Elden Ring, my witch is a talkative beautiful girl

For ordinary mages, pyroxene keys are precious items, but for the royal family who master the production technology, it is no problem.

Ah Tui replied, "It's not for our use. I promised a friend that I would give him the second key I got when I had the chance, so that he could return to Rhea Lukalia and complete the magic he created."

They searched half the academy, searching everywhere except the ceiling, but couldn't find the second, ownerless pyroxene key. Topps's unique magic had helped them immensely, and this last chance to obtain the key was too good to pass up.

"It's up to you. Don't regret what you choose." Lani curled her lips, seeming a little unhappy, and took out a brand new pyroxene key and threw it to A'ti.

Then she took out a roll of parchment and threw it over.

"I don't like owing favors to others. In return for your help, I'll tell you the location of a lost weapon. I bet there's no weapon in the borderland more suitable for a Faded One like you who practices both magic and martial arts than that sword. Whether you can obtain it depends on your own ability."

"But the reward is already..." This extra gift made A Tui confused. Wasn't it said to be an opportunity?

"This is a gift from the witch. You have no chance to refuse. You have to take it whether you want it or not."

After saying this, a dark blue mist rose from around Lani.

Outside the academy, the long night is coming to an end, and white dew is forming at night. This long night is about to end.

"Oh, there's one more thing. Before parting, A'tai recalled the words that Reinara's mind image had spoken before it dissipated. "In the spiritual world, your mother asked me to bring you a message. She hopes her lovely daughter will step into her own dark night."

The block of wood was completely unaware of the devastating impact these scripted words had on Lani, instantly causing a shocking psychic explosion. The blue mist shuddered, barely able to maintain its magic, and plummeted from mid-air, then flew north at twice its usual speed, disappearing into the horizon.

"There's an extra gift! That blue-skinned four-armed monster is quite generous." Melina yawned loudly and was about to put the map away to look at it after waking up, but suddenly she caught a glimpse of some incredible news. "Partner, come and see, come and see! She wrote a few words on the map. It looks like it's for you."

"For me?" Ah Tui took the map, looked at it carefully for a few seconds, and then took a breath.

There was a red circle drawn at the location of the stronghold at the northern end of the map, with a message below it: Ah Ti, before you go looking for the next demigod, come to Kalia Stronghold to find me. If you don’t come, I will bring the witch’s curse upon you!

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 25: Just a Passing Witch

The entrance to the magic academy.

Tops stared at the gleaming pyroxene key in front of him, his hands shaking and his face filled with disbelief.

"Can I really...really accept this key?"

He hadn't had high expectations to begin with, but unexpectedly this time he received an unexpected surprise. The opportunity to return to Rhea Lukalia was before him, and his dream of many years could finally come true.

Ah Tui nodded. "Please accept this, Uncle Topps. This is the thank you gift you deserve. The Topps Stand you created really surprised Lady Lenara. It would be a shame if you couldn't complete the final improvements."

"Even the dean recognized my research. My hard work paid off. I'm so grateful." Tops took the key and continued, "Thank you for your kindness. I will definitely complete the reform of my position. Remember to come to the academy again when you have time."

Ripples appeared on the magic barrier, and A-Tu waved goodbye to Tops: "Okay, A-Mei, we should leave next, otherwise Lani will..."

When he turned around, he found that Melina was nowhere to be found, and only Torrett was left sipping the lake water. No wonder it felt unusually quiet just now.

"Lao Tuo, where are the Amei people?"

The spirit horse raised its head, raised its front hoof and pointed at its forehead. There was a note stuck on its head.

Written on the paper were the words the witch left for him: Partner, I have something to take care of alone. You and Torrett can just wander around. If you have nothing to do, go to the Church of Marriage and wait for me. It’s not a big deal. You don’t have to worry about my safety (u??u?).

A set of emoticons was thoughtfully attached at the end of the letter.

......

Half a day later, outside the college classroom.

"Success! I finally succeeded! The theoretical knowledge that my stance lacked can indeed be found at the academy. This way, there will be no more deficiencies!"

The excited voices coming from the classroom could be heard clearly even in the corridor.

With the large amount of knowledge books stored in the academy and the improvement suggestions given by A-Tu after actual combat, Tops completed the improvement of stance magic in a very short time.

At the same time, some scoundrels lurking outside the classroom waited for an opportunity and poked their heads out from the shadows.

The news that the Full Moon Queen was defeated by some newly created magic and left the Great Library after regaining her consciousness spread throughout the academy in just two days.

