Witch, don't be so lazy

And in the confused eyes of the pale face, a dark golden spear had already taken shape, and terrifying flames kept flashing.

Throw, penetrate.

With great force and power, it hit the bull's eye, a perfect ten rings.

Followed by a mournful cry.

It has probably really turned into a "wailing" blood moth now.

Dark golden flames burned fiercely in its abdomen, while its legs, wings, and tentacles were all broken by the ruthless giant frost hand.

"I'm here to help you! Even though the battle is over when I say this, I like the tune."

The voice suddenly rang out beside Celine Weier, and Encore slowly emerged from a distorted shadow.

"This is our passionate combo skill, how about we call it Ice and Fire... Ah, don't kill it, you still need to ask questions."

It can barely be considered a combination skill.

As soon as An Ke noticed the unusual movement of the blood moth, he began to act.

She completely ignored the soul shock. She had prepared in advance anyway. She just needed to adjust the ratio of the telekinetic shield in advance. Besides, her mental strength was actually quite good.

However, Anke didn't expect that although Celine Weier was controlled and the Holy Flame was interrupted, she was like a pair of resilience shoes, and she recovered to normal in less than half a breath.

When she sensed An Ke approaching under the invisibility spell, the girl simply abandoned her defense, gathering her magic power and holy flame, and combined it with the frost's stiffness to strike a decisive blow...

Uh, can't kill him yet.

It's mainly for additional tasks. Whether it's to get the truth or save Hongyan Town, I feel like I need to interrogate this monster.

"I know you're intelligent. Tell me the truth. Why did you create chaos in this town? What's the origin of this demonic incarnation? And how did you spread the monsters?"

An Ke shouted, "Confess and I'll kill you in one swift blow. If you don't, hmph, the one in front of you is a witch hunter from the church. The burning of the holy flame alone can bring dark creatures to a state of death."

She winked at Celine Weir, who understood.

Dark golden flames spread.

The blood moth trembled its body and let out a low wail.

It was a pure wail. It was already dying and had no more magic power to perform soul shock again.

But there was no sign of surrender on the pale man's face, only deep resentment.

"You won't tell me, right? Even if you don't tell me, I can guess 80% to 90%."

An Ke sneered, "The sewage plant, the wailing blood moths, the tragic deaths of downtown residents, the massive breeding of maggots and their eggs... You're clearly spreading maggot eggs through the water source, and using the cursed black mist to continuously create terrifying monsters."

"As for the origins of the demonic incarnation and the source of the curse... I'm afraid it's closely related to the Old Empire. It's likely that the residents of the Lower City discovered relics of the Old Empire in the mines, and that was the beginning of all this tragedy."

She exchanged a glance with Celine Weier, who nodded slightly.

Although the words were a bit vague, their ideas were basically the same.

As mentioned before, Hongyan Town was originally established by the old empire next to the oasis in order to mine underground minerals in the desert, and the lower city area happened to be a former mine.

The old empire, demons, underground mines, everything can be connected.

As for the previous dissemination method, it also makes sense. With the protection of the devil, the wailing blood moth gained special power.

Judging from its size, if it were placed in the real world, this guy would have at least the strength of the second level, but now, probably due to the power of the devil, the only points added were infection and gigantism.

The special infectious ability and curse caused the people in the church to be completely unaware of the abnormality. After all, the people in this church were all heretics, so it was completely understandable that their level was a little lower.

Obviously, this idea was reasonable, and even the two staggering pharmacists and Droke at the back couldn't help but nod their heads, but Anke and Celine Weir's hearts suddenly sank.

On the one hand, the task of [being meticulous] was not completed.

on the other hand……

With an expression of mockery and sarcasm, as if it had heard the biggest joke in the world, the blood moth opened its mouth and laughed silently.

The hatred in its eyes almost turned into reality, but the strange thing was that it was clearly hating the person in front of it just now, but after hearing those words, it raised its head in boredom and stared at the sky, as if crying and laughing.

At last.

