Witch Monastery

"My dear sister, you are the one I trust the most. I am willing to tell you about this kind of thing. I have never said a word to other sisters. You have experienced the most witch nights, so you should be able to understand the confusion and fear in my heart the most, right?"

Seeing Heidi, who was always confident, showing a pleading expression to her at this moment, Die felt the same way and her heart softened immediately.

However, at this moment, her mouth was still hard: "Then you shouldn't tell him that we are all witches. If something unexpected happens, the whole monastery will be in trouble."

Heidi's eyes lit up. Knowing that she had accepted this explanation, she heaved a sigh of relief in her heart: "Sister, my dear sister, don't worry, my magic is still stable. This person is actually crazy, and he has been under the control of my illusion. He will never tell anyone about our affairs."

"Don't worry, I promise you, I'll be fine these days.

All the attention of the department is on him, so there will definitely be no problems."

She kept saying this with such confidence, and finally, Die's tone relaxed: "Just be sensible, Heidi. I hope you can get through this Witch Night safely."

Heidi nodded repeatedly: "Yes, you too. Oh, don't worry, after the Witch Night, I will definitely find you as soon as possible, take you back to the monastery, and help you recall some of your past memories."

Hawthorne had talked to her about this before, so she knew that what Die was most worried about was that she would go crazy and lose control due to amnesia, so as long as she could guarantee this matter, she would be able to impress this witch.

"Ah, Heidi, my good sister." As expected, upon hearing this, Die smiled again and nodded to her, "Then I thank you in advance."

After saying this, Die said goodbye to Heidi and then turned and left.

Seeing her walk away, Heidi breathed a sigh of relief, then rushed to the study and shook Hawthorne's body gently: "Master, wake up, Master!"

His once handsome face now looked extremely hideous. Although the wounds had scabbed over, the bloodstains were still shocking. His ears were also filled with coagulated plasma, almost blocking them.

This miserable appearance made Heidi feel her heart hesitate.

Her nun's hat fell off, and her long hair returned to its original shape, transforming into long, dark green tentacles. After fluttering around on the desk for a while, she finally rolled over Hawthorne's "Introduction to Chinese Fashion".

Then, she injected her own magic power into it, and a ring of healing magic was cast on his body as if it were free.

Fortunately, the power of magic was still very reliable. After a few spells were cast, the blood scabs on his face slowly fell off, revealing the newly grown tender skin underneath. The blockage in his ears was dried into powder by the wind, and the damaged ear canal and eardrum were restored to their original state.

Fortunately, the treatment was timely and left no scars or permanent hearing damage - otherwise, this would not be something that a first-ring healing technique could solve, and would require a fifth-ring advanced recovery technique!

Hawthorne woke up slowly, with some residual pain still echoing in his ears and mind. Seeing Heidi with tears in her eyes beside him, he looked extremely confused: "Heidi? You, uh... I remember Die seemed to have come just now? Is she gone now?"

As he spoke, he glanced outside, but found nothing.

Heidi sighed and said slowly: "Die just hypnotized the master, and then she asked a lot of our secrets..."

Hawthorne was stunned: "What did she ask? What did I say?"

"She already knew that you knew I was a witch." Heidi sighed, "However, I made her believe that you were driven crazy by my illusion, so everything was under my control and I didn't really do anything."

"But even so, things are probably not that optimistic. At best, we can only postpone the danger until the end of this Witch Night..."

Chapter 33 Undercurrent

Hearing this, Huo Sang gritted his teeth secretly: "This guy... I never thought that he could do such a thing..."

As he said this, his mind was full of thoughts. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Die was a huge threat: "Heidi, let me ask you, if you and Jutta join forces, are you sure you can subdue Die?"

Now, he must start thinking about purifying the Memory Witch as soon as possible.

Now Die has almost touched his most core secret, so for her own safety, she must be eliminated as soon as possible!

However, he also knew that Die's strength was erratic, and if he took action now, there was a chance of failure.

Therefore, to be on the safe side, it is better to wait until the Witch Night is over, subdue Yuta himself, and then take action.

Heidi was stunned for a moment, then thought secretly: "As for this matter... I am not sure about Die's strength. When she is at her strongest, it is not impossible for her to defeat the combination of me and Yuta."

"But judging from the state she has shown in recent years... Master, if I can successfully survive this Witch Night, then I am confident that I can join forces with Yuta to take her down!"

Hearing this, Huo Sang heaved a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good."

So, the next step is to make sure nothing else goes wrong in the remaining nine days.

My little heart will never be able to withstand such a shock again!

……

On the other side, after leaving the study, Butterfly slowly moved its tentacles in the monastery garden and walked forward steadily.

However, she was not at peace. There was worry on her face and she was still very worried about Heidi's current condition.

Can we rely on her given her condition?

What if, during this Witch Night, something serious happened to her...

She was very worried, and at this moment, a cold voice sounded behind her: "Die? You look troubled, what happened?"

Die raised her head slightly, and then she saw a petite and thin figure suddenly flash in front of her.

It was Jutta.

