Mystery: Mr. Witch and Miss Hunter

Chapter 32 Preparation
Farewell to Ms. Lolotta, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.Altaïr thought for a while, and didn't go home directly, but called a taxi and came to a small alley about two streets away from his home.

Altaïr got out of the carriage, came to the end of the alley, took out a small key in his pocket, and opened a dilapidated wooden door that no one had opened for a long time.This is one of Altaïr's secret strongholds. After all, it is a very unwise move for an assassin to keep all suspicious items at home.

Altaïr walked into the room, first carefully closed the door, then took out a match from his pocket, and lit the oil lamp in the house with a little light from the dusty window.The warm firelight illuminated the room, and although it was still cold inside, at least there was some psychological comfort now.

Dim lights illuminated the room, revealing a few simple pieces of furniture: a low four-poster bed, a large hole in one of the skins, revealing the hollow sofa inside, and a few tin boxes in the center of the house.

Altaïr opened one of the chests and found Holy Night Powder, two candles, one gold and one silver, a very old censer and a silver saucer.Then, he found an oak staff in the drawer with an amethyst inlaid at the end.The workmanship of the staff is very rough, but this does not affect its role in ritual magic.

Altaïr adjusted his position carefully, and drew a simple symbolic ritual circle with holy night powder on the ground.He was going to make a batch of spells from the Dark Night Realm just in case.If the Goddess really obtained the authority of the God of War Kingdom and could restrict people who entered the Kingdom of God, then preparing a batch of spells from the Dark Night Domain might play a key role.

(Here I have to make complaints about Squid's setting of ritual magic in the original work. Strictly speaking, the ritual described by Squid is to pray to the goddess, which is similar to the existence of "spiritual body" or magic tide in Jinchen magic. The high-level magic of protection, which is characterized by the frequent sanctification of ritual utensils, black and white candles, holy water and incense, etc. However, he later said in the description that his knowledge comes from the low-level magic that relies on moving natural energy to achieve its goals "Wiccar"...for some reason I won't describe the full section on ritual magic.)
Altaïr simply performed the ceremony of sanctifying the ritual knife and expelling spirits, constructing a closed spiritual space, then he picked up the carving knife, expressed his spirituality, and carefully carved on the two pieces of silver foil prepared in advance pattern.

He first carved two symbols symbolizing the goddess on the base material, and then carved a few obscure Hermes words.Different from the "Sleep Charm" and "Requiem Charm" that are often used among the Nighthawks, this time Altaïr engraved the Hermes language that symbolized guidance, and what he was going to make was the "Positioning Charm" that few people used.

This kind of spell can locate what the user wants to find within a certain range after the user has infused spirituality.As far as Altaïr knew, the Nighthawks had the highly inspired "Secretist" and another unknown profession who was also proficient in divination, so they rarely used this spell.After all, the charms of the Evernight Goddess are all made of silver, and each one is money.

However, this kind of spell is still very useful for Altaïr who only knows the method of "magic mirror divination".Although Venata's sequence also has the ability to find things to a certain extent, it is still unclear how much of this ability can be used in an unfamiliar environment.

As for the Sleeping Charm, a spell with active effects, Altaïr didn't deliberately prepare it.Because if Sister Vespa's description is correct, then the enemies they face are at least around Sequence 5. As an Extraordinary who is not specialized in making spells, the active spells he made can play a role even if he thinks about it casually. limited.Instead of trying to deal with the danger, it would be more convenient to reduce the time spent in the Twilight Kingdom to reduce the possibility of encountering danger.

Afterwards, the tip of Altaïr's carving knife spurted out spirituality, outlining the spiritual number "7" corresponding to the goddess on the surface of the silver foil, as well as a series of other materials.When he put down the last stroke, all the spiritualities were connected together, and the room was suddenly enveloped by majestic and terrifying power gushing out of the magic tide.Then the spirituality fell silent, the room became silent, the candles were also extinguished, and the darkness in the room deepened a bit.

Altaïr picked up a few pieces of silver foil the size of a baby's palm on the table, rubbed them lightly with the balls of his fingers, only felt the touch was warm and cool.

The production process went smoothly... Altaïr nodded slightly, picked up the ritual knife, lifted the spiritual wall that closed the room, released the remaining spirituality that descended due to his prayer back to the spirit world, and then cleaned the altar, After erasing the traces of the ceremony, he carefully put the charm into the inside pocket of his coat.

However, when Altaïr reached into his pocket, he found a hard pendant-like object inside.The only "indulgent rose heart" on his body that might have had a similar feel was in the outside pocket of his overcoat, and he remembered it well.

Altaïr pulled out his hand in doubt, and took out the thing.It was a silver chain hanging from a yellow drop-shaped crystal.Altaïr knew this thing, it was a pendulum, Extraordinary people who were good at divination would often carry this kind of jewelry.

Strange, I seem to remember that I bought a similar thing before, but I don't seem to have bought it... And even if I bought it, why would I bring this kind of thing because I can only use the magic mirror for divination?Altaïr studied it carefully for a long time, but didn't see why.

There is nothing abnormal about turning on the spirit vision... Altaïr rubbed his eyes and turned off the spirit vision.There is no response to the infusion of spirituality, it seems to be just an ordinary pendulum.

Could it be that I found it by accident when I was tidying up the room on Monday?It's possible, after all, I had a fight with Venata that night, and my spirituality was seriously lacking, so I can be forgiven for forgetting a little detail...

Oh, I'm really a little nervous.In the past few days, I have encountered more high-sequence powerhouses than I have encountered in my life. I just learned some secrets of the righteous gods and the secrets of the battle of the gods. I was so scared... Altaïr comforted himself.

No matter what this citrine pendant is, even if it really has a background, can the level involved be higher than that of a true god?

Thinking like this, Altaïr quickly adjusted his mentality, tied the citrine pendulum to the buckle of his cuff, and wrapped it around his wrist a few times.Since you can take it out in your pocket, it doesn't hurt to take it out and use it occasionally.

Altaïr found a long strip wrapped in oiled paper in another box, put it on the ground and unpacked it, revealing the double-barreled shotgun inside, and bullets of various calibers sorted into several small cloth bags.He clicked out twelve bullets, then cut off a small piece of oil paper with the knife he carried with him, wrapped it up and put it in his pocket.

Although the assassination with cold weapons does conform to the traditional image of an assassin, in today's environment, all kinds of firearms are still mainstream.Although Altaïr has a legal gun certificate, he only has a certificate for the revolver he used for self-defense. The high-pressure steam rifles and revolver rifles piled up in this warehouse are all scraps from the black market. Assembled from different parts, if found by the police, it would be enough for Altaïr to spend more than ten years in prison.

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On the other side, Venata was sitting by the fireplace in a daze.Today, her spirituality has basically returned to stability, and she is more or less aware of how provocative the words she said yesterday are.Due to Audrey's psychological hints, she can't actually do anything that actually threatens Altaïr. If she really angers Altaïr, she still can't handle it.

He didn't come back at noon today, don't be mad at me and run away... Venata thought with a guilty conscience.

If it really ran away, it would be a little difficult to handle.This guy seems to be a good hand at housework, and he has good taste at home. In the East End, this kind of person is an endangered species.Venata narrowed her eyes, as if recalling the scene when she fled from the Zmanger party camp into his house on Tuesday night.At that time, this guy was lying on the sofa, and on the table was a holy book of an unknown sect, and there was a citrine pendant in the book.

Although it's a bit embarrassing, let's just move him back to the bedroom upstairs and put other things in a random place.

Really... Venata wanted to say something to comfort herself, but found that she had nothing to say.

(End of this chapter)