In what age, are you still a traditional witcher?

Chapter 106 Mission Location: Würzburg; Magic and Spells

"Please see."

"The city of Würzburg, Germany, is centered on this city, and is constantly spreading the phenomenon of mist to the outside world-we define it as a super-large-scale magic that is working."

Demon hunting agency.

In the super large conference room, the research institute in a white coat held an infrared spotlight and circled the area of ​​Würzburg, Germany on the big screen.

The big screen is a satellite overhead view of Würzburg.

At this moment, it seems that there is a hemispherical mask that turns the city upside down, and the outline of any city cannot be seen on the satellite's top view——

What appeared on the map was like a gray cave.

"This is the picture we captured through the camera."

The researcher switches the screen.

The lens of the camera is carried by a drone, and it is several hundred meters away from the "hole". However, even if it is close to the layer of gray mist, the camera cannot penetrate the thick fog like rolling waves.

What can be photographed is nothingness.

"We tried to fly the drone into the fog, but the moment we entered this space, the plane crashed. We lost control of the drone. Even if we changed the mode and let it return home automatically, it didn't work at all."

"This fog cuts off the possibility of us operating any electronic equipment."

"Crack!"

Screen switching.

"Only the alchemy dolls, they are alchemy creations and do not obey the laws of physics, so they can enter the fog and bring us the information ahead."

"It is worth mentioning that the fog that blocks the view is thinner than we thought."

"Based on the information brought back by the puppet, we deduce that the fog is probably acting on the outer circle of the city with a [cover] of about ten meters."

"Its interior area, with good visibility."

Ryan quietly listened to the researcher's narration. He was holding a tablet in his hand, and there were some information about the city of Würzburg on the tablet screen.

Fog diffusion speed: 0.037 meters per second.

Vertical height of fog: about 1200 meters.

Raphael sat on the table obediently, her eyes showed unprecedented seriousness, concerning "Mary", she raised her spirits.

Never interjected or interrupted the researcher's narration.

Ryan frowned.

The researcher flipped the big screen quickly.

"Thousands of people. On them, it seems that time has flowed backwards, and all of them have illogical changes in clothing—"

The thin male researcher adjusted his glasses, his eyes behind the glasses were as bright as a falcon, and he continued calmly: "More than that, the interior space of the gray fog does not seem to be Würzburg."

"This giant eyeball sculpture is preliminarily estimated to be as tall as the Statue of Liberty. There are no historical materials or documents. Würzburg, where agricultural production is the lifeblood of the city, has such a strange large-scale sculpture."

"So, we think."

"On that land, a series of supernatural magic and magic including [Time Reversal] and [Space Teleportation] were imposed by certain beings."

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After listening to Ryan, he thought for a while, and said, "Wurzburg has a permanent population of about [-]—these people, have they all become [that look]?"

He points to the screen.

The black crowd knelt down towards the eyeballs, like a pilgrimage, and the creepy madness and eagerness were brewing.

"It's more likely."

"However, it cannot be ruled out." The researcher was silent.

"Any attempt was made to curb the operation of the magic?"

Lane frowned.

Hearing this, the researcher was no longer calm. He smiled bitterly and said, "If our technology hadn't come in handy, the speed of its spread wouldn't have been limited to such a low level."

"At first, it grew like crazy at ten meters per second"

Hearing what the researcher said, Ryan sighed.

Alchemy techniques have been used to stop the spread, but the gray mist is still spreading.

However, it is 0.037 meters per second. In conversion, there is also an increase of several kilometers per day.

"."

It’s not that I don’t know, it’s a little surprising.

Ryan's expression changed slightly, but soon he regained his composure - don't worry, it's useless to rush, no matter what, Kate needs a good news.

Fortunately, it is said that her mentor was close to completing that technique.

Just some finishing touches left.

Otherwise, why would the old man let his beloved disciple out to be the witcher's secretary?
"."

Ryan squinted his eyes. He manipulated the big screen to zoom in and zoom in on the picture. Because the eyes and brain of the alchemy doll are equipped with extremely high resolution cores, even if the picture is zoomed in to the limit, it still presents a highly usable picture.

