People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

"Seal designated? Didn't you say you drove them away a few days ago?" Orange asked in surprise.

"No, they just left on their own. I guess they changed their minds and wanted to take action."

"Oh~, I guess, not necessarily a group of people," Orange said, looking very knowledgeable, "The power struggle in the Clock Tower is very fierce. For example, in order to obtain precious technology, they split into the pro-war faction and the peace faction."

"You know everything. Have those so-called war advocates investigated my combat record?"

"If you stay there for a year or two, you'll understand," Orange shook her head. "Bazette is the Clock Tower's front-line combat expert. Her family is known as the 'Inherited Bacteria Preservers'. It is said that their combat power is comparable to that of ancient heroes. Maybe they have some trump cards that they think are incredible."

Bazette listened to the people on the other side talking about her as if they were alone. She didn't know if she didn't like talking or if she was stupid, but she completely ignored them. She methodically put aside the metal cylinders containing the treasures "Backlight Swords" on her back, and then applied runes for strengthening purposes to her limbs, fists and feet.

"Seal the designated target, Qin Xuan, and begin recycling."

Chapter 22 Day and Night

"Seal the designated target, Qin Xuan, and begin recycling."

After Bazette applied the buff, he bumped his fists together, said his first sentence, and rushed over at the same time.

"Ye Ye! Knock her out." Qin Xuan said. And take a look at Ye Ye's performance.

"Hi~!"

Apart from his habit of making dirty jokes all day long, Ye Ye is still very reliable as a puppet and blocked Bazett's way at the first moment.

"Just a puppet—" Bazette punched Ye Ye head-on without hesitation, "What... blocked it!?"

In fact, unlike Iruri who is good at high-power magic output and wide-range techniques, Ye Ye is equipped with the "Vajra Force" magic circuit with the characteristics of hardness and super-large output, and has also specially input the Bajiquan power-generating techniques. In terms of melee strength alone, he is actually closer to Qin Xuan.

Not only was she able to easily block Bazett, she also quickly counterattacked with a punch. Bazett had no time to dodge and could only cross his arms in front of him and parry hastily. Then another huge force came, and the ground beneath her feet instantly cracked, collapsing into a large pit about ten meters wide. She almost couldn't stand steadily.

Bazette immediately changed his style and stopped attacking head-on, instead adopting a strategy of dodging, but the price he paid was being completely suppressed by Ye Ye.

"Ye Ye, let's finish it quickly." Qin Xuan saw that it was almost done and didn't plan to spend too much time on this executor.

After responding, Ye Ye's entire body circuits began to operate at high speed, and his speed and strength increased sharply.

"This kind of output is not even my trump card...!" Bazette's heart sank. Her "Backlight Sword" needed the opponent to use a special move to exert its full power. She originally thought that this puppet was only the type that focused on strength, but she didn't expect that the current level was not even its limit.

But even if she wanted to force it, it was too late. Ye Ye, with the full power of the "Vajra Force", delivered a shocking blow -

Ryougi Shiki, who was watching from the side, narrowed her eyes. Sensing something was wrong, she subconsciously tried to evade. However, she had not moved for a long time, so her movements were slow. Then Qin Xuan picked her up by the waist in time and flew her into the air.

The next moment, "BOOM!" As if being run over by an out-of-control high-speed train, the ground of half of the street directly collapsed and the walls on the street were affected by the aftermath, all cracked or collapsed.

"Ahem... Can you control your strength?" Orange walked out of the smoke and dust, dispersing the protective spell, "The building I bought is about to collapse!"

An unfinished building was bought and used as a magic workshop. What was the idea?

Qin Xuan, who always dug underground bases and never considered buying land, thought so.

"I suggest you get rid of it as soon as possible. What's the point of keeping this half-finished building after everyone has moved out? It has absolutely no room for appreciation." Qin Xuan slowly descended from the air while holding Ryougi Shiki.

"Hey, isn't it too late?" Orange replied, "By the way, what about the executor? Could he have been beaten to death by your puppet?"

