Magical User Aozaki Aoko Case Files

"Yes," Grandfather replied, "The first and fifth places are the result of arrival. But the so-called arrival is actually the consolation prize after stopping and turning back before the real one..."

"That is to say..." Qingzi said with eyes wide open, "Grandfather, you just approached and took a look at the root?"

"Yes," the grandfather said with a sigh, "whether you succeed or fail, once you touch that, you can never come back to this world."

Chapter 13 Door

"I once made a vow that as long as the descendants of the Aozaki family are not superior to me, they cannot enter 'there'," said the grandfather, "Now it seems that this oath is no longer necessary."

"Why?" Qingzi asked after a pause, "I thought I should fight with you first."

"Hahaha," Grandfather laughed stiffly. This was the first time in Qingzi's memory that Grandfather laughed out loud. "I've become this horrible. How can I still beat you?"

"So that means that gentlemanly scoundrel Wen Bing Yong Li really killed you?" Qingzi said in surprise, "Are so-called magicians so fragile?"

"That's not the case," Grandfather said, shaking his head. "Although I am still very strong in my physical body, I have lost the possibility of further improvement."

"Are you referring to the upper limit of talent?" Qingzi asked.

"No, I took the wrong path," Grandfather recalled. "In the study and use of the fifth magic, I entered the wrong path, and there is no turning back. The price of this mistake is that I gradually lost the sensibility that humans should have, so I used the little ghost of the Wenbing family to abandon that body."

"The fifth magic has this effect?" Qingzi frowned and said, "If this is the case, then I have to consider whether I should obtain the complete fifth magic."

"You misunderstood," Grandfather said, "That was not the flaw of the Fifth Magic, but mine. During the approach, my flaw caused me to go the wrong way, so I decided to pass the magic mark to you and abandon my original body."

Qingzi pondered for a moment and continued, "So this is why you, Grandfather, swore that 'only those who surpass you can enter the cave'?"

"That's right," Grandfather said in a cheerful voice, "Because if you're not stronger than me, then there's no point in getting close to me. It's just a waste of time."

"I got the fifth magic very close," Grandfather recalled, "but that's the end. It's better to say that I'm still a little bit away from reaching the source of all things."

"So, I decided to see if there is anyone more capable than me among the descendants, and then try it in the cave that leads to it."

"If you succeed and come back alive, I will give up staying on the surface of the world and head to the outside," Grandfather continued to speak to himself, "Because if I continue to stay inside, the authority of the fifth magic will be diluted."

"I understand." Qingzi had no intention of persuading his grandfather, nor did he want Chengzi to create a new body for him. "Then I decided to enter the cave."

---Dividing line---

The entrance to the cave was hidden by my grandfather deeper in the basement of his workshop.

Qingzi followed in his grandfather's footsteps and came to a wall with nothing on it.

"Right here," said Grandfather.

"Hmm?" Qingzi was a little confused, "There's nothing here?"

"Think about it carefully with the seal you just got," Grandfather tapped his head with his fingers and said to Aoko, "I fixed the timeline of the entrance, so if you don't reach this level of skill in the use of the fifth magic, you will definitely not be able to enter."

"It sounds a bit like a heritage defense," Qingzi said, frowning as he looked at the wall, "So do you want me to remove it?"

Grandfather didn't say anything, just made a "please" gesture. Qingzi had no choice but to bite the bullet, walked over and began to study the wall, thinking about what she should do.

She could not see any magical aura on the wall, nor could she sense any trace of magic. Qingzi stroked this ordinary wall, wondering whether she should destroy it violently.

But since her grandfather had said that this was the entrance he had blocked using the fifth magic, even if she succeeded in destroying it, she would not be able to find the entrance behind the wall.

Thinking of this, Qingzi prepared herself mentally. She closed her eyes, made up her mind, and threw herself into the project of launching the fifth law without hesitation.

The vast source of magic power, after being transformed through her huge number of magic circuits, was input into the seal of the Aozaki family. Aoko's right arm, which was stroking the wall, glowed slightly, and her skin showed fine light patterns like integrated circuits. Her consciousness stopped moving in the material world and plunged into the endless Star Canal, and everything outside of her came to a standstill, except for her grandfather who was still observing her.

Originally, the normal human body could hardly bear the burden of operating the fifth magic, Grandfather thought. In the past, he had suffered great pain when using the fifth magic, and this pain was due to the limitations of being a human, so he abandoned the sensibility to feel this pain.

All laws are the enemy of the world, and humans born in this world who want to use the "laws" outside the world must endure the pain created by the world's attempt to wipe out humans in order to protect itself. This pain also exists on the spiritual level and is a means of annihilation designed specifically for human sensibility.

In order to go further, he once abandoned his sensibility. But when he arrived at the front, he lost the characteristic code of origin due to his own incompleteness, and finally reached the limit of his individuality.

And the descendant in front of him, this girl with an unknown element, continued to activate the Mark of Magic while enduring the pain of her consciousness about to disappear. This made the old magician look forward to it.

