"Everyone, start telling the time." Lin Yi raised his wrist. The watch on it had the special logo of Samsara Paradise.
This kind of watch is made by the workers of Machinery Street. The error will not exceed 0.1 seconds every ten years, so it is perfect to use it for timing.
Carmen, Blood Bear and others also followed Lin Yi's example and adjusted the watches on their wrists to the same time as Lin Yi.
“This is a good thing. Let the people from the scientific research department develop it after we go back.”
“Let’s wait until you can go back.”
After Carmen finished joking with Blood Bear and others, she immediately separated from Lin Yi.
Su Xiao, Sunset Red Team and others’ goal is the Mist Castle, while Lin Yi and Popgar’s goal is the Dust Altar.
After passing the Gate of Dawn, Lin Yi and Popgar needed to continue walking deeper along the swamp, while Su Xiao and others entered a forest.
When we reached the depths of the swamp, a foul smell hit us.
Lin Yi casually threw a gas mask to Popgar. Although Lin Yi did not know whether Popgar, as an elemental creature, would be affected by the stench, it never hurts to be prepared in advance. of.
The Dust Mud Altar is located on the edge of the swamp, tightly surrounded by dense vegetation and intertwining vines.
This altar was originally an extremely majestic building, but now only ruins remain.
On the central altar stone platform, you can still vaguely see the mottled blood stains and the fragments of sacrificial utensils, as if silently telling its past glory and the bloody past.
At the entrance of the altar, two huge stone doors are ajar. The original carvings on the doors have now become blurry, and only some mysterious symbols and patterns can be vaguely discerned. .
This altar used to be the location of the royal altar that ruled the Dark Crow Continent Empire. Unfortunately, after the Dark Crow's resurrection, this area became the priority target of the Dark Crow.
The road leading to the Dust Altar is in poor condition. Most of the stones have been worn extremely smooth, and some have even been directly uprooted and scattered on the roadside.
On both sides of the road, weeds and shrubs grew wantonly, almost completely blocking the road.
In some places, the roads have been eroded by swamps and mud, forming quagmire that makes it difficult to walk.
In desperation, Lin Yi had to take out a special hiking pole to prevent him from accidentally stepping into those unknown bubbles.
In this area, there are no ordinary beasts at all. All creatures seen here must be killed, because they are all synthetic beasts carefully cultivated by witches.
These synthetic beasts are far stronger than ordinary beasts in all abilities, especially in terms of IQ.
Most of the synthetic beasts were not bred for fighting, but just to serve as watchdogs for witches.
Popgar casually pinched the neck of a canine synthetic beast that rushed up. Such a harsh environment finally allowed Popgar to find a feeling similar to being in a black abyss.
“Stop.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Popgar immediately stopped moving forward.
Lin Yi summoned a soldier from the Black Shadow Corps. After the soldier appeared, Lin Yi pointed to an open space ahead, which was only about ten meters away from Popgar.
The moment the soldier stepped on, an invisible wave spread from his feet.
Then, the tadpole-shaped secret pattern started from the soldier's ankle, spread all the way up, and finally climbed to the soldier's face.
With this soldier as the center, everything within five meters seemed to be in a state of accelerated time, and began to turn into a gray-white color with a sense of dilapidation.
In the gray-white area, the weeds were wiped out. During this period, a bird-synthetic beast accidentally broke into the area and turned into a tattered skeleton in an instant.
"Trap."
Popgar witnessed this scene without any surprise on his face.
In the black abyss, he has seen more hidden traps than the one in front of him.
“Take a rest.”
After Lin Yi said this, he closed his eyes, and dozens of soldiers from the Black Shadow Corps appeared beside Lin Yi.
Doom has obviously laid many traps near the Dust Altar that are difficult to detect with the naked eye.
Under the command of Lin Yi, this group of soldiers from the Black Shadow Corps spread out and marched forward, starting to explore the path for the two of them.
As for those synthetic beasts, the reason why they were thrown into the wild by the witch for warning also shows that their strength is limited.
The combat effectiveness of these synthetic beasts is only slightly stronger than ordinary beasts. They may be useful against ordinary people, but compared with the soldiers of the Black Shadow Corps, they are far behind.
Originally, misfortune did not reside in the Altar of Dust.
The swamp environment where the Dust and Mud Altar is located is really too harsh. Even for witches, if they want to live here, they have to spend a lot of energy to transform the surrounding environment.
But after Doom was repeatedly attacked by witch hunters from the Holy Healing Church, she finally lost her memory and simply moved her residence here, bringing a large number of witches with her.
These witches are not the willing followers of misfortune, they are completely forced here.
Misfortune is a fifth-stage spell witch. If you want to force these witches, you don’t need to use any tricks. Just knowing the names of these witches is enough.
The synthetic beasts near the Dust Altar were made by these witches.
Doomsday alone could not create so many synthetic beasts even if it took her decades.
The residence of Doom is located in a castle above the Dust Altar, and she spent a lot of energy to build a large protective circle around it.
