I rely on myself

Chapter 794: Mutual Schemes
After stopping the two girls from the team beside him, Magnus glanced at the butler, then turned his head to look at another empty space and said, "How long are you going to hide? Do you really not want to show your true identity?"

"Ha ha ha ha ha……"

Along with a bell-like clear laughter, petals began to fall off from the empty place, and a young and beautiful girl emerged from it. It was none other than Alice, and the butler was naturally none other than Xin.

Looking at Magnus, Alice didn't care at all that her magic was seen through, and even teased him, "Since you can see through my <Virtual Image> magic so easily, it seems that you have already comprehended the <Mind's Eye>, but it doesn't seem that surprising. After all, with your strength and talent, this is as it should be."

"........."

Magnus frowned. The reason why he could see through the <Virtual Image> magic so easily was that he had comprehended the <Mind's Eye> just as Alice said. But there was another reason besides that. That was that the Dean had once mentioned Alice's situation to Magnus.

The reason why Alice possesses the <Virtual Image> magic circuit is because her father, the dean, transformed half of her body into a mechanical device. Because of this, the dean dares to say that he knows the most about <Virtual Image> magic, and naturally no one else dares to say that he is second to none.

It was precisely because the dean had once told him about the characteristics of <Virtual Image> magic that Magnus was able to see through Alice's concealment so easily.

However, after Alice showed up, Magnus noticed something wrong. That is, there was something strange about Alice.

Thanks to the growing development of mechanical magic today, mechanical prosthetics are not uncommon, especially here in Liverpool, where such situations are even more common.

After all, due to accidents, incidents, or congenital reasons, some people are missing part of their body, and at this time, the use of mechanical magic to create mechanical prosthetic limbs that can replace them naturally came into being.

Because it also involves knowledge about the human body, Magnus naturally has some knowledge about it. He knows what characteristics people who use mechanical prostheses to replace part of their body will have. The most obvious of these is the strength of vitality.

Because of the missing part of the body, the vitality of people with mechanical prosthetic limbs is naturally affected and is lower than that of ordinary people. Even magicians are like this, or even stronger. But in Alice, Magnus not only did not see low vitality, but it was indescribably strong.

Even the thing that the dean had told him about Alice's transformed half body, now seemed to Magnus like there was nothing wrong with it. It was just like the body of an ordinary person, very normal, even harmonious.

Magnus had to admit that he was moved by the truth, because it was related to his purpose, so he needed to know how Alice restored her half of the robotic body to its original appearance, or even better.

Although he was eager in his heart, Magnus still looked cold and indifferent on the surface. At the same time, he did not forget his task and asked Alice: "Alice, you are the one who made trouble. Although it is understandable, you know the consequences of doing so."

Alice didn't care about Magnus' warning at all, but that didn't mean she fought back. She replied directly, "Don't say any more nonsense like that, Magnus... No! Or maybe it would be better to call you Akabane Tenzen."

Hearing Alice's words, Magnus frowned again. He didn't know where he had revealed his flaws. Since his true identity had been seen through, he asked directly, "...Where did you get this news?"

This question indirectly confirmed that what Alice said was correct, but Alice would not tell the other party so easily. Instead, she teased, "Guess." Seeing Alice's attitude, Magnus did not feel strange. After all, he knew something about Alice's character, so he had expected such a development. So he replied, "Is that so? To be honest, I'm not surprised. In that case, don't blame me for being rude. Go ahead!"

As soon as Magnus finished speaking, four bodies suddenly rushed out from the surroundings, and surrounded Alice and Xin tacitly, completely blocking the space around them for escape, and each of them held a weapon and swung it down without reservation.

The four figures that suddenly appeared were none other than Huo Chui and the other four who had been knocked away before.

Although he was knocked away one by one by Xin due to his carelessness, as a forbidden puppet, he was strong and did not suffer much damage. He was also able to recover by relying on Magnus' magic power, so he recovered quickly after being knocked away, and quietly returned under Magnus' secret command until now.

Faced with attacks coming from four directions at the same time and blocking all the surrounding space for hiding, neither Alice nor Xin cared much. They just watched and didn't even move. Such a strange scene naturally attracted Magnus' attention, but now the attack could not be stopped, so he had to be secretly vigilant.

When the attack was only ten centimeters away from Alice and the others, strange symbols suddenly appeared in the air, surrounding Alice and Xin like a barrier, blocking the attacks of Huo Chui and the other four.

"!"x7
This scene instantly caught Magnus' attention, but before he could figure out anything, he found out that this barrier not only had the effect of blocking attacks, but could also bounce attacks back.

Naturally, after the attacks of Huo Chui and the other three were blocked, a force identical to their attacks suddenly erupted from the barrier, and acted directly on the four of them through the weapons, knocking them away again.

Fortunately, Huo Chui and others had anticipated this, so they managed to stabilize their bodies the moment they were knocked away, and adjusted their posture to land safely.

Just when everyone's eyes were focused on Alice, Huo Chui and the others, a figure appeared silently behind Magnus.

Then she stretched out her slender arm and slowly reached for Magnus' neck. As long as she could touch it, she would be confident that she could take Magnus down directly.

Just as his arm was about to touch, Magnus suddenly shouted, "Spider! Bee! Go!!"

"Yes! Master!!"

There were two remaining team girls, Spider and Bee, who served as guards beside Magnus. After receiving the order from their master, they swung their weapons behind their backs without any hesitation.

Having not anticipated this at all, the figure who was trying to launch a sneak attack on Magnus was immediately knocked away by the two girls from the team.

(End of this chapter)