It wasn't until I walked in that I discovered that there seemed to be a lot of broken marks on the originally smooth ground.
"There was a battle here." I said, pointing to the obvious knife marks on the ground.
Nolan Lesi took a look and said, "Well, I think the knife marks in that place are older."
This is so fucking embarrassing.
"It happened anyway..."
"It's probably some kind of heavy and very sharp weapon." Nolan Lusi said softly, holding his hands, "It's sharp and has strong penetrating power - I'm a little curious."
"A knight's sword?" A huge sword appeared in my mind, like the sword of the protagonist in some kind of animation work.
"It's also possible." Nolan Lusi tilted her head, "I'm not sure what it is, but so far it seems that the person's attempt to destroy the ceremony was successful, but it's not much better."
The ceremony is half started - it feels like the motherboard has passed the self-test, but the system has not been installed.
"Is it still necessary to examine these ritual traces?"
Although I also learned the principles of magic from my master for a period of time, it was also under the universal canon of fire magic. This kind of magic is an unknown field to me. I don’t know if the knowledge in it is universal.
"That's not necessary. The damage to this place is too serious. What's left are all general-purpose binding wires and trapping units. They're things that a magician would understand." Nolan Lusi curled her lips and said, "That's really it. It's completely destroyed, how jealous that person must be about this thing."
Yes, yes.
I coughed awkwardly.
I think it may be because the scale of my studies is different, so I look a little strange now.
After all, what I learned at my master's place were basically miniaturized rituals. Rather than serious study, they were more about letting me understand the origin of magic, and I didn't expect this knowledge to play much of a role.
You can understand with a little imagination. There is still a fight on the battlefield. The magician takes a bath and changes clothes, burns incense and calms the spirit. Then he builds a wooden platform behind the army and puts an altar on it. When it is over, he dances to the great god in that place. ·····
This scene is quite hilarious no matter how you look at it.
Moreover, in most cases the rituals are such complicated and lengthy things. The most important thing is that it doesn’t matter if you dance to the master. If the master dances for a long time and then releases a small magic like fireball, that scene will not be happy. Feeling uncomfortable, but embarrassed.
So ritual was quickly replaced by magic.
Of course, the example I gave is a very extreme example. Most of the magic we use now is the final product of countless generations of magicians' streamlined rituals. Its ease of use is no longer the same as before.
However, rituals have the possibility of their existence after all...
As far as I know, once it involves some areas with very wide-ranging effects, the benefits of rituals will slowly become apparent.
In short - the ritual does not require the ritual user to provide magic power, so the only requirement for the ritual user is to be proficient, that is, to dance well...
Therefore, it is not a good thing to see such a large-scale ceremony in such a place now.
"But it's strange. These things only happened recently, but those guys seem to have known about it a long time ago. This thing is really strange." I said, rubbing my chin.
Nolan Lusi raised his eyebrows and said, "You mean - besides Jerry, has anyone else gone back to the past?"
"This possibility cannot be ruled out." I said cautiously.
The current situation we are facing cannot be measured carefully with knowledge, so no matter what, we have to make careful use of all the information in our hands.
"There's no need to worry, because I checked the pocket watch when I went back." Nolan Lusi put down her hand and said seriously, "I used magic to dig out all my memories of the original time book. There is no match among them, even the pattern or arrangement are completely different.”
"...In other words, that pocket watch doesn't have the ability to allow people to travel through time?" I said with some surprise, "Even if it uses a quick-charging magic circle-"
"Any low-quality carrier cannot be used as the basis for time magic." Nolan Lusi said lightly.
"Wait, wait! What is going on!" The corners of Grace's eyes twitched crazily, "I, I, I - did I hear something extraordinary again!"
"Don't just talk about something so powerful like what you're going to eat this morning!" Grace covered her head and looked a little confused.
"It's just time magic..." Nolan Lusi seemed speechless.
