The Growth of a Titan
Chapter 114- More Dead Bodies

Chapter 114: Chapter 114- More Dead Bodies

This person was Male, in his mid to late twenties as well with an average appearance.

Another thing Sol noticed about him was that he was wearing the same coarse gray rags he and Yoon-Jae had on currently.

These two were bare of any shoes as well.

That was strange.

, However, Sol suddenly glance at the ground and realized that the dust from the cracked walls had fallen onto the floor.

Glancing down at his own feet, Sol saw that his and Yoon-Jae’s shoes had left footprints from the dragon mural all the way to here.

But there were too many footprints to only just be theirs.

"The killer made his move and then removed their shoes? Interesting..."

Sol then slowly began walking around the room to examine everything in detail, though he made sure to memorize the difference in the size of the footprints on the ground.

Whether this was a trial of some sort to obtain this person’s legacy, or they were actually teleported to this place, and everything was real, one fact still remains, and it’s that they have to find the murderer who killed this person called Su Moon.

That was the only way to escape this place.

After looking around the crime scene, Sol took notice of the over-turn chair in front of the main desk and the footprints around it.

The desk and chair were slightly out of the way of the center of the room.

Sol’s gaze then drifted to the man he assumed to be Su Moon dead on the desk, and then toward the two dead bodies on the ground.

Something wasn’t right about this entire situation.

It was about here that Sol was finding himself quite invested in solving this mystery.

The reward was something he was curious about, but this situation was causing a part of his brain to itch that was usually dormant.

Sol walked over to the desk and examined the papers scattered on it.

One paper caught his eye, it was a document that detail the description of the servant and his background. Perhaps it was filed when he was employed in this Palace. But it was partially covered by other papers so Sol could only see the part where his features were described.

He was also unable to pick it up due to the suppressive aura of this man who might be a Deity.

However, Sol’s eyes suddenly drifted over to the man’s right hand.

There, under his finger, was a half-finished word written in his golden blood.

Without much effort, Sol immediately figured out what that word was supposed to be.

’Imposter.’

"Why that word?"

Sol muttered to himself.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps were heard outside like someone was sprinting towards the room Sol was in.

Sol turned and tensed up as the footsteps drew closer and closer. However, as the figure appeared at the doorway, he soon relaxed when he saw it was Yoon-Jae.

After Yoon-Jae came running back into the room he said.

"Hey... I... I found something."

He was panting heavily.

Sol paused when he saw this.

"Brother Yoon-Jae, what were you doing to be so tired?"

"Nothing! I was simply walking around this ridiculously large Palace. But haven’t you realized something is off about this place? Try calling out your Innate Dharma."

Sol did as Yoon-Jae asked, but immediately frowned.

He felt that a suppressive force was preventing him from calling it out. However, he also felt as if his seedling could ignore this suppressive force somewhat.

But Sol chose not to go against this force at the moment.

"You can’t summon it out, right? Not only that, but our cultivations are practically nonexistent, it’s like we’ve returned to being mortals!"

Sol also noticed this fact as well.

"Well, I suppose this is part of the Legacy Inheritance trial."

"Bah! We need to find some other way to leave this place, why do we need to follow this person’s sick game?"

Yoon-Jae seemed to be annoyed with this situation.

However, Sol pipped up and said.

"Brother Yoon-Jae, don’t worry, I know who the murderer is!"

"Huh? You do?"

Yoon-Jae was taken aback.

Sol nodded and then confidently pointed at the man who was wearing the same clothes as them on the ground.

Yoon-Jae saw this and he rolled his eyes.

"But he’s dead, Sol."

"Okay, okay, just listen to my theory, Brother Yoon-Jae."

Sol said as he walked over to Yoon-Jae and pulled him into the room.

"Are you seriously going to participate in this? We’re trapped in here with no way of contacting the outside world. We should be focused on escaping rather than playing this game."

Sol didn’t let go of Yoon-Jae and kept dragging him as he said.

"But Brother Yoon-Jae, isn’t that why we have to solve this murder? That’s the only way we can escape."

Yoon-Jae looked at Sol and said.

"You just want the Legacy Inheritance of this supposed Rune Deity, don’t you?"

Sol blushed and immediately denied Yoon-Jae’s words. Though half of him truly did want that Legacy Inheritance.

If Sol wasn’t mistaken, the linking and overlapping method the Jeagal Clan has come from the Hundred Plants and Herbs Dimension.