Some people with ulterior motives were filled with mixed feelings upon hearing this news. They were happy that Lena had no immediate plans to pursue them for house arrest, but on the other hand, the "Sword of Damocles" hanging over their heads, ready to fall at any moment, became a constant source of worry for the criminals.

Because they were all mages, they knew that even if they tied themselves together, they would not be able to defeat the Full Moon Queen. Mugram alone could defeat everyone.

Instead of repenting, the greedy sinner set his sights on seeking more powerful power, intending to plunder the academic research results of others.

"Tops' Standpoint," a magic invented by Tops, was a remarkable creation worthy of a dedicated lecture hall within the Magic Academy, and could even be considered a milestone in the history of Borderland magic. Whether it was magic cast by humans, miracles unleashed by demigods, or lightning strikes summoned by ancient dragons, all were treated equally before the invisible distortion field, without distinction of high or low.

It does not require high intelligence or a lot of concentration. The emergence of this magic allows warriors with low intelligence to have the means to effectively resist magical attacks. Its appearance will subvert the magical world of the border.

Such a great creation will naturally arouse the jealousy of narrow-minded people.

As Seren said, there are too many corrupt idiots in this academy, and Topps's own extremely poor strength gives these evil-minded villains an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Tonight, many people want to kill Topps, but those who want to save him are even more unfathomable.

Several bird-shaped puppet soldiers holding knives and swords went ahead, and then seven or eight pyroxene wizards who controlled them appeared.

The leader wore a two-headed pyroxene mask, which was both a symbol of status and meant that he was one of the few remaining professors in Rhea Lukalia.

"Professor, everything has been arranged and we can start at any time."

"Professor, the sealing barrier has been set up. No one will know it was us who did it."

After confirming that his minions had taken care of everything, Ollie nodded slightly. "Well done. Remember this when we take action. Our actions are to protect the future of the Magic Academy. Such advanced magic will be wasted in the hands of an ignorant and incompetent person like Topps. It must be kept safe by the true elites of the academy, like us."

This makes stealing academic achievements and silencing people seem like legitimate and justifiable behavior. If shamelessness could be divided into different levels, this group of accomplices would have definitely reached the pinnacle of perfection. Patch would throw up his hands when he saw them, feeling inferior. Although the bald man is bad, he still has a code of conduct and a moral code.

Just as they were feeling smug, thinking that "Topps's position" was already secured, a young girl's disdainful voice drifted from the corner above them: "True elites? Are you worthy enough? Why don't you look in the mirror at the lake? This beautiful girl feels sick just by hearing it."

"who?"

"Who? Who's there?"

After all, they were guilty as thieves. When a stranger suddenly showed up to do something that was known to heaven, earth, you and me, the apprentices were frightened on the spot.

Only Professor Ollie remained calm, his eyes darting around, searching for the source of the sound. "Don't panic, there are so many of us. What's there to be afraid of from a sneaky guy?"

He believed that his strength was only second to that of a few famous magicians. Today he was well prepared and had enough manpower with him, so he was naturally fearless.

"Everyone who should be here is almost here. Just in case, you even brought puppet soldiers? What a bunch of cowards you are." A dark figure hopped down from the beam where she was sitting, five slender fingers toying with a dagger, a faint smile on her lips. "Killing all of you scavengers who followed the scent here should solve our worries, right? It'll rid this magical sanctuary of some of these foul-hearted scum, and maybe even make that four-handed, two-faced, blue-skinned woman owe me a favor."

Having seen many similar developments, Melina suspected Topps might be in trouble, so she left a letter and secretly followed him. This garbage wasn't worth Ah Tai's personal attention, so she, as a good wife, quietly cleaned it up.

"Little girl, are you the one sent by Princess Dark Moon?" Ollie narrowed his eyes into slits, and the staff on his back secretly brewed an attack spell.

"Are you asking me?" The girl, hidden in the shadows, tilted her head. "I am the gleam of light that walks in the shadows, the brilliant flame burning beneath the golden tree, bringing the inevitable death to you shameless people!"

Out of a full score of 100, Melina gave herself 99 points for her handsome opening remarks, and one point more for fear that she would be too proud.

However, the mages only felt confused and impressed by these words. The only thing they understood was the last sentence.

"You want to kill us? Just you? What a joke!" As soon as he finished speaking, Professor Ollie showed no respect for martial ethics and suddenly attacked with three streams of light in a triangular shape, surrounding Melina. "You play tricks, die before me!"

