Alex had seen many Flying Eagles members but had hadn’t the slightest impression of the deceased man before his eyes.
“A sword through the heart killed him.”
After Alex examined the corpse for a moment, he could tell the fatal wound was from the sword directly piercing the heart through the back. Besides, the blade aura had shattered the entire heart with a residual destructive energy in the body. This was the root cause of the exploded heart.
“Moreover, the time of death has not exceeded half a day.”
Alex was the inheritor of the Ultimate Book of Medicine that had miraculous medical skills, so he could roughly tell the corpse’s condition at a glance.
Claudia was a little upset. Alex could tell that it wasn’t simply a day or two that she had known Manny and he should be someone she was well acquainted with. However, since he died so tragically in front of her, with bulging eyes and a hideous grimace, he must have suffered immense pain before death.
“Who was it? Who killed Manny?” Tears streamed down Claudia’s face as she spoke those words. “Could it be the Lunula Sect people again?”
Alex said, “I’ve looked at the residual energy in his body, but it’s not the same as the ones in the Lunula Sect people. The path taken contains a destructive attribute.”
“Destructive attribute?”
The True Martial protector murmured, “Let me take a look.”
He squatted and took a closer look at the wound on Manny, before feeling the corpse’s condition. After muttering to himself for a few seconds, he said, “It’s the Silencing Sword.”
The rim of her eyes turning red, “Sir, what is the Silencing Sword?”
The old man said, “In the entire world, the only ones who know about the Silencing Sword are the people from the Silencing Sword Sect. Have they come here as well?”
Both Alex and Claudia had never heard of this sect.
However, the old man later shook his head and said, “The Silencing Sword Sect was a famous and upright sect. Even until now, its master still holds a high position in the League of Cultivators and was close to the Stoermer Sect. Rumor had it that Heavenly Emperor Rowan, the leader of the alliance, gave this Silencing Sword set to the founder of the Silencing Sword Sect… The sect’s members have always been benevolent and compassionate; they couldn’t possibly kill so indiscriminately or, perhaps, there’s a hidden agenda behind it?”
The man was dead, and no other evidence could be found.
Alex was worried. Since Manny was now dead after some Silencing Sword had killed him, what then about the others?
“I’ve really underestimated him.”
“There is always someone better than us!”
After hearing Claudia’s voice, the old man nodded. “It’s a good thing to know where we stand. People are valuable when they have self knowledge. Only then can they pursue someone with vigor. ”
Claudia asked, “Sir, can I still pursue him?”
The old man pondered, then said something that completely tore Claudia apart.
“It’s easy for a woman to pursue a man. As long as you swallow your pride, disregard your dignity, become thick-skinned, destroy your inhibitions, and act sluttier, it shouldn’t be too hard forcing yourself on him at the critical moment.”
Claudia’s face darkened. “Sir! l’m his aunt!”
The old man’s brows trembled. “Oh, God…”
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