People are forbidden by magic, just become mercenaries

"The time is about 07:30 in the evening. The time when you can use the special movement magic is a short time after the day changes, and there is still about four and a half hours before now. And the position of the 'vortex' that can be used for movement is fixed .”

"Index, if it was you, you should know the locations of those 23 'vortices', right?"

Although Agnes was anxious like an ant on a hot pan, Stiles was not very worried.

For one thing, Index is so confident, which means that at least the current situation is not urgent in the cognition of the "Catalogue of Prohibited Books".

Secondly...

Stiyl's eyes passed through Agnes and the Roman Orthodox nuns coming and going, and locked on Sigurd who was bending over under the oil lamp to confirm the surrounding map and the Roman Orthodox defense.

How should I put it, as far as Stiles is concerned, it can be said that this is the first time that Sigurd has seen Sigurd doing things so seriously. If it is according to Sigurd's character in the past, he should just disappear now, and then single-handedly give Amakusa After all the rituals were destroyed, he returned directly with Orsola.

But now Sigurd has no intention of taking action at all, that is to say, no matter what plans this "golden" mercenary has, the most basic point is that it is certain whether the current Amakusa style will pose a threat.

Pause for a while, seems to be thinking.

For a moment, Index spoke confidently.

"Of the 23 'vortex points' that future generations can grasp, only one is located inside our encirclement network...Of course, they may still use other 'vortex points' that we don't know about."

"Impossible. There is only one 'vortex' in the encirclement network of Roman Orthodox nuns."

"Master Sigurd?"

Agnes turned her head.

Sigurd, who had only seen him, was followed by a team of dozens of people.

Their costumes were not uniform, but each of them was holding a silver Western one-handed sword. From the appearance alone, Agnes couldn't tell whether it belonged to a foil sword or an epee.

Obviously, they were not magicians of the Roman Orthodox Church, and from the head boy, Agnes could detect an aura similar to that of the Puritan priest Stiles in front of her.

"Master Sigurd, may I ask who they are?"

"They're members of 'dawnthatwipesawaydarkness'."

"Wiping the dark morning light is..."

Agnes looked a little embarrassed at Index for help.

Facing Agnes' eyes like a homeless puppy, Index just pretended not to see it and briefly stated the basic situation.

"'Dawn of the Darkness' is a branch of the golden association, using an outdated spell based on the 'truth card (tattva)', which indirectly caused its popularity to decline greatly. Even in the same magic camp, even in the " Few people know about the UK, the birthplace of the "gold" system."

"'Truth Cards' are definitely timeless."

Index looked at the serious girl and didn't say much.

Judging from the grimoire in Index's mind, it is absolutely not too much to say that their technology is "outdated".

But Index is not an idiot who is completely ignorant of the world, and she can still do basic observations.

"To put it simply, the technique they use is to paint the colors of the five elements, and on this basis rely on mixed colors or their corresponding complementary colors to indirectly interfere with the five forces of nature. This technique was once used in the 'Golden Dawn' Many members have used it, but after Aleister Crowley spread the theory of modern magic, the application of this aspect of the art has plummeted."

"It's just that those idiots can't understand the mystery. Those pretentious idiots can't even take the most basic 'single-color card' in front of Mr. Sigurd!"

This is a fact, but once any spell is linked to "Sigurd" as the user, whether that fact itself is powerful or not is not convincing.

After all, for this mercenary, even the most basic simplified technique of Goddess Kali based on the four syllables with magic power can easily blow up St. George's Cathedral to the sky.

Index simply nodded her head in recognition of the opponent's argument.

After all, what the other party said was indeed good. If Sigurd was to use it, [-]% of the magicians in this world would have to be beaten.

In order not to let this question go deeper, Index also immediately turned the topic back to the original part about Amakusa pose and "vortex".

"Sigurd, you said that there is only one 'vortex' here. But apart from the 23 known 'vortex', haven't the others been recorded?"

"About that..."

Sigurd gestured to a blond girl behind him to come forward with his eyes.

She took out an item with nearly a hundred seals from the extremely long black bag behind her.

