Hate me, Miss Witch

Chapter 72 I'm waiting for cooling down, what are you waiting for? (six thousand)
  The bullet spun out of the chamber with a piercing scream.

Sweeping through the atmosphere, creating storms and breaking sonic booms.

Char did not use the pet beast's attack skills.

Because high-level beast masters have extremely keen spiritual intuition, the fleeting murderous intention when launching an offensive will definitely be caught.

Similarly, Char has no ability to use elements or magic.

Because before these abilities are activated, they will inevitably cause fluctuations in the surrounding elements and reveal flaws.

What Xia chose was just the simplest gun made of mechanical structure.

Compared with those magic guns that have reinforcement and acceleration inscriptions solidified on the gun body, which can greatly increase the shooting power of ammunition——

This gun, driven purely by a mechanical structure, is undoubtedly much less powerful in terms of power alone.

But that also means it's pure enough.

There is no killing intent, no elemental fluctuations, and no forward movement of the rune array.

Silent, silent, yet deadly and dangerous.

A shot through the clouds.

Bang!
  The bullet was faster than a sonic boom, penetrated a distance of tens of meters, and hit Norton's temple accurately.

It was a slender bullet with a dark red tip, like a carefully polished ruby, with blood-colored brilliance flowing inside.

Seaweed-like red filaments spread out from the ruby-like bullet, covering the entire bullet body like a spider web.

This is alchemical ammunition ground from the "blood of the wise".

Char purchased twenty grams of "Sage's Blood" from the Shadow Council, but in the end only refined and concentrated the alchemical warhead of less than two grams.

In terms of pure value, this bullet is worth more than 30,000 Rhine gold coins.

After one thousandth of a breath.

pat-

The moment before the red bullet was about to penetrate the skin and flesh of Norton's temple.

The bullet suddenly froze.

There was a silvery film with the texture of mercury spreading out in mid-air outside Norton's temple.

Then, all the kinetic energy carried by the bullet is absorbed in the form of fluid.

Beast masters are different from pet beasts. Although they have the increase in physical fitness brought by the soul contract, they can also use part of the power of the pet beast through the soul contract.

However, pure-blood humans are a race that is good at intelligence but not at strength. The way for beast masters to improve themselves is to temper their mental power. When it comes to the physical body, how can it really be compared to the innate racial advantages of those powerful races.

Directly decapitating the enemy's beast master is always the best option for extraordinary people in battle.

Therefore, how to protect oneself in battle, as well as the offensive and defensive games surrounding the two beast masters, are almost a required course for every high-level beast master in actual combat.

The reason is also very simple. Those who are faced with a life-and-death enemy and still jokingly think that the opponent will not attack the beast master like they do in the academy, and are stupid and do not know how to protect themselves. Now most of the grass on the graves is already two meters high. .

As a ruthless man who single-handedly eliminated more than a dozen four-ring beast control masters and planned this shocking conspiracy to destroy Cang Ting, Norton would certainly not make the kind of stupid mistakes that only a fledgling rookie would make. .

He is also an elder of the Brunstadt family, and has also contracted a silver spirit.

It's just that it's not Norton's main battle beast. The skills Norton focuses on cultivating are "metal strengthening", "liquefaction" and "super hardening".

And the only command he imposed on this silver spirit was "self-disciplined defense."

This is an automatic spell written directly on the body of the Silver Spirit. It can be automatically triggered without even the reaction of the Silver Spirit. It guards Norton's body 24 hours a day and night, blocking the way. Any offensive that endangers his body.

The red bullet was still spinning in mid-air, but it was blocked in mid-air and could no longer overcome the mercury barrier.

This is a matter of course.

If anyone could just pick up a mechanical gun that had not been strengthened by runes, he could instantly kill a beast master of level 5 or above——

The countries in the Western Continent will never spend so much energy cultivating high-level experts, let alone spend a lot of money to develop magical rune technology. Instead, they should give each soldier in the army a powerful sniper.

but.

This is also the result that Char has envisioned.

He didn't expect Norton to have no defense at all and be shot in the head like a fool.

Otherwise, the magazine of the pistol that he named "Aquamarine Judgment" should not have been filled with alchemical warheads ground by the blood of the sage from the beginning, but should have been replaced with the "Sea Blue Judgment" specially made by the Imperial Military Department. "Sinful armor-piercing bullet".

