People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

Chapter 140 The time has come to begin!

On the other side, Toosaka Rin and Barthelmero also passed through the underground passage full of magic traps, and unlike Waver and Luvia, the process of passing through seemed very easy for these two.

For Barthelmero, magic traps of this level are child's play. If she wasn't worried about overexerting and causing the passage to collapse, she might be able to destroy the magic traps in a corridor by herself with the whistling wind.

"boom--"

With her whole body wrapped in strong winds, Barthelmero passed through the passage of continuous explosions. Orange-red flames were exploding, and hot winds and irritating gases were blowing in all directions, carrying a large amount of debris and gravel. Then, they were bounced off one by one by Barthelmero's storm magic, and no one could break through her defense.

As usual, Toosaka Rin performed the art of free flying, like a butterfly flying through flowers, like Cinderella's nimble dance, and narrowly escaped the range of the explosion. No, she knew and understood in advance the location characteristics and explosion range of the magic trap set by Qin Xuan, so she was able to do this.

She could certainly use a similar "mana shield" as Barthemero did for defense, but she didn't do that. According to Qin Xuan's "script", she might need to consume a lot of mana to do other things, related to a more critical experiment.

"Bang." The two landed easily on the ground. At this time they were already far away from the range of the explosion.

"Mr. Qin Xuan, where are you now? How far are you from the center?"

Barthelmero asked again, her tone a little anxious. She couldn't help but be anxious. Although Mathers might not care about the two of them, the members of the Golden Dawn would most likely take action upon hearing the news. She didn't have any hope that Luvia and Weber could help to relieve the pressure.

Toosaka Rin adjusted her sleeves and said, "According to the feedback from the ley lines, it should be very close. It's unexpectedly close."

"That's good." Barthelmero seemed to have heard the good news and couldn't help but feel relieved.

"But," Toosaka Rin's words seemed to make people nervous again, "Isn't the subsequent development a little too smooth?"

"What do you mean?"

"According to my investigation, there are no traps of any kind in the area ahead, no abnormal magical reactions, and maybe no guards. Anyway, that thing - the ultimate weapon of the Atlas Academy - is likely to be there."

"But we can't just stop here." Bartmero considered that their group didn't have enough time now, so they had to make a decision as soon as possible. Besides, since they were already here, why would they just stop here?

"Well, that's fine. We have to face it anyway." Toosaka Rin said with a hint of meaning. However, in the current context, there was nothing wrong with this sentence, so Barthelmero didn't notice anything.

After that, the two of them moved forward again. The long corridor went straight ahead, and then there were forks in the road at a series of intersections. However, Toosaka Rin had already made judgments in advance based on the twisted arc of the earth veins, and their walking routes were sometimes to the left and sometimes down.

This is because the ley lines under London have been severely distorted, and as they go deeper, the direction of space will be affected as they get closer to where the ley lines flow, and will be distorted along the direction of the ley lines. So if Toosaka Rin and Barthamero want to get to the center, they have to go around for a while.

But now they are very close to the center, and even if they go around a few times, it won't take too much time. Besides, Toosaka Rin and Barthelmero are several levels more proficient in the use of "enhancement" than Weber and even Luvia. With one foot, they can easily crack the ground of the corridor and then rush dozens of meters away. This is because the width and height of the corridor are limited, and it is easy to hit the head (bushi), so the speed of running will be limited to a certain extent.

When they finally arrived at the center, they saw a room with stone walls that had the damp and cold atmosphere of an underground space. There were dark spots of varying depths and subtle cracks all around, like traces left by water seepage in an old house.

There was no doubt that these were left behind by previous builders rather than newly built ones. It seemed that Mathers had already taken the lead in using these underground workshops.

"But... why did they use the underground workshop in advance without making any arrangements?"

Toosaka Rin seemed to be confused when she spoke. Barthelmero was still observing the surroundings, but could not find anything possible. Then she focused her attention on the room and saw the scene inside. It was obvious that this building did not even have a door.

I really don't know whether the magician who built the workshop here before was too lazy to fix this part, or simply removed the door before leaving.

Inside the house, the facilities are also arranged very simply. Apart from the emptiness around it, there is a black and red obelisk in the center. Its smooth surface deprives all the empty spaces of their presence in the cold underground environment, becoming the only center of this dark area.

Toosaka Rin and Barthelmero looked at each other. There was no doubt that this was the ultimate weapon that Atlas Academy had lost before, the Rhythm Reaction.

"No one is guarding it?" It's unreasonable, extremely unreasonable, Barthemero felt.

