Witch Monastery

I'm so looking forward to it. What will it hatch?

Is she a cute girl who looks like a spider elf, or a spider with a human face, or something else?

Andnie's heart was full of anticipation for this new life, and at this moment, there was a knock on the door behind her.

She jumped out of bed and ran to open the door. She thought it was Hawthorne who came to see her for something, but she didn't expect that when she opened the door, she saw Ekta.

This nun with long wavy red hair and red pupils, who should have been very passionate and unrestrained, was standing at the door very stiffly, as if she was no longer a poor little girl in the monastery who shared the same suffering as Andre, but a vulnerable girl with a lower status than Andre.

"Ekta?" Andreni raised her eyebrows, then took her hand and pulled the obviously timid girl in. "What's the matter?"

Ekta's figure is actually similar to Die's, but she is taller. Her figure is not as full and exaggerated as Heidi and Celine, but in summer, you can also see obvious exquisite curves on her body.

Compared to Die's cold and aloof temperament like a lady from a noble family, if Ekta is happy, she will exude a more unrestrained enthusiasm, like a little sun, making people feel warm.

It was very consistent with her habit of calcining human bones into beads.

But now, her hair and figure were pressed down by the thick nun's uniform, and she was so unconfident now, so the charm that this temperament could bring was not revealed at all.

After entering Andre's room, Ekta sat down on the bed with her. The Witch of Fire hesitated for a long time before softly asking, "Andre, why were you so bold in the last meeting?"

"I noticed that, except for Celine, all the sisters were glaring at you, but you managed to hold on...Oh my God, it's incredible!"

Ekta sighed like this, and Andrei tilted her head slightly, then smiled brightly: "Because I am sure that the master will indulge me. This is not an offense. The master loves us. If we want something, we just need to say it!"

As she said this, she looked at Ekta and blinked her big eyes: "Do you want to follow the master into the mountains this time?"

Ekta nodded. "Well, since you are not going this time and want to stay in the monastery to take care of the two spider eggs, I wanted to ask you how to tell the master about this matter."

"Just bring it up at the meeting," said Andre. As soon as she said that, she remembered the night when Hawthorne was exploited by the Amazon women at the last meeting. Ekta also tried to speak, but was glared back by the sisters.

Thinking that she might have some psychological trauma, she encouraged her, "Don't be afraid. As long as the master is here, the sisters won't do anything to you. Well, if you are still timid, I suggest you read more books of the Goddess of Life."

“That’s how I felt at the time. I felt inspired and that’s when I mustered up the courage to talk about it at the meeting!”

She encouraged him like this, but Ekta's face was still bitter: "There is no time, the meeting will be held soon..."

As she spoke, she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, I'll try it later..."

Andrei nodded with relief, then frowned slightly: "The master has returned to the monastery. Let's go to the second floor of the study, grab a seat first, and then wait for them to come!"

So saying, she

Ekta's hand, trotting out of the room. The latter was still flustered, letting her pull him, rushing through the corridor, breaking into the study, climbing the stairs, and all the way up to the second floor of the study.

There were still a circle of chairs here, the one at the head was Hawthorne's, and the rest of the witches found their own seats. No one had come yet, and all the chairs were empty.

Andreni, who had no intention of competing for the opportunity, chose a chair at the end and sat down. Then she continued to instigate, "Ekta, go to the front and sit to the left of the host's chair!"

Seeing that she was still hesitant, Andrei immediately became anxious: "Hold on, Ekta! If you continue like this, you will never get the master's favor!"

This sentence immediately became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Ekta gritted his teeth, walked to the main seat, and sat down.

"That's right." Andre smiled and gave her a thumbs up.

Chapter 252 Heidi's Preparation

There were footsteps coming from the stairs, and Hawthorne also came to the second floor of the study. Seeing that Ekta was sitting on his left, he was a little surprised, but he didn't say much, sat down in his seat, and then waited quietly.

Ekta's heart was pounding. This was the first time she sat so close to Hawthorne in such a meeting. She was so nervous that she couldn't help herself. She glanced at Hawthorne's expression ten times a second, and ten times she found that Hawthorne didn't look at her. She was immediately worried and couldn't help but have wild thoughts in her mind.

Not giving her more time to speculate, the other nuns went upstairs one by one. Seeing that Ekta was so bold to sit next to Hawthorne today, their reactions varied.

Heidi's eyes were slightly surprised, but the smile on her lips remained unchanged. She sat at Hawthorne's right hand side with confidence, as if she was sure of victory today.

