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Chapter 61 - 61. Rudolph is a Wizard

Rudolf worked very hard to eliminate several hive priests before returning to the police station.

  "Did I see it wrong?" Rudolf didn't believe his eyes:

  "Sheriff, are you studying? How can the word study be related to you! Sheriff, what is that in your hand?"  

Shouldn't there be oysters on the sheriff's desk? How could there be something other than a book, and this is a big book, thicker than a fist.

  The pages of the book were opened, and there were dense parameter charts and formulas inside. Rudolf glanced at it and couldn't understand it at all.

  "Are you... writing a paper?"

  Sheriff Claude had a worried look on his face. He had just written a topic: "Research on Cold Forging Technology of Low Carbon Steel Under the Dominance of Alchemical Power".

  There were crumpled papers scattered around. Obviously, this paper was a bit difficult to produce.

  "Why, Rudolph, do you also understand papers?"

  Rudolph shook his head: "I know every word you wrote, but these words should not be connected together. It is beyond the boundaries of my cognition and hits the blind spot of my knowledge."

  Sheriff Claude sighed. He wanted to go further. He wanted to be promoted. He had to go to a level 3 alchemist's laboratory for further study. Only in those alchemists' laboratories would there be enough alchemical iron for him to be familiar with new materials.

  And there is a threshold for further study. If you want to knock on the door of the alchemy laboratory, you must first have a few published papers. You must prove to the alchemist that their newly recruited researchers have certain research capabilities.

  He can still try to ask him to write a few papers on female psychology, but how does he know this damn cold forging?

  After piecing together some ideas, I hope they will not be torn up and returned by the "Fabro Alchemical Journal".

  "Forget it, let's not talk about these troublesome things." Sheriff Claude pushed the reference books and papers aside, and his mood improved a lot. He asked: "Is there any progress in the insect plague?"

  Rudolph handed the investigation report to the sheriff, and the sheriff quickly glanced through it.

  "In other words, we found it too late. It's already the end of May. Even if we launch a large-scale operation to eliminate the hive priests, it won't change the outcome of this year's poor grain harvest?"

  "That's about it."

  Seeing the report submitted by Rudolph, Sheriff Claude was also helpless.

  "Then continue to clean up the hive priests. At least give the farmers an attitude...

  Fortunately, the attack ability of the level 1 hive priests is not strong. You should be able to deal with it."

  Sheriff Claude was very troubled. According to the extent of the insect plague reported, even if Rudolph was exhausted to death, it would be impossible to clean up all the hive priests in a few months.

  "Bullets, kerosene."

  Rudolph just briefly stated his request.

  Sheriff Claude readily agreed to these requests:

  "I'll make you more bullets, kerosene, and bonuses. I've been busy lately, so I won't be going out. You can see that my affairs are much more difficult to deal with than the hive priests."

  Rudolph nodded. Since the poor harvest was a foregone conclusion, it would be useless for the sheriff to take action now.

  He was destined to be a hard worker. He had to find a way to collect more relics, find an opportunity to make them into magic tools, and slowly sell them at the Black Gold.

  He couldn't sell too many at once, otherwise he would be targeted.

  When Rudolph left the police station, Ichabod and Kevin stood by the parapet on the rooftop of the police station, watching Rudolph go away.

  Kevin was a little confused: "Ichabod, why don't we go directly to Sheriff Claude?"

  "Don't alert the enemy."

  "How can this be considered alerting the enemy? This is a wizard, do you need to hesitate? I suspect that Rudolph is the wizard."

  "That's the problem, it's just that you suspect it. Without evidence, of course we can't alert them."

  Kevin couldn't believe it: "Them? Could it be that Sheriff Claude also has an unclear relationship with the wizard Rudolph?"

  Ichabod patiently explained:

  "Distance does not separate relatives. If you have a conflict with someone, don't expect his father or son, or his friends to stand on your side. Even if you are just and you are right, you will only be targeted by them.

  Sheriff Claude has a good relationship with Rudolph. This is something the whole police station knows.

  We must get very sufficient evidence and put the evidence on Sheriff Claude's desk for it to work and for Sheriff Claude to have nothing to say.

  Kevin, can your divination prove anything?"

  Kevin shook his head. He used the corpse of the hive priest to do divination, but what confused him was that he couldn't get any results.

  The result of divination cannot point out a certain person or a certain direction.

