The Villain Saint is my secondary account

The Roma people worship nature and wildness. As a nomadic people who can be found all over the continent, they are fanatical about primitive animal sacrifices and natural mysticism.

Ye Xiao first took out the staff behind him and stuck it into the soil behind a tree. Then he motioned to Gratia to take the little girl who was being chased by the man with severed fingers to wait a few steps behind, and he walked forward and knocked on the door.

With a slight sound, the door opened, revealing the face of a piece of old bark - this is not a description, it is indeed a piece of bark with a face.

The branches extending from the bark formed wooden knuckles holding the door handle, and a few tender green leaves were pinned between the grain.

"Oh hello, you are Miss Annabell? Sir? I'm sorry I don't quite know how to tell the gender of a tree."

"I don't think many men would name themselves Annabelle." A childish voice floated out from the door. "Also, you can call the tree spirit at the door Woodramad."

"Excuse me, Mr. Carriage Puller." Ye Xiao bowed slightly to the tree spirit inside the door, "Is the tree spirit named after its occupation?"

"...I don't even know where to start correcting you," the childish voice said helplessly, "Come in and talk with the two people outside the door."

Ye Xiao waved slightly and asked the maid to lead the girl into the house. The two little guys wearing cloaks walked like two big mushrooms.

The tree spirit led the three people to the hardwood stairs on the inside. The decoration of the furniture inside the door was unexpectedly clean and tidy. Although most of them were made of wood, the different types of wood used made the color combination quite rich.

In the spacious living room, there was another tree spirit wiping a birch table with a banana leaf. When he saw Ye Xiao and his group, he actually waved the leaf in his hand to greet them.

Ye Xiao and the little girl waved in return, but the arrogant little maid looked down on them and walked straight up the stairs without even looking at them.

The tree spirit led the three people all the way to the third floor, and followed the corridor to a door made of vines.

"Forgive me for not choosing to greet you in the museum. The stars have told me that the mediocre crowd will interfere with the trajectory of fate."

As the slightly childish voice reappeared, the vines that made up the door panel moved around like a group of snakes, and the doorway suddenly opened. Inside the door, an exquisite female doll wearing an emerald green dress raised her hand and pointed at the cherry wood table in front of her.

"Nice to meet you, everyone. I'm Annabelle Dorris, the owner of the Moonlight Astrology Hall."

The doll sits upright and elegantly, with a pair of crystal eyes that reflect a faint light on her delicate and beautiful young girl's face. The ends of her long silver-gray curly hair gradually turn light blue, and she has a pair of pointed ears that are half-covered. If you don't look closely, you might even confuse it with a real human face.

The green silk weaving pattern on the dress was like a butterfly spreading its wings. The upper two halves extended into a tube top, and the lower two halves had some slits below the lower abdomen, with translucent white yarn woven in the middle. Through the light, the ravine between the base of the thighs and the fullness was faintly visible.

"Hello, Miss Annabell, my name is Ye Xiao." Ye Xiao took a quick look at the doll's attire and said, "You must be... a higher-level tree spirit?"

"No, this is just a puppet I control."

"Sorry, I thought the tree spirits would be so beautiful after they evolved. I almost wanted to raise one." Ye Xiao crossed his legs and patted the hand of Gratia that was silently stretched to his waist. "...Hey, why are you pinching me?"

"Puff." The puppet was quite smart and covered its mouth. "Mr. Ye, you are so kind. I think we should talk about business."

"No need for such a long introduction. I don't have much to do. I just want to find a nursery for this child." Ye Xiao waved his hand. "But... I don't trust people who I can't even meet. So, I'm afraid I can't keep this kid here."

"Sir, you don't have to make a decision so hastily." The girl doll folded her hands and put them back on her knees. "Do you really have enough understanding of the 'child' you mentioned, or what you are doing?"

"You really stumped me." Ye Xiao stroked his chin, seeming to be thinking, "I'm actually quite curious as to why the finger-severed person would keep holding on to such a small child."

"It seems that Mr. Ye is unwilling to stand by and watch someone die out of pure sense of justice."

"Then you are praising me too much. The word 'justice' doesn't go well with me." Ye Xiao laughed.

He did this only so that Atolina, who would become the new leader of the Finger Severers in the future, would owe him a favor. Of course, he would not tell this to the puppet.