Although there are a lot of spells generated after sealing, Stiyl can also tell at a glance who that thing once belonged to from the outline and color of that thing.

It was a Japanese sword used by Shinto in praying for rain ceremonies, with a length of more than two meters.

"Seven Heavens and Seven Swords of Kanzaki?"

Yes, that is the spiritual outfit that Kanzaki Kaori has always carried with him. Ever since Stiyl knew Kanzaki Kaori, this sword has been inseparable from Kanzaki Kaori.

Even the Queen of England specifically allowed Kanzaki Kaori to bring a knife when meeting her.

But at this time, this extremely important spiritual outfit for Kanzaki Kaori is in the hands of these magicians who "wiped the morning light", so Stiyl can roughly guess the reason.

"Originally, I arranged for 'Dark Dawn' to pick up the members of the Knights on the coast, and at the same time act as a chaser to search and capture Kanzaki Kaori. But as far as the current situation is concerned, it seems that there are some deviations from my expectations .”

"I'm very sorry, Mr. Sigurd, but we were careless. We thought that the 'sage' would fight us to the death after declaring the magic name. But we didn't expect her to use the command spell as a bait to divert our attention Afterwards, we took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the crowds of the city. In order not to alarm the residents of the ordinary world, we also had to stop our pursuit."

"It doesn't matter, this is enough to show that your strength makes Kanzaki Kaori think that if you don't make such a small move, there is no chance of escape. The result is not important. Being able to push Kanzaki Kaori to this point has already proved your strength. .”

The girl and the magicians who "wiped the morning light" seemed to be very happy to have Sigurd, and all of them saw the undisguised smile of Agnes.

(Sure enough, Lord Sigurd is a very gentle and talented person. It seems that he is very respected by these 'gold' magicians.)

Chapter 410: The Collection of Intelligence and the Eve of War

"The investigators reported that two suspicious persons were found at that location, they are likely to be members of the Amakusa type, but there is no warning at the moment... Regarding the appearance, we have already compared the other information database, and have not yet confirmed the other party identity of."

After listening to Index and Sigurd's explanation, Agnes gave orders to the nuns who were waiting.

At the same time, "Wiping the Dark Dawn" who came later also volunteered to join the search team.

Although Agnes wanted to refuse the assistance of magicians who did not belong to the Church, she considered that the manpower she could dispatch was really limited, and at the same time, the knights of the British Knights were also attacked by Kanzaki Kaori and were unable to come.

In addition, those magicians who "wiped the dark morning light" were recognized by Sigurd, and they clearly showed extremely high loyalty, so Agnes did not object to "wipe the dark morning light" to participate in the search.

Obviously, it was only about an hour ago that she actually saw Sigurd, but Agnes had a high level of trust in Sigurd, and she even had a certain amount of trust in Sigurd's subordinate magicians .

This is an incredible thing, but it is a strange idea that many magicians will have.

The nuns of the Roman Orthodox Church and the team of dozens of people who "wiped the dark dawn" obtained quite valuable information in less than 15 minutes.

Stiyl is not an investigative type of magician. Although it doesn't mean that he can't, compared with professionals, his intervention now is simply adding to the chaos.

Looking at the nuns who kept sending back reports and the magician who wiped away the dawn, I also secretly sighed how easy it is for people to do things when there is a "center".

Although it has always been in a state of chaos, the progress of the investigation of the Amakusa style is progressing in an orderly manner as a whole.

"Although we found two Amakusa-style magicians, we did not find the main team of the Amakusa-style, the "Book of Law" and the figure of Sister Orsola."

The girl Caroline Giorona, who is the leader of "Wiping the Dark Dawn", stood not far away, and reported the information she had investigated to Sigurd directly by herself.

"According to the information shared with the Roman Orthodox Church, the names of the magicians targeted by us are Tsushima and Nomozaki, both of whom are full-fledged members of the Amakusa-style."

"According to the details sent back by the front team, the two seem to have gone to a fast food restaurant to buy a lot of food and drinks."

Agnes and the blond girl Caroline were like primary school students vying to ask for credit from the teacher, and they reported the information they had collected to Sigurd without giving in to each other.

