In the eastern part of the Dark Crow Continent, in the primeval forest.
Several figures of indigenous people walked through the forest. The skin of these indigenous people showed a pale color. If you look closely, you will find that it was smeared with some kind of white dye.
The sound of rapid breathing came from the front. This was a witch wearing a witch hat and tattered clothes. Her right arm was missing and the fracture was ragged, as if it had been bitten off by some ferocious creature, and there were still wounds left. There are traces of blood.
After running quickly for about ten minutes, the fourth-stage elemental witch stopped.
She was hunched over, gasping for air, her chest heaving violently, and it felt as if her lungs would explode at any moment.
Seven of them witches came here to look for something. After some investigation, they learned that the thing was in an indigenous tribe called "Tooth Bone".
Witches treated these uncivilized natives with contempt.
In their view, although humans are weak, they are also intelligent creatures. Although they will not be merciless in killing, they will also show a certain degree of respect.
The witches completely despise these natives in the east. In their eyes, these natives are not even worthy of being compared with humans.
Yesterday at noon, seven witches made a surprise attack on the Tooth and Bone Tribe. Initially, the natives suffered heavy casualties, and the situation seemed to be one-sided.
But after a few minutes of fighting, the witches discovered that these natives were far more powerful than they imagined. Not to mention their combat prowess, their extraordinary physical fitness alone was enough to make the witches stunned.
The Tooth Bone Tribe is a large tribe with a population of thousands, most of whom are young and strong warriors.
The Yagu tribe has a tradition that once they are over 35 years old, their souls will be sent to serve the Yagu God, while their bodies will be left to their descendants for sharing. In their beliefs, this means that they can live with their descendants forever. exist.
Obviously, these witches do not know the past of the Tooth and Bone Tribe.
Previously, the Holy Healing Church had sent a large army to attack this tribe. The reason was that the Tooth and Bone tribe had crossed the border between the two sides.
When the Holy Healing Church's army marched to the east, they were clearly arranged by the Tooth and Bone Tribe.
Half of the 20,000 soldiers and a hundred witch hunters died in the east, and eventually became the food of the Yagu tribe.
Although there were heavy casualties, the Tooth and Bone Tribe itself also paid a heavy price.
The Tooth and Bone Tribe really didn't take the deaths of ordinary soldiers seriously, because these soldiers had become their source of food.
However, the witch hunter allowed them to truly understand the power of human beings.
The Tooth and Bone Tribe has great respect for brave warriors, so they give generous burials to those witch hunters who died in battle.
Two years later, the priests of the Tooth Bone Tribe and the Pope of the Holy Healing Church signed a non-aggression treaty.
The treaty stipulates that the Yagu Tribe is not allowed to enter the Central Plains area, and the Holy Healing Church will not launch another crusade against the Yagu Tribe.
The Tooth and Bone Tribe has only one way to deal with foreign enemies, and that is to fight to the death.
With a swipe, a pale figure walked through the forest. He was holding a spear. The tip of the spear was a shiny black spear tip. The spear tip was not made of ordinary metal, but was made of some kind of rare metal. Made from carefully polished metal ores.
The sound of sobbing broke through the wind, and the pupils of the fourth-stage witch who was leaning against the tree to catch her breath tightened and she instinctively bowed down.
There was a loud crash, and a long arrow flew like lightning and nailed hard to the tree trunk above her head.
The arrow was so powerful that most of it was buried deep inside the tree trunk, leaving only a small tail end still trembling at high speed.
Purple light flashed in the witch's eyes. She was in the state of avatar fusion at this time, and her body statistics were by no means weaker than those in close combat.
The white arm was raised, and with a bang, the surrounding air exploded. This witch had the ability to control the air. The invisible air was under her control, like the sharpest blade.
A spear appeared silently behind her. The witch's cheek twitched and she pointed her palm behind her.
With a bang, a figure appeared out of thin air, and a large amount of blood spattered. A native of the Tooth Bone Tribe had his lower body shattered by the air cannon. His eyes were rapidly filled with blood due to severe pain and anger.
"Human?"
At this moment, a voice appeared above the witch's head.
When the witch heard the sound, she subconsciously raised her head and cast her eyes in the direction of the sound.
I found that the opponent was holding a spear, and the structure of his body could only be said to be completely different from that of humans. Instead, he looked more like an incarnation of elements.
"Who are you?"
After seeing Popgar, the witch's face became much more serious.
She could sense that the aura on Popgar's body was much more dangerous than the indigenous people who had been chasing her before.
The moment Popgar appeared, a large number of surrounding natives yelled crazily at Popgar, as if they saw some kind of life-and-death enemy.
The witch, who was originally being hunted down by the natives, was now forgotten by these natives.
