Chapter 4: Belmont
Whew, putting down the last piece of furniture, Chen Qi let out a long breath and adjusted his breathing.
Enhanced magic is a relatively basic application in the field of magic, and it is very simple and easy to understand compared to magic that is powerful but limited, or magic that needs to meet certain conditions to trigger the corresponding effect.
This is a kind of magic that circulates magic to "improve the existence of the object".
For example, increasing the sharpness of the blade; Improving the nutritional value of food, or simply strengthening one's own strength and becoming a strong man in the eyes of ordinary people, all belong to the effect of strengthening magic.
It can be used in three steps: opening the magic loop, selecting the object, and outputting the magic power. It constitutes the imperative of Enhancement Magic, which by magician's standards has only one project, and can be activated without chanting or using materials.
As long as you have the qualifications for magic, you can learn it.
The magic circuit is equivalent to the spiritual root mentioned in those novels before Chen Qi's crossing, which is a special organ that does not belong to the physiological structure of the human body, is connected with mystery, and is used to transform life force into magic power.
Without this, it is impossible to transform the magic from the outside world or from everyday life and export it to the desired place.
Finally, it is the magic power, the energy obtained by using the magic circuit to transform the life force, there are two sources, one is the magic power of the great source that can be described as endless for the individual, but in fact it has been thin and weakened, referred to as the power of heaven and earth; The other is its own life force, which converts the energy of cells into magic power through magic circuits and outputs it to the outside world.
Because the power of heaven and earth is so thin, it is very inefficient for a magician to simply use his own magic circuit to convert it into a mana store, as if he wants to fill a basin called 'magician' with drops of water, and the amount of power that can be transformed into a large source of magic power is limited by the magic circuit.
During combat or use, if you are not in the magician's specially built magic workshop, the magician's mana will not be able to keep up with the consumption.
In other words, no blue.
For this reason, magicians often have to use magic circuits to transform their own life force as a blue bottle, quickly restore their magic power and perform magic tricks.
Well, it's probably this relationship, Chen Qi is not a person who specializes in magic, in terms of theoretical knowledge, he is far inferior to those high-achieving students in the clock tower, he has not memorized basic materials, and he will only strengthen magic with one hand, in the eyes of many orthodox magicians, Chen Qi is not even qualified to wipe the floor for them.
It's not as cost-effective as a low-level puppet.
Unplugged the key to the pickup truck and put it in his pocket, Chen Qi, who had not opened the store for half an hour, returned to the store to lock the doors and windows, and began to carry out his own waste recycling procedures.
If a magician sees it, he will inevitably exclaim the word 'magic eye', turning his own eyeball into a magic circuit, transforming the passive function that was supposed to receive information from the outside world into the ability to actively influence things in the outside world.
[-Locked.] 】
Staring at the 'garbage' in front of him, Chen Qi gently plucked the string that only he could see with his magic power.
The next moment, the world fell apart in Chen Qi's eyes, everything he saw was peeled away and distorted, and then sank into a lightless darkness, converging into a river that only Chen Qi could stop and watch.
Standing on the dark surface of the river, Chen Qi looked up at the sky, only to see dark clouds covering the night sky, and there seemed to be stars behind him.
[—Observation.] 】
Use magic as the carrier of your will to urge your own demon eyes to remove the layers of dark clouds.
Chen Qi's eyes are like moon rings, taking in the beauty of the sky.
As he focused his attention, the stars that he noticed also looked back, casting their own light like a blink, shining on the surface of the river, forming a rotating landscape painting for him to enjoy.
The fragments of information that only existed in time gradually appeared in front of his eyes.
That is, the incident that happened at the Fernández mansion.
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London, Liverpool Street, the scene of the crime at the Fernandes House.
A man and a woman stood on either side of the hall where the incident occurred, exchanging opinions with each other.
"The magician's bodily fluids and flesh are stored with magical powers, judging by the fact that the blood is sucked dry......"
"They must have been attacked by ghouls who had reclaimed some of their will, and then became sacrifices in the sacrificial ritual."
Yoko Fernandez, who was surveying the scene, sighed and slowly closed her eyes in mourning.
