Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 176 Richard Goes to the Meeting Alone
Dean Hank picked up a thick stack of documents on the table and started sucking his teeth as he read through them.

These materials are detailed information about the misappropriation of the academy's funds for magic development and research during his tenure as dean. For a legendary wizard like him who is obsessed with academics and wants to make further progress, the academy is far less important than his own magic research.

Not only him, but many principals of magic academies would do this. Although this operation violated the rules, it was not serious and was almost a default unspoken rule.

But if he insists on making a big deal out of these things, it might cause him some trouble.

"Lord Xingge, these problems have nothing to do with Richard, right? I did embezzle a little bit of funds to speed up my magic research, but it's not a crime that will be investigated by the Xingyue Society, right?"

“The Xingyue Society wants to investigate you, not only because you embezzled funds, but more importantly because there is something wrong with the magic you are researching.

Light Sword Dance, Sunlight Slash, and Sunlight Scripture are all magics that the Holy See is best at. You have been studying magic that is biased towards the light field for six years. "

"So what?" Hank spread his hands. "Nowadays, magic from all schools of thought has been studied too much, and it's hard to come up with new ideas or achieve results.

Light magic is a blind spot in the magic research of our Silver City. I want to break through the situation and make myself a step further by studying light magic. It is not an unforgivable thing. It is reasonable and legal. "

"Haha. You won't cry until you see the coffin." Xingge shook his head, took out another document and threw it over. "Take a look."

"This..." Dean Hank looked at the information thrown in front of him and was shocked.

The information was contained in a very beautiful blue bag with patterns of stars and moons drawn on it, as well as a beautiful circle representing the Senate of Nine Rings Magicians and a cross and silver star representing the Silver City-State.

This kind of information bag can even block prophecy magic, and the magic resistance is maxed out. Being contained in this kind of information bag means top-secret information among top-secret information.

"I don't think I'm qualified to open this information..."

"Yes, of course you didn't, if you had nothing to do with the intelligence. But now you are related to the intelligence, so you have the right to see it, as a suspect."

Hank: ...

Hearing this, Hank finally felt something was wrong. He no longer hesitated and quickly tore open the envelope to check.

Inside the thick envelope was a letter containing only a few lines.

"Year 585 of the City-State Calendar, May 5th, Mercury Week.

The Privy Bishop of the Holy See, Liprus, claimed to have received divine revelation and obtained the [Holy Light Separation Technique]. The Holy Light Separation Technique is highly similar to the five-ring magic [Split Light] studied by the Jinkui Mage Academy.

Year 585 of the City-State Calendar, December 12th, Week of Mysticism.

Cardinal Canbraco of the Holy See also claimed to have received divine revelation and obtained the [Knight's Holy Light Spear]. The Holy Light Separation Technique is highly similar to the four-ring magic [Silver Light Holy Spear] studied by the Jinhui Mage Academy.

Year 586 of the City-State Calendar, April 4th, Week of the Arcane.

A massive earthquake occurred in Lisiman County of the Holy See, causing countless casualties.

The Saint of Hope toured Lisiman County and released a new magic that she had never shown before. This magic brought down the rain of light and calmed the grieving people.

This magic is very similar to the [Golden Light Soothing Technique] studied by the Golden Light Mage Academy."

The more Hank read the information, the more nervous he became, and his hands began to tremble.

Seeing Hank's expression, Xingge smiled coldly and said, "Dean Hank, do you understand now? This is the information sent back by our hero hiding in the Holy See.

This information has been in my hands for more than half a year. I have kept it secret and have been observing you secretly.

I am not sure whether you were wronged or you did it so perfectly that I could not find any evidence of your treason.

But we in Xingyue Society do not need solid evidence to get things done. As long as there is enough suspicion, we can take action. "

Hank closed his eyes in annoyance and smiled helplessly: "This is the most important reason why the light magic of our Silver City has not been developed. As long as it involves the research of light magic, it is inevitable to encounter such problems.

