Chapter 1200: Surprise
Su Xiao, who was sitting in front of Charlene's body, began to carefully examine her. She died from being hit in the heart with a sharp object, and her heart was pierced through the back. The killing was quick and neat. After the killer pierced her heart, he lifted her body up.
Su Xiao's fingers parted the wound on the girl's back. Her skin was no longer as supple, indicating that she had been dead for at least 3 hours.
Su Xiao casually pulled out a long sword from the scabbard of the nearest guardsman and looked around the garden, finally stopping at a single flower bed.
The killer could have been standing there before committing the crime.
He had delivered a very precise and accurate punch to Charlene's back, that much Su Xiao could tell with confidence.
Su Xiao tossed the sword back to the guardsman and slowly walked towards the flower bed. After the killer hit Charlene, he picked her up and threw her right into the flower bed. This could be understood from the large purple bruise on the girl's collarbone.
He threw it on the flower bed, but there was no blood on it, but it gave off a faint smell of blood.
Su Xiao took out a tin can and a flashlight from his inventory. Because of Paradise's disguise, items that appeared out of nowhere were pulled out of his pockets by him.
*Shhh~*
The white powder covered the flower bed, after which Su Xiao turned on the ultraviolet flashlight and saw a large spot on the edge of the flower bed.
Someone had wiped the bloodstain from this part of the flowerbed
Judging from the location of the bloodstain, Su Xiao concluded that the girl did not die immediately after falling into the flower bed, but was still fighting for her life for a while.
As the last of her strength left her body, someone pulled her down from the flowerbed and wiped the bloodstains off her.
After understanding the basics, Su Xiao felt incredible.
It all happened in the palace. Who dared to kill a member of the royal family in it? What was his motive? How could a girl who had never left the palace yet offend anyone?
Secondly, Charlene was still alive for some time while she was lying in the flower bed. Why didn't she scream? The excruciating pain of being hit in the back and the sudden lifting that broke her collarbone was clearly not something a 13-year-old girl could handle without making a squeak. Her scream would have reverberated through the entire palace, or, most obviously, she just couldn't scream.
Su Xiao started to undress Charlene. He didn't have any particular tastes, all for the sake of getting new clues.
The five guards noticed this and immediately formed a living wall in front of him, blocking the path of the Queen and the others.
— What are you doing? Get away from Charlene! The queen let out a helpless cry, and Commander Karen's eyes filled with anger.
But the five guards were still standing there, but because of the queen's shout, they drew their long swords.
The meaning of their action was obvious.
Anyone who dares to interfere with the Iron Hand will be killed.
Su Xiao didn't find anything on Charlene's upper body, but when he took off the clothes on her lower body, he frowned. - Princesses of royal blood… Are they all so active? Su Xiao muttered as he signaled the guards to carry Charlene's body away.
— Iron hand, where do you want to take her? Let me.".. take another look at her. Please, please treat this as your mother's last request... " the queen said and knelt down.
— Let him take a look, " Su Xiao said and nodded to the guards. He felt that there was something wrong with the queen. Her sadness wasn't fake, but her behavior was very strange.
The guards carried Charlene's body to the Queen and removed the black cloth from her body.
The Queen's hands trembled.
With an" Ah!", the queen began to fall to the ground without any warning, and blood began to flow from her nostrils.
The commander of the Guards Corps immediately picked up her body and pressed two fingers to her neck.
After a moment, a cold sweat broke out on her forehead. "The Queen... dead.
Karen's cheeks twitched. If Charlene Herbert's death was due to his carelessness, then the Queen's death was right in front of his eyes...
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Notice: The side mission has been changed and its difficulty has increased significantly.
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Side Mission: The Secret of the Royal Family.
Difficulty Level: Level 32.
Description: Find Charlene Herbert's killer in 72 hours.
Lead time: 72 hours.
Completion Reward: Shadow Stone (Special Item; Gold Quality).
Quest Failure Penalty: Complete loss of the King's trust, your Iron Hand identity will be revoked.