However, it seems like the Jeagal Clan had only obtained a part of the method, making their Formation Arrays inferior to the ones Sol saw on the iron rod.

This place they entered by chance, along with the Legacy Inheritance that was spoken about in those floating words, there was a solid possibility that it was the full Legacy Inheritance the Jaegal Clan would kill for.

Sol really couldn’t miss the opportunity to gain something like this.

As for who this Legacy Inheritance belongs to...

This Legacy Inheritance trial was in the home of Deities, who else did it belong to if not the owners of the home?

Sol soon dragged an unwilling Yoon-Jae over to the middle of the office before he pointed at the overturned chair, then at Su Moon, and then at the two dead bodies.

"Do you see any connections between these three things?"

Yoon-Jae glanced at everything, but then his gaze stopped on the bloody golden dagger in the third victim’s hand.

Yoon-Jae unintentionally began pondering on this situation and that’s what Sol wanted.

Soon, Yoon-Jae sighed and said.

"Go ahead, let’s hear what you have to say. I can’t say I don’t find this interesting."

Sol beamed with a smile and then explained.

"Then let’s call these three Victim One, Victim Two, and Victim Three."

Sol pointed at Su Moon, his possible son, and then at the servant respectfully.

"Judging by Victim Three’s clothes, he must be a servant. Victim One must be the Master and Victim Two must be the Young Master. However, the suppressive aura Victim Three is releasing is no weaker than Victim One and Two. If he’s really a servant, why would he have such strength?"

"An assassin?"

Yoon-Jae said, and Sol nodded.

"Victim Three came inside to have a talk with Victim One, but in the midst of their chat, he sprang up from his chair while knocking it over before sneak attacking Victim One. While Victim One was being killed, Victim Two heard the commotion and came running in. After an intense ’tussle,’ the two destroyed the room and the fight ended with the two killing each other. Right after that, we entered through the door to see this aftermath only a few minutes after it happened."

Yoon-Jae frowned but didn’t say anything.

Sol walked over to where Victim Three was and carefully approached the stream of blood that was flowing out of him.

It was normal unlike Victim One and Victim Two who had golden blood.

After dipping his finger into the stream of blood, Sol walked back and was about to let a droplet of blood fall on the rune circle in the middle of the office.

However, Yoon-Jae suddenly grabbed his hand and stopped him.

"Wait, something isn’t right. Why would a servant sit down with their Master to have a chat? And despite being face down, look at the amount of blood pooling beneath him. There was a weapon involved in his death, but there’s no indication that Victim Two had a weapon during the fight."

Sol nodded.

"I know this theory is strange and a few things don’t add up but given the evidence everything points to Victim Three being the murderer. He even has the murder weapon in his hands, it matches with the slash on Victim One’s neck. We can’t approach Victim Two as well to turn him over to see the wounds on the front of his body, but I’m sure it’s the same dagger. Plus, we have two tries so I wanted to test this theory out first."

Yoon-Jae thought for a moment then let go of Sol’s hand.

Sol dropped the blood onto the rune and after a moment, words were added to the ones already floating in the center of the room.

But they were in red.

"Chances remaining: 1"

"Time remaining: 24:34"

Yoon-Jae’s expression changed when he saw this.

"There is a time limit? What happens if we don’t complete this game in time?"

"It doesn’t say, but we have to assume it’s something bad."

"Damn it! We were too greedy in coming here."

"It’s okay Brother Yoon-Jae, we still have a day left and one chance remaining."

Sol then began looking around the room some more.

If the murderer wasn’t Victim Three that clearly had the murder weapon, then it was either Victim Two or someone else.

Are they in danger?

If the killer was still on the loose, then it was a problem since they didn’t have their cultivations. However, even if they did, would these existences need more than a finger to kill them?

Sol suddenly shivered as he recalled the person he met before he came into this room.

However, the words said that no one was able to leave so where did that person come from?

After thinking for a moment, Sol soon remembered that Yoon-Jae was running inside to tell him something.

Sol turned to him and asked.

"Did you find anything when you were looking outside Brother Yoon-Jae?"

Yoon-Jae sighed and said.

"Yeah, I found more dead bodies in other rooms."

"Ah! Why didn’t you say anything?!"

Yoon-Jae frowned.

"Because you were too busy trying to get this Legacy Inheritance."

Sol coughed in his fist awkwardly then said.

"Brother Yoon-Jae, show me!"

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