From RE0, Sato Kazuma decided to cheat on food and drink

With so many people around, he certainly couldn't just blurt out his true thoughts.

"Echidna, you must be very skilled in magic!"

"Of course! I am a man of great desire! The knowledge in the forbidden library alone is something that most people can only dream of!"

Echidna saw this as an opportunity to prove herself.

It's time to make this person who's always called me trash look at me in a new light!

"There are too many people here, come with me! I'll show you the power of the Witch of Greed!"

Before long, Echidna brought Kazuma Sato and Aqua to the nearby forest.

"I'm a little concerned about the difference in the doors, but using magic seems to be fine, so..."

Just as Echidna was about to unleash her magic, the voices of other witches echoed in her mind.

"It would be hilarious if the magic failed and burned down the forest."

"Will this ever end? You just won't stop mocking me! I went through so much trouble, using all sorts of schemes and tricks to finally get you out of here, and now you're all going to regret it!"

Echidna said angrily, clutching the sapphire necklace tightly in her hand.

"who are you talking to?"

Kazuma Sato looked at Echidna with a surprised expression. In his eyes, Echidna was talking to herself.

"I am here....."

Echidna was still trying to hide the fact that she had brought out the souls of other witches, but Aqua, standing nearby, said:

"Didn't you hear? She's talking to a few other witches. They're very worried about Echidna."

"what?"

Echidna's eyes widened in disbelief.

The other witches communicate with me on a conscious level.

Even so, Aqua is still able to sense the presence of other witches?

"You brought all the other troublemakers along?! No wonder you're using a young girl's body; I shouldn't have had any expectations of you in the first place! Useless Donna!"

Kazuma Sato said with a look of disgust.

"There's nothing we can do about it. Just watch! Using magic in someone else's body is an easy thing!"

Echidna then began to gather mana, preparing to demonstrate a very basic fireball spell to Kazuma Sato.

"Echidna, I'm talking to Echidna! Are you listening?"

Minerva's voice also rang out.

"Ughhhhh! I'm listening!!!! Stop yelling in my ear... no, it's hard to say if it's in my ear, just stop yelling in my head, okay? My head still hurts!"

Echidna complained, her attention returning to the witches.

"This isn't the time for idle chatter! You, look to the side! To the side!"

"beside……?"

When Echidna came to her senses and looked to the side, she saw a scene of crimson flames engulfing the forest, with the fire spreading along the adjacent trees.

Echidna originally only wanted to cast a fireball, but since she had only just taken control of this body and was very inexperienced, she unleashed a terrifyingly destructive spell that set the forest ablaze.

"What, what happened?"

Echidna was a little stunned. She turned her head to look to the side and found Aqua squatting on the ground, drawing something with a pen in her hand.

"What are you drawing, Lady Aqua? And... where's Kazuma?"

"Huh? Didn't you see? Your flames just now burned him to a crisp! It was so funny that I'm going to draw it to record it."

Aqua pointed to a spot not far from Echidna, where a humanoid charcoal lay on the ground in a rather pathetic pose.

“…”

"Time to get up, Kazuma... Ouch, it's so hot!"

The next instant, Sato Kazuma, completely unharmed, suddenly reappeared in front of the two of them.

"what?"

Although I already knew that Aqua had the ability to revive people, seeing it with my own eyes was still very shocking.

It was as if I had just missed something.

"Useless Donna! What are you doing?! You want me to beat you up?!"

Kazuma Sato grabbed Echidna by the collar and lifted her up.

"We messed up, but so what! There's no need to be so embarrassed over something like this. Although the fire was definitely unexpected... let's just keep an eye on things!"

Held high in the air, Echidna turned her palm toward the burning trees, closed her eyes, and slowly said:

"Disappear."

She immediately opened her eyes, her gaze filled with astonishment.

"It's still burning...why?"

In their minds, the other witches were in an uproar.

"I'm saying, what do you think, Daphne... that thing, it's not a dream world created by Dona Dona, you know, so just reciting a couple of lines isn't enough to interfere, right?"

