Go back? There's no going back.

At this moment, the bodyguard's voice sounded in Su Wei's ears.

"…Ah? Are you going to run away? You mean…you are no match for her?"

Hearing this, Su Wei came back to his senses and looked at the latter in surprise: "But you just said that even if the witch who brought disaster to the country came today, you could still cut her twice..."

"...!?"

Facing Su Wei's blank gaze, Klina's expression froze visibly. She had never expected that the employer in front of her would trust her so much.

"She...she is the devil who destroyed her own country sixteen years ago."

The next second, Klina avoided Su Wei's sight awkwardly and moved her lips. Her voice suddenly became much softer: "She... has the Pluto body, an extreme body type that can be ranked in the top five in the history of the entire continent."

"I am sure I can hit her once or twice, but after that, she will probably twist my head off... In short, I'm not sure whether she will die in the end, but I think she will die."

"…I see."

After listening quietly, Su Wei looked at the bodyguard who had maintained her professionalism and had not abandoned him to escape alone. He nodded, not quite understanding, "I see. Then, I'll see your signal."

"Ah."

Seeing that her employer remained calm and could still communicate with her normally, Klina breathed a sigh of relief.

"Have you finished discussing it?"

Like a cat seeing a mouse, the witch quietly waited for Su Wei to finish the discussion. Then she tilted her head and looked at the two of them in surprise: "Don't you want to run away?"

"I won't run away from a guy like you."

Blocking Su Wei behind her, another long sword made of magic power also gathered in the girl's hand.

"Although this meeting is a little earlier than expected, it doesn't matter if I chop off your liar's head here today—"

Taking a deep breath, holding two swords, Klina walked towards the witch step by step with a cold expression.

"……fraud?"

Watching this scene quietly, the witch who brought disaster to the country touched her chin with her right hand, her face looked a little confused and distressed, as if she was trying to recall something.

"Ah, I remember now."

A few seconds later, just as Klina stepped into the attack range of the "Assassin", the witch who brought disaster to the country suddenly realized something and stared at her with some surprise: "You, turned out to be the good girl who helped me a lot at that time."

"I see, I see... Well, although it's a little late, thank you anyway."

Having said this, the witch in front of her actually expressed her gratitude to the bodyguard lady in a serious manner.

However, such a reaction undoubtedly angered Klina even more.

"You...you bastard...! You deserve to die!"

As if being stabbed in a sore spot, Klina's cheeks turned pale with anger, and she suddenly stabbed out with a sword with her left hand at an extremely fast speed. The white-bone "assassin" standing in front of her had to hurriedly parry her attack.

But in the next second, the other magic sword in her right hand was swung down fiercely. The tip of the azure sword drew a sharp arc in the air and directly swept off the head of the undead "assassin".

After the attack was completed, Klina did not hesitate. The magic factor in her body rose to the limit and rushed towards the witch not far away at the fastest speed.

The Pluto Body is an extremely powerful physique that can wipe out the consciousness of the souls of the deceased, enslave them forever, and use them for one's own benefit.

It is speculated that after this kind of physique has been cultivated to the limit and become a saint or god, one can even directly sacrifice blood to the entire world.

That boundless sea of ​​the dead is the most basic ability of all Pluto bodies that have appeared in historical documents.

Klina knew better than anyone that her only chance of winning now was to implement the decapitation tactic before the other side summoned more undead.

Even though she had just entered the fifth level, when facing an opponent who was also at the fifth level, the opponent only summoned an "assassin" with some remaining instincts to deal with her hastily, and even took the initiative to appear so close to her... This arrogance was the biggest flaw of this witch at the moment.

What's more, Klina could already see that the injuries left on this witch by her sister when she tried her best were still affecting her.

Whether in her current state or aura, she does not look as strong as she was eight years ago.

…can win.

Have the opportunity!

"What……?"

On the other side, broken undead skeletons were flying everywhere in front of her eyes. She seemed to have never expected that the bodyguard lady could capture a fifth-level undead in such a short time. The witch who had been confident since she appeared finally changed her expression.

She quickly retreated while summoning more undead spirits, trying to create some distance between them: "You've grown so fast?!"

However, in a flash, after summoning two fifth-level undead, Klina's sword was already within reach of her.

"!"

Her eyes were extremely stern at this moment, and Klina had no intention of getting entangled with the undead.

Under the increasingly astonished gaze of the witch in black, she actually raised the long sword made of magic in her right hand, reached out to grasp the hilt at her waist, and swung it out instantly.

The holy light surged, and the light and shadow that was far sharper than the magic sword suddenly extended from the hilt!

With a sweep of the sword, the two undead spirits that were blocking the witch were cut off along with their bones!

"I have been preparing this sword for you for eight years!"

Klina moved forward with unstoppable force.

"No...wait a minute, no..."

Looking at the sword so close at hand, the witch turned pale as she tried to avoid it. She could only watch the sword light slash across her neck.

"I lied to you."

But the next second, everything is gone.

Whether it was the fear of death on the witch's face, or the bodyguard's overwhelming momentum... they all disappeared completely at this moment.

As if she had had enough fun, the witch in black robe slightly turned sideways at the critical moment, grabbed the girl's sword-holding wrist, and crushed the magic sword in her other hand.

"Hmm - a quasi-sacred weapon that can accumulate power for a long time? The sword is good, but... the person is still a little lacking in skills."

With a slightly nasal tone, the witch who brought disaster to the country calmly took away the weapon from the bodyguard's hand and took the hilt in her hand to play with it.

"You... Huh? How is it possible...??"

All the strength in her body quickly drained away, and the confusion in the girl's eyes gradually turned into astonishment. Looking at the witch in front of her who had easily disarmed her, her face was full of disbelief.