The next moment.

The ruby-like alchemical warhead melted silently on top of the barrier made of mercury.

The vermilion crystal on the alchemical warhead dissolved.

Like blood, like ink.

It differentiated into thousands of dense blood threads, instantly eroding Norton's silver spirit figure, causing it to let out a sharp scream.

But the chain of all this has not stopped yet.

On Norton's old face——

The intoxicating look of ecstasy that was about to cross the barrier between humans and gods was frozen.

Until this moment, Norton didn't know what was happening to his body. His heart was still immersed in ecstasy, and severe pain had spread all over his body.

His organs and the nerve network all over his body screamed, and the muscles on his face twitched, causing a strange twisted look to appear on his old face.

The dim divine power that was originally gently injected into Norton's body suddenly lost control, violently tearing every inch of his body's flesh and blood.

And this is only the external part.

In a deeper place——

The soul origin that constitutes Norton's spiritual world is undergoing unimaginable collapse at this moment.

Blood burst out from the corners of Norton's mouth and eyes, arriving earlier than his screams.

This is the "Blood of the Sage", the real value of which is sold for 30,000 Rhine gold coins per 20 grams.

A purely physical attack cannot make a great sage bleed...

In order for a sage to suffer pain, the only way to defeat the source of his soul is to destroy his essence.

It was a curse that directly targeted the enemy's spiritual origin and caused damage. After condensation and processing through alchemical engineering, it was sealed in the bullet as a bullet core by Char.

The physical lethality of this bullet is negligible, but it can directly send instructions of loss of control and madness to the soul of the person hit.

But now, the concept of being out of control has directly reached the source of Norton's soul through the soul contract between the Silver Spirit and Norton, causing all his mental power to run away uncontrollably.

If it were on a normal day, this kind of temporary loss of mental control would not be so scary, and it would only need to be healed by spending a period of meditation.

But Char's timing of shooting was just right, right at the last moment before Norton was about to completely usurp Dusk's power and be promoted.

"Blood of the Sage" is one of the highest masterpieces of alchemical technology in Char's current timeline.

In the era where the history of Cangting Principality lingers, not even the prototype of "Blood of the Sage" has appeared.

Therefore, Norton could never know about such an era-changing alchemical creation, and he could never prevent it.

So the ceremony of ascension to the gods came to an abrupt end just before the final climax.

The losers on the road to ascending to the gods will naturally have to bear the most violent backlash of the dusk divine power.

The closer he got to the throne, the heavier the price of falling from the throne would be.

……

Everything happens in a flash of lightning.

From Char's shooting, to the bullet hitting the mercury barrier generated by the self-discipline defense, to Norton being affected by the blood of the sage, the soul origin circuit went berserk, and the ascension ceremony failed.

In fact, only a few tenths of a second passed.

By the time Sylvia came back to her senses, Norton's furious screams could be heard in her ears.

And, a deafening roar.

Swah——

Behind Xia Ya, in the dark and deep shadow, a shadow blade as black as ink suddenly slashed diagonally towards Xia Ya's neck.

Norton's main battle pet, the shadow demon born from the night and shadow.

This race that can control shadows and even operate in the shadows is a natural assassin, and it is also the biggest culprit behind the silent attacks on the streets by the four-ring elders of the Brunstadt family.

It has been following Char in the shadows for a long time, starting from the moment Char returned to the mansion.

Norton really needs a helper who can help him collect faith after becoming a god.

And Char's performance has always been extremely perfect, without showing any flaws, so Norton has kept Char's life until now.

But with Norton's cunning character, he would never really trust anyone, not even Char, whose life should be controlled by him. He had already asked Shadow Demon to monitor Char, and kill him if there was any abnormal movement. kill.

But Norton still miscalculated.

At the moment before he ascended to the throne of God, Norton's ecstasy of ascending to the throne of God was passed on to each of his pet beasts through the soul contract.

So all his pet beasts showed a moment of relaxation because of the ecstatic look.

But it happened that this flaw of less than a second was keenly captured by Xia Ya.

The Shadow Scythe slashed down and landed directly on Char's neck.

This caused a flash of horror and worry in Sylvia's eyes.

Although I haven’t had time to realize what happened...

But Norton's furious roar that was echoing in the underground square undoubtedly announced that there was another hidden meaning in everything.

