Chapter 256 The Pretentious Peace
Time waited for no one, and there was no need to leave much in the place where the summoned disasters were eroded. So after cleaning the remains of the two spells with flames and finding the road to the city, Curt took Liqi back to Katris City as fast as possible.
After all, many things have happened in a series of times in the past few days, so Curt originally thought that the city would be under martial law. In theory, in order to avoid the Eye of True Vision continuing to create chaos, the guards would break their legs for a series of public security issues, and the military would set up checkpoints on the main roads.
However, the status quo is different from what he expected... Everything seems too quiet. Although there are traces of war along the road, the exploded pits and burned roadblocks undoubtedly show that a great war had occurred - but other than that, no wreckage was left around.
The closer he got to the neighborhood of Katris, the more obvious the traces of war were. The doubts in Curt's eyes when he saw these things gradually became obvious, especially when he saw that some buildings that were originally temporary outposts had been destroyed, they vaguely developed into uneasiness.
Judging from this, I am afraid that before the two of them arrived, there were many clashes around here. Perhaps it was because of the strategy of dividing troops that the opponent used their superior forces to defeat them one by one, or it was also possible that they gave up the nearby defense point...
In any case, everything that Curt and Liqi see now shows that the party responsible for protecting the city has fallen into a passive situation.
Could it be that the power of the True Vision Eye has been so powerful that it is enough to prevent the military's deployment, which makes them have to bow their heads? If this is true, then he is not interested in confronting them again... Being an enemy of such a monster cannot be achieved by relying on the power of two people.
In Curt's impression, although Katris's garrison was not baptized by war, their overall combat capabilities were not weaker than most of the armed forces he had ever seen. Especially the elites equipped with the latest armed forces, they could even compete with the garrison troops on the border of the empire.
Even he would not be bored and be enemies with a large number of troops - it was not a question of whether he could defeat it, but he just felt that just having such thoughts was a problem with his brain. Not only did he have no meaning in behavior, but he would probably also suppress the people above with greater strength.
"The Eye of True Vision...what do these guys want to do?"
Curt couldn't help but speak silently and said in a daze: "To this extent, it's not just a 'commodation'. If they really make things worse, what awaits them will definitely be the suppression of superior military power! Is the Super League clan really using this method to restore power?"
If the Eye of True Vision really defeated the garrison troops in this city, I believe that the news of this "unrest" would not be limited to the autonomous territory. By that time, let alone the Governor's Office mobilized even larger troops to deal with them, I'm afraid that the upper class of the empire would send troops.
He could not imagine such an unfolding, and he almost doubted whether the Ultimate clan wanted to imitate some of the people who raised the anti-flagship in the Dominic when the Empire was trapped in the quagmire of war many years ago. What a stupid behavior. Maybe they could defeat some of the Dominic troops, but the Empire was far from an enemy they could face... Especially now that there was no war outside, they were simply seeking death.
"No, I dare say that the situation is more complicated than you think." However, Liqi had a different view. She pointed to the city in the distance and said, "If they really captured Katris, the lights in the city would probably be replaced by flames or something."
But in the direction she pointed, the huge city was as lively as usual.
How dull is a person to turn a blind eye to what happened less than ten kilometers around him and continue to live at his own pace? If there is such a person, he is either blind or a person who lives with the so-called "self-carefulness".
Perhaps such petty citizens were once widely present in cities in the Middle Ages, but their existence seemed a little out of place compared to Katris. Although the citizen class was used to many things that happened around them, they would not miss the opportunity to use these as topics.
However, after returning to Katris City, there was a problem that kept plaguing Curt's mind - so many changes occurred in the hilly area not far from the city. I guess the movement had also spread to the city early... But the residents in the city were unmoved and continued their lives.
If it is in normal times, this may be something that no one can imagine. The turmoil that is close at hand will bring uneasiness. Once such uneasiness spreads, it will spread among the crowd like a plague. And those annoying journalists will undoubtedly not give up on exploring and exploring this matter.
