Chapter 11 The Oath

After signing the oath miracle with Farosa, it seems that they can trust each other.

"What happened?" Hiding deep in the cave, Farosa was still thinking about the history promised by Xu Yang, "Why did the world change from a world controlled by witches to a world controlled by companies?"

"It's like this..." Xu Yang confirmed that the cave was safe, and after the outside world was dark and no one was seen, he slowly began to recall the history, the bloody past between the witch and the company came to mind, "There have been three times between the company and the witch in total. war."

"Oh!" Farosa was extremely curious.

"Our history book begins with the industrial revolution. The so-called industrial revolution is a huge technological progress. With the development of science, major companies have emerged one after another, and new Taixizhou, Tequila, and Baixiangzhou have also been discovered. area."

"What is that?"

"Large swathes of land that were blocked off by oceans before shipbuilding developed."

"The sea? It's scary. The noble gods come from the sea."

"It is said that the witches at that time did have a kind of reverence for the sea, so only human beings can muster the courage to travel across the ocean, emigrate in large numbers, and obtain resources from the New World. The company was the first to trade spices, capture and sell slaves on the uncivilized continent. Gradually, The company's economy is prosperous, technology is becoming more and more developed, and the technical level is higher."

"Relying on 'technology' to change the face of the world... Most of the things I see when I open my eyes are so strange, I have never seen them before."

"That's it. Now that the technology has advanced, the company has the confidence to compete with the witch for the sphere of influence, and conflicts of various scales continue to break out. This conflict continues, and eventually the witch war broke out. In the first war, the company used ironclad ships and Artillery, for the second time, uses armored vehicles and aircraft carriers, which are the newest weapons of war, but none of them can beat the witch."

"Because councils can change reality," Farosa said, "there's always going to be one or two seats reserved on councils for reality manipulators."

"Yes, with the failure of the two wars, the company realized that it must nurture its own witches to win. As the victors of the two wars, the witches' revenge directly killed nearly one billion people, slaughtered their heads, almost Half of humanity was wiped from the earth."

"It sounds like humans are too weak."

"Weak, beaten, reflective, and then comes the turning point. The witch's slaughter led to an unprecedented wave of revanchism, and people gathered under the leadership of the extremist leader Gillen Secco. Gillen was first a speculator, then a big one. Loved by some people, he defeated opponents in the civil war, and later took the initiative to take the lead, semi-forced to let the companies abandon their former hatreds, and finally formed a company alliance."

"The company also has witches."

"And the use of witches is more effective. Farosa, a witch who can promote the rapid growth of plants, can only be a royal gardener under the council, but in the hands of the company, she has become a good helper for agricultural progress. After a few days The work of breeding and selection can be completed within a year, and high-quality and high-yield crops that can feed tens of millions of people can be cultivated. There are many similar examples."

"In our time, witches who like to help humans were very useless."

"So your time has passed. On the one hand, Gillen tried his best to attract those witches who were not welcome in the council, on the other hand, Gillen carefully educated and controlled the witches born in his own territory, so that after they grow up, Identify more with the company than the council."

"How can the council sit still."

"Of course they didn't sit idly by and thought of a lot of ways to limit the company's development and keep attacking and plundering. Gillen also gave in everything, even disbanding most of the army, sinking many fleets, showing a harmless side in exchange for a moment of respite. , and then... Gillen pooled the power of the major corporations to secretly cultivate a reality manipulator of their own, Eve Anark, perhaps the most gifted at changing reality ever, who is said to be able to follow the law level."

"She serves the company like that?"

"Under Gillen's idea, a control chip was inserted into her head. This is the original application of human augmentation technology." Xu Yang raised his right hand and showed Farosa the scorched metal marks on it.

"You too……"

"All implants are derived from this earliest control chip. It is better to call it human control technology than human enhancement technology."

"and then?"

"Giron pretended to negotiate with the witches in exchange for a long-term peace, so he held a world conference and gathered many outstanding witches and company representatives. On that day, under the coercion of Gillen, Eve said something that changed the course of history. : 'All witches lose their magic', and then the company slaughtered all the witches who showed up at the meeting, and they were powerless to fight back."

"Reality manipulators used by humans..."

"Eve received the company's rigid education since she was a child, so she was loyal to human beings. After she cast the spell, the power of the witches disappeared, the company marched smoothly, hunted down, slaughtered and cleaned a large number of witches, and the third witch war broke out suddenly, and soon The curtain fell, and there was no decent resistance."

"..."

"There are no witches left in many lands, all of them were killed, and no witches survived. People's anger was vented like this. Countless witches were lynched, murdered and executed by the most cruel means. The slaves also rose up in succession, took revenge on the witch slave owner, and completely vented their grievances by the most insane means. Even the witches who were usually kind to people were killed in the tide of hunting witches. However, the magic power of reality manipulators also has When it dissipated, 14 days later, the witches' magic was all back, but by then they had already suffered the heaviest massacre, systematic extermination."

