This magic power is compressed and once launched. The power it generates can easily destroy the magic workshop and even the school building behind Aozaki Touko. Any defensive magic used hastily will not be able to resist. However, this is no ordinary magic battle, and Aozaki Touko is no ordinary opponent. Seeing the obvious hope in the other person's eyes, Orange sneered at Aoko's naivety. Compared to Victor and Youzhu, who had always noticed Aoko's progress and thought that she was already good enough, Orange's eyes were filled with naked disappointment. In fact, Aozaki Touko is not really eager for magic. Her interest from the beginning has been puppets and rune magic. But what has always been difficult for her to let go is, after all, her grandfather's decision. The decision to abandon her without hesitation and negate all her efforts. All along, can Qingzi really replace her? This has always been her biggest doubt about her grandfather. And when she came back this time, everyone thought that she was plotting against magic and the spiritual vein of the Aozaki family, which was half right.
The mistake was that she didn't care about magic and spiritual veins. That's right, she really wants to take these away to prove that she is no worse than Aoko. She wants to regain her former ideal, which is... to become the head of the Aozaki family. Of course, she had actually thought that Qingzi was really a hidden genius, more suitable for this position than her, but now it seems... "The momentum of showing off your trump card right at the start is certainly intimidating, and it is enough to determine the outcome, but, Aoko." Facing the magic that was about to be launched, the huge torrent of magic power had already overflowed, as if it was ready to swallow her up at any time. Orange looked at the other party without any eagerness, and said indifferently: "This often means that you don't have more means... exposing your weakest point to the other party." If they hold their ultimate moves and test each other, they will be cautious at least until the battle is completely over. Using your ultimate skill right at the start will certainly help you win quickly, but once your ultimate skill is wasted... won't you be at the mercy of others? Aozaki Touko lowered her eyes slightly and sighed in disappointment. "Don't show your cards before you are sure of the other party's cards, Qingzi. You have such an impetuous temper..." “It really hasn’t changed at all.” Following the other party's cold words, Aozaki Aoko, who had released magic, opened her eyes wide in disbelief. I saw Aozaki Touko just snapped her fingers lightly with her right hand, and mysterious words suddenly appeared behind her. They were arranged and combined in various orders behind Aozaki Touko, just like pieces of art, and quickly found their own place. Then mysterious runes were formed, which were not limited to Western Europe, Northern Europe, and even hundreds of various spells in ancient times. Commonly known as... Magic engraving! It should have been engraved on the magician's skin. This was something that Aozaki Touko shouldn't have. This should only be known by their respective sect owners. ——A magic seal that blooms brightly under the moonlight.
But now, these magic marks seemed to have surrendered to the beast under Orange, and were imprinted in the space behind Orange. With abundant magic power, they burst into dazzling light, and then... Aozaki Aoko's magic was dissolved just like that. "Well, that's what happened. Now you know I don't have to rely on Beo alone, right?" Finally, after finishing his sermon, Orange still had a cold expression on his face. She put one hand on her waist as a matter of course, but there was no smile of confidence on her face. Rather, she was very disappointed. "So...what is that?" Aozaki Aoko was puzzled and shocked as she looked at the hundreds of magic seals mixed with spells behind the other party. The scale of the seals even exceeded the accumulation of the Aozaki family, and it was quite messy... "Youzhu? Victor?" "As you can see, it's a magic seal." Kuonji Yuju slowly closed his eyes and spoke calmly with a heavy heart. "I know it's a magic mark, but...but...I'm asking why she has a magic mark of this level! And! It's quite inconsistent, isn't it?!" "Indeed." Victor narrowed his eyes and looked behind Aozaki Touko with interest. To be honest, he didn't know this at first. Beowulf must have known, but he didn't say anything! Is this Aozaki Touko's trump card? He glanced at the boy next to him, pinched his chin and tilted his head in thought. "It doesn't look like the magic seal of just one company... It looks like the magic seal of several companies, no, more than a dozen companies combined. I can recognize more than a dozen magic seals with different attributes." The more he looked, the more shocked he became, and he couldn't help but make an evaluation in his mind. "genius!" Generally speaking, magic seals are heirlooms unique to each family. What is engraved on the body can be a spell or words, and it can be used as long as it is activated, which seems to be quite convenient. But in fact, magic itself has no form or entity, and its reproduction is extremely uncertain. If you want it to present a clear form and release stably, then it takes a lot of time and effort - this is almost the crystallization of a family's ambitions and hopes, and the proof of the succession of various sects. This is the magic seal. But if it is just about recording magic, then a magic book can do it, and it can be used by activating it, and a scroll can also do it. Therefore, the most important point about magic seal is its irreplaceability, that is... uniqueness. If you don't keep the mark within yourself and are prepared to become a part of the mark one day, then logically speaking, you cannot use it even if you have it.
