Novel Bin Chapter 978 - Corpse
Chapter 978: Corpse
When Razer and the two others left, the Honorary Aristocrats outside went mad! Those who ran fast and managed to escape discussed among themselves—
“Oh my God. Who were those three? They’re too strong. All it took was one move to wipe out the entire place?”
“Ability user, probably a Soul Stone Ability user! He’s too strong. Even as an Ability user, not many are this strong. These three people must come from a formidable background!”
At this time, some knowledgeable Stellar Aristocrats finally reveled and exclaimed. “The Top Operatives! The three of them are the Top Operatives of the High Nobles! Why did they come here?”
Hearing that, everyone was in complete shock!
“Top Operatives! Why are they here? Did something big happen?”
“I heard that the Top Operatives only appear to kill people who killed High Nobles. They appeared here, could it be...”
“A High Noble was killed on this planet?!”
When they thought of that possibility, everyone was stunned. High Noble killed on Faerie Star?
Among the crowd, Jiang Qianxue saw Razer and the others enter the cave. She sighed slightly.
Whatever was bound to come, would come eventually.
She had intended to flee with Hong Dali, but because her father was going to send her a Soul Stone, she could only find a safe place to wait.
As the saying went, the most dangerous place was the safest place.
She was present when Hong Dali killed Malone. This matter would be related to her no matter what. But she was much safer hiding here. After all, who would have thought that the accomplice involved in killing the High Noble would be in such a crowded place?
There was one benefit of hiding here. She could pretend she did not know anything about it.
She just had to feign ignorance no matter what others asked her. She was a Stellar Aristocrat, after all. Regardless, the other party would not make things too difficult for her. They still had to show some respect.
...
In the cave.
Razer and the others went straight ahead. Soon, they met the respected Green Phoenix.
“Respected One, hello.” Facing the Green Phoenix, Razer did not dare to be impolite. “It’s an urgent matter. We seek your understanding for cutting the queue.” He nodded at the Green Phoenix as a courtesy bow.
“It’s all right.” The Green Phoenix looked at Razer and said, “What do you want to know? I’ll tell you what I can. What I cannot tell you, it’s better you stop asking.” Green Phoenix was one of the pure-blooded in this Universe, after all. She was all-powerful. Who would be able to force her to do something she was not willing to do?
The fight between humans had nothing to do with her. But it was different this time, her child was involved.
“I understand.” Razer did not insist but only asked, “Who killed Malone? Can the Respected One reveal?”
“No.” The Green Phoenix shook her head.
“In that case, is the killer still on this planet?” Razer asked again.
“Currently, yes.” The Green Phoenix was certain.
“En, the third question,” Razer thought for a while and asked, “What is the killer’s future like? Are you able to reveal?”
The killer’s future. This was important.
Malone and his eight guards were all dead. Someone ordinary would not have been able to do that. A person who had strong capabilities would usually be highly intelligent. Facing someone like that, Razer and the others could not take this lightly.
After all, to fail miserably in a very easy task, this was no joke.
“I’m sorry.” The Green Phoenix shook her head. “I cannot tell you anything about this.”
“Oh? Why?” Razer asked curiously, “Is the Respected One protecting a killer?”
“I don’t want to say much about this.” The Green Phoenix continued to shake her head, then slowly closed her eyes, keeping her silence.
“Alright. In that case, we will make a move.” Razer bowed toward the Green Phoenix before turning around to leave.
When they left, the Green Phoenix opened her eyes and sighed.
“I didn’t expect things to develop like this.” The Green Phoenix helplessly said, “Dali, I hope to survive this calamity. Unfortunately, I cannot see through his future. If I act rashly and cause a counter-effect, that would be terrible.”
...
Exiting Green Phoenix’s cave, Razer narrowed his eyes and said, “It seems this matter is not as simple as it seems.”
“That’s right.” Fang nodded. Fang was a Top Operative standing at 1.9-meters tall, covered with blue scales, and had a pair of golden eyes. “From what the Respected One said, this killer seems a little weird. I got a feeling it’s that Hong Dali. What do you think?”
“I think it’s that genius who passed all 30 levels of the Tower of Trials, Hong Dali.” Gahon chuckled. “Level 30 of the Tower of Trials, I’ve gotten sick of such child’s play since a hundred years ago. This is actually considered such a big deal here.”
