XVIII

"On June 12, 1665 in the Standard Calendar, the St. Sen's anti-privateer ship "Emperor Cleon", which sailed peacefully in Emerald Bay, was raided by pirates and suffered heavy casualties. ”

"During the battle, Lord Ferdinand, the first heir to the Duchy of Soma, who secretly boarded the ship, died unexpectedly. The reason for the Elven Battleship is that the Duchy of Soma, which is located inland, does not have a navy. Due to the loss of the Duchy of Soma, which was loyal to the Holy Koman Empire, Lord Ferdinand's death meant that the succession had to be extended to the other two collateral heirs. The two heirs were Count Meissen, son of Duke Knorr, and Gustav Hugh Kerman, Holy Emperor. ”

"The news of the Lord's death shocked the entire human world. With all of the Corman and Duchy guards killed in battle, St. Sen was unable to explain the accident to the Holy Corman Empire and had to remove the ship's commander, casting a shadow over the feud between the two countries. A dispute between the Emperor and the nobility in the Holy Empire came to the fore, and it took half a year for the two sides to reach a new succession agreement, but it was full of compromises and meaningless terms. ”

"Ferdinand's assassination became one of the triggers for the chaos in the world soon after......"

The above account is quoted from the 1893 edition of the Modern History of Akrania, Volume 5, The Decline of the Elves and the Age of Enlightenment.

This is how history should have gotten this way, but there have been small deviations.

"Leonard Kekawi, a famous admiral of the era of artillery sailing. He successively served as the captain of the Outer Sea Fleet of the Shengsen Navy, the captain of the Inland Sea Fleet, and the commander of the Sixth Fleet of the Inland Sea. As a half-elf, he served as the commander of the Korman Combined Fleet, and defeated the main force of the Inland Sea Fleet led by Admiral Churchillas, the 'hero of Diza', in the Sealed Bay of Luxinhai with a two-column formation that broke the convention. ”

Later historians should have written it that way. But now he's dead. ”

Butterflies began to fly.

Lesa Helmont had barely stepped up the last step leading to the lower deck of the gun when she saw a black figure speeding towards the upper deck.

The alchemist drew his golden scepter and stood in the way of the brown-haired girl: "Bonnie!

"Sorry, I'm in a hurry!"

Bonnie Seiffel replied hastily, but instead quickened her pace, without the slightest intention of stopping. Her cheeks flushed slightly from the intense exercise, but she still looked calm.

"Bonnie!" Resa frowned: she had to make a move. "Whip form!"

Golden whips rose from the scepter in her hand, forming an ornate golden wall of whips in the narrow hallway. Ressa's "automatic chain whip" has two forms, the long whip form is both offensive and defensive, and the chain form is more defensive than offensive, and the common feature is automatic operation.

The brown-haired girl paused slightly, and said, "What are you doing?"

"Actually, you're also a mage, aren't you?" said Ressa, in a deep voice, her tone unusually cold. "You're actually a pawn in the woods. ”

Hearing Lysa's question, Bonnie stopped abruptly.

"Looks like I have to tell the truth...... The answer to the first question is 'yes'. The answer to the second question is 'no'. ”

Lesa raised her eyebrows, and her tone was as cold as ice. "What a good plan. One pretended to be reckless and reckless, the other pretended to be quiet and gentle, and he was young...... You've fooled the whole ship, are you satisfied now?"

"I'm sorry, Ms. Lessa, we really don't have any ill will. Now I have something very urgent and must go to the deck, please let me pass!"

"Never. Legally, I'm still the master of you and your sister. If you're going to get through, step over my corpse. ”

The brown-haired girl sighed.

"I'm so sorry, I had to offend. Wall of Ice!"

It was completely impossible to see that Bonnie's delicate and delicate hands could use magic techniques so skillfully and accurately.

A wall of ice encircled all of Rysa's dancing whip shadows in it—and then froze! All the whip flowers flying in the sky disappeared at once, leaving only a helpless golden whip, hanging alone in the ice wall and struggling.

