Chapter 276: The Ritual of Blood Hunting
The missionary inquired about Fairy Tail and Woz, not so much concerned about their safety, but simply to determine if the sudden attack was really related to the chess game, and not just a retaliatory attack against their "Scales" or the Kingdom of Fiore. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
With the addition of Val's ontology, their monitoring ability has been greatly improved, as a "mechanical lord", Val can manipulate a large number of robots as his eyes, ears and tongue at the same time, and he alone supports the monitoring network of the entire city during the Great Demon Fight, so no matter what happens, Val will always get feedback as soon as possible.
Vaal didn't speak, but waved his hand and released two projection light curtains, which showed the footage information recorded by his surveillance robot.
The smaller one shows the audience in the Great Demon Arena, and the camera happens to be facing the Fairy Tail camp - apparently deliberately adjusted by Val. Judging from the content of the picture, this should also be a live broadcast in real time, showing the scene in the arena at this moment.
It seems to be peaceful here, and there are no accidents at all. The shadow drakes did not appear in the arena.
Strange to say, these drakes have obviously become quite powerful, but they are still hidden, hiding from people's eyes, and seem unwilling to show their faces in front of anyone other than their targets. This phenomenon further convinces the missionaries that these drakes possess some intelligence, or that there is a real controller behind them.
However, this means that the enemy has become more difficult. But at least the other side also tacitly maintained the order and stability of the city and the competition, and did not mean to cause a terrorist attack. This somewhat relieved the chess pieces. Watching the lively atmosphere of the Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts in the picture, the missionary and Aoyama couldn't help but feel a sense of relief - it seemed that they didn't need to worry about the safety of the tournament for the time being.
Then, the two of them focused on another big screen. Just from the size of the screen, you can judge the difference between the two.
The difference is that they noticed that this was not a live video, but a replay of the video.
It is Wox who appears in the picture. For a major character like Woz, of course, Val has to focus on tracking and observing, so when they first met, he quietly sent his own mini robot to track Wox and monitor his every move at all times...... At least that's his main action.
Looking at the surrounding environment, Woz had left the city and came to a wilderness area on the outskirts, where there were no people, not even obvious creatures, and it was a completely barren dry land. Even in the most fertile royal capital areas, this landform occasionally appears. It seems that Wox also took a lot of effort to find this kind of place.
The position of the sun in the frame shows that the video was shot two hours ago, and of course, the clock in the lower right corner of the screen is more obvious.
Seeing this, the missionary and Aoyama's hearts suddenly burst into their hearts, and they felt that something was wrong.
I don't know what Woz wants to do to run to such a remote and desolate place. But what is certain is that Woz must be preparing to deal with the shadow drake.
I saw that Wox spent a lot of effort to draw a large magic circle on the ground, and because of the large number of words and symbols unique to Woz, they couldn't understand what magic Woz wanted to perform for a while. But what puzzled the chess pieces was that the general composition and core elements of this magic array were not some magic used in offensive and defensive battles, but more like some kind of ancient sacrificial ritual.
After finishing the final stroke, Woz dropped the branch in his hand and poured magic into the magic circle. The massive amount of magic contained in his body caused this magic array of large scale to be quickly lit up, emitting a refreshing ice-blue halo.
Then, Woz reached out and condensed a thin ice blade from his fingertips, slashing his wrist open!
Blood gushed out!Woz's face remained unchanged, and he didn't have the slightest intention of stopping the bleeding and curing it, so he raised his arm straight and flat, letting the blood drip into the magic array at his feet.
The icy blue aura of magic soon became a brilliant red, exuding a mysterious and alluring aura. Even through the screen and time, the missionary and Aoyama couldn't help but feel "hungry", and they had the urge to swallow the blood.
The massive loss of blood made Woz's face quickly turn pale, but he waited a little more before the wound was frozen.
At this time, the momentum and light of the magic array had reached its peak! That alluring aura was like a surge visible to the naked eye, rippling wave after wave, spreading into the distance.
The missionary suddenly remembered something, took a few steps back, stretched out his remaining left hand and quickly covered his mouth and nose. Although he also knew that Woz's magic ritual had long since ended, just seeing the scene at that time was enough to make him feel a strong threat, and he couldn't help but take drastic defensive actions.
After calming down, the missionary slowly lowered his hand, and a wisp of blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth—he had just bitten the tip of his tongue to resist the bloodthirsty impulse.