In the world close to her, Qingzi endured extreme pain and loneliness, but those pain and loneliness were nothing more than that, Qingzi thought indifferently. For some reason, in Qingzi's view at this moment, the "price" paid for enduring the use of the law was simply not worth mentioning. These "signals" that appeared in her mind from nowhere could not stop her from continuing to use the fifth magic, let alone destroy her consciousness and make her disappear.

That's right, the pressure that came back from the world's struggle has no effect on Qingzi now, because if the person who bears it doesn't care about these painful "signals" at all, then this kind of attack is like a breeze blowing on your face, completely ineffective.

The world's consciousness was confused. The amount He put in was enough to easily destroy the pain of a human being, but why did this human not react at all? Was she a human being?

Aoko had no idea of ​​the world's psychological activities at this time. She just tried to get closer to the root cause and tried to lift her grandfather's blockade by partially activating the "law".

"Subjective axis·liberation." Qingzi murmured to herself. This was not a spell, but her self-suggestion keyword.

As the girl spoke, the wall in front of her gradually changed. A door that had not existed before appeared on the wall, and the space-time changes that were constantly taking place in Planck time units had long since disappeared.

Qingzi opened her eyes again and was surprised to find that she had succeeded. Just as she turned around to ask her grandfather for credit, she found that the old man's soul had disappeared. Perhaps the fifth magic that had been continuously activated on this door was the anchor point of his soul.

Chapter 14: Primate Killer

Behind the door is another world.

In many novels, many authors have described the scene after opening a certain door to highlight the dramatic change in the environment before and after the door was opened. However, Qingzi found that what she was experiencing now was actually the literal meaning. The environment in this cave really seemed like another world, making her feel out of place.

This cave looks like a deep tunnel leading underground, but if a magician feels it carefully, he will find that the deeper he goes in this slightly downward-sloping tunnel, the more different the rules are from the surface world he lives in every day.

Rather, this tunnel is actually a hole in the surface of the planet, a flaw in the world that Rongomyniad did not nail down. Qingzi continued to move forward cautiously, her mentality was very stable, because she had long thought that the cave leading to the root could not be a normal place, otherwise it would not force a magician to seal this place after returning.

At this moment, Qingzi felt that the magic costumes on her body were gradually losing their function... This did not mean that these costumes were broken, but that these things could not operate under the current environmental parameters. Qingzi was a little worried that her magic circuits would also have problems due to this environment. However, when she carefully operated her magic power, she found that her magic circuits and magic imprints were all normal. It seemed that Lao Deng left descendants after becoming a magician, because probably only the blood of magicians would have a certain resistance to this environment.

But sometimes nothing is absolute. Aoko found that she could not use any magic she had learned, including the various magic bullets that she was best at.

Fortunately, all the magic net arcana from the Kingdom Sky Universe are working well, because these things are almost at the same level as the five major magics in this universe, and they all come from outside this universe.

In the so-called Type-Moon world, outside the world and outside the universe are two different concepts. Outside the world refers to the range outside the surface material of the planet, while outside the universe is the literal meaning, referring to the outside of the observable universe.

As Qingzi walked, he took out the spell book and held it in his hand, always alert to possible dangers.

This cave was very strange. She could clearly see that there was no light at all, but that did not prevent her from seeing everything.

Is it that there is something wrong with her or with the cave?

Qingzi's own explanation is that this place is getting closer and closer to the original cause of all things, so what she sees is actually more inclined to material information. Therefore, the existence of such a higher-level causal relationship as light does not prevent her from seeing the current environmental information clearly.

It's really becoming more and more abstract... Aoko sighed.

After relaxing for a second, Qingzi regretted it because she noticed that at the end of the visible range, something was "emerging" from the environment. It was like white smoke, but not so light.

Qingzi was like facing a formidable enemy. She immediately opened her spell book and activated the prepared enhanced spell scrolls one by one, applying them to herself. This included a set of zoo spells (except Lion's Charge and Eagle's Glory), Mage Armor, and Detective Strike. A lot of precious spell scrolls were used up in just a few seconds, but Qingzi knew that if she died, no one would be able to use these spell scrolls.

She stared at the white smoke, and Qingzi's intuition told her that this thing must be her enemy.

As expected, in Qingzi's sight, the white mist gradually turned into a huge animal that looked like a fox and a dog. It had white curly fur all over its body, which made people want to touch it. Its two long ears stood up on its head, like an alert rabbit.

But Qingzi didn't think it was cute at all, because her instinct was already alerting her. The beast's eyes were filled with some kind of official violence. I'm afraid that in its eyes, Qingzi, who inherited the fifth magic, was no different from a little girl on the street.

The beast moved with graceful steps, its cat-like paws stepping on the ground without any sound, yet firm and powerful.

The primate killer was moving faster and faster. The distance that seemed to be at least several hundred meters away was almost reaching Aoko in an instant.

However, due to the added effects of various spells, Qingzi's reaction speed has reached an inhuman level. Her right hand danced out an afterimage, and the moment before the beast touched her body, it turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared on the spot.

