Chapter 13: Witchcraft from the Lower Worlds

As soon as Lawrence finished speaking, a dark light suddenly bloomed on the floor of the bedroom, attracting Natsuki's attention.

When he looked down, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he saw that on the originally empty wooden floor under his feet, a magic circle had appeared!

"This is?!"

Observing the patterns of this circle, it is composed of a huge pentagram and countless tiny runes, constantly absorbing power from the outside world.

This is somewhat similar to Alkaya's [Magic Ritual Ceremony], both of which appear in the form of "magic circles", but they are fundamentally different.

【Magic Ceremony】

It is the witches who use their own magic to depict the formation pattern, link the energy of the natural world, resonate with the natural energy, and thus perform moves that far exceed their own strength, which is a powerful amplification ability.

At the moment, judging from the various traces left on it, this circle was made of specific blood mixed with unknown strange materials, carved by human hands bit by bit, and there was no energy transmitted from Lawrence's body to the circle.

It can be seen that this is a kind of magic circle that achieves resonance conditions through specific materials and symbols, so as to exert its power, which is essentially "with the help of external forces".

And the power system that will use this kind of magic circle, as far as Xia Mu knows, is probably alchemy, magic, witchcraft, Shinto, Gu magic, Taoism, etc., from the strange power of the lower world of minus two to minus three.

Combined with the strange materials used to depict the formation, the stench that began to permeate the room at the moment, and the pentagram pattern in the center of the formation, Natsuki basically locked in the answer.

【Witchcraft】

A typical force from the minus two layers of the ancient European world, which is very malleable and can connect even more powerful lower worlds, has been evaluated by the Federal Observatory as "very potential......

However, due to its cumbersome spell casting methods and material limitations, there are basically no official wanderers who choose the witchcraft world to wander except for the Faller who accidentally falls into the Witchcraft World.

It's just, how did [Witchcraft] appear here? It's so unusual!

You must know that the background of this secret realm is the ancient European era, and it is still very early before the emergence of [World Data] and [Falling Phenomenon], and there has never been any record of extraordinary power.

As a veteran of the strange talk handlers, Natsuki knows very well that although the Gloomy Virus can distort a piece of information and will, it will not add some power systems that it does not have in the first place.

In other words, the wizarding circle that appeared in front of him now had nothing to do with the Gloomy Virus, it was something that Lawrence and his history originally had!

But this ...... How can it be?

If witchcraft really exists in this world all the time, then there is no need to wait for [world digitization] at all, long before that, wizards and witches should have taken over the world and developed witchcraft on a large scale.

According to the basic development logic and historical process of the lower world, the emergence of an extraordinary system will inevitably change the original pattern of the entire world, and rapidly spread and eventually form a unity.

The world today is not a world of witchcraft, nor is it a world with its own transcendent system, which means that Lawrence's witchcraft is probably not what this world originally existed.

There is only one explanation, his sorcery comes from the lower worlds, and the Observatory has long confirmed that the lower worlds have always existed.

It was only after the digitization of the world that the barriers between the lower worlds and this world began to become fragile, which led to the connection between the various worlds.

But [Witchcraft] is different, it itself has the power to communicate with other worlds, which is also a kind of supplement to its own weak strength by a similar power system.

Therefore, Natsuki has reason to believe that Lawrence accidentally received a communication message from the lower wizarding world, and thus obtained some ways to use witchcraft.

Well...... This should be the most plausible explanation at the moment!

"Mr. Lawrence, what are you doing here? Do you still want to kill me? ”

After a brief moment of surprise, Natsuki regained his composure and stood up, staring at Lawrence with motionless eyes.

The moment he stood up, his right hand was already holding the pure crystal, ready to use the magic power in the seal to use the attack ability he could use, which was why he didn't panic at all.

Unlike the high-level magic circle of [Magic Rite], the most fatal drawback of the sorcery circle is that it is too easy to disarm......