"No, Ye Ye knew what I meant and controlled her position on purpose," Qin Xuan observed with his spiritual sense, "The previous attack was deliberately off target, so the woman was just knocked unconscious... huh?"

Ryougi Shiki in his arms struggled for a while, but she couldn't get rid of Qin Xuan's arms with her strength, "...let me go."

Ryougi Shiki's voice was a little low, perhaps because it was embarrassing to be hugged by a child who was a few years younger than her.

"Oh, sorry." Qin Xuan put her down.

"Stare——" Ye Ye, who had already carried Bazette back, saw this scene with a creepy look.

After a brief period of chaos, everything finally returned to normal. People packed up what needed to be packed up, and people set off when they needed to leave.

"What should we do with this guy?" Qin Xuan pointed at Bazette. At this time, he had already collected the container containing the "Anti-Light Sword" that the man had carried. Whatever I get is mine. I will take it back and study it first.

"Just keep her for now," Orange said indifferently, "In the case of a mission failure like this, she will usually be treated as a discarded pawn."

"Honestly, I don't really want to support another person for nothing."

"Then let this guy work to earn his living expenses."

"I see you are eyeing her Rune Heritage?"

"Haha... you see it but don't say it!"

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"So, this is why you bring so many women in as soon as you get back?"

As soon as Qin Xuan came back, he was blocked at the entrance by Toosaka Rin.

"..." Qin Xuan scratched his head. Yes, at the beginning, only Aozaki Touko was scheduled to move in, and then the "team" grew to this size in just one day.

"Hey, I know Orange," Toosaka Rin looked beside her, "Who are the others?"

"Ryougi Shiki, uh... tenant? Orange introduced her. Don't worry about her."

"Who is the woman who fainted?"

"There have been conflicts among the people of the Magic Association. This has no human rights. I will seal them and throw them into the underground confinement room."

"What about the girl next to you? Don't you think she's too close to you!?"

"She's a puppet, so as far as the relationship is concerned, just treat her as Iruri's sister and give her instructions if you have anything to do."

When Ye Ye heard the discussion about herself, she immediately jumped in front of Rin and said, "Hi, Rin-sama, this is Ye Ye, the doll who aspires to be father's wife!"

"..." Toosaka Rin was shocked. Is this doll seriously ill?

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In the end, Orange and Ryougi Shiki were arranged to live in the guest room, Toosaka Rin still slept in the master bedroom, and Qin Xuan stayed in the basement.

Oh, he was not driven out by Lin. After all, this was his own home. Strictly speaking, Lin was just a guest and had not yet married in. Besides, if Lin was angry, she would just show a displeasure at most. She couldn't bear to do anything to Qin Xuan.

Qin Xuan was thinking about a question. Behind this Bazett today was another group of people from the Clock Tower. So what happened to the people from Karion who left a few days ago? He didn't think they would just stop like that. But in fact, according to the monitoring report from Prometheus, there was no trace of those people in either Fuyuki City or Guanbuzi City. It seemed that the people from the Clock Tower had completely left Qin Xuan's control.

"It seems that we need to make some preparations in advance..."

Qin Xuan narrowed his eyes, and the technical resources he had mastered flashed through his mind. Suddenly, he was stunned for a moment, not because he suddenly had an idea, but because -

"Ye Ye, what are you doing?"

Ye Ye followed Qin Xuan when he came to the basement. When Qin Xuan sat down, she was still behind him, but she didn't say anything to disturb him, so Qin Xuan ignored her. However, Ye Ye made a new move: she suddenly sat astride Qin Xuan's back, stretched out her legs to the front and clamped Qin Xuan's legs, letting Qin Xuan lean back on her soft chest.

"Dear Father! This is the 'automatic' doll recliner that Ye Ye prepared for you. If you feel sleepy, please lie down and rest for a while~"

Hello, immortal cultivator, you don't need to sleep. And, is your "automatic" serious?

"No need for 'automatic'."

"Okay~Ye Ye, don't move."

Oh, I don’t believe it.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before Ye Ye began to show her true colors. "Hehehehe... Ye Ye is very charming and the cutest in the world. Father likes Ye Ye's soft body and petite feet the most... Father, please kneel down at Ye Ye's skirt and marry Ye Ye as your first wife~!"