You know, he didn't even bother to ask the little girl's name the whole time, how heartless!

"It's a bit of a pity." The puppet covered its mouth and chuckled again, "I originally thought I could use the child's mother to threaten you, but now it seems that this preparation is unnecessary."

...Huh? Damn, Artolina, what the hell are you pointing me to! ?

Ye Xiao cursed in his heart.

With a light "swish" sound, a human figure wrapped in vines suddenly fell out from the high wooden ceiling. Ye Xiao, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, caught the body before it hit the floor, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in his arm.

As if he was stung by countless bee stings, he subconsciously let go of the vine that wrapped the person, causing it to fall to the ground. With a dull "plop" sound, bright red blood slowly overflowed from under the vine, forming a small pool of blood.

Ye Xiao looked at the densely packed small holes on his arm sleeves. The vine wrapped around the human figure was covered with countless protruding small spikes, which were impossible to see clearly without a close look.

The next moment, an intense pain and numbness came from the arm.

The thorns on the vine were poisonous, and Ye Xiao reacted almost immediately.

At the same time, the vines that were tangled on the ground suddenly broke apart, and a woman in an elegant top fell in a pool of blood with her eyes wide open. This was already a lifeless corpse.

The little girl recognized the body at once and rushed forward crying, "Mother!!"

Chapter 84: The Maid's Favor

Although I expected that the sudden change in location might be a trap, the speed at which the broken doll changed its face was indeed unusually fast.

"Pfft, Mr. Ye, instincts won't deceive you." The girl puppet covered her mouth and chuckled. "Prioritizing rescue over avoiding risks, should I say you are arrogant or stupid?"

"But you still succeeded in deceiving me, causing me to kill a useful chess piece in advance."

In fact, it was not difficult for the finger-severed man to analyze Ye Xiao's character. From intentionally protecting the girl in the alley to deliberately using space magic to replace an ordinary coachman into the carriage on the carriage, the other party could draw conclusions about the reasons for these actions as long as he thought about it a little.

However, the instructions given by Atolina were intercepted, which was a bit annoying for Ye Xiao.

"God, healing holy light!" However, Ye Xiao did not stay in a daze. He directly rubbed the ring on his hand to activate the contract spell with Ella.

That was the "Grunks' Experimental Spell Amplifier" that Grettia had given him before. It could be used to amplify the effects of a magic wand, and could also be used as a medium to cast spells directly.

The blood-red magic circle suddenly opened, and a group of dark tentacles had just emerged from the magic circle when Ye Xiao bit it out and swallowed it in one gulp.

Wow...this is really disgusting...

The slippery thing was still moving excitedly in his throat. It was Ye Xiao's first time eating homemade takoyaki, and he didn't expect it to be so torturous.

But he had to get rid of the paralyzing poison as quickly as possible. Without the use of his hands, his fighting power was basically gone.

Fortunately, compared to before, a lot of attributes have been improved by using general points. Now using a shot of Ella's version of "Intermediate Healing Holy Light" only consumes half of the mental power.

"Oh my, you actually know such a strange spell..." The puppet tilted its head slightly, and before it could finish its words, Ye Xiao appeared in an instant and chopped it in half with a knife.

But as it was said, it was just a puppet, with only air under its delicate wooden shell.

Pale yellow mist suddenly poured in from all directions, and the wooden boards on all sides began to wriggle. Countless vines attacked like flying snakes in the air.

Without saying a word, Ye Xiao rushed to the little girl and pulled her away from her mother's body, covering her mouth and nose. With his other hand, he grabbed the maid's thin arm and shouted softly, "Change shape!"

At the critical moment, the three of them disappeared into thin air, allowing themselves to be entangled by countless vines.

Ye Xiao was not unprepared. He stuck his staff outside before entering the door to prevent such trouble. As long as he was within a certain range, his teleportation could allow him to instantly teleport to the side of the bound staff.

Bringing Gratia and the little girl along will consume more mental energy, but the opponent will not be immune as long as he does not deliberately use his mental energy to resist.

It’s a pity that his current spell skill proficiency can only bind one staff, otherwise he would just bring a bundle of staffs and show everyone Loren’s golden flash.

