The Demon Prince goes to the Academy - Chapter 593

Chapter 593

Following the Order of the Knights Templar’s full cooperation, Ellen gained access to this case.

And while not formally cooperating with the investigation, Louise von Schwarz also assisted Ellen in the case.

And Heinrich suggested that the demonists might be involved in this incident.

Unlike the Braves, the Magicians use the divine power of demons, and there are many with dangerous powers. So, if there really were demonic religious forces, they could have robbed the temple of the Holy Knights and killed Rowen who was chasing after them.

Ludwig said with a firm expression.

“I heard from Mr. Rowen… … . Because the Brave Cultists are not treated as heretics… … . There are cases where real heretics disguise themselves as the Brave Cult.”

“… … That might be enough.”

Louise nodded at Ludwig’s words.

The cult of warriors has no roots and is not a concentrated force. That’s why the context of faith is different.

It is possible that the Demonicists are spreading the faith of the Demonicist religion disguised as a warrior cult to the refugee camp.

And unlike the cult of warriors, the religion of demons is a grouped force.

“If that were possible, the demonic religion disguised as the cult of warriors could almost rule the refugee camp.”

There is a good chance that it is not a secretive force, but has already become the dominant religious force in the entire refugee camp while wearing the mask of a warrior cult.

“Then again… … . It turns out that a man named Rowen may have been fighting a monster so gigantic that he couldn’t even imagine… … .”

If it is true that the demonic religion disguised as the cult of warriors was spreading in the refugee camp, then Rowen wandered the refugee camp and roamed the streets to extract the true nature of the huge demonic cult.

If he wasn’t capturing innocent refugees, but really capturing and interrogating demonists, then Rowen might be the one who was trying to get his own justice in the end.

Were those whom Rowen captured, tortured, and killed were demonists or innocents?

Gradually, he was unable to tell whether what Rowen had been doing was good or bad.

In the end, it is unknown what Rowen’s real intentions were and who killed him, so many possibilities were suggested, but nothing was certain.

Ellen bangs her finger on the table where many inferences are scattered.

“I think it would be good to go to the graves of the saints first.”

scene of the incident.

It would be good to go there first, Ellen concluded.

* * *

The theft of ashes from the graves of saints is not the starting point of all events.

Rowen was the Heretic Inquisitor of the Imperial Capital and had been doing that for a long time.

She must have had a goal of her own.

It is unknown whether it is to search out and eradicate the Demonic Cult, or to eradicate the Cult of the Braves completely.

Extreme accidents have always happened since the Gates incident.

Just because a bomb exploded doesn’t mean the bomb is the cause of everything.

In a world where gunpowder is everywhere, big explosions happen everywhere.

The problem is gunpowder.

There are too many problems in the world, so the demon religion is rampant, the warrior religion is ahead of the five main religions, and the problems of hunger and infectious diseases only come to the fore.

Due to the gate incident, which is the cause of everything, accidents do not cease anywhere.

The case of the theft of the ashes of the saints’ tombs is also just an explosion of problems scattered here and there.

Ellen thought so.

The Templars are also investigating the case on their own.

“I don’t think Rowen shared the investigation with the Templars. Or maybe the captain lied.”

Rowen would have started investigating immediately after the incident.

The commander of the Knights Templar led the high-ranking paladins to return to the Order, but the commander of the Knights Templar denied that he knew anything about Rowen’s investigation.

Ellen had no way to get to the truth of the case other than to see, hear and judge with her own eyes, as she did not know if the commander of the Templars was cooperating properly.

The Templar Commander can lie to Ellen or hide information from her, but she can’t block her path.

Ellen conveyed her intention to see the scene, and soon Ileion Boelton assigned a high-ranking paladin to act as a leader for Ellen.

“Nice to meet you, warrior. It’s an honor to meet you. I will guide you from now on.”

“Yes, Thanks.”

Ellen didn’t have too much trust in him because the leader would be no different from the leader.

Ellen takes the party and heads to the basement of the Great Temple of the Knights Templar.

