After going into the sea, I met the witch.

As they approached the "Seagull Tavern," Ryan's gaze swept across the door through the crack.

"what?"

The figure that flashed before his eyes made him exclaim in surprise.

Ryan's voice immediately caught Freya's attention.

She followed Ryan's gaze and saw a tavern with light shining through the crack in the door.

The sign hanging under the wall lamp swayed slightly, making a soft creaking sound.

"There are actually people inside?" Ryan explained, "When I was gathering information, it was in this tavern that I obtained the intelligence map."

Upon hearing this, Freya's eyes lit up with understanding: "Shall we go in and take a look?"

In the current situation, those who can stay where they are and are not driven deeper by the "blood moon" are definitely not ordinary people.

Ryan nodded slightly. He walked ahead, arrived at the tavern, and pushed open the door.

A biting wind blew into the tavern, causing the candlelight on the bar to flicker violently a few times.

The flickering firelight illuminated a fair face wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

The tavern owner, Caius, put down the glass he was wiping, looked up, and smiled politely at Ryan by the door and Freya behind him. "Guests, we meet again. Oh, and we have a new guest. Would you like a drink?"

"Since there's no one here today, this drink is on me. It's the same wine as last time, Moonlight Blood, how about it?"

—Moonlight Blood?!

In an instant, a jolt of electricity flashed through Ryan's mind, giving him a chill down his spine.

When he first heard of "Moonlight Blood," he simply found it interesting, but considering the current situation...

Could it be that the tavern owner, Caius, already knew what was going to happen today?

Is he the "unknown witch"?!

But he is clearly a man...

"Don't look at me like that, it's kind of scary. Guest, it's definitely not what you think." Caius smiled and pushed the two glasses of "Moonlight Blood" that had been poured towards the two of them: "Really, don't you want a glass? I'm not bragging, but this is the best I've made since I left there."

The wine glass detached from the bar and slowly flew to Ryan and Freya in front of them.

This time, Ryan took the glass, looked at the blood-red liquid swirling within, and remained silent for a moment:

"So, what do you know?"

“To be honest, I know nothing.” Caius’s smile remained unchanged. “I was just invited to come and take a look.”

"This world is too boring and tedious; we always need something beautiful and interesting to liven things up."

"You agree, Lady Serena."

Caius's gaze shifted to a seat in the corner of the bar, where a woman had appeared at some point.

Her snow-white hair fell like flowing, bright moonlight.

Ryan and Freya's eyes narrowed.

None of them realized when the woman had appeared.

The woman put down her glass and spat, "This is it? You dare call it your best work? People in your circus have increasingly poor taste."

Her voice has a unique magnetism that makes people feel very comfortable.

It's hard to judge the age of her voice; it has the crispness of a young girl and the gentleness of a mature woman.

She stood up and looked at Ryan and Freyne at the doorway: "Welcome to my 'stage'. I am the Blood Witch Serena, and you two 'lead actors', please follow me to the stage."

Before the two could react, a torrent of blood completely engulfed their bodies.

The woman looked at Caius: "Then you're the one left, the invitee of the 'Special Audience Seats'. Please, do you need me to give you a ride?"

Caius paused for a moment, then waved his hand: "I can go myself."

"Fine, you can come along too." Ignoring Caius's words, the crimson swamp instantly engulfed Caius's body as well.

"The performance is now officially beginning."

The voice of the Blood Witch Serena echoed softly, and at that moment, the blood moon in the sky shone brightly, sending down a pillar of blood that landed on the summit of Mingjin Volcano.

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(Another chapter will be posted before 3 AM tonight as an extra chapter for the guild leader "wright". It's late, so all you readers can rest now and read it tomorrow morning~)

Chapter 94 "The Hero" and "The First Witch" (for the Alliance Leader "W")

The crimson light swept in too fast and too quickly; Ryan had no time to react before he was engulfed in it.

Not only him, but Freya was the same.

This unknown blood-red mud possessed an extremely powerful suppressive force, causing his spirituality to fall into an "inertia" state, making it difficult to mobilize.

His vision went dark, and the only thing Ryan could feel was the blood flowing through his body.

He tried to struggle, but it had no real effect on the blood that was weak and unable to withstand his strength.

After a brief ten seconds or so, the darkness began to recede.

Ryan opened his eyes and immediately looked around, trying to find Freyne's location.

But what he saw made him freeze in place.

