Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

“Sometimes it’s a last resort.”

Cansus shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I asked someone else the same question just now. Her answer wasn't as hesitant as yours. Instead, it was quite straightforward and decisive."

".......I'd like to hear more details."

"She said I was an idiot and that everyone else who was traveling with me was an idiot."

The Knight Commander's face froze.

"She agreed to my request. But before she left, she told me: Sacrifice may be necessary, but every sacrifice only proves our incompetence."

"How much longer?"

"Twelve hours. The sun will rise and spread outward from the deserted port. Within a day, it will cover half of the North Port area. I will stay here, and my death will be part of the ceremony."

The Knight Commander was silent for a while, then turned and left to arrange for the emergency evacuation of residents in the two districts.

In fact, the evacuation had already begun. In the afternoon, Cansus found him and prepared to relocate the civilians in the North Port area, but because it was carried out in secret, the progress was slow.

Tissue evacuation seems simple, but it is actually quite troublesome. The concentration of a large number of people means that septicemia infection will spread more quickly.

What's even more troublesome is that the lords of the Clock Tower District and the King's District will definitely not allow such a group of civilians carrying the plague to cross the blockade, which requires the mobilization of a group of knights to teach them a lesson with steel and gunpowder.

Bishop Cansus stopped talking and just sighed as he looked at the statue of the Virgin Mary on the wall.

As for Qi Yan, who was so drunk and had to abandon three silks, Antiya, at this moment she no longer had time to understand what this complicated old bishop was thinking.

Tia had just come out of the spiritual creature's perspective and sat on a bench in a lounge, gesturing to Vera who was breathing nervously beside her.

The clock in front of me ticked away until it was six o'clock in the afternoon.

According to the rules of the ceremony, as long as you survive until tomorrow's fire, you will pass.

Vera held the child in her arms and whispered, "Are you really going to set the freighter on fire?"

"Or watch this city die." Tia shrugged helplessly.

"Canses noticed the cultists' rituals a few days ago. The Holy Church originally thought it was just a natural plague, but they didn't expect it to be the beginning of another ritual. Even from the beginning of the plague, the cultists knew all the authorities' movements and arrangements."

"Are all the council members of Silver Castle idiots?!"

"Normal. The Kremlin usually gets intelligence faster than 10 Downing Street."

"What do you mean?"

"It means they are just a bunch of makeshift crews."

Tia said, "But Cansus did try to contact the authorities, but found that all information was blocked. That's why he resorted to the desperate measure of setting the freighter on fire. This is outrageous."

Vera's scalp suddenly went numb. If this information could be made public, many people would probably be arrested.

Vera asked, "So what are you going to do?"

Tia said: "Someone has to help set the freighter on fire."

In reality, she did not help in the fire at New York Harbor. The church could only force its way in and set the freighter on fire. This was probably one of the reasons why there was no time to evacuate the people, resulting in a large number of deaths.

"You go?"

"of course."

"What if I die if I don't succeed?"

"The worst that can happen is failure to advance. Sequence Nine wouldn't be afraid of anything."

Tia stood up and looked at the child in Vera's arms. The child had just been cured of the blood disease and must have overdrawn some of his body functions and was very weak.

She fed little Vera once more the holy blood from the cup, saying, "I have strengthened you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous hand."

After saying that, she pinched Vera's face - the adult one.

This time Vera didn't dodge and asked:

"For a thousand points?"

"It's for love and justice."

Tia let go of her hand, turned around and left the lounge, and said as she pushed the door open, "The sun will rise as usual tomorrow."

Volume 1: Chapter 29 The Sun Also Rises

Day 3, early morning, 5:25.

There are 35 minutes left until the ethereal creature becomes ineffective.

Tia soaked in the sea water for several hours, and only boarded the boat to prepare for the blast when she was sure that the time was very close to the end.

This is a cargo ship made of a mixture of iron and wood, with the imperial double-headed eagle flag hanging on the bow. It has three decks, and the cargo hold is loaded with a full 7 tons of RDX - a high explosive with a power of 1.5 times that of TNT.

Once detonated, the ship will instantly turn into a ignited oversized fragmentation grenade, and the shock wave and high-temperature fragments will quickly hit the port dock.

At the port were warehouses filled with vast quantities of industrial raw materials, primarily cotton, flour, alcohol, sulfur, and coal, destined for the factories. There were also dilapidated gas pipelines, and further afield were cotton textile mills and chemical plants.

The next stage of the hull explosion is dust explosion, gas explosion, and fire, which spread from the port to the factory area, and then from the factory area all the way to the streets of the residential area in about a few hours.

At 5:29, the Knights of the Golden Forge made their fourth appeal to the City Hall for assistance, requesting the artillery unit to intervene and launch an artillery bombardment. The City Hall responded that the army had been diverted from escorting the royal family and was unable to provide support.

By 5:35, the relocation of residents was largely complete. Antonio arrived at the Cathedral of Our Lady. Dozens of Knights of the Guard attempted to approach, but were cursed with corrosion, their armor damaged. Upon attacking, they discovered that the 20mm rounds had done little damage. Instead, the rats in the distance exploded, seemingly using them to share the damage.

At 5:44, the Knights of the Church retreated and held the Cathedral of Our Lady, using fire and artillery shells to attack the cultists who surrounded them.

