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There was a buzzing vibration coming from the sky, and a blood-red halo was constantly spreading, trying to dye the entire barrier and the sky red.
But in this forest, Victor seemed to feel the resistance and rejection of the whole world.
The confrontation between the two sides was not as fierce as Victor had imagined. Instead, it was more like an invisible erosion of each other, making a buzzing sound in the collision and interweaving of magic power.
There is a suffocating feeling of heaviness and...
Desolate.
Ignoring the faint magical locks around him, Victor waved his hands to create a basic protective magic, then raised his head to look up into the sky.
Artluci and Stulut were in the sky, so they were quite conspicuous. The former was still sitting on the empty throne, while the latter was standing quietly behind her.
Although the whole world was filled with scarlet mist, it seemed that everything had been suppressed by Artluki.
But judging from the frown on Altluchi's face, she probably didn't gain much advantage.
After thinking about it, Victor did not hide himself, but simply hung in the air, used magic to make himself float, and flew up.
His levitation is actually a bit similar to that of C's mother, but compared to the other party who is due to his own weakness and physical limitations, Victor feels that levitation, apart from giving himself the noble attribute of "flying", is more flashy and impractical.
The consumption of magic power is extremely huge.
"I remember I told you not to make any big moves... Your Highness."
Victor's arrival made Arteluqi slightly stunned, but she soon snorted and explained: "I didn't think about it, but the opponent attacked me first, I can't not fight back, right?"
She has lived for hundreds of years, and even when she was in the worst situation, she has never endured the humiliation of not fighting back.
Well, but to be honest...you've broken into someone's house, so it's certain that they'll take action first.
Victor sighed slightly. After all, it was mainly his fault.
Altluci should have been attracted by the spiritual vein of the Aozaki family, and he did not actually instill too much background information about Misaki City into Altluci.
After all, Artelucci's role in the copy was more of a tool man, who only needed to follow orders, and he really didn't think so much about it at the beginning.
I thought that with the configuration of Artluki, it could easily run wild in this copy, so naturally there would be no need to set many restrictions.
Who can think of it?
Thinking of this, Victor hummed and stopped asking any more questions.
No matter what, even if Artelluqi was plotting to seize the spiritual vein, it was for him.
At this point, too much questioning is meaningless.
Let's solve the problem first.
Through the cold mask, Victor quickly cast his gaze towards the mansion below: "Have you fought with the other party? How is the situation?"
"Not bad? The situation of the barrier is a bit complicated. The opponent's magic power supply seems to come from the spirit vein. My suppression can't last too long."
"So we have to start from the root." Victor looked down carefully, trying to find the figure of the legendary magician. "It would be best to bypass the barrier and fight the operator of the barrier, but it seems that he doesn't intend to show up?"
"Yes."
Artluqi nodded in distress and said helplessly: "The other party hid very well. Although he said a few words at the beginning, it was impossible to determine the direction based on the sound."
It sounds somewhat similar to the tactical positioning that Master Kenneth favored at the beginning of the Fourth Holy Grail War.
Well, of course.
It fits my stereotype of a magician very well.
Victor thought about it. If it were him, he would have to use this tactic. After all, no matter how glorious and powerful his past was, he was now just an unarmed ghost. Once he exposed his vulnerable self to an unknown enemy...
The result is obvious.
Artluqi looked at Victor curiously. She knew Victor's habits well and understood almost immediately: "It seems you know him?"
"You broke into someone's house, it's hard for me not to know."
Victor sighed deeply again: "You should have heard of his name. He is the head of the Aozaki family and the owner of the fifth law... well."
As he spoke, he once again looked at the motionless mansion and tilted his head: "But now it seems that the once famous magician can only act like a coward in front of His Highness."
"Oh wow... I like what you said."
Altluqi was smiling happily, while Victor squinted his eyes, concentrating on using the map system to keep an eye on the changes in magic in the entire mountain.
He did not intend to negotiate with the other party in a very nice tone, or to express his attitude.
Because whether it was from Aoko or Azuma, or from Victor's own impression, it was shown that Aozaki Aoko's grandfather was an extremely old-fashioned and eccentric traditional magician.
It was impossible for a magus like this to reason with a Dead Apostle, let alone...
They were still Dead Apostles who were invaders.
Track down Aozaki Touko, the magician of the Clock Tower.
These excuses and tricks are just used to appease Youzhu and Qingzi.
For an old fox like Aozaki's grandfather...
Well, it would be better to just reveal the trump card and force the emperor to abdicate openly.
Anyway, I put Artelucchi here.
How should you deal with it?
However, contrary to Victor's expectations, his provocation, which seemed like a belittling move, seemed to have no effect. After a long time, there was no echo in the entire mountain. Only the huge barrier was still in operation, and dozens of magical defense mechanisms were humming, locking onto everyone without stopping.
He really is an old man.
Very patient.
Victor lowered his eyes quietly. In fact, he did not covet the so-called spiritual vein, nor was he interested in the spiritual vein itself.
The so-called spirit veins are essentially the tracks of the flow of magic power in the entire world, just like underground springs. According to the purity (quality) and coarseness (quantity) of the magic power, they are divided into first, second and third level spirit veins.
For example, the spiritual vein of the Tousaka family is a second-level spiritual vein, and is second only to the one of the Aozaki family.
But for a magician, is the spiritual vein important?
Very important, the spirit vein can provide a constant supply of magic power, and is the perfect foundation for the "ritual".
Any magic related to rituals will become quite easy as long as it is blessed by the spiritual veins - even at the level of ceremonial spells.
There are even some ritual spells that directly specify spiritual veins as a necessary condition, such as "Earth Vein Travel".