A hoarse voice sounded in the warehouse:

"I am destined to die, but you, can't escape in the end!!!"

The insect's body swells rapidly.

But it was no use. As the dark golden flames burned, its empty eyes and shriveled body turned into ashes.

The tentacles and blood-red fungal carpets around it turned into blood, the black fog vortex in the field of vision dissipated, and even the maggots and moths all died.

[Kill Dark Creatures (23)] also popped up in front of me. Tsk, why don’t those moth swarms count? What a rubbish judgment.

ended.

…While the additional missions are a bit disappointing, at least the biggest threat has been dealt with. I still have time to visit various locations later to see if I can uncover the truth before completing additional missions…

"What's wrong with you? Why are you standing still?"

An Ke was stunned, staring at the motionless Celine Weier. "Did a bug bite you just now? That's impossible, I blocked it all. Or is it that this demon incarnation can still use deathrattle after death? Is it cursing you?"

But I clearly used my clairvoyance to check, and it seems I'm not cursed.

"...Necessary tasks have not been completed."

Shilin Weier turned around and shook her head. "And only the black fog vortex in the center has dissipated. The rest of the fog hasn't dissipated at all."

An Ke was stunned.

……

When the group dragged themselves out of the sewage plant, heard the townspeople's screams, and saw several monsters wreaking havoc on the streets, which seemed to be newly born, everyone fell silent.

An Ke took a deep breath.

This is a bit too much. Even she feels a little numb.

It's like the kids are all posing in front of the TV, cheering wholeheartedly for Tiga as he collapses before Gatanjea. Finally, the Giant of Light rises again, giving his all to defeat the evil god. Everyone's about to celebrate, but then another dark demon beast, Dimogea, crawls out of the ruins and says, "Hey, hey, hey, brother Tiga, it's my turn."

Such a rubbish screenwriter will never get any praise, he can only get razor blades!

Chapter 59: Strange

The sun sets and night falls.

Standing on the tall tower and looking down, it is still the familiar streets and houses, the upper and lower urban areas that divide the two worlds, and the Red Rock Town isolated in the endless desert.

However, everything has quietly changed.

The streets were still brightly lit, but passers-by were in a hurry, and many shops had closed signs; the bustling market was still crowded, but they were no longer surrounding stalls of all sizes, but priests distributing medicines.

As for the oasis river, it still looked like rippling green waves, but there were no open-air circus performances along the shore, and there were no spectators to join in the fun.

Although Hongyan Town is large and has a large population, it is just a closed town and some information cannot be concealed.

For example, a terrible battle broke out at the sewage treatment plant during the day. Some brave residents bravely followed the smell of blood to find out what was going on. However, when they came back, they were pale, their legs were trembling, they were retching constantly, and they couldn't eat at all.

For example, the church suddenly started distributing potions in the downtown area. Many people suffered from diarrhea and vomiting after drinking them, but people still flocked to the area because the potion was supposed to repel insects and evil spirits, but rumors said that drinking the potion would prevent people from turning into monsters.

For example, a new monster appeared in the lower city, and suddenly revealed its true form on the street at noon, scaring a lot of people to go to the church to pray, fearing that the great Lord of Dawn would abandon Hongyan Town.

However, although the church allowed entry into the hall, the courtyard and corridor were blocked, the windows were sealed, and someone accidentally saw priests carrying stretchers coming in and out of the small door in the backyard.

"The pharmacists tried really hard, even adding diluted holy water to the medicine, but it was completely useless."

"The number of patients in the upper city has been increasing, and the speed at which they transform into monsters has also accelerated. Some people even became ill on the way to the temple."

Anke paused, "But the Howling Blood Moth is definitely dead. After its death, all of its offspring perished as well. Combined with the words it mocked us, there must be another reason for the mutation."

She rubbed her brows.

"Honestly, this spiritual world tour is more difficult than I imagined. Just to eliminate that blood moth alone, I would have to prepare for it for a long time in advance and find ways to grind it down bit by bit. If it were any other apprentice, it would be almost like committing suicide."

