Witch Monastery

Marlena's face was now red as blood, and she couldn't help but yelled in anger: "Lisa!"

Little Lisa was stunned for a moment, but she was not afraid at all. She covered her mouth and laughed secretly: "Mom is shy!"

Hawthorne wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into. Although he knew that the little girl mistakenly thought that the cup contained milk, he and Malena knew the truth!

Before the situation became more awkward, he quickly stood up: "I have to go. Things tonight are not simple. There are still many things to deal with."

He said goodbye, but little Lisa would not let him go just yet: "Ah? Father, don't you want to drink up all your milk?"

Hawthorne's body stiffened for a moment, then he gritted his teeth and pretended not to know what this was. Under the gaze of Malena, he raised his head and drank the milk in the cup.

Mm, it tastes really good...

Holding back his embarrassment, he put down the cup and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, little Lisa."

Little Lisa smiled immediately: "Don't thank me, Father, you should thank my mother. Such delicious milk is made by her."

Hawthorne was almost numb now. He turned his head and looked at Malena, whose face was red and she didn't know where to put her hands. He forced himself to say, "Thank you for your milk, Mrs. Malena."

Malena covered her face with her hands, feeling so embarrassed that she wanted to faint on the spot to escape from it all: "You're welcome, Father. Next time you come, there will be more..."

As soon as she said this, she regretted it.

Oh my god, what am I talking about? How can I say such polite words at this time!

Hawthorne was in a complicated mood as well. He quickly replied, "sure, next time," and quickly left the residential area as if he was escaping.

Lisa was puzzled, looking at Hawthorne's back and felt very strange, why did the priest's walking posture look so flustered?

She didn't understand and simply stopped thinking about it. She turned her head to look at her mother, only to find that her face was red as blood.

Suddenly, she leaned over worriedly: "Mom, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Are you feeling cold? I'll get you a cup of hot milk to warm you up!"

At this moment, Malena really wanted to beat her daughter up.

My girl, you are embarrassing your mother to death!

Not to mention Malena's shy and conflicted mood, on the other side, Hawthorne returned to the monastery. The first thing he did was to work with the witches to use magic to clean up the corpses and bloodstains.

Although the Nangang District government is corrupt and incompetent, and the real decision-makers here are the Amazon people living in the community, some superficial work still needs to be done - fortunately, the number of deaths this time is not large, and they are relatively concentrated, and the news was blocked relatively quickly, otherwise it would attract the attention of the Black Rod Tower and it would be a big trouble.

After cleaning up the traces of the corpse, Andrei then brought him some bad news: the succubus was probably indeed dead, at least the many witches were not

Find any trace of her.

There is not even any residue.

In this regard, Hawthorne could only sigh softly, feeling that the opponent also had a powerful escape spell, while his ability to chase and detain people from a distance was really a bit poor.

The throwing distance of his Storm Hammer has a limit. Like just now, when the enemy is flying in the air and shooting at him from a long distance, it is difficult for him to throw the hammer easily, so his ability to keep the enemy at bay is very weak.

Thinking of this, he looked down at the hammer on his waist and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Alas, it was also his fault that the Storm Hammer in his hand was just a very common item. It could only carry two mana points, which was the amount of a first-level spell, which resulted in a relatively low upper limit for its power and range.

Alas, there is no way. The detailed information about the monastery seems destined to fall into the ears of the enemy.

Fortunately, they did not get nothing. Although the succubus escaped, they also captured a few demon descendants and human kidnappers as prisoners.

Although it was already late at night, Hawthorne, who was worried, had no intention of sleeping. So, accompanied by the witches, he went to the dungeon to torture the prisoners.

Those humans were obviously very conscious of the situation. Although they were already heinous criminals, they still had some moral principles in their hearts and were unwilling to associate with the devil. After knowing that this mission was to serve the devil, they immediately told him all the information they knew.