"No, that's not right..." Toosaka Rin wanted to agree, but as she was detecting changes in the ground veins at any time, she observed that someone had actually used the ground veins to "pass through" directly.

"Someone is coming! They are using the ley lines to move directly, no, they are using a technique to directly compress the physical distance in space...!"

Barthelmero hurriedly summoned the hurricane to prepare for the approaching enemy at any time. She felt a strong sense of uneasiness in her heart. Who else could this unknown character who quickly attacked be other than that man who turned the clock tower upside down?

"Samuel Reed McQueen Mathers." Barthelmero read out the full name again, representing a certain attitude.

It was exactly as she had said, a man in Scottish military uniform suddenly appeared before him. It also explained why he did not set up guards - if he wanted, Mathers could come anytime and anywhere.

This man has become the nightmare of a large number of magicians in the Clock Tower. His actions of targeting the entire city in search of an enemy are also extremely frightening. However, as the top of the monarch's family, Barthelmero must take action, no matter what...

"Hey," the man suddenly spoke up, "I want to ask you, where is the traitor who has been behind you?"

Chapter 141 Let’s reenact the battle of Blythe Street!

"That traitor, where is he?"

Mathers didn't question their purpose of coming here at the beginning, as if their existence was insignificant. Was he looking for Aleister? But the obelisk and the law of reaction should also be equally important as a means of finding Aleister, right?

Wait, did he mean that Aleister had been following them at one point but they had no idea?

"Aleister? Was he just behind us?" Barthelmero also realized that something was wrong. Although Aleister was hostile to Mathers, it did not mean that he was an ally of the Clock Tower. At least his behavior of hiding in the dark was enough to arouse suspicion.

After all, if Aleister really judged that he could be on the same front as the Clock Tower, he should have stood up and openly helped the Clock Tower's actions.

So she planned to get as much information as possible out of Mathers. After all, the person who knows a person best may be his enemy.

"Humph. You're not going to show up?" Mathers seemed to be disobedient. After failing to get any information from them, he stopped questioning them. "Since these people are your targets, I'll do this. You should have no choice but to come out, right?"

Mathers raised his arm, and high-density, terrifying magic power rose up, making the two people facing him feel great pressure. Barthelmero guessed almost instantly that he had arbitrarily judged that Aleister had followed them, and then thought that the two of them were still valuable to Aleister, so as long as he attacked them, or even killed them, would he force Aleister out?

"Warm and dry."

The flames suddenly erupted like a mountain torrent. The intense light and heat, accompanied by a sense of impact, rushed towards Barthelmero and Toosaka Rin like a tidal wave, sweeping across the small space, spreading from the central door to the surrounding corridors. No, it poured out madly like a huge river flowing out from the opening of a dam.

“The wind—”

Barthomello saw that the magic that his opponent chanted for only a short section was almost more powerful than his former opponent Dion Fortune, so he could not help but use his best method to deal with it, blocking the surging "fire tide" with a wind wall. At the same time, he kept retreating.

——She and the entire Clone team couldn't beat Dion Fortune, not to mention that she was now facing Mathers who was fighting against the entire clock tower alone.

"Mr. Qin Xuan!"

"I'm fine!" Toosaka Rin's voice came from the other side. After all, she was a real actor, and it was not easy for Qin Xuan to hurt her, but if she acted too fake, Barthelmero would be suspicious. So what she did was to use Mathers' AOE skill to clear the field directly, break up the battlefield, and fight on their own, so that Barthelmero would never be able to detect the strength of the other side.

However, Barthelmero himself did not have the time to care about Toosaka Rin. Mathers's identity as the leader of the Golden Dawn was a heavy pressure, which made her have no doubt that this man could fight against the entire Clock Tower alone.

Tens of meters? Hundreds of meters? Or thousands of meters? Barthelmero didn't have time to calculate how far she had retreated. At the moment, she was using the wind wall to block and retreat, but she still couldn't stop Mathers's casual attack.

But is this the limit of Mathers's ability? Most likely not. Barthelmero suspected that Mathers intended to destroy the entire underground old workshop area in order to force Aleister out.

"Cold and dry, followed by warm and wet."

In some ways, this guess was not wrong, and the Golden Leader was a man who would never give up until he achieved his goal. He would not give the enemy any chance to breathe. While the flames still retained a huge amount of residual heat, the bricks and rubble that were scattered around by the flames suddenly flew up from their original places, and even many precarious and collapsing corridor walls also flew out countless sand and gravel.

