“……”

“……”

Erica froze in place.

Either half an hour later, or another half a day passed, she suddenly shivered, and then came back to her senses, and turned to look behind her in great shock.

The sunset is shining at night, and there is only a very faint afterglow left at this moment, which can only faintly make people feel a trace of temperature.

Behind him, the long stone staircase below the torii gate was empty and deserted, and half of the figure was nowhere to be seen, as if no one had ever come from outside, and it seemed that no one had ever left here.

But—

The blonde beautiful girl still remembers very clearly, it should be what happened just before, and that scene is incomparably deeply engraved into her memory!

It's just a retrospective glance, but there is a chill in the gaze, clear as autumn water, cold as ice.

There is not even a trace of warmth and temperature!

Erica is not such an easily frightened person, but the feeling just now is really not uncomfortable at all - just as soon as her eyes touch, she feels like she has fallen into an ice cellar and her whole body is frozen.

It was a sight that seemed to freeze blood, not terrifying, but not even time for fear.

Because even the mind seems to be frozen for a moment, and it is impossible to think.

A little surprised look slowly returned to calm, and the blonde beautiful girl closed her eyes slightly for a moment, and then opened them again.

“……”

“……”

She thought about it quietly, and then fell silent as if she was very unhappy.

At first, Erica felt that she was just too careless, because she didn't feel hostile, so she was defenseless and would be attacked.

Under normal circumstances, she thought to herself, even if she was not completely immune to the effects, she would not be completely dominated by that state without resistance.

That witch's strength should be terrifying, definitely not a simple person, but it shouldn't reach the point where even she can only be intimidated.

It's not an extraordinarily high level like Salbatreqing, after all, a magician who is not the highest is a godkiller, and the relationship between a magician and a godkiller is just a specious similarity......

They are the overlords!

Because he slew the gods of heaven in human form and seized the supreme divine power.

They are kings!

Because he holds the power that he usurped because of the great cause of killing gods, and because he dominates the mortals on earth.

They are the Demon King!

Because all the human beings living in the world, all the creatures on the earth, absolutely cannot compete with its might.

This extra-theoretical rank, which is equivalent to a supreme deity, is never the object of comparison between human beings.

- Not only is it too offensive, but it is also too self-conscious.

Merely......

Although he didn't take the Demon King of God Killing as the object of comparison, although he defended himself like this, he was so reluctant to admit it......

But the shrine maiden just now still made Erica's confidence in her talents, strength, and achievements all blow.

Because the other party's age doesn't seem to be much older than her, but the strength he has is simply bottomless, and it seems to be very different from her.

Even if he is quite conceited about his character of not admitting defeat, he was simply shocked by a glance just now, which is an undeniable fact. This made her realize that the difference in rank between the two was completely different, and she failed so badly that she couldn't even lose and speak ruthlessly.

All in all, Erica is now very unconvinced and annoyed by what has just happened, and the self-esteem of the genius witch makes her unwilling to admit it.

"Maybe it's just those women who are old, but they know how to maintain their looks very well......"

Snorted a little unconvinced, Erica's heart was slightly reluctant, and then immediately woke up.

Because she subconsciously thought of this reason, but immediately felt a little heartfelt that she would deny others by thinking like this.

It's not that many people can't see the strength of others, they just don't want to see it, so they choose to deny it.

But Erica doesn't want to be the kind of person who needs to deny others to make herself feel like she's still a genius and make herself feel better.

"Damn...... I'm going to see what the hell is going on......"

She clenched her fists and made up her mind, exhaled long and forcefully, withdrew her gaze to look ahead, and then strode towards the main hall of the shrine.

……

……

There was silence all around the shrine.

It was also empty, and there wasn't even much of life. Erica doesn't need to trespass into other people's rooms without permission, she only needs to feel a little outside to know the most basic situation.

It's just that every room inside has closed doors, except for one room at the end, the door is wide open, and the dark outline of the internal layout is faintly revealed, but it is not very real.

"That guy isn't there? It's all this time...... Where the hell did it go? ”

Standing in the last light of the setting sun at the doorway, Erica frowned slightly as she looked at the darkness inside.

She didn't have any bad premonitions, but this kind of scene gave birth to some bad associations.

According to the routine of some movies, if she continues to walk in, she will find some secret clues, and then fall into great trouble, and even the guy who thought he was actually a good person will suddenly turn his face and reveal his true form......

However, there was a strong smell of medicine coming from that room, which seemed to be enough to prove that the witch who had behaved quite strangely just now came out of that room, right?

What's the secret in there?

Wouldn't it be too offensive to walk in on your own?

But don't worry if you don't go over and take a look, what if that nasty guy is now in a pool of blood?

The witch just now really gave Erica a very bad feeling, and this situation made her can't help but think of something terrible, in case the witch came to seek revenge, and she happened to run into the scene of the murder......