Your ancestor, the great Seventh Dragon Sar-Ailan once said that all magic originates from rules, and the essence of all magic is the reproduction of rules.

Because of the different ways of reproducing the rules, the magic effects produced when the magic is released are different.

We are studying it here, and the Holy See is also studying it.

Their research method is different from ours, they use the belief in magic. But the ultimate source of their magic and our magic is the same, both are rules.

So it's normal that what they research is similar to what we do.

If you insist that the magic of the Holy See was leaked from us, then I have nothing to say."

Hank placed the information on the table and said seriously, "In the name of the dean of the Jinhui Mage Academy, I declare that I will unconditionally cooperate with the Xingyue Society in the investigation. But if my innocence is proven in the end, I don't expect to get a public apology from your Xingyue Society, but I hope you can stop your groundless suspicion of me."

Seeing Hank's attitude, Xingge's heart sank. Hank's behavior was clearly showing that he had a clear conscience and no problems.

That means the mysterious demigod behind Richard is most likely not related to him.

The Xingyue Society didn't gain any benefit at all, but instead threw out something that could restrain Hank out of thin air, which was a huge loss.

"Dean Hank, you don't have to do this. You are just a suspect, not a criminal. Otherwise, it would not be me who came, but a spy from the Xingyue Society in the capital.

Since you have no clues about Richard and the person behind Richard, I will look for other sources."

Xingge confirmed that she was leaving, so she turned around and left without any hesitation. A group of men in black also followed Xingge and left immediately.

The office that was full of people one second ago was now empty in the blink of an eye.

Only Dean Hank and the document in his hand were left. Dean Hank looked at the top-secret document in his hand, sighed, and used magic to destroy it. Even if he didn't destroy it, the top-secret document that had been opened would destroy itself after a while.

He slowly sat down in his seat, his brows slowly furrowed.

"How did Richard get involved with some mysterious demigod again? I admire Richard because of his fantastic talent for magic research, his eagerness to learn, and his profound accumulation of magical knowledge.

But what if these things are not owned by Richard himself, but taught to Richard by the demigod? "

Hank opened his cabinet, and right above it was a book analyzing the "Stigmata of the Stigmata".

He made a special copy to study how to prevent Richard from committing suicide.

Hank's fingers turned pale and trembled as he stroked the thick cover of the book. "I treat him as my own son and want to give him everything I have to help him grow. But if Richard is already a puppet of someone else and approaches me with a purpose, how should I deal with it?"

Hank looked up and saw a breeze blowing, just enough to blow off some leaves that had not yet turned yellow.

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Xingge returned to her office. She had just sat down and hadn't even picked up a pen when a voice appeared in her ears.

"My Lord City Lord, the research team's report on the video is out. The rear of the car was observed from a high altitude perspective. We have no way of knowing the specific situation that occurred in Saint Laurent Prison at the time. We can only analyze it based on the abstract changes in elements.

It took only 1 seconds from the first violent fluctuation of the nearby air element to the lightning war magic penetrating the thunder.

This value is much shorter than the magic synchronization time required for a normal group mage to release war magic.

Therefore, it can be concluded with 100% certainty that the war magic was independently released by a powerful wizard.

Judging from the time when his magic was released, the other party should be at the end of the legendary stage or just entered the demigod stage. Considering that Saint Laurent Prison is a magic-forbidden area and only demigods can cast spells, the other party should have just entered the demigod stage not long ago.

If you want to lock down the opponent's identity, you can search the entire world for an 8th-level wizard who is good at lightning magic and has stayed at the current level for a long time.

The investigation team has already started investigating based on this intelligence, and I believe there will be results soon."

Xingge nodded silently, indicating that it was okay. The voice in her ear continued:

"Over in the swamp, our agents have already started investigating. So far, they have discovered two types of undead units, skeleton soldiers and zombies. They are both entering and leaving Saint Laurent Prison, with no intention of hiding anything.

It can be basically judged that the person behind Saint Laurent Prison does not mind being discovered by us, and may even be deliberately exposing himself.

