Mystery: Mr. Witch and Miss Hunter

Chapter 196 City of Disaster
"A believer in 'scourge'?"

Tracy asked suspiciously, "Isn't the primordial witch the incarnation of disaster? What about the believers of 'disaster'?"

Katerina hesitated for a while, and explained to Tracy: "The original does not completely represent disasters... The noun 'disaster' is a splicing of two Giant language words. The former means to include natural disasters and various disasters. The latter is a "man-made disaster" brought about by wars and conspiracies, and the authority of the "natural disaster" was originally obtained, and the other part of the authority is in the "red priest" path, that is, the "hunter" In the hands of Extraordinary people on the way."

"What Auntie Gelan believes in is the aggregation of 'disasters'?"

Tracy asked in surprise, "Is there any evidence for this?"

"I haven't found any definite evidence yet, but a large part of her power system is beyond our ability to explain. The Extraordinary who had sent down revelations in the beginning, and believed in disasters, is better at various ritual magic than his followers. You can even use these rituals to assist promotion and reduce the probability of losing control."

Katerina pulled the corset back into place and fastened the buttons.

"We have reason to suspect that, compared to the orthodox Extraordinary who is promoted by taking potions, the promotion ceremony is used to reduce the influence of the spiritual characteristics in potions on themselves. However, for people who believe in 'disaster' As far as witches are concerned, they use potions to assist themselves to resist the infection and influence of the promotion ceremony."

"And the contamination of those rituals is even more serious than the spiritual pollution left in the potion. They don't even need to act, and the potion will be consumed by the influence of the ritual; they don't need to worry about their mental state, because it is the same as ours. It's different, the more spiritual influence there is in the potion in their bodies, the easier it is for them to resist the infection of the ritual."

"It sounds pretty good, at least you don't need to worry about losing control like we do."

Tracy said tentatively.

"Hmph, sounds good."

Katerina snorted coldly. "It's a pity that any power coexists with risks. They just face different risks from us."

"They are different from us. When we first took the potion, our spirituality was not stable, and our state was not the best; but they were not. After taking the potion, they were in the best state and had the most clear self-awareness. From then on Afterwards they will always be pursued by the ritual of disaster, just like the voyeurs of the Moss Penitentiary."

"Because of the ritual infection, their potion digestion process itself will be very fast. However, once the potion is digested and there is no way to resist the ritual infection, they must take the potion repeatedly or seek promotion, otherwise the same Will die out of control, irreversible death."

"How did this happen?" Tracy asked in surprise.She had no knowledge of similar knowledge at all, and she just felt as if she had returned to the time when she and her mother had just learned occult knowledge.

"Remember the metaphor when I told you about the 'acting method'?"

Katerina didn't answer, but asked Tracy instead.Tracy replied without hesitation:
"Remember, Extraordinary Power is a castle, and the name of the potion is the key to playing, and it is also the 'key' or 'invitation' that can sneak into the castle."

"That's right. To use this analogy, the ceremony they hold can directly allow you to replace the identity of a guest in the castle and use the ability given by the potion. But as the potion is gradually digested, this identity will gradually lose its effect. If you don't If you find a new identity to replace, you will be excluded by the guards."

Katerina explained clearly, "For us, 'playing' is to let us sneak into the castle, and for them, 'playing' is to stay in the castle."

"And the fate of being excluded by the guards is worse than the unsuccessful infiltration. The former is at least just driven out of the castle, that is, out of control or close to out of control, but because the ceremony directly replaces the original guest quota, they will be directly obliterated by the guards. This obliteration Not only does it refer to extraordinary power, but even your own existence will disappear, and according to our guess, they were buried in that castle forever."

"That's why it's called the city of disaster... Hehe, although in the field of mysticism, similar terms are just symbolic meanings, but it, or He, did activate into the way people described for some reason. "

"That is to say, as long as they start the ceremony, they must continue to be promoted, unless they take new potions to slow down the rate of erosion?"

Tracy continued to ask questions while digesting the new information.

"That's right. We often say that the extraordinary road is a road that cannot be turned back, but for them, there is no time to rest on the side of the road. If they can't get to the original position, their ending will only disappear forever."

Katrina sighed. "Geglan jumped to the 'undead' path of the god of death, initially got rid of the fate of being chased by the ritual, and had time to slowly prepare for the promotion of the 'Immortal Witch', but most believers in disasters do not have similar opportunities."

"Since she knows that this path is so dangerous, why does she let others go on this path?"

Tracy hesitated for a while, but still asked hesitantly.

"Don't believe Gagaran would do this?"

Katerina sighed. "To be honest, I don't really believe it, and until now, I don't have any definite evidence, so I can't deal with her who is also a saint. But if you just let me guess her motive..."

Katerina stood up, and sad emotions appeared on the beautiful face of women of all ages.

"You should remember the story of the original carrier from a year ago."

"Remember, Triss, you said at the time that she has a strong tendency to self-destruct."

Tracy replied without the slightest hesitation.

"Gaglan is very similar to her, except that the things she desires are more gorgeous."

Katerina shook her head and sighed: "What she longs for is [revenge]."

……

On the sea near St. Miron, the "Future" floated silently in the deep waves.

Alger, Audrey, and Cattleya stood side by side on the deck, looking at the miniature sun disk gradually rising from the sea in the distance.

Afterwards, Derrick who came quickly in the form of a solar disc landed on the deck, making a dull sound.

"Have you seen the 'Empress'?" Audrey asked with a smile on her face.

"I see, everything has been arranged." Derrick nodded, "Her heart is very pure, and now I finally understand why Miss Justice said he could be trusted."

There was a mysterious smile on Audrey's face, the smile was soothing, Derrick felt a little hairy for no reason.

"No, you don't understand...at least, not fully."

　It can be regarded as laying out the foreshadowing of the potion ceremony. I originally planned to let Gagaran talk about it, but recently I saw that some new readers are struggling with this issue, so it is better to tell it earlier.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)