But if you say it is important, it has no other function - yes, the only function of the spiritual vein is to serve as the basis for starting the "ritual".
Even if one utilizes the earth veins to release the earth veins to travel through, this is because the ritual spell itself is a kind of "ritual".
Apart from this, its only function is probably to be a natural, endless pool of magic power.
Moreover, this magic pool must not leave the local area.
The magic power in it cannot be taken away. It is precisely because of this that high-ranking magicians since ancient times have not been greedy for spiritual veins. Instead, they have handed them over to magic families in various places as managers. After each of them holds it, they will develop the spiritual veins to the greatest extent and use them, such as magic trains.
However, wild magicians who lack magical powers are full of covetousness for it. In order to prevent people from destroying it or using the spirit vein to hold various illegal rituals, managers must also fulfill their obligations as supervisors and promptly clear out magicians near the spirit vein to ensure its normal operation.
Victor himself has no need for this kind of thing.
There are not many spiritual veins in the world, but there are definitely quite a few, too.
He would never be able to use up all the huge top-level spiritual veins in his lifetime, unless he held a ceremony and held a Holy Grail War.
If one wanted to satisfy his personal magic, any ordinary spiritual vein would be enough. And such a spiritual vein, let alone other places, could be found in the Far East alone...
It went around the entire Far East...
But then again.
If it weren't for Altluchi, Victor would probably not have bothered to think about it, but because of Altluchi, Victor suddenly remembered it.
It seems that the spiritual vein of the Aozaki family is the most famous and top-notch, not because of its superior quality and quantity, but because of another reason.
Because it is a what... a crooked spiritual vein?
Victor complained about the name in his heart, and his thoughts became faster.
The Crooked Core Spiritual Vein is a special place because it is connected to the source. It is the place where magic power flows into the world, or the place where magic power flows out from the inside of the world.
And the source of magic is naturally the root.
This forced Victor to take it seriously.
This is not a good thing, and it even makes the entire spiritual vein extremely dangerous.
Because of the root... any magician who enters the root will merge with the world and eventually become "nothingness". Victor has no interest in this at all.
But... the fifth method of peeping in the mission description always reminds him of many people's descriptions of Aozaki Aoko in his previous life.
Aozaki Aoko took a peek at the source, and then mastered the fifth method.
Regardless of whether this sentence is true or false, the fact that the word "peep" is used also forces Victor to pay attention to this point and include the condition of "peeping into the source" in his task considerations.
Considering the danger, Victor naturally did not intend to lead the charge directly.
His original plan was to wait until it was absolutely necessary. In the end, Aozaki Aoko had become a god, and he had done everything he was supposed to do. When he had not yet completed the task, he would go to Aozaki Aoko and ask to borrow the "spiritual vein". He would use the excuse of holding a small ceremony and then try it again. However, he did not expect that for some reason, after Artelucci discovered this spiritual vein, she would come to his door first.
Moreover, he had not expected that the one who would eventually look after this spiritual vein would be this dead but not completely dead magician——
In that case, he thought it would be better to just get rid of it once and for all.
First get the right to use the spiritual vein.
Let’s talk about something else.
……
The old man remained silent, and Victor was not in a hurry. He knew that it was probably because the previous conflict had made the old man realize the strength of Altluchi and he became afraid to act rashly.
After all, this spiritual vein is indeed more important - as long as he retreats completely, the barrier blessed by the magic power of the entire spiritual vein will not be able to be dismantled by Altluqi in a short time. It is even possible that... his magic power will be exhausted by the barrier first, and he will have to retreat temporarily.
But what about the outside world?
There is also a Aozaki Touko in the outside world, who is frantically destroying magic nodes.
Considering that in the original work, Aozaki Touko, with her current strength before she went to the Clock Tower for further training, could have temporarily sealed the spirit of the magician after destroying most of the nodes, so that he would not meddle in other people's business...
One can imagine how weak this old man will be once he loses the strength behind the barrier.
Once you get out of the barrier, you don’t have the strength to stop the opponent.
If he doesn't leave the barrier... he can only watch others dismantle the barrier. Hmm, but considering that he didn't remind Azuma and Aoko, it's possible that he deliberately let Aozaki Touko dismantle the magic node.
But if you think about it carefully, it’s useless even if I remind you!
Damn, if it weren’t for Shizuki Sojuurō, Aritsu and Aoko wouldn’t be able to beat Aozaki Touko!
and so……
Victor suddenly scratched his head for no apparent reason, his eyes narrowed.
What's the point of setting up such an insurance mechanism... To put it bluntly, you just haven't lived enough, right? !
Since you don't want to die, you still have attachment to this colorful world.
Victor looked at the special attack skill against spirits named "Baptism Chant" lying obediently in his system...
You don't want to listen to what comes from the church...
Characteristic singing bar?
Chapter 70: The Blood Pact of the Dead Apostle
Although Baptism Chant is a common ability, you cannot deny that its special attack against spirits is really awesome.
The moment when Victor displayed his secret power, uttered the first word, and revealed the holy seal.
The old man was a little confused, and then...
He became even more silent.
It’s not that he is so stubborn and arrogant, but he... is a little confused about the situation.
He knew the baptismal chant. They were from the Cathedral Church. The Aozaki family had been on good terms with the Bunbei family for generations, so naturally they would know about this kind of thing.
He also knew the person who came, it was Altluchi. Although he did not recognize her at first and thought she was some daring invader, but after the fight, the overwhelming aura of the Dead Apostles and the iconic power characteristics made it impossible for him to make a mistake even if he had never left Misaki City since he got old.
After all, the name Altluchi is older than his entire life.