With the existence of this magic circle, the pungent stench of the swamp outside cannot invade this castle.
Without this technical means, Doom would never choose the Dust Altar to live in anyway.
"Huh? Someone triggered my restriction? Did another witch escape?" On the bed in the room, Doom picked up a grape and then began to sense whether the number of witches in the castle had changed. .
In this castle, Doom is the supreme mistress. As for the other witches, in Doom's eyes, they are just dispensable consumables.
Just like how other witches treat ordinary people, Doom treats the witches here the same way.
The name of Doom is just like her life, which has been woven into legends with fear and rejection by the people around her.
Misfortune was born with nothing to do with beauty. Unlike her other two sisters, the surface of Doomsday's skin is covered with a large number of small pits, and her long hair is dry and haggard, and it is also very sparse. Just like the image of the old witch in fairy tales.
"No one escaped, could it be that someone broke in again?" After Doomsday took a closer look, he found that the number of people in the castle had not decreased.
This situation made Doom sit up suddenly in bed.
Although there are no small animals that trigger the ban on weekdays, it usually only triggers one.
But today, in such a short period of time, more than a dozen restrictions have been triggered in succession, and the distance is from far to near. The goal is very clear, it is heading towards the Dust and Mud Altar.
“Damn it, it’s probably those bullshit plasters who can’t get rid of them again.”
Misfortune looked deep into the swamp, although she couldn’t see the faces of Lin Yi and others. Figure, but can feel that the restrictions he has set are still being triggered by others.
"Liswinnie."
As Doom shouted this name, a witch dressed in a butler's costume slowly walked into Doom's room.
"Lord Doom." As soon as Riswinnie entered the room, she immediately knelt down on one knee and saluted.
This is the rule in this castle. The thing that Misfortune hates the most is having others see his face, so other witches must kneel on one knee and lower their heads when they see Misfortune.
"An enemy has broken in. You take a few witches over and get rid of those little mice that sneaked in." Doom didn't even look at Liswinnie. These witches came from the south. Captured.
Riswinnie may be regarded as a majestic fourth-stage black witch to the outside world, but in the eyes of Doom, she is just a very useful thug.
"Yes, Master Doom." After hearing Doom's order, Liswinnie couldn't help but a cold light flashed in her eyes.
There is no witch in this castle who does not hate bad luck.
They used to be high-ranking figures in the outside world, but now they are like servants here, being called around by Misfortune at will. If they don't go according to her will, they will be executed by Misfortune.
Under such circumstances, naturally no one would sincerely believe in bad luck. It’s not that no one has tried to assassinate Doom, but Doom herself is a fifth-stage witch with strong strength, and she has also bound her life to her eldest sister Moinola. As long as one of the two parties survives, the other will. Will not die.
After the last resurrection of Doom, all the witches who participated in the rebellion were immediately executed.
From then on, the witches in the entire castle no longer dared to have any thoughts of rebellion, and could only obey the orders of bad luck.
"Get out of here if you know it!" Looking at Riswinnie's appearance, Doom couldn't help but feel angry.
Every time a witch breaks through a stage, it is an improvement in her life level. However, Doom has been a fifth-level witch since she was born. She has no chance to change her appearance. This is what makes her the most Very angry.
"Yes." Liswinnie was not angry after hearing what Doomsday said, but just lowered her head and walked out of the room.
After closing the door, Liswinnie breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked towards the first floor of the castle.
Arriving on the first floor of the castle, Riswinnie walked into a room.
This room is extremely special. Only the fourth-stage witches in the castle are eligible to enter. Anyone else who dares to break in will be thrown into the swamp outside by the other fourth-stage witches.
After Riswinnie entered the room, the other witches in the room all turned their attention to her.
These witches are all stage four witches who racked their brains and came here to be lazy.
Although the witches in the castle are all prisoners taken by bad luck, there are rivers and lakes wherever there are people. In addition, bad luck does not pay attention to the internal conflicts of these witches, so these four-stage witches have their own problems. There are few ways to avoid the tasks you should undertake.
"Isn't it your turn to serve that monster today? Why are you not afraid of being caught when you come here?" A witch in purple gauze held a cigarette rod in her hand, with tears on her face. Showing a look of disgust.
The old witch of misfortune is most interested in bullying these beautiful fourth-stage witches, which is why they try to hide in this room and not go out.
“The opportunity has come.” Riswinnie whispered after gently closing the door.
"Huh? What's going on?" After hearing this, the others stopped what they were doing and turned their attention to Liswinnie.
"I just heard the news outside the door that someone from the outside broke into the Dust Altar. It is very likely that they are people from the Holy Healing Church." Riswinnie told everything that had just happened. of these witches.
These witches can reach the fourth stage of being in the outside world. Naturally, all of them are extremely shrewd people. They will understand what it means when someone breaks in here.
"This means that the Holy Healing Church is preparing to take action against the two sisters." A naked witch got up from the bed, and the quilt on her body slipped off, revealing her Graceful figure.