As long as Natsuki now destroys the floor under his feet and makes the formation pattern no longer complete, this circle will naturally break.

"No, no, no, Mr. Natsuki, please don't get me wrong, I'm just experimenting, this circle has no effect on you and me, it's just...... Used to summon Monica.

I didn't believe in the arrangement of this witchcraft circle by accident, but I found out when I saw the power you just cast......

There's a good chance it's true! ”

Lawrence didn't panic when he saw this, or he didn't need to panic at all.

In his opinion, the young man in front of him had already stepped into his own trap, and he only needed to delay for some time and wait for the magic circle to take effect.

Natsuki is naturally clear about Lawrence's thoughts, which is the most fundamental cognitive gap between the two, and it is also the biggest gap.

Not to mention, as a faller, even if it was only a D-class, he could still clearly feel the most basic data flow, so he could also perceive that the formation under his feet was constantly pulling his data flow and wanted to suck it away.

In the words of the witchcraft world......

This circle is trying to absorb its own life force and transform it into the magic power that activates it!

"Well, Mr. Lawrence, I'll trust you, but I can ask you how you got the use of this witchcraft circle?"

Sensing that the "Time Flow Barrier" was helping him resist the power of the magic circle, Natsuki was not in a hurry, and asked with a relaxed face, wanting to dig up more information.

"It's a notebook, I found one on the library shelf, the cover says 'Wizard's Codex', and the owner seems to be a wizard named 'Orwian Eternal Day', do you know?"

Clearly, Lawrence thought the notebook was a product of this world.

"Orshyan?"

Hearing this name, Natsuki's eyes moved imperceptibly, he didn't just know this name, he knew it too well.

As mentioned before, in order to be able to deal with all kinds of strange stories, Natsuki memorized all kinds of history, which naturally included the history of the lower worlds from the known minus one to minus seven.

And the name "Orsian Eternal Day" is famous in the history of the witchcraft world in the second floor, because he is the first "righteous hero" in the witchcraft world, and also the first "white witch"!

For a long time before his appearance, the entire witchcraft world was ruled by dark wizards who admired evil and darkness, and it was not until his appearance that the black and white poles of the witchcraft world gradually began to balance.

Interestingly, Orsian's sorcery was not passed down from generation to generation, but was modified by himself, removing many elements of "human life" and replacing them with more complex replacement materials.

The concept of "pseudo-vitality" was first proposed by him, and later improved by his own experiments to form the current "White Witch System".

Unfortunately, Orsian was not very active, and although he lit the first torch in the darkness, he himself was caught by the ruler of the Dark Witch at the last moment before the White Witch came to power, and was subjected to the most vicious curse, and was tortured for eternity.

It was also at that time that the "Wizard's Codex" he carried with him disappeared, but fortunately, he had already passed on all the knowledge that should be taught, so that the White Witch did not fall.

Calculate the time......

At the time of Ors's death, it seems to be the ancient European era of the West of this world.

In other words, this "Wizard's Codex" was inexplicably left behind in this world, good fellow...... I didn't expect there to be a windfall!

"That...... Can you show me? ”

Natsuki asked cheekily.

"Of course, right here."

Lawrence turned around and picked up a parchment book from the drawer on the bedside table and handed it directly to Natsuki.

In his opinion, he only needs to delay a little time, it doesn't matter what method he does, the most important thing is to stabilize this guy.

Moreover, with the mind and comprehension of a veteran watchmaker, he had studied for months to understand the arrangement and function of the circle, and he did not believe that the young man could see it with only two glances.

Moreover, in terms of time, there is still one minute at most for the magic circle to be fully activated, and with the complexity and obscurity of the content of the note, this young man may not even be able to read two or three pages.

And the record of this circle was in the middle of the note, and he believed that Natsuki would never be able to turn it there before the circle was completed!

However, just as Lawrence was rightfully thinking, he was surprised to discover......

Natsuki took the notes and began to flip them quickly!