Witch, don't be so lazy

If they had not reached the witch's castle, I'm afraid all living beings would not know that there has always been an invisible hand controlling the situation in the dark forest.

If this is not the devil, who else can be considered the devil?

Those ignorant guys will probably only become cannon fodder to block the army of the Fairy Tale Kingdom and die under the cold sword.

"...My Lord Demon King, I've observed that the remaining demonic coalition is losing ground. Since losing the Rotten Bone Forest and the Wrath Bell Grass Plains, they've re-established their defenses at Rusted Moon Pond. The Turbulent Crocodile King within the pond is requesting support from the other dark creatures, and the Witch is the primary target of their pleas."

The last faceless book monster is making a report, briefly introducing the battle situation.

"The Fairy Tale Kingdom's army did not pursue the victory, but instead camped on the Wrathful Grass Plains. The prince attempted to challenge the Crocodile King to a duel, but the Crocodile King refused."

"We've noticed some unusual activity. The Fairy Tale Kingdom's troops seem to be moving towards the Wild Wonderland. I wonder if they're running out of food or if there's some conspiracy going on."

Done.

The entire hall fell silent as everyone waited for the Demon Girl's order.

A moment of silence.

I only heard a careless answer:

"Don't worry, the Fairy Tale Kingdom won't attack."

There are three main reasons.

First, time is running out, with only one week left until the deathmatch begins.

Second, Encore has not provided any effective information to the Fairy Tale Kingdom for a long time, and has even secretly carried out some obstruction and misleading.

Third, she discovered that the prince's ultimate mission didn't seem to be to clear the dark forest, but to gain reputation.

According to Rapunzel, many people returned to the kingdom early to carry out propaganda, and Tokae marched very cautiously, mainly using extraordinary necromancy to consume the enemy and minimize their own casualties.

It was not known whether it was due to Tokae's unique personal charm or the relevant education and training provided by the Tusk Empire, but his reputation was indeed quite high, and even the use of necromancy did not shake the warriors' admiration for him.

It just seems that his ultimate mission has not been completed.

Theoretically speaking, on the Fairy Tale Island, everyone’s exclusive mission and ultimate mission are different, and the difficulty of completing them also varies.

According to the introduction of Social Anxiety Bacteria, the exclusive and ultimate ones of the princess and the prince are among the easy ones.

In fact it is.

Sinefe's ultimate mission is very outrageous. It requires her to "completely rule the fairy tale kingdom and the dark forest and enslave all living beings."

It is obvious that he was targeted by Fairy Tale Island, but the target was not the social phobia bacteria, but the "witch".

Guess who the prototype of the witch here is?

Hint: the witch has a magic mirror, through which she can locate other creatures. Well, but please don’t think she is the queen in Snow White.

Because this magic mirror can only be used by the witch, if others touch it rashly, they will be cursed and turned into a pig. Only the witch and her treasured pure moonstone can lift the curse.

Does it look familiar?

"Pig" turned into "lamb", that was what Lorena once experienced.

The prototype of the witch is Baba Yaga, which seems to be nothing surprising. In the real world, whenever this word is mentioned, everyone will think of her, and fairy tales naturally like to use her.

But precisely because of this, combined with the witch's feud with the Winter Witch and the elves, the ridiculous difficulty of the final mission makes sense.

However, Encore now finds that her ultimate mission - "selecting a fairy tale island character with identity, witnessing and helping it realize its true dream" - seems to be much more difficult than she imagined.

Remember the story of the guard?

The black cat in the bottle was unwilling to satisfy the fisherman's wish and felt that desire was endless, so it deceived the other party in an attempt to escape.

Encore’s idea was to let the little coward collect all the stories, be promoted to the messenger of destiny, and at the same time gain an identity and successfully realize his dream.

But now it seems that things are far more complicated than expected.

Anke sighed inwardly while issuing new orders and giving out rewards.

In fact, there is nothing to deal with. Everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. The only purpose of these monsters below may be to bring them to the wilderness to disrupt the attention of the troops stationed in the Fairy Tale Kingdom, so that Sinef can successfully reach the old site of Wonderland.