But it was just before the shadow sickle came.

The young man's figure was fragmented like a dream bubble.

"Flash" is activated.

The Shadow Scythe, as furious as its owner, fell into the void, and only the shadow demon's dark roar remained in the shadow.

……

"Bastard thing! Bastard thing!"

"Do you know what you have done?"

"You ruined my masterpiece!"

"Ruined a great cause of ascending to the throne of God as a human being!"

Norton's roar echoed throughout the square.

The expression on his old face was distorted, and blood overflowed from his facial features. The dim divine power around his body was constantly rushing up and down, but it never exceeded its restraints. Suddenly suffered a heavy blow.

But Norton actually used his overwhelming strength to suppress his violent mental power and twilight power in a short period of time.

His eyes were fixed directly on Char, who disappeared from under the shadow demon's scythe, but slowly appeared at the other end of the square.

"Although I don't know what your reason is!"

"But you're done!"

"Since you have rejected the gift of becoming my deputy king in heaven and the right hand of God, the only way to meet you is to perish."

Norton took out a crystal from his arms and suddenly crushed it.

This was the introduction to the secret medicine he had previously asked Charia to take.

In principle, as long as the medicine is broken, the secret medicine that Char previously took will be activated and turned into the most powerful poison.

Norton had even seen the tragic scene of Char's body festering and turning into a puddle of filthy pus a few seconds later.

but--

Five seconds passed.

Ten seconds passed.

Still nothing happened.

"Lord Norton, it seems that the blood of the sage has really burned out your brain."

Xia Ya sighed and said calmly: "Do you think I am an idiot?"

"Since I have decided to betray you, can I really let you take advantage of me?"

As time went by, Norton's mental power, which was constantly going out of control and running wild due to the interference of the sage's blood, calmed down somewhat.

And in those old eyes, a trace of clarity also flashed.

He recovered from that gain and lost it. He recovered from the rage of falling into the clouds just before ascending to the throne of God, and regained his former composure.

Secrets and conspiracy were Norton's biggest weapons in defeating his enemies in the past.

He did fail, but he was far from defeated.

"I see--"

"Did you cover up that poison with a space-based skill similar to a storage space?"

"So, you didn't just join my plan and then saw the opportunity to steal the power of the gods, and then you became interested and decided to betray me on the spur of the moment."

"Rather, from the very beginning, he had already planned to sneak into the family..."

A dignified look flashed in Norton's eyes.

He looked at Char, but it was no longer the condescending look he had before, but he regarded Char as an equal to himself.

"I was able to forge your identity as an orphan and insert you into the family naturally, without any clues being discovered under my nose for so many years..."

"Tell me, which force is standing behind you?"

"Abyss? Lost Beast King? Or a cult?"

"The Shadow Council? The Black Tower, or the Empire, the Alliance of Princes?"

Norton spoke out a variety of guesses in one breath, all of which were about giants that were famous and legendary on the continent at the moment.

In his opinion, only such a behemoth could do the trick of inserting a secret into the Brunstadt family that has been dormant for more than ten years.

"Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't want to reveal the names of the forces behind you."

"I know that there are some forces that claim to be in the order camp and cherish feathers - they don't want to be stained with the infamy of endangering people's lives for studying evil gods."

"Since I can insert a secret like you, then I have recognized the qualifications of the forces behind you to cooperate with me."

Norton's words became confident and cunning again.

"A sealed, powerless half of an ancient god."

“Even if we don’t replace it by one person, there are still many places that can be developed and utilized.”

"We can make a hole in the seal and draw out the divine power of dusk little by little for our use."

"We can also produce pollutants in batches, and then use the pollutants to secretly spread religion throughout the continent and use the power of faith for our own use."

He opened his arms and walked slowly around the underground square, with a hint of bewitching in his words:
  "Of course, the commotion this time is too big, and I'm afraid it will attract a lot of attention in the future, especially the attention of the Holy See of Dawn."

"Such trouble may require the forces behind you to come forward secretly to resolve the matter."

"But this is also a good opportunity."

"We can blame the invading cultists for the death of the elders in the clan. When the family leader is also surrounded and killed, then I will be the talker of the Brunstadt family, and the Cangting Principality will also become My one word."

"It will be much more convenient to conduct any research by then."

