What if he didn't even intend to kill? The Technomage used a short circuit (the spell doesn't work as intended), and so... the Knight just wanted to check on the Hermit, but the spell didn't work as intended. And the Technomage was working at night... This is visible in the newspaper. Maybe that's what happened?

9. Technomage. Flash. Loss of the ability to use the spell for the night of the flash, i.e., it essentially works as protection against all external influences? A feature of "short circuit." Can you give an example of how it "doesn't work as intended"?

9. Yes. "The Viscount - kills, but if it doesn't work as intended, it, for example, cripples (like an onion)."

9. So, in the same example with the Viscount, there will be an assassination attempt, but the murder will not happen?

9. Yes, there will be a situation like "a stunned Knight shot the thief in the leg and ran away."