People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

"..." Kenneth found it difficult to respond. In the face of the huge gap and the cruel reality, all arguments were pale and powerless.

The advantage of bloodline cannot bring the fruits of victory. False glory cannot help reverse the situation.

After realizing this, some magicians felt hopeful, some were furious, and some were terrified.

Positive and negative emotions are intertwined.

This sentiment was not only felt by magicians, but also by ordinary people in London. London, the capital of Britain, had suffered a "large-scale terrorist attack," which had plunged the people into deep anxiety. The sound of magic explosions, like the roar of artillery fire, made any citizen instinctively hide and dare not go out.

Fortunately, the London incident lasted only a short time, and the main areas affected were only the Clock Tower's affiliated departments and the academic city. The government agencies responded by skillfully making up reasons to make residents believe that the matter would be resolved soon. Those politicians also had in-depth cooperation with the Bartmero family and knew very well how to deal with related incidents. Therefore, the public's anxiety has not accumulated to a certain extent.

But what if some unlucky person sneaks out or happens to be outside?

Of course it is impossible, because -

"Preparations are almost complete."

Aleister, a figure with long silver hair, was walking on the deserted street. Behind him was powder floating everywhere, flashing with a faint blue light. No, it should be microscopic matter of a smaller scale.

In the mist, these microscopic objects were barely visible, floating freely. They had apparently spread over more than one street, perhaps an entire borough, or perhaps the entire metropolis of Greater London.

During this period of time, he was not just making mechanical records in the basement library of the clock tower.

In addition, while the Golden Dawn and the monarchs were fighting each other, some things were also arranged.

These tiny particles of matter are mixed in the thick fog that lingers for a long time in the foggy city of London.

In the distance there was the roar of endless artillery fire on the battlefield. Everything was producing new changes, adding power to the floating human hearts to these invisible particles.

They are spread in the air, in people's fears and rumors, brewing unknown results in just one night.

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On the other side, with Qin Xuan's intentional or unintentional release, the infiltration team of Lorelai and others, Toosaka Rin successfully used the "geology technique imitated from Qin Xuan" to detect a hidden route and successfully bypassed the Golden Dawn dolls in all directions.

In a tunnel, Lorelai led the way, Toosaka Rin was in the middle, Luvia was at the end, and Waver was at the end.

"It's so dark here." As the eldest daughter of the family, Luvia could not stand this dark and damp environment, and she couldn't help but mutter.

"..." Lorelai looked back at the other person with a hint of disdain, and then sang a short verse very casually: "Call (Wake up)——"

A light source that shone brighter than a high-powered incandescent bulb floated above their heads.

"Haha... sorry." Luvia seemed to hide her embarrassment very elegantly.

"Don't make unnecessary movements and waste energy. Just walk quickly."

"Oh, okay."

In the middle of the team, Rin Toosaka was actually protected by everyone. At this moment, she was performing the earth vein technique, which was why she was being taken special care of by everyone.

In front of her was a small toolbox that could be lifted with one hand. Inside it were many sophisticated instruments and meters, like modern technology or something unique to the Atlas Institute.

This is actually a simple earth vein operation box specially made by Qin Xuan. It is of no use to Qin Xuan himself, but it can be given to Toosaka Rin. After all, although Toosaka Rin imitated many things from Qin Xuan by transforming, systematic magic knowledge cannot be obtained by "imitating part of it".

Therefore, this "geo-vein operation box" is a convenient prop to package Toosaka Rin as a professional geo-vein master, and is used to fool teammates nearby.

Chapter 135 On the Changes and Transformation of the Modern Magic Industry

Although the levels of magic of Waver, Luvia, and even Lorelei vary, at least they all have a good knowledge base. If you want to appear to be an excellent geomancer in front of them, it is not enough to just fool them.

Because she has been working with Qin Xuan for many years, Rin Tosaka has no problem with the basic knowledge. Although she is not as skilled as Qin Xuan in activating the earth veins with her feet at any time, she can still demonstrate a very good level of earth vein technique with the fool-proof operation method in the toolbox.

