Spell Return: The Wheel of Time

Chapter 374 Fangs
The situation changed as unpredictably as a summer shower. After losing a warship and a certain number of soldiers, the White Eagle Kingdom, with its overbearing style, naturally would not give up.

What's more, Neon was originally a dog it raised, used to stay next to Dongguo and cause trouble for the latter. Although Neon and Dongguo had some ambiguity in the past, and often seemed to jump back and forth because of the two factions in the country that were close to both sides, but generally speaking, it had completed its mission.

But now, this tiny country, a chess piece on the chessboard called the world, dares to secretly disobey, and is completely different from its former submissive appearance. On the surface, it still bows and accepts whatever you say, but in this kind of matter, what matters is not what you say or what your attitude is, but how you do it specifically.

This is also what makes the White Eagle Country very annoyed. Neon appears to be docile on the surface, but in fact, it has never agreed to almost any of the requests they put forward. Neon actually has something to say about this. The White Eagle Country is used to their gangster-like style.

No matter what the matter is, they always like to make verbal boasts to the extreme, and then decide whether to make their declaration a reality based on the specific situation of the target. For a behemoth like the East Country, it just makes verbal boasts and then plays soft tactics.

For an object like Neon that has no way to resist it, this intimidation will not only remain verbal, but may become a reality at any time. In the past, when such a situation occurred, the White Eagle Country had already begun to take various sanctions against Neon.

Not to mention letting it suffer a catastrophic disaster, it is still possible to injure it, but the bad thing is that now all this involves the supernatural power called "spell".

When the White Eagle Nation first learned of the existence of spells, the series of meetings held were extremely intense. In fact, a long time ago, they had tried to study whether humans could master supernatural powers, such as telepathy, telekinesis, etc., but those studies were forced to be abolished in the end because of no results. After all, they had already reaped the fruits of victory, so it would be a waste of resources to put resources on such illusory research.

But who would have thought that there really are supernatural powers in this world? And since Neon revealed this news, Baiying actually discovered that his biggest rival, Dongguo, seemed to have been involved in this aspect.

Although they couldn't understand why the Eastern Kingdom would shelve such incredible power, the White Eagles still made their choice: to obtain and study it at all costs!

Under the peace brought about by nuclear deterrence, it is almost impossible for major powers to engage in high-intensity wars. Instead, they will engage in soft and covert warfare, such as economic warfare, or support some proxy forces that act as puppet tools and then create trouble for the opponent.

In this case, unless epoch-making weapons appear, the general situation will not change much, and now is the time when that "unless" appears.

Spell!

A weapon mounted on an individual, it cannot be observed and may exist on any type of human being, minors, women, the elderly, everyone you see, he may possess the spell, with deadly power that is impossible to guard against.

As humans have evolved, not many people have the ability to inflict fatal damage to other creatures of similar size with their bare hands. It is more common to use tools, which is a very convenient method.

For example, if you meet a gangster on the street, if he is unarmed, not many people will care. At most, they will just fight. Only when there is a huge disparity in strength and other qualities between the two sides, and the gangster hits a vital part, will more serious consequences be caused.

But if someone is armed, even if it's just a brick or a chair, don't hesitate, just run. This is true for the world of ordinary people, let alone higher levels.

Here I am specifically referring to the White Eagle Country, which has its own national conditions. For some reasons, this country does not ban guns. Although there are still some restrictive mechanisms at the bottom, those are just for reference. Just look at what actually happened. Those shootings and the living environment of the local police cannot deceive people.

Since there are so many similar cases, why don’t we do anything about it? The answer is simple, because it does not threaten the real upper class of White Eagle Country. Even the middle class people who have a better life are less likely to be shot.

Most of those incidents took place in poor areas, while the wealthy areas where they lived all had private security and various safety measures. Moreover, short items like firearms can be found by metal detectors, but long ones cannot be hidden.

So they live in the same place but in two different worlds. They don't care about this kind of thing at all, but the spell is different! This thing can't be detected, at least it can't be detected by ordinary people.

It can turn an unarmed person into a deadly killer in an instant. If the means are strange, it is impossible to confirm who did it. The White Eagle Nation's high-level officials' suicides' and assassinations in public places are all 'long-standing' traditions. This is the case even when using human tools, so what if it is an even more mysterious spell?

By that time it would probably be real "suicide", so the White Eagle Nation began to perform insanely. While they actively sought cooperation and sharing, they openly and covertly promoted the dangers of spells and suggestively linked them to some of their own strange cases.