The flying sand was wrapped in hot flames, like miniature high-temperature fireballs, shooting towards her with incredible speed, impact, and mass (magic power). Barthamero could no longer remain calm and unscathed. The flying stones were like bombs, each of which could penetrate her defense, and then burst out with intense heat and sand and stone fragments, easily penetrating her body.

"...!"

Barthelmero attempted to use a healing spell, but the enemy's offensive did not stop there. After the storm of heat and fire from the rubble gradually subsided, Mathers chanted again:

"Cold and dry."

Almost instantly, the originally calm debris and gravel around were manipulated by an invisible force, blowing up a sandstorm in the narrow corridor. Barthelmero's pupils suddenly shrank -

She was not foolishly shocked by the power, but she felt that the tunnel could no longer withstand the impact!

"It will collapse! Damn it, is the entire underground workshop complex in the central area going to..."

A sandstorm more violent than the heat wave just now blew across the entire corridor area. The walls of the corridor, which had already been scorched by the high temperature, were destroyed one after another by the sudden disaster. The walls were blown away like paper, and the ceiling was cracked into large and small holes by the chaotic impact. The space wailed, forming a march that shook everything and replayed the world.

Barthomello was alone in the dark, or rather, violent and chaotic underground world that was beyond human imagination. She had originally intended to guess Mathers's thoughts, but now all her thoughts (circuits) were used to find opportunities for survival.

She used the wind she controlled to protect the vital parts of her body, and also to strengthen her limbs, that is, her mobility. It was the first time she used magic so carefully, and the first time she calculated the possibility of avoiding the storm and escaping upwards like an alchemist.

"It's not enough..." The sandstorm seemed endless and relentless. The strong wind carried sharp fragments and blew Barthemero all over his body. However, Barthemero intended to use the wind to blow himself up, even though this meant exposing himself completely to the air and facing a larger sandstorm impact area. However, the consequence of continuing to stay underground would undoubtedly be being buried alive by Mathers.

Up! Up! Must go up!

But just as she plunged into the storm, a new accident occurred - the storm suddenly stopped, extremely abruptly, as if Mathers suddenly gave up fighting them.

But a gloomy, angry, and passionate voice came from the other end of the passage, answering her doubts:

“Aleister, it turns out that he was hiding in the other team, hiding his head and showing his tail!” Mathers’ voice gradually became high-pitched. His speed was much faster than Barthelmero’s, surpassing her, and his body directly broke through the obstacles and rushed back to the ground—

"Don't try to escape this time!"

Chapter 142 Aleister, it's time to settle everything!

Although Mathers was wearing a strange military uniform and a wizard hat, he possessed top-notch defense that surpassed that of Warcraft. He broke through the barriers in the corridors with his pure flesh and blood, broke through the stone walls and soil layers, and forcibly opened a straight upward breakthrough from the underground, and flew away.

After confirming that there was no movement for a long time, Barthelmero explored for a while before he saw the hole that Mathers had broken through with his body. Outside was the light coming from London, but the brightness was not very high. Using the vision of enhanced magic, it was almost filled with thick fog, so thick that it seemed to be seeping down.

But she didn't foolishly chase after him or observe where Mathers went. She still remembered the goal of this operation, to regain control of the ultimate weapon - the rational reaction. That was the first priority, and then, to remove the opponent's deterrent weapon against the entire city.

"Mr. Qin Xuan!"

Barthomello called out a few times, but there was no response. She remembered that Toosaka Rin was blown to another direction, perhaps through the central area to another place. At the moment, Mathers's sandstorm was originally going to destroy the entire underground area, but the technique was stopped halfway, so only half of the area collapsed. Barthomello needed to take a detour back to the central area.

But she gave up this action after just a moment, because Toosaka Rin had already arrived near the central area and happened to meet Barthelmero.

"It seems that I am a little luckier and my injuries are less serious," Toosaka Rin saw that Barthelmero's clothes were torn and his wounds seemed to have been treated. She herself also looked almost dusty - but it was a disguise.

Mathers' offensive actually changed direction, with most of his effort directed at Barthemero, which was an inevitable operation in the script.

After all, Qin Xuan couldn't bear to see his wife get hurt.

"I just heard Mathers' voice," Toosaka Rin's role was to guide the script as usual, "As expected, his only goal is Aleister. The final weapon, Principle Reaction, is just a convenient prop in his eyes, which means he has only unlocked a part of the function of Principle Reaction."

In fact, it is nonsense. What should be put here is called principle and law reaction-separation, not main body, so the function is naturally limited.

