were taken out and placed on the edge of the altar. The limbs were also dismembered and stacked together in a weird form. The head is still there, but the scalp is peeled off, the flesh on the face is also clean, revealing the white bones, leaving only the skull connected to the body.
Countless blood flowed from the corpse and spread to the entire altar, filling the runes carved on it with blood.
On the chest of the corpse, there is an open book.
In the room, there are dozens of corpses that have been treated in the same way, and the fragments, internal organs and bones of the human body are placed in terrifying shapes.
The ground was watered with blood, and the blood condensed into a thick black mass.
On the walls and ceiling, there are dense blood runes everywhere, twisted and weird, with teeth and claws, like graffiti when insanity occurs. It can barely identify a few words, which seems to be the doctrine of a certain evil god.
The evil aura is so strong that it is almost condensed into substance.
This room is more terrifying and frightening than the abyss hell.
If ordinary people see this scene, they may go crazy in an instant with just one glance. The legendary wizards standing outside the door also felt their souls tremble.
"Sacrifice ceremony!"
Alamance, a student of Queen of the Storm, screamed in exclamation.
The other people's faces were also very ugly, and Dove couldn't help covering his nose and almost didn't vomit it out.
Otiluk recognized it and said in a deep voice, "This is Roche's sacrificial ceremony. The altar and wall are written on the doctrine of this lunatic, and that is Roche's book."
The wizards all nodded.
Ren recognized it when he entered the manor.
This scene is very familiar to me. When I just crossed to Allenus seven years ago, I also encountered Roche’s sacrifice ceremony in the basement of the manor outside Longshand. It was also because of the killing of Esber who was performing the sacrifice. Grid, he was marked by strife.
But this time, the scale and specifications of the sacrifice were much higher than that of the year!
All the sacrifices are extraordinary.
The corpse on the altar is Gnieus!
Even if the corpse has been cut with thousands of swords and cuts to the point where the human form is almost invisible, the All-Seeing Eye can still judge from the characteristics of certain parts of the corpse and the residual lightning breath that he is Gnieus, not being disguised or impersonated by others. There can be no mistakes.
Renn was silent in his heart.
Gnieus had a good relationship with him. He was an aspiring man, a powerful saint and three-term consul of the empire, and finally ended up in such a miserable state. It was really unbearable.
Most importantly, Gnieus' soul was sacrificed to Roche.
After his death, not only was he unable to ascend to the kingdom of the goddess of magic, but he would be tortured by Roxi forever, even more miserable than death.
It is by no means an ordinary Roche believer who can preside over such a large-scale sacrifice ceremony.
At least it is also a Saint-Rank powerhouse, and there is a high probability that multiple Saint-Rank powerhouses will take action together, and they have been planning for a long time.
The legendary wizards stood outside the door, not daring to step in.
This is to keep the scene.
Ren broke the silence and asked: "When did you find it?"
"It's almost dawn."
Heskerto replied, "I immediately notified the Supreme Council of the news. Several holy soul wizards visited in the morning. Lusper's crown and the three arbitrators have already gone in and checked several times to confirm the murderer. It's Roche's believers, not planting misfortunes."
Renn nodded slightly. The Righteous Church is an expert in cutting off evil. The Pope has confirmed the murderer, and basically can't be wrong.
"It's Roxi's believer again!" Dove said bitterly.
The legendary wizards are also extremely angry.
Regardless of the factional position, everyone is a believer of the Empire and the goddess.
Roxi the deceiver, this evil is the goddess' number one enemy, and the evil most hated by all empires. His followers, the "Dark Sun" and "Shadow Blade" two evil organizations, committed countless heinous sins in the empire, and the blood and deep hatred could not be cleared away.
Now even the Archon of the Empire has been assassinated and sacrificed to Roche.
It is conceivable that once the news spreads, it will cause much shock to the empire, and it will also be a painful blow to the hearts of the people of the empire.
"This time, I can't bear it!"
"We must retaliate back!"
The legendary wizards suppressed their anger, and Andre asked: "Commanded by Heskerto, the Guards, the Slayer and the Church of Justice have been investigating for a long time. Haven't found any clues to the murderer?"
"No." Hesktor shook his head slowly.
Suddenly, the legendary wizards were a little dissatisfied, and wanted to question, but because Heskertor was a strong holy rank, hesitated for a while.
Ryan didn't care about this and asked directly: "Commander Heskerto, where were you last night? Why didn't you follow the consul?"
The duty of the Rick Janitor is to protect the consul.
As the commander of the Janissaries and the confidant of Gnieus, Heskerto didn't realize that the consul was dead until dawn. This is a serious dereliction of duty!
A majestic shadow power churned in Hesktor's body, and UU's eyes became pitch black.
The aura of a holy powerhouse made the wizards retreat.
Ren stood motionless on the spot, his body swelled to a height of three meters, and his skin flashed with electric light. He stared at Heskerto from a high position, and the more terrifying power aura easily suppressed the opponent.
Both the Rick Guards and the legendary wizards changed their faces and quickly retreated farther.
"What are you hiding?"
Ren's voice was like thunder, which shook people's eardrums.
Heskerto seemed to be poured down by a basin of cold water, and his irritability instantly subsided. After a few seconds of hesitation, he replied: "Osop Manor is the consul's secret residence. Every week, he will talk to Egypt. Ms. Linuo stayed here for one night and asked me not to follow."
"I have already reported these to Rusper, and I have no intention of concealing it."
He looked up at the giant Rennes, his eyes were very surprised, but his face was calm, and he sighed: "I'm just ashamed that I haven't been able to protect your consul, please don't get me wrong, Speaker Rennes."