"Do you practice the cold realm?

Lesa immediately let go of her weapon and pulled out the fiery gel she had brought with her from her pocket, ready to use it to burn the ice wall. Dealing with the trembling mages of the cold realm, the alchemists still have a lot of experience. After all, the Cold Domain is a very common offensive domain.

As soon as she pulled out the fiery glue, the fist dagger appeared in front of her eyes! Bonnie accurately hit the flask in Lysa's hand, and the flask fell to the ground along with the fiery glue, shattering it.

"How is that possible...... How did she get through the ice wall?!"

Surprised, Lesa immediately took three steps back before noticing Bonnie Sefir's figure disappearing in the air.

"It's ...... What kind of magic is this? Why have I never heard of it? Looks like a ghost......"

As she struggled to make out the magic, Bonnie flew forward, past her.

"Oh no! Ionette, stop her!" the alchemist shouted to the priest who had just climbed up the stairs.

"Obey the orders of Taiwan. Transfiguration, greatsword!" the archbishop put away his spear, and the silver greatsword reappeared in his hand. "Destroy the Evil Slash!"

"Be merciful, don't kill her!" Lesa reminded the archbishop of the astonishing power of the previous slash.

But it was too late.

A silvery glow illuminated all the dark corners.

The momentum of that slash was as if it were about to be cut out of the ship;

“Mage‘s Sword。 The brown-haired girl's calm voice sounded under the silver light.

No superfluous nonsense, just a spell. The silver light that illuminated the entire room was half extinguished in an instant.

The silver two-handed greatsword was firmly blocked by a sword that was not good-looking, and the silver holy light it emitted was also blocked at the same time.

What stood in the way of the silver light was a phantom sword!

"How is this ......possible?!" said the archbishop with a look of disbelief. From becoming a clergyman to the present, Ionette Hartmann has been smooth sailing, and no one has been able to stop him from holding the "Arbiter of the Covenant".

His sword would be blocked by a girl no more than 18 years old?

The brown-haired girl's serious expression loosened slightly: "You are Nopu...... No, Ionette Hartman?!"

"You know me?" said Ionette.

Bonnie smiled, "Ah, of course. I know you, you're famous......"

The sword in the girl's hand turned, and a huge gravitational force brought Ionette's great sword away.

"However, I have an urgent matter now, and I really have to go. Dimension Door！”

She took a step to the right and entered a mysterious door, and vanished without a trace, leaving only Ionette and Lesa staring at each other.

"What kind of magic ...... that?" asked Io.

"I don't know. Her magic is rather weird, I've never seen it before. Resa frowned, took out another bottle of fiery gel from her bosom, melted the ice wall, and salvaged her weapon.

"Where did she teleport to?"

"She's supposed to want to go to the deck......," the alchemist gave a high-five, "I see! she's going to join her sister!

The fifteenth century was the century of pioneering. The sixteenth century was the century of the Reformation. The seventeenth century was a century of cultural exchange.

Western culture and Eastern culture intersect in a series of events. The Enlightenment and the anti-Enlightenment collided in the tide of the times.

The accumulation of a long time burst into a radiant spark in the second half of this century. Is it to preserve the existing glorious civilization, or to move towards a new era in which the spirit of the new unifies everything in the midst of turmoil and bloodshed?

It was a stormy thirty years when people were struggling to find their way forward. After that, they built a vast new civilization based on reason – an unstoppable civilization.

In this world, spirit determines strength.

The butterflies have already begun to fly.

The half-elf's body fell limply forward to the ground, crimson blood flowing from his chest, soaking the nearby deck. The murderer was standing behind his corpse, still holding a bloodied knife in his hand.

"It's ...... to die so soon"

Anne Seiffel threw the knife on the ground with a "bell" sound. She bit her lip fiercely, and her face was very strange.

For a moment, everyone was stunned, shocked by this sudden change.

