Miss Witch, it's time to clean up the entries

Chapter 298: Keeping Secrets and the Storm Witch

After Li En's coercion and inducement, Nancy and Inna finally stopped mentioning Sophie's identity as a witch and unanimously pointed their spearheads at Li En.

"I hope you won't regret your decision today. When she loses control, no one will help you."

Nancy snorted coldly and didn't want to pay any more attention to Li En, this ungrateful guy.

"Yes, you guys are in trouble."

Inna even left a classic closing remark, quickly distancing herself from potential creditors.

The two returned to the Black Rose Adventure Group, and the female leader Noah asked curiously,

"What were you talking about with Captain Li En just now?"

"He is a despicable and shameless man who covets my beauty."

Inna said, "I can't help it. I'm just too outstanding. I always attract a lot of attention wherever I go. Captain, is there any way to hide my charm? I really want to learn."

Noah rolled his eyes, feeling that Inna was suffering from delusions.

Seeing the female leader's look of disbelief, Inna reached out her little hand and touched Noah's arm.

Noah instantly felt the hot blood boiling in her body, her heartbeat accelerated, her chest felt tight and she felt short of breath. Her face flushed and she looked at Inna in disbelief.

"You...how did you do that?"

"Now do you believe what I say?"

Inna blinked her big, lively eyes.

Noah looked back at Li En, who was chatting with the silver-haired female knight. His smile was as warm as the warm sunshine in spring.

She was the only one in his eyes.

Noah, a seasoned love expert with over ten exes, shook his head.

"It's unlikely. He won't like you, Inna. In front of that female knight, anyone will lose their color, even if you might be a succubus."

Noah has already guessed Inna's true identity, but this does not affect her recognition of Inna as a partner.

After all, they had experienced exciting sea adventures together and had experienced life and death together.

"Um, that, Captain, you will help me keep the secret, right?"

"Of course, we are companions."

Noah said.

"What? Miss Inna is a succubus?"

"Oh, this is the first time I've seen a living succubus. I've only seen specimens before. The priest in the church always told us that succubus is the root of all evil."

"But little Inna looks so cute."

"Haha, Miss Inna, can you show us the power of a succubus? I'm so curious."

The adventurers gathered around Inna to kill time, and Inna gave Noah a resentful look.

You promised to keep my secret? How come you sold yourself out in the blink of an eye?

Noah shrugged his shoulders and whispered,
"It's because you're always pestering Nancy that I don't have time to spend alone with her. Now's the perfect time for you to face everyone's enthusiastic questioning."

The adventurers were only curious about Inna and had no ill intentions. They had just been to the gates of hell and needed to calm down their nervous emotions. Inna was a good breakthrough point.

Moreover, she is soft and cute but also cunning, and everyone wants to pinch her.

Noah seized the opportunity to chat with Nancy alone.

"Nancy, that was a real thrill, wasn't it? I almost thought I'd never see the sun again."

"You can't see the sun in the cracks."

Nancy said in a cold tone.

“Maybe others can’t see the sun through the cracks, but it’s different for me.”

Noah said seriously.

"why?"

Nancy glanced at her female leader, who was a notorious scumbag in the Black Rose Group. She had been in romantic relationships with 12 female members. Later, these 12 members united to resist her tyranny and were kicked out of the Black Rose Adventure Group. As a result, she was always teased by the members, and she always fell in love with women who wanted to kill her.

"Because my sun is always by my side, Nancy."

Nancy took the bow and arrow from her back and silently aimed at Noah's neck.
"You're too close to the sun and you'll get burned easily. Captain, please try to stay away from the sun."

"Haha. Nancy, don't be angry, I was just joking. We are all partners."

Noah raised his hands and used a silly smile to hide his embarrassment and panic.

When the members of the Black Rose Adventure Group saw this scene, they couldn't help but laugh.

"Haha, the captain is messing with Miss Nancy again."

"This has happened for the umpteenth time. The captain never learns his lesson."

"Miss Nancy probably likes a pretty boy like Captain Li En. There's no chance for the captain."

As soon as one of the adventurers mentioned Li En, Nancy's arrow flew to his side, brushed past his hair, and landed on the snow wolf behind him.

The snow wolf let out a wail.

"Everyone on alert! It's the Snow Wolf!"

Noah let out a loud cry.

The adventurers immediately engaged in a battle with the snow wolves.

This group of snow wolves arrived quietly, and even though Li En had super hearing, he did not notice them.

They seemed to appear out of thin air, which aroused Li En's high alert.

"There's something wrong with this fog."

Li En frowned.

Sure enough, when he attacked the snow wolf, the snow wolf's body would automatically turn into a ball of smoke and blend into the surrounding fog, making the attack ineffective.