A golden light flashed, and the prayer of the golden shield suddenly appeared, turning the crisis into nothing.

The witch grinned, and a cold murderous intent enveloped everyone present: "If you old fellows don't have martial ethics, then I won't be polite to you."

Melina was seen holding the mission dagger tightly in her right hand, her long boots rustling as she charged into the crowd with a light movement, stirring up a bloody storm.

The barrier blocked the mages' escape route and cut off the sound communication between the inside and the outside. All the means they prepared became the last handful of dirt to cover their own coffins.

After just one minute, the battle in the corridor came to an end.

Professor Ollie's robe was stained with his own blood. His head tilted, his feet stepped on empty air, and he fell into the lake with a "plop". After the hydraulic windmill turned a circle, he disappeared without a trace.

"Change is over!" Melina's elusive figure landed, spun around, and called it a day. "To be able to exchange 10 runes for such precious magic, even I feel a bit of a bargain. I'll just treat this as a special after-sales service."

Repaying kindness with kindness and revenge with revenge, the most dazzling maple leaf on the golden tree has always been happy to avenge kindness and has always acted in a chivalrous manner.

(PS: "Kacha!" A passing photographer commented that the photo was well taken.)

Volume 2: The Flowing Stars: Chapter 26: The Snake Girl

"Amei, didn't you accidentally lose your wallet?" Ah Tui touched her chin with one hand, speculating that it might be something that her partner had lost, something that made her anxious. "But don't let Patch pick it up, otherwise, when he gets it back, he'll only have an empty wallet."

After being apart for half a day, without Melina nagging in his ear, Ah Dai couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable and began to have wild thoughts.

Below him, Torrett strolled leisurely and replied, "Nothing to worry about. It's good enough that she doesn't cause trouble for others. Who would dare to mess with her?"

When she was with Atui, Melina always tried her best to show the virtuous and polite side of a witch and serve as an assistant. However, the spirit horses who had wandered with her knew how terrifying this girl was when she got angry. Saying that she could kill a demigod alone was no joke, it was a statement of fact.

Ah Tu was just wrapping his head around the 300,000-word "Adventures of the Witch" when a voice suddenly called out from a nearby pavilion: "Hello, you over there, could you come over here and chat with me?"

"Hmm? Is that calling me?"

"Hiss——(Could it be called me?)"

A Tui lowered his head and stared at Torrett.

"It's the one over there. Please come over here and chat with me." The girl called out again.

This time it was confirmed. Ah Tui happened to have nothing to do at the moment, and seeing that the pavilion was empty and there didn't seem to be an ambush, he tied his spirit horse to the side and went into the pavilion alone.

"Excuse me......"

"Hello, nice to meet you. It's a bit chilly around here," said the girl, dressed in a gorgeous green robe and hunched over, greeting him. "I was traveling on my master's orders, but I was attacked by some hooligans nearby. I'm worried about this."

She always has a unique quirk at the end of her words, which makes her a very cute first impression.

"Rogue?" Ah Tui looked around the lake. Shrimp and crabs were everywhere, and there were poisonous swamps and mud. He felt that anyone who collected protection fees in such a place must be mentally unstable.

Having said that, if Patch can collect wood and open a branch in this place, it doesn't seem so unimaginable that someone with strange ideas would collect tolls.

"That's a Faded One like you. He stole a necklace that's very important to me." The green-robed girl lowered her head and played with her index finger. "The scoundrel is resting in an empty house not far ahead. I'd like to ask you to retrieve the necklace for me. Of course, I won't force you to do it if you don't want to."

Facing the green-robed girl's pitiful gaze, like a puppy drenched in rain, Ah Tui couldn't bring himself to refuse. As he was free at the moment, he nodded and agreed: "I'll try. Can you describe the appearance of the faded person?"

"No problem, Desi." Seeing that Ah Tui agreed to help her, the girl excitedly twisted her waist like a small animal shaking its tail. "Go east from here, where the fragrance comes from, there is a big pot. The owner of that pot is the gangster Desi who stole my necklace."

Ah Tui replied: "The owner of the pot? I understand."

Although I don't understand why the girl mainly described the characteristics of the environment rather than the characteristics of the characters, such obvious features are enough for A-Tai to identify the target.

The prerequisite is that the gangster who collects protection fees does not close down his stall and run away, otherwise he will have to come back another day.

"Thank you very much. I'll take care of everything for you. I'll wait here for your good news." The girl bent down, bowed, stuck out her tongue and smiled gratefully.