"(Little Caroline seems to be jealous~)"

"(Hehe, this kid is working hard.)"

"(Is Agnes particularly motivated today?)"

"(I heard that a black-haired mercenary is Agnes' savior.)"

Members of both sides watched the situation in the corner and whispered.

They are not the search type but the front-line combatants who are fighting head-on. They can't help in the current situation, so they are extraordinarily leisurely.

"However, what are they buying food for? It's only been a few hours since the siege was launched, so it shouldn't be to the point where you need to take risks to supplement food, right?"

Stiyl looked at the information spread out on the wooden box, and he was quite skeptical that the Amakusa-style magician's appearance was actually to buy food.

"The most basic thing for an Amakusa-style magician is 'concealment'. Although it seems to be just fast food, maybe those are the necessary materials to activate the 'vortex'."

"Will hamburgers work too? Or are they going to rely on hamburger meat and buns as a catalyst?"

Although Stiyl was surprised by the strangeness of the Amakusa style, he couldn't say he was surprised.

After all, in terms of "abnormal surgical materials", Sigurd did not give up much, which is no surprise to Stiyl.

"For the Amakusa style, everything has a magical meaning."

"everything?"

Air, water, trees, flowers, birds, fish and insects.

Each of these has a unique meaning Stile knows.

"Gender, age gap, color matching of clothes, content of small talk, religious ceremony represented by 'eating', ingredients contained in a hamburger, magical meaning of the act of 'eating meat', amount of chewing, amount of swallowing The timing, the direction of walking, the place of stopping, the act of reading, the sum of numbers that add up the page numbers..."

As Sigurd flipped through the reports of the Roman Orthodox nuns, the girl named Caroline stood pitifully aside holding the information collected by her association.

Sigurd, who was engrossed in intelligence analysis, didn't notice the changes around him. After putting down the information about the Roman Orthodox Church, he took the document that Caroline happily handed to him, biting his nails while saying.

"All of this is broken down into 'words' or 'marks', and the behavior of the entire group creates a spell and a magic circle. Like this, the Amakusa-style spells are the various remaining aspects of daily life. This kind of fragmentary religious ritual was extracted and reassembled, so outsiders can't see that they 'used magic' at all. This feature comes from the history of the predecessors who had to hide when they were suppressed by the shogunate."

Putting aside the information, the situation about the Amakusa style has generally been recorded in Sigurd's mind.

Seeing that Sigurd did not continue to check the documents, Agnes also spoke.

"Because they may not use special movement magic and take the most basic way of hiding to escape, so before I find the main force of the Amakusa style, I cannot gather all the personnel in one place. If the encirclement net is not maintained and the area continues to Searching inside may give them a chance to escape. However, judging from the current situation, which amusement center is indeed the most likely place for them to appear. "

Agnes said angrily.

But Index didn't seem to care, and said: "Your approach is correct, after all, we don't have clear evidence."

The girl named Caroline also nodded at the side. Although she was a little upset that Agnes followed Sigurd like a familiarity, she could still separate work and personal affairs. of.

"Our manpower has also been dispersed, and now Kanzaki Kaori is probably already active in the city. If she joins the Amakusa-style army, the situation will be even worse."

"Because of this, there are currently only 74 manpower available, including me. We are currently reconfiguring our weapons and equipment. With this manpower, if we really meet the Amakusa-style main team, we won't be able to win. grasp."

So far, the Amakusa style has formed a tug of war with the Roman Orthodox Church, which has as many as 50 people, with less than 250 people.

Therefore, it is not a word of humility for Agnes to say this.

Steele walked a little further away, lit a new cigarette, and said, "You don't have to worry about it. The "Knight" who promised to come to support has never been heard from, which already makes us feel very sorry, and we will definitely not A burden to you... No, strictly speaking, it seems that only I can become troublesome."

With a wry smile, he looked at the magicians who played their own strengths and participated in it. It seemed that only he, the murderous priest who was fighting against the witch armor, was useless now.

Although Stiyl is good at fighting against people, in the collective battle of the Roman Orthodox nuns, the priest who wields the flame rune magician who is extremely easy to accidentally injure his allies is not very good at displaying his strengths.