“Is this the direction deep underground towards the city center?”

To be on the safe side, Lorelai asked. Since it was Rin Toosaka who provided the "anti-surveillance" technique and the real-time pathfinding technique, the direction instructions were given to Rin Toosaka.

"That's true, but in order to avoid the key areas monitored by Mathers, we need to take a longer route."

The underground passage they were in was somewhat similar to a city sewer, but in fact it was not. These passages were quite old and were actually passages left behind when successive magicians living in London built their own magic workshops underground.

"Are these passages left behind by previous magicians? Why would someone build a workshop in the city center?" Weber also saw the reason for the formation of the passages here. Magicians usually do not build workshops in noisy commercial areas. In addition to the fact that accidents are prone to occur and then the secrets are exposed, the huge flow of people coming and going will also interfere with certain magic.

"It's obvious that the passage facilities here are quite old," Luvia said somewhat boredly. "The construction of London was not completed overnight. At that time, when the magician built the workshop, this place must not have been a secular commercial district."

"I see. The number of magicians is actually shrinking."

Weber suddenly said this.

"What did you say?" Luvia didn't react for a moment.

"The mysterious decline is continuing. Above the Tomb of Albion, most of this world (surface) is run by the law called "science". In the past hundred years, the industrial development of the scientific world has been too rapid, squeezing the space for magicians to move around. The squeezed space has further accelerated the reduction of resources in the magic world, making the development of magic even more difficult..."

"..." Toosaka Rin listened to these words silently. As a member of the family that manages the underground veins of Fuyuki City, she was actually very concerned about the decline of magic. It was not only a problem of mysterious decline, but also a problem of living space.

For example, the entire spiritual vein of Fuyuki City is owned by the Tousaka family, but the land on the spiritual vein is state-owned. Magicians also have status in reality - that is, citizens. If an outside magician uses the spiritual vein to cause trouble, the Tousaka family cannot use the contract to get rid of him, and can only solve it by force. The Magic Association will not take care of this, so local magic families set up their own barriers and guards.

The same is true in reverse. Qin Xuan directly blew up the spiritual vein of Guanbuzi City. Did any local magician come to him for this?

No. Even if I had, I couldn't defeat him.

The four people passed by these abandoned workshops silently. Their target was not here, so they would not stop to observe for any time.

From these remaining, abandoned, old magic workshops, Weber saw not a simple migration of the workshops, but the weakening of a once huge group.

'Unless embracing technology, combining with modern theories, and expanding living space may be a way out.'

Waver only dared to think about this sentence in his mind. Not to mention Qin Xuan (Tousaka Rin) whom he did not know, Luvia next to him and Lorelei in the front were definitely the heirs of the ancient family, and the concepts they held were probably completely different from his.

Even though he had not experienced the Fourth World War, Weber's years were not wasted. He would often read the latest magic papers when he had nothing to do. Not only were they the latest in time, but he would also read the more novel theories.

For example, he once discussed modern technology with Chardin of the Modern Magic Department, including but not limited to the most cutting-edge M theory, string theory, etc.

He also subscribed to modern magic magazines on the west coast of America, where modern magic was particularly developed. The magic paper on atomic force and the five elements that impressed him most was published at the California conference.

If the latest loop quantum gravity theory is published in a few years, he might immediately buy the paper and read it carefully, even though he has no ability or resources to study it.

It's just like a civilian worker who earns 2,000 yuan a month but knows everything about the war situation in the Middle East.

"In fact, the mystery should have disappeared from the surface of the earth as early as the AD period," said Lorelai, who was walking in the front, talking about the history of the clock tower as a legacy of the Magic King's disciples. "However, the mystery of the 'island' tends to fade away more slowly. The dean (Brisissan) took 'passing on the mystery as a learning' as his purpose, and finally formed the clock tower that is now located on the tomb of the spirits."

