Chapter 413 Only the Enemy of Evil

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 gray-white barrier on the sky far away. It looked like frost from the morning dew outside the window in the middle of winter.

On the outside of the frost shell, even the whistling blizzard could be faintly seen with the naked eye.

Annan knew that this was not a barrier set up by the old grandmother to isolate the curse. It is a constant temperature barrier arranged by the edicts of the Tower of Storms.

In the very center of large cities, there are semi-automatic devices called large barrier generators.

The semi-automatic execution of the spell formed by the decree spell refills the enchantment that originally only lasted for three days. As long as the materials are continuously replenished, the enchantment can be maintained.

Annan asked from Father Vasily that this kind of enchantment in the Principality of Winter is actually automatic. One of the knowledge that many ritualists do not want to publish is that "ceremonies do not necessarily require 'humans' to participate", which is to prevent the automation of rituals.

The "Automated Ritual" already has a considerable level of technology in the Principality of Winter and the Ecclesiastical Kingdom. 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, and no one knows how much knowledge they have in their minds, and whether they will perform a dangerous ritual in the future, or cause the surrounding environment due to a failed ritual. Severe deformity occurs.

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

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

Considering the cost, it is impossible for the impoverished Principality of Winter to use an enchantment that is too effective to cover the city. Although this enchantment is called "thermal enchantment", its main function is to isolate cold winds and blizzards.

The chill that seeped from the ground still couldn't be dispelled...it was like a huge, transparent glass cover.

Even so, these large cities have become Winter's last hope.

What was really used to block the curse of the gray fog was the freezing blizzard that could freeze even the curse.

But although that blizzard can freeze curses, it can also freeze ordinary people, and ordinary beasts and crops...

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

The subways of other countries are just subways used for importing, exporting and transporting supernatural beings in and out of the country... Noah's kingdom is even preparing to build an above-ground railway, which is specially used for domestic passenger and freight transport.

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

Another meaning of being able to freeze the curse is to say that the superhuman will not get mana replenishment in the blizzard.

In a never-ending blizzard, even the metal would be cracked, not to mention that the temperature is even lower than the blizzard in other countries...so they can't even build an above-ground railroad.

In the snow in the wild, almost all corpses are buried.

Most of them are illegal superhumans who were driven out of the city and left to fend for themselves. Ordinary people can be directly beheaded if they commit a capital crime, but superhumans cannot.

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

But being expelled from the city in winter is basically the same as sending a canoe and a day's food and water to exile people from the boat, and the mortality rate is similar.

Ordinary people can only take the subway.

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

It is difficult for werewolves to buy subway tickets, and Bella is a werewolf who has no money.

If Annan guessed right...

She should have been in a never-ending blizzard,

Step by step, in the wild covered with thick and deep snow, across dozens of miles, he rushed 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 is not the same as the subway station in Annan's impression.

Inside the brass-colored station, there was a faint roar that sounded like an old factory. The water tracks on the ground are slightly frozen, and when someone walks on it, there will be a creaking sound.

The crowd gathered in a hustle and bustle, talking among themselves. With breathing, white mist rhythmically spewed out of his mouth and nose.

Although it is a civilian subway, the people who come and go are still very well-dressed.

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 strange.

"This is your first time on the subway?"

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

There was no emotion in those cold eyes.

But Annan just showed a silly smile and answered sincerely and enthusiastically, "Yes, teacher!

"This is the first time I've ever taken the subway in my life!"

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

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

——Annan did not lie.

This was indeed the first time Annan took the subway in his "life".

The old man just stretched out his hand to grab Annan's arm and let her lean beside him, while the other hand inadvertently revealed a cold ring, and at the same time silently raised his head and glanced at the crowd.

When the passers-by around saw the ring, their expressions suddenly changed. They turned around immediately, pretending that they couldn't see anything, and even the voice of the conversation disappeared for a while.

Although Annan knew it was impolite to speak at this time.

But out of the need for acting, Annan still asked curiously, "Teacher, are they afraid of you?"

"Afraid."

The old man answered simply.

There was no emotional fluctuation in his pupils.

He took Annan into the train that just came, and sat down in the front seat of the first car. Annan was hidden by him, further inward by the window.

And after sitting in the seat, Annan continued to ask

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

"Because they know they're not perfect."

The old man replied slowly, "They all know that they may commit crimes in the future. That's why they are afraid of me."

"is it right?"

"Yes."

The old man replied calmly, "You have to make them fear you like this. The more afraid they are, the less they dare to sin.

"You also have to keep in mind... that we are not righteous, but the enemy of evil."

Annan raised his head, the moment he heard this sentence.

Annan suddenly felt the world around him, turning scarlet in the blink of an eye——

Intermittent shouting, roaring, and crying came from all directions, as if in deep water.

Like a TV with a bad signal.

The bustling subway station shuddered a few times, and then the scene completely disappeared, turning into a dim room.

The surroundings were extremely narrow, dark and damp. More like a bathroom than a ward...

And his body turned into a man in his twenties - he was only wearing underwear, his hands and feet were tied back, fixed on a chair, and he was gasping for breath.

-Like just woke up from a nightmare.

"you're awake?"

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

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