Eventually, she walked into the dimly lit room step by step, and as soon as she entered the door, the blonde girl breathed a sigh of relief, she found that what she feared had not happened.

The smell of medicine in the air is not a cover for the smell of blood, although it is more intense, but it is also more pure.

But it's just that she didn't get used to it for a while, and she didn't feel very good, and it didn't smell good.

There wasn't much in the room, and although there were old candlesticks in the corners of the walls, they weren't all lit up now, only a candlestick in the corner with a faint glow.

So the light is quite dim.

"Sure enough......"

Erica saw a bed at a glance, but then realized that it was actually a long stone trough with room for a person.

Since there was no problem with the perception of magic, she reached out and fished it out. With the sound of "banging" water, the girl withdrew her hand and put it in front of her eyes, and found that she had also fished out a handful of strange herbs......

Is this a medicated bath?

She felt that her previous speculation had been dismissed, but now a new possibility had emerged.

Finally, after a quick glance, finding nothing, Erica frowned and exited the room step by step, and—

"What are you doing?" A cold question sounded behind him.

"Ahh

Erica was startled, and her long smooth blonde hair almost straightened!

She was already making up all kinds of weird thriller scenes in her mind, and substituted herself into the perspective of the heroine of a horror movie who goes into danger alone and discovers secrets.

Now I'm suddenly scared like this!

"You...... What are you doing? No, when did you come back? Erica looked back at the person behind her, angry, annoyed and confused.

Her perception is not particularly specialized, but it is not so bad that she can't even notice that others are coming behind her...... This made her subconsciously feel that she needed to re-examine the guy in front of her.

"Just now...... And I'll ask you first! Mo Chen tilted his head, looked past the blonde girl to the room behind her, and then raised his eyebrows.

"Wait, what about Hitomi? What did you do? ”

"Hitomi? Are you talking about a shrine maiden? ”

Erica looked at his expression, and then relaxed a little, it didn't seem that it was something that couldn't be known by others, but because it involved the suspicion of spying on other people's secrets, she still explained it seriously.

"Don't think about it, I didn't do anything, it's just that when I just came over, she happened to go outside, and I thought you were ...... by her"

"Let's go...... Let's go? You mean she just left?! Mo Chen tugged at the corners of his mouth, and then turned around and walked outside the shrine with his sleeves brushed, and he was no longer interested in the girl's unfinished following.

He's got the most critical information.

"Hey, aren't you going to explain?"

Erica hurried to follow, curious at the same time.

"What's the explanation for this...... It's not necessary, and it shouldn't have anything to do with you. ”

Mo Chen said casually, he couldn't say that the other party was actually his enemy at the beginning, and he was another chess piece that he specially used to contain the bellflower.

Hitomi is also a shrine maiden in the Warring States Period.,She was still a little girl when Kikyo died.,But the fate is also very similar.,And her spiritual power is not inferior to Kikyo at all.,Especially proficient in enchantment.。

It's just like Kamino Kagura and the others, they are just a chess piece in Qu Ling's hand, and they were all solved by Mo Chen in the end.

After all, before Qu Ling was about to perish, of course, he would calmly and desperately use all the hole cards in his hand.

But because of this, the souls of those people are now in Mo Chen's hands, and he has the right to dispose of them at will...... And no matter how you look at it, it is the one who has the greatest effect on resurrecting them.

Even Salbatre Toni, the most junior and unreliable "King of Swords" who has risen to prominence in recent years, is able to unite the magic associations and most of the magicians in southern Europe with Italy as the center.

So Mo Chen can't really rely on a group of remnants in Kitt City, and the skilled immigrants who were abducted and deceived in the past-

Just rely on these pure ordinary people and some black technology to decorate their own façade, right?

And if you want to cultivate a backbone from scratch, it will take a lot of time, not to mention those high-end combat forces...... However, as long as he doesn't go the usual way, he also has a bunch of quick fixes.

There may be some side effects......

The reason why Hitomi was resurrected first was because he wanted to gain some experience first, after all, Kikyo was also a shrine maiden, and he was also not a living person, or he could learn from this.

It's just that now it seems that there have been some small accidents, obviously there has been no problem before, he still thinks that he is a novice on the road, no experience, and the "human body refining" has not succeeded.

"Hey! Forget it, then I won't ask anything else, just one question, okay? ”

Erica, who chased the other party out of the room, was a little dissatisfied, but quickly cleaned up her mood, frowned and asked the question she still couldn't help but want to know-

"The shrine maiden...... What age is it? ”

"Eighteen years old...... Any questions? Mo Chen looked up at the sky, and his perception instantly expanded with the help of the natural meteorological limit around him, and at the same time subconsciously answered Erica's question.

Ten...... Eighteen years old?

Erica's expression became a little complicated, the other party was indeed two years older than herself, but it was two years old, and if she was given another two years, would she be sure that she would be able to catch up?

The self-esteem that belongs to the genius witch has a feeling of cracking at this moment.