Chapter 142: Positive Energy Baptism

That is no wonder; at 52, one might still be full of life on Earth, but in this other world, it is hard to say, and Xia Duo now also suspects it was a natural death.

"Lady Patti, from what did you determine that Feierbosi did not die of natural causes, but died by accident?"

"My lord, you will know once you see Feierbosi."

Lady Patti did not answer this question directly, and Xia Duo did not press, because they had already arrived at the study.

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Entering the study, the furnishings inside were very new; despite being called a study, there were not many books inside, but rather some account books and art pieces collected by the owner, such as statues and paintings, all with a very distinct Elf style.

A person was slumped over the desk, and Xia Duo knew this was Feierbosi—his hair was gray, his right hand gripped a wooden-barreled ink pen, while his left hand was pressed onto a piece of parchment.

Xia Duo walked over to take a look; there were only a few simple lines of text on it, which also made Xia Duo understand why Lady Patti said Feierbosi was murdered.

Because the parchment read—"After my death, my property shall belong to Lady Patti, my son Feiyade shall not inherit..."

The ink trail stopped there; clearly, there should have been more content, but Feierbosi died before he could write it down. A person knows they are about to die, and they leave final instructions?

Then why not write down who the murderer was, and let his wife and son avenge him? Was it that he did not know the murderer? Or did he not dare to write it? Or perhaps this was directed by Lady Patti herself?

Xia Duo could not help but take another look at this young woman; the will said she would obtain all of Feierbosi's inheritance, and from this perspective, it was very suspicious.

But Lady Patti's sorrow did not seem feigned, and if the murderer were her, then why go to such great lengths to find someone to confirm it was murder?

Shouldn't she just take advantage of the situation to inherit the property?

Could it be that killing was not enough for her, and she had an exhibitionist streak, wanting to see if the Mage Tower could discover her?

Xia Duo quickly overturned this speculation, but still silently raised his vigilance.

If one wants to discover the cause of death, one should examine the corpse. If it were the Xia Duo who had just transmigrated, he wouldn't even touch it, but now he was long since accustomed to it.

However, before the examination, there were still many questions that needed Lady Patti to answer.

"Lady Patti, besides the examination by ordinary people, have you looked for a Spellcaster to check?"

"I have. Feierbosi's chamber of commerce hired a Mage. After the incident, I once asked him to come over and take a look."

"What did he say?"

"He couldn't see anything either."

Lady Patti seemed to be lacking physical strength, leaning against the doorway, somewhat dejected, "Later, I went to the Temple. A lord from the Temple came personally to check, but discovered nothing?"

Hearing that Lady Patti was actually able to invite someone from the Temple over, he immediately felt his asking price was too low, but the problem was that even the people from the Temple couldn't see the reason for it, so he might not necessarily be able to see anything either.

Thinking of this, he felt a bit listless, "I heard the Temple has a method to converse with the dead, I wonder—"

Regarding methods for solving cases, Xia Duo was relatively knowledgeable. Before Xia Duo killed Lao Nier, he had specifically paid attention to this; besides examinations by ordinary people, the most important were the methods of Spellcasters.

Among these, the Temple was the most prominent, because besides being able to make the dead speak for themselves, one could also ask the gods; this was simply cheating!

He now wanted to know if the Temple had employed such a method.

Lady Patti glanced at Xia Duo and gave the answer, "That lord from the Temple performed a type of Divine Magic, and made Feierbosi speak."

Xia Duo's heart tightened; as expected!

He hurriedly asked: "What did Feierbosi say? Did you ask who killed him?"

"I asked, but Feierbosi just kept repeating the words on the parchment, he wouldn't say anything else!"

"Was it the parchment he wrote on when he died?"

"Yes."

Afterward, Xia Duo asked Lady Patti about Feierbosi's abnormalities on the day of the incident. Besides suddenly saying he was going upstairs to handle affairs, there were no other abnormalities. However, Lady Patti also said that she rarely left the villa, and she could not judge whether Feierbosi had any abnormalities outside.

It seems that even this starting 250 Gold Coins is not easy to earn!

Next, he prepared to examine the corpse. Xia Duo signaled that Lady Patti could go out and wait, but she insisted on staying to observe. Xia Duo could not say anything, so he let her watch.

Because Xia Duo did not possess professional forensic knowledge, his examination was merely checking whether there were any injuries on Feierbosi's body, internal or external, and whether there were any traces of spells.

Actually, regarding traces of spells, Xia Duo did not take them to heart; if they could be discovered by him, those who came before would have discovered them long ago. His focus was on checking for injuries.

Additionally, poisoning was also one of Xia Duo's suspected targets, but this needed to be tested later. Moreover, a Rogue specialized in poisoning had checked it before, and Xia Duo actually didn't have much confidence in this either.

First, check for traces of spells, which is to check whether the connection between the corpse and the Magic Net is abnormal.

In the world of Magic, everything is related to the Magic Net; even the most ordinary stone has its essence inevitably linked to the Magic Net, it is just that this degree of connection is usually ignored.

Living people have a connection to the Magic Net, but it is not obvious, unless they are a Spellcaster; as for the dead, they are about the same as stones, but one can still see some things.

Xia Duo could be considered to have seen many corpses—beasts, Goblins, Orcs, and even humans; he still had some experience regarding the state of corpses.

Entering the Spellcasting Focus state, Xia Duo saw that there was no energy reaction on the corpse. A normal corpse would show signs of Negative Energy dissipation even if left for two days.

However, thinking that someone from the Temple had been here, perhaps they had performed a Baptism for him.

After being messed with by those people earlier, now almost no traces of spell residue could be detected. Xia Duo was a bit discouraged and prepared to check for injuries.

Out of caution, Xia Duo did not touch it directly, but cast the spell 【Mage Hand】 to first lay Feierbosi flat on the ground, but he had been dead for two days, and the body was already stiff.

Xia Duo carefully summoned Positive Energy to restrict it near Feierbosi. Theoretically speaking, death is a lack of Positive Energy; although his summoning of Positive Energy could not wake Feierbosi up, it could make his limbs become soft.

And this is actually a type of Baptism method of the Temple, similar to the funeral rites on Earth, but in this other world, the true purpose of this Baptism is to prevent the corpse from being awakened by bad people.

This kind of awakening is not resurrection, but becoming an Undead, without any emotions or thoughts from when they were alive, and once discovered, they are either destroyed or enslaved; this is something many people loathe.

Xia Duo's Positive Energy Baptism naturally could not compare to the Temple's; after all, they were the professionals, but Xia Duo didn't need much effect, he only needed to make Feierbosi's limbs become soft.

After a moment, Xia Duo had already undone all of Feierbosi's clothing, and Lady Patti, who was watching this scene, turned her head away, unable to bear it.

But Xia Duo did not care about that much; for that starting 250 Gold Coins, he could be considered to have gone all out.