"...You, and you, can go see Princess Feiman... and see if there are any gaps that need to be filled."

An Ke pointed out two faceless book monsters with outstanding contributions and gave them instructions.

Although she was used to it, when she heard the word "princess", she still felt a little...uneasy.

It’s not that I think the word “coward” is just a little maid and doesn’t deserve it. Feiman is a beautiful girl with silver hair and blue eyes. She is cute, well-behaved and kind-hearted. She is much more suitable than Tali.

The main reason was that the monsters below were the first to shout this word, and their brains were all connected. The guilt was simple and outrageous -

The devil, followed by a beautiful girl who is so weak that she can't even lift a finger. According to the story, this must be a princess.

At one point, they were planning to call her "Queen" and were even thinking about whether the Witch should change her address to "Princess" because in addition to spending time with the princess from time to time, the Demon King would occasionally stay in the same room with the Witch for a long time.

...I was clearly just helping the coward check for contamination, and sometimes I would go to see the progress of Sinief's restoration of the "Spring Flower" and lend a hand. I don't know how such outrageous words came out.

Fortunately, I was sharp-eyed and taught and corrected those monsters who talked nonsense, thus successfully avoiding some terrible things from happening.

After giving the order, Anke waved his hand and let the monsters disperse on their own. He then quickly went to the potion room with the mandrake.

As soon as you enter the door, the first thing that catches your eye is the orange-yellow toadstools.

Sinefe raised her head, and a large mycelium text appeared on the wall next to her:

"It's done!"

Next to the text is a cheering little mushroom girl jumping in the shape of a "big" character.

"Amazing! You can even handle level three precious medicines. You're worthy of being the heir of the famous Dai Guan family!"

An Ke looked at the bottles and jars on the potion table and clapped his hands in praise.

The so-called third-level drug refers to the "wild lettuce sprouts". According to Sineve's introduction, the official scientific name of this thing is "Delirium Lettuce Heart". It is highly toxic, hallucinogenic and addictive.

It can completely serve as a substitute for "Magic Mandrake" and "Purple Blood Mandrake". No, judging from its age and efficacy, it can be considered superior.

Therefore, even if the report of the faceless monster II was not satisfactory, Encore did not have any regrets.

It would be best if you can find one, because you can then configure more "Love Soup" and "Mandragora Kiss" potions, but it doesn't matter if you can't.

"The mandrake is over there. The mixture should be ready today. Bring the flowers over when the time comes."

After Sinefe finished speaking, she started to get busy again.

Since arriving at the castle, apart from initially introducing Anke and handling some matters, she had been collecting a large amount of auxiliary materials, studying how to prepare potions, and indulging in the medicinal formulas Anke shared with her.

Although the Crowned Family has similar or even identical formulas for these recipes, after all, the "Sage of Flowers" was the grand master of potions in the Abbas Assembly. But according to Sinef, the ideas and thoughts in these recipes are still of reference value, especially the "Red Coral Wish".

Of course, in Anke's opinion, the little fungus monster seems to enjoy being a hands-off boss and staying at home secretly.

Without further interference, An Ke left directly.

To be fair.

The gains in the past month have been enormous. "Sword of Broken Steel", "Frost Curse" and "Holy Flame Summoning" have all made great progress and have each reached the level of specialization, especially the last one, which is a double specialization.

This is the incredible event that was created by the low-level spells practiced by a second-level person, superimposed with the beloved Tongbao, as well as some protection and blessings.

The proficiency of "Ancient Spell Runes" has also increased a bit.

Because it took some time to repair the [Steel Sword Cluster], An Ke originally thought that it would waste a lot of time, but it was actually done in five days. This was mainly because the "Ancient Spell Runes" were professionally matched, and there were not many damaged areas on it.

What it really needs is magic power and precious metals. Seneff has ways to get both of these. She gives it the former herself, and she got some of the latter when she completed the magician's trial, and uses the monsters below to make them work. Just raise it slowly.

only.

The above are things that went smoothly, and there were also things that did not go smoothly.

An Ke walked into a beautiful room and knocked on the door gently. Immediately, a weak voice sounded from inside:

"Please come in."