"The gallows—"

In front of the giant eye sculpture is also an area in front of the crowd.

A large high platform was erected.

On the high platform, gallows are lined up horizontally.

"They seem to be holding a bloody hanging ceremony."

"Judgment?"

Ryan stroked his chin.

"We initially suspected that the location of the anomalous event was chosen at random."

"But the photos brought back by the alchemy puppet gave us some more guesses."

The researcher shrugged, pointed to the gallows and said, "At the end of the seventeenth century, the collective hysteria of witch hunting in Europe reached its peak, sweeping across Europe like wildfire, especially in France and Germany."

"Wurzburg in Germany is the area where the persecution of witches was the worst. At that time, the local governors judged that most towns were dominated by demons and executed hundreds of people."

witch?

witch
Ryan turned his head and looked at Raphael.

At this time, the black cat also turned its head, met Ryan's eyes, and said very seriously: "It left a deep impression on me."

"It's not pleasant to be chased by a group of lunatics with torches."

The black cat speaks out.

".You feel?"

Ryan raised his eyebrows, thinking that he could speak convincingly, and then he asked cryptically.

"uncertain."

Raphael gave an ambiguous response.

Their communication was, of course, about the dead body of "Mary".

"It's more like a catastrophe than a vision."

"She wouldn't do that."

The black cat blinked its eyes.

"."

Ryan was noncommittal.

He stood up and stretched his muscles and bones. He had finished reading the materials, and he thought that he needed to make some preparations for the next "time and space travel".

For example, read a book?
Or ask the old cats around you for advice.

"That's not a trial at all."

"The whistleblower and the judge are one. Have you ever heard of such an unfair trial?"

The black cat jumped on Ryan's shoulder and said contemptuously: "It's just gathering in the town square to carry out slander, blasphemy, and violations. They don't even want to go to court to execute them."

"When that finger points to a woman."

"There's no chance of a rebuttal at all."

"Horrible and ugly things will happen to her."

"Even though Mary was not a victim, she still used her power to curse that land."

In the corridor, Raphael lowered his voice.

"Mary is not a victim. From your point of view, she cursed the land, so she is probably not the perpetrator either?"

It's impossible for everything to be groundless——

Ryan thought for a long time, glanced at the black cat, and then said: "Because of the power of the witch, human beings have never trusted it, and it has evolved into fear, and finally the conflict between the two sides has intensified."

"You feel"

"Is the victim a high-level human being and a really powerful witch?"

"."

The black cat was silent.

She was speechless.

Rebecca cleaned the pistol.

In this girl, it seems that there are some shining points that can only appear in "Two-dimensional characters".

Including already 20 years old, but has an immature face.

Although she has an immature face, her figure is quite mature.

She has a harmless, delicate face and beautiful skin, but under these disguises, her blood, heart, muscles and bones are all completely different.

A fierce executioner.

"What a coincidence."

Rebecca, who had just handed over the task, hid in an empty conference room to inquire about her next task.

While she was cleaning the ferocious pistol, her eyes remained on the screen in front of her.

The mission brochure continues to play.

As the executor of the Valkyrie project, she is also a busy person who parachutes around the world by plane to carry out demon hunting operations.

However, compared with another toiling life.

Her tasks are relatively easy to complete.

At the same time, she occasionally acts as a "deputy" in the process of performing tasks, which is a course prepared for becoming a "subordinate" of the strongest demon hunter in the future.

Rebecca, a genius girl, does everything well.

next task.

The destination is in France, and she needs to follow her teacher: Adams Sani to carry out a very difficult task.

"It's really a coincidence."

Ryan was surprised for a moment, and he went straight to find a seat to sit down.

The agency's analysis of the gray mist is still going on, and he is going to learn about [magic] before the mission is officially carried out.

That's right, it's magic.

A long time ago, in his previous life, he heard a saying: Magic is to use certain means to accomplish supernatural phenomena that humans cannot use props to accomplish.

For example, space shifting, such as turning back time.

The spell is a downgrade of magic.

The tasks that humans can accomplish through props and tools are generated by the magician with the magic power in his body, so they are called spells.