"Hmm... There are several threads of fate entangled on the top of the house. There should be several living people. One of the threads of fate is arranged very neatly but the brightness is very weak, and it looks like it is dying. I think the real astrologer is probably that one." Gratia said slowly and calmly, "This place has been 'occupied'. Is that the word used in your hometown?"

"Damn it! If you hadn't told me, I would have taken the little girl and run away..." Ye Xiao's mouth twitched, "Thank you for the information, maid, but I would be even more grateful if you were willing to help me kill all the enemies with a wave of your hand."

"If you change your mind and believe in me... no, believe in Lord Mammon, Lord Mammon might take action." The little maid grinned evilly.

"You little brat just likes to take advantage of others." Ye Xiao pulled out the staff from the ground helplessly, but it didn't matter. He didn't expect the little thing to help him with everything. He had to do the work he took on himself. "Then help me take care of the little girl, that's fine."

"Hey! You are younger!" Just as Gretia was about to pinch Ye Xiao's waist, the other party dodged and rushed towards the big tree house.

The autumn wind is bleak and the murderous intent is strong.

"Kill!" Ye Xiao was rushing forward with a long knife in his hand, ready to cause trouble for the guy who dared to plot against him. When he was about to reach the door, he suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet shaking.

The huge tree house actually rose from the ground, and the tree roots extending into the ground on both sides stretched out to form two huge claws.

The smoke and dust raised were all over the sky, and the surging momentum was like a giant beast out of a cage.

"Ah?" Ye Xiao immediately turned around and ran. He ran as fast as he had rushed forward just now.

But it was too late. Countless vines fell like raindrops several meters in front of him, like a green curtain hanging from the sky, covering even Gretia and the little girl not far away.

This impenetrable barrier composed of countless vines completely blocks out the sunlight. From a distance, it looks like a emerald green cage has appeared on the hillside.

The giant hand formed by thick branches swung towards him, and Ye Xiao felt like a fly seeing a fly swatter falling on its head.

He gathered all his strength and threw his staff far away, then ran towards Gratia and the little girl with all his strength, and hugged them both in his arms.

The next moment, the huge tree slapped the ground with its palm, and the mountain wind blew Ye Xiao, who was just out of the slapping range, and slid several meters on the ground holding the two of them.

"Actually, you don't have to save me every time." Ye Xiao pressed Gratia's soft face against his chest and squeezed it into a ball, saying in a muffled voice.

"Oh, sorry, it was a reflex." Ye Xiao quickly let go of the two people in his arms.

The tree house, which had now turned into a big tree man, raised its hand again and slapped over.

"This is not the end yet." Ye Xiao gritted his teeth and was about to throw the staff to the side, but he heard Gratia snap her fingers lightly.

A glimmer of fire flickered at her fingertips, and the entire huge palm of the tree man that was about to fall was suddenly covered by a huge scarlet fireball and burned directly into flying ashes. The carbon emissions seriously exceeded the standard.

"I'll help you deal with it, because you always want to save me." Gratia held her chest with both hands, her rosy face was very cute, "You must thank this maid very much."

Only this guy could come up with such an abstract term as "Maid-sama".

Ye Xiao was speechless. "Thank you for your help, Lady Gratia. I can't repay your kindness. I can only save you next time."

"You...!" The little maid stomped her feet in anger. Seeing this, Ye Xiao immediately turned around and rushed towards the tree man again.

Facing the sparks and wood ashes flying all over the sky, Ye Xiao held the staff in his right hand and cast a wind-summoning spell.

The turbulent and swirling wind swept up the flying ashes around him. From a distance, Ye Xiao looked like he was stepping on a tumbling gray somersault cloud and sprinting straight upwards.

The big tree man raised his only remaining hand and slapped over. When Ye Xiao flew to a height of about three stories, he aimed at a dark window on the fifth floor of the tree house and threw the staff in his hand over.

Chapter 85: A sudden turn of events

Transparent ripples surged in the space, and Ye Xiao instantly appeared in the window of the fifth floor, holding the staff, and flipped into the house.

A beam of fluorescent light lit up from the tip of the staff, illuminating the dim room, which was like a closed miniature jungle, with bushes and weeds growing everywhere. Several large balls made of vines, like pustules, hung from the moss-covered wooden ceiling.

I wonder if the people that Gratia mentioned are wrapped in these big balls?

