Volume 10: Pride and Prejudice in the City-State Chapter 21: Replacement Ceremony
It didn't take long to find him, in fact, a small clock tower was found fairly quickly.
I don't know what the reason is, the big bell in this bell tower has no hammer at all, and there is a small platform extending outside the top floor, with a beam protruding in the front, on which some straw is placed. There is also a wooden sign next to it with the words "Synchronous Position" written on it. I don't know what they are playing.
However, this is indeed a good place to view the surrounding scenery. Although the bell tower is a mix of Chinese and Western styles, it is tall enough and looks at least 20 meters high. The internal structure of the bastion in the distance, which seems quite large in the small town, can be seen clearly from the bell tower. Those players who are happily fighting each other with fire and lightning on the playground, those who secretly attacked an NPC on the street and then laughed happily, and those who are very similar to him in the past and have no feelings about this behavior, are constantly moving like ants under the tower.
"What on earth are you doing up here, so high up?"
Alice, who had finally climbed up the stairs, complained to Li Lin, who was standing on the edge of the platform and looking at the bastion:
"I finally climbed up here after much effort. I heard this is a forbidden area with some kind of magic source. I can't fly, so they let me in after much persuasion. What on earth do you want to do by finding such a high ground? Are you going to kill those players with your eyes?"
"This is indeed a magic field. I also did some traction and adjustments when I flew up, which is very helpful for what I am going to do next. How should I put it? I have always been working alone, so the things I learned are very disorganized. Moreover, I am narrow-minded and hold grudges, especially grudges, so I plan to catch them all in one fell swoop in my own way. I have just arranged everything, and now it's time to finish it."
"You were just talking to me about college and missions?"
"Sometimes I don't need to be there in person to set things up."
Looking at Alice who had a confused look on her face, Li Lin smiled and looked at the white building in the distance.
"I once saw a list of the top 100 CG animations selected in ancient times, and there was a clip like this that left a deep impression on me."
Li Lin looked at the white building, squinted his eyes and exhaled.
The breath seemed to be alive, gradually deforming and twisting into a ball of white mist and dust, which gradually swirled under the feet, as if countless small hands were working in it, gradually building a small model made of pure sand and dust on the ground.
It was almost exactly the same as the bastion outside, including the city defense structure, the players chatting inside, and the guild members who seemed to be fighting each other. Everything in the bastion was restored to the most detailed state under the dust. Even the slogans painted on the outside of the bastion became detailed in this dust model. The words and shouts on them could be clearly seen.
However, for some reason, looking at this fortress that looked like a model, Alice felt as if it was connected to the huge fortress opposite. It was as if if she did something to this dusty fortress, the bastion outside would also respond. This feeling was very strange and interesting, like facing twins, as long as she did something to one, the other would have a vague telepathic connection. But the ritual in front of her seemed to have a stronger feeling.
If this castle of sand and dust is destroyed, perhaps the castle outside will also be reduced to ashes.
Looking at the fortress gradually solidifying under Li Lin's feet, Alice couldn't help but have such an .
"It was a very classic ancient game, the predecessor of the cultural tradition we now call the Alliance and the Horde, called Warcraft. There was a CG movie in it called The Destruction of Dalaran. It tells how a powerful warlock used spells to destroy the entire holy land."
Squatting next to the dusty fortress, Li Lin used his fingers to smear several shining symbols on the ground, gradually solidifying the entire ritual.
"It is a coincidence that although I myself have no understanding of this, I have a ritual imprint that can reduce all time. And I found records about bloodstains and shape-like curses in Yin-Yang magic. It is the kind that if you nail a person's birth date to a wooden man, and do something to the wooden man, the real person will become the same. If a hand is cut off, the hand will be cut off, and if a head is cut off, the head will be cut off. This is the theory I used."
"I put some of my blood into the fortress. You know I have the ability to manipulate blood, so that part of the blood spread underground to construct a replacement curse. It was a great help that they didn't have any barriers or special mysterious powers. My arrangement went very smoothly. The combination of rituals and Yin-Yang magic was also very successful. It felt really great. I wanted to learn from the villain in it a long time ago. It's really cool to be able to destroy an entire city with just a touch of the finger. So after considering many aspects, I made such a spell."
"So, let's set up the cage first..."
We can't let these people escape...
Looking at the lifelike sand model, Li Lin squatted down and drew a circle around it. A layer of pale white magic gradually enveloped the entire bastion. However, what was terrifying was that almost at the moment when the magic enveloped it, a layer of pale white light curtain gradually rose around the bastion.
The players in the bastion soon realized something was wrong. Tiny humanoids were shouting in the distance, constantly bombarding the outer shield with props and weapons. However, with the support of the ritual and infinite magic power, the crazy attacks of the players could not even splash a drop of water in the white curtain, and they dissipated silently. In the intention of dust and gravel, there were also some flashes bombarding the outer surface, which looked extremely desperate.
“And then, this is just the beginning.”
Looking at the tiny human figures formed by the sand and dust, Li Lin smiled at the bastion shrouded in light in the distance, then stretched out his index finger and pressed it lightly.