"What did you do!" The one who seemed most shocked was the pirate captain.

"It's useless for me to argue with this scene, right?" replied the blonde girl with a wry smile as she slowly unhooked her arm shield from her left arm. "Let's go up together. ”

Kezmi, who was used to running rampant, was immediately completely enraged by her attitude: "You ......! Witch, die! Wind Cutting Knife Drawing Technique!"

He had no intention of pitying Xiangyu at all. His sword enveloped from diagonal to diagonally downward, and he vowed to make the despicable death of the woman who had assassinated Leonard miserable.

The blade rubs against the scabbard, making a piercing "brush" sound, and the scabbard is immediately shredded by the vacuum attribute attached to the knife!

Under the effect of the instantaneous explosive force, a blade light flew straight towards the blonde girl with a murderous aura that made everyone retreat!

The speed of this knife is unparalleled!

The knife technique, which is already fast to the limit, is equipped with the knife drawing technique, and the speed is very much that the human eye can capture!

Before the sinister and vicious female killer could react, she was cut in two by that knife, and the blood didn't even have time to flow out!

The pirate captain let out a slow exhalation and withdrew his sword. The blonde girl's upper body slid diagonally down, and a blood-red viscous liquid slowly seeped out from the slit in the black leather armor.

The entire deck was silent, not a single sound could be heard, and everyone seemed to be shocked by his sword.

In Kezmi's heart, there was also a slight smugness. Isn't killing without seeing blood the highest level of "speed"?

Before he could finish his complacency, a familiar voice came from behind him.

"What a pity...... I have no intention of dying here. This illusion is perfectly done, isn't it?"

As soon as Kezmi was in the air, the voice was clearly the source of the voice of the girl who had been cut in two, and it was behind him!

The pirate captain spun awkward, and the blonde Anne Seffel stood in the middle of the deck, a confident smile on her lips.

"I've already said that I'm not an enemy...... Can we all stop fighting?"

"You ......," Kezmi was speechless for a moment. The illusion was completed the moment she drew her sword, indicating that she had already calculated that someone else would attack her location. Moreover, I used an unknown method to return to the center of the deck in full view...... By any measure, it's a formidably formidable opponent.

At her age, how is this possible?

"Kill!" all the sailors and pirates raised their weapons and rushed up to kill the blonde girl.

"It can't be helped. Fly!" Anne Seiffel sighed and flicked the fingers of her left hand.

A pair of small white light wings suddenly appeared behind the blonde girl, and her body flew up in the air, staying in a low place above the crowd. The afternoon sun gently sprinkled on the transparent wings of light, making it look extraordinarily sacred.

"Angel!" someone subconsciously shouted.

"Don't be stunned, shoot at that witch! she's just a witch!"

Kezmi gave the order, and several reacting pirates pulled out their pistols and lit them.

The blonde girl frowned slightly, and a transparent, slightly white cloak was cast over the leather armor she was wearing. All the buckshot hit the cloak and bounced off.

"Circle of Holding Person. ”

The girl's lips opened slightly, and a faint ring of shadow immediately enveloped the entire deck of the "Daino". Anne Seffer's hands slapped down lightly, and everyone, including Kezmi Stihaus, was instantly unable to move. The pirate captain struggled with all his might to get rid of this immobilization magic, but to no avail: the power of the caster was so powerful!

"I'm sorry, but I don't really have any hostility towards you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have used this kind of magic that doesn't do harm. As for the mess here, someone will soon come and clean it up. ”

The blonde girl landed quietly with a breeze, her translucent cloak fluttering in the trade winds. She quietly folded the wings behind her back.

Kezmi struggled with all his might to speak: "You...... You...... What the hell is sacred?"

Anne chuckled, "I'm a historian...... Ah, double as a savior. ”

All plans will fail when they encounter the enemy.

All conspiracies will change when they are actually executed.

It is impossible to control the world through intrigue and planning.

