Volume 5 The Trial of the Twins Chapter 49 The Uninvited Guest
Demon Breakers, as the name suggests, are bullets made for the purpose of breaking spell shields.
Long before the invention of firearms, people in the "inner world" who were not good at magic tried to pre-inscribe and enchant arrows to make them sharper or create a specific magic countervailing force field, so that a single blow could penetrate the spell shield and deal damage to the magician.
Although there are magicians in every period who try to bury the technology of breaking demons forever, and there are magicians who try to monopolize this technology completely, there are always inheritances that are inadvertently left behind. Especially after the invention of firearms, the branch of demon-breaking bullets under the demon-breaking technology tree has been admired by many people in the "inner world", whether this one has the ability to cast spells or not......
Even in the world of magicians, there will be ordinary people who have no magical qualifications, not to mention magicians and relatives and friends, as well as colleagues and friends - all the people who are closely related to themselves are elites who are good at magic, which is certainly unrealistic. Therefore, how ordinary people and people with poor magical strength can protect themselves in the "inner world" has always promoted the development and growth of demon-breaking technology.
The production of the Magic Breaker Bullet can be said to be very simple, or it can be said to be difficult.
The simplicity is that the process of making it is so clear that even ordinary people can master it - engrave a magic circle on the bullet and infuse it with magic power. The whole process is clear at a glance, and simple couldn't be simpler.
It is said that it is difficult, because the process of inscribed on the bullet to break the magic circle is no less difficult than that of a miniature carving. As long as the fingers move slightly more during the inscription process, a little bit more and a little bit...... The previous inscriptions that lasted for several minutes or even half an hour were in vain. Of course, in the information age of the 21st century, no one will personally carry out the inscription of the magic array, and directly use the lithography machine.
The progress of science and technology has solved half of the trouble in the process of making demon-breaking bullets, but the remaining half - magic infusion, sorry, this is not under the control of science, it still needs to be done manually.
You must know that metal is a natural material for suppressing magic, and it is notoriously poor in magic affinity. The essence of metal weapon enchantment is to attach the magic material to the surface of the metal, or directly carve shallow grooves on the metal weapon to fill the magic material, rather than directly magicalizing the metal itself. It's not uncommon for metals to be magicalized, but the price is ridiculously high, and the production is extremely worrying, such as mythril and adamantite gold.
It is extremely difficult to infuse the magic power of the magic breaking array after the completion of the micro-carving, which is the main reason why the price of the magic breaking bullet remains high at present, and the production has not been high.
The price of the Demon Breaker Bullet is very high, how high is it? That's almost three to five times the price of an equal volume of gold. The feeling of using a magic bullet is more heart-wrenching than the feeling of smashing people with gold! If there is no deep hatred, and it is not a life-and-death situation, few people will directly use demon-breaking bullets to scare people as soon as they meet.
Fang Qiuling played with the Demon Breaking Bullet in his hand, his eyes flashing with a playful light.
He had just guessed that the six magicians in front of him were from the Clock Tower, as they had many similarities in number and attire with the deacons of the Clock Tower's field duties. But now he's pushed back on his previous speculations.
The six people in front of them were certainly not the people of the Clock Tower, because the magicians from the Clock Tower all thought highly of themselves and were accustomed to leading people with a high-minded attitude, and they showed extreme arrogance towards all people and things from the mortal world. Modern weapons such as firearms pose a deadly threat to magicians, who despise such non-magical creations created in order to kill each other.
- If nothing else, they will then claim to be members of the Clock Tower's special forces. The purpose is nothing more than to sow discord.
Sure enough, one of the six magicians spoke.
"We are members of the Clock Tower's Praise of the Night, and we have been ordered to lock this place down. Whoever you are and what your purpose is, please leave Cluj Napoca at once. This is temporarily taken over by the Clock Tower! Remember, this is just a warning, if there is a next time, we will attack directly......"
With a "bang", Fang Qiuling and Xiao Hanqi saw that the magician who opened his mouth was beaten away with a punch. He was punched the right shoulder, and his body flew straight out like a kite with a broken string, slamming into a large tree behind him.
The thigh-thick trunk of an adult was directly smashed by the flying magician. The fallen trunk pressed down, engulfing the mage directly in the bare branches. In the place where the magician was originally, a blue figure suddenly appeared. The figure struck with a fist, retracting it with a very slow movement.
"What did you just say? Come, come, say it again! The figure that punched someone away was undoubtedly Avril, "Hey! This is a public area, why do you say that it is blocked, and you say that if you want to go, you must go......".
She was answered by five gunshots that rang out almost simultaneously.
The remaining five magicians did not hesitate to draw their guns and shoot, regardless of the fact that their own positions were very close, and the possibility of accidental injury was extremely great.
Do firearms work against Heroic Spirits? Certainly useful. If it hits, the Heroic Spirit will die as well. It's just that before it hits, the bullet must first break through the Gang Qi of the Heroic Spirit's protective body.