"What is time magic? That is the ultimate goal of magic. Even as a warrior, I have heard of the ultimate secret treasure!" Grace's face turned red.
I coughed awkwardly and said, "That's true, but why do I think the secret treasure is the most important thing for you?"
"I can't learn it anyway, so wouldn't it be normal to sell it?" Grace said seriously.
But what Grace said reminded me.
The alert has been lowered recently.
In other words, because he stayed next to Nolan Lusi's mobile humanoid original book library, he gradually became accustomed to the original books as if they were at home.
Sure enough...how do you say that sentence? Those who are close to vermilion are red; those who are close to ink are black.
"Ah, I seem to have made some unexpected discoveries."
Viril, who had been silent just now, smiled softly, and rolled up a piece of something mixed with charcoal from the ground with the vines extending from behind.
Because it's black, it's easy to miss.
Having said that, I feel like Villier's style of painting is getting weirder and weirder now. Is it really okay for a sword god to use vines or something like that?
But what should the blade of the sword be like...
While thinking about it, I also looked along the green vines towards the end.
"this is--"
A fragment of something iron.
"It looks like a chain." Grace's attention was immediately diverted.
To be precise, it was a section of the chain that was twisted. It was probably roasted in the fire, so the surface had been oxidized.
Chains - and fire.
"Are there any other chains?"
"Unfortunately, there are some here too." Villier's vines continued to search in the charcoal fire. With the appearance of countless vines, Villier's current appearance looked even more indescribable.
What should I do if I always feel like I’m going to “san’check” the next second?
"Handcuffs, shackles." Grace calmly and quickly reported the true appearance of these things.
My mind has unconsciously drifted somewhere.
"Did we see anyone else then?" I sighed, feeling that a certain idea was about to become a reality.
"Sacrifice, or bait." Nolan Lusi said lightly, "In the ceremony, living creatures are needed for these two reasons, to offer a gift to some unknown person, and to hunt down a certain existence. Judging from the external layout of the ceremony, the bait made should be a trap.”
Entrapment?
"Wait, wait, shouldn't the corpse we found in the woods before be related to the alien?" I said seriously, "Since he is dead, what is happening now in this place-"
"It's not a group of people who are the most annoying." Nolan Lusi curled her lips, "Of course it may be different. Have you forgotten the bandit we met last time? These guys may also be the target of being deceived."
"For example - if I hold a ceremony in this place, how about capturing that big guy in the forest?" Nolan Lesz rubbed his chin and said with a smile, "Do you think this kind of thing is very profitable? ?”
This kind of thing——
Not to mention, if the price is not too high, it is really not a big loss to catch this kind of monster.
"Probably, it's easier." I said after hesitating.
The situation I mentioned is just from my perspective, but if you think about it for a moment, it is obvious that this group of people is a well-disciplined organization. If they make such mistakes, they will inevitably make people laugh.
So maybe... be more cautious?
"Isn't this the end of the story? You've put a bait on a hook, and the opportunity is there whether you take it or not." Nolan Lusi said lightly, "What's more important is that there are currently very few people who know about heterogeneous hazards. Even among today’s demons, heterogeneous ones are the kind of things that are more like grandfathers than grandfathers.”
Then I have something to say!
Since it is something that is more grandfather than grandfather, then please ask for Nolan Lusi’s age——
Cough cough cough!
Probably Nolan Lusi also found the reason from other places, such as some demonic books.
After all, she doesn’t like to read old books when she has nothing to do.
In short, this incident still made us more vigilant, but there were more mysteries in front of us.
As the investigation deepens, I now wonder if the people in the Inspectorate Department will think that we have given some strange information and lower our remuneration without authorization...
That's possible for you too.
"But then again."
I suddenly remembered what Nolan Lusi said just now.
"Since you said there is no time magic on the pocket watch, how did the informant go back to the past?"
Nolan Lusi was silent for a moment, and then said hesitantly: "I-I don't know."