No matter how detailed their original plan, how complex, how successful and sure they were.

Because butterflies have already begun to fly.

A mysterious light green door appeared in the center of the "Daino" deck, and another girl in tight black leather armor stepped out of it.

"It's late, Bonnie. Anne said with some dissatisfaction.

"Sorry for the minor trouble. Bonnie smiled quietly, lightly describing Excalibur as a "minor nuisance" by the archbishop of the diocese of the New World. "Still, I met someone you're sure to be interested in. ”

"We'll talk about this later, and now it's a change of hands. I can't handle it here with my magic, so use your magic. ”

With a "snap", the blonde girl's outstretched right hand and the brown-haired girl's right hand gently struck each other in the air.

"What are you going to do with the mess again?" Bonnie asked her sister.

"It's also a little troublesome, and I was accidentally calculated. With that, Anne lightly jumped over the pedal that led to "Emperor Cleon".

"Okay, be careful on the road, sister!" the brown-haired girl smiled and beckoned.

Listening to the warm conversation between these two insidious and vicious "girls", the eyes of the people around him almost burst into flames. Among them, the most angry is Kezmi.

"Also...... This kind of little magic, compared to, compared to when I was learning art, is ...... what kind of thing!"

The pirate captain tried his best to reach the limits of his spirit, imagining the most painful physical and mental torture.

We must break through! We must break through! We must break through this limit!

Suddenly, he felt his left hand move slightly. Feeling incredulous, he tried again—his right hand moving slightly.

The knife is still in his hand. He had a chance. He glanced at Leonard's corpse next to him, and stood firm.

"Steady. Be steady. As long as you seize the opportunity, you can take revenge on your Excellency......" Kezmi muttered silently in his heart.

Suddenly, Bonnie turned around and smiled at him.

"It's a lot of willpower. You're great at being able to lift my sister's immobilization technique by willpower. ”

Kezmi was shocked: how did she find out?

But he didn't have time to think about it!

"Wind Cut!"

It was the third time of the day – and the last – of the day. The magic attached to this knife was only enough for him to use three vacuum air slashes.

If you don't succeed, you will be benevolent!

"Resilient Sphere. ”

With that faint smile on Bonnie's face, a calm spell sounded. A large, blue, bouncy ball of energy completely envelops the pirate captain. One last time the wind slashed, slamming hard into the outer wall of the energy ball, but it didn't make a response.

"O gods...... "The once fearless pirate fell to his knees weakly, and the katana in his hand slowly slid down. "Why do you tear up beautiful things for people to see, just to create tragedy and entertain the world?"

"God creates tragedy because the vulgar world loves tragedy. There is nothing more comfortable than watching someone else's tragedy and shedding tears for someone else. ”

Hearing his words, Bonnie disdainfully shook off a comment and walked over to Leonard's body. She crouched down and probed the half-elf's snort.

"It's really dead...... It's good that the body is intact, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to do it. ”

She cupped her chin and tilted her head in thought. It looks cute—but to observers not far away.

"Arcane! what a powerful magician!" Ionette Hartmann frowned. "They...... Are they Machiavelli's men......?

Lesa was taken aback: "You mean to say...... Even you, as the strongest priest in the New World, can't be sure to defeat them?"

Ionette nodded heavily: "Although I want to deny it...... But as it is, I'm not sure I'll beat her. The magic she used to block the artifact, I couldn't make out at all. What kind of magic can construct a phantom sword that is at the same level as an artifact?"

"Like Machiavelli, a genius who creates new magic?"

"Maybe better than that man...... Even Machiavelli's magic has its own theoretical context. But the witch's magic was completely absent. ”

Lesa stomped her foot indignantly: "She, they have deceived me for so long!"

"Shhhh

The brunette girl stood beside Leonard for a moment, then gestured again. This gesture was quite familiar to Ionette.

"Inner Magic...... But this magic is ...... How is that possible?!"

"What if absolutely pure magical energy is required?"