Even if you whisper like this, you can't hypnotize me. Anyway, you won't be the first one.

"Father..." Ye Ye muttered as she began to rub Qin Xuan's back up and down with her body.

It's not over yet... Due to the small size of a certain part of his body, Qin Xuan felt more of the "sizzling" feeling of the friction of his clothes. Moreover, with Ye Ye's extraordinary strength, an ordinary person would probably have half of his body broken if he was rubbed like this.

At this moment, a hand held down Ye Ye's restless body from behind. The cold air penetrated into her clothes, and her limbs froze in an instant. Ye Ye "woke up" instantly and shivered, "That...sister?"

Iruri smiled charmingly, without looking at Ye Ye, "I'm sorry, creator, a disobedient doll is not qualified and needs a little 'punishment'... Well, excuse me."

Therefore, due to the huge power gap, Ye Ye was dragged away by Iluli without any resistance. Soon, Ye Ye's particularly exaggerated screams were heard through the wall.

Who told you to be dishonest? And you can't even provide special services, not as good as Iluli.

Qin Xuan really wanted to give a bad review.

Chapter 23 Soul Steel, Apocrypha Weaponry: The Key of Binding

Spreading out his hands, a ball of flowing metal material with blue light constantly changed its form in Qin Xuan's hands, a knife, an axe, a sword, a halberd, a cross...

"Soul steel." Qin Xuan whispered.

Yes, he successfully refined soul steel using pseudo-spiritual matter, but it was not completely successful.

Apart from the difference in basic composition between nanorobots and lepton particles, pseudo-lepton is similar to soul steel in terms of powerful information storage and program output, and has basically successfully achieved complex physical deformation through built-in computer techniques. One difference is that soul steel has "self-repair" technology, so if the one he made is damaged, he can only use spare parts to supplement it.

Moreover, it is impossible to obtain the orthodox Key of God, because the ultimate skill of that kind of weapon consumes too much mana, and energy supply is a big problem. Without the energy supply of the Herrscher Core, it can only stand still if it relies solely on the earth veins for energy, and completely loses the flexible use attribute of the weapon itself.

So this is actually more like Iron Man’s nano armor in terms of overall function.

But even so, he could still make good weapons. Qin Xuan planned to find a suitable customer, and it would be best if he could highlight the superiority of the weapons and build a good reputation.

"Prometheus, help me contact the Japanese personnel who were part of the last expedition by the Holy Church..."

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The next day, Xier walked into the gate of Qin Mansion. This was her second time in Dongmu City.

In fact, it wasn't long since I came here last time. I just came here because I received an order to attack "Zu". But the intelligence was updated temporarily, so I basically didn't go anywhere and left in a hurry.

This time when she entered the Qin Mansion, she was representing the Burial Agency to discuss cooperation with Qin Xuan on weapons procurement matters.

Generally speaking, the Templar Church uses its own equipment, and their main combat targets are Dead Apostles and other non-human monsters, which also include exorcism, exorcism, hunting heretics and the like. Unlike magicians, who are divided into more than a dozen disciplines and require a variety of ceremonial costumes, there are also "concept weapons" (targeting ancestors) that cannot be mass-produced and need to rely on the mysterious accumulation of historical legends, so there is not much demand for external procurement.

Of course, Qin Xuan himself had a brilliant record of single-handedly conquering the ancestors, and more importantly, everyone in the conquering team had a little "favor" with Qin Xuan. Therefore, although the final transaction volume and contract model still depended on the specific quality and effect of the finished weapons, the various processes before the cooperation negotiations were quickly passed with the cooperation of all levels.

It was even faster than the last time we conquered the Ancestor of the Dead Apostles.

"Ms. Xier is here? Please take a seat."

Qin Xuan called No. 17 to come out and entertain him.

"Thank you." This time, Xier was not dressed in weapons and combat uniforms, but in ordinary nun clothes. When she sat down, she looked at No. 17 who suddenly appeared and disappeared with a slightly surprised look.