Islands and areas far away from the mainland are more likely to retain mysteries, such as Britain here and Japan, which have also preserved several "gods".

Lorelai looked at Waver deeply. "But no matter what, the road that has been passed down for two thousand years has created a huge Clock Tower lineage. No matter how much it declines, we will not consider starting over."

Strictly speaking, the magician group is a group of people who follow their own desires (pursue roots), not a secular group that focuses on practical interests.

The one-to-one inheritance model, the "path" of each family, and the "magic imprint transplantation" that the heirs have been preparing for since childhood, whether it is teaching the path to others or instilling ideals in children, everything is done to achieve the only purpose (selfish desire).

These magicians with a long tradition have lived up to a goal, an idea. No matter how they were created, their inner selves have become stubborn and unchangeable.

Weber interpreted this meaning from the words.

"......!" At this time, Toosaka Rin stopped and said, "Something is wrong ahead."

Lorelai also stopped, "What's going on?"

"It should be a trigger-type magic trap. Ah... We should not have been discovered. These are distributed indiscriminately. They should be insurance measures for defense and alarm."

"Oh?" Lorelai's face did not show any displeasure. "This is actually a good thing. It seems that what the enemy cares about is not far away."

"…So, what should we do? We can't get around it this time."

"Oh, that's easy. Just arrange some people to step on the mines."

Lorelai looked at Waver and Luvia.

Chapter 136 That Day, I Dreamed of Light

Arrange Weber and Luvia to go to Lei.

The words that came out of Lorelai's mouth were ruthless. Or it could be said that they were typical of aristocratic magicians who didn't treat people as human beings.

"..." Weber had somewhat anticipated this scene, but when he really faced this situation, he couldn't help but lose his composure. However, intimidated by Barthelmero's power, he had to act as if he dared not disobey.

As for Luvia, she knew more about Barthelmero's importance than Waver, so she responded calmly. As for what she was thinking, no one could guess.

"Hey, wait a minute, Lord Barthelmero," Toosaka Rin raised her hand and said, her voice sounding like heavenly music to the two people who were "destined to do so." "I haven't finished talking about the trigger-type magic traps ahead. They are widely distributed and there are basically no loopholes that can be broken through. However, there is a shortcoming, which is that those things are not very intelligent. In other words, they are indiscriminate and can be triggered no matter if the enemy or our side passes by."

"So once we pass by and successfully break through, the accompanying warning information will be triggered. If the other party knows about it, they can easily pass by the trap we just broke through and quickly catch up with us."

"Oh? Do you have any advice?"

"I wouldn't say it's a brilliant idea, just some suggestions - I think it's better to do this, let's break through together," Toosaka Rin said as a matter of course. She felt that Lorelei's behavior of arranging people to step on the mines was somewhat due to the Golden Dawn making her a little overly sensitive. Even if she let others sacrifice so that she could preserve her strength as much as possible, when she faced Mathers in the end, this little difference in status would be a drop in the bucket.

In short, it was meaningless, the script was in Qin Xuan's hands. Even the list of sacrificed personnel could not be arranged without Qin Xuan's permission.

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Outside the city of London, there is a canyon that seems to have been excavated by some large-scale engineering project. Of course, this unnatural canyon, which stretches for hundreds of miles, was blasted out by Qin Xuan using a quadruple-element high-energy particle collision cluster cannon.

At this time, faint sounds continued to be heard from the bottom of the valley.

A soft sound with a lingering echo, and then gradually became louder, as if approaching the ground level at an extremely alarming speed.

"boom--"

Finally, a thunderous sound was heard from the canyon wall closest to the ground, and the entire mountain wall was shattered by the huge recoil force, collapsing downward in the form of a landslide.

At the same time, a black figure rushed up into the sky, avoiding the landslide area exactly, and landed on the still solid ground nearby.

It was Xiyeer, a woman who was blown to pieces but still resurrected.

Xier spat out the mud in her mouth, and her body was covered with all kinds of black ash and dust. She just woke up and found herself buried in a bottomless canyon. It took her a while to realize that she was blown down.