Moreover, these snow wolves seemed to have learned lessons from the adventurers' battle with the ice-eating worms just now and understood everyone's attack methods.

They fight in a more orderly manner.

The most important thing is that they don't carry any gift crystals, and the crystal compass cannot find their whereabouts. Fighting them will not bring any benefits, it will only consume physical strength.

"Three o'clock!"

Nancy's arrow brought up frost flowers as it broke through the air, but was swallowed by the mist the moment it pierced the wolf's head.

Behind her emerged the shadow of a rolling wave, which rushed towards the wolves. The wolves' agile bodies merged into the thick fog, and then quickly condensed into shape, continuing to attack Nancy.

Not far away, Inna was being besieged by three fog wolves. The scales on the tips of the succubus's ears turned blue in response to the stress, but when she was about to release her talent, Noah's chain blade wrapped around her waist and pulled her back into the defense circle.

"Don't reveal your presence!"

The female leader turned her wrist, and the fine steel chain drew a silver snake-like trajectory in the mist.

Her back pressed against her teammate's sweat-stained spine, she could clearly feel the archer's tense muscles trembling. Amidst the clashing of metal around her, Sophie's clear voice suddenly blazed: "Ice coffin, forever locked!"

The six-sided ice crystal rose from the ground, but was penetrated by the wind transformed by the fog wolf the moment it closed.

Sophie was slightly surprised. "It's useless."

When the seventh fog wolf was defeated by Enzo's sword, Li En's pupils suddenly contracted - the defeated fog did not dissipate, but climbed up along the sword spine, condensing into frost flowers on his tiger's mouth.

"Everyone, form a formation!" Captain Lielong's deep roar was mostly swallowed by the fog.

When a young knight from the Black Rose Adventure Group was knocked down by a mist wolf, Li En saw the fangs materialize the moment they touched his skin, and blood splattered on the snow, forming a dazzling blood rose.

"Damn it, this thing can't attack at all."

"Everyone try to stay close together and don't be alone."

The leader of the Fierce Dragon Adventure Group said, "Three people form a team and hold them back."

"We must find the weaknesses of these snow wolves as soon as possible."

"Captain, help!"

The adventurers were separated into separate individuals by the fog, and each adventurer faced attacks from several snow wolves.

"I can't freeze the fog."

Sophie said to Li En.

Although she failed to freeze the snow wolves made of thick fog, she still stayed by Li En's side to prevent any monsters from hurting him.

Li En held Sophie's hand tightly.
"give it to me."

Li En had already realized the crux of the matter. Enzo unsheathed his sword, its blade gleaming with silver light. The blade's edge seemed to split the night sky, a flash of cold light swiftly passing through, and a violent wind arose, sweeping up the snow.

Those snow wolves that were originally roaring ferociously seemed to lose their strength in an instant in the strong wind. Their shadows were ruthlessly torn apart and dissipated in the wind, leaving only a few mournful howls echoing on the ice field.

"It works. They are essentially mist, just imitating the shape of snow wolves. All we need to do is create a strong wind to blow them away."

After confirming that his guess was correct, Li En passed this method on to his companions around him.

The adventurers quickly used various methods to create strong winds and blow away the thick fog.

The snow wolf crisis was resolved and everyone could finally get a moment to breathe.

But their nerves were still tense because the fog was only blown away temporarily and could come back again at any time.

Even Sophie couldn't freeze those troublesome guys and could only rely on the wind to blow them away.

Li En knew that this was not a long-term solution. When everyone was exhausted, if the thick fog came again, everyone would become food for the fog wolves.

"Gather all the supplies on one wagon, dismantle the other damaged wagons, and give me the planks and spare parts."

Li En gave the order.

The adventurers looked at each other in confusion.

"Leader, the carriage cannot be dismantled. If there are casualties, it will be very inconvenient for us to be without the carriage."

"Yes, leader, are you planning to abandon the wounded directly?"

The injured member of the Fierce Dragon Adventure Group asked angrily.

"Captain Li En wouldn't do that. We'll just do what he says. It's all thanks to him that we were able to escape the fog this time."

Noah said seriously.

The members of the Black Rose Adventure Group immediately did as they were told.

Other members of the adventure groups followed them and dismantled the accompanying carriages.

Li En started making blowers manually.

The core design principle is to use the pressure and temperature differences inside and outside the crack to form convection, and to create directional airflow through mechanical supercharging.

A gear train embedded within the wooden frame amplifies kinetic energy, transforming the spring clockwork device carried by the expedition team into a power source.

