Chapter 167 Northern Nobles Who Are in Contact with Taboos

"It seems that the news from the Principality of Winter is indeed not very well-informed."

Annan couldn't help laughing: "They should know that I have a silver necklace after a little investigation."

That shape doesn't look good.

Only the bearer.

These assassins must think that they are still a ritualist.

It was specifically chosen for assassination in the Fourth Exhausted Collection, precisely because this was Wasika's territory.

Although Annan does not have a deep grasp of the knowledge of occultism now.

But he also knows... it is almost impossible to use the power of ritual on another ritualist's ritual field.

It's like a program that is uncommented and very green, and only the parties themselves can understand.

If you try to directly insert a piece of code you wrote...it will inevitably jump to an infinite number of errors.

The more intense the personal style and the more powerful the ceremonial master, the more so.

In their ritual grounds, the rituals of all other ritualists will be excluded.

For example, Annan saw the "cat's heel".

In popular ceremonies, "cat heels" often herald "silent steps" and "dead life to the hunted."

But because Wasika "used a fusion card" with a female cat, she was about to call out a big brother... This directly led to the meaning of "cat's heel" in her ceremony grounds becoming "Wa Sika stands here."

Vasika can then teleport to any cat's heel in the hall, or damage the enemy directly from the air, as if she were standing there.

There are many more cases of this type.

The inner meaning of something will naturally change under a certain circumstance... A typical example is weddings and funerals.

The definition of "ceremonial pointer" will be modified for the convenience of the owner of the ceremony field. For example, for a ceremony that requires a special outside, requires starlight in a special position, or requires a special date and a special state to complete a ceremony, this inconvenient element can be replaced by a substitute in the ceremony venue. Lose.

And this substitute itself can no longer be used as the content of other rituals. Any universal ritual involving this pointer will inevitably fail... The failure of the ritual brings about death or disability.

"But... aren't they afraid of you?"

Annan was a little confused.

Although I can't use rituals here, can Wasika herself be here?

Did they send silver-level assassins to give away people's heads?

Or... they think that the ritual ability of sealing Annan is more important than the ritual ability of sealing Vasika?

"You don't understand, they are planning to kill me together."

Wasika sneered.

If outsiders do not fully understand all the elements in the ceremony grounds, they cannot use rituals in the ceremony grounds; in the same way, the best way to kill a ritualist is to do something with his ceremony grounds.

"As soon as I entered the door today, I found that although the collection itself had not been moved, the positions of several vases had been quietly moved. I have a ceremonial pointer which is 'Sailor's Eyes with Thirty-Three Years of Sailing Experience', and It's been replaced with human eyes of the same color; I'm also missing a bottle of 'Black Cat's Footsteps', which has been secretly released... so I've lost my footsteps.

"Their purpose, obviously, is to hope that I will fail in my ritual against them. Then sabotaging the wizard will cause an explosion, which can be framed as the failure of my ritual."

Wasika sneered: "But they think... a trap of this level can kill me?

"A bunch of stupid people. I've walked farther on the road of the ceremony than they put together. As early as the moment I entered the door, I already noticed that the layout of the inner hall had been changed...

"[Fool's Eye] opened before I entered the door, but it will only open its eyes when someone approaches it; [Cat's Haze] has an unusually high scrolling frequency, which means that there is a [cat] in the room. The Element's spell material is out of balance... and I've already placed them in perfect balance.

There are so many loopholes left. "

Catwoman sneered: "Only those reckless men in the Northern Alliance can be so stupid.

"Their territory is already being invaded by the gray fog, and the distance is reduced by more than ten meters every year.

"In other countries, it may not matter."

Wasika glanced at the three assassins who lost consciousness, and explained coldly: "But our winter city is protected by the temperature control barrier of the small barrier. The city closest to the edge of the big barrier" The watch fortress', has begun to relocate to the inland on a large scale... Because when the big enchantment is close to the small enchantment protecting the city, the small enchantment that only provides heat preservation will be immediately hit by the large enchantment that can intercept the curse broken.

"Howling winds come in - it means the complete demise of one city. Other cities will come under pressure from refugees from the North.

"According to the current data, the cities in the six northern provinces that are protected by small enchantments will be in contact with the large enchantment at the earliest in May next year, and the latest one will also contact the large enchantment within five years. Among them, the watch fortress is located. In the Wrangel Province, there will be a second city in the third year to contact the Great Enchantment.

"This means that in five years, seven cities in the six northern provinces will die. This will directly lead to an increase in the number of refugees, a decrease in stability, a significant reduction in taxation and power. And seven cities will lose their nobility and officials. status……"

"……I understand."

Annan nodded and interrupted Wasika's narration in a low voice.

He already knew exactly why these people were linked up in such a panic and haste to seize power. Even anxious to the point of being a little confused.

Although the chaos of losing seven cities will not fully erupt until five years later.

But the nobles of those seven cities were not fools—even if they were, the scholars they raised were not.

They will naturally explain to their masters that their happy days in the locality can only last less than five years.

When the Great Barrier shrinks, they will immediately lose their power, population, land... and everything.

The nobility of the hinterland would simply gloat at the misfortunes, or get tired of the chaos that they came to bring. It is impossible to divide their fief and authority.

unless……

They can get more.

For example, an entire principality.

"But within them, they are still divided. Although the six northern provinces are all in the northern part of the Frost Whisper Province, there are commercial areas that are further south, and some are further north... The more south, the more in the Great Barrier. The more survivable it is in a shrinking situation.”

Catwoman said leisurely: "After all, no one knows how long this contraction will last. Therefore, the big nobles whose territory is located in the south of the core, and the small nobles whose territory is safer, are not very panic... or even gloat at the misfortune. . And the six or seven city-states farthest north are already anxious enough to start jumping."

She wagged her tail and put it on the table - only then did Annan realize that Vasika actually had a very long tail.

Wasika said with deep meaning: "In order to keep their power. These stupid and stupid nobles are willing to try any taboo.

"Assassination of the Grand Duke's heir is of course a kind, communication between the Winter Defender and the Icebreaker is also a kind, and theft of military frost beasts is also a kind of self-developed...

"And, dare to try the power of the devil. It is also reasonable."

"Demon power?"

Annan frowned: "Are you referring to the Fallen Road?"

"Yes. But only part of it."

Vasika replied briefly, "I mean spell energy."