At 5:47, the Knights of the Golden Furnace organized a surprise attack on the chemical plant stronghold. Several cultists received the news in advance and placed explosives in the middle of the road. More than 40 knights who protected the cult were wiped out.

Everything was originally relatively stable, and the situation was even improving for New York, but it quickly tilted to the other side of the scale.

The church couldn't figure out where these cultists came from. In just half a day, the cultists had gathered thousands of people, including some citizens who behaved normally.

At the beginning, they still had normal civilian weapons, but later, they even had two smoothbore cannons that were eliminated decades ago!

Only then did the city hall respond urgently, saying that artillery units had been mobilized, but it would take half a day to arrive.

Just as the Golden Furnace was trying to organize a second raid, in the chemical plant stronghold.

The black-robed boy, Lexus, stood next to the machine in the factory. He looked completely different from before. White mist was swirling around him, and under his feet was a huge ritual formation that covered the entire factory.

Following a long, difficult chant, twenty-four extraordinary beings in black robes sang loudly from all directions:

"We call upon the twin serpents, the god of endless entanglement!"

"We call upon the twin serpents, the salivating god of creation

"We call upon the twin snakes, the gods of the earth."

——In an instant.

A beam of light broke through the white fog.

In the midst of the white mist, pure and spotless white light flashed in Lexus's pupils, his skin all over his body was like uncarved translucent mica, and light burst out from his body.

The twenty-four cultists chanting the spell cheered in unison:

"Holy! Holy! Lectus!"

Lexus waved his hand and said, "Excellent, excellent! I didn't expect it to succeed on the first try! Everyone, please immediately remove the purification ritual nodes set up by the Holy Church. They can't stop us now! Bishop Antonio will hold them off until noon!"

He walked past the crowd, and with every step he took, his skin crackled like glass, shattering and emitting a bright white light.

These lights seemed to be condensed into substance. The cultists rushed to hold them in their hands and catch them in their mouths, swallowing them all into their stomachs, and their eyes were all shining.

"Holy! Holy! Lectus!"

The cultists immediately took action and rushed out of the factory.

After everyone had left, Lexus was grinning foolishly in the factory.

The purpose of this ritual was to grant him the power of a "god" for a short period of time, allowing him to channel his divine power to allow lower-sequence transcendents to undo the ritual set up by Sequence 5 Bishop Cansus.

Being able to "invite the gods to possess you" is also a privilege.

Plus, if I go back, I'll be able to obtain the status of a bishop, so I guess I can become the Son of God, right?!

Lexus took out his pocket watch with a silly smile, and the hands showed 5:56.

The removal ceremony definitely takes some time, about three hours. If one-third of the ritual nodes are removed, the entire ceremony will be completely ineffective.

Tick!

Tick!

Tick!

Lexus was in a good mood. He walked out of the factory and looked at the sky outside. The sun was rising.

The terrain here is not good. If you go to the port, you can see the scorching sun rising from the deep sea and gradually rolling over the sea level. The light and heat spread over the rugged waves, which is a magnificent scene as if it is about to burn the sea.

As the sun rose, the hands of the pocket watch moved in an orderly manner.

Tick!

Tick!

Tick!

There are still 3 minutes left.

The sun is about to rise.

The spirit creatures, holding torches, ran into the cargo hold. Explosives were packed in barrels and sacks, piled high.

The ignition temperature of RDX is 600℃-800℃, and it can be ignited by lighting a flame with wood.

This is the last moment.

Tia switched her perspective back to the cathedral and saw Antonio still besieging it from outside. This made her feel a little regretful. If Antonio was also in the factory area, she would have picked up another Sequence 5 sacrifice for free.

Two minutes left.

Tia stabilized her perspective on the spiritual creature again, giving herself a minute's margin of error and igniting it a minute in advance.

Confirm that the vessel number is correct.

Verify that the flame is burning.

Tia stretched out her fingertips and cut open the sack, and light yellow crystals fell to the ground.

Confirm that the explosives are intact.

呲呲!

Sparks flew down into the air, and Tia set the sack on fire.

——The next second.

Tick!

The pocket watch hands passed 5:59.

Lexus stood at the door of the factory and was slightly stunned.

There was a loud explosion, neither loud nor light, which caused the factory building to shake slightly.

Not far away, on the sea surface of the port, countless flames of steel and wood were burning, and gas also joined in, forming a blazing fireball that rapidly expanded.

Before Lexus could investigate, a violent shaking came before the sound. The raging forest fire had spread to the factory area. A lot of nitroglycerin was piled up in the chemical plant not far away, which instantly became a death knell.

--boom!

--boom! !

--boom! ! !

Like falling dominoes, explosions continued, thick black smoke billowing into the air. A massive fireball rose with the sun, burning away the evil with a heat of thousands of degrees.

[Promotion Mission (300 Points)——Completed! ]

[Swords Don't Pass Here: Kill the enemy that's chasing you (400 points) - Completed!]

[I Will Make You Strong: Protect your niece Elvira Salvia for three days (300 points) - Completed!]

[No Bloodshed: Complete the ritual with two participants (200 points) — Completed!]

[River of Blood: Kill a ritual participant (100 points) - Completed!]

[On Fire!: Ignite the Newlon Harbor Fire (1000 points) — Completed!]