Yuta frowned slightly, she felt a sense of crisis, a desire that was more urgent;

Cuibis raised her eyebrows and looked at Ekta fiercely with her almond-shaped eyes, still trying to intimidate the latter;

There was a disdainful smile on Die's lips, as if mocking her attempt beyond her ability.

Nidalee was a little confused. She sat at the back of the table, next to Andre, and felt that she still had not yet integrated into their atmosphere.

Only Celine's eyes were full of surprise, and she gave Ekta an encouraging look. Unfortunately, the latter was now immersed in tension and did not notice this only trace of kindness.

After all the witches were seated, Hawthorne announced, "Now that everyone is here, let's begin our meeting. The first thing we need to discuss is who will go to the rubble area."

"Shilin and Nidalee must go, but Andreni is too busy to go. So who will replace her and go with me to the rubble area?"

He said this, and then gave the witches a chance to play freely. As soon as he finished speaking, Yuta looked up first and said, "I'll go. Since the enemy this time is a demon, my fighting style is most suitable for dealing with this kind of situation."

She was not good at long speeches, and just stated her views briefly. Beside her, Cuibisi gritted her teeth secretly, feeling a little discouraged. The demons were generally immune to toxins, so she was like a useless person in front of them, and could not really play any role.

If she wants to win over Yuta, she must develop in areas other than combat power. Fortunately, she has already made a decision: "With elder sister Celine here, we have no shortage of combat power. In my opinion, we need a more comprehensive talent. Yuta, do you think you are comprehensive?"

Yuta opened his mouth, but found that he could not find a reason to refute: "This... it's always good to have an extra fighting force..."

Cuibisi raised her lips and continued, "Yes, but it's not necessary. In my opinion, the best candidate should have strong comprehensive abilities, such as communication skills, whether it's deception or torture, or other means, such as poison..."

She was promoting her own business. Behind her, Andre winked at Ekta frantically, signaling her to speak quickly. The latter took a deep breath and was about to speak, but Heidi, who was sitting on the hostess's seat to Hawthorne's right, spoke first: "Actually, after knowing that Andre was not going, I have been preparing for this trip."

All eyes immediately fell on her. Heidi took out her dimensional bag without any hurry. "A few days ago, I went to the central area. I was lucky. I found many very practical magic items at a very cheap price..."

As she spoke, she took out a palm-sized, oval, transparent glass bottle filled with some red liquid. "Healing potion, it can heal injuries instantly. The normal price is fifty gold coins per bottle, but I used some Amazon connections to buy some at a 20% discount."

Then, she took out a small bottle filled with blue-green translucent liquid. "It's a small sobering potion. After taking it, you can meditate and rest to restore mana equivalent to a third-level spell. The normal price is fifty gold coins per bottle, but I found a secret channel from Strixhaven University and bought some at a 40% discount."

Later, Celine lowered her head slightly and showed a subtle smile. She told Heidi about this channel because the owner of this bottle of potion was a food she had chosen at that time.

At that time, it was she who forged an ancient book, allowing a poor student studying at Strixhaven University to make such potions at a lower cost, so as to get rid of poverty and satisfy her own

Needed - but before Celine could create a tragedy and take away everything she had gifted to this poor student, she was purified by Hawthorne.

Since she would no longer harm others, this channel could not be wasted. So when Heidi came to ask for help, Celine taught her to use a secret channel to get in touch with the poor student, and finally bought the potions at a low price.

While Celine was reminiscing, Heidi was still taking things out of her dimensional bag: "The mana regeneration pearl can be used once a day. It can instantly restore the mana of a third-level spell."

She fiddled with the huge blue pearl, then placed it in Hawthorne's arms, and then continued to take out the items one by one: "The Vigilance Shield can replace the master's magic shield. Its protection ability is not bad, and it can also give early warning when the enemy lurks near us."

"The imaging lantern can illuminate invisible enemies. The climbing rope can...night vision goggles...endless water bottles...love potion, uh..."

Realizing that she had taken out something incredible, Heidi quickly put the bottle of pink potion that was still bubbling with love hearts back, and then pretended to be calm and said, "After all, we are going to fight the devil head-on this time. This is likely to be a long tug-of-war, so we must be fully prepared."

"So I read a lot of books related to adventure, and then purchased these things, hoping that they can be helpful in this battle."

After knowing that Andre brought back the giant spider eggs, she already knew that the Insect Witch would not go to the rubble area again this time, and Hawthorne needed another person to go with her.

So she started preparing almost a week in advance, raising money, borrowing money, looking up information, and purchasing magical items. She hoarded so many things like a hamster, just to kill all the sisters in an instant at this meeting!

