Chapter 61 : Chapter 61

Chapter 61. Sacrificial Divination

Taen stood with his head tilted upward in an awkward posture. If he tried to keep his neck straight, it would ache intensely, so he could only remain in that position.

“That black-robed person burst out laughing after we told her we were from the Modification School. She insulted our school and then attacked us...”

Xiyns spoke with great emotion as he recounted the incident. He focused entirely on how the black-robed figure had insulted their school and beaten the two of them, never once mentioning that he had been the one who attacked first.

At this moment, all he wanted was to exaggerate the event so that their mentor would turn that black-robed person into a specimen on an operating table.

He still could not lie on his back to sleep. His back genuinely hurt, and sometimes the pain even woke him in the middle of the night.

Belori watched the endlessly chattering Xiyns. He was still describing how the black-robed person had insulted the Modification School, then struck them twice, and then cursed at them again...

What nonsense is this?!

“Stop. Apprentice, just describe the physical characteristics of the black-robed person.”

Xiyns acknowledged her and felt a surge of excitement. He believed that his mentor had been convinced and was going to cause trouble for that black-robed person.

He could already imagine the black-robed figure being placed on the operating table as a reference specimen for the mentor’s demonstration during surgical instruction.

However, when he tried to organize his words, he suddenly froze and could not speak.

“That black-robed person... her entire body was covered. We could only see that her eyes had black pupils... She defeated us using only her fists... We never saw her use any weapon.”

At that moment, Taen spoke up and delivered all the useful information. Afterward, he fell silent.

Belori frowned. They did not even know who the opponent was. Finding her would already be difficult, let alone seeking revenge.

Let this group’s matter be handled later...

She waved her hand, signaling that the two of them could leave. She had already heard the report.

Taen let out a long sigh of relief. Now that he had confirmed he would receive the reward, he had no desire to get involved in anything else.

All he wanted was to return to the dormitory, hide away, quietly wait for the mentor’s surgical instruction notice, and then throw himself into training to break through to become a formal mage.

Xiyns, on the other hand, looked ashen. Only now did he realize that he had absolutely no idea who the black-robed person was.

Such vague information was very unlikely to attract the mentor’s attention. After all, if they did not even know who the person was, how could anyone go looking for trouble with them?

He dragged his heavy steps as he walked out, forming a stark contrast with Taen’s light and brisk stride ahead of him.

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Belori arrived at the place where Richter’s corpse had been excavated. The pile of soil mixed with flesh and blood had already been reduced by half.

This was the price of using the tracking insects. They had to consume a certain amount of material before they could track anything.

Too much time had passed. As a result, the amount of flesh remaining in the soil was very low, so most of the tracking insects were essentially eating dirt mixed with only a small portion of the target material.

She shook her head at the pile of soil and said to Losqi, who was standing nearby,

“Stop using the tracking insects for the search. I will use these remaining materials for another method.”

Although this suggestion had originally come from Belori herself, it was now obvious that the approach was not working.

She had borrowed Losqi’s investigative model—sending apprentices out to conduct a carpet search.

Her reasoning had seemed sound. Richter’s corpse had been discovered only after Losqi assigned tasks and ordered searches in all directions.

So she had thought: if she used the tracking insects and sent apprentices throughout the streets to search, would they not eventually find the culprit?

It could only be said that the idea was good, but reality was harsh.

Richter had met far too many people on the day before he disappeared, and many of them were top figures from various schools.

Sending apprentices to search for them throughout the streets was practically provoking every school.

Now it was not just Taen and Xiyns who had been beaten in the Apprentice Market. Nearly a quarter of the apprentices had already been attacked, and several were currently lying injured back at the base.

Belori truly had spent most of her time conducting experiments. Whenever she received a notice, she would immediately issue orders without much consideration.

As a result, even after serving as a person in charge in the City of Apprentices for so long, she still lacked experience in handling matters like this.

However, she also knew that when an experimental direction proved wrong, it had to be corrected quickly. It was obvious that this path would lead to no clues, so it was time to try another approach.

Losqi followed Belori’s order and instructed an apprentice to quickly recall the apprentices who were still outside.

At this moment, he did not know what to do either, so he simply listened to Belori, who had served as a person in charge in the City of Apprentices for many years.

“What other method is there?” he asked in confusion.

“I have summoned people from the Astrology School.”

But had the Astrology School not said that they could not predict who the murderer was? Had they not claimed that the connections were insufficient?

Then why summon them again?

Losqi placed a hand on his chin as he pondered in confusion.

After a while, two people wearing purple robes walked over. Their robes were decorated with many curved patterns.

“Belori of the Modification School, correct?” asked Diana, who stood at the front.

“Yes. I would like to request a sacrificial divination to predict how the person buried in this soil died.”

Diana glanced at the pile of soil and said,

“Before we begin, let me make something clear. The results of sacrificial divination depend on the related materials you offer as sacrifice.”

“You must decide how much of these related materials you are willing to sacrifice. If the materials are insufficient, there may be no result.”

“All of it.”

Belori uttered only those simple words.

“All of it?” Diana asked again, worried she might have misheard.

“All of it.”

Losqi had no idea where to start with this case, and Belori was in the same position. Apart from discovering Richter’s corpse, they had found no useful clues whatsoever.

If Richter had merely gone missing, then whether the notes on his person had been leaked would remain uncertain.

But if only the corpse had been found while the notes were missing, then the leak of knowledge was practically guaranteed.

As the person in charge, she had to investigate this matter thoroughly.

“Haya, use this magic dust to draw a circle on the ground. Enclose the soil inside it, then pour this bottle of solution into the soil.”

Haya carried out every instruction meticulously.

Diana pointed a finger toward the pile of soil and then lowered her hand naturally. Strange syllables that did not seem to form any recognizable language flowed from her mouth.

Suddenly, Losqi heard a sharp “ZZRT” sound, and then everything fell silent. Diana also stopped speaking.

“Is it finished?” he asked.

“It is finished,” Diana replied.

“The murderer uses extremely proficient spells, possesses high physical strength, and does not have a complete swordsmanship system. That is all the information.”

Belori pondered for a moment. That description was far too distinctive.

Then it must be...

“The Sword Chant School,” Losqi said with a frown.

Belori smiled slightly.

“Perfect. One of our apprentices was severely injured by them. In that case, I will go and pay them a visit.”