"That would be terrible, okay."

"A big, big mistake...is that right?"

"Dona, did you set this fire? Dona, are you a villain? Answer me! Look me in the eyes! Are you going to be an enemy of Typhon?!"

"This is not the time to discuss! Hurry up! Put out the fire, honestly!"

"Okay, okay! I'll put out the fire!"

Echidna immediately prepared to cast a spell to extinguish the fire, only needing to create water.

However, she raised her hand and then lowered it again.

"Useless Dona, what are you doing?"

Kazuma Sato stared intently at Echidna.

"Hehe, I'm still getting used to this body a little, hehe."

Echidna scratched her head, and the smile on her face bore a striking resemblance to Aqua's.

Chapter 122: The Destruction of the Holy Land!

"Hey Kazuma, isn't this flame... a little too intense?"

Aqua pointed to the distant forest, the blinding firelight flashing in her eyes.

The temperature of the surrounding environment also rose suddenly.

"What are you thinking about! Run!"

Kazuma Sato yelled, threw Echidna to the ground, and then sped away in the opposite direction.

Oh no! ...

In that case, the entire sacred land might be destroyed.

How to do how to do? !

Wait, wait, wait, where is that useless witch?

Kazuma Sato turned around and found that Echidna had not run over with him.

He stopped and turned around to look behind him, only to find that Echidna was controlling her small body and running with all her might.

"I am Echidna, the Witch of Greed!"

Echidna let out a scream with all her might, as if she wanted to burn her soul and body to ashes.

only.....

Even though Echidna tried her best, she couldn't run much faster than she could walk, and her uncoordinated movements even looked somewhat comical.

Within seconds, Echidna was panting heavily, as if she were about to suffocate.

Echidna's motor skills were already appalling, let alone the fact that she hasn't fully adapted to this body yet.

"Dona Dona, are we not going to die here?"

"Will my, our, souls... still exist?"

"You started this fire! You started this fire! Donna, you're a bad guy now! Aaaaaaah!"

Echidna's energy was now entirely focused on escaping, leaving her no time to respond to the other witches.

“…”

At that moment, Kazuma Sato ran to Echidna's side again.

"Hey!"

Echidna's eyes shone brightly, a hint of anticipation in them.

Could it be that Kazuma Sato is here to help me?

"As expected, you can't even run as fast as I can walk."

Kazuma Sato walked alongside the running Echidna, staring at her as if he had seen something rare and precious.

"..."

"You don't have to push yourself like this. You look like you're about to die."

"I, I, I didn't force myself. I just haven't exercised in four hundred years."

Because of her rapid breathing, Echidna was already having difficulty speaking.

"And, and, now, now, it's a critical moment!"

"Don't worry, I'll protect you!"

Kazuma Sato hoisted Echidna onto his shoulder like a sandbag and started running.

"Ah?"

Echidna was also a little dazed; this was the first time in her life that she had been carried around.

That's so...so embarrassing!

Before long, Sato Kazuma and the others had rushed out of the edge of the forest and met up with the others.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on?"

Otto stared in shock into the distance, where the towering flames seemed like a giant beast about to engulf the entire forest.

Kazuma Sato's mind raced. If he revealed the truth, Echidna would probably be executed by these guys.

Echidna is still very useful to me!!!

Kazuma Sato immediately spoke up and gave the only answer—

"I don't know, the fire just suddenly burst out..."

Even as he said this, Kazuma Sato still looked away somewhat guiltily, while throwing Echidna off his shoulder.

"It hurts!!!"

"What are we going to do! There's no time to evacuate now!"

Garfield's face was also filled with panic; he had absolutely no idea what to do.

"Roswaal, do you have any magic that can extinguish fire?"

Kazuma Sato immediately asked.

"Perhaps there is, but..."

Roswaal raised his hands, the Demon-Sealing Stone handcuffs clearly visible.

"The key, yes, where's the key!"