"In all likelihood, this is the case. The Holy Healing Church has launched several attacks before, and has roughly figured out the characteristics of the two sisters. If you dare to come this time, you will definitely be sure to get rid of the monster. ”
"How about it? Do you want to take a gamble?"
After Liswinnie said this, she turned her eyes to the witches present.
These witches lowered their eyes slightly, each of them meditating on Liswen Ying's words.
"If I join and continue to stay here, I will die sooner or later. I still have a lot of youth to enjoy, but I don't want to die so early." The man in purple from before The Qingsha witch spoke first. She was the youngest witch here, only thirty-eight years old.
For ordinary people, thirty-eight is considered middle age, but for a witch in the fourth stage, thirty-eight is still quite young.
"Agree."
"I'll join."
The other stage four witches saw someone taking a stand, and they all followed suit.
Staying here is just a fate of being tortured by bad luck. It is better to find a way to use this opportunity to get rid of the bad luck first.
"Okay, here are a few people, let's go negotiate with the people from the Holy Healing Church." After listening to Riswinnie's words, the other witches nodded one after another, and then they all got up, got dressed, and followed Behind Swinney.
It is not clear who the witch hunter sent by the Holy Healing Church this time is. If an unreasonable madman is sent, it will be troublesome if there is no way to negotiate.
Arrived at the gate of the castle, several second-stage witches saw Riswinnie and a group of fourth-stage witches all dispatched, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee.
"Sir..."
"Open the door, Master Doom ordered me to go out and kill those little mice sneaking in outside."
"Yes."
Knowing that Riswinnie had been ordered by Doom, these second-stage witches did not dare to ask any more questions and immediately pushed open the castle door.
“I really don’t want to go out.”
“Okay, stop complaining, we can get it done earlier.”
The witches behind Liswinnie Complaining to each other, they also did this to dispel the concerns of other witches.
After entering the swamp, Liswinnie and the group immediately hurried in the direction of Lin Yi and the others.
"Someone is coming." Just as Lin Yi was commanding the soldiers of the Black Shadow Corps to eliminate traps, several unfamiliar auras broke into Lin Yi's range of perception.
A spear appeared in Popgar's hand instantly, and he stood in front of Lin Yi in a flash.
Not long after, Riswinnie and several other stage four witches appeared in front of Lin Yi.
"Huh? Why are there only two of them?"
Liswinnie couldn't help but froze for a moment when she saw that there were only two people, Lin Yi and Popgar.
But when she saw the ring representing the red hunter on Lin Yi's hand, she immediately threw all her doubts away.
The person who can become a red hunter is by no means a simple person.
"Black Witch? Then kill..."
"Wait a minute! We are not here to be your enemy this time."
Meeting Lin Yi A long sword appeared in his hand, and he was about to take action. Riswinnie quickly raised her hand to indicate that they came with no ill intentions.
Lin Yi looked at Riswinnie with confusion on his face. The other party did not show any signs of taking action. However, Lin Yi did not put down the weapon in his hand. He just motioned to the other party to stand where he was and explain his purpose clearly.
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
"You are the person sent by the Holy Healing Church to kill..., we want to cooperate with you." Riswinnie spoke very quickly After saying this, when she mentioned bad luck, she paused for a moment and skipped it, but Lin Yi could still understand what she meant.
"Cooperation? You, a group of black witches, come to cooperate with me, a witch hunter?" Lin Yi couldn't help laughing after listening to Liswinnie's words. After hearing this, Popgar said, He couldn't help but shook his head.
Although Popgar is not from the Dark Crow Continent, after spending time together, he has also clearly understood the relationship between witch hunters and witches. The two sides can be said to be on the same page. It is said that they are cooperating, even if they do not directly fight when they meet, it can be regarded as a display of extreme restraint by both parties.
"There is no way. Although we hate witch hunters, we hate that monster even more." The witch in purple gauze ripped off her clothes and exposed her body to the air without any cover. among.
On the top of her right breast, Lin Yi saw an extremely strange logo.
“See, this is the restriction that that guy put on us. Once we have any idea of escape or resistance, she only needs one thought, and we will end up dead without a burial place. "
Liswinnie also took off the clothes on her upper body, and there was an identical restriction on her neck.
Seeing this, the other witches also revealed the restrictions on their bodies.
"Understood."
Seeing this situation, Lin Yi understood how bad luck controlled this area.
The operating styles of Doom and Morrisa are completely different. Morrisa relies on playing with people's hearts to run Westport as solidly as an iron barrel; while Doom uses strong power to rule with high pressure.
"We can't resist that guy at all. Right now, you are our only hope." Riswinnie put on her clothes again. Since Lin Yi is willing to negotiate with them, she doesn't mind taking the risk. risk.
If Lin Yi really gets rid of the bad luck, it will definitely be a sure profit for Riswinnie and the others.
After witnessing this, Popgar turned his attention to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi thought for a moment, then signaled Popgar to continue to be on guard.
Although the other party's rhetoric seems to have no flaws at present, no one can tell whether they are deliberately pretending to be pitiful and deceiving. (End of this chapter)