Relying on her inhuman physical fitness, she quickly rushed up the vertical valley wall by pushing off with her feet.

Xiel used cleaning magic to wash off the dirt on her body, and then the increasingly intense magical fluctuations and roars in the city of London caught her attention.

"The mission has failed... No, it's not confirmed yet," Xier thought as he sensed the movement in the city. "The top leaders only asked for 'remote support without entering'... We have already thrown out one of our trump cards, so there is nothing we can do about the enemy. This can't be considered as passive resistance."

Xiel is also an experienced person. For tasks that are not related to the extermination of the Dead Apostles, she will be very smart in advance to judge the "real intentions of the higher-ups". As for the reason, don't ask too much. If you ask, it's because she was beaten too many times by Naruk. Even those who have no memory will have to learn their lesson.

"But no matter what, the ultimate goal of the church is to 'kill' the people on the wanted list. Now the result is not known, and it is not easy to 'violate the rules'," Xier thought, "or... should I wait outside the city first?"

Xier looked at the city. She felt a breath of barrier, but it gave her a strange reaction, very weak, but widespread. "What kind of barrier is this? Have you seen it before?"

Finally, before she could make up her mind, something suddenly reminded her. "Oh, right, the barrier... the newbie is still trapped inside, we have to let her out."

Hiel thinks of Sugata Nao who was sealed (protected) by "The City, the Kingdom".

After a while, Sugata woke up with a confused look on his face. In front of him was Xiel's big face, "Ahhh, the monster is coming... Hey? Xiel-senpai?"

"…What did you just call me?"

"Ahahaha, it's Hiel-senpai."

"No, the previous sentence."

"Well, I just had a dream. I dreamed of a huge monster, uh, the kind in Japanese special effects movies. I couldn't beat it no matter how hard I tried. Ah... Then I was desperate and met a man who walked out of a plane crash. He was holding a strange little stick in his hand and he was shouting..."

"Stop, stop, stop." Seeing that Xu Fangzhi was making up a story quite well, Xiyeer couldn't help but interrupt her. "It was less than half an hour from the time I put you in there to the time I let you out just now. How come you are still sleeping so soundly? Ah? You're even dreaming——"

Xu Fangzhi saw Xier's complaining tone and immediately felt something was wrong. He squatted down and covered his head to defend against a dragon. He was very skilled. "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong. Senior, please don't hit me on the head. It will make me stupid!"

You are not very smart anymore, and I don’t know if you can be cured…

Xier didn't take any action. She just crossed her arms, looked at Sugata's performance along the way, shook her head, and seemed to be giving up.

"Ah..." Xu Fangzhi found that the expected punishment did not come. He looked at Xier's face and found that she showed an anxious expression at this time.

——Xiel suddenly thought of Father Dawn who had transported them all the way here, "Oh no! Is he okay? Although he is always smart enough to leave the battlefield right after transporting them, the scope of this incident is a bit large..."

"Newbie!" Xiyeer thought that it must be because of this stupid newbie that she kept forgetting things. "Let's go, hold on tight--"

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh——" Sugata Nao was pulled up by Xier, and then Xier kicked his feet and flew out instantly, jumping forward at a speed like a high-speed train that made Sugata Nao tortured, looking for the direction in which Father Dawn left.

Chapter 137: Fall! Holy Guardian Angel Ellie...Evans?

I was so burdened by the newcomer that I forgot about things and the mission was interrupted.

This kind of thing would never be written into the report by Xier, unless she wanted to be laughed at by the hateful seniors in the burial agency for several days.

However, although Xier remembered that Father Dawn had left, unfortunately, she still forgot one thing - the whereabouts of Irmia was temporarily forgotten by her. There was no way, along the way, Sugata's worrying performance attracted a lot of her attention, and she didn't remember this matter until the way back.

It seems that maybe he was really dragged down and affected by the unreliable juniors.