This event took a serious turn. The difficulty of the side quest, which at first seemed like a good way for Su Xiao to earn extra money, suddenly increased, and after breaking the level 30 threshold, she immediately jumped to level 32.
Charlene Herbert was murdered, and her heartbroken mother died when she looked at her.
Judging by the hemorrhage, the queen had drunk poison earlier.
— It's over, " the Guard Corps commander said through trembling lips, then laughed miserably and suddenly drew his long sword from its scabbard.
*Boom!*
The grass flew up. Su Xiao immediately rushed straight to Karen, and the five guards did the same.
*Pouf*
Blood splattered on the grass. Karen cut his own throat. The cut was so deep that blood gushed out of his wound like a fountain.
Su Xiao grabbed him by the throat with one hand, and Karen responded by grabbing Su Xiao's arm with both of his hands.
— You... you will die for the throne... " said Karen, and was silent forever.
Su Xiao's arm was dripping blood endlessly.
The princess died in the garden of the palace. Her heart was pierced through her back, then immediately thrown into a flower bed.
After examining her body and the garden, Su Xiao gathered important information.
First of all, Charlene Herbert died of excessive blood loss. She was only 13 years old, but she often had sex with someone, and most likely voluntarily.
Her body was found three hours after her death, and her mother died just after looking at her body, and she died because of the poison she had drunk beforehand.
As soon as the queen committed suicide, the commander of the Royal Guard, Karen, committed suicide, saying one last thing: "You will die because of the throne...».
Once again, this matter was linked to the throne. Su Xiao had already heard something like this from the high priest.
Now, he had no doubt that there was a secret hidden in the kingdom's capital that was definitely related to the king.
*Pum-pum...*
People's bodies began to fall onto the grass one after another. The people in charge of protecting the princess, the queen, and this garden began to fall to the ground one by one without any warning.
The royal guards who came with Su Xiao quickly checked the bodies, and they quickly found out that all of these people had also taken the poison, and the symptoms were very similar to what the queen had taken.
The garden, which was so lively just a moment ago, became unusually deserted.
This situation was completely out of control, and Su Xiao, along with the royal guards assigned to him, quickly headed towards the banquet hall.
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Two minutes later.
*Boom*
The doors of the banquet hall opened and Su Xiao walked in, accompanied by five royal guards. Karen's blood was still dripping from his left arm. The guardsman who followed Su Xiao held Charlene Herbert's body in his arms.
The loud noise startled not only the officials and princes and princesses, but also the king himself.
The King's eyes narrowed. Those who knew him could tell that he was a little angry right now, but when he saw Su Xiao with a bloody hand, the anger in his heart dissipated.
— Iron Hand, why did you bring the body here? — when the king saw the blood on Su Xiao's hand, he knew that something had gone wrong, but he trusted the Iron Hand, otherwise he wouldn't have given Su Xiao his golden lion.
— Su Xiao quickly whispered to the king about what had happened in the garden.
The king unconsciously opened his hand and the wine glass fell to the table.
Although his expression didn't change at all, it was obvious from his reaction that he had lost his composure.
— They... again... they are looking for it... shadows... " the king muttered faintly. Because his voice was too low, Su Xiao could only hear a few words, but even that was enough.
Compared to the main mission, Su Xiao would rather find the remnants of the Shadows of Law in this world. As for the main task, Su Xiao had already thought of killing the king and eliminating 48 princes and princesses, after which he would put one survivor on the throne.
But unfortunately, there were many hidden talents in the capital, and there were also saint warriors, really strong people who couldn't be ignored. If Su Xiao really decided to start a riot, at most the outcome of the skirmish would be mutual annihilation.
He had 28 days left to complete the main task, but now that the keys to accessing the Shadow of Law Legacy seemed to have appeared, Su Xiao planned to find the legacy first and then try to complete the main mission.
As for hints, completing this side mission is definitely the best way to gain access to the legacy of the Shadows of Law.
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