The Gang Qi is very similar to the invisible armor formed by the release of the Dou Qi, and it is a manifestation of the Heroic Spirit's use of its own power. The purpose of the Heroic Spirit's formation of the Protective Gang Qi is not actually to deal with bullets, but to improve its magic resistance, in order to effectively reduce the damage after being hit by a spell.
In order to penetrate the Gang Qi and directly inflict damage on the Heroic Spirit, the small-caliber bullets of the revolver will definitely not work, at least the large-caliber armor-piercing bullets of the anti-weapon sniper rifle are also needed. If you can only use small-caliber bullets, then you must use magic bullets. Targeted Demon-Piercing Bullets attack targets with Gang Qi Protectors, and the effect is no less than that of large-caliber armor-piercing bullets!
These five magicians in front of you...... Fang Qiuling caught the faint blue brilliance at the moment they opened fire.
- It's really a magic bullet! What are they? What a lot of money!
As soon as the five magicians made a move, they were all demon-breaking bullets, but Fang Qiuling was at ease. Originally, he had planned to help Avril and reach out to kill half of them, but now it was completely unnecessary. Avril is also a Heroic Spirit with Golden Primary-Rank strength, so it doesn't take much effort to deal with a mage who can only use firearms to attack. In comparison, Fang Qiuling was a little concerned about these magicians who suddenly appeared. Of course, it's mainly about their financial resources, not their strength.
Avril turned sideways slightly, and all the bullets that glowed blue fell into the air. Then, with a flash of figure, the second magician was kicked in the chest and flew sideways.
The remaining four magicians were completely oblivious to their kicked companions, still aiming at Avril Lavigne, constantly pulling the trigger.
Avril may not be able to capture bullets directly through sight or senses, but predicting the trajectory of a bullet based on the muzzle of a gun is not difficult at all. She just used her speed, and she dodged left and right very easily, and then approached the two magicians standing together. I saw her throw an uppercut, knocking one of the magicians backwards to the ground, and then grabbed the other magician closely, and directly threw him as a large throwing prop to the magician in the distance. There was only a "bump" sound, and the two magicians collided together, and fell down at the same time, without a sound.
Then came the last magician. He seems to be slightly fatter than his companion and is slightly more recognizable.
Avril clenched her little fists and walked in step by step from the front. There is no expression on the fair-skinned and delicate little face, but the tension and fear created are real. However, the last magician did not panic in the slightest, as if he was turning a blind eye, and still calmly kept pulling the trigger.
The six-shot revolver rang out four more times, and Avril didn't dodge, four bullets flashing with a faint blue glow hit her accurately. However, due to the existence of the protective body's qi, the bullet was directly suspended in the air, just like the demon-breaking bullet that had been fired at Fang Qiuling's eyebrows before.
"Quite a nice gadget. If you get hit, it will be very, very painful. Avril waved her hand, and all the suspended magic bullets fell into her hands, "You, dare to point this weapon at me, you must be ready to die!" ”
Avril stepped forward with a long wait, and there was still five or six steps to imprint her little fist on the other person's face. But before she could finish the last few meters, a throbbing of a threat suddenly welled up in her heart, and a hurried shout was captured in her ears at the same time:
"Retreat! Hurry back! ”
Fang Qiuling noticed that an obscure magic power fluctuation was pouring out of the last magician's body. This fluctuation is disorderly and chaotic, and seems to be a sign that the magic is out of control.
It is rare for a mage in the world to lose control of their magic. On the one hand, because the present world is a low-magic world, it is not easy for magicians to collect magic power, so the collected magic power will be tempered in a similar way, and then have extremely high control; On the other hand, because of the loss of control, there are also certain requirements for the surrounding environment, at least there must be external magic and elements that can resonate with the loss of control.
In Fang Qiuling's arcane vision, the magic power contained in this magician's body was very low, far from reaching the lower limit of loss of control, and there were no external magic and elements in the surrounding environment that could cause runaway work. In other words, this disorderly and chaotic fluctuation is most likely not a sign of a runaway magic, but a ...... A sign of self-detonation!
Avril also obviously realized that it was her procrastination just now that created an opportunity for her opponent, and she did not hesitate to pull back.
Almost as she retreated, the obscure fluctuations of magic in the magician's body turned into a tangible substance visible to the naked eye.
Dark red dots of light appeared under the magician's black robes. The dark red points of light expanded rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, the dark red points of light spread everywhere under the black robes.
The magician's body floated slightly into the air uncontrollably. His body was seen leaning back, and his hood slid off his head in defiance of gravity, revealing a purple-blue, scarred face.
- This is not the face that normal humans should have!
Fang Qiuling silently recited the incantation, and several shields spread out in front of him at an interlude moment, completely enveloping him and Xiao Hanqi.
Avril's figure flashed, and she hid behind Fang Qiuling like a kitten.
The next moment, a huge explosion resounded throughout the woods.