"There are various signs that that guy has indeed returned to the past." Nolan Lusi covered her head and sighed, "The current situation is that the tombs have been found, and the letters from a long time ago have also been found."
However, I always felt that something was subtly wrong.
After emerging from the world in the tree, I took the time to sort out the current situation a little in my mind.
simply say--
The most important thing at hand is the mysterious organization in the tree world, where they are going and what they want to do.
After Nolan Lusi's investigation and reasoning, it was roughly determined that they might be targeting the legendary monster in the forest, trying to trap it through some kind of ritual.
But now it is obvious that their ritual was ruined by someone. Not only that, there is a high possibility that the live bait they used in the ritual was also rescued by the person who ruined the ritual.
Then there are the local snakes in the city. They seem to be still looking for Jerry's whereabouts and trying to get him to hand over something.
Finally there is Jerry.
Even though I had already seen the grave, I still felt that something was wrong.
After all, no skeleton or ashes actually appeared in the tomb.
as well as--
"Speaking of which, Nolan Lusi, you will monitor magic at fixed points..."
"Okay, I understand what you are going to say." Nolan Lusi curled her lips and said, "It's really troublesome... can't you learn a little bit about such a simple thing?"
I don't have the original text.
"What I learn is basically combat magic. Even the reconnaissance ones are for detection. Surveillance is not my strong point at all." I spread my hands and looked at Nolan Lusi helplessly.
I really don’t know how. This is just the first level. The second level is that I want the original code...
Ahem, although it seems not good to eat soft rice in such a blatant name, but to be honest, this rice is really delicious.
"——Forget it, let's talk about it back to the castle." Nolan Lusi opened her mouth at first as if she wanted to make some promise, but in the end she shook her head, "When the time comes, I will give you the original text, and you can learn as much as you want. How much?"
"Hey, okay!
Grace next to her suddenly trembled, turned her head and looked at me with a ghostly look in her eyes and said, "Are you possessed by a ghost? Wow, those words just now gave me goosebumps."
Yes, is it that obvious? !
"Yeah, really, I'm just expressing my gratitude!" I quickly waved my hand and said.
"Hey!" Grace put on an expression of complete disbelief.
"But where are we going next? There are no clues here at all." Nolan Lusi didn't understand the deep meaning of our conversation, so she still looked at us expressionlessly with her hands folded.
"Next, Kellas has just remembered that extra flavor, right?"
"That's right!" Kyle Russ raised his hand happily and said, "This is my job~I will never forget it!"
Your job should be to guard the door. Now think carefully about what you are doing. The king in hell is crying.
"Ah, do you think those who killed these people outside were also the ones who destroyed the ceremony, right?" Grace patted her head and said as if she suddenly realized.
That's right!
"The most important thing is that the person who destroyed the ritual may have rescued the unlucky guy who was used as a bait for the ritual, so logically, their current situation will definitely not be very good." I nodded and said, "If that If the black army's methods are more powerful, they might even have their people watching in front of places like pharmacies, so we are looking there now not only to understand the current situation, but also to help them."
"Help them... why?" Nolan Lusi frowned and said.
"Huh? This should be a normal thing." Grace was stunned for a moment and said, "After all, the black army you talk about doesn't look like a good person. The enemy of the enemy is a friend, and helping can be considered a help. They are friendly forces."
"...Is that so?" Nolan Lesi's eyes lit up slightly, "Oh, that's it!"
"This kind of thing is human nature, so if you really want to ask for the reason, it's——"
Grace's mouth was open and she thought for a while, and finally said in frustration: "I can't tell."
"That's fine. After all, I just want to know why someone like Lin Zhihe, who is afraid of trouble, would go into troubled waters at this time."
So this can be considered a human observation record of the Demon King?
The corner of my mouth twitched unconsciously, and then I turned to look at Kellas, who was watching us eagerly and making an expression as if he had been left out.
"Then - it's up to you, Kellas."
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