Simply put, they belong to a new gang in the slums called "The Hague Gang". Because they defeated a small leader of the Shannasa Guild and swallowed up a large piece of territory, they are now in a period of rapid expansion.

The problem brought about by the expansion is that the funds are somewhat sluggish in turnover. Therefore, in recent times, they dared to take on any job, kidnapping a little girl is naturally no problem.

And as for their leader?

In the previous battle, he had been killed by Huo Sang with a single sword. Although this guy was stronger than the other kidnappers, the difference was not that big. Huo Sang did not even remember when he had killed a kidnapper who was obviously stronger than the others.

In short, these guys were obviously cannon fodder hired by the succubus, and they didn't have much core intelligence. After getting all the intelligence and finding that these criminals were not of much value, Hawthorne gave them a quick death.

Compared to them, the captured demons seemed to be more stubborn. Although they were already prisoners, they still cursed at him. It was obvious that they relied on their identities as evil demons and could be resurrected even if killed, so they had nothing to fear here.

Hawthorne didn't have the patience to train them slowly, and he was still a little angry about Inès's disappearance, so he used all the cruelest, most vicious and most perverted punishments he knew, and only then did he barely pry some information out of these guys.

In short, his guesses were all true. They really served the Abyss Lord Monbot, and came here to capture a small sacrifice - without a doubt, it was Lisa.

Having confirmed his conjecture, Hawthorne couldn't help but sigh. Instead of killing these guys - after all, they could be resurrected in the Abyss after death - he built a new dungeon under the infirmary and locked these guys in it, so that they could never get out.

After doing all this, he took a quick shower and fell into a deep sleep, full of fatigue and worry.

He knew that his peaceful development time had to come to an end. Next, he had to take the initiative to face the threat from the Abyss Lord.

Chapter 204 Andrei's Bold Idea

Rubble area, rock seeker camp.

An Nuo looked at the team of adventurers ready to go, and she couldn't help but feel excited. This was her first time to go out on a mission in the wild as an independent adventurer with a group of strangers.

I have to say, this feeling is really wonderful.

She joined a temporary team of eight adventurers, which was based on an original team of four adventurers and then recruited four more adventurers including herself.

As for the composition of the team, it was also very scientific: a female Bronze Dragonborn Barbarian, a male Dwarf Warrior, a tall, red-haired human female warrior, and Anno himself, forming a total of four front rows;

The back row includes two male halflings, one a rogue and the other a bard, a female gnome wizard of the school of evocation, and a male priest of the domain of life.

This was a very scientific team configuration, with a tool man who stepped on traps, a tank, an output, an AOE, an assistant, and a healer. At least according to the adventurer pairing experience that An Nuo had learned, with three spellcasters and a half-spellcaster like himself, their team could solve almost any problem.

Although from her point of view, the levels of everyone except her are not very high, and none of them have exceeded the fifth-level assessment of the Adventurer's Guild, but it doesn't matter, the difficulty of their mission this time is not high: this time, they are going to a dwarf copper mine called "Tide Sound Cave" to investigate the undead and monsters that suddenly appeared there, and if there is a chance, try to eliminate them as much as possible.

This is a very common task, and it is almost impossible to

Accidents. And in An Nuo's opinion, even if an accident occurred, her aura could protect her comrades from harm. At the same time, her Holy Slash was also the absolute nemesis of the undead.

She was therefore looking forward to what kind of things she would encounter in this adventure and how she would perform.

Noticing the excitement on her face, the tall red-haired female warrior smiled gently and said, "Are you looking forward to it? You are about to solve the troubles faced by the dwarves and become a hero in their hearts?"

This strong and plump female warrior is named Bonnie. She is the captain of this adventurer team and the person with the highest level except Anno. She is at level four, so she has enough prestige to overwhelm others.

But compared to her strength, her leadership and adventure experience are more convincing. In fact, looking at her appearance, skin and body that is suitable for childbirth, you can tell that she is not young anymore.

