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

Chapter 91: Facing the Forest Spirit
The guards of the survey corps sent by the Southern Army have returned.

But out of the 13-person team that went out, only 2 came back.

When they took off their hoods, Li En almost didn't recognize who they were.

Because their faces were covered with wrinkles and black age spots, as if they had left the forest of bones decades ago. Although they were still wearing the familiar military uniforms, their bodies had become hunched, like the setting sun, and there was no vitality in their eyes anymore.

"Lord Li En, we have completed the mission."

The elderly guard from the Survey Corps said this, his voice very hoarse, as if it had been repeatedly polished by time.

Li En recognized his identity by the black mole on his nose. He was 15-year-old Tashid!
The other one was Weber Asvid, who was two years older than him.

At this moment, there were red entries above both of their heads.

[Forest Spirit Invitation] The number of Forest Spirit's believers has sharply decreased. In order to maintain its own strength, the Forest Spirit has extended an invitation to humans who step into the Forest of Bones. If you are willing to stay in the Forest of Bones forever, you will become extremely lucky. If you leave the Forest of Bones, you will be cursed and your life will pass away quickly.

Li En's mood suddenly became a little heavy.

What is the difference between the forest spirit's behavior and that of the evil god?
Li En took the two investigators to an empty tent nearby. The tent was originally prepared for the witch Sophie, but Sophie obviously didn't want to live alone, so Li En decided to requisition it temporarily.

"Lord Li En, nothing happened when we first left the Bone Forest. It wasn't until we returned to the High Wall that our bodies began to age rapidly. Habli and the others didn't hold on for long before... they... died."

Tahid, a 15-year-old guard from the Investigation Corps with wrinkles all over his face and gray hair, couldn't help sobbing when he mentioned the death of his companions.

Weber Asvid's eyes also turned slightly red, and he added,
"Tashid and I were young to begin with, but we persisted in completing the mission and rushed back. Lord Alex and the team transporting supplies are outside the Bone Forest. We may need to send someone to meet them. If they enter the forest, they may also be cursed."

The supplies replenished this time mainly included wheat flour and bread, wine and healing medicine, as well as some weapons and armor.

After learning that Li En and the Southern Army might be cursed, Foreign Minister Alex Poole concealed the news from everyone in the territory and rushed to the outskirts of the forest with supplies.

He didn't dare to enter rashly and planned to wait for Li En's instructions.

The reason why Catherine knew about Li En's recent situation first was that she was always paying attention to the battle situation in the Bone Forest and asked the old knight Sir Kag Mori to guard the gate of the high wall.

The two elderly guards would not have been able to enter the city smoothly if they had not received the help of Knight Kag Mori.

The two of them told Li En in detail about the twists and turns along the way.

About half an hour later, Li En finished listening to their report.

Li En patted their shoulders and said seriously,

"Thanks for your hard work."

Weber Asvid and Tahid placed their hands on their chests and gave a standard military salute.

"We are willing to sacrifice our lives for the Southern Army! We are willing to be loyal to you forever."

Li En decided to clear the entries for the two overnight. Although he didn't know whether their youth would return after the entries disappeared, at least he couldn't let them continue to age.

He first took out the anesthetic needles, which were the first batch of anesthetic needles he made using the sap of the golden tree.

Just a slight prick can put a person into a coma for between half an hour and an hour, depending on the person's physical condition.

Each of the two guards received an injection and fell heavily onto the bed.

Sophie knew that Li En was going to work overtime again.

She decided to stand guard at the door of the tent for Li En to avoid being seen by others. Li En grabbed the red entry of [Forest Invitation] and his consciousness was dragged into the illusion of Tahid.

Li En saw the scene of Tahid's first mission, the scene of Tahid joining the investigation team, the scene of Tahid living in the orphanage, and the scene of Tahid's birth.

Tashid is a poor orphan whose mother is a prostitute in a pastry shop and whose father is unknown.

He was abandoned at birth and lived in an orphanage for more than ten years. Later, he participated in the selection of the investigation team.

There were five companions from the orphanage who joined the investigation team with him, but they all died in the mission.

Even so, Tashid remains positive and optimistic.

He was not afraid of dying, he was afraid of dying in vain.

He is a passionate young man.

While Li En was lamenting the boy's life, Tahid's consciousness and illusion underwent a huge change.

Li En was very familiar with this feeling. After all, he was a man who had looked directly into the projection of a righteous god. He really didn't put a mere forest spirit... in the first place.

Li En's Adam's apple rolled as he watched the surroundings shrouded in green mist.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't afraid. The first time he faced the projection of the remnants of the false god, he was tortured half to death.

Later, when he looked directly at the projection of the God Tiger, he almost lost his life.

Now looking directly at the projection of the Forest Spirit, well, it’s hard to say whether it’s a projection or not. Although her status is only equivalent to that of an angel, wouldn’t it be easy for her to crush a four-star Shadow Knight?

Rows of green trees and a forest path covered with white bones slowly emerged from the fog.

An emerald green bird was circling in the sky, as if trying to lead the way for Li En.

Li En walked forward with his head held high, already thinking about how to trick the forest spirit into willingly letting him go.

At the end of the Bone Road is a verdant palace surrounded by green trees.

The sunlight shines through the layers of leaves and falls on every corner of the palace. The mottled light and shadow sway gently in the wind, and it seems that even time has slowed down on this sacred land.

At the entrance of the palace, there are some stone statues, most of which are a combination of humans and animals. They look very strange and give people a sense of inharmonious beauty.

When these stone statues saw Li En, they made way for him.

Li En stepped onto the stairs and entered the palace in one step.

It seemed that the owner of the palace couldn't wait any longer and wanted to meet Li En immediately.

Li En, on the other hand, was only thinking about fooling people.

Li En raised his head and saw only an illusory green tree.

Before the tree could transform into an image that Li En could more easily accept, the illusion suddenly began to collapse and shatter.

Li En's consciousness was forced back into his body, and the red entry in his hand was completely shattered.

what on earth is it?

Li En was a little surprised. Could it be that the forest spirit had just tried to infect me, and was stopped by the side effect of [God's Gamble]?
Li En felt that this was the only possible explanation. Apart from the God Tiger, who else could make the forest spirit so scared that it ran away without even showing its face?
(End of this chapter)