Mystery: Good Witch

Chapter 1079 The Advantages of Dual Paths

Facing the aggressive Elaine, "Count" Gu Xin just chuckled, sat back in the high-backed chair, took off his half-high silk hat and hung it on the civilized stick, turning it playfully, looking at him with blue eyes, and said jokingly:

"I just want to observe first to see whether you came to Morola on your own initiative for some purpose, or whether you are like the other exiles, who killed people, broke the law, and were bought by the Church of Knowledge."

"Now? Which one do you think we are like?"

Elaine simply put her feet on the table with a thumping sound, and asked back with a hint of provocation.

"Neither of them. That witch seems to be wanton. She wanders around the city every day, looking for men or even women, but she never really goes to bed. Even when she chooses her 'prey', she only chooses those who are extremely vicious. That 'monster' should be Sequence 6. He has rude manners and behaves wildly, like a veteran pirate, but he is actually a cultured person. I even suspect that he is an undercover agent of the Church of Knowledge...

"As for you, you must be here to look for the item hidden underground, but I'm not sure who you are employed by, an official Beyonder? The Einhorn royal family of Feysac? Or some secret organization?"

Gu Xin said all this in one breath, shook the stick in his hand, let the hat return to his head, covering his short brown hair, and stared at Elaine.

"I came here for a chance to become a demigod, and my companions came here for the chance to be promoted, for greater power."

Elaine answered half-truthfully, and without waiting for the other party to ask further questions, she took the initiative to attack:

"What about you? The 'Iron Cross' sent you to infiltrate this 'Exile City', didn't they just want to open a bar, sell cigarettes, and raise cattle outside the city?"

She hinted that the industries that the other party secretly controlled were under her surveillance.

"Those are just means to maintain a large number of subordinates and obtain intelligence. Didn't you also kill some Beyonders through 'Duel' and obtain their assets to recruit cannon fodder to explore the underground mausoleum?"

Gu Xin said with a half-smile.

It seems that he has already sent people to follow me, William, and Tia... Elaine nodded without surprise and continued with a smile:
"Since you noticed our actions, why didn't you stop us? Aren't you afraid that I would get there first, enter the underground mausoleum before you, touch the object, and take it away?"

Because she was unsure of Gu Xin's knowledge of "0-01", she did not reveal the specific name and code of "Salinger Blood Flag".

"I'm so happy that a powerful Beyonder is rushing to enter there. How could I stop him?" Gu Xin touched his pocket and took out a box of Morola cigarettes. He took out a cigarette and sniffed it without lighting it. "As for taking away the sealed object, it's not as easy as you think..."

Elaine pretended to listen attentively and motioned for the other party to continue.

“…In the past two years since entering Morola, I have tried many times to send ordinary people and extraordinary people into the underground mausoleum, not only from the main entrance behind the church, but also from other passages that appeared due to collapse caused by earthquakes and volcanoes, but no one has ever come out alive.

"I heard that before I arrived, the strongest Beyonder who entered the underground mausoleum was already Sequence 5, but the result was no different from that of an ordinary exile. As for higher sequences, they have never appeared in Morola in the past thousand years...

"I can only choose another way, which is to have people commit serious crimes in this city, become 'experimental subjects', and voluntarily enter the underground mausoleum under the organization of the Church of Knowledge. They seem to follow certain rules, so they will not be harmed by the power inside the mausoleum and can often escape unscathed, but those people will become dull and slow, and even forget me..."

There was something immersive about Gusin's tone, which made Elaine listen intently.

Suddenly, there was a noise outside the closed door. Gu Xin immediately shut his mouth, while Elaine curiously moved closer to the door, opened a crack and looked outside.

Several men in black robes with indifferent expressions pushed away the onlookers who were still surrounding the two duelists. The leader looked around, asked a few people for details, and then announced that the duel did not violate the law. He dragged away the body of the strong man who had died on the spot from a knife wound in the chest.

These are the enforcers who are made up of what Gusin calls "experimental personnel." They have rigid thinking and stiff movements, like some kind of humanoid puppets.

But a few months ago, they were all ordinary exiles. They became like this only after they committed serious crimes and were forced to be used as experimental subjects.

It was as if she had become a different person after entering the underground mausoleum, or perhaps she had been brainwashed and manipulated... Elaine had been in Morola for nearly two months and was already accustomed to these things. She just took a glance, closed the door, and sat back in front of Gu Xin.

"Aren't you afraid of being captured by law enforcement officers and sent to the underground mausoleum?"

Seeing Gu Xin waiting for her calmly, she couldn't help but ask.

"Everything I did before was legal and compliant. I didn't even need to duel to rob other people's property," the "Count" said with a hint of sarcasm. "Of course, if I can't find a safe way to go underground, I plan to start a riot in the near future and let the exiles attack the Church of Knowledge. I will find some clues from the church's response. By then, I may actually break the law and become a wanted criminal."

This method is not bad, but a group of exiles with a maximum Sequence 5 attacking a church guarded by a demigod is probably just seeking death. Or maybe he also knows that the population of Morola cannot be lower than a certain limit, and wants to use this to force the church to make concessions?

Elaine thought for a moment, put a smile on her face again, and said:

"If that's the case, we should have a basis for cooperation, at least to help each other until we find a safe way to actually go underground."

Clap, clap, clap. Gu Xin clapped his hands exaggeratedly, and replied under Elaine's gaze:

"This is the answer I've been waiting for. You seem to be a smart and cooperative hunter. Are you interested in being my subordinate?"