They are just short of saying by name that certain big countries use this power to sabotage and assassinate them, first stirring up blind indignation among their own people, and then using the opinion hegemony they once established with their own advantages to start propaganda internationally, although this opinion hegemony has lost some face in recent years and its authority has declined a lot.

But sometimes public opinion doesn't need too much authority. People always want to see what they want to see, not to mention there are people behind the scenes pushing them, so it's very easy to fall into an information cocoon, so this method is still very effective for a while. Dongguo is better. No matter how chaotic the outside world is, it doesn't affect here much. They are discussing other things. The mainstream is close to positive public opinion. Simply put, it is curiosity and desire for magic.

After all, superpowers are a perennial fixture in all kinds of film and television productions. Now that they suddenly learn that similar "superpowers" exist in reality, how can they not be excited?

Of course, the Eastern Kingdom denied it openly. They severely denounced the superstitious and feudal claims, and even began to organize forces to crack down on criminals who took the opportunity to cause trouble in various places. For a while, apart from the heated discussions on the Internet, there was no major chaos.

The situation on Neon's side is much more complicated. As pawns of the White Eagle Country, they have a small territory and cannot make any effective defense in terms of public opinion. You can stop the domestic media from causing trouble, but can you stop the public opinion offensive launched by the White Eagle Country that is seen on the international Internet?

So the crowd began to split. Some of them had family members involved in the world of sorcery, or were very hostile to the White Eagle Country. They didn't believe the negative comments against sorcery at all. Aren't they just trying to tie their own hands? Why let them, who have more international influence and scientific research capabilities, do the research? Do they think everyone else is fools?

Another group of people are more complicated. Some of them are survivors of spell-related incidents. Of course, in the past they only thought they were some supernatural events. Having witnessed the harmfulness of spells or curses, these people naturally hold a negative view of spells. In addition, some are guided by information, or simply do things for money. The secondary public opinion they stir up further strengthens this group.

However, generally speaking, the first category still has the advantage. After all, the settings and responsibilities of the sorcerers are basically equivalent to those of the superheroes in the movies, and everyone has the potential to become a "superhero".

As a result, the overall public opinion trend fluctuated slightly in this environment, but was generally under control until... the 'accident' occurred.

Tsushima Island fell.

Yes, fall, a word that rarely appears in non-international marginal areas in today's era. Generally speaking, when it appears, it means war, death and, depending on the circumstances, the waves that will be caused internationally.

And Tsushima Island, or Tsushima City, an island located between Neon and the neighboring Great Cold Kingdom, which is also a pawn of White Eagle but whose status is more like a running dog, suddenly received news of its fall on this day without any signs.

This news was suppressed by the top leaders of Japan at the first opportunity. Not to mention the people, even other forces would probably take some time to know about it, and this news could not be concealed.

An island, part of the country, fell right under their noses. All the local government officials have lost contact, and the situation might be very dangerous. Moreover, the other party had no intention of hiding anything at all, because the news was brought back by that group of people, and they also openly revealed their identities: a group of daring curse masters whose strength should not be underestimated.

Neon, which has no independent military force, is very troubled by this situation, not to mention that there is a group of sorcerers who appear out of nowhere and ordinary forces cannot cope with them. The top leaders naturally thought of finding professionals to deal with this situation.

You have to know what kind of uproar it would cause once this news is disclosed, what a huge impact it would have on the current situation, and the series of problems that would arise afterwards would make them feel so headache just thinking about it.

"It was that group of curse masters. They broke into the White Eagle nation's warship, killed all the soldiers on it, and disappeared. We are still tracking down their whereabouts. I didn't expect them to be so brave as to go to Tsushima City and do such a thing!"

The person in charge of the connection was a sorcerer sent by the top curse masters. After hearing that these wanted curse masters had actually done such a big thing, his face looked very ugly.

"What is the origin of this group of people? And how long will it take for you to deal with them? This matter cannot be concealed for long. The social impact and public opinion damage it can cause are unimaginable!"

The magician naturally understood the pros and cons of the matter, but there were some things that were beyond his control, so he decided to ask his superiors for instructions. As for these officials, their vital interests were involved, so their anxiety was understandable, but he could only comfort them casually.

……

"Hoo—Okay, the higher-ups will send out multiple special-grade magicians to try to deal with the curse masters as quickly and effectively as possible. Next, we need to jointly discuss the plan, as well as more detailed and comprehensive solutions."

(End of this chapter)