The other party should have the intention to contact us, but is unwilling to contact us through normal channels.

According to the analysis of our think tank, there is an 80% chance that the other party is targeting you, Lord City Lord.

Whether to meet or not needs to be carefully considered. "

"Yeah." Xingge nodded slowly, then asked, "What about Richard? What role does he play in this?"

“We can’t be sure.

But we think he should have a close relationship with the mysterious demigod.

Your teacher, the Great Traveler Mahir, may also have known that demigod.

Richard is most likely to act as a bridge between the two demigods. Mahir Changren may have reached some kind of deal with the unknown demigod, and his bargaining chip is the Saint Laurent Prison and the status of the Dome Mage Corps for Richard. "

Xingge nodded. "If there is a demigod behind Richard, then should he reconsider blocking the stigmata shackles for me?"

"Yes, Lord Mayor. We must consider the possibility that Richard approached you intentionally."

“Is it likely?”

"It's unlikely. To release the shackles of the stigmata, you need to sacrifice the life of a high-level angel. It's incredible that you would pay such a heavy price just to make Richard occupy a place in your heart.

To achieve this, first of all, they must have a deep enough relationship with the Holy See, and at the same time, the Holy See must be able to sacrifice a high-level angel to help them. At the same time, Richard must sacrifice himself. After Richard sacrifices himself, if you, the city lord, have no feelings for Richard, then all the previous sacrifices will be in vain.

If this is really the plan designed by the other party, then this plan is extremely stupid. "

"That's good." Xingge nodded, and then asked, "What's the situation in Richard's hometown?"

"After searching in many places, the investigation team confirmed that Richard had lived in an orphanage in the eastern suburbs of Lundu City when he was a child. He relied entirely on his own magical talent and hard work to get into the Jinhui Mage Academy.

There is no evidence in the orphanage's files that Richard is related to any known legend or demigod, but it can be guaranteed that Richard is indeed an orphan.

Therefore, it is possible that the mysterious strong man is Richard's biological father or biological mother. It is not clear when this mysterious strong man contacted Richard. Once this clue is clear, we should be able to make a judgment. "

Xingge nodded silently.

At this moment, a voice in her ear suddenly said slyly, "Miss, this is great news! If it can be confirmed that Richard's father or mother is a demigod, then you and Richard can be considered equals. You will face much less resistance in the future."

Xingge frowned and cursed, "Is the authority I gave you to report these things to me?

If you don't know what to say and what not to say, then you shouldn't be the captain."

"Yes! Lord City Lord, I am sorry for saying too much."

After a moment, the voice cautiously probed: "Lord City Lord, should we send someone to Saint Laurent Prison for trial contact?"

“Well…under the current circumstances, it is unlikely that the other party will let Richard out again.

We have to be proactively prepared.”

"Yes, City Lord. If we want to make a tentative contact, what attitude should we adopt to communicate with the other party? Should we directly ask the other party to come over and explain as the Silver City, or should we appease the other party as our family or as an individual, Miss?"

Hearing this question, Xingge was silent for a moment and said, "He is just a demigod, and the dignity of the Silver City cannot be abandoned.

But after all, the other party helped me in the last flesh and blood machine incident, so I can't be too disrespectful to him.

In this way, write an invitation letter, and as the lord of the Travel City, invite the other party and Richard to come to the City Lord's Mansion for dinner.

Remember to write clearly on the invitation letter that it is me personally inviting you as the city lord, not the Travel City."

"Yes! Lord City Lord!" Just as the person who was speaking in Xingge's ear was about to leave, a voice suddenly sounded from the other side of Xingge's ear.

"Lord City Lord! Just now, Saint Laurent Warden Richard landed in the City Lord's Mansion on a gargoyle!"

"What!" Xingge's eyes were filled with confusion. "He actually dared to come here now? After the thunderbolt shattered the sky's detection magic, he still dared to come here alone?"

(End of this chapter)