536 Analysis (2/2)

Getting back on his feet, Duke James looked so awful as if his whole family had died. For a level-nine gold night, his own strength was the best safety measure for him. He did not expect that he would almost get killed in a trap today.

Suddenly, his eyes were straightened. ”Didn't one of the masters come?”

He thought that the rescuer cast the legendary magic just now, but there was not a second moving person in the room except Lucien.

Lucien smiled, ”Your Excellency, let's save other people first.”

James looked at Lucien in surprise and suspicion. Could it have been him? When did he enter the eighth circle and boast a legendary item?

It was even more unbelievable than them being assassinated!

However, he concealed his suspicion and surprise soon and gnashed his teeth, ”Poisonous Devil… the Dark Congress… Lucien, after you're done 'interrogating' Primous, you must give him to me. I'll let him regret living in this world.”

It was both because of fear of death as well as the fury of being set up.

”Your Excellency, do you feel 'Helpless Kiss' in the air?” Lucien was surrounded by 'Air Filtering Bubbles', a magic that temporarily blocked the curses and poisons in the air, but what was odd was that Duke James did not seem affected by Helpless Kiss anymore.

Duke James was also curious. Thinking for a moment, he looked at Primous and said, ”Such poisons and curses should be closely concerned with himself. Now that he is caged, the poisons and curses of such a high level couldn't last after losing his support.”

Lucien raised his eyebrow. His head was clear again after he was detoxicated. After ensuring that everything was alright, he sniffed and walked around Camil, Russell, Henson and David, before he returned to Duke James and said solemnly, ”Your Excellency, do you really think this is done by the Dark Congress, and that he is 'Poisonous Devil'?”

”Is he not?” Duke James was slightly surprised but not entirely unprepared. After all, Primous was the one who said everything. As a murderer, his words were not convincing.

Lucien's attention had been focused on Natasha. He said in anger, ”Duke James, if a gold knight like you can be poisoned so easily, this 'Primous' should have achieved tremendous accomplishments, but it is not true.”

”It took several minutes for us to reach the chamber from the garden. There was wind, the sun and the defense of the divine power circle. I cannot imagine what fragrance could have followed us into this place. After all, our garments are all magic items. We would've sensed it if the fragrance was abnormally dense, wouldn't we? Therefore, Primous lied about how he poisoned us!”

”But I did smell fragrance here, and it did became a curse.” Duke James temporarily stopped rescuing Russell.

Lucien did not reply but continued, ”If the fragrance would turn into a level-nine 'Helpless Kiss' the moment it touches the wine, like Primous said, wouldn't 'Helpless Kiss' have been generated the moment we entered the chamber? But why didn't we detect anything?”

”If I was the only examiner, 'Helpless Kiss' might've been unique and escaped my attention, but you failed to detect it, too, although you are a gold knight, Duke James. That is rather odd.”

Duke James narrowed his eyes. ”Are you suspecting me?”

”If you are alright, there is another possibility, which is that 'Helpless Kiss' was generated after our examination. That is the only way to trick a gold knight and a senior-rank sorcerer.” Lucien looked at Duke James.

”Primous claimed that the level-nine 'Helpless Kiss' was a mix. That should be true. Based on that, we can reach a simple conclusion, which is that the fragrance outside was only meant to confuse our senses and make us unskeptical when we smelled the fragrance in the room. The real criminal, on the other hand, released the 'real fragrance' after we checked the wine and the room to generate 'Helpless Curse'.”

”Also, the poisons and curses of such a level must be closely related to Primous' blood power. They cannot last without the preservation of magic items. How could he have measured the time if he did not know when we entered the room?”

”How could it be so easy to assassinate a gold knight, a senior-rank sorcerer, and three radiant knights?”

Hearing Lucien's analysis, Duke James sniffed and identified the scent in the air. Then, with uncontrollable fury beaming out of his face, he strode to Duke and kicked him in his waist.

After a clang, a glass bottle the size of a fingernail rolled out.

It had been opened, emitting sweet and vague fragrance.

”Why did you do this?” Duke James' demand drew Natasha's attention.

Lucien remained silent despite his confusion. Having been the target of assassination before, he was rather prudent about his safety. He was bold enough to join the party without a Transformation Mask for many reasons. Firstly, he believed that the Church would not send night watchers to kill him in a party held by the liberals, which would make the liberals completely inclined to the Congress. It would also dishearten the neutrals among the conservatives.

Secondly, with the Congus Ring, he was not very scared about assassins below legendary.

Thirdly, in the case of the extreme lunatics, he had asked his 'buddy' Alferris to protect him in secret. With its seventh-circle magic capabilities and its nature as a dragon, it was not difficult for Alferris to fool the experts below legendary. It must've detected a strange level-nine knight approaching.

Lucien's head was too numb because of Helpless Kiss a moment ago for him to think about Alferris. Now that he was awake, he was naturally very confused.

If it felt that the enemy was too strong, it should've been easy for Alferris to save him or inform Fernando.

But where was the little crystal dragon?

Hopefully, everything was still fine…