The Righteous Player(s)

Annan followed the "teacher" out of the narrow and dim alley.

She raised her head and looked at the gray sky.

Annan could clearly see that there was a grayish-white barrier in the sky far away. It looks like frost formed by the dew condensation outside the window in the deep winter and morning.

On the outside of the frost shell, you can even vaguely see the roaring blizzard with the naked eye.

Annan knew that this was not a cursed barrier arranged by the old grandmother. It is a constant-temperature barrier arranged by the imperial wizards of the Tower of Storms.

In the very center of a large city, there will be a semi-automatic device called a large barrier generator.

The semi-automatic execution of the spell formed by the edict spells infinitely renews the enchantment that could only last for three days. As long as you continue to add materials, you can maintain the enchantment forever.

Annan asked from Father Vasily that this kind of barrier in the Principality of Winter is actually automatic. One of the knowledge that many ritualists do not want to publish is that "the ritual does not necessarily require ‘people’ to participate in it". This is to prevent the automation of the ritual.

"Automated rituals" already have a considerable level of technology in the Principality of Winter and the Church. This directly caused many ritualists to lose their jobs.

They can't even find other jobs.

Because if the ritualist loses his job, it is actually equivalent to losing the "necessity of existence." After all, every ritualist is dangerous. No one knows how much knowledge they have in their minds, and whether they will perform a dangerous ritual someday in the future, or because of a failed ritual, the surrounding environment will be caused. Severe deformity occurred.

——There are indeed some rituals that can only be performed by people. But this is actually because there are special conditions hidden in some rituals that "must be performed by a living person with self-awareness".

But the effect of ritual is directly related to its cost.

Taking into account the cost issue, it is impossible for the poor Winter Principality to use a barrier that is too effective to cover the city. Although this enchantment is called the "constant temperature enchantment", its main function is to isolate the cold wind and blizzard.

The chill seeping from the ground still cannot be dispelled... it is like a huge, transparent glass cover.

Even so, these large cities have become the last hope of the Winter people.

What is really used to block the curse of the gray mist is the severely cold blizzard itself that can freeze even the curse.

But although the blizzard can freeze the curse, it can also freeze ordinary people, and it can also freeze ordinary beasts and crops...

Therefore, the subway utilization rate in the Principality of Winter is dozens of times higher than that in other countries, and it can be said that it has been used for civilian use.

The subways of other countries are only used for importing and exporting and transporting extraordinary people in and out of the country... The Kingdom of Noah even plans to build an overground railway specifically for domestic passenger and freight transportation.

However, for the Duchy of Winter...not to mention ordinary people, it is almost impossible for the extraordinary to go from one city to another city alive.

Another important meaning of being able to freeze the curse is that the extraordinary will not be supplemented by mana in a blizzard.

In the never-ending blizzard, even the metal will be frozen and cracked, not to mention that the temperature is even lower than the blizzards of other countries...so they can't even build the railway on the ground.

Almost all corpses are buried in the snow in the wild.

Most of them are illegal transcendents who have been expelled from the city to fend for themselves-ordinary people can be directly beheaded if they commit a capital crime, but transcendents cannot.

If they die, they will cause trouble to the people in the city...

But being expelled from the city in the winter of the winter is basically the same as sending people out of the boat by sending a canoe and one day's food and water, and the death rate is about the same.

Ordinary people can only take the subway.

But "Bella"—that is, Annan today is different.

It is difficult for a werewolf to buy a subway ticket, and Bella is a werewolf without money.

If Annan didn’t guess wrong...

She should be bracing the never-ending blizzard, step by step, step by step in the thick and deep snow covered field, spanning dozens of miles, rushing from one barrier to another.

... Annan himself didn't know how Bella did it.

But in short, Annan was taken directly to the subway station by the "teacher".

It's not the same as the subway station in Annan's impression.

In the brass-toned station, there was a vague roar like an old factory. The water trails on the ground were slightly frozen, and when someone walked up there would make a crunching cracking sound.

The crowd gathered in a hustle and bustle, talking to each other. With breathing in the nose and mouth, white mist is emitted rhythmically.

Although it is a civilian subway, people who come and go are dressed in decent clothes.

In other words, they only come here to take the subway after they are specially dressed up.

Among them, Annan, who was dressed in shabby clothes, looked very weird.

"This is your first time on the subway?"

Looking at Annan looking around, the old man glanced at Annan.

No emotion can be seen in those cold eyes.

But Annan only showed a silly smile, and responded sincerely and enthusiastically, "Yes, teacher!

"This is the first time I have taken the subway in my life!"

Her excessively loud voice caused people around her to look over with disgust.

But she didn't have any special reaction to this, on the contrary, she didn't care about the sight of passers-by.

——Annan did not lie either.

This is indeed the first time Annan has taken the subway in his "life".

The old man just stretched out his hand to grab Annan's arm and let her lean against him, while the other hand inadvertently exposed the cold ring, while silently raising his head and scanning the crowd.

When the passers-by saw the ring, their complexion suddenly changed. They immediately turned around, pretending that they could not see anything, and even the voice of the conversation was gone for a while.

Although Annan knew that it was very impolite to speak at this time~www.wuxiaspot.com~, because of the need for acting, Annan was still curious and asked, "Teacher, are they afraid of you?"

"afraid."

The old man answered simply.

There was no emotional fluctuation in his pupils.

He led Annan into the train that had just arrived and sat down in the front seat of the first car. Annan was hidden by the window, farther inside.

After sitting in his seat, Annan continued to ask

"Why? They didn't commit a crime."

"Because they know that they are not perfect."

The old man replied slowly, "They all know that they may commit a crime in the future. That's why they fear me."

"is it right?"

"Yes."

The old man replied calmly, "You have to let them fear you in this way. The more they are afraid, the less they dare to commit a crime.

"You also have to remember... I am not justice, but the enemy of evil."

Annan raised his head, the moment he heard these words.

Annan suddenly felt the world around him, and it became scarlet in the blink of an eye—

Intermittent screams, roars, and crying sound came from all directions, as if in deep water.

It's like a bad TV.

The bustling subway station suddenly trembled a few times, and then the scene completely disappeared and turned into a dimly lit room.

The surroundings are extremely narrow, dim and damp. It's more like a bathroom than a ward...

And his body has become a man in his twenties-he is only wearing underwear, his hands and feet are tied back, fixed on a chair, and he is gasping for breath.

——It's like just waking up from a nightmare.

"you're awake?"

A gloomy, eunuch-like voice sounded behind Annan, "Then let's continue...Mr. Denton."

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