Dressed in a pale pink vest, jet-black leather pants and boots, Yoko, with wavy blonde hair elegantly draped over her shoulders, learned about it after losing her most beloved loved one three days ago and only today when she got out of the magic workshop she used for experiments.
Her nails were embedded deep in the parchment in her hand, and she was clearly not as calm as she looked on the outside, and the title of the standard was written on the top page of the paper.
Report on the Handling of the Fernandez Mansion Incident
"The final way of death was that the skull was pierced by a bullet, because the body was disposed of and recovered and has not been able to negotiate back, so I can only believe it at present."
The flat and hoarse voice shattered Yoko's sad atmosphere, and Julius, who was wearing a dark brown coat and had a calm temperament, half-squatted on the ground and asked, "Is there anything else in the report?" ”
"In addition to the basic inferences just now, what remains is the explanation of the Law and Political Science Section to the society, such as this is a case of murder in a closed room, a psychopathic Deacon Fernandez tricked three friends, performed an evil ritual and killed them, was abandoned by the evil sect he belonged to, shot him through the head, plundered his property, and set fire to destroy part of the evidence, so that the case was overwhelmingly inintelligent, and the case was closed."
In a mocking and cold tone, Yoko retold the investigation report of the Law and Political Affairs Division word by word.
As we all know, what the Department of Justice and Politics cares about is never the truth, and no matter how ridiculous and nonsense the reason is, as long as it is really needed, then it can be characterized as the truth.
There are so many ways that magicians with their hands and eyes can influence the outcome of the real world, and no one wants to spend more manpower and material resources on the dead.
The only valuable part of this report is the photos of the scene taken above, if it weren't for this, Yoko wouldn't even go to the Legal Affairs Section to get this report, and more valuable clues were concealed by the Legal Affairs Division, and the reason could not even be revealed to her as a client.
It's ridiculous.
"Do you expect to find clues from this report, Julius Belmont?"
Dissatisfaction will be extended, Yoko's anger towards the political and legal department, slightly splashed on the middle-aged man at the scene of the investigation, if it weren't for the relationship between the two ancestors, plus the other party is very good at dealing with such incidents, can help her find the murderer, Yoko is afraid that she will not be able to hold back her anger.
The world of magic is cold, and magicians are instinctive creatures who are only loyal to the magic path, but there are also individual magicians who retain their feelings.
Yoko Fernandez is one such magician.
Julius was silent, he was not good at comfort and persuasion, especially in the face of a woman who was obviously in a state of anger, he was silent for a moment, and continued to ask: "Since the Judge Department said that Deacon was shot through the skull with a sniper rifle, do you have the whereabouts of that rifle?" ”
"What David Schneider said to the Templar Church, I will naturally get the answer.
In fact, yesterday the Law and Political Affairs Section had already unified the caliber, saying that the rifle was lost in the police search, but I have another clue in my hand to find the current whereabouts of the murder weapon. ”
After saying the angry words, Yoko's cold face finally softened a little, and continued: "Gold Mujik, the heir of the Mujik family, is also a loser, he was in charge of this case that day, if there is no accident, the rifle should be in his hand." ”
"Yes." Julius stood up, his body like that of a brown bear shaking insects and lice, his eyes sharp like that of a predatory eagle, and he said in a deep voice, "I see." ”
"What do you know? It was a foolish idea that the Templar Church's agent would torture the magicians of the Law and Political Science Division. Piercing Yurius's next step, Yoko's eyes flashed with appreciation, but there was no mercy on her mouth.
Or else?
Julius turned around, as if to consult the contemporary patriarch of the Fernández family, and if nothing more efficient was to be done, then he would go his own way.
This seemingly rude, but in fact quick knife cutting mess, is enough to kill the prey directly and effectively, instead of erasing their traces and making room for evasion.
As for the attitude of the Magic Society, that was not on his radar.
The Belmont family has always done things with this kind of wild coldness and fierceness, and they are better at hitting the key points with superhuman intuition than inferring from knowledge, never talking about the so-called evidence, and they can do it after the mental evidence is confirmed.
It is precisely because of this style of acting too violently that Belmont's ancestors will have a relationship with Yoko's family, and fill in their own social and intellectual deficiencies.