There is no point in copying or replicating the magic seal. Even if it can be divided into plants, the magic on it cannot be copied or inherited. "So, the magic mark on her back is definitely not a simple copy. It is more likely that it all comes from someone else's magic mark, right?" Victor did not hide the shock and admiration in his tone at all, but when Aozaki Aoko heard it, she was stunned for a moment. Seize... someone else's seal? ! Hearing this, Orange smiled and nodded to show his satisfaction with his enemy's superior understanding. She looked at Victor and said simply, "Yes, but because they don't fit my body, I fixed them in the space behind me." "But I actually thought about engraving it on my own body. However, the numerous engravings need to verify each other to avoid conflicts. I also have to endure the pain of the engravings all the time. The more engravings there are, the more painful it is. In the end, I thought about it and decided not to inherit it." "After all, I will eventually have a better mark to inherit. They are just tools I use to seize the mark in my heart." "Tools... I see." Victor nodded: "The mark you have in mind is the mark that Aoko has now, right?" "Ah, that's quite in line with the style of a magician." He said with great interest, "I won't ask you how you developed the principle of integrating the magic seal into the backend, after all, I can do similar things, but what I want to ask is, how do you keep the seal active?" Magic Marks are actually equivalent to an extra organ for the magician. If it is not engraved inside the body, the magic seal will quickly lose its activity and become useless. “…Hehe, isn’t this actually simpler? Think about it another way. I’m just using it, and I don’t need to inherit it. So, the guys whose seals were taken away are now locked up somewhere by me. As long as they are still alive, it will be fine. On the contrary, if the owner of the seal dies, the seal cannot be activated.” "Oh? In other words, some simple technique was used to separate the organ from its owner while still maintaining contact... Oh, why didn't I think of that?" Victor was even more shocked. genius! Yes, I just need a running module from another computer, why do I have to disassemble it and then put the module on my computer? I can just connect them in parallel and form a module server! ? “It’s quite interesting. Although it’s a little inhumane, it’s very subversive and a very genius idea.” Victor expressed his sincere appreciation. "Really? I wanted to study this as a subject, but unfortunately time doesn't allow it." The conversation between the two was full of recognition for a moment, and it even made Aozaki Aoko, who was listening on the side, feel absurdly that the two people had some kind of mutual sympathy. Although Aoko had long known that her sister was somewhat inhuman, she had never expected Orange to be so inhuman. As for Victor, he was a little slow to realize it. He suddenly felt that it would actually be a better decision for him to cooperate with Orange. With Orange's style of doing things, even if he revealed his identity as a Dead Apostle from the beginning, the other party probably wouldn't care. Then, if you succeed in killing Aoko or Youzhu, the rewards you get will be extremely huge. You may even just need to counterattack and kill Aozaki Touko, who is a condition for passing the level. Then, he will also gain the magic seal of the Aozaki family, the magic seal of the witch, and... the magic position that he may be able to plunder. If he really wants to be a non-human, then with Artelucci as his helper, this route is obviously the one with the greatest rewards.
It's just that he didn't think of the option of being a traitor at first. Aozaki Touko is the cover protagonist, making Thor the cover once, and then as the final BOSS, he habitually joined the enemy camp. Well, that's okay though. Victor finally smiled with relief. Although he and Orange had a good relationship working together, it must be tiring. After all, they had to be wary of each other and betray each other in the end. As for teaming up with the righteous... although there are some restrictions, at least... It's quite comfortable to have Zhu and Qingzi as friends. Chapter 85: Sending Death "Orange, you—" Aozaki Aoko wanted to speak with mixed feelings, but was interrupted by Aozaki Touko. "Don't try to blame me. I just bounced off the sparks that fell on me. Those who were stripped of their marks by me were the ones who attacked me first, and I just took the spoils after I won." "Come to think of it, I think I'm still very gentle. Look, I even let those who came to kill me survive." "Haha, being deprived of the seal would probably make life worse than death, right?" "Huh? What do you think I am? Can I only save their brains and then pile up the bodies of these hundreds of people like pieces of meat and treat them like animals?" Hearing this, Aozaki Touko sneered and said, "Compared to the magicians you and Youzhu have been cleaning up, I have to treat my enemies with adequate food, entertainment and sleep because I need to engrave them. From this aspect, am I not more humane than you?" "Okay, stop talking nonsense." After she finished speaking, she pushed her glasses impatiently and said indifferently: "Even if you are an enemy, then there is no need to talk so much nonsense, right? In the end, justice only belongs to the winner anyway." Aoko was left speechless by the other party's sharp words. Just as she was stunned, Victor spoke with a smile. "Speaking of which, our surprise attack this time can actually be considered as what you call an active attack, right?" "Once you have determined your goal, you will do it without hesitation. This is a magician. How can you get so many grand titles?" "Aoko, don't be affected by her words. The way she defended against your magic just now was not a spell. She simply used the magic seal on her back as a consumable item and neutralized it with mystical power." "In other words..." "The magic seals she used have been consumed." Kuonji Yuju suddenly took over Victor's words and said quietly: "And for those magicians imprisoned by her, what does the disappearance of the magic seal mean? Even a half-baked person like you should understand, right?" A good magician is one who devotes everything to mystery. The more elite the family, the more obvious it is that their entire lives, and even their descendants, have been living for the mage mark. Therefore, the destruction of the magic seal is no different from directly denying and erasing the hopes and efforts of several generations of a magic family. Considering the psychological trauma that Aozaki Touko had suffered from having her grandfather deny everything, it was hard for Victor and Arizuma not to suspect that the other party did it on purpose. Otherwise, even Victor had to admit that although it was a genius idea to be able to conveniently use other people's magic imprints, there was a more perfect way for puppeteers to use them, which was to directly use the magic imprints as materials to cast corresponding combat puppets. However, if that were the case, the defeated puppet could cause the magic seal to be recovered by someone else and inherited.
"Ah? Is that so?" Aozaki Aoko looked at Aozaki Touko in shock again. She suddenly had a new understanding of the other party's resentment and distortion. "I've already told you to stop talking nonsense." Aozaki Touko sighed, feeling a little unhappy. She glanced at Victor in the distance and said coldly, "It's as if you are acting out a scene where you try hard to persuade your loved ones who have gone astray to turn back." "What are you questioning, Aoko?" She raised her hand, and the mark behind her once again shone brightly: "We have been enemies from the beginning, don't show that expression..." "How disgusting!"