  Kevin said seriously: "This is what I am worried and anxious about. There are apostles above level 3, or very powerful magic weapons that obscure fate. Things are more serious than I thought."

  Ichabod said:

  "Kevin, you are always impulsive and always rely on your intuition. This is a common problem of your words and spirits.

  But you must be careful this time. There is a wizard in the police station. If there is no solid evidence, Sheriff Claude will send you to jail for his own reputation.

  Look for it again. The last time I failed to track down the Black Queen, I thought about it. Sometimes, your divination ability will be targeted and may not work.

  We have to look for evidence slowly like patrolmen, and do things through a closed chain of evidence. This is a good supplementary means.

  Your divination ability also plays a big role in finding evidence."

  The two witch hunters watched Rudolph go away, but every move of the two of them was seen clearly by a sparrow.

  This is Rudolph's home court. Rudolph will look at his pet pocket watch whenever there is no one around. He is a wizard, so he is very vigilant.

  Rudolf in the distance closed his pet crystal. He did not look back, but was very confused. What were the two witch hunters doing on the rooftop?

  They seemed to be looking at him?

  The great botanist and bull terrier imitator once said that when you doubt whether a melon is ripe, the melon is no longer ripe in your heart.

  Once the suspicion arises, the crime is immediately established.

  When Rudolf began to suspect the two witch hunters, he had to be really careful.

  There is no suspicion without reason. You must devote some energy to pay attention to the next actions of these two people.

  Soon, the full moon of June will be here. The full moon means the full moon sacrifice and festivals of Leman Town every month.

  The people in the town were waiting in the square. When they saw Butcher Butcher and the dog on the altar again, they booed.

  "Again, a werewolf!"

  "Can you change it?"

  "It's been five or six months, and it's always been a werewolf!"

  ···

  The first time you see vicious dogs eating a werewolf, it can stimulate everyone's nerves, but after such stimulation, it gradually becomes less interesting.

  Butcher Butcher, who is nearly 2 meters tall, faced the boos of the crowd and spread his big hands helplessly.

  He was originally here to do voluntary labor. It was tiring to chop a werewolf in one night, and now he was booed.

  He took out a lighter from his arms and took out the hidden torch from the hem of his apron.

  At this moment, the onlookers didn't know what Butcher was going to do.

  Butcher lit the torch, and the flame lit up on the altar.

  Then, he waved the torch and suddenly pointed it at the other end of the altar.

  At this time, the people at the other end of the altar also lit the torch, illuminating there.

  It turned out that at the other end of the altar, some people were piling up firewood, and others were carrying the poles of the stake.

  "Burn at the stake! Oh! It's burn at the stake!"     

The audience was finally satisfied. It seemed that there would be two sacrifices this month!

  Butcher Butcher was also satisfied. His performance was not bad.

  Not long after, the police station escorted two sacrifices.

  One was a werewolf with nothing new, and the other was a man with his upper body exposed and a huge black beetle painted on his chest.

  People nearby saw the man's arms, which were tightly packed with pits of unknown depth. They took two steps back in fear.

  As the captain, Rudolph waved to the people around him.

  Everyone in the town liked Rudolph very much. They all knew that Sheriff Claude was a very lazy man. The reason why there were continuous sacrifices in the town was because of the hardworking Rudolph.

  And no matter what Rudolph consumed, whether it was going to the tavern, shopping, or going to the bathhouse, he would pay.

  Under his leadership, the trainee patrolmen of the police station also behaved in this way. This made the people in the town feel that Rudolph was simply the best patrol captain.

  Amid the cheers of the townspeople, the werewolf was placed on the huge chopping board of Butcher Butcher.

  The man with the black beetle was taken to the stake.

  At this time, the red priest came out and presided over the full moon sacrifice in June.

  From the red priest Mr. Pulley, the townspeople learned that the man who was about to be burned at the stake was one of the murderers of the recent insect plague!

  Heretic apostle! The priest of the evil god Worm Nest!

  At this moment, the residents were very excited.

  The price of bread has been rising for a long time. It is said that it is because of food shortages and the possible poor harvest in autumn, so the supply has decreased.

  It turns out that someone deliberately raises aphids.

  It was also the first time that the residents of the town knew that there was an evil god called Worm Nest, which specializes in raising various pests.