As steady as before, the unchanging "daily" is still happening.
Although it was almost late at night and the sky was still raining heavily, the streets in the city were still repeating the same prosperity as before. Citizens were in a hurry, and vendors were organizing their own business... They were immersed in peace day after day, just as if they had no idea what was going on.
"Strange... This situation is too abnormal."
Walking in the darkness under the wall, Curt looked at the citizens who were silent and said, "To be honest, I don't think the citizens of Katris are really numb to this point. The extremely rare phenomenon of summoning disasters did not cause any movement. Do you think this is possible?"
They are now walking carefully in the remote alley, and can only observe everything on the road from unknown corners. Seeing their sneaky appearance, maybe someone will misunderstand that they are thieves lurking in the dark, waiting for the fat sheep passing by.
This is also impossible. With their now-willed outfits, walking on the road, let alone the guards, even ordinary people will doubt their identity. It is a last resort to find a way to their homes using this almost infiltration method.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that they noticed the abnormal feeling of hovering on the street. In the morning, anyone could see strange plants in the distance through the blockade of the city walls, but they seemed to be used to their existence and no one talked about their existence.
Although the specific situation is unknown to most people, summoning disasters is indeed a kind of change that will have a huge impact on the surrounding environment. You must know that its danger is no less than a forest fire in a nearby mountain range, and it is impossible for no one to notice it.
If someone in the upper class controlled the intelligence, it might be too underestimated to the annoying reporters in the city. They seemed to have sources of intelligence, no matter how the guard concealed what they were investigating, these guys could always find clues related to it.
"Hmph, that's true." Liqi, who followed him, nodded. She seemed to have discovered something unnatural. "Some subtle magic power penetrated the air in the city. Although their weight was insignificant, its impact on the overall environment cannot be ignored."
As she said that, she waved her hand gently, allowing her magic to penetrate into the air, and the air shrouded in darkness was immediately illuminated by some faint light. The light emitted from their free empty atmosphere revealed other things that existed in the void.
It is a kind of magic dust scattered in the air in the form of powder. They float everywhere and are constantly sucked into the bodies of people walking on the streets. An extremely weak magic cube array can be felt on these dust, and immediately transformed into a complete magic structure after it penetrates into the bodies of citizens.
What makes people feel strange is that the effects of these spells are not obvious, and the citizens who were invaded by magic seem to have no strange reactions. Liqi carefully observed the changes of each magic cube array, but the number of them is really difficult to interpret thoroughly, so she had to analyze it bit by bit.
Every ordinary person walking on the street is breathing magic dust without knowingly, just as natural as breathing air on weekdays. Not only that, after consuming the magic power wandering in the air, they become energetic, as if their bodies have never been so relaxed.
"It seems that someone is casting some kind of wide-area spell... Just like sprinkling a bag of salt into a lake, these trace amounts of magic can only create simple hints at most, allowing them to avoid thinking about something." Liqi peeked at the scenes that happened in front of her, and murmured to think about those magical powers. "The scale is very large - there is no doubt that this is not a spell structure that ordinary spells can create."
Liqi reached out to capture some powdered magic powers, and then tried to analyze them with her magic power. But when her magic power touched these "powders", they melted like snowflakes, quietly disappeared into the air, without any trace.
"Hmph, it seems that he was discovered..."
Liqi muttered in a low voice, trying to capture it again, but this time it was far less smooth than before. After the first batch of magic powers dissipated, the rest of the magic powers also fled away from the two of them as if they were afraid of their existence... It was like someone was controlling them.
The larger the spell, the more magic it requires, covering the entire city of Catris, no matter who it is, can only create such an insignificant effect. Not only that, although the effect is abandoned to obtain a super-large coverage effect, the spells that guide thinking direction are also extremely profound - such complex spells are very small, and among these people, there are undoubtedly even fewer people who can put it into practice. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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