I... lost to a Pluto body of the same level in close combat?

Lost to a Pluto body that had wreaked havoc on the continent three times according to historical records, was also beheaded three times, and was recognized to be incapable of close combat?

Moreover, the other party took it down so easily?

How is this possible?

Originally, she thought that even if she couldn't completely kill the witch, she could at least inflict heavy damage on her, thus carving out a way of survival for her employer... and even for herself.

But now, she never expected that she would actually... make a mistake in the link where she was least likely to make a mistake.

"What's wrong? Are you surprised?"

After a while, after getting tired of playing with the "toy" in her hand, she noticed that the bodyguard still couldn't accept the reality. The witch of the country smiled slightly, like a caring big sister next door, and comforted her in a soft tone:

"You idiot, even your sister and Emperor Ling were no match for me, let alone you."

"You?! At that time, it was obviously you who was shameless...!"

Hearing this, Krina, who was still unable to accept the fact that she was defeated by the Pluto body in hand-to-hand combat, suddenly came to her senses, raised her head and glared at the witch.

A strong murderous intent boiled in her mind, and the girl struggled hard, but was soon firmly controlled by the other undead behind her.

"Well... although he's still a little immature, he has definitely grown a bit compared to before."

"Originally, I don't need useless things here... But this time, I'll leave a place for you."

The accusation received no response. As such self-centered words came out of the witch's mouth, and she met her calm gaze as if examining a collection, Klina trembled all over and even her heart skipped a beat.

If someone else said these words to her, she might find them meaningless.

But, when it came to the witch in front of her...she felt cold all over, as if she was falling into an ice cellar.

"Relax, don't worry. I won't kill you yet. Instead, I will try my best to protect your sanity."

"This way, you and your sister will be reunited soon, right?"

"Or, when she comes to you later, she'll let you say hello to her first?"

The voice in her ears was getting farther and farther away. The woman in front of her with a bright smile was so creepy in Klina's eyes...

Without saying anything more, the witch raised her right hand calmly and tapped the girl's forehead lightly with her slender knuckles. A grayish-white airflow appeared out of thin air and enveloped the girl little by little.

In the gray fog, Klina's eyes gradually lost their luster, and finally she collapsed with powerlessness all over her body.

"Hmm?...Hmm?..."

The witch withdrew her eyes from the little queen who had lost the ability to resist. As if she had just done something that made her body and mind happy, she clapped her hands, hummed a light melody, and looked in another direction.

"Okay, now there's only one little mouse left... eh?"

Originally, she had planned to have the undead block all the roads down the mountain first, and then surround them from all directions, with catching mice as a dessert to pass the night.

But, to her surprise, the other little mouse… turned out to be an ordinary person who hadn’t even started practicing, and without a bodyguard, he could easily be taken down by just one undead that went around.

But for some reason, even though his head had been pressed into the ground by the surrounding undead, he did not show any signs of wanting to struggle and escape. Instead, he raised his head stubbornly and looked at her intently.

Hmm...is this because he was scared to the point of having a brain short circuit?

With her head tilted eight degrees in confusion, Eve looked at Su Wei strangely.

Their eyes met, and for some reason, although the latter looked like a piece of wood that had lost its ability to think after being frightened and was just staring at itself in a daze, she did not catch any emotion that could be called fear from the little mouse.

"Aren't you going to run away?"

The little tune she was humming stopped, she blinked and smiled at him: "Come here."

"..."

The undead behind him who was controlling him withdrew his hand. Listening to the other party's words that sounded like an order, Su Wei tried his best to stand up straight and walked over little by little.

He staggered towards her, his eyes fixed on the strange face.

At this moment, his throat rolled and he opened his mouth. He felt that there were countless words he wanted to say to the other person.

However, when the words came to his lips, looking at the strange face in front of him that was completely different from the one in his memory, Su Wei found that he could not utter a word.

In this reunion after eight years, an invisible wall seemed to suddenly appear between the two.

"Ok?"

On the other side, after observing Su Wei closely for a while, the doubts on the face of the witch of national disaster became even more severe.

Although the face of the little kid in front of her was indeed very cute, but... she didn't remember where she had seen him before.

Why didn't he seem afraid of himself at all?

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

With some doubts, Eve tilted her head and spoke in confusion.

...Afraid of you?

——How could I be afraid of you?

Looking at the person in front of him, after being asked this question by the other party, Su Wei instinctively wanted to move closer.

But the next second, his vision suddenly turned upside down, and he felt a huge force coming from his back again, holding him down tightly and half-kneeling on the ground.

It was at this moment that Su Wei saw Klina, who had lost consciousness, out of the corner of his eye. He suddenly realized something, and the expression on his face froze little by little.

In the end, all the countless words that were about to come out of his mouth were suppressed by him.

After a long time, he raised his head again, gritted his teeth, and looked at her with complicated eyes: "You...no, have you always been so powerful?"

"What do you think?"

Hearing the voice, the witch who brought disaster to the country raised the corners of her lips slightly, as if she had heard something funny.

Although this was the first time they met, for some reason, she found that the little mouse in front of her... seemed to unexpectedly make her more patient.

The next second, a dead spirit with scarlet pupils crawled out from the shadows beside the witch, its back arched and its limbs on the ground.

Leaning back, she sat elegantly on the necromancer engineering chair, crossed her legs, and looked at Su Wei leisurely: "It's a pity, the bodyguard you found doesn't look very reliable. Do you have any last words now?"

Chapter 20: I'm glad you're okay

Late at night, on the hillside of Roseau, the wind was freezing cold.