Not only that, as she spoke, her big blue eyes were filled with longing, and she even began to play the emotional card, fearing that there were not enough straws on the camel's back: "We haven't acted together for a long time..."

This was a bit too much, after all, they had just been out together at the Garbage Island.

However, looking at her eager eyes and the many things she had carefully prepared, Hawthorne felt his heart aching a little and was unable to say a word of refusal.

Beside his left hand, Ekta was anxious. He straightened up suddenly and said, "Master, I think I too..."

However, this was just a momentary impulse under the excitement. She opened her mouth, but her mind was blank. Facing Heidi, she was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, preparation and emotional rendering. She herself didn't know what reason could defeat Heidi at this moment.

Fortunately, she didn't need to say anything more. Hawthorne stretched out a finger to block her mouth, and then gave her an apologetic look.

At the end of the seat, Andre held her forehead slightly and sighed in her heart.

Oh, I forgot to tell her that Heidi holds the most important position in the master’s heart, so don’t try to snatch the opportunity from her!

"I'm sorry, Jutta, Ekta." Hawthorne finally decided, "Let Heidi go with us this time."

Suddenly, Heidi's expression was as bright as spring flowers: "Okay, Master!"

After saying this, she looked back gratefully. That was the direction of Die, who received her gaze and smiled without saying anything.

She was another solid supporter of Heidi, because she borrowed the money for the purchase, she made the suggestions, and she even discussed with Heidi where to buy the tools mentioned later.

She knew she was not suited to such outdoor adventures, so she decided to do herself a favor and let the highest-ranking witch in the monastery owe her a little more.

Later, Jutta lowered her head. She was convinced by Heidi's thorough preparation and secretly made up her mind that she would make such thorough preparations next time.

As for Ekta, her expression became extremely resentful. She then turned her head and looked at Andnie aggrievedly and helplessly.

In response to this, Andrea shrugged slightly, thinking that your luck is really bad. Not only did she meet Heidi who was determined to follow her master, but she also prepared so many things. No matter who comes, it is impossible to snatch this opportunity away from her!

Alas, just accept your fate!

Chapter 253 Methods of Investigating Demons

a few days later.

Hawthorne received the news from Anno, and she had already made a report at the Black Rod Tower. The top leaders of the Gray Hand Squad were quite efficient. After all, their organization was still in its infancy, and there were not so many bureaucrats and procedures at each level.

Her application had been approved, so she asked Hawthorne to meet her at the market in the rubble area. Hawthorne had already prepared everything, and after a morning of riding and reversing, they arrived safely at noon.

It was already late autumn, and midwinter was about to begin. After a busy autumn, both mountain hunters and explorers had made a good harvest. This made the market here extremely lively, with vendors shouting and dealing with stolen goods of unknown origin, while buyers bargained and the noise was deafening.

Of course, many people lost their lives in conflicts with mountain people or other treasure hunters, but this is how the chaotic area is. Since you are here, you have to rely on your own abilities and cannot blame outsiders.

Hawthorne and his group had already changed their clothes. He wore the chain mail shirt common among adventurers, while Heidi beside him changed into a dark blue robe and a huge pointed round hat, dressed like a magician. Nidalee also changed into a rare brown fur coat. After all, it was almost winter, and even if she was a druid, she couldn't always expose her belly button.

Only Celine remained the same. After all, only this nun's uniform could barely cover up her exaggerated body lines - although the concealing effect of this nun's uniform could be said to be very limited. When she walked in this market, there would still be countless fiery gazes falling on her, and they could not move their eyes away at all.

But then again, with the charm of this group of people, no matter who they are, no matter where they go, they will be the focus of the crowd. Even the men doing business in this market are quite restrained, knowing that they are living a life that can cost them their heads, so they are unwilling to provoke powerful enemies for beauty. They just look at them from a distance and never approach them to chat.

But the ladies in the market had no such concerns at all. Each one was bolder than the other. They came up to him and took his arm in a familiar manner, asking him his name and touching his hand, which made Hawthorne extremely embarrassed. He could only dodge repeatedly, saying that he had tasks to do, and then he sent them away one by one.

In the end, Heidi and Celine had to sandwich him, one on each side, to isolate the ferocious female adventurers. Nidalee followed behind, so the whole scene looked a bit like escorting prisoners.

Fortunately, this awkward process did not last too long. Soon, at the place where they parted last time, a figure wearing full plate armor and a helmet suddenly raised his hand and waved it at him. Hawthorne looked at him in confusion, and it took him a few seconds to recognize that the other person was An Nuo.

