Chapter 7: The Tail of the Mouse
The magic that Ciri had managed to build up was instantly dissolved by Qiao Xiu, which greatly affected Ciri's self-confidence and fighting spirit.
But driven by the desire to survive, Ciri still mobilized the magic power in his body, and the pale white magic light formed a sharp arrow in the direction of the door.
The impact had extinguished the candles in the room, and Ciri could only see her surroundings by the light emanating from the magical inscriptions around her, but from a human perspective, she could only see about a meter or two.
Hit?
Ciri clenched the staff in his hand and watched around him as he began to quickly build up the lowest level of 'light magic'.
The moment the spell was constructed, a white ball of light slowly rose beside Ciri, and the light also dispelled the darkness in the room, as well as the ...... standing in front of Ciri Joshua.
When this female magic apprentice saw Qiao Xiu suddenly appearing in front of her, the panic and uneasiness in her heart were instantly detonated, she screamed, and she didn't even have time to construct a spell, she directly raised the staff in her hand and waved it at Qiao Xiu.
Unfortunately, the strength of this female magic apprentice was too weak, and Qiao Xiu easily held her arm.
The arm was grabbed and didn't make Ciri feel pain, Qiao Xiu used very light force, and didn't want to hurt her, just blocked Ciri's recklessness this time... Physical attacks.
Dominated by terror, Ciri tries to break free from Josei's shackles, and she succeeds... Joshua let go of her arm, and Ciri took a few steps back to distance herself from Josiu.
She forcibly calmed herself, the delicate wand in her hand resurfaced with an unknown inscription, and began to prepare for the next offensive magic, while her eyes were also firmly fixed on Qiao Xiu, if Qiao Xiu made any rash moves, she didn't mind risking 'magic out of control' in advance and dying with Qiao Xiu.
"I advise you not to be so impulsive, unknown magician."
What Ciri didn't expect was that Qiao Xiu didn't mean to continue attacking, but picked up the candle on the table and lit it without hurry.
While Qiao Xiu was lighting the candles, Ciri hurried to build a new offensive magic, but her eyes noticed Qiao Xiu pointing at her neck.
My neck?
Ciri was slightly stunned, and then Ciri noticed the abnormality on her neck, as if something was tied to her neck.
This strange feeling caused Ciri to glance sideways at the mirror placed beside him, and then the light of the illumination, Ciri could see clearly that there was a ... Red crystals.
This gem-like crystal is stitched together on a black ribbon... If you don't know, you may think that this is some kind of expensive neck ornament, or quite expensive.
But Ciri knew he didn't have much money for something as expensive as a ruby!
This is something that the demon forced to put on her at some point.
When Ciri looked at Qiao Xiu again, she noticed that Qiao Xiu was holding an identical red crystal in his hand.
In order to demonstrate the effect of this crystal, Qiao Xiu gently threw it to the ground, and the moment the crystal fell to the ground, the explosion that was not very destructive appeared in the center of the crystal, and the sound echoed throughout the room.
“……”
Ciri looked at the cracked floor from the explosion, and had completely forgotten what magic he was going to build, and immediately tried to rip the thing off his neck with both hands.
The power of the crystal explosion is not great, and it can barely separate Ciri's head and body.
This thing can also be regarded as one of the masterpieces of the third prince, Qiao Xiu casually touched it on the workbench, a... Quite a useful gadget.
"Don't waste your efforts, with your strength, you can't break free from the shackles of this thing."
Can't break free? Doesn't that mean the same as a slave's collar?
Ciri instantly realized how dangerous the situation she was in.
This demon didn't take her life in the first place, but instead put this kind of thing on her...
Ciri gritted her teeth, she was ready to swear to protect her chastity.
But... Wait a minute, does chastity matter if it has a life of its own?
Ciri thought about it for just two seconds and finally came up with an answer...... No!
"What do you want from me?"
Ciri used the last shred of courage in her body to ask Qiao Xiu.
"What do you get? I've got quite a lot of things to want, so start with your name, what's your name? ”
Qiao Xiu took advantage of this time to light all the extinguished candles in the room, and the light technique released by Ciri gradually disappeared.
"I... Healy. ”
Thinking about his own life, Ciri thought about it for a while and chose to answer truthfully.
"Ciri? Do you know a GWENT player named Geralt, the one whose subclass is Demon Hunter? ”
Ciri's name Qiao Xiu is quite familiar, the adopted daughter of Geralt, the male protagonist in The Witcher 3, but the personality of the female magician in front of her is indeed a bit like Ciri in The Witcher 3.
"Who?"
She didn't know any demon hunters, and if she did, she wouldn't be in the situation she is today.
"I've asked a superfluous question, and next, I'd like to know what kind of magic you're using."
This was what Qiao Xiu was desperate to know, and the magic used by this female magician was obviously very different from that of the Chaos Demon.
She is able to use her magic to influence and control things around her, such as shooting books as weapons.
This is something that the magic of the Chaos Demon will never be able to do.
If this room was completely destroyed, Qiao Xiu was confident that he would be able to do it in a minute, and as for using magic to carry something, Qiao Xiu believed that even the Lord of the Demon Realm might not be able to do it.
It was this kind of magic full of destruction and disorder that made the plan to control the picture inside the original crystal become an empty talk on paper, and Qiao Xiu didn't even know where to start.
But the magic used by Ke Ciri gave Qiao Xiu a glimmer of hope.
"This is the power given by Lloyd, the god of order, the power of order and rules."
Ciri has always prided herself on being a magician, and when she tells others about the powers she has, she certainly doesn't have any reason to hide it.
From Ciri's explanation, Qiao Xiu learned that the people of this world seem to believe that the 'magic' thing is given by the gods, and the magic given by different gods is different, and the magic that Ciri has represents order and control, and the mages of their school are also called white magicians, in addition to controlling fire, thunder and lightning, and many other gods.
To use the analogy of game consoles on the earth, just like Sony's PS4, Microsoft's XBOX and Nintendo's switch, each player can make a choice according to their own preferences, and the games owned by the consoles are common and exclusive, each with its own benefits and advantages.
God...
Coming to this world full of magic and demons, it is no surprise that there will be gods appearing, but the power of magic is given by the gods?
Qiao Xiu had reservations about this statement for the time being, whether it was owned by the gods or not, in order to find a way to edit the original crystal screen, Qiao Xiu had to master this stable magic.
"Tell me how to learn the magic you have."