They picked up the blow darts in their hands, puffed up their cheeks, and blew hard. The dense blow darts shot towards Popgar like raindrops.
Popgar didn't even look back. He flicked his wrist and flicked the spear in his hand.
These poisonous arrows did not fly randomly in the air because of Popgar's attack. Instead, they changed their direction under his attack and quickly flew back towards the original route.
These natives did not expect that their attacks could be bounced back, and they were all hit by poisonous arrows on the spot.
After being hit by arrows, many natives subconsciously covered their throats.
This kind of poisonous arrow will paralyze a person's nerves within three seconds after being poisoned, which is a real way to seal one's throat at the sight of blood.
Unless the special serum can be injected in time, the poisoned person will definitely die within one minute.
With several dull sounds of falling to the ground, the indigenous people who had been noisy around the witch fell to the ground one after another, like harvested wheat.
In the blink of an eye, the surroundings were filled with corpses of indigenous people, and the air was filled with the smell of death.
Looking at Popgar's expressionless look, the witch swallowed. Although the witch was now in a state of avatar fusion, it was obvious that she was no match for Popgar.
"I ask, you answer."
Humans in Popgar learn languages very quickly, or in other words, races from the void can learn languages in the world very quickly.
"Where is the closest gathering place of human civilization?"
Upon hearing Popgar's question, a doubt suddenly arose in the witch's heart, and then a terrifying thought appeared in the witch's mind.
"You are not from our world?"
Although the continent of Raven Star is very backward, this does not mean that the technological level mastered by the witch civilization and the Holy Healing Church is also lagging behind.
The moment the witch spoke, her arm suddenly burst open without warning, blood spurted out instantly, and pieces of flesh and bones flew everywhere.
"I ask you for the last time, where is the nearest gathering place of human civilization?" Popgar's voice was still cold and ruthless, as if the scene just now was just a small random action on his part.
The witch covered her broken arm and looked at Popgar in horror. She didn't even see the shadow of the attacking witch.
"Go eastward along this forest. There are all human kingdoms." The witch swallowed and spoke the truth tremblingly.
"Well, the breath of the soul has not fluctuated. In that case, you can leave." Popgar raised his head slightly and moved his nose slightly.
Their race is extremely sensitive to the smell emitted by each soul. As long as someone lies in front of them, the smell of the soul will fluctuate slightly, and none of this can escape Popgar's keen sense of smell.
It is precisely because of this unique characteristic of their race that in the past years, they were often caught and used as lie detectors by some powerful races.
But this special ability was too scary. Later, several underground bosses secretly manipulated the races that were hostile to them and launched a genocide against Popgar's race.
No way, this lie detection talent is too annoying in the eyes of some people with evil intentions.
"Surrounded by the sea on one side and mountains on three sides, Xiwan is located on the westernmost side of the area under the jurisdiction of the Holy Healing Church. That place is almost completely isolated from the outside world. To put it more bluntly, it is like the witches specially built a place in the Holy Healing Church. A nail buried at the border of Yue Church”
Based on Melody's description, the two of them understood part of the situation in West Bay.
First of all, Xiwan is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Due to artificial construction, the peaks on the three sides are almost insurmountable. They are full of elements, spell traps, etc.
The sea located behind Sai Wan is the most important source of food for the residents living in Sai Wan.
There are not only witches there. Witches don't want to work, and most of them have surly personalities, so they need civilians living in Xiwan to provide them with all kinds of daily needs.
As for the source of these civilians, it is actually very simple, that is, they are obtained by purchasing slaves.
These slaves were forced to do various kinds of labor in Xiwan, providing support for the witches' lives.
There is a rule among the witches in Xiwan that they cannot harm the local residents of Xiwan. As for outsiders, they can do whatever they like.
When those hungry slaves first came to Xiwan, they were half fearful and half envious of witches. After all, they had been in close contact with supernatural powers, so it was inevitable that they would feel longing for them.
As time went by, the slaves gradually discovered that the witches would not harm them at will, but would regularly collect some items from them, such as food, minerals, and various daily necessities.
Although the amount collected each time was not small, compared to the slave owners they had encountered, the practices of these witches were quite enlightened.
In this way, a benign ecological balance quietly began to form in Xiwan.
After several generations of inheritance and development, the descendants of former slaves have been fully integrated into the social system of witches.
They work for the witches willingly and even regard it as part of their lives.
Among them, the female group is particularly prominent. They are proud to be a witch and regard it as a supreme honor. 80% of the witches circulating in the territory of the Holy Healing Church are not from the southern witch country, but from Xiwan.
The Holy Healing Church is also troubled by this cancer that doesn’t know when it will grow stronger.