The main frame is made of northern hemlock wood, which is highly resistant to frost cracking and was taken from a broken carriage. The mortise and tenon structure is reinforced by embedding the ribs of a dead giant bear, and the joints are sealed with snow lizard grease.

The reinforced wooden boards on the carriage are removed and cut into streamlined curved blades. The edges are wrapped with ice-eating worm scales to effectively prevent ice crystal erosion and make a fan blade system.

As for the power core, the main springs of three clockwork crossbows are disassembled and the torque is increased by 400% through a gear set.

Then he took off his ice puppet armor and transformed the armor chain into a transmission belt.

The curved cover of the roof is spliced ​​together, and the inner wall is inlaid with magic stones that can generate energy, guiding the airflow to spirally accelerate and form a pressurized air duct.

Li En spent two hours making a large blower that no one had ever seen before.

"What is this?"

Everyone gathered around Li En curiously.

Li En smiled and patted the blower. "With this thing, we don't have to be afraid of thick fog anymore."

"It's weird."

Inna narrowed her eyes, her face full of suspicion.

Nancy and Sophie were completely attracted by this strange blower.

"Is it a transforming windmill?"

Nancy asked.

"You can understand it that way. Now let's try its power."

Li En pressed the switch and the blower started to turn, creating a strong wind that blew away the fog in front.

Everyone cheered.

“This stuff is just amazing.”

"This is great!"

"Is this a fog dispeller?"

"As expected of the team leader, he actually knows how to invent such a magical thing."

"As expected of my cousin, he's as smart as me."

Hewen Field said.

Facing everyone's praise, Li En was quite humble.

"To blow away the fog from all directions, one blower is not enough. You need at least four. Come on, I'll teach you how to make one together."

Under Li En's command, the expedition team members successfully produced three more blowers.

Li En named these blowers "Storm Witches".

Place four [Storm Witches] on the backs of four brown bears, located in the east, south, west and north of the team respectively. This way, you can release wind power without blind spots, dispel the thick fog, and avoid being attacked by monsters in the fog.

Moreover, the center of the team will generate high temperature due to the continuous output of [Storm Witch], making people inside feel extremely warm. It not only solves the crisis but also ensures the temperature, killing two birds with one stone.

Li En looked at the time and it was already 1 a.m.

The temperature in the crack world dropped to minus 60 degrees Celsius, which is lower than the daytime temperature.

This kind of temperature, even with heating equipment, will be quickly dissipated if it is exposed to an open area for a long time.

And Hewen Field's carriage could not accommodate 23 people.

In the previous battle with the Mist Wolf, the team lost two more adventurers.

There was no time to mourn and everyone had to find a safe haven before the temperature continued to drop.

The succubus Inna found a suitable hiding place by entering the dreams of the rift monsters.

Everyone followed Inna to a warm cave, which was originally inhabited by ice spiders. These spiders were very easy to clean up, as they were creatures that lived at the bottom of the crack.

After clearing the cave, everyone lit a bonfire and started cooking food.

These foods are the brown bear mounts that died in battle. Their meat can provide rich protein and energy and is a very precious ingredient.

Everyone sat together and ate bear meat hotpot.

Most people showed happy smiles after surviving the disaster.

"grown ups."

The maid Lolita separated the bear paw meat, placed it on an exquisite silver plate, and handed it to Hewen Field.

Hewen Field took the food tray and handed it to Li En.

"Cousin, this time it's all thanks to you, you can eat it."

Li En patted Hewen Field's shoulder and said, "You need it more than I do. There's more in the pot. Eat it quickly. With your physical condition, if you don't eat more meat, you will collapse soon."

Hewen Field nodded, feeling a sore nose.

Over the years, no one has been so kind to me except Uncle Yabo.

"Actually, I have no interest in the position of Lord of the North. Like you, I just want to meet Grandpa. I've heard of his glorious deeds since I was a child, but due to my humble status, I never had the chance to meet him. My dream is to meet him in person."

Hewen Field wiped away his tears, perhaps because he had just experienced two life-and-death situations, which made him regret his impulsive decision.

"If you want to leave now, I'll walk you out."

Li En saw the shadow of Parker in Hewen Field. Perhaps it was the blood connection, he had a good impression of the talkative Hewen Field.

"No, I can't get out now. I have to wait a month. And I have decided to move forward bravely. As long as you are with me, I believe I will not die."

"Don't trust me too much."

Li En smiled bitterly.

"Don't you still have a witch protecting you?"

Hewen Field leaned close to Li En's ear and whispered.

"You guys, have you discovered it a long time ago?"

Li En suddenly wanted to kill someone to silence him.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. This is a secret between us."

Hewen Field's desire to survive is very strong.

(End of this chapter)