Chapter 477: The Exit of Magic

The servant immediately came forward respectfully and handed over a palm-sized jar.

 This is a pot with tens of millions burned into it. It can activate a large amount of magic power in a short period of time.

In this current situation, it can provide Yuan Hongnai with the support of this extremely complex magic circle, making the glimpsed scene clear.

 But now, it’s not the best time to use it…

Minamoto Kurenai raised her fingers and opened the lid of the potion, while holding her breath and adjusting the angle of her peek.

The chaotic picture, which was already extremely shaky, began to rotate, giving off a nauseating feeling of dizziness. Minamoto Kurenai frowned and held back, slowly adjusting the image of the back until it focused on the front of the "evil wizard".

…It's now.

She raised her hand and poured the entire jar of viscous liquid at her feet. The crimson magic power gushing out of her body rose like flames, expanded with a breath, and then converged in an instant, pouring into the magic circle.

 The picture I peered through originally looked like a piece of glass covered with frost and mist. At this time, the impurities were wiped clean, and the vision suddenly became clear.

 Muan Hongnai looked at the place with a winning ticket.

 When she saw the scene in front of her clearly, there was a hint of astonishment in her expectant eyes.

—Through the illusory "one-way glass", the "evil wizard" who shouldn't have noticed them suddenly raised his head and looked straight in her direction. It was as if he was directly looking at Minamoto Kurenai across the divination screen and dozens of kilometers away.

Different from the clear face that Minamoto Kurena expected, the young man had a pure white mask on his face. His face was completely covered, and the only exposed eyes were hidden in the heavy shadow cast by the mask... No, no Just on his face, the "evil wizard" actually had a pale clay-like shell on his body. The unlucky "sacrifice" on the ground was also wrapped, making it difficult to see through it.

 …was actually discovered?

 …The hidden formation patterns and the weak to almost non-existent magic power fluctuations that she spent several days studying were actually discovered? !

Minamoto Hongna gritted her teeth and suddenly pushed the observation distance closer, trying to penetrate the layer of clay-like things and see something clearly.

 But at this moment, the picture suddenly went dark.

—A tentacle stained with dark mucus suddenly protruded out, clinging to the "one-way glass" from the other side, crawling upward, blocking most of the screen.

Immediately afterwards, the same disgusting tentacles stretched and piled up one after another until they completely covered this piece of "one-way glass" that should be extremely secretive and incorporeal.

The moment the "evil wizard"'s figure was completely blocked, in the center of the tentacles, close to the "glass", a red eye suddenly opened—an extremely beautiful eye that seemed to belong to a human.

With that eye on anyone, it can instantly become the focus of admiration.

But being installed in a place like this only makes people feel frightened and vaguely nauseated, like being alone at home in the middle of the night and looking out of the peephole after hearing something strange, only to see a bird peering into the room through the thin glass. eyes full of malice.

Minamoto Kurenai had never seen such a scene before. She subconsciously looked into that eye and clearly saw the layers of resentment, resentment, jealousy, and pride inside... Waves of emotions surged out of her eyes and washed into her. mind. Under Minamoto Kurenai's increasingly horrified gaze, a shattering "click" sound suddenly came from in front of the tentacles that were constantly flapping.

She just dullly felt that something was not good. The next second, the tentacle followed the extremely weak connection and crossed the barrier of tens of kilometers. It stabbed into Minamoto Kurenai's left eye.

"ah-!!"

The adult witch tightly covered her eyes and let out a roar of extreme pain. Minamoto Kurenai's mind went blank, and she felt as if her eyes were pierced by countless steel needles. The severe pain caused her to lose the ability to think for a moment. She covered her face and fell to her knees. Before she completely lost consciousness, her mind could no longer accommodate other emotions except shock and the most instinctive fear.

 The magic circle and crystal ball were shattered instantly. The servant and Koizumi Anko finally came to their senses, and when they stepped forward tremblingly, only the fallen Minamoto Kurenai and the blank floor in front of her were left in the room - the magic circle was gone, and the crystal ball was also obliterated, collapsing into a Ground powder finer than sand. The servant supported Minamoto Kurenai, remembering the scene just now, and while making an emergency call, he carefully opened her hood.

 He thought he would see a blur of flesh and blood.

  But no.

Minamoto Hongnai actually looked completely intact. Except for the fact that her face and eyes were distorted by pain, they were still the same as before.

He looked at this scene with confusion, suspecting that the tentacles he just saw were just hallucinations caused by some kind of wizard.

He couldn't help but turn his head to look at the place where the magic circle was, but he only saw Koizumi Hongzi's unusually stunned face.

"...Her magic power source is gone." Koizumi Anko stretched out a hand and covered Minamoto Kurenai's eyes blankly.

 The source of magic power is something that every magician is born with and is passed down from generation to generation. When the previous generation dies or loses the qualification to possess magic power, it will automatically be passed on to the next generation.

Minamoto Kurenai’s magic source was originally transferring to Koizumi Anko at an extremely slow speed. That is the foundation of a magician.

 But now, Koizumi Hongzi can’t feel any trace of the magic source belonging to their family.

She thought of the tentacle that stabbed into her aunt's eye just now, and the way it wrapped around something and retracted, and she shuddered silently: "...What the **** is that?!"

 …

 tens of kilometers away. In an abandoned warehouse at 6-chome in Cupido Town.

 One minute ago.

Jiang Xia was hiding in the warehouse, beating Lu Ye Shuji evenly, making the stubborn murderous aura become fluffy.

But at this moment, the ghosts suddenly became restless and looked to the side blankly, vaguely feeling that something invisible was approaching.

Jiang Xia was stunned, and immediately struck Luye Xiuji on the back of the neck with a knife, knocking out any possible witnesses.

 Then he carefully felt the changes around him. After tasting it for a while, he felt that there was a faint aura of magic.

　　I remembered the magic knowledge I had gained from Terai Huangnosuke when I visited before, and the old man’s advice: “Be careful that they use divination to find your lair, and then ambush them there with heavy firepower.” To be on the safe side, Jiang Xia immediately put on his hood and took the time to apply a layer of clay on his face and body.

 —Although a body is not a permanent necessity for a medium. But Jiang Xia is very satisfied with this body that has the same name as his own, and he doesn't want to be disturbed by the witches in his peaceful life yet.

As soon as he wrapped himself in clay, he suddenly noticed a much stronger magic power than before, and the source seemed to be in the air in front of him.

 …Although it is not clear what happened, there is no doubt about the fact that "there was a sudden burst of magic in front of me".

Jiang Xia was about to take a bite politely.

 But before he could release his shikigami, his expression suddenly fell into a trance. There was a "buzzing" sound in his head, and the depths of his pupils turned red for an instant.

 (End of this chapter)