First of all, there is the problem of transportation. Xiwan is too far away from the core area of the Holy Healing Church.
If you want to send a large army to besiege it, the long march alone is almost an impossible task.
Moreover, the special terrain of Xiwan set up many obstacles for the army's march.
The terrain is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the mountains are also covered with various dangerous elements and spell traps, making it difficult for external troops to enter smoothly.
Furthermore, attacking by sea was not feasible.
More than fifty percent of the soldiers under the Holy Healing Church are landlubbers and know nothing about navigation.
Moreover, the Holy Healing Church's own navigation technology is also extremely backward, and can almost be said to be at a very preliminary stage.
In order to spend a lot of resources to develop navigation and build a naval fleet for a relatively small witch gathering place like Xiwan, from the perspective of the Holy Healing Church, this is completely a waste that outweighs the gains. .
In the eyes of the Holy Healing Church, the real serious problem is the "Witch Country" in the south.
Compared with the "Witch Country", although witch gathering places like Xiwan are somewhat troublesome, they are far from being comparable to it.
Xiwan is located on the border of the area under the jurisdiction of the Holy Healing Church, and its geographical location is relatively remote.
Moreover, the resources here are quite limited. Even if some witches can be cultivated here, judging from the overall strength and influence, they are not enough to pose a substantial threat to the Holy Healing Church.
Holy Healing Church needs to consider it from a more macro level, so when facing some local problems, it has to weigh the pros and cons.
Even if there are occasional cases of witches harming civilians here in Xiwan, although this approach seems extremely ruthless, from the perspective of the overall strategic layout of the Holy Healing Church, it is not worth going to war and carrying out large-scale operations such as encirclement and suppression. .
Xiwan sounds like a cancer, but in fact life here is not easy. Witch hunters occasionally pay attention to this place and then leave after paying daily greetings.
"So, if you arrive in Xiwan, all the humans you see are your enemies, including the civilians. They are like... domestic animals."
"Before I left West Bay, I always believed that witches are sacred and should not be hostile to black witches. They just have extreme personalities..."
Having said this, Melody smiled to herself.
"It wasn't until I saw the wider world that I realized that the witches in West Bay were keeping humans in captivity and corroding their spirits to make them obey orders. Can you imagine the feeling of being destined to be a slave just after birth? It's even more terrifying. What's more, the residents of West Bay are proud of this. They have forgotten to resist. In their hearts, Melissa is the living god..."
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Three days later, Dark Crow Continent, west, Yag Desert.
The strong wind roared indiscriminately like a wild horse, and large tracts of sand were carried by the strong wind. Like a dense rain of bullets, it slapped hard on a lonely carriage, making a crackling sound. .
In the carriage, Lin Yi repeatedly checked the map in his hand. He was very confused. According to the clearly marked route on the map, he should be heading straight towards Westport at this moment, but now he inexplicably arrived at this A deserted desert.
"Are you sure the line is correct?" Su Xiao frowned, with a little doubt in her eyes, and glanced at Melody sitting aside.
"Absolutely, that..." Melody was suddenly nervous when Su Xiao asked her, and her words became hesitant.
"If you have anything to say, please tell me." Su Xiao was impatient. Seeing Melody's appearance, her tone became a little more serious.
"If, I'm talking about if, when I see Witch Queen Morissa, can I avoid it? There is, uh, some... small grudge between the two of us." Melody said bravely. After finishing, there was a look of embarrassment and fear on her face.
Lin Yi was looking at the map in his hand with all his concentration. When he heard Melody's words, his eyes couldn't help but shift from the map to Melody.
"Tell me and listen."
"Actually, it's nothing. When I escaped from Westport, you know, I was a weak woman who was penniless at the time. If I wanted to leave that place, of course I needed travel expenses, so... so I stole something from Witch Queen Morrisa. ..." Melody said while carefully observing the expressions of Su Xiao and Lin Yi, her voice became smaller and smaller, until it was almost inaudible in the end.
"That's all?" Lin Yi raised his eyebrows, obviously not believing Melody's nonsense.
"That thing... is a little bit important to Witch Queen Morrissa. I swear, it's just a little bit important." Seeing Lin Yi's disbelief, Melody hurriedly stretched out her hand and gestured, trying to make them believe what she said.
But her guilty look made anyone look at her and feel that she was hiding some important secret.
"..."
Lidya Su said nothing, but the smile on his face was very dangerous.
A hemp rope appeared in his hand. If Melody continued to talk nonsense like this, Su Xiao would not mind hanging Melody on the rickety carriage and treating her like a sunny doll.
"I just stole the heirloom that has been passed down for nine generations by the Witch Queen Morissa..."