At that moment, a chill flashed behind A'tu, and the feeling was like a prey being stared at by a snake.

He gathered his thoughts and, looking deeper, saw the lovely green-robed girl smiling. He thought to himself, "Is this an illusion? It seems this place is indeed a bit too cold."

The girl's smile was sincere and contained no ill intentions. Her appearance and behavior did not seem like that of someone skilled in the use of weapons, otherwise how could she have allowed a gangster to steal her important necklace?

Such unfair things happen every day in the border areas nowadays. Although Ah Tui cannot help with everything, he will do his best when he sees someone asking for help.

After riding fast for more than ten minutes, you can see smoke rising from the dilapidated house in the distance. There is a lot of firewood piled under an oversized iron pot, and the fire is burning brightly.

As you get closer, you can see hundreds of red shrimps cooked in a large pot of boiling water, and the air is filled with the tempting smell of seasoning.

Seeing that there was no one guarding the pot, Torret licked his lips, lowered his head and decided to improve his diet by eating some shrimp to try something new.

Ah Tui pulled the reins in time and pulled the spirit horse back before it could bite: "Don't be greedy, your stomach can't eat seafood."

He dismounted and, to prevent Torret from eating other people's food while he wasn't paying attention, he blew the whistle to send it back.

"It should be this pot, right? But where did the owner go?" Ah Tu looked around and finally understood why the green-robed girl focused her description on a pot.

These cooked shrimps smelled really delicious, and even he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, thinking of bringing two for Melina when he returned.

"Keep standing there staring at the shrimp in my pot, or I'll kill you!"

Just as he was thinking about it, the door of the dilapidated house was suddenly kicked open by someone, and a man in simple cloth clothes and a brass helmet on his head walked out of the house with two big shrimps in his hands. He looked ferocious and like a wanted criminal. Ah Tui was 99% sure that he was the gangster the girl was talking about.

The eyes of Brother Xia exposed outside the helmet also further prove that he is a faded person who has lost his blessing.

"You kid, that's right, I'm talking to you!" Brother Shrimp continued to roar: "Get away from my shrimps right now, or I will not tolerate it!"

Ah Tu raised his hands to indicate that he had no intention of stealing his food. "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I'm not here to steal food. I just want to ask if you took a necklace from a girl in green clothes? She asked me to retrieve the lost item."

"You want to get this necklace back for her?" Brother Shrimp hesitated, gesturing with his chin to the ornament hanging casually on the door. "Because that woman ate and skipped meals and couldn't afford the shrimp, I'm using it as a deduction. It's fine if you want it, but you have to pay off the runes she owes. Two hundred runes a shrimp, and she owes me six thousand runes in total. Pay up."

"Thirty shrimp?! Are you sure?" Ah Tui was genuinely shocked by the number. He had never expected the skinny girl in green to eat so much seafood in one meal. He figured he could only eat three or four shrimp this size in one meal, so six thousand runes was beyond his means. Now, his mission of helping others was becoming a bit complicated.

"Are you kidding me? Would I lie to you?" Brother Xia roared, "If you can't come up with 6,000 runes, get out of here! How dare you tease me? I'll kill you!"

Ah Tui wasn't frightened by Brother Xia's exaggerated and rude demeanor and offered a new suggestion: "Wait a moment, don't get excited, everything can be negotiated. Although I don't have enough runes on me, I can redeem the necklace by doing your work. That piece of jewelry is of no use to you anyway, so why not exchange it for more practical labor? That would benefit both of us."

He had just converted all his runes into attributes, and the remaining balance barely broke three digits. Melina did have some extra change, but they were separated, a rare occurrence. Communication in the border region wasn't yet sufficiently advanced to allow him to simply send a text message and have money transferred to his account.

What's more, the green-robed girl had already eaten and dashed before, and the amount of money Brother Xia asked for was not an excessive amount. He did not intend to forcibly take back the necklace through force, as that was an idea only people in the evil camp would have.

Brother Xia snorted coldly, "Do you think I'll believe your sweet talk? Since you're in cahoots with that woman who ate and dodged a meal, if you can't pay, get out of here and stop disrupting my business."

In this remote place, I don't know what kind of business he is doing. Who is he going to sell the roasted shrimps to?

"If Ah Mei was here, how would she convince him?" Ah Dai did not give up the idea of ​​negotiation. He imitated his partner's thinking mode in his mind. After spending a long time together day and night, he also learned a lot from the witch's negotiation skills. The key is to cater to her preferences and seize the psychological breakthrough.