“Haha, that’s true.” Fang laughed. “We, Thirteen Top Operatives, which of us did not pass all 30 levels of the Tower of Trials on the day of its opening? I’m just curious, why did the respected Green Phoenix protect Hong Dali? Are they very close?”
“Not very close. It’s too early to say anything.” Razer touched his chin and slowly said, “Let’s investigate first. I feel this matter is not as easy. Especially since the respected Green Phoenix did not reveal much, plus Malone was too lecherous. It’s too early to tell who the killer is. We cannot be too careful.”
He was not wrong.
Although Honorary Aristocrats were nothing to him, it would be bad if they caught the wrong person.
It was okay if they killed one Honorary Aristocrat wrongly, even if they were super-geniuses. But if they let the real killer off scot-free, that would be bothersome.
“Who cares about that. Anyway, we have narrowed our search.” Gahon smiled. “Let’s look for them one by one. We’ll find out sooner or later if we look for the strong ones one by one.”
“That’s right.” Razer nodded. “Since the killer is still on this planet, everything will be much easier. Inform the space carrier to allow only entries and bar all exits. Come on, let’s go see Malone’s corpse first.”
“Yes.” Fang clenched his fist. “Although a corpse cannot talk, it can still tell us a lot.”
They boarded the spacecraft and headed to where Malone’s corpse was.
According to the radar, it was in the middle of a luscious forest.
“Do you think that maybe Malone was unlucky and met a super strong beast on this planet?” Fang suddenly asked. If it was some special beast on this planet, it might really have been able to kill Malone.
“Impossible. Even if they met a beast of that level, how is it possible they all got killed without even sending a signal?” Razer’s expression was impassive. He said in a low voice, “Don’t make guesses. We’ll be able to see when we arrive.”
In no time, they arrived at the place where Malone’s corpse was.
“Swish!” “Swish!” “Swish!”
The three became three flashes of light as they jumped off the spacecraft and landed beside Malone and the others’ corpses.
As they had died for a while, the corpses had turned cold and the blood had hardened.
Three of them looked at the corpses carefully. Soon, Razer made his first conclusion—
“From the wounds, Malone’s head was smashed in one blow. Same goes for these two Stellar Aristocrats. The other eight guards mostly died from a sword wound through their hearts. But something is strange. According to their injuries, they were first knocked out with a punch before being killed.”
“The eight guards were all knocked out with a punch?” Fang and Gahon were both shocked.
Those were Fifth-Order Planet Warrior guards. What kind of person would be able to knock them out with one punch? They did not even have time to send a signal? Stellar-level? What kind of joke was that? How was it possible to have Stellar-levels on this planet?
“Perhaps, the killer created this scene. We are not able to determine if the punches came from one person and whether it was caused before the sword wound or after.” What Razer said made sense. After the killer killed these people, he naturally had to re-arrange the scene. He could have moved the corpse to make it look complicated.
“Also, this is not where Malone died,” Razer added. “There is no blood nor skeletons around the area.”
“This is troublesome.” Fang did not know what to say.
After all, Faerie Star was such a big place. Finding the scene of death was similar to looking for a pin in the sea. No matter how advanced technology was, it was impossible to find the death scene.
“Big Brother Razer, next...” Gahon was simple-minded. He was usually lazy to think about such things. The task he assigned himself was easy. Whoever Razer said was the killer, he would just catch the person.
“No hurry. Let me look some more.” Razer observed carefully. He returned to the spacecraft to retrieve an instrument. After some scanning, he said, “Among these people, Malone died first. Then, the two Stellar Aristocrats. Their deaths are about ten seconds apart. The eight guards’ deaths are less than five seconds apart. Which means, we can safely eliminate the possibility that the killer worked in a group.
“After all, even with a group of people perfectly coordinating, it’s impossible to kill all these guards in a matter of seconds to prevent them from spreading the news. According to this speculation, things are much simpler. The first possibility, Malone angered a powerful person and was killed by him. Another powerful person well-versed in sword and one well-versed in punches killed the eight guards. However, there is also a big flaw in this speculation—how was the powerful person able to bypass the eight guards to kill Malone directly.
“Another possibility is—Malone angered a powerful person and this person killed all eight guards directly before killing Malone and the two Stellar Aristocrats. But I don’t think this is possible.”