This world's concept of occult [magic] and [spell] is similar to the above.

Magic is extremely powerful.

The technique is downgrading.

For example, to make fire, humans can use lighters, matches and other tools to complete it, and warlocks release flames, which are called spells.

"A long time ago, flying was called magic."

"Because humans at that time could not use tools to accomplish the feat of flight."

"Until a certain point, the world felt a break in the vein of flying magic—that is, the birth of metal smelting, the invention of gunpowder."

"From that moment on, flying became a [spell]."

"Because the will of the world predicts metal smelting and gunpowder technology—in short, it is a key node in the development of science and technology, allowing humans to fly into the sky sooner or later."

"So, let the flying magic be downgraded in advance."

The black cat jumped onto the table and explained.

She felt that it was necessary to popularize knowledge to young demon hunters. Although brute force can often solve problems, once it doesn't work, it's blind.

"How do you teach your students in the Alchemy Temple?!"

"Knowledge! Wealth!"

The black cat sighed and pointed to its own head.

"In the 100 years since its establishment, the Alchemy Temple has grown into a behemoth that is not inferior to the Church of the Apocalypse, relying on alchemy technology and science and technology."

Lane began to repeat.

"Inside and out, between the lines."

"I didn't see any connection between the sanctuary and the magic formula!"

He was a little depressed.

"Tuk!"

Rebecca gently placed the pistol on the table, and the heavy metal made a muffled sound.

"Actually, it exists."

The girl's crisp voice echoed in the conference room.

".It's just that, in modern times, not to mention magic, even spells are seriously withered."

Ryan and the black cat turned their heads at the same time. The black cat sighed a little helplessly.

"Right."

"Because of the existence of your temple, alchemy technology has developed at an exaggerated speed, and the [supernatural phenomena] that humans can accomplish through tools have increased."

"As long as a certain key node of the technological explosion is reached, even the already downgraded spells are at risk of being downgraded again."

The development of science and technology is the most roaring.

Everyone can use it, and there is a kind of joy of harvest.

Ryan rested his chin in one hand and couldn't help but start to wander.

"Our [magic metal] is essentially a kind of magic formula, but it uses alchemy technology, and those alloys have functions such as [regeneration] and [liquefaction]."

"At this point, the technique and alchemy technology are inseparable from each other. Although the development of alchemy means the decline of the magic side."

"However, from another perspective, since alchemy technology can already complete the visions that can only be caused by magic, magic, which has a very high threshold, has also been promoted at a lower cost."

Rebecca stared at the black cat.

After she finished speaking, she fell silent.

He picked up the gun, wiped it, and stuffed it into the holster.

Rebecca began to concentrate on checking the task brochure and looking for relevant information.

"."

"Give humanity another 200 years—no, even 100."

"Humans and demons have different offensive and defensive powers."

The black cat couldn't help but sigh.

"Human beings, aren't they amazing?"

Ryan sighed.

"?"

"You're not human, what's so amazing?"

Raphael is weird and authentic.

"My dear Raphael, you have heard a saying... that a person's sex is not determined by biological characteristics, not even by genes or chromosomes"

Ryan frowned.

Start to serve the latest version of Black Cat Popular Science International.

"Sex is not determined by genes, what is it?"

"People are people, not other creatures born without sex."

The black cat numb its paws, opened its mouth wide, and said in amazement.

"Leave here."

Ryan pointed to his forehead.

"As long as a person thinks his (her) psychological gender is, it can be."

“There’s nothing wrong with saying it’s a [gunship].”

Ryan smiled strangely, turned on the virtual screen, and checked the documents of the church.

His eyes lingered on the words, he ignored the black cat's awkward eyes, and continued: "Similarly, no matter what I am, I just need to think that I am a human—"

"Then I am human."

"It's nothing more than being strong or not."

Ryan stretched out his hand and touched Raphael's head, with a "kind" expression of an old man looking at a young man, earnestly and kindly:

"This is the most amazing place for human beings."

"Be able to tell the false as if it were true."

"In other words."

"Self-hypnosis."

　Ps:

　　I've been really upset with the international version for a long time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)