The truly smart hunters are already studying in the church library... Elaine muttered to herself, stood up from her chair, and walked toward the window facing the street while saying:
"If there is any action, remember to contact me in advance."

As for being a subordinate, she simply didn't bother to answer.

Elaine opened the window and jumped out directly onto the busy street. The law enforcement team just happened to pass by, and a few pairs of lifeless eyes subconsciously glanced over, then quickly retracted their gazes, like a team of puppets carrying the body onto a carriage, and left the "Fallen Nobles" bar.

Behind her, Gusin's eyes followed her until she left the street and walked towards the church in the city center, where they were blocked by other buildings.

It was just like the gaze Elaine felt when she followed Iris on her first day in Morola.

But in addition to the gaze of the "reaper", another hidden gaze did not escape Elaine's perception. She took the opportunity to turn in another direction to look back, but did not find anything unusual, but the shadow that flashed by on a glass window facing the street made her alert. She reached into her pocket and touched the "Ice Mirror" talisman.

As expected, with the combined power of her hunter's "precision", the witch's perception of the mirror world, and the effects of advanced talismans, the glass window behind her emitted a sharp touch as if piercing her spirit, and the color was different from other glass in her eyes.

Pretending not to notice anything, Elaine quickly came to the door of the church with a square and a huge cemetery. She felt the sharp touch coming from different mirrors and stayed at one end of the square, no longer approaching the church.

As expected... Elaine smiled secretly and stepped into the church hall filled with light. Before she walked between the rows of brass bookshelves, she suddenly touched the stained glass beside her. The hand hidden in her pocket also activated the "Ice Mirror" spell, making the red, green, yellow and multi-colored glass turn black, and the inside was deep and dark.

Immediately, Elaine passed through the glass and came to the mirror world with dark passages around. Without any delay, she immediately went to the mirror where she felt the gaze just now.

There, a figure with a blurred edge, like a reflection in the water, seemed to have just realized that he had changed from a tracker to the tracked, and without hesitation, he entered another passage and fled into the distance.

Is it possible to escape at this time... Elaine stared at the opponent's back like a hawk. Taking advantage of the fact that she had repeatedly asked Miss Angelica to re-grant her the power of the "Ice Mirror" spell in the past two months and had repeatedly entered and exited the mirror world and was familiar with the terrain, she quickly found a shortcut. Her body turned into an incandescent flaming spear and pierced the opponent's vest like a sharp arrow.

Seeing that there was nowhere to hide, the figure stopped at the nearest mirror and emerged from the mirrored world. Elaine followed suit and a flaming spear appeared in the instantly shattered mirror and exploded violently. Flames condensed into her tall body again, and her red hair fluttered behind her head like a blazing flame.

This was the street that was destroyed by a local volcanic eruption on her first day there. It had long since become a no-man's land because it had not been repaired. The solidified lava on the ground was covered with volcanic ash, and the shops on both sides were burned by flames, leaving only ruins.

The figure being chased by Elaine landed lightly on the street and slowly stood up.

Her eyes were as black as ink, her nose was high, her chin was round, her long hair of the same color was simply tied behind her head, and she was wearing a long skirt that was slit to her thighs. She looked pure and had a bit of wild beauty, which made Elaine, who was of the same sex, inexplicably moved.

Based on her appearance, Elaine immediately recognized the other person as the "boss" that Tia had repeatedly mentioned, the "pain" witch Lisa who was originally "joyful" but seemed to have been promoted recently and sent to Morola.

Did Gu Xin ask her to follow me, or did she find out that I was in contact with Gu Xin and wanted to see what I would do... Doubts emerged in Elaine's mind, but her actions were faster than her thoughts. Crows made of fire appeared beside her, drawing various trajectories and flying towards each other.

Boom, boom——

Explosions continued to sound, and the Fire Crows kissed the suddenly appearing black flames one after another. The black and yellow flames danced in the air. Elaine took the opportunity to transform into a blazing white flaming spear again, whooshing across the distance between the two of them, and in an instant arrived in front of the Witch Lisa.

Swah——

The spear pierced through the witch's thin body without any hindrance, staining her long skirt with high-temperature flames, but then the flames quickly went out due to lack of fuel, and pieces of tiny mirror fragments fell to the ground.

Lisa was outlined next to another window on the street. Before her shadow turned into a solid entity, she stretched out her hand stained with black flames and touched the mirror formed by the window, touching the reflected figure of Elaine who had returned to human form from the flaming spear state.

Mirror curse!

With a bang, Elaine's body, which had just lost its blazing white flames, was stained with inky black cursed flames. Before she could even utter a sound, she twisted and fell in the flames that could ignite the spirituality and burn the spiritual body.

Just as a smile appeared on Lisa's round but uniquely beautiful face, it froze completely.

The "Elaine" in her sight was quickly burned into a small stick-like object like a branch, making a crackling sound of burning wood.

She was very familiar with this scene. It was clearly the "magic wand substitute" that only witches had!
Even if a hunter obtains the help of a high-ranking witch and possesses the ability to travel through mirrors and use mirrors as a substitute, it is impossible for him to possess similar abilities!

As her surprise gradually turned into astonishment, Elaine's figure emerged in front of her. Her neutral and beautiful face seemed to be blended with a hint of charm, which made Lisa, a witch of pain who possessed the ability to actively seduce, stunned.

Then, a dagger with black flames pierced her heart.

(End of this chapter)