Chapter 48: Murder

Dominaria, Mage Tower.

Suddenly, Master Ramos Aiken's voice resounded throughout the Mage Tower via magical amplification devices: "Baron, please come to the control room. It's urgent."

Kristin, who was in the room, heard this and quickly put down the book in her hands and came to the control room, asking, "What's going on?"

Ramos bowed and reported, "Baron, there has been a murder in one of the residential areas of Dominaria City. I have already notified the City Guard."

Christine asked again, "Has the murderer been tagged?"

Ramos took out a small crystal ball and said, "The three suspected murderers have all been marked.

Christine praised, "You did a good job.

Then she activated the magical amplification device and called out to Olivia, "A murder has occurred in a residential area and the three suspected murderers have been marked. You will assist the City Guard in apprehending them."

"Okay," Olivia took the small crystal ball and left.

Christine's guard was on standby around the clock, which meant that there were always ten armored cavalrymen ready to go at any time. In a few minutes, Olivia's carriage was escorted by cavalry to the scene of the crime.

In the center of the control room was a giant crystal ball that displayed the scene of the incident in the neighborhood. Ramos controlled the magical array to enlarge the image.

After the murder triggered the alarm in the Mage Tower, Ramos immediately used the long-range teleportation array to notify the City Guard.

Forming the City Guard This was a lesson learned from the Kingdom of France. After all, as the capital of the kingdom, it has a large area and a large population, and it is necessary to have a special security department to manage it. The City Guard is actually the equivalent of the police. They choose local people who know the terrain and are smart, as well as some professionals such as rangers and thieves who are good at tracking.

The City Guard barracks are located in the city, and there are many horses, so they arrived at the scene quickly.

The victim was a woman. According to the City Guard's questioning of neighbors, the husband was the second son of a nobleman with no inheritance rights, and was currently working for a merchant guild. The family had come to Port Dominaria because they thought the new town would offer better work and pay.

Since the Mage Tower was there, any evil creatures would be discovered. The City Guard squad leader who was leading the investigation thought it was either a robbery or a vendetta, and immediately sent someone to the Merchant's Guild to ask the victim's husband to come back for questioning.

As for Olivia, the small crystal ball in her hand is the equivalent of a tracking device. It shows the real-time location of the three suspects, and you can track them individually with a single click.

Although it took a while for the cavalry to arrive from the castle of the Mage's Tower, the suspects didn't dare to run away after leaving the scene of the crime, so one of them was quickly caught.

This was an ordinary person who was probably marked because he was close to the scene of the crime. In this situation, he did not dare to resist and let the guards search him before they put on iron handcuffs and sent him to the City Guard base to be interrogated by a cavalryman.

The second person was not only an ordinary person, but also looked to be in his fifties. He was also searched, handcuffed, and sent to the City Guard base for questioning. Since there were many races on the mainland, even though he looked very old, he could not be taken lightly.

However, when they caught up with the third person, they found that two people dressed as thieves had also caught up with them.

Da~da~da, the high heels made a crisp sound on the stone road as Olivia stepped out of the carriage wearing a long skirt over a fur coat and holding a crystal ball in her hands.

"You two are from the Thieves' Guild, so did the Thieves' Guild commit this murder?"

The man suspected of the murder was dressed like an ordinary person, while the two thieves who came later were wearing both rank emblems and the emblem of the Thieves' Guild, so that's why Olivia asked.

One of the thieves immediately bowed and said, "Honorable Master Olivia, the murder case has nothing to do with our Thieves' Guild. We also found this suspect and wanted to arrest him and hand him over to the city guards."

"Then let me see your sincerity," Olivia said.

"As you wish."

Two thieves from the Thieves' Guild immediately drew their daggers and pounced on him. The murderer also took out a hidden dagger from his chest and fought with the two thieves. It was obvious that he was also a thief.

The two thieves were of the third class, so they were agile and flexible, comparable to top acrobats. Even though the killer was not wearing a badge, he was inferior and could not be of a high class.

Lower-level martial artists have no awakened fighting spirit or special skills, so their fighting style is not flashy. However, as the saying goes, "The shorter the blade, the more dangerous it is". The three daggers were only about 20 centimeters long, and each time they were swung up and down, they were aimed at the vital points. If you weren't careful, you would be dead on the spot.

After more than ten shots, how could the killer's one dagger withstand the other two? One of the thieves took the opportunity to knock him out on the spot. It was probably to capture the murderer alive, otherwise the thieves would not have waited so long to strike a fatal blow.

One of the thieves took out a rope and tied up the murderer, while the other expertly searched the murderer and found a number of hidden thieving tools.

"Master Mage Olivier, we leave this murderer in your hands as a token of goodwill from our thieves' guild," the two thieves said as they stepped back a few steps.

"In the name of the Lord, I thank the Thieves' Guild for their help." Since the other party had shown enough face, Olivia did not hesitate to add a few kind words.

The murderer was then taken to the City Guard garrison.

Since this was the first murder case after the completion of the Mage Tower, Christine watched the whole process. She was very pleased with the performance of the City Guard, and even more pleased with the role of the Wizards' Tower.

It is actually quite normal that the Thieves' Guild is involved. Every dark force has its own territory. Whether they come to steal, rob, or cheat, they must pay a "protection f*e" in advance, otherwise they will never get a good deal. Another reason is to use this opportunity to show their strength to the local lord. I found the killer so quickly. What do you think of our thieves' guild's influence in Dominaria City?

With Olivia's magic, the murderer had nowhere to hide and confessed everything.

It turned out that he was a third-level thief hired to steal a treasure map from the nobleman's second son. He didn't expect to find it after searching the entire house, so he had no choice but to interrogate the hostess at home. After receiving the treasure map, he must have killed her to silence her.

After receiving Olivia's report, Christian just didn't take it seriously. All kinds of treasure maps appear on the mainland every year, and this is a common tactic used by some scammers.

So the murderer was hanged according to the law led by Baron Stewart, and the person who ordered the murder was also found out. After the name was given to the nobleman's second son, the case was closed.

It was considered a good thing to catch the murderer, and there was no time to worry about the rest.