"But this isn't the end yet. I can't be given a mission that's essential for survival. Are you really planning on letting me hide and seek for five days?"

"But that doesn't make sense, because your mission is to destroy the devil incarnate. How come you haven't completed the mission even after going through so much trouble to kill him?"

"are you ready?"

An Ke rambled on and on, then looked at the busy Celine Weier.

"Ah."

On the rooftop lay the corpses of more than a dozen monsters whose eyes were still open after they died.

The two-headed demon, the swamp frog, the blue wind wolf, the green algae fishman, the sand worm, the gorgon... all lined up neatly, waiting for the golden flames of the dark trolls to light up, waiting for Celine Weir's ceremony.

The black-haired girl carved complex and majestic spell patterns in front of her, then slowly lowered her head, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and prayed solemnly.

The air seemed to be burning with sacred lamp oil, and the dark golden holy flame engulfed everything.

The method used to deal with the fisherman was exactly the same, except that there were more targets now, so the standards of the prayers had also become higher.

Sacrifice.

In the darkness, following the corpses of those monsters, it was like lighting a bright light in the endless fog, and finally the source of the disaster was locked on.

"found it."

Celine Weier suddenly raised her head and looked in one direction.

"Really not dead? Where is he?"

An Ke asked quickly.

"look."

The same finger tapped lightly, and then Anke's vision changed.

Black mist.

The area it covered was larger. It was only the lower city before, but now it had spread to the outskirts of the upper city, including the warehouse that Anke had visited. It was all covered with a thin layer of black fog.

In the upper city area covered by the morning light, like moldy cheese, black spots are gathering one after another in those places covered by white light.

As for what seemed more eye-catching, it was of course the huge vortex of black fog.

It appeared at the sewage treatment plant yesterday, resting on the body of the wailing blood moth, but now it has changed its location and landed in the desert outside Hongyan Town.

"...So the demon's incarnation is actually that black mist vortex, and the moth is just its puppet, its carrier. Even if it successfully destroys one of its objects, as long as its true body survives, it can find another object and become full of life again?"

"possible."

"...We almost gave it our all this morning, so what should we do now?"

Encore's statement is more implicit.

To translate, when fighting the Howling Blood Moth, you should already treat the opponent as the big boss, and use all the necessary spells and methods.

But even so, they were unable to destroy the devil's incarnation, and only made it move again, which meant that they could not directly destroy each other.

What’s even more terrible is that the vortex of black fog in Anko’s vision is still extremely huge, gathering a terrifying aura of disaster and darkness, almost the same as yesterday.

It almost seemed to indicate that the death of a Howling Blood Moth was completely insignificant and the loss was minimal.

"Could it be that the mechanics require multiple kills? Perhaps this is the nature of the demonic incarnation. You have to use up all its resurrection coins and kill a certain number of its carriers before it self-destructs?"

An Ke pondered.

Celine Weier naturally had no answer to this question. She could only shake her head and say, "Give it a try."

Fine.

"Then give it a try."

An Ke nodded, then sighed, "Your patrol incident is completely abnormal. Even if you're a newly-breakthrough first-level mage, you'll probably be in trouble if you fight monsters of the Blood Moth's level a few more times."

This is still a humble statement.

While rank promotion can certainly achieve a transformation of magic and soul, thereby increasing the strength of the caster, at least at the low level, the extent of the improvement is not as high as imagined.

It takes time to update spells and equipment before you can complete a complete transformation in combat power.

Not to mention those mages who have just broken through, even those who have become official mages for some years, uh, a typical example is Luya, if they encounter Anke in a battle without any intelligence, they may be in great danger.

Even with such an Encore, plus Celine Weier who is equally powerful as her, both sides still need to cooperate with each other to get rid of the blood moth. There is obviously something wrong with this spiritual world mission.

"...Do you want to terminate the cooperation?"

In fact, Encore was just complaining a few words, but Celine Weier seemed to hear something else in her words.

After all, the point of a survival mission is to survive for five days, not to kill the culprit.