"Absolutely pure magical energy...... Actually, you can try the phantom wind, it's absolutely pure magical energy. ”

"Phantom Wind, isn't that a little too difficult?"

"yes, no one knows what that energy can be used for......"

"Maybe it can be used to change the world, right?"

"So, the butterflies are already flying. ”

Bonnie crouched down silently, her hands on the shoulders of Leonard's corpse.

"We are blessed by God by our faith. God blesses us only by our faith. ”

Her body glowed with a holy white light, as if a divine power was emanating from it.

"God is unknowable, but God's will is knowable. God exists to fulfill our devout beliefs and to give us eternal salvation. ”

As if answering the girl's prayers, the white light gradually spread down her arms and hands over the corpse.

"What is she doing?" Lesa asked the priest beside her, "Is it some kind of evil magic?"

"No...... No...... But it can't be ......," Ionette Hartmann looked rather shocked, "she's a Reformed pastor." ”

"Didn't you just say she was a mage?"

"She must have been a Protestant pastor. This is not unusual, although there are few people who can know both arcane and divine arts, there are still some people...... But ......"

"But?"

"But she's using resurrection. Ionette's voice trembled slightly, due to extreme shock, "Although the rituals, techniques, and manifestations are completely different, I can be sure that it is a resurrection technique." It took the Orthodox Church 1,200 years to accomplish the great magic, the resurrection. ”

"She's so powerful, will you be able to resurrect her?" Lesa was a little curious.

"I won't, but the question doesn't matter. As if poked in the sore spot, Ionette smiled wryly, "The important thing is ...... The Protestants didn't have resurrection at all, they didn't even have a complete healing. ”

As smart as Lessa, she immediately understood the key to this: "That is...... Is she using magic that doesn't exist? Are you sure the Protestants didn't secretly do resurrection?"

Ionette nodded solemnly, "No way. We watched almost every senior Protestant priest. ”

At this moment, Bonnie Sefir's resurrection magic was completed.

"In my devout faith and in the name of the gods, let the lost soul return to his body. ”

The white light vanished from her body, and all gathered on Leonard's corpse.

“Resurrect！”

The white light is getting thicker and thicker, and it shines brightly!

With the white light shining, Leonard Kekawi's eyelids twitched.

"Really...... Unless she's a god...... No, it can't be, God can't come into this world......" the archbishop's mouth was already open and closed.

Resa picked up his words: "Or, she shouldn't exist here at all." ”

Anne paused, feeling the ripples of the resurrection magic.

"The aftermath is done? Sure enough, my sister is the most reliable. ”

She turned her head and patted the air in front of her. Strangely, although her hand was clapped on nothing, there was an echo of "pop" and "pop".

"Miss Lily Maggie, you don't have to hide, I saw it all. ”

From the shadows of the deck, a figure gradually emerged—a graceful figure with beautiful long light green hair.

"You...... You...... How is this possible?" the fortune teller, Lily Maggie, looked at the woman in front of her in disbelief. She thought that her acting skills were already quite good - she didn't expect that there were even more strong players among the strong.

Anne smiled nonchalantly, "Ah, I'll admit it, I made a mistake by forgetting to add anti-command magic to myself. ”

“...... I can't control it alone, are you the one who made it?" Maggie said with a hint of tremor in her strong tone.

"Well, even if it's true. Anne Seffel replied, "It's a pity that I was sloppy and forgot to add defensive magic to myself, so that you can get it once, Miss Maggie...... Well, or should I say, Miss Nicolas Machiavelli? I really didn't expect that the famous Machiavelli would be two people - and still a woman. ”

The green-haired woman took a step back: "You know everything?!Who are you?"

"I'm just a historian......," Anne said, spreading her hands, "a historian for generations to come." ”

"'Later historians'?" "Lily Maggie" is puzzled.

"Well, it's easy to misunderstand that, but I guess it's a historian from later generations. Anne Seffir laughed, her smile wide.

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