There are numerous facilities under the Great Temple, but among them, the tombs of saints are the deepest underground.

The Paladins blocking the road got out of the way when they saw Ellen, as if they had been instructed in advance.

Louise also decided to help Ellen and Ludwig, but kept quiet.

It is up to Ellen to step forward.

“Could you briefly outline the incident?”

“The incident occurred on December 3rd, so about 17 days ago.”

An event that occurred 17 days ago.

Since the commander of the Knights Templar cannot return immediately, he was able to return to the imperial capital only after a long period of time had passed since the incident.

That’s why it was understandable that I didn’t know what the investigation was like or how it was progressing.

The content was clear and simple.

At dawn on December 3rd, the custodial priest in charge of the tombs of the saints entered the tombs of the saints, saw the tombs destroyed, and immediately reported to the priest on duty.

And when the on-duty priests and paladins arrived and checked the scene, they found that many of the sarcophagi had been destroyed and that the remains had disappeared.

“How was the security situation?”

“The tombs of saints were originally… … . We don’t set up our own expenses. However, in order to go down to the tomb of the saints due to its location, it must inevitably be opened to the eyes of paladins and priests. but… … .”

“Has anyone seen the culprit?”

“That’s right.”

“What about the lock?”

“The entrance to the tombs of the saints is normally locked. Those who hold the key are issued only to the priest in charge of management. However, interrogation of the administrative priests revealed that they kept the key in a private room.”

“… … You mean there was a possibility of theft?”

“Someone might have secretly used it.”

There are thieves who stole things that there was no reason to steal from graves with nothing to steal.

Priests in charge of managing the tomb would inevitably be severely punished.

And you will also be suspected of being a suspect.

“According to the priest who discovered the site, the tomb was locked as usual.”

“You mean the thief even locked the door and escaped?”

“… … I don’t know that far.”

It’s funny.

While descending into the catacombs, the culprits were never seen and even the doors were locked.

It is impossible to completely rule out the possibility of negligent management of the keys or the work of insiders, but one possibility is the highest.

There is a possibility that he entered the catacombs by moving through space.

“There is a possibility that a high-ranking mage was involved.”

It is highly likely that a wizard who can use teleport or more mass teleport was involved in this.

“The Knights are also considering that possibility. You will know when you see the scene soon.”

When they reached the tomb of the saints, the paladin who led them opened the locked door by inserting a large key into the huge entrance.

–

A paladin alone opens a door that an ordinary person cannot open properly. It was a huge door that seemed difficult for ordinary people to push or pull.

Soon the door opened and Ellen was able to see the scene, preserved exactly as it was at the time of the incident.

A huge underground cavity.

And the sarcophagus embedded in the wall, as well as the sarcophagus buried in the floor, were hollowed out.

There were intact sarcophagi, but many of them were broken.

and debris on the floor.

“It’s not theft, it’s the level of destruction.”

“yes… … . That’s right.”

“How can there be this level of commotion and not be heard from above?”

“You must have heard it. But none of the priests above heard it.”

noise suppression.

and space travel.

Louise looked at the scene quietly and said.

“It’s noise canceling.”

I had no choice but to be convinced that the wizard was inevitably involved in the incident.

* * *

“May I go in and take a look?”

“Yes, whatever.”

Ellen entered the catacombs slowly.

The Templars don’t properly inform Ellen, but they don’t stop either.

Other than superficial information, only the people in this room should find out and judge.

graves of saints.

Of these places, Ellen did not know and did not need to know.

Ludwig and Heinrich Louise also followed Ellen into the catacombs.

It is not yet clear whether the temple raiders and the ashes thieves are the same.

However, it is certain that there was a superman among those who raided the temple, and it is certain that a wizard was included among those who stole the remains.

Everyone intuited that no matter what type of group the perpetrators were, they were bound to not be ordinary people.

There were sarcophagi buried in the ground, and there were sarcophagi embedded in the walls as if they were stored.

Like a closet for example.

