Chapter 167 Northern nobles who are in contact with taboos
"It seems that the news here in the Principality of Winter is indeed not very well-informed."
Annan couldn't help laughing: "If they do a little investigation, they should know that I have an extra silver necklace."
That kind of look doesn’t look good.
It can only be a carrier.
These assassins must think that they are still ritual masters.
The Fourth Exhausted Collection Hall was specially selected for the assassination precisely because this is Vasika's territory.
Although Annan does not have a deep knowledge of mysticism now.
But he also knew that... it was almost impossible to use the power of ritual in another ritual master's ritual field.
This is like a program that has no comments and is written in a very green way, and only the person involved can understand it.
If you try to directly insert a piece of code you wrote...it will inevitably lead to infinite errors.
The stronger the personal style and the more powerful the ritual master, the more this is the case.
In their ritual grounds, the rituals of all other ritual masters will be excluded.
For example, the "cat's heel" that Annan saw.
In public rituals, "cat's heels" usually indicate "silent steps" and "the dead life of the hunted".
But because Vasika "used the fusion card" between herself and a female cat, she just had to call her big brother... This directly caused the meaning of "cat's heel" to become "Wasika" in her ceremony venue.
Sika stands here."
Vasika can teleport to the cat's heel anywhere in the museum; she can also directly cause damage to the enemy from a distance, as if she were standing there.
There are many more situations of this type.
The inner meaning of something will naturally change under certain circumstances... Typical examples are weddings and funerals.
In order to facilitate the owner of the ceremony venue, the definition of "ritual pointer" will be modified. For example, if the external part needs to be special, the starlight needs to be in a special position, or the ceremony can only be completed on a special date or in a special state, you can
This inconvenient element was replaced by substitutes in the ceremony venue.
And this substitute itself can no longer be used as the content of other rituals. Any universal ritual involving this pointer will inevitably be impossible to succeed... The failure of the ritual will result in either death or disability.
"But... aren't they afraid of you?"
Annan didn't understand.
Although I can't use rituals here, Vasika himself is here?
Are they sending Silver-level assassins to kill people?
Or... do they think the ritual ability to seal Annan is more important than the ritual ability to seal Wasika?
"You don't understand, they are planning to kill me too."
Vasika sneered.
If outsiders do not fully understand all the elements in the ritual venue, it is impossible for them to use rituals in the ritual venue; similarly, the best way to kill a ritualist is to tamper with his ritual venue.
"As soon as I entered the door today, I discovered 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 'the eyes of a sailor with thirty-three years of sailing experience', and
It was replaced with a human eye of the same color; I was also missing a bottle of 'Black Cat's Footsteps', and the footsteps retained in it had been secretly released... That's why I lost my footsteps.
"Their purpose is obviously to hope that I will fail when I perform the ritual against them. Then destroying the wizard will cause an explosion, which can be framed as the explosion being caused by the failure of my ritual."
Vasika sneered: "But they think...a trap of this level can kill me?
"A bunch of stupid people. I have gone farther on the road of ritual than all of them combined. As early as the moment I entered the door, I had already noticed that the layout of the inner hall had been changed...
"[The Fool's Eye] had already opened before I entered the door, but it would only open its eyes when someone approached it; [Cat Haze]'s rolling frequency was unusually high, which means there was a [Cat] in the room.
The magical materials of the elements have been out of balance...and I have already placed them to a completely balanced state. All of this has left too many loopholes."
Catwoman sneered: "Only those reckless men from the Northland Alliance can be so stupid.
"Their territory is already being invaded by gray fog, shrinking inward by more than ten meters every year.
"In other countries, this might not be a big deal."
Vasika glanced at the three unconscious assassins and explained in a cold voice: "But our city in the cold winter depends on the temperature control barrier of the small barrier to protect it. The city closest to the edge of the large barrier'
Watch Fortress' has begun large-scale relocation inland... because when the large barrier approaches the small barrier that protects the city, the small barrier that only provides insulation will be immediately destroyed by the large barrier that can intercept the curse.
broken.
"A cold wind blows in - this means the complete demise of a city. Other cities will be under pressure from refugees from the North.
"According to the current data, the cities in the six provinces of the North that are protected by small barriers will be exposed to the large barrier in May next year at the earliest, and the latest one will be exposed to the large barrier within five years. Among them, the Watch Fortress is located
Wrangel Province will have a second city touching the Great Barrier in the third year.
"This means that within five years, seven cities in the six provinces of the North will disappear. This will directly lead to an increase in the number of refugees, a decrease in stability, a significant decrease in the amount of tax payments and power. In addition, the nobles and officials in the seven cities will lose their
status……"
"……I see."
Annan nodded and interrupted Vasika's narration in a low voice.
He already fully understood why these people were connected and wanted to seize power in such a panic and haste. They were even anxious to the point of being confused.
Although the chaos of losing seven cities will not fully erupt until five years later.
But the nobles of those seven cities are not fools - even if they are really fools, the scholars they support are not fools either.
They will naturally explain to their master that their happy life in the local area can only last less than five years.
When the Great Barrier shrinks, they will immediately lose their power, population, land... and everything.
The nobles in the interior would only rejoice in their misfortune, or be tired of the chaos caused by their migration. It was impossible to carve out a share of their fiefdoms and authority.
unless……
They can gain more.
For example, an entire principality.
"But they are still divided internally. Although the six provinces of the Northland are all in the northern part of Frost Whisper Province, there are commercial areas further south, and some further north...the further south, the greater the barrier.
The more it shrinks, the stronger its survivability will be."
Catwoman said leisurely: "After all, no one knows how long this contraction will last. Therefore, the big nobles in the south of the core of the territory, as well as the small nobles whose own territories are safer, are not too panic... or even gloat.
.And the six or seven city-states in the far north are already in such a hurry that they start jumping around."
She shook her tail and put it on the table - then Annan realized that Vasika actually had a very long tail.
Vasika said with deep meaning: "In order to maintain their power, these stupid nobles are willing to try any taboo.
"Assassinating the Grand Duke's heir is one thing, communicating with the Winter Defenders and the Ice Breakers is another one, stealing military frost beasts and developing them yourself is also one thing...
"Also, it is reasonable to dare to try the devil's power."