"I didn't expect that you would come to my door yourself." The slightly childish voice sounded again.

The wriggling vines covered the window that Ye Xiao came in through. The lush green ground was wrapped in circles of vines. A wooden girl doll that looked exactly the same as the one he had seen on the third floor before appeared. The difference was that this time it had a bright smile on its face.

Ye Xiao slowly took out the blue medicine bottle and drank it, looking over the puppet's shoulder to the several hanging rattan balls behind it.

Only a true soul will extend the thread of destiny, radiating in the void like the center of the sun.

And Gratia only said that the fifth floor was entangled with the thread of fate, so in addition to the astrologer, the enemy's true identity was likely hiding there.

The girl doll waved her hand gently, and vines from all directions rushed towards Ye Xiao who was in the center of the room like thousands of arrows.

Ye Xiao's tall and thin figure was instantly submerged in the green ocean. The wandering vines entangled him in circles, like a group of snakes working together to strangle their prey.

"Eh, so weak?"

As soon as the puppet finished speaking, a large bulge suddenly appeared on the outer surface of the circles of tough vines.

The next second, a sharp wolf claw covered with white hair broke through the vine blanket, and with a roar like a wild beast, countless entangled vines were torn open.

Ye Xiao, who had used Cynthia's beast transformation, suddenly rushed out from the gap, and his swift figure turned into an afterimage and rushed to the puppet in almost an instant.

With just a casual slap, the exquisite doll was shattered into pieces. Ye Xiao's eyes quickly locked onto the nearest large vine ball in the darkness, and he decisively rushed forward and tore open the vines wrapped around it with one claw.

A gray-haired old woman fell out, her slightly wrinkled eyelids trembling slightly, and she seemed to be still alive.

"Oh, congratulations, the prize is the girl's grandmother." The haunting childish voice floated in the air, and another exquisite girl doll slowly walked out from the creeping vine wall.

Green vines also rose from the cracks of the wooden boards that made up the ground and clung to Ye Xiao's legs. However, Ye Xiao, whose strength had been increased dozens of times, completely ignored this weak restraint. He casually raised his leg to break the vines, and rushed to the next hanging vine bag with the old woman on his back.

His current mental strength can sustain Cynthia's beast transformation for about one and a half minutes. He must race against time to find the astrologer.

The second vine bag was torn open, and a huge tree man fell out of it. The tree man swung his strong arms and punched Ye Xiao in the face. Even with the power of beast, Ye Xiao was knocked back a few steps.

But this was not a big deal. Ye Xiao stood up and tore the wooden frame into pieces with his backhand claw. Ignoring the ridicule in his ears, he rushed to the next rattan bag.

This time, an elf girl with closed eyes and wearing emerald green dress fell out from the torn rattan bag. Her appearance was somewhat similar to the girl doll not far away, but the warmth of the girl in his arms was obviously not a fake puppet.

Around her snow-white neck was a necklace made of the same material as the tree house. This was probably the owner of the house, the dying astrologer.

"Wow, first prize! Congratulations, Mr. Ye." The childish voice did not sound flustered at all.

The elf in his arms suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a pair of pupils filled with white glow. His soft, boneless right hand took out a sharp dagger and stabbed it towards Ye Xiao's abdomen. However, Ye Xiao was not defenseless. The moment he realized something was wrong, he immediately threw the elf in his arms and dodged backwards.

As he dodged, he also threw the old woman off his body. The old woman landed on all fours nimbly the moment she fell to the ground, and stood up unsteadily. A faint white light flashed in her eyes that suddenly opened, and a sharp dagger surrounded by white magic appeared in her hand.

Some cold sweat fell on Ye Xiao's forehead. He expected that the opponent might be scheming to let him break the rattan ball so easily to save people, so he had been on guard all the time. However, the opponent's insidiousness was indeed unusual.

Even though his physique had been strengthened by the beast transformation, his neck and abdomen were almost cut by the daggers in the hands of the two men. He had some impression of the strange white fluorescence lingering around it, and the night of the hard battle in Liangqiu Village soon emerged in his mind.

"Full Moon Cult?"

"It seems that you are not completely ignorant." The puppet slowly walked between the old woman and the elf, and the unchanging smile on its face looked even more cunning.