The more Melody spoke, the more she felt guilty. It was conceivable that the family heirloom that had been passed down for nine generations was lost. Once Witch Queen Morissa knew about it, she would definitely not just skin Melody.
"Heirloom? An heirloom of the MILF family?"
After hearing Melody's answer, Lin Yi and Su Xiao glanced at each other, and instantly thought of the place of death.
"Where did you throw the things?" Su Xiao stood up suddenly and walked to Melody's side in a few steps.
"Lost..." Melody heard Su Xiao's question and subconsciously shrank her head, like a frightened quail.
This was what made her even more depressed. If nothing else happened, the thing should have been lost while she was escaping to the south.
Su Xiao found that this woman was dishonest. Every time she spoke, she always hid half of her words and spoke half of her words. It seemed that she needed to cook it up.
Melody looked at the shadow that enveloped Lidya Su, her heart suddenly thumped, and she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.
"I really don't know where it was lost, but it's most likely in the south. I went to the south to escape the pursuit of the west district, and then the thing was gone."
Melody shrank her head and quickly told everything she knew.
According to Melody's description, the MILF family's heirloom looks like a dagger.
It is not like ordinary treasures. Wearing it on the body can bring about a significant increase in combat power.
The only unique thing about it is that it can make the wearer's body warmer, which seems to be an inconspicuous effect.
Relying on its ability to warm people's bodies, Melody even boldly went to the North twice.
Obediently, after Lin Yi and Su Xiao heard what Melody said, they immediately understood that this so-called family heirloom was absolutely inseparable from the land of death.
Judging from what Melody said that the heirloom can keep the body warm and can even travel twice in the north with it, it can be basically inferred that since this heirloom has such a good ability to withstand low temperatures, then It is enough to show that the place of death that has always been shrouded in mystery should be in an extremely low temperature environment.
"Hang out."
After Su Xiao heard Lin Yi's words, she quickly picked up the hemp rope in her hand, tied up Melody tightly and hung her on the carriage in a few clicks.
"Don't bother me! I told you everything! We're here! We're here at Westport. Going any further will trigger a trap." Just as Melody was struggling desperately, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the scenery outside the window and quickly found an excuse to move. attracted their attention.
Lin Yi and Su Xiao sensed the surrounding environment and found that there were indeed elemental fluctuations here.
The wind is howling in the Gobi, and the continuous mountains in the distance are bare and extremely steep. The environment here is so harsh that it is almost impossible for civilians to live and work in peace and contentment nearby.
The Eye of the Apostle rushed through the wind and sand and reached the top of the mountain range. After penetrating a layer of film, the surrounding area was distorted.
Westport's ability to survive to this day under the care of witch hunters certainly has its unique features. Fortunately, the Apostle's Eye is a non-living body and has not triggered the defense mechanism on the mountain.
Through the images transmitted through the eyes of the apostles, several people saw the scene behind the mountain.
The first thing you see is a large area of houses distributed in a staircase shape. The scene is extremely spectacular.
I don’t know how many generations of unremitting excavation and careful construction have passed, but the other side of the mountain has been transformed into huge stairs of different specifications.
Thousands of houses were built one after another on these huge steps, forming a unique architectural landscape.
The huge stone staircase is divided into 12 floors. The higher the building is, the more luxurious it is.
And closest to the top of the mountain, stands a castle covering a large area.
The sea can be seen on the west side of the castle, and the endless Gobi desert can be seen on the east side. All the buildings in Westport can be seen at a glance.
Sihanoukville is surrounded by mountains on three sides and the sea on one side. The mountains on three sides are all surrounded by cliffs. They are too steep for ordinary people to climb up.
Not only that, these cliffs are also full of traps. There is only one entrance and exit to the entire Westport, and that is the sea.
The number of traps and defense formations on the cliff is no longer hundreds or thousands, but at least tens of thousands.
What's even more troublesome is that the top is filled with a transparent gas. Entering that gas is like entering a piece of amber.
Even if a few people can detect the location of the trap, as long as they move forward, the thick gas around them will trigger the trap.
The road on the mountain range is dead, and it seems that the few people can only set out by sea.
Westport, a natural fortress, has an equally tight seal on the sea area. 12 watchtowers have been built in the sea in front of Westport. These watchtowers are distributed in the surrounding sea area in an inverted U shape. There are several or even a dozen people on each watchtower. Guarded by witches.
As for the sea area below the watchtowers, the watchtowers are connected to an energy network. There is a huge spar above each watchtower. These spar absorb light energy to maintain the energy network under the sea.
The entire Westport was guarded like an iron barrel, which made the two of them wonder how Melody escaped from Westport.
Melody's original words were that she escaped from Westport on a fishing boat. Although it was not impossible, there was a lot of luck involved. (End of chapter)