This is a large circular stage with a radius of over 100 meters, entirely cast from blood-red crystal. At the edge of the stage stand thick blood-red crystal pillars, with several "audience seats" set up at the top.

On the opposite side of the audience seats was a blood-red cross, to which Freyne was bound.

The witch lowered her head, her fluffy witch hat drooping limply forward, her eyes closed, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep.

Her body was bound with blood-red chains, and beneath her lay a large pile of firewood.

"Freni!"

Ryan's expression changed, and he was about to rush forward to save the girl.

Just as he was about to lift his foot, a voice appeared in his ear: "I advise you not to move rashly, Mr. Knight~"

"Qiang! Qiang!"

A blood-red cage rose from the ground, trapping Ryan inside.

It's that guy who called himself "Blood Witch Serena"!

Ryan's expression changed, and he turned his head sharply to look in the direction of the sound.

On the "audience seats" that were previously on the blood crystal pillar, three "audience members" were now seated: a seated black knight and two ordinary black knights.

Ryan had never seen them before, but he could easily tell them apart from their attire.

In addition, in the middle of a single blood crystal pillar on the side, in the "special audience seats" with ornate chairs, sat the tavern owner, Caius.

At this moment, the "gentleman" wearing gold-rimmed glasses was curiously looking around, his eyes filled with anticipation. When he met Ryan's gaze, he smiled and silently mouthed "Good luck."

As for the Blood Witch Serena, she was suspended in mid-air.

It was only at this moment that Ryan truly saw what she looked like.

The Blood Witch Serena wore a silver mask, obscuring her true face, but her long, pure white hair that reached her waist was particularly striking.

She wore a light red long dress, the hem of which was decorated with black lace. The interplay of black and red created a mysterious aura.

"Sir Knight, welcome to my 'stage,' where the story of the 'Hero' and the 'First Witch' will soon be performed for you."

"The appearance of witches is a trampling of divine authority. Under the siege of many churches, witches were sent to the stake."

"And in order to save the first witch, the legendary 'hero' appeared."

"No one knows who the 'hero' is; only his great power is recorded in scattered historical records."

"He defeated numerous church knights, crushed the pope wielding holy weapons, and even the descending angels shed blood under his sword."

"In the end, the 'hero' rescued the first witch, which led to the continuation and birth of witches in this world."

"And you, Sir Knight, are about to play the role of the legendary 'Hero,' who must save the 'First Witch' from the stake."

"You will encounter many hardships and dangers along the way. Of course, since it is a 'performance,' it is impossible for you to deal with church knights, the pope, and angels. Based on the fact that you are 'first-class,' I have specially arranged some enemies of 'appropriate strength' to act as obstacles for you."

"You need to defeat three waves of powerful enemies to rescue the 'First Witch'."

"But there is one thing you must remember. You only have ten minutes. Once you exceed ten minutes, a raging fire will ignite beneath the cross and burn the 'First Witch' to death."

"At that time, the 'hero's' rescue operation will fail, and you, as the loser, will also come to an end."

"The performance is about to begin, Mr. Knight, please get ready!"

"3, 2, 1... Go!"

As the words fell, the Blood Witch Serena, who was in mid-air, turned into specks of light and drifted down, while the blood-red cage surrounding Ryan also disappeared.

At the same time, in front of Ryan, the ground surged and three wolf-shaped monsters rose up.

With crimson eyes, the wolf pounced on Ryan in a triangular formation the very next second after it appeared.

Ryan frowned.

He gripped the hilt of the greatsword behind him with his right hand, his mind racing as he watched the wolf demons approach.

"Performance"... "Leading Actors"... "Audience"...

Everything seemed to indicate that the mastermind behind the upheaval in the Whirlpool Islands, the Blood Witch Serena, was waiting for him and Freyne to arrive so she could put on a "show".

How ridiculous this is!

No, she might not be waiting for Freyne and herself, but for the witch and her companions.

Thinking about it this way, the so-called "moon wolf trail" was a message deliberately released by the Blood Witch Serena, with the purpose of luring the witch to the Whirlpool Islands.

The moon wolf seems to have an extremely strong attraction for witches.

The reason Frey was chosen is most likely because she was the only one to have visited the Whirlpool Islands during this period...

In other words, when the Black Rose arrived at the Whirlpool Islands, they had already been targeted by the Blood Witch Serena!

What is the significance of making such a big fuss over this "performance"?

Ryan couldn't understand it.