When the black cat dragged a dead snake back from the depths of the woods, he almost thought he was in the wrong place.

What was originally overgrown with weeds has been carved out of a flat, smooth black base with a radius of hundreds of meters. Dark red magic slowly flowed between the graphite powdered wires, emitting subtle fluctuations.

Around the circle, there are six stone pillars, the lower part is round, the column is divided into three sections, and the top is covered with wrinkled spells, which look like vertical fingers.

In the center of the circle stood a wall of sky blue, blue-purple, and white tiles in the shape of a mosaic, and in the center of the wall was an onion-domed arched door with double pages, which was now closed. The door is covered with reliefs of various colors and patterns, which seem to be the plot of some mythological story, but when you look at it carefully, they are all plausible.

At the edge of the magic array, there were rows of yellow clay tablets inserted horizontally and vertically in the ground. These yellow clay tablets wrapped the entire magic array together, like petals in full bloom. The clay tablets are a few feet wide, and the exposed part is half a foot long, and each clay tablet is smeared with keel powder with patterns that are suspected to be tree branches and stars, which looks particularly strange.

The black cat looked up at the sky.

The pale sun and moon hung motionless in mid-air, and there was absolutely no way to tell him the exact time.

"How long have I been gone?" asked the black cat uncertainly.

The red-chained snake hanging around his neck quietly raised its head, and the tip of its tail tried to move. The black cat's eyelids didn't droop for a moment, and it raised its paw and popped out its paws, and it slashed along the body of the red chain snake.

Thorn la la.

A few wisps of snake blood slowly slid down with the shattered scales. The red-chained snake pretending to be dead opened its mouth wide and howled silently a few times, then lowered its head again and pretended to be unconscious.

The two witches were busy putting the finishing touches on the edge of the circle, and when they heard the black cat's question, Colma replied without raising her head, "Half an hour...... Around. ”

The black cat arched up, looking frightened.

"Such a large magic array, you can make it in half an hour?" Its tone was full of incredulity: "Or do you have other companions helping out in a place I can't see?!"

The witch in the white mask couldn't help but laugh when she heard the black cat's words.

"Most of the contents of the circle you see have already been done outside, and we just brought it in and assembled it. The witch patiently explained.

Zheng Qing immediately remembered the job he and his companions took over during the winter vacation, and suddenly felt a sense of fit that the pieces of the puzzle were put together, and couldn't help but nod.

"And ten percent of the work has not been completed until now, and three percent of the work has not been completed. This is just the core of the entire magic circle. Colmar said, "It looks like bells and whistles, but it's just a basic framework...... The most important thing about the magic array is the details. There are still a lot of details that we need to fill in. ”

At this, the witch raised her head, glanced at the red chain snake hanging from the black cat's neck, and ordered, "Throw away your toys and help us to engrave the 'old seal' on the yellow clay tablet...... It's the marks that are smeared along the keel powder, and you use your claws to carve out the cuts. Be careful not to push too hard, those boards are brittle. ”

When the red chain snake, which was originally pretending to be dead, heard the witch's words, it immediately raised its head, blinked its small eyes, and looked at the black cat expectantly. The black cat slapped it on the head, knocking it unconscious.

"I hate you cunning reptiles the most. The black cat grunted, kicked and moved to a yellow clay tablet, and leaned forward to carefully examine the painting marks on it: "This is the 'old seal'...... It's as simple as it seems. ”

The 'Old Seal' is a guardian spell developed by the Babylonian mage group, which is mostly used to expel the high-dimensional forces that invade reality. Used in this magic array, according to Zheng Qing's judgment, it should play some kind of restraining role.

Seeing this, the black cat raised its head again, glanced at the arched door in the center of the magic array, and screamed strangely: "That's 'Solomon'? I always thought that 'Solomon' was a personal name." ”

A famous king of ancient Israel, with many treasures and tales, legends of powerful mages who ruled over seventy-two great demons. Zheng Qing was impressed by him because as a child he thought that King Solomon's father and Michelangelo's bare-ass David sculpture were the same person, so much so that for a while, when he debated with his classmates, he swore that the Arabs of King Solomon's time did not wear clothes.

"Blockade of the locks, not all of them. Colma took a small breath, "I didn't know that the general knowledge circle on the island had become so sensitive...... It is possible to play homophonic stalks between different languages. ”

"Sounds flawless. The black cat interjected.

The witch glanced at him: "Actually, the name of the magic array I mentioned before is an abbreviation, and the full name is 'The Key on the Lockable Rashomon'...... Rashomon, you know. ”

The black cat frowned, feeling that the name was familiar, as if it was something from Fuso's side.

"The boundary between the world and hell exists between the real and the false, on one side of the door and on the other side of the door, both true and false. Like a party caught in the middle of the news, there is truth in any side of the argument. ”

Speaking of this, Colma seemed to be in the mood for a conversation, so she simply stopped what she was doing, turned her head to look at the black cat, and asked with great interest, "Do you think Nicholas was really cheated by the Beta Town Post, or did he think so at the time?"

The topic jumped so fast that Zheng Qing didn't react to what the witch was talking about at the first time.

"Who?" the black cat pricked up its ears and tilted its head, looking dazed.

His expression was completely heartfelt. The two witches examined his expressions for a moment, then looked at each other. Elena shook her head slightly.

Colmar's chatter dissipated abruptly.

"Nicholas, a three-year veteran of our college, is still in his first year. The witch explained briefly: "He recently fell into a Rashomon. He was interviewed by the Betatown Post some time ago, and he made some inappropriate remarks that were ostracized by the people at the Academy, and then he defended himself that he didn't mean that...... In short, it's a complicated matter. ”

"It's not about you. The witch finally ended her jumping topic with four words.

The black cat lowered its head and looked at the red chain snake hanging from its neck and fainted, and 10,000 alpacas galloped past in its heart.

It has nothing to do with me, why are you telling me so much?

Do witches always think so out of the box?

Completely out of pace.