When the door was opened, the beautiful silver-haired girl looked a little haggard, but when she saw the person coming, she still forced herself to smile sweetly.

"Miss Baishe, you don't need to come here so often, otherwise it will delay your business."

"..."

If you really don't come, you'll be so aggrieved again... An Ke muttered in her heart, but she didn't say it, she just walked forward and gently touched Feiman's forehead.

"You can take a break first. Don't be too hard on yourself. If it doesn't work out, forget it."

"No, no!"

Fei Man's voice rose a little, then weakened again, and she said sadly, "I'm sorry, I'm so useless."

"It's not your fault, there must be something wrong with these things!"

An Ke glanced at the faceless book monsters next to him, and scared the two book monsters so much that they crawled on the ground and begged for mercy repeatedly, almost shouting "God have mercy on me, I have been wronged."

The princess was wearing protective props and scrolls, so how could they possibly do anything? Moreover, they didn't dare to do anything because they were intimidated by the power of the Demon King.

The faceless book monster is very precious about his life, because only by living long enough can he read enough stories.

They spent thirty-nine days sharing stories about the dark forest and wilderness with the princess, and were rewarded with stories about the fairy tale kingdom. What a wonderful life.

Unfortunately, after the story was told, both the Demon King and the Princess seemed very unhappy.

So, more than a week of "checking for deficiencies and filling in the gaps" began.

But no matter how much we search, there are only so many stories about those characters. Even if there are omissions, they are probably lost in the long river of history.

"...It's not their fault. Don't worry, Miss White Snake. Perhaps after a while, the wind will bring back the lost story."

Feiman's words seemed to be meant to comfort Anke, but looking at her expression, it seemed as if she was also talking to herself.

Anke was silent for a moment.

In fact, she had a not-so-nice guess, and Feiman seemed to be aware of it, but she was unwilling to face it.

Sometimes when Encore looked into those beautiful sea-blue eyes, she felt like she could see the girl's pleading, begging her not to burst her dream, otherwise it would be too cruel and sad.

The two of them just understood each other tacitly.

Because if you want to collect "all" stories, rather than limiting yourself to characters, it would definitely be something more outrageous than Sinefer's ultimate quest.

Sit quietly for a long time.

The two faceless book monsters didn't dare to move. They could only watch as the sunlight gently shone on the girls' slightly curly hair, emitting platinum and silver light respectively, and then slowly crawled down to reach their snow-white, slender necks.

Until words broke the silence again.

"sorry."

Feiman's voice was very low.

"No need to say sorry."

An Ke shook her head. Perhaps she saw that the little coward was about to speak, so she stretched out her slender index finger and gently pressed her soft lips.

"Want to go out for a walk? It's hard to get some fresh air if you stay in the room all the time."

An Ke made an invitation, "Fei Man, do you want to go somewhere? Anywhere is fine, I will accompany you."

Fei Man stared at the beautiful girl, as if in a trance, or as if observing for a long time, trying to judge whether it was a lie or the truth:

"...Anywhere?"

"of course."

"Is Windmill City also okay?"

"It seems a bit far, but it's possible. However, it will have to wait until tomorrow because I have some things to arrange."

Anke answered very frankly.

It’s not long before the deathmatch starts, so it’s time to hurry on our way. We can actually set off now.

"Then Windmill City, can you ask Rapunzel to help contact other bards? Maybe there are new characters appearing in the Fairy Tale Kingdom."

"it is good."

An Ke nodded, hesitated for a moment, and comforted softly,

"Don't be too anxious, just treat it as a way to relax. You don't have a time limit, so you might miss something. Just wait, travel more, communicate more, and you'll eventually realize your dream."

One week is her time limit, and she is not a wimp.

Even if the contestants leave, the deduction will continue inside Fairy Tale Island. If they take their time, they may be able to collect all the information someday. After all, there is no conclusion yet that this is definitely the worst guess.

Although he spent a lot of time busy with related matters, Encore didn't feel that he was at a loss.

Anyway, the faceless book monster is quite useful, just like the undead in the soul system, with high intelligence and can be used as a punching bag when nothing happens. It's perfect.