In fact, An Nuo had already talked to her and learned that she was already thirty years old this year, married, and had a child; she had originally retired and no longer wanted to be an adventurer, but unfortunately, her husband was recently laid off by the company because of his age, so she had no choice but to pick up the sword again and do some simple tasks to supplement the family income.

Fortunately, her strength has not deteriorated, and her experience is more than enough to use in this rubble area.

"Ok!"

An Nuo nodded vigorously, full of respect for this sister who took good care of him: "This is my first time to venture into an underground mine like this!"

"Haha, the real adventure may not be as good as you imagined, Annuo." Bonnie smiled gently, not minding that she was just a newcomer.

The two had competed before, and An Nuo, who did not cast any spells, had already defeated her in a pure swordsmanship contest. So she did not dare to look down on the strong, even if the other party was a novice. "Especially the undead. Skeletons are okay, but if you encounter zombies, the stench on them is enough to make you vomit your breakfast."

"That's fine, but for the sake of clues and profits, you have to suppress your nausea and dig up spoils from mud and enemy corpses... How about that? Doesn't it disgust you just thinking about it?"

An Nuo thought about it and showed a bad expression: "I... will hold it in!"

"Haha, I hope so." Bonnie smiled again, feeling very happy. She couldn't help liking this beautiful, powerful, polite, modest and studious little Paladin sister, and always wanted to share her experience with her as soon as possible. "However, if you can overcome all this, I believe you will definitely fall in love with the feeling of adventure."

As she said this, she glanced around and saw that everyone had gathered. She then walked forward and said, "Let's go, let's go to the Tide Sound Cave and help the dwarves clear out the undead there!"

……

Afternoon, study on the first floor.

Andrea sat on a stool, flipping through the religious texts of the goddess of life. She opened her red lips and slowly read to the girl next to her.

Next to her, the even younger Lisa sat right next to her on a high bench. Her two little feet couldn't even touch the ground and could only sway gently in the air.

She opened her beautiful big black eyes, staring at Andnie's delicate face, listening carefully to her reading, with an intoxicated expression.

She liked this short, beautiful nun sister with purple short hair and eyes. For such a long time, she had always been with her, learning from scratch together, understanding the teachings of the Goddess of Life, and then asking the black-haired, black-eyed nun Die if they didn't understand something.

This made her feel that she was not being taught knowledge from a superior position, but was learning with a friend. She enjoyed this feeling of equality very much, so she enjoyed the time she spent with Andre.

Little did she know that, at this moment, the nun next to her, who seemed to have a smile on her face, was actually suffering in her heart.

Although they knew that this little girl was of great value, the witches did not understand the teachings of the Goddess of Life, so none of them was willing to teach her.

Oh, except Die, the knowledgeable Memory Witch knows all this, but she needs to assist Hawthorne in learning magic summoning, so this task inevitably falls on other witches.

So after pushing it back and forth, according to the hierarchy among the witches, this task was pushed to Andre, the weakest and least powerful one.

There was no other way. She clearly knew nothing about the teachings of the Goddess of Life, but she could only bite the bullet and start learning from scratch in the study with the little girl Lisa.

"...The goddess said that in this material world, every life has the right to pursue happiness and favor. If one is cowardly and inferior, then it is equivalent to actively giving up this right. Only those who are positive and confident can gain more favor..."

"...The goddess said that under the illumination of my light, every life with wisdom is equal. Therefore, there is no need to feel inferior, timid, or depressed. There is no saying that someone is unworthy of something. When you begin to actively pursue happiness, you will be worthy of everything you pursue..."

"…The goddess said, if someone stronger than you oppresses you, don't be afraid, don't despair, he must have his own shortcomings and weaknesses. Find it, use it,

Then defeat him and achieve the result that makes you happy..."

Andre read the punctuation in the book, and Lisa beside her listened quietly. This was not the first time she read the teachings of the goddess in this way. At first, Andre just read these words mechanically, sneered at them in her heart, and did not believe them at all.

However, after many times, as she thought about her own situation and the encouragement the book gave her, she gradually let go of her rejection and began to seriously understand its meaning.

