Witch Redemption

"Tsk—this woman!"

What kind of tone is that? So aloof?

Volkov was somewhat annoyed, but after hearing the woman's suggestion, he felt a chill run down his spine. "Fine, it's certainly possible to travel at night. I've already notified the organization to send people over. As long as we uncover this woman's secret of being a witch..."

Little did he know, his organization did indeed send a large number of people, but their target was not the "Peerless Sword Saint Adele" who was suspected to be a witch, but three other ruthless characters wanted by the Elf Kingdom and the Naga Kingdom.

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As the thick darkness officially descended, a heart-pounding sound suddenly resounded throughout the vast, sealed-off area, as if some terrifying behemoth was awakening at that moment!

In just a moment, the air, which should have been calm, began to stir. It could be felt even through the ground. In the distance, there seemed to be countless chaotic footsteps. The resurrected dead were wandering aimlessly, searching for something.

In those declining towns, in those horrifying, blood-soaked rooms, all the bits of flesh were slowly converging and solidifying towards the center. First came the thick, ugly hooves and thighs of cattle, then the rotting male torso, and finally the enormous head made entirely of broken bones, devoid of any flesh or blood.

"Da da—"

The enormous undead creature, which had finally solidified into its full form, gritted its teeth as if grinding them, and then fell silent.

Suddenly, countless dense black wisps emanated from its body, transforming into a deep, pitch-black cloak that covered its entire body, revealing only its pale, skeletal face.

"I smell... meat..."

Despite the absence of any sound, there was an illusion that these monsters were muttering to themselves. This was because their soul fluctuations affected the surroundings, and their overflowing thoughts had materialized due to the powerful force unique to demigods.

In the pitch-black night, these monsters, completely blending into the darkness, poured out of the rooms like flowing water and then floated in the air. The astonishing stench of decay was ten times stronger than during the day, suffocating everyone.

"Meat...meat...the taste of meat..."

Driven by an intense hunger, suddenly, crimson flames ignited in their black eye sockets. In the blink of an eye, their terrifying forms transformed into black meteors, trailing barely perceptible red fiery tails, charging towards the isolation barrier in the eastern region, with only one path heading towards the distant high ground...

Having made thorough preparations, the adventurers had erected a powerful defensive barrier, believing that even a demigod-level creature would need considerable time to breach it. However, just as they finally awaited nightfall and were about to take turns on night watch, they were horrified to find their bodies suddenly spiraling out of control!

"What...what is this...?"

The elderly man at the head of the group, Marion Bush, stared in alarm. He tried to give instructions to the adventurers around him, but found that his body was completely frozen like a puppet. Even his breathing had stopped, and only his thoughts could still flow normally.

Is this living in a dream?

"No...impossible! This is a power targeting the soul level?!"

Sleep paralysis, yes, this is an illusion similar to sleep paralysis!

Marion watched in horror as his body began to float into the air and slowly moved out of the barrier that had been set up. The whole process was completely silent. An overwhelming sense of despair instantly filled his heart, almost causing his emotions to collapse completely.

However, it wasn't just Marion who had an emotional breakdown.

Up to two thousand legendary adventurers lost control of their bodies and floated slowly in the air under the manipulation of a mysterious force, much like floating balloons.

They all watched themselves sink deeper into the abyss of darkness in despair, unable to even beg for mercy or commit suicide, and could only wait for death to come in this silent, drifting state.

These are the hunters in this area, and this is their most terrifying and powerful hunting method.

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"coming!"

In an instant, standing on the high slope, Yao looked down into the darkness and felt a tremor from the depths of his soul. Before he knew what was happening, he noticed a tiny, extremely fast beam of blood-red light rushing toward them in the night sky.

At that moment, he suddenly noticed that Franklin, Ruda, and Nig, three legendary adventurers beside him, were in a daze, their bodies stiffening and slowly floating in the air.

"Wire?"

Witches possess incredibly strong night vision, unlike some intelligent beings in this world who require other aids.

At this moment, he could barely see three straight, transparent threads attacking from the location of the bloody light, piercing directly through the heads of the three legendary adventurers.

Moreover, it wasn't just these three transparent threads; dozens more were bursting through the air. However, upon contact with the witches' bodies, all the other threads unexpectedly melted, and no one knew why.

The Libra Cross Greatsword, already firmly gripped in her hand, was raised in an attempt to sever the threads, but they passed right through, having no effect whatsoever. She then raised her left hand, hoping to use the witch's physical characteristics to tear the strange threads, but they too passed through. It seemed that once these strange threads were successfully used to capture something, there was absolutely no way to break through them.

"We can't let them die here. This is a golden opportunity to gather intelligence! And we absolutely cannot stay in this godforsaken place any longer!"