"Yes, indeed." After a series of events, Barthelmero's mind was inevitably diverted. "If the rational reaction is fully released, it will definitely be a great help with the ability of the ultimate weapon. There is no reason to abandon it or give the opponent a chance to use it. It seems that people other than Atlas Academy do not have the secret key, so it may be very difficult to use it."

Toosaka Rin followed the relatively intact narrow path to the central room, which was behind where Mathers had originally stood, so she did not receive a direct attack and was in a relatively intact situation.

"Anyway, that weapon has been abandoned by them. What we need to do next is to deal with the distortion of the earth veins and that dangerous device."

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On the ground, Waver and Luvia, under Aleister's control, gradually approached the Clock Tower Magician Brigade led by the monarchs. No, it should be said that they were approaching with Aleister's unknown spell.

And in Aleister's opinion, if nothing unexpected happens, when the two of them finally return to the team, the "Lacey Ritual" targeting group psychology will be completed, and the magicians of the Clock Tower will become the new target group in the ritual as Waver and Luvia return to the team.

However, something unexpected happened.

Waver and Luvia were not waiting for a non-existent savior, but a new enemy - the one they were rebelling against, Mathers.

"boom--"

A large area of ​​the ground was shattered by the fierce blow from below, resulting in overturned pieces of earth and a large amount of scattered smoke and dust. The sudden impact also knocked Weber and Luvia away. Because they were still in a controlled state, they didn't even have time to respond and adjust. They lost their sense of balance and were hit by a large amount of smoke and dust, and their bodies couldn't help but fall to this and that.

But thanks to this huge impact, part of the "domain" constructed by Aleister that Waver had observed before seemed to be destroyed by external forces, and he and Luvia were able to regain some control of their bodies. "That is..."

A figure rose into the sky from the vast collapsed area and stood in the air. The black cloak on his shoulders fluttered, and the scarf wrapped around his military uniform danced in the strong wind.

Mathers stood in the sky, looking down at the tiny existence on the earth. As far as he could see, a large area of ​​the ground was cracked due to the collapse of the underground workshop area. This area spanned several commercial blocks. The foundations of several high-rise buildings seemed to be affected and tilted, causing some buildings to become crooked, and some even affected the battlefield between the Clock Tower Army and the Golden Dawn in the distance.

But what he was concerned about was not these boring scenes, but the person who existed near those two insignificant beings (Weber and Luvia).

"Don't even think about escaping! Aleister, it's time to settle everything!" Although this person never showed up, Mathers knew that he must be nearby.

“Warm and dry, followed by warm and wet.”

Mathers' magic caused endless flames to spread radially, blowing rapidly in all directions. Then the wind blades seemed to form a circle and pierce the surrounding ground. Each blade could easily cut through a skyscraper and its foundation.

"I can't let you destroy the 'habitat' here at will."

Finally, Aleister's voice spoke.

Then, a majestic wave of plants emerged in the vast street area.

Green, green, spreading across the earth and covering the sky like green.

Countless kinds of plants rose up like a protective shield, covering the streets, land, building walls, and every corner. Those plants were similar to ferns, with curled leaves and scaly rhizomes. They also produced spores, which continued to grow from the stems and leaves, spread to other places, and reproduce.

But they are not limited to the form of ferns. The characteristics of other life forms such as seed plants and algae are also revealed. For a time, flowers bloom, trees rise to towering heights, and vines surround all directions.

The city seemed to have returned to the primeval forest in an instant.

The attack launched by Mathers was blocked by the glowing shield formed by countless entangled vegetation.

This is the parasitic ecosystem that emerged after the Venus UO eroded the earth, but it is different. This is a landform that grows from the spirituality of London citizens, and is formed based on the intelligence particles guiding the spirit and micro-adjustment of London citizens.

Chapter 143 Disaster Reappears: Cruise Missile Bombing of London

"Lacey Ritual-Habitat" was spread by Ai Li, who was born from UO, and its posture was adjusted more according to Qin Xuan's ritual.

After all, what is spread are malicious intelligence particles that can be quickly materialized, not customized intelligence particles like the Golden Dawn series of ceremonial equipment. Therefore, it is necessary to go through a processing step through Ellie's flora to make the malicious intelligence particles controllable.

The effect presented, in addition to the offensive and defensive effects of the vegetation itself, is to adjust and distribute the spiritual power of all residents of the habitat, that is, the citizens of London. If the expansion continues, magicians will also be included. Then, this spirit will materialize into a specified posture based on the subject's spirituality, mentality, and emotions such as anxiety.