Evaluation
Final Reward:
Exp: 50
Money: 10
OOC:Feel free to debate the claim in the OOC section.
Sadly, Miss Luna we will have to fail you. The quest specify that you must apprehend the murderer in order for it to be marked complete. However, the information you have given the guild is still quite useful. So you'll have some compensation for your time.Quest Report ( Not Yet Appraised )
Report - Solet' Luna
A murder case inside the temple? Interesting was my thought, and so I went to investigate the scene.
Naturally, I went to my information hub, the Merchant Guild, to see if they could help me. To my expectation, they never really intended on keeping tab of everything, and this matter was so insignificant to them, that they just never bothered to investigate further.
"Just a simple lunatic case. If I had to guess, Miss Luna, the demon cultists should probably be the culprit. Instead of playing hide and seek with them, why not worrying about the approaching Slime Horde?" That was his words. In truth, I also wished to go check up on the Slime Horde, because Lord Wiscard Bruhn still hadn't returned from his investigation mission... Maybe the horde had something more sinister hidden underneath it.
For the quest at hand, I went to find the witness to ask for additional information. However, to my surprise, it seemed that the witness had already died in their own bedroom, hanging on a noose, with countless notes scribbling down words like 'Not my faults', 'God Forgives me', 'They found me', 'I am tainted'.
Well, sure enough, the demon cultists had struck again. The scene was quite gruesome, but other than the guards' solemn expression and occasionally gasps of disgusted, it was just another murder case. The troublesome thing was that the best lead was gone, and I was left with one choice, examing the scene and the corpse of the Wind Mage. I refused to believe that she really a C-ranked adventurer. I was sure that C-ranked adventurer would not fall that easily.
Sadly, those religious people won't let me see the corpse of the dead, saying that it was too cruel, and against the teaching of their god. They said I was disturbing the dead and would incite the wrath of the Underworld and Death God. I, for one, didn't care about their opinion but didn't really want to create an argument with them. So, the last option, the demonic circle.
It was definitely the demon language. Death, Heart, Blood, Despair— Peace? Holiness? Hm... It was strange. Why would Peace be there? And Holiness? This incident was getting foggier...
In the centre of the circle, there was a crest of blood, designed to look like a pair of feathered wings. Strangely, the blood used to draw was pitch black, but the wings remained uncomfortably pure, and majestic. It wasn't like any other demonic symbols I had seen before, so I could no longer decipher its meaning.
Well, with all lead essentially useless, I could no longer investigate further. However, I managed to confirm one thing, which was that the culprits should be related to demon cultist, but, there as a possibility that it was not the same one that had the dragon stigma. After all, the winged symbol was definitely not a mistake.
Final Reward:
Exp: 50
Money: 10
OOC:Feel free to debate the claim in the OOC section.