Without hesitation, Li Lan gave the order, "White Antelope and Snow Antelope, continue to be on guard. Yu Hui, the rest is up to you! See that bloody light? Go all out!"

Since leaving the United Duchy of Ries, Golden Feather Radiance has never fought at full strength. Now, under the instruction of Li Lan, the creator, she raised the Moonlight Greatsword without hesitation.

Even though the "communication problem" had long troubled her, it didn't diminish her trust in the Creator, nor her loyalty. It was precisely her inability to speak that made her firmly believe she would become the Creator's silent guardian sword, responding to the Creator's tenderness, just as she had served a master whose memory had faded to a blur. And this time, she would not allow the Creator to experience the tragedy of that former master.

Once upon a time, the golden-haired Feather Radiance, who had also reached level 45 in the Magic Book, had become a completely different person.

Upon receiving the command, immense magical power began to surge from Yu Hui's petite body, and the cross-shaped pupils in her emerald eyes shone with dazzling golden light.

"Glory descends!"

Without a word, at that moment, the Moonlight Greatsword, held tightly in his right hand, simply pointed towards the sky. Immediately, the heavens and earth trembled, and countless golden feathers of light drifted down, piercing the darkness of the night and making the entire area within a radius of six hundred meters as bright as day, sacred and incomparable.

At the very center of this radiant realm, countless elements of light, guided by Yu Hui, rapidly converged upon the raised Moonlight Greatsword, radiating dazzling light like a rising sun, about to unleash a terrifying attack far exceeding "Magic Control."

Then, just as that streak of red light rushed into view, the divine light that had been slashed down soared into the sky!

Destroy evil and reveal righteousness!

Chapter 12 Night of Madness

The Goddess of Dawn, one of the most renowned and righteous deities of antiquity, founded the Kingdom of Dawn on her own, and has countless descendants of gods and believers under her command.

Among all the divine descendants under her command, Archangel Angel is the strongest among the gods, firmly holding the second position in the Kingdom of Dawn, assisting in the rule of the entire vast kingdom.

As the inheritor of the faith of light, Archangel Angel was synonymous with "glory" in ancient times and possessed absolute restraint over special creatures such as "the undead".

Now, Archangel Angel has been reborn under Li Lan's guidance, possessing a new identity: Yu Hui Elf. Although her power is still limited by the "Ancient God's Curse" and the side effects of "Words of Power," her potential is being continuously unleashed as she grows. In the future, she will not only reach the level of Archangel Angel again, but may even surpass that level...

The moment the radiant moonlight greatsword struck down, the golden light that shattered all evil surged forth like a tidal wave, crashing into all directions, and then, with earth-shattering power, it pierced straight into the sky!

At that moment, the enormous creature exposed to the light had the appearance of "Death," its body covered by a cloak constructed of massive black mist. Beneath a pointed hood formed of black mist was a skeletal face with bloodshot eyes, and its left and right arms were enormous, jet-black claws. Those ten claws resembled extremely sharp scythes, with numerous transparent, tentacle-like threads connected to the tips of the blades. Three of these threads pierced the heads of Franklin, Ruda, and Nig, seemingly robbing them of all their sanity.

This giant undead creature, probably around ten meters tall, was completely melted in less than a second when faced with the powerful energy impact of "Radiant Descent," turning into blue smoke and dissipating completely, resulting in permanent death.

The sun's radiance, still powerful, shone for five seconds, illuminating the world as if it were daytime!

Li Lan ignored Franklin and his two companions, who had regained their mobility, and instead focused his gaze on the farthest point. To his horror, he saw more than two hundred enormous creatures floating in the sky, leading more than two thousand "dolls" behind them, slowly drifting towards the town.

Even though those enormous creatures were completely unaffected by the anomaly here, Li Lan still couldn't suppress her fear and felt a wave of lingering dread.

"These undead creatures resembling the Grim Reaper will likely deploy in roughly the same number depending on the number of people. If we choose to stay there tonight, or if more adventurers leave with us tonight..."

The outcome certainly wouldn't be as easy as it is now!

This place is insane!

Li Lan even began to speculate that the threads these ghostly things used to control these legendary adventurers were very likely extensions of their souls, and their composition was not material energy at all.

At this point, Yu Hui took a few deep breaths and raised the Moonlight Greatsword again, remaining on guard.

Although Yu Hui's growth is now vastly different from before, the attack she just used was one of her "trump cards." Using it two or three times in a row was already her limit, and the burden was considerable.

"Yu Hui, well done. We might have to prepare to run away."

Li Lan didn't know if more of these "Grim Reaper"-shaped things would appear next, but he did know one thing: the attack just now was the most conspicuous noise in the dark, and it would definitely expose their situation, so they absolutely couldn't stay here any longer.

