The serial bloodsucking murder case had yet to be solved, after all. Not only did the investigation fail to get any closer to identifying the killer, the number of victims even grew by the day, and 7 strong Templar Knights were killed on their way back from a tavern.
“…”
Needless to say, the one to kill them was Crowley himself. Despite that, the Order had yet to proclaim Nald Vine, whom they had long been preparing to frame for Gilbert’s murder, the main suspect. Probably because the Order was in a chaos now that the ringleaders had been killed.
But things wouldn’t stay like that for long. These murders put a stain on the name of the Knights Templar. In addition, if such bizarre killings were to continue, the Inquisition would come to these lands, as well. And that couldn’t bode well for the knights. An in-depth investigation might reveal things better stay buried, and the knights’ honor would doubtlessly suffer if it was exposed for all to see that the Knights Templar couldn’t solve a crime of this caliber.
That’s why Crowley was sure that before long, they would come to arrest Nald Vine as the one responsible for the serial killings. And later, he would be executed, no doubt.
Crowley had no intention of helping him. Nald Vine had already been broken beyond salvation, killing his servants and employees and sucking their blood. His sins had piled up, and by this point he had done more than enough evil to warrant such a punishment.
But still…
“…”