It is unknown whether the thief was single or multiple, but most of the sarcophagi were broken.

No matter how much noise canceling is deployed to suppress noise, it is too harsh. This literally amounts to destruction.

‘There must have been many ways to be quiet, but stealing only the ashes and putting the coffin back in its original state.’

Had they done so, the Templars would not have known for a very long time that the bones had been stolen.

One thing that made it certain was that the thieves acted as if they didn’t care whether they were caught or not.

‘They were confident that they wouldn’t be caught even if they did this.’

Was it sarcastic towards the Templars or was it the confidence that they would not be found out? Or maybe both, I don’t know.

Everyone has looked around the site in their own way, but there are still things they don’t know.

why did you take it

Why the heck did the ashes be stolen? If it had been damaged and left unattended, it would have been possible to show anger toward the Templars or the Five Great Religions.

‘anger… … ?’

Anger against the five main religions.

And that anger is prominently displayed against two denominations among the five main denominations.

Tuan and Als.

And many of the sarcophagi were destroyed, but there were also some that were intact.

Some bodies were taken and some were not.

‘Did they only take the remains of the saints who believed in Tuan and Ars?’

Ellen reads the biography from the fragments of the destroyed sarcophagus.

‘no.’

I glanced at the names just in case, but there were not only the remains of the paladins who believed in Tuan and Ars, but also the paladins of Liter Mensis Shalam.

‘There is no distinction.’

It is possible that it is not an expression of anger or that it is a force that hates all of the five main religions.

As Ellen looked through the names, she had no choice but to find a name she knew.

“This… … .”

Ellen couldn’t help but open her eyes.

Leberier Ranche was killed by Reinhardt.

Upon discovering the name, Ellen couldn’t help but bite her lip.

During the Miss Temple contest, Reinhardt did not show up.

At that time, Reinhardt fought Leverrier Ranche to save Olivia Ranze.

The sudden memory flashed through Ellen’s head with an excruciating headache.

“Ugh… … !”

“Ellen!”

Suddenly, as Ellen grabbed her head and sat down, Heinrich, Ludwig, and Ellen, who were looking around, as well as the paladin who was watching, came running.

“Ugh… … !”

I felt a sharp pain like thousands of needles piercing my head.

“What’s going on? Are you okay?”

“Hero! Are you all right!”

“What’s wrong with me all of a sudden… … !”

“are you okay? Wake!”

In addition to the voices echoing around her, Ellen tries to catch her breath with her eyes wide open under the pressure that seems to overwhelm her mind.

The sudden encounter with the name and memory made Ellen feel like digging through her brain with an awl.

The hatred and anger of others from an unknown source try to devour the body.

Inside her soul, the existence of ‘it’, which always tries to eat her, puts pressure on Ellen’s mind.

Because I was thinking about other things, the waves of my soul, which had been quiet, run rampant.

Today, I faced so many things that I tried to forget, including the Demon King and the Gate incident.

That’s why the torrent of souls that had barely calmed down is about to attack Ellen.

“It’s okay… … . are you okay… … . Just dizzy… … .”

It was never something that could be described as vertigo, but Ellen sat down, clutching her head and trying to catch her breath.

yet.

Not yet.

I can still survive.

Not yet.

you can be calm

I still can’t give up my body, mind and spirit.

You have to think of something else.

Just thinking of the demon king and thinking about Reinhardt felt like my soul was being hacked to pieces.

Ellen grabs the bone fragment idol hanging from her neck.

While holding on to the milestone of the heart that Dettomorian had carved out.

It came back.

have to forget

I’d rather forget it so it won’t be taken away.

focus on the case

Leberier Ranche just had his ashes stolen.

I must see the end of this bizarre murder and massacre.

You have to know where all this is going.

in those thoughts.

Ellen thinks of something else.

The murder case, the demon lord, the gate incident, and the stolen remains.

One word to forget everything that distracts you.

home.

back to the template.

You have to feed the cat.

like a lie

“ha… … . ha… … .”