"..."

"That's it, this is what happened in the three wars, and since then, the company has started mass surveillance, brainwashing and control of witches, forcing them to serve themselves, and the company has grown by leaps and bounds in the century after the war! Until now. That's how the world is. From the era of witches to the era of the company. And about the previous history, no matter how high-level the archives are unclear, your era has become fragments and delusions in the records, and no one knows."

"If I see that Eve Anark, I'm going to kill her."

"She was already dead and suffered for 140 years. She never said a word after that. She was asked by Gillen to spend the rest of her life in an airtight biological cabin. The company is also afraid that such a powerful reality manipulator will destroy the world. ."

"Deserved... what does the current 'witch' look like in your eyes?"

"It's hard to say. They have their own abilities, work for the company, and are more constrained than humans. But I've never heard of the 'miracle' you just performed."

"Miracles are the power bestowed upon us by gods and mystics, and are actually one of the two important weapons of witches. If the witches cannot use miracles now, it means that God no longer favors witches, ah, this is also the reason for everyone's failure, if God Humans can really achieve a dominance reversal without help."

"God? I heard that there used to be many churches in the world, but in the previous Witch Wars, the company planned to demolish them, and now there is not a single one left."

"This way of cutting grass and rooting..." Farosa said coldly, "Do you know that the power of witches comes from God?"

"I seem to have heard that there are countless powerful witches in ancient times, and they are even worshipped as gods."

"Yes, but that's just the vain imagination of human beings. In fact, nothing can exceed the arrangement of God... The strong among us, the 'witch council', who acted arbitrarily, once thought that gathering the most powerful witches would be able to boss them around, Now I have also encountered something so embarrassing. Hey, I am really relieved by their demise. But this is only temporary. God has left, so people can take advantage of the situation. If God can return, all tricks will be hidden. ."

"Since entering the company era, there are not many witches who can reach the power of the previous era, and they are all under the monitoring of the company alliance."

"I should have lost the source of my power," Farosa whispered. "Without the church, I can't turn to God for help and regain my lost power."

She looked at her hands, and Xu Yang knew that she was in a low mood because she could no longer use her powerful magic.

"Greater changes are yet to come - as I said, most modern witches work in companies."

"You've been talking about companies, companies, what exactly is a company?"

"The so-called company refers to the huge groups that control the world."

"I don't understand."

How much time would it take to make her understand the various principles of modern society? Xu Yang felt helpless.

"I want to turn you into a modern witch." Xu Yang said.

"what?"

"It means that it can keep up with the times."

"Well... how about the witches who work in the company?"

"Their situation is the same as that of humans, and in some senses is worse than humans. After witches are discovered, they will be quickly recycled and distributed by various companies. The most powerful companies have the most witches. The witches are linked to the company from birth to death. , the company fears that they will get out of control, and they are a hundred times stronger than humans."

"Disgusting world," Farosa said. "Oh, wouldn't the 'Company' hunt and kill Witch Babies in large numbers? I'd do it if I were to kill them all and chop them up as soon as they appeared. Fragments."

"Why is your thinking so extreme, collecting babies or something..."

"I just said it casually." Farosa showed a cute smile.

"In the previous Witch War, many witches were born on the side of the company, serving the company, and were promoted due to the problem of standing in line. There are also some giant enterprises run by witch entrepreneurs, such as the Scarlet Transformation Company in Tequila, which is now managed by a witch family. , specializing in how to develop implants that torture employees, insert them into your body, and you can monitor whether you are thinking about serving the company at this time or wandering in a daze."

"Sounds like a badass, I like it."

"These powerful witches maintain the bottom line of witches' living conditions to a certain extent. And even if some companies do this, other companies will secretly leave witches to enhance their strength. After all, witches are special beings that can change the course of history."

"Okay, after hearing that I was in a coma, the fate of my compatriots is so miserable, I need time to digest it." Farosa sighed.

For her, the world was no longer the one she was familiar with.

After eating and drinking enough, the pain also seems to ease. Xu Yang got up and prepared for action.

"What did you do before?" he asked.

Farosa was stunned for a moment, then said after a long time:

"I'm a servant of God," she said, "You know, God bestows witches with power, and witches also have the duty to serve. I sweep the floor in the church, read scriptures to the villagers, and occasionally drive away the goblins who came to the fields, bang Scatter dragons and trolls."

They are all mythical creatures, long extinct, making Xu Yang feel strange.

"Do you have any hope of regaining your magic power?"

"I've never heard of this kind of bondage spell, and I must ask God to release me from the seal I've been subjected to."

"It's not a restraint spell, it's an anti-witch weapon," Xu Yang said, "I'm not too sure."

"There is a way to find God. Although the company destroyed all the churches, there must be some surviving ritual points. As long as you reach a connection with God, I will tell him what happened, and God will definitely help."