This was the first time he had seen her like this. After all, every time he had seen her before, An Nuo was either wearing ordinary clothes or had her armor stripped off and was being held captive.

It was the first time he saw her wearing plate armor and fully armed, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange. But then he waved his hand, shouted her name loudly, and trotted to her side.

Over there, An Nuo opened the visor on her helmet, her delicate face full of excitement. She opened her arms and gently hugged him, but the first thing she said was a complaint: "You guys are so slow, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

This was the truth. She had come here directly by carriage in the morning, and the distance was shorter, so she arrived here almost an hour earlier than Huo Sang. She even packed the car to go into the mountain, and even had the leisure to walk around the street and buy a lot of things before finally waiting for Huo Sang and others to arrive.

Hearing this, Hawthorne couldn't help but look embarrassed: "There's no other way. There are too few cars in Nangang District. We have to keep reversing at each station to get here."

As he spoke, he sighed, "If there were two more buses in Nangang District, we wouldn't have to go around in such a long circle."

He said this, but he didn't know how much change these two complaints had brought to the future of Nangang District.

An Nuo nodded slightly without further complaint, then politely looked back and greeted the three nuns one by one: "Sister Heidi, Sister Celine, Sister Nidalee, good afternoon."

Heidi responded with a smile, with some helplessness in her eyes. She actually had the same idea as Cuibis, and was very opposed to the appearance of new girls in the monastery.

But she was the first one to know Hawthorne's true feelings, so she had to force herself to hide these little emotions and accept Annuo as one of them.

Celine was genuinely delighted from beginning to end, and her smile at this moment was the most sincere and brilliant.

As for Nidalee, looking at the paladin in front of her, her mood was somewhat subtle.

Strictly speaking, the two of them were rivals in love. But in fact, the other was the girl that Hawthorne recognized and was seriously pursuing. She was just Hawthorne's prisoner of war.

But on the other hand, she knew very clearly that after this trip into the mountains, in order to continue to help her conceal her identity, Hawthorne would continue to play the role of "Nidalee's fiancé", even in front of Anno.

The latter would most likely have to cooperate with her performance, so she would unscrupulously hug, embrace, and kiss Hawthorne in front of this paladin...

When she thought of this scene, she trembled with excitement and was so excited that she couldn't control herself.

Wow, Miss Anno, I wonder how you feel when you see another woman lying in the arms of the man you love most and you still have to put on a smile?

Nidalee didn't know, but just thinking about the scene made her body tremble with excitement.

She felt that her mind was a little twisted, but she couldn't help fantasizing. Whenever she thought of An Nuo's possible expression, she almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

Therefore, in Anno's eyes, Nidalee's smile was the strangest, which made her a little uneasy. But she didn't dwell on her anymore, and after being polite, she got down to business: "It's getting late, should we have lunch first? Or should we take a car to the Rockseeker Camp first and then have lunch?"

Behind her, the half-man uncle who took over her chartered car business had a look of impatience on his face and kept scratching the thick yellow hair on his calves.

Heidi and Celine shook their heads, indicating that they did not need lunch. Nidalee said, "No, I made some magic this morning.

"The berries can sustain us for a while. Let's hurry on and solve the lunch problem when we reach the Rock Seekers' Camp."

Divine Berry, a first-level spell, can create ten berries containing wilderness magic. Swallowing one berry can meet the nutritional needs of the whole day, which is very convenient.

An Nuo suddenly realized: "I see, I forgot that Miss Nidalee is a druid. Then, shall we set off directly?"

Everyone got on the cart one by one without objection. The half-man driver squatting beside the cart let out a long breath, lit his pipe, took out a whip, and hit the fat buttocks of the mules. Then the two mules let out a joyful neigh and walked forward slowly on all four legs.

In the carriage, Annuo asked Nidalee for a magic berry, swallowed it as lunch, and then began to tell her the main content of this mission.

"This time, the Black Rod Tower sent a total of three teams," she said. "One team is going to negotiate with the Mountain Cleansers Alliance, one team is going to investigate the movements of the dark elves. The last team is me, and I will go with you to investigate the traces of the demons."

As she said this, she sighed, "In fact, compared to those hostile mountain people and the dark elves in the Underdark, the demon is the easiest to find."

"That group of mountains is the home of the mountain folk. There are their spies and sentries everywhere. The dark elves are likely to have returned to the Underdark. If we don't investigate further, there will be no results at all."

"As for the demons, because they themselves cannot control the chaotic and crazy power, there will be varying degrees of pollution and incubation near the places where they hide."