The pain that seemed to hack through my head and soul stopped.

“… … .”

And, astonished that the pain had stopped for this reason, Ellen remained still for a while.

* * *

“Isn’t there something unclean in this place? Maybe that affected you… … .”

“no. That’s not it. It just happens sometimes.”

To everyone’s worries, Ellen just replied that it wasn’t like that.

Investigation is also investigation, but the most important thing is Ellen’s life. If he was so embarrassed, even the paladin would have turned white.

Ellen has to put herself first, and so does everyone else.

“There’s nothing in a hurry, so I’d better go back and rest.”

So, Louise suggested that it be better to stop here and go back to the temple to organize her thoughts.

Ellen looks around the catacombs.

The sarcophagi were destroyed, and the sight gave us some clues about the thieves.

Although the reason for the theft is still unknown.

And Ellen was a bit scared.

The fear that the ghosts, who had been quiet these days, might completely swallow them.

“Yes. I can’t seem to find anything more out of this… … .”

That’s why Ellen also agreed with Louise’s words. It is unknown where these clues will lead, but they have already been checked.

“Hey, by the way… … .”

But Ludwig was hesitant to leave, as if he had some doubts.

“Did you find anything unusual?”

At Louise’s question, Ludwig shook his head with an ambiguous expression.

“yes? ah… … . I have a question… … .”

“What?”

Everyone follows Ludwig when he says he has a question.

Ludwig heads towards the wall of the catacombs.

A place with broken sarcophagi.

“This coffin… … . How did you break it?”

“… … huh?”

“how?”

“… … ?”

At Ludwig’s question, the other three couldn’t hide their doubts.

Just like Ellen did and the Paladins did.

Everyone was focused on the destruction itself. If I had quietly stolen it, I would not have been caught, but I wondered why I had turned this catacombs into a mess.

I focused on the ‘why’ I broke it, I didn’t think about the ‘how’ it was broken, and there was no reason to do so.

What did that mean?

“Why is that all of a sudden?”

At Heinrich’s question, Ludwig looks at the broken sarcophagus.

The inside of the broken sarcophagus looked like an open hole.

Ludwig looks at the empty wall and says.

“You said you didn’t clean the site.”

“Yeah I did.”

Ludwig peers into the hole and raises his left fist.

“A fist or something… … . If you take it out by breaking it like this… … . Shouldn’t there be a piece of stone inside?”

At Ludwig’s question, Ellen finally looks inside the sarcophagus.

Breaking rocks is not a job for superhumans.

I deliberately chose a violent method, and I didn’t have to worry about noise because of the noise cancellation.

He hit the sarcophagus with his fist and broke it. Force is applied from outside to inside.

If so, stone dust or debris must have entered the inside of the coffin.

It’s not that there aren’t any stone dust or fragments of stone dust in the sarcophagus, but it was definitely unusual.

There are too few traces of it.

The other sarcophagus was the same.

However, the fragments of the sarcophagus that fell on the floor are too numerous and far away.

Ludwig examines the other sarcophagi.

“This is something… … . Should I say it seems to have been broken from the inside out? Isn’t it?”

“!”

“that… … !”

Louise and Ellen couldn’t help but notice something.

The fragments scattered on the site certainly tell.

that the direction in which the force was applied was from the inside out.

“How can you break it like that… … ?”

“corpse.”

“uh?”

Ellen answers Ludwig’s question.

“It was revived.”

Ellen says with her eyes wide open.

“The bodies of the saints… … . I brought you back to life as an undead… … .”

The corpse came to life on its own and broke through the sarcophagus.

There was no reason to think about why it was broken like this.

Considering how it was broken, it was immediately obvious what was happening here.

These are the corpses of saints who were appointed by the Knights Templar, not others.

Someone resurrected the corpses as undead and they disappeared.

The ashes were not stolen, but resurrected.

At that shocking conclusion, Ludwig, Louise, and Heinrich, who gave hints to Ellen, had no choice but to stand idly by.