Seeing that it was her, Die's eyes suddenly lit up: "Yes, my sister. To be honest, I am very worried about Heidi's current condition."

Upon hearing this, Yuta raised her eyebrows: "Oh? You noticed it too? She recently raised a white-haired human as a pet, but I feel that she is a little too indulgent of this pet's actions."

Even though she was very unhappy with Hawthorne, she hesitated and did not say "she even did that kind of thing with her pet."

After all, firstly, she only smelled the odor but didn't catch her in the act, and secondly, in her opinion, this was a very shameful thing, so she didn't want to betray Heidi's secret and offend this powerful witch.

Hearing her say this, Die's eyes lit up: "You discovered it too? In fact, I have exactly the same feeling. Heidi is so good to him. She even... borrowed money from me to buy him a few magic books, and then let him study magic in the study!"

Even though she was very unhappy about what had just happened, after hesitating for a moment, Die did not say the words "She even told him that she was a witch."

Firstly, she didn't want to completely betray Heidi and offend another powerful witch; secondly, it was obvious that the human was still completely under Heidi's control. He even believed that he had "purified" Heidi and became her master.

Ridiculous, did he think he was the chosen one of the gods of order? Purification, and master?

Oh, what stupid and pathetic human beings are.

Therefore, in Die's opinion, this matter is not that serious. Just saying the above should be enough to resonate with Yuta.

As expected, after hearing her say this, murderous intent emerged in Jutta's eyes: "Is that so? Heidi really spoils her pet too much! To be honest, Die, I have wanted to kill that human for a long time. Keeping him alive will definitely be a disaster, but Heidi has never allowed it..."

Die's eyes became brighter and brighter, and she was filled with joy. In an instant, her rich experience allowed her to organize her words: "Oh, dear Jutta, I completely agree with your judgment. That man must be killed, otherwise he will become a hidden danger to our monastery."

After a pause, she continued, "I support you in killing him yourself, but, Jutta, the time cannot be now."

The murderous intent in Yuta's eyes gradually faded, and her beautiful purple eyes were full of confusion: "Why?"

Die raised her lips slightly, and then she persuaded him: "Think about it, the Witch Night is just around the corner. If you kill Heidi's favorite pet now, then what if she holds a grudge and gets carried away and wants to take revenge on you? How are you going to survive this Witch Night?"

"Yuta, my dear sister, I know everyone's safety is important, but you have to think about yourself too!"

Yuta thought carefully for a moment, and then said in a rather unwilling tone: "Then... wait until the Witch Night is over before I take action?"

Die nodded repeatedly: "This is perfect. When the time comes, I will act with you."

After a pause, she continued, "But I'm afraid that after the Witch Night, I will lose this memory. So when the time comes, I'll need you to find me, take care of me, and help me recover."

Yuta came back to his senses, looked into her sincere black eyes, and nodded seriously: "Well, I promise you, I will do it!"

Hearing this, Die breathed a sigh of relief.

In addition to Celine, the two most powerful witches in the monastery promised to help me. This Witch Night should be a sure win!

……

"People from the Sannasa Guild are going to smuggle an extremely valuable magical artifact through the port in the South Port District?"

Next to the coffee table by the huge floor-to-ceiling window and bathed in warm sunlight, Gail Porter, an executive of the Amazon Fisheries Company, was sitting with his legs crossed in an ungraceful manner, frowning at the blond, blue-eyed, smiling, long-eared male golden elf sitting on the sofa opposite.

Gail Porter is a typical Amazon woman, with long black and red natural wavy hair, a wild and beautiful face, brown reflective skin and a fit and proud figure.

She was only wearing a red leather armor that could protect her chest, and a pair of extremely short blue shorts, as if she would never feel cold. There was not a trace of fat on her exposed belly and thighs, and the lines of her abdominal muscles and straight thighs showed a sense of wild power, making people want to press this lioness under them and conquer her, or be conquered by her riding on them.

At this moment, her thick black eyebrows were furrowed tightly, and her blue eyes were fixed on the young man opposite: "Mr. Xingge, why did you come to tell me this news?"

According to her understanding, for this kind of intelligence, the Zhentarim would usually go to smugglers and threaten them to buy the intelligence - which is equivalent to blocking the news.

However, they came to me with information. Does this mean that the negotiations between them and Shannasa's people broke down?

The male golden elf sitting opposite her was none other than the employer of the female half-orc Yagora, a senior agent of the Zhentarim, Davil Starsong.

He has blond hair, blue eyes, handsome appearance, tight skin, and looks very young. But the age of an elf cannot be guessed by appearance. According to Portel's understanding, the real age of this Zhentarim senior agent must be at least two hundred years old.

In response to her question, the golden elf smiled and said elegantly, "As you have seen, the people of Shannasa are arrogant and rude, and have broken the rules of the intelligence market for many years. So after our discussion, we all agreed that this intelligence should fall into the hands of the true owner of the South Port District."

He complimented him, and although the Amazon Fisheries Company was still far from truly controlling the entire South Port area, Porter still found this remark very useful.

