Release that Witch - Chapter 766

[Chapter 756 Magic Tides]

Roland was stunned, “Is there any problem?”

“That’s it…” Phyllis hesitated, “I heard that in your territory, only one witch was awakened last year?”

He dug out the witch from the drawer .

A list—that was given to him by Wendy, which recorded the awakening day and adult day of each witch, so that he would not miss the second birth of the witches.

“It should be right,” Roland checked the list and nodded, “Although Xie Yue added two new witches last year, Bai Zhi had already awakened three years ago, and Axia was the only one who could be counted as awakened that year. …and her day of awakening happens to be her coming-of-age day.”

“It shouldn’t be, Your Majesty,” Phyllis frowned, “How many people were there in your city last year? Twenty thousand or thirty thousand?”

“It should be Fifty thousand.” Speaking of the population, Roland couldn’t help but feel a little proud. “This year, the number of people in Neverwinter City has exceeded 100,000.

” La is only about 250,000, but… do you know how many people awaken each year in these two holy cities?” Phyllis said in a deep voice, “Even in the period when the magic power was the poorest, Anrieta was not low. For more than ten people, Taquila is close to three times that number.”

“Magic power… a period of poverty?”

“That’s right, the magic power that fills this world has its ups and downs, just like the tides.” Agatha explained Said, “The two years after the red moon is also the time when the magic power is the most abundant, and new witches will appear almost every day. After that, the free magic power will gradually weaken. During the period between the two red moons, you can see During the period of poverty, the awakened ones will not appear until the month of demons.”

Regarding the fact that the stronger the magic power, the easier it is for a witch to awaken, Roland had heard Agatha mention it before.

It’s just that he originally thought that the magic power would usher in a peak every year, but he didn’t expect that it would fluctuate greatly in a cycle of hundreds of years.

“But we are not far away from the third battle of divine will.”

“This is the most worrying issue,” Phyllis said with a worried look on her face. “The appearance of the hell beast means that the red moon is approaching, and the trend of magic power should be more active. According to Celine’s test, in fact It is true. But why is the number of witches awakened so low? Even if no one is awakened in the city, there should be many witches born in the suburban towns and villages—for example, in the Taquila era, the witches provided by the surrounding territories were more than There are even more holy cities. Generally speaking, the larger the total population, the more witches, this is a law summed up by the federation for hundreds of years.”

“At first, I thought that Neverwinter City deliberately abandoned it when it recruited people. The woman later thought that the influence of the church made the new witches not dare to reveal their identities easily, so they did not join Neverwinter right away… It turns out that this is not the case.” Agatha said slowly, “Pasha’s side also After a discussion, the final conclusion is: there may be some factors that have affected the awakening of the new witches, and it has a tendency to gradually expand.”

Roland pondered for a while before he said, “Assuming this guess is correct, you have a way Find out what factors caused this?” The

two looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.

“Since it can’t be solved, let’s treat it as a god and rest temporarily,” he spread his hands. “Anyway, no matter how the chance of awakening changes, we have to drive the devil out of the dawn, don’t we?”

Fortunately, once the foundation of industrial production is laid, The demand for witches is far less strong than God’s Punishment Army or the Chosen One’s plan, otherwise this would be really terrible news.

“What you said… is indeed true,” Phyllis probably didn’t expect that Roland’s confidence in fighting the devil would not be affected at all, and she was stunned for a while before recovering, “We must defeat the devil no matter what.”

” Yes

That’s it.” Roland smiled, “ah, right… I came to you to ask about one thing.” He recounted his worries about the possible harm caused by the witch’s awakening, “In Taquila How did the Federation deal with such incidents?”

“It’s very simple, Your Majesty,” Phyllis said in a more respectful tone, she no longer looked directly at Roland, but lowered her head slightly, “Everyone in that era They all understand the half-a-quarter rule.”

“Half-a-quarter hour rule?”

“Yes, there is no sign before the witch awakens. The magic power will go from a dissociative state to converging in the awakened body. This process will last about half an hour.” Phyllis replied, ” At first, there was a faint tingling and burning in the abdomen, and then it became more intense until the first backlash appeared-the specific degree of pain varies from person to person, and people with strong bodies will not even be affected much, but the subtle tingling sensation You can still notice it.”

She paused, “And the half-a-quarter hour rule is: as long as the witch announces loudly that she is about to awaken within this period of time, the people around her must leave her side immediately. mortals are not allowed to ask for compensation from the federation; if there is a loss to a fixed place, the federation will pay for it.”

This is a new approach, Roland thought to himself, the premise is that everyone is very familiar with witches, especially witches. Underage girl – when encountering a sudden sting, the first reaction is to make an announcement, rather than suspecting that she has eaten a bad stomach.

“What if the wounded are also witches?”

“If there is no prior announcement, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com The newly awakened will face punishment – flogging or money, depending on the consequences. If it has been announced in advance, the Federation will will take full responsibility. However, such cases are rare, after all, battle witches themselves are a minority, and even fewer have the ability to cause harm in the early stages of awakening.”

In other words, in the era of Taquila, if a mortal If you don’t avoid it in time, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

In that special era when witches were superior to others, it was understandable for them to do so.

It is obviously impossible for Roland to copy this method, but it can be used for reference to a certain extent.

Undoubtedly, leaving aside the punishment part, the half-a-quarter-hour rule has its advanced point: it at least promotes a concept, making everyone understand that witches are born inside human beings, and whether they accept it or not, every underage woman has the possibility Awakened as a witch.

This is like the stop at red light and go at green light in later generations. All we can do is to obey the rules to avoid damage.

Of course, it is impossible to be completely exempted from liability, Roland thought, if he took a step back from this rule, treated witches and ordinary people equally, and handed over the damage after the announcement to the city hall, and did not make an announcement, causing serious damage If there are consequences, the trial will be based on negligent injury…or a special law to regulate the behavior of witches, just like the traffic regulations of later generations, may be able to alleviate this contradiction to a certain extent.

[End of this Chapter]