"If it were that simple, there would have been witches already forming a connection."

"You don't understand." Farosa said sullenly, "How do they know, and how do the witches know now? Why do they know. According to what you said, a large number of witches living in the old world were slaughtered. Forget, the history that belongs to the witch has been tampered with and deceived by your so-called company."

"really……"

"God's glory is bleak, and it's really hateful for the little ones to run rampant. The aggression and equipment of those people just now are much stronger than the average witch hunter."

"Do you think those people just now were 'Witch Hunters'?"

"Aren't they human bastards who are looking for witches to trouble them? There are also people in this era. There are always people who don't like witches."

"It's almost." Xu Yang didn't know what Mateo and the others were doing when they took Farosa back home, did they sell it? Or should it be handed over to Black Fire Innovation for domestication and become a new war witch?

"No matter which tribunal they are employed by, I will punish them so that they understand the fate of provoking me." Farosa's tone was indifferent.

"You're scary sometimes... I hope you're not the type to kill innocent people."

"Why," Farosa smiled at Xu Yang, "I'm so friendly, you always think I'm a bad guy, but I've been defending myself all the time."

"Why are friendly people locked up in tombs."

"Actually, I live very comfortably. They can't do anything about me. They can only use this method to send me to the future, so as not to disturb them at that time." Farosa smiled.

"For me, I will do the same, send you thousands of years later, and let you torture the people of the future."

"My enemies are all bad guys. Sometimes they don't care who you are, they just want to target you. It's hard for them to chase and kill them so far." Farosa's smile did not diminish, "But now, I don't need to. I'm worried that someone will do the same to me, my fellows, they're getting weaker."

There should be a channel to lift the power ban on her. Her source power is indeed terrifying. In addition to the "law of recovery" that she explained by herself, there is at least one other type, that is, the "gray light" with mass destruction.

"Um……"

"Hey, Xu Yang," she clapped her hands, "it's a good time."

"what?"

"Witches are a very troublesome and proud group. I thought before that if the witch's rule is destroyed, let me revive the witch's power! Now is the opportunity. Since the so-called company has slaughtered the witch council, then I Just follow the style of the council, gather all the powerful and ambitious witches, rebuild a council, and complete the witch's revenge."

"The company is difficult to deal with, and its strength is increasing day by day, and the witches are not as prosperous as in your time."

"But that's my goal. I want mortals to relive the pain of living at the feet of witches and bowing their knees, and you'll be a help on the journey, revealing to me all the peculiarities of this age."

"I don't do it, it sounds like a human traitor."

"Do you like the company?"

"do not like."

"Then let's change the status quo together," Farosa approached Xu Yang and stared into his eyes, "I want to see this world in turmoil, making everyone go crazy, I hate being the same, I like to see blood, I like to see people The collapse screamed, causing the once prosperous 'company' to fall into chaos, and the witches who are now slaves have regained the power of life and death, as before."

Obviously, it was because of this personality that the witches of her era buried her underground.

If Mateo wins and brings her back to Blackfire Innovation, I'm afraid she will infect them with her madness, lead the way in creating countless havoc, and even start a new round of corporate civil war.

"You still have to keep the gun in your hand until you regain your strength."

Xu Yang took out the submachine gun he found earlier and filled it with bullets.

"Gun? Those witch hunters used to be called guns, vicious heretical weapons."

"It doesn't matter if you use it to protect yourself."

After the rest, Xu Yang still felt a little pain, and the implants were still damaged. He needed to find a prosthetic clinic for repairs as soon as possible.

They went all the way, it seems that because of mutual assurance, Xu Yang felt extremely relaxed and no longer had to worry about the threat from Farosa.

On the edge of the Faki district, there are a few tin houses scattered here and there, all built by people who can't even afford to rent an apartment.

There is no wind and rain underground, just consider blocking privacy.

These houses are small, with walls made of rusted steel plates, fixed to each other with nails, about 2 meters high, and square windows cut out with scissors, like iron shells.

Living in it is like falling into tiny cells.

No one would want to live in a place like this if it wasn't for being desperate and desperate.

People here don't even care if they die. Xu Yang looked around. Who will count their mortality? Security services are unwilling to protect the people in this place. Before the rescue arrives, they are already dead, which will affect the company's reputation in vain.

It's not good to be black, it should be the result of a large-scale power outage. There is actually a large-scale power outage this year, making Xu Yang feel strange.

Still no lights.

Xu Yang can only distinguish between underground roads and buildings with the weak light of a flashlight. The light can only bring a small sense of security, and there seems to be danger lurking in all directions.

Bang, bang, bang—

Xu Yang heard a rhythmic tapping sound.

He didn't intend to pay attention at first, but the sound continued, it sounded like someone was perseveringly tapping a wrench on a water pipe, maybe someone was calling for help?

"Is it a living person? Do you want to go take a look?" Farosa was confused.