The primate killer shook his head in confusion and found that his target had disappeared. When he looked back again, he found that the human woman was half-kneeling not far behind him, trying to bandage her wounds.

I was still careless! The shield was broken by a blow. Qingzi frowned as she treated the wound on her left shoulder that was bleeding profusely. She gave herself a false life, allowing the magic effect of the necromancy school to temporarily replace the vitality she had lost due to blood loss.

There was something wrong with this beast. I had completely avoided its attack, but I was still injured!

Qingzi estimated that his speed dropped by about one third after this blow. It was only his shoulder that was injured, so why did his speed drop? Was this the killing authority of the primate killer?

Aoko was belittling herself on the side, not knowing that the primate killer was also full of doubts. Normally, the attack just now would definitely kill a human of this level, because even if it was facing an ordinary magician of the Age of Gods, any human would definitely be seriously injured in its hands.

But the female human in front of him only suffered a shoulder injury under the oppression of its power, and even her various abilities were not greatly reduced. What was going on?

Is she not human at all? This is impossible? It was Gaia who sent me to this place...

Qingzi endured the pain, took out a small piece of butter, and slapped the ground while chanting a spell. Invisible magic waves spread between her feet and the beast.

As she made this move, the white beast once again leaped high and pounced on her. This time, Qingzi lay directly on the ground and dodged the beast's attack.

But her chest was still hit hard. Under the effect of the mage armor, her clothes on her chest were still torn open. Her skin and body, which were usually snowy and attractive, were now stained red with blood. A deep wound that could see the bone ran from her left shoulder to her abdomen. She was almost ripped open by this stinky dog.

Qingzi spat out a large mouthful of blood mixed with internal organs, and the intense pain reminded her of the dangerous situation at this moment. However, under the effect of false life, she still had enough vitality to keep the casting action unchanged.

She opened her spellbook with shaking hands, not caring about the blood dripping on the pages. The primate killer was struggling with the frictionless ground. It couldn't even jump up and could only growl in anger.

Qingzi found the Anywhere Door scroll that he had prepared and activated its effect without thinking. With a distortion of space, Qingzi appeared about 120 feet (about meters) away from the primate killer, which was the closer direction.

The primate killer was anxious and roared. If it failed to complete the task and violated the contract between Gaia and it, it would undoubtedly be severely punished.

Aoko looked back at it and laughed disdainfully, but the next second she coughed violently and vomited more blood.

Really, how could the great Miss Blue die in such a place? Qingzi covered her wound with one hand and cast a few magic seals with the other hand. Several arcane missiles flashing with light were activated, and they flew towards the direction of the primate killer. The sure-hit feature made this spell impossible for the primate killer to dodge, but since it was only a first-level spell, the damage ability was also very limited.

But what Qingzi wanted was not the lethality, but the impact force generated after hitting the beast.

With the sound of "bang, bang, bang, bang" coming from the four hits, the primate killer furiously found himself being irreversibly slashed away from the female human, and a little blood actually flowed out from the place where his head was hit by the magic missile... This was a minor injury, just like being bitten by a mosquito. But there was no doubt that the noble force field damage caused real harm to the primate killer.

This is impossible! The primate killer angrily released a huge amount of magic power as a recoil, trying to stop himself from sliding further. But in its sight, the seriously injured woman took out another page from the strange book, and then a flash of light passed, and she ran into the depths of the cave at a speed that was impossible for a seriously injured person.

Foot oil is so useful! The intense physical pain made Qingzi sweat profusely. The effect of the false life was passing by every second. Once this spell lost its effect, her body functions would return to the state of a seriously injured person.

As long as we can get there...

Qingzi's physical strength was constantly draining away. She was even less aware of the pain she was feeling. She just felt colder and colder, which was a symptom of massive blood loss.

She thought about using magic to throw the time when she was injured into the distant future, but now she could only unlock the seal that her grandfather had placed on the door.

Am I too arrogant? Saying something ridiculous like surpassing my grandfather...

Qingzi was slightly disappointed for a moment, but she immediately denied her negative thoughts. She survived the pursuit of the primate killer, which was undoubtedly a great achievement, and she could feel that the things around her were becoming more and more abstract, and the vortex of the root was right in front of her.

There were roars coming from behind. Perhaps it was the stinky dog ​​that had escaped the restrictions of the Grease Technique and was approaching? Qingzi didn't care much about this situation. She just dragged her body forward firmly.

The place where there was nothingness was right in front of him. Qingzi tried his best to cheer himself up and launched the Phantom Step again, turning into a puff of green smoke and disappearing on the spot.

With a "bang", the primate killer's attack missed again, but due to the existence of the killing power, Aoko felt that her spine seemed to be broken by something.

But she didn't care much at this time, because she reached that place alive. She reached the destination that all magicians dream of, the so-called gate.

The white beast roared in despair and anger. It watched the woman disappear into the entrance, and finally used up its last bit of strength to give it the middle finger.

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