Witch Hunter Rhapsody

"Are you kidding me!"

Helena slammed her fist on the table, but the table remained undamaged; instead, Helena's hand was in pain.

She gritted her teeth and remained silent.

Ether did not enter the room, and after Vitas returned, no one else was allowed to come here.

Leon's body lay in the room. Vitas wasn't very confident in his skills, so he didn't sew his head and body back together.

Leon's blood had drained away, leaving him shriveled and grotesque, but Helena could still recognize him.

"You must give me an explanation for Vitas!"

"I know, I know, I'm thinking about how to explain it... Sigh, what would you think if I said Leon found his own way here?"

"How is that possible!"

Helena drew her sword and aimed it at Vitas.

Vitas's expression also turned serious.

"If it were before, I would gladly fight you to the death if you wanted my life, but not now, Helena, not now."

Helena bit her lip, trying hard to suppress her grievances.

Vitas then finally revealed the reason for Leon's death.

Helena tried to accept Vitas's words.

"Why? Which wizard, and why did they want to send it over?"

"I'm about to go and ask someone why. I'll handle this matter properly."

Helena looked at Leon's head, and an uncontrollable feeling of nausea welled up inside her, filled with fear at the death of her companion.

Especially a friend I've known for a long time.

"What should we do with the Knights?"

Helena tried hard to suppress her dissatisfaction and irritability.

"I can handle it myself."

Can Helena really do it?

Vitas recalled what he knew about Helena; although she was enthusiastic, her execution was far from impressive.

As for Leon, even though he sometimes acts irrationally because of Helena, his abilities are generally commendable.

The Knights are currently very busy. They need to train the new recruits, make arrangements for their upcoming work, and handle logistical issues.

In other words, Leon died at such a crucial moment for the Knights.

From this perspective, it's indeed unclear whether these two individuals are truly capable of managing this order of knights.

Vitas sighed; there was still too much to do.

"Helena, go back and talk to the members of the Knights. This will be a difficult period. If anyone wants to leave after learning of Leon's death, don't stop them. This reduction in size isn't necessarily a bad thing for the Flying Eagle Knights now."

"I see."

Helena was starting to get a headache, she couldn't help but complain.

"Why did you have to die? Damn it, you left so many things to me all alone. You really don't care about our dreams at all."

It seems that Leon's original dream wasn't to become a legend.

However, Vitas felt that this was an internal matter for them and that he had no right to speak on it.

"Vitas, thank you for bringing him back."

"Yes, let's prepare a funeral for him."

……

Maximus's plan was simple, even somewhat foolish.

Raphael was terrified when he heard Maximus's plan.

In short, Maximus encountered a Vitas worshipper. Using his worship and their combined magical abilities, they reverse-engineered the spell that appeared and sent the worshipper there, using him to gather intelligence.

This risky plan was completed in just a few hours, and he didn't even fully understand what Maximus was planning to do until after he had finished deconstructing the spell and sent that guy away.

"Damn it, are you really a wizard?"

"Don't be too surprised. We've already accomplished the most difficult part. That magic circle was indeed hard to break, wasn't it?"

It wasn't actually that difficult; Raphael's mastery of magic was several levels higher than Maximus'.

Every spell cast will inevitably leave a trace in the magic network.

This is especially true for spells that require a long casting time. By identifying the traces left by the spell within the magic network and then reversing them, a wide variety of effects can be achieved.

It turns out that Vitas's teleportation preparations were also insufficient; it's possible that he and the wizard behind him simply didn't expect there to be a wizard in the city capable of reverse-breaking the teleportation.

In short, shortly after Vitas teleported, Raphael and Maximus sent Leon over as well.

Maximus is now activating the reconnaissance spell he previously possessed on Leon.

Furthermore, Maximus also had another spell attached to his mount, which could be activated upon contact with Vitas, enough to obtain Vitas's physical condition.

The secret to Vitas's immense power is about to be revealed to Maximus.

Even though Raphael thought Maximus's idiotic plan was completely beyond the capabilities of a wizard, what if...?

What if Maximus was hiding something? What if he was actually a prophet who saw the path that would bring him the most benefit?

In the wizarding world, anything is possible.

Raphael watched Maximus adjust his spells; at least for now, he looked like a proper wizard.

Suddenly, Maximus's face turned ashen.

He raised his head.

"Um, Raphael, if I remember correctly, to capture either the Nether Salamander or the Frost Dragon, we shouldn't need to go to places where even long-range link spells won't work, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong? Has the long-range link spell failed?"

"It sounds incredible, but yes, the spell failed, I can't get any information, I can't contact anyone."

"What? Where did that guy go?"

"I don't know!"

Maximus knew he was taking a risk; based on his limited understanding of Leon, Leon would definitely inform Vitas of his existence.

Vitas will definitely come looking for trouble then.

However, his plan failed. If he told Vitas that he only wanted to help Leon achieve his wish and insisted that he had not done anything wrong, Vitas would probably not be able to reprimand him.

Maximus was annoyed that he had made the same mistake again, but he was also confused.

The materials that I paid Vitas to get are clearly not there, so why did Vitas go to such a far place?

An ominous feeling rose in Maximus's heart.

He hopes to hear some good news when Vitas returns.

"Alright, let's continue preparing the magic array."