  Mr. Pulley, the red priest, glanced at Rudolph and said to the people in the square:

  "Our patrol captain, Rudolph, had a brilliant idea after the witch burning at the stake last November. After I knew that idea, I felt it made a lot of sense.

  Hanging upside down is more suitable for burning at the stake!

  Let's hang him upside down and enjoy his kicking feet!

  Let's hang him upside down and let him burn more thoroughly!

  From today on, the burning at the stake in Leman Town will be carried out in the form of hanging upside down!"

  The square suddenly erupted in cheers. There were new tricks for the burning at the stake this month.

  Rudolph looked around awkwardly. When had the red priest seen the confirmation sheet of the burning result he wrote?

  Amid the cheers of the people, the priest of the evil god's nest was tied upside down on the stake.

  Now, his head can be fully cooked.

  Rudolph didn't want his identity as a wizard to be exposed. He didn't want his head to be fully cooked.

  Rudolph couldn't bear to continue watching, as if he was the one burning. He turned his head to look at Yvonne's condition and found that she was in good condition.

  As she got more and more used to her werewolf power, the time she lost her mind became shorter and shorter.

  Now, she would only lose her mind for an hour in the second half of every full moon night.

  The vicious dogs began to roar, and the fire was lit under the stake. Rudolf waited for the full moon muttering this month.

  "Blood is so sweet..."

  Rudolf would hear this muttering every month. He had been looking for months, but he couldn't find who this apostle was.

  "Break out of the cocoon, my little cuties..."

  This sentence also appeared frequently, and no one knew who was talking.

  Judging from this muttering, Rudolf suspected that there had always been a hive priest in Leman Town, and he had been planning something.

  At this time, a new muttering made Rudolf's pupils suddenly dilate.

  "Rudolf... wizard..."

  Rudolf's head was instantly soaked with cold sweat.

  He looked around, looking for the source of the muttering.

  However, what made him helpless was that he was surrounded by cheering residents and a carnival crowd.

  He didn't know who was saying he was a wizard!

  Was he exposed? Where was he exposed? When was he exposed?

  At this moment, Rudolph thought a lot.

  The busy but comfortable atmosphere of the police station, the delicious beer in the tavern, the warm spring water in the bathhouse, the residents who greeted him on the road...

  He looked at the stake, where the Level 1 Hive Priest was festering and charred.

  He didn't want to see such a day for himself. He didn't want the people in the town and the police station to watch him burn to death with relish.

  If he didn't have the full moon mumbling, he wouldn't even know that he was being investigated.

  If his wizard identity was exposed, he felt that no one would pity him except Yvonne.

  "What's wrong, Captain?"

  Yvonne saw Rudolph's pale face and felt a little strange.

  "It's okay, Yvonne, let's go to the old place later to help you spend the full moon night."

  After the sacrifice, when leaving the square, Rudolph met Ichabod and Kevin who also left here.

  Kevin smiled: "Patrolman Rudolph, your suggestion is really good! It's a genius idea. The burning at the stake has been around for thousands of years, and no one has ever thought of hanging heretics upside down to execute them. It's a really good idea."

  Kevin stared at Rudolph's head and thought that Rudolph was really brave. Isn't he afraid that he would be the one being hung upside down and burned?

  Rudolph just smiled and said, "We can't help it. There have been so many disasters in Leman Town recently. We have to do something new to make everyone happy."

  "Captain Rudolph, are you ready to go off work?" "

  No, I have to bury two sacrifices first. In the second half of the night, I have to patrol the outskirts of the town. It's not peaceful lately. There are either werewolves or evil priests around."

  Kevin heard that Rudolph was so busy, and sighed, "Then you must be very hard-working. I think Sheriff Claude should give his position to you."

  "I think so too. I hope you can say it to the sheriff in person.

  By the way, Kevin, you have been in Leman Town for almost a month. Have you found the reason for the werewolf riot?"

  Kevin shook his head:

  "Unfortunately, no. All the werewolves we captured, whether they were level 1 or level 2, said that they came to Leman Town under the leadership of the alpha wolf.

  We cannot be sure what level the biggest 'alpha wolf' is.

  Alas, the Judiciary has been continuously raising the response level for werewolf riots. In the five or six towns around Fabro City, there are witch hunters investigating werewolves.

  I think Ichabod and I can't leave for the time being. "

  Rudolph heard bad news. It seems that these two people are not going to leave for the time being.

  After a few more jokes, the few people went their separate ways.

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