In fact, with the development of spirit particle technology, No. 17's existence has been further upgraded: unlike pure physical entities such as Soul Steel, the technology used by No. 17 is more similar to the "spiritualization" skill of the servants in the Holy Grail War. That is, when necessary, fill up magic power, activate the ritual and materialize, and when not necessary, save magic power and disperse it into a spirit.

"Well, let's get straight to the point."

After saying that, Qin Xuan took out a cross. It was smaller than a human palm and when it lay in the palm of his hand, it looked like a religious-style ornament that could be seen everywhere.

"This is……"

"Ms. Xier, this is the main weapon I mentioned before." Before Xier could express any doubts, the small cross in Qin Xuan's hand changed shape and expanded at an outrageous speed.

"Bang." A huge cross, more than one person tall, hit the ground, and Xier clearly felt a shock under his feet.

"'Apocryphal Armament·Key of Restraint' is a special equipment developed for blood-sucking species above Tier VII," Qin Xuan introduced to Xier. "It can be shrunk and carried around at ordinary times. There are multiple modes in battle. The conventional one is the heavy attack mode like this one, and there is also a hunting mode that fires a chain gun to automatically kill the enemy. The hunting range is up to 200 kilometers. The chain gun has two types of tracking: pheromone + heat source tracking and tracking based on the user's thoughts. Once a hit is made, no Dead Apostles below the 'Ancestor' can break free.

"There is another use: Divine Grace Barrier. It can quickly generate a giant barrier, and the spells stored in the Binding Key will be released indiscriminately against the Dead Apostles. The barrier will also prohibit all magic power and all spells except the Binding Key itself, including those that are out of the inherent barrier. Even the ancestors cannot escape the influence."

As he said that, he simply activated it, and the barrier was limited to this small living room. As the reincarnation of the previous generation of Roa, Xiel was naturally proficient in magic. After trying it, he felt that the effect was indeed as expected.

The principle of the Divine Grace Barrier is simply to simulate a spirit particle barrier, and the covered area will have effect one: it will be filled with the Dead Apostle Curses originally distributed in the chain gun.

Effect 2: All magic within the barrier will degrade infinitely, that is, the magic still exists, but the energy level and activity will be reduced. This is mainly aimed at many dead apostles who have been transformed from magicians or have magical abilities.

For example, there is a huge gap in energy level and activity between the great source magic of the Age of Gods and the small source magic of today, which is directly reflected in the gap in the power of the spells and the threshold for the application of magic (for example, the physical foundation of humans in the Age of Gods who do not know magic is stronger than that of modern people). Therefore, the result of further reduction is equivalent to turning the power of a "fireball" into a "flame", "spark", or even no response to spells.

Of course, such a powerful barrier often comes with risks.

For example, the activation of this barrier requires 10% or even 90% of the magic power to be burned, and one needs to prepare more than one magic furnace to activate it. For another example, he does not guarantee that some ancestors' "principle blood rings" are special and can break through this limitation, because he does not have much experience in contacting ancestors. But this does not stop him from bragging.

"I personally recommend that the normal deployment range of the Divine Grace Barrier be 10 to 20 kilometers in diameter. At maximum power, it can be expanded to 100 kilometers, but I don't recommend doing so. The service life consumption is a problem, and the required magic power will also increase linearly."

I don't know if the Holy Grail is hot enough.

"You, uh... do you have a low-end version of this Key of Constraint that can be mass-produced?"

In fact, Xier almost blurted out "I'll buy all the stock you have", but then he realized that he didn't seem to have much decision-making power. He had to make a detailed assessment himself and then submit it to his leader for a decision.

As for how to evaluate it, she has already thought about it. The difficulty of "Ancestor" is nothing more than its endless abilities. If they can be sealed directly, then the task of conquering Ancestor will be simple: one person will be responsible for opening the barrier, and the rest of the agents will form a large team to directly encircle and suppress it.

But Xiel pays more attention to other uses. After all, the number of ancestors is limited and their whereabouts are uncertain, while the lower-level existences are relatively abundant and easy to find. If the Holy Church has a key of restraint in each hand, it will be a sure kill.