The missionary has always presented himself as a priest, and in fact this was his original real occupation. Before he was found by the chess player and brought into the Balance Organization, he was an orphan who grew up in a church orphanage and was also a trainee priest. In church records and legends, missionaries have seen ritual magic similar to that performed by Wox at this time.
"Blood Hunting", the legendary ancient ritual of the powerful magical creatures of the Bloods, is used specifically for large-scale hunts, often attracting all creatures in the vicinity for thousands of miles to throw their nets in front of them. The prey attracted by this tempting smell of blood will lose their minds and rush madly towards the location of the magic array, and then be caught by the Blood Hunters who are waiting for the rabbit.
But later, as the missionary grew up and his knowledge of magic increased, he also saw through the myths. For example, there are no such creatures as vampires in this world. However, there is an ancient and powerful clan - Hayberion!
And the role of the magic ritual of "blood hunting" is not simply hunting, in the ancient period of chaos in the world, this is the special magic of the Hayberion family and its affiliated legions to slaughter the city and exterminate the clan!
Countless cities, under the influence of this magic ritual, abandoned their strong walls, rushed out of the city like crazy, rushed in the direction of the magic array, and were finally wiped out by the siege army and the trap positions arranged in advance!
Although Blood Hunt has limited direct lethality, or even pure support magic, the caster may be in danger of being tore apart by the swarming prey without the cooperation of fellow allies!
Although Wox has no companions by his side at the moment, it is obvious that with his strength now, he will not need the assistance of others.
Aoyama, who was beside the missionary, immediately remembered the relevant information, and couldn't help but change color for it.
That's what the killer is talking about. In the eyes of all who know about this magic, Blood Hunt is even more threatening than Shattered Purgatory! Because legend has it that anyone who is identified by the caster will not be able to escape the strange effects of this magic! Theoretically, even Akunororia can be captured - as long as the caster gives enough blood.
Originally, this magic could be regarded as almost lost except for the contemporary Hayberion. At this time, how can it not be surprising to suddenly see Woz perform it openly?
After a brief moment of surprise, they regained their composure: it was clear that Woz's target was the shadow drakes that infested the city. No wonder the fairy tail side is safe and sound, it seems that it was all Woz who led it away in advance.
The missionary also recalled that in the battle not long ago, the dragon monsters besieging him had suddenly reduced their attack, and more than half of the dragon monsters left him and ran into the distance, probably due to the influence of the blood hunt.
As if to confirm his previous suspicions, Val popped up dozens of smaller screens one after another, showing the hidden corners of Crokas. In these usually unknown places, the shadows seemed to boil, and countless dragon monster shadows quietly appeared, and then swept away into the distant suburbs.
Looking at the home screen where Woz was, sure enough, in the distance, shadow dragon monsters had begun to appear one after another!
Woz stood proudly in the center of the magic circle, calmly facing the swarming army of drakes around him.
Woz looked around, then suddenly smiled in the direction of the camera, his clear gaze as if he was looking directly at the person through the screen.
He found out, but that's not surprising. Or rather, it would be surprising if Woz couldn't find out that he was being followed. Vaal didn't use too advanced technology to track it, so it was actually with Woz's acquiescence that he was able to follow up until now.
The shadow moved very fast, and the distance of several thousand meters passed in an instant, and the vanguard had already come to the edge of the magic array!
Woz's hand condensed an ice scepter, exuding a chill.
Woz slammed his staff on the ground, only to hear a crisp sound of "ding~", and the whole world was frozen!
The crystal clear ice spread rapidly, and the ice tide swooped back towards them faster than the shadow drakes.
Everywhere they went, even the shadows were frozen, and then as the ice shattered, they were shattered into countless fine dust, and finally turned into the free magic of heaven and earth.
Then, a shattering sound was heard, and the little robot hiding in the shadows seemed to be unable to withstand the cold of Woz's magic, and was frozen into several pieces of different sizes.
This is the end of the video screen, and it is unknown what the situation will be!
Woz agreed to temporarily cooperate with the Balance Organization and share information, but this does not mean that Woz will let the other party access his information. After all, the two sides are still rivals, so of course Woz will not disclose specific magical information to others.
At this moment, the area around Woz is truly empty! So, the next step is to deal with the enemies here as soon as possible!
Woz raised the Ice Scepter and slammed it down again!