Helena's suicide made this already baffling case even more obscure and difficult to unravel.
Even before her death, she had spoken those heartfelt words to Xu Nan, but in his view, the entire affair was still shrouded in several thick layers of fog.
"Too many things don't add up."
"If God's Alchemy was really that powerful, I don't believe the Arcane Empire or the Wizard King would have so easily abandoned it and turned instead toward stable alchemy."
"And Helena's own account was full of bullshit. Never mind her husband Vignea's suicide—the old friend who helped her obtain entry to the Gilded O'Kelo Cup also seemed highly suspicious."
Xu Nan quietly pieced things together in his mind.
Besides, Helena claimed she had only met Miranda by chance, then hid in this inn's underground secret chamber without knowing who they were—she would have a hard time fooling even children with that story.
After all, under those circumstances, Helena did not even trust A Kai. How could she possibly trust a woman she had never met before?
Xu Nan was more inclined to believe that Helena knew Miranda's identity, but had entered into some sort of cooperative agreement with the Soul-Stealing Monsters for some purpose.
Only that could explain Helena's Whereabouts.
But no matter what, the matter had finally come to an end.
After the two black-robed wizards erased their own memories, the still-unsatisfied A Kai gave them another brutal beating. In his own words, "They won't remember it anyway," so he could beat them without the slightest guilt.
Of course, A Kai did not beat them to death. The Demon Hunter methods he had mastered did include ways to erase a wizard's memories, and they were remarkably effective. The process was merely a little bloody.
Xu Nan wondered what the two