Backlund, the office of the captain of the Red Gloves,
Daly had just returned from the inland city of Kardena when she received the second case file concerning that "Warlock."
This case had taken place in Bayam's Spice District. Most of Blue Mountain Island's spices were processed and traded there, which was why it was called the Spice District.
It was also a district where Loen natives and locals lived together. One Loen spice merchant there was particularly fond of bedroom activities.
At first, he had merely liked visiting streetwalkers. Later, he kept mistresses. After that, he found it still insufficient and began seeking out beautiful married women or young girls, forcing them to have relations with him.
The spice merchant had clearly done some research and understood that if the victims were local natives, the courts would not casually pursue a Loen man's crimes.
Thus, without exception, all his victims had been locals. At most, the Loen spice merchant had to pay compensation. He had even told his friends that this was cheaper than keeping mistresses.
Then, a Warlock with a long beard, loose wizard's robes, and a staff appeared.
Soon afterward, the entire Spice District heard his prophecy: "This filthy man shall no longer enjoy the pleasures of being a man."
Just like the previous case, not long after the Warlock left, the spice merchant targeted another young married woman. When he took off his trousers, however, his genitals had turned into a snake and slithered away!
Though the spice merchant desperately gave chase, he could only watch as the snake swam into the water and vanished without a trace.
The spice merchant searched the river like a madman. When the official Beyonders arrived, it still had not been found. Thus, the spice merchant became a eunuch.
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