However, even so, this experienced female executive did not fight

He bought the information rashly: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Xingge, but I'm afraid I will disappoint you."

"Hundreds of goods are smuggled from Nangang District every year. We are just a small company and we don't have the capacity to manage so many things."

"So, I think you might as well sell this valuable information to the District Office. I believe the security team will definitely handle this matter well."

To become a senior manager of the Amazon Fisheries Company, Porter's skills are not limited to fighting. Negotiation, bargaining, and manipulating the other party are also her specialties.

After all, anyone who has lived in Nangang District for a period of time knows that what the District Government says is almost as good as fart.

The golden elf on the other side also knew that she was just trying to lower the price, so he kept smiling, as if he had already won her over: "Ms. Porter is right, but what if I say that the person responsible for this smuggling is Kentez?"

Kentez, one of the top managers of the Sannasa Guild, holds the title of "Guild Commander". He is the person in charge of this smuggling mission.

Including the one-eyed man in the warehouse and the bald man who was beaten up by Hawthorne, they were all his subordinates.

When she heard the name, the Amazon female executive's pupils shrank visibly: "Is it him?"

Her chest rose and fell. There was a deep blood feud between the two sides. But then, she let out a long breath and said lightly: "I admire you, Mr. Xingge. You really did your homework before coming here."

"But, as a senior manager of the company, I will not bring my personal grudges into my work, do you understand?"

The golden elf nodded slightly, still smiling: "I understand, ma'am, you are truly selfless. But what if I tell you that the ship used in this smuggling operation is actually the ship of the Amazon Fisheries Company?"

"There is a middle-level manager in your company who is selling out the interests of his own company and helping the people of the Sannasa Guild. As a senior executive, you should definitely not sit idly by and do nothing about this kind of thing, right?"

When Porter heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Frankly speaking, what he just said is actually just a trivial matter. How can there be a company executive who is not corrupt and does not abuse his power for personal gain?

Even a small company with only a dozen people will embezzle some change when going out to buy things.

Not to mention, in a large enterprise like the Amazon Fisheries Company with thousands of employees, it is normal for middle-level managers to be selfish and use the company's property to gain benefits for themselves.

But in theory, this kind of behavior must be severely cracked down on!

"In that case, we have to strictly manage it!" Suddenly, the female executive of the Amazon Fisheries Company looked serious and righteous, "Internal corruption has always been a stubborn disease in Her Majesty's heart. I must deal a heavy blow to this!"

But deep down, she was actually still silently thanking the other party for giving her the opportunity to use the power of the company to avenge her personal grudge.

Chapter 34 Witch Night is coming!

Ten days, or rather nine days passed quietly.

During the remaining nine days, no additional accidents occurred in the monastery. The nuns were busy preparing for the Witch Night and had no time to care about anything else, so Hawthorne, who was terrified, finally spent the remaining time without any danger.

During this period, he was not idle. He continued to study his magic book, striving to learn a few more magic spells before the Witch Night arrived to provide himself with more protection.

However, during this process, he discovered a wonderful use of his magic power summoning.

Runekeeper's Eye: You can read any text.

Originally, he thought that this meant that he didn't need to learn more languages ​​and could directly understand the writings of all races - whether it was the common Elvish and Elven languages, or the rare Dragon Language, Giant Language or even the Primal Language, he didn't need to learn any more and could directly understand them.

After all, in the game, this is the function of the magic summoning.

However, he never expected that this "understanding all texts" actually included the professional languages ​​of major disciplines in the world!

Now, he can understand and learn all the abbreviations, symbols, proper nouns, etc. in these five magic books at a glance. The difficulties that were once caused by the lack of knowledge in the two worlds and the lack of basic knowledge no longer exist!

This time, his learning efficiency increased by more than double. In the remaining less than eight days, he learned two more tricks and two first-level spells!

In one week, he learned four spells. What's more, he was completely different from ordinary wizards who recorded the spells in their spell books and had to flip through the books to cast spells on the battlefield. Without the book, they could only cast three or two spells. He really imprinted these spells in his mind and could cast them without looking at the book!

What’s more, it’s self-study!

With this learning ability, he is definitely an excellent student even in Strixhaven University of Magic.

After all, in this world and this era, basic education is like this. The self-study ability of ordinary people naturally cannot be compared with that of people in previous modern societies!

Of course, the contribution of the "study" and the convenience brought by his magical summoning of the "Eye of the Rune Guardian" cannot be ignored.

One of the new tricks Hawthorne learned was "light magic", which was purely for lighting.

The other one is "Electric Claw Technique".

The advantage of a damaging trick is that it does not consume mana, is easy to cast, and is almost instantaneous. Moreover, after hitting the target, even if the enemy is not electrocuted to death, it can at least paralyze the enemy and make it lose its combat effectiveness.

The disadvantage is that this spell requires touching the enemy with your hand in order to transmit the strong electric current to the opponent, which is very limiting.

Hawthorne knew that he was not good at close combat, so he would not use this spell under normal circumstances. He would only use it to rescue when an enemy was close to him and it was inconvenient to use magic explosion.