Norton's mouth was telling all kinds of tempting proposals, but his cold eyes were always fixed on Xia's body, looking for the moment when the other party lost his alertness.

How could he really be willing to share the throne of God that he had carefully planned for so long with outsiders?

During this time Norton had figured out everything that had just happened.

Char's killing of him was caused by a special alchemy material. As long as he took precautions, it was not repeatable.

Although Norton himself is in a very bad state now. Not only does he have to reconcile the twilight magic that is running rampant in his body, but he also has to concentrate on suppressing the out-of-control soul's original spiritual power. He only has about 50% of his combat power in his heyday.

But facing Xia, who only had the third ring and had not even reached the master level of the fourth ring, he himself was still the one with the absolute advantage.

The only thing he had to worry about was that Xia suddenly took out a deadly weapon like the "Sage's Blood" bullet from his trouser pocket that he had never heard of or seen before.

However, this is not impossible to prevent. Norton's eyes are locked on Char's hands, and there are precursors to using space skills to get items. He who has been prepared for this can naturally make countermeasures.

He still had the upper hand.

Although the ceremony of ascension to the gods was cut off, the key is still there.

As long as he kills the young man in front of him, no one can stop him and he can still continue on the unfinished road.

But the next moment.

clap clap-

Xia Ya applauded and expressed sincere emotion: "Elder Norton, you are really good at imagining things. You started imagining the background for me without saying anything."

"I think you might be better suited to write novels than to be a clumsy conspirator."

"Besides, I really didn't know that a sealed ancient god could be used in so many ways, even to produce pollutants in batches..."

Xia stopped clapping, looked at Norton and shook his head slightly: "But, it's a pity."

"I don't have any great background or background."

"Just a hero out of interest."

"Besides, I really have no interest in stealing the authority of the gods. I prefer to move forward step by step."

"A hobby-driven... hero."

Norton repeated the word blankly, feeling ridiculous.

In his opinion, Xia would choose to stay underground, so he naturally had some conspiracy against the authority of the dusk.

Otherwise, he could have fled after firing that shot, so why would he stay where he was?
  And as if he had seen through Norton's thoughts, Xia Ya's calm voice sounded again.

"Why do you stay here? Of course it's to wait for it to cool down."

"On the other hand, Elder Norton, what are you waiting for?"

Xia Ya's figure moved slightly.

Norton thought that Char was going to pull out a gun again, so he suddenly tensed up and became focused.

The shot just now was really still fresh in his memory, and the injuries caused on the soul level have not yet recovered.

But Xia Ya did not make an attack.

He just walked to the girl not far away and leaned down.

Sylvia suddenly felt two hands that were not very strong but had well-joined bones dragging her thighs and hugging her.

Those hands were so familiar, with a warm touch.

Just like the hand that pulled her up from the icy abyss of the Grant Sea that winter night.

"Hold tight."

That familiar voice sounded.

Sylvia forced her weak body to raise her head slightly, but she only saw those clear black eyes.

There was no dialogue or communication, but the moment she saw Xia Ya's eyes, Sylvia understood everything.

She was not betrayed.

Even though the life named "Sylvia" is indeed a script that is woven and manipulated.

However, that precious memory——

And the light that penetrated the darkness and illuminated her eyes was anything but false.

Sylvia nodded silently, then stretched out her hand and hugged the neck of the boy in front of her tightly.

After Sylvia hugged him tightly, Xia turned his head and looked at Norton in the distance.

His eyes were clear and deep, and he stretched out a slender finger and gently touched his lips: "BOOM——"

The next moment, Xia Ya and Sylvia's figures collapsed and disappeared into the underground square.

Norton looked blankly in the direction where Char and Sylvia disappeared, unable to understand the meaning of Char's last gesture.

But then, his pupils suddenly contracted.

At this moment, Norton saw thousands of blazing white lights lighting up simultaneously——

If converted into the measurement unit of Char's previous life, it would be a full 500 tons of detonating clay equivalent to TNT, which was detonated at the same time at this moment.

At some point, Xia Ya actually replaced all the soil near the 30-meter-deep underground square with his specially customized detonating clay.

Also detonated together with the explosive clay were the two hundred grams of holy water that had been blessed by the bishop of the Burning Sun Church.

The high temperature evaporates the holy water into holy water vapor.

The light, like daylight, swallowed up the entire underground square and Norton together in an instant.

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