Beside them, Franklin and his two companions, who had finally regained control of their bodies, staggered several steps and nearly fell down the high slope.

Still shaken, they wanted to scream, but their experience as legendary adventurers and the "courage" Li Lan gave them helped them calm down.

"What exactly was that just now...?"

Franklin asked in a tremor, but before he could finish speaking, he felt countless tremors coming from the ground, as if some ghostly thing was rushing in from all directions.

"We'll explain during the day! We have to go!"

Just as Li Lan responded, countless red dots began to appear on the "Survey" interface of his and the twin witches Bai Ling and Xue Ling's natal magic books. It seemed that countless threats were rapidly approaching and about to completely surround them.

"Revelation!"

"Lightning speed!"

First, he summoned up to three hundred minions to guard the area. Then, the priest used his super hammer to buff everyone present with the Divine Speed ​​buff.

"Holy Light!"

When this pure white orb of light, about the size of a ping-pong ball, appeared, everyone present, including their attendants, was enveloped in an invisible, holy radiance, which could have a certain restraining effect on undead and similar creatures.

Originally, Li Lan's "Holy Light" did not have such a powerful enhancement effect. The reason it has become so powerful now is because the skill has reached its maximum level.

From the very beginning, regardless of the profession, some skills have a certain level of proficiency, and it is not easy to improve them. It took Li Lan several years to use these skills to the current maximum level.

Blessing, Prayer, Courage, Protection, and Holy Light—these five natal magic books all reached their peak four or five months ago, and all of them produced additional effects after reaching the maximum level.

Blessing: Briefly increases the strength and speed of others. At max level, it adds a Frenzy effect to created or summoned creatures.

Prayer inflicts a slow healing effect on others; at max level, it also grants a powerful healing effect to created or summoned creatures.

Courage dispels fear and increases courage. At max level, it adds the Fearless effect to created or summoned creatures.

Guardian: Briefly increases defense. At max level, it grants a special toughness skin effect to created or summoned creatures.

It's fair to say that the effect of these four basic skills at max level is actually quite average, especially when used on other characters. However, their strength lies in the additional bonuses they provide to the "Life Creator" subclass. Although it's not currently possible to elevate all followers to the demigod level, the buffs these support skills provide are exceptional and immediate.

What surprised Li Lan was not only these four basic skills, but also another one, "Holy Light". Its original effect is to dispel fog, darkness and abnormal disguises within a certain range, and it can cause great damage to novice spirits. If it is applied to a weapon, it can also be enchanted.

After "Holy Light" reaches its maximum level, an additional effect is added: he no longer needs to slap the Holy Light Orb onto his weapon. Everyone within the Holy Light's range can be personally designated by Li Lan to receive a long-lasting "Holy Light Enchantment" effect, granting them special attacks against "souls" and "undead".

It must be said that Li Lan's innate magic spell class was originally of the Holy lineage, which allowed him to exert a certain degree of restraint against the undead. Therefore, when he learned about the characteristics of the "Tide of Death," he had a sliver of confidence to resist, and he wasn't in too much of a sorry state now.

Of course, there was one thing he was very clear about: two fists can't beat four hands.

Regardless of the exact number of undead creatures in this area, if they were truly trapped in this location, they would undoubtedly die.

"Let's go!"

After quickly applying all buffs, Li Lan, along with the Twin Witches White Antelope, Snow Antelope, Yu Hui, Franklin, and a large number of followers, began to flee in the direction least threatening on the "Survey" interface of the magic book, intending to break through in the shortest possible time.

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"Bai Yu!"

The moment she raised her hand, the archer's exclusive artifact appeared before Della. This longbow, constructed from pure white snow feathers, was extremely elegant. It seemed less like a dangerous longbow weapon and more like a magnificent work of art.

With a cold expression, she drew back the Snow Feather Longbow. In an instant, the air swirling within a radius of nearly a hundred meters began to condense wildly, creating a rapidly swirling hurricane that then transformed in Della's hand into a magical arrow entirely composed of white air currents.

"Radiant Arrow!"

The pure white wind arrow, imbued with divine attributes, erupted with a thunderous roar, whipping up a powerful storm that swept through the air and pierced directly through the rapidly advancing, ominous black figure a thousand meters away.

As a sharpshooter of the Fallen Feathered Clan, Della's "Eagle Eye" far surpasses that of most witches, allowing her to easily see everything within a range of thousands of meters. It can be said that with this ultra-long-range skill, a thousand meters is her absolute attack range. To date, nothing or anyone daring to show hostility within a thousand meters has escaped her notice, including this bizarre "death-like" creature that intends to attack her.

"This creature is very strong. One arrow can only severely injure it, not kill it."