Chapter Forty-Seven: London of Shadows
"Enchantment?what the hell?earth escape or water escape?!Or is it the wind king enchantment of a blonde cute girl with a dull hair on the top of her head?" Gu Ran complained about this fantasy setting. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
He is really not unfamiliar with the word enchantment, but most of them appear in the migrant worker comics he watched, and now when he hears such a compelling word in reality, he can't help but complain.
Sherlock Holmes took a sip of his pipe, took a puff of smoke and said, "To be honest, you Eastern witchers probably don't know much about enchantments, after all, even in the West, where demons have been rampant for thousands of years, enchantments are a rarity. With the progress of human civilization, the power of demons began to decline greatly, and this situation was especially serious after the first industrial revolution, and even weapons appeared that allowed ordinary people to fight against low-level demons, which was simply unimaginable before, wilderness, mountains, and the bottom of the sea...... These places, which were once the dwellings of demons, were once the dwellings of demons, but now they are occupied by humans. The Ancients of the Demons found a way to create an enchantment from the books that survived the Wars......"
"I know this, and I've heard that there are many demons who don't want to return to the Demon Realm who live in the enchantment on a large scale, forming a social structure similar to that of humans. Could it be that we have come to such an enchantment now?!" Lin Xi said.
"As he walked, the Ripper didn't have the ability to create an enchantment to deal with us, he should have used the enchantment made by his ancestors, and if so, he would definitely find a way out. Sherlock Holmes said as he walked toward the end of the street. When they saw this, they followed him.
"We must have been in London before we came to Baker Street, and we didn't enter this barrier, so we must have gone through a certain point to enter this place. Gu Ran analyzed: "I estimate that this node should be the junction between the outside world and the enchantment, maybe it is the street of Baker Street?
"Don't let your common sense fool you, lad. Sherlock Holmes said calmly: "In our business, some things are not understood through the common sense of human society, and you Orientals don't know much about enchantments. There is indeed a passage at the junction between the barrier and the outside world, but under normal circumstances, this kind of passage is one-way, and if we go back the way we came, we will only remain in the barrier. ”
Gu Ran nodded thoughtfully, and everyone continued walking.
After falling silent for a while, Watson suddenly said, "Sherlock Holmes, do you think this enchantment will be ......?"
"I know what you're going to say, Watson. Holmes said, "And I think the same as you." ”
He lowered his head, puffed his pipe and said, "Where there is light, there is a shadow, and here is the shadow of London, the shadow of London!"
After hearing this, Watson also lowered his head.
Gu Ran and Lin Xi began to wonder again, these two Yingmi ghost beasts had been saying a lot of incomprehensible things since just now, and they had to ask a question before they could explain, which was extremely unpleasant.
However, Holmes also seemed to notice their negligence, and turned his head to explain to the two of them after pretending to be forced: "By the way, I have to explain it to the two of you." The lady also mentioned just now that the demons who are unwilling to return to the demon realm are unable to resist the invasion of human civilization, so they live in the enchantment on a large scale. This kind of enchantment is present in many cities, they are shadows in the light, the dark side of the city. It has long been rumored that there is such a huge barrier in London, attached to the huge magic circle that protects London, and the scale pattern is almost the same as that of London eighty years ago, except that the buildings in the barrier have become dilapidated due to the erosion of time. The industry calls it the London of Shadows. ”
Saying this, he paused and sneered: "Heh, it seems that Jack the Ripper's plan is crazier than we imagined!"
"What do you mean?"
"Shadow London is attached to London's circle, and every node of the enchantment and the architectural plan almost coincide. If the magic circle in London collapses in reality, and at the same time causes the barrier of Shadow London to fall apart, guess what will happen?" Without waiting for Gu Ran to reply to him, he looked up to the sky and laughed again: "Haha, of course reality and illusion overlap, things that should not exist in the world cover reality, and shadows swallow up the light!"
"For example, after drinking the first cup of black tea in the morning, I opened the window, only to find that the neighbor's house opposite had become a demonic castle, and a flying dragon breathing fire came out of the castle. Watson added.
"I didn't expect that, haha. Sherlock Holmes laughed almost frantically: "If this plan really succeeds, and human society sees this kind of thing firsthand, science, civilization, and philosophy ...... All of this will be rewritten overnight, and what direction will our world go in the future? Interesting! It's so interesting! The Ripper just did one thing in London, and it could turn the whole world upside down!"
"Hey, are you crazy, you actually say such a terrifying thing is funny......" Gu Ran found that he couldn't understand this paranoid anymore. It seems that no matter how serious things are, in his opinion, they are just games, and the most important thing is to have fun by himself.
"Nothing, it's just my fun. Holmes did not shy away from expressing his penchant for trouble: "Also, if my analysis is correct, this is indeed the London of Shadows, then the location of the passage connecting the barrier and the outside world can also be deduced from this." The corresponding node of Baker Street in the London Defense Circle should be near the banks of the Thames, and from Baker Street, it will exit from the River Thames. ”
The group continued to walk and left Baker Street, but all around them was still devastated and ruined. Along the way, they also encountered many low-level magical beasts, but they were easily handled by the three masters, and everyone walked all the way to the vicinity of the Thames without danger.
The water of the River Thames in Shadow London is black and sticky, not bubbling yet, it looks like oil, and it is very in tune with the decay around it.
I don't know if this is an indication of the future fate of this industrial metropolis - the demise of industrial civilization as a result of the progress of industrial civilization.
There should be more than low-level magical beasts in Shadow London, Gu Ran and his party didn't meet powerful characters, maybe those guys didn't react, and there should be no chance to catch Jack the Ripper now, the top priority is to leave this place as soon as possible, otherwise they all have to fold into this demon's lair......
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(To be continued)