Afterwards, she became more and more accepting of its contents, and felt more and more that perhaps what the goddess said was right.

Until today, the long accumulation finally ushered in a qualitative change. As the maxims written by the gods themselves were memorized by them, Andreni's eyes gradually became confused...

Don’t be timid or inferior, be positive and confident, and pursue love and happiness...

These words kept echoing in her mind, and for a moment they occupied all her attention...

Maybe, I can...

Chapter 205: The Encroaching Insect Witch

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The bell for the end of get out of class rang, and the two girls who were immersed in grand imaginations suddenly woke up. Without delay, knowing that her teacher would be busy later today, little Lisa packed up her notebook and pencil case, put them in her small schoolbag, said "Goodbye, Sister", and then turned around and pushed the door open to go out.

Andrei said goodbye, but she was not at peace. Thinking about what she was going to do next, at this moment, she had a bold idea in her mind.

"Andre, come here, there's a meeting."

Hawthorne's voice rang in her mind. It was him talking directly to her through the mosquito. Andrei did not delay, she stood up and walked quickly to the second floor.

Here, Hawthorne sat at the end, on the only chair. Around him, all the nuns in the monastery had already sat down, including Nidalee. She sat at the back of the group, waiting for Andreni to sit on the last empty chair so that the meeting could begin.

As usual, Andnie's seat was at the end of the witches, the place least likely to be noticed by Hawthorne. Together with Ekta, she quietly listened to the discussion of the powerful witches and waited for the final result.

Although her status is lower than the two of them now that Nidalee has joined, it does not affect the fact that she still has no say.

However, this time, things were a little different.

Andreni's heart was pounding, and her mind was full of bold ideas. Recalling the encouragement the goddess had given her in the classics, she mustered up her courage, picked up her chair, walked straight forward, and walked all the way to Hawthorne's left hand before putting the chair down.

The seat on his right hand side was already occupied by Heidi, and it seemed a bit presumptuous to force this witch, who was purified by the master first, to leave. But the seat on his left hand side was still empty and had never been occupied, so she boldly sat down there, and served Hawthorne with Heidi on the left and right.

This presumptuous act immediately made all the witches except Celine feel very incredible. Then, Heidi, Jutta, Cuibisi and Die all started to look serious, staring at her eyes, trying to use invisible pressure to make her retreat and give up, and return to her rightful place!

At the end, Ekta had experienced the initial shock, and now her heart was pounding. She had the best relationship with Andrei, and she had also experienced being watched by so many witches before, and knew how much mental pressure that would be, so at this moment, she was screaming in her heart: Come back quickly, Andrei, don't try to challenge the established order of the witches!

At this moment, being stared at by four witches, Andnie felt almost fainting.

But then, she reached out and held Hawthorne's hand, recalling the motto of the Goddess of Life that she had just learned, and suddenly endless courage surged in her heart!

Although I am weak, I deserve to sit here and actively seek the favor of my master from a closer distance!

I am no less inferior than them!

Thinking of this, she then raised her head, straightened her chest, and faced the pressure from the other witches.

This made Heidi and the other four witches at a loss. In the past, if their aura could not suppress witches of lower levels than themselves, they would start to suppress them directly with their strength.

But now, this method is impossible. They have all been purified by Hawthorne, how could they use force against their sisters!

Therefore, the situation was awkward. A witch who used to be the weakest and least visible suddenly entered the room and occupied the throne second only to Heidi!

At the back of the witches, Ekta stared at Andre in a daze, then her face was full of disbelief.

She actually...really sat there?

How could she have the courage?

Ekta couldn't understand what was going on, but she was shocked.

Next to her, Nidalee also didn't understand, she just felt that the atmosphere was a little bit subtle. But she was very tactful and didn't say anything, lowered her head, and waited for the meeting to start.

Among the many witches, only Celine looked surprised. She then nodded slightly and gave Andre an approving smile.