Witch Redemption

"Thank you." Li Lan didn't make a fuss about it; he really needed the money.

After stuffing the money into the satchel at her waist, Li Lan, carrying the Libra Cross Greatsword, headed straight for the door.

"Karen, you..."

Lana unexpectedly called out to him.

"I stayed up all night last night and watched everything I needed to watch. I want to go out of the city today and give it a try."

As the saying goes, "sitting idle will deplete your savings," and Li Lan understood this principle. Of course, what he was embarrassed to say at the moment was that he felt very uneasy here, and his eagerness to leave was also to find an opportunity to get rid of the piece of paper tucked inside the magic book.

He had a very strong intuition that once this thing was exposed, not only would he die, but Lana would definitely not be an exception.

"Then I'll go with you..."

“No,” Li Lan suddenly realized that her tone was a bit harsh and quickly calmed down. “I’m sorry, I think I need to explain. Senior No. 47 mentioned that leveling up is not easy. If we want to get out of this predicament, it’s far from enough for us to support each other. We should level up this magic book as soon as possible. At least until we reach level 9, we must act alone as much as possible.”

Cooperative monster hunting will result in experience penalties, so solo hunting is essential if you want to adapt to this world as quickly as possible and survive.

"I see," Lana understood Li Lan's intention and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to herself, "Karen must be nervous because of the deaths of the four seniors. Seeing that he didn't seem too depressed, I'm relieved. Indeed, the most urgent thing is to improve my personal strength. I've already seen most of what I need to see last night, and I can't keep putting it off today."

………………

For the first time, Li Lan crossed the border gate alone and arrived at this desolate and lonely jungle. He stood alone on the main road. He was not in a hurry to move forward, but opened the magic book in his hands.

"what?"

It's gone! Why?

The moment she opened it, a wave of horror washed over her, causing Li Lan's heart to pound wildly.

He clearly remembered that he had slipped the piece of paper containing a lot of information into this magic book before going to sleep last night. Why did it suddenly disappear? Could it be that after he fell into a deep sleep, some guy who was watching him tampered with him?

Lost in thought, Li Lan's face turned pale and then purple, before she finally managed to regain her composure and confirm the information in the magic book.

When a grimoire is opened, it unfolds from the middle to both sides, with the left side containing the user's personal information.

Name: Karen Elf

Race: Elf

Occupation: Pastor

Secondary occupation: None

Level: LV1 Experience Points: 240

skill:

First Aid LV1

Prayer LV1 Proficiency: 154

Blessing LV1 Proficiency: 154

Binding artifact:

Revelation LV1 Experience Points: 9

Libra's Cross Sword LVMAX

The previous night's torrent of fire killed over two hundred monsters not far from Li Lan, providing him and Lana with over two hundred experience points. During this time, he had used the two class skills "Prayer" and "Blessing" on himself multiple times, thus accumulating considerable proficiency.

Since the professional artifact "Revelation" is too heavy for him to lift, he rarely takes it out to show off and usually chooses to ignore it.

"Ok?"

Li Lan's gaze shifted to the right side of the page, which should have been blank, and her eyes widened in surprise.

At the very top of the right-hand page, there's a small icon, about the size of a thumb, that looks like a piece of paper with several lines of text on it. Below the paper icon is a brief description: "Last Words." The icon's display is very similar to the computer file system that Li Lan had seen before.

"what happened?"

Li Lan only casually inserted the paper into this magic book last night, so why did this happen?

While surprised, I was mostly curious. This magic book had personal information such as level, skills, experience, and proficiency. Now it also had this item display, which was just like a game.

Li Lan's finger curiously reached for the "last words" icon, but after hesitating for a moment, she didn't make a move. "What exactly is recorded in the magic book? No one else knows but me, which means..."

This is the best way to keep it secret!

Since it's already hidden inside, there's no need to take it out, lest it be exposed.

Moreover, Li Lan quickly realized that she might be able to give it a try, which could potentially save him a lot of space.

Curious, he took out a Brown banknote from his satchel and gently placed it on the open grimoire, intending to deposit it. In an instant, the Brown banknote disappeared from the grimoire.

"this!"

Sure enough, a Brown banknote icon appeared on the right side of the grimoire, along with a line of text below it.

"Number of Brown banknotes: 50"

"This is similar to the storage space often mentioned in novels. I wonder how big it can store?" Li Lan was so excited that his mouth went dry, as if he had discovered a new continent. But soon, doubts arose in his mind.

If the magic book has such a use, why didn't those witch predecessors mention it before?

"They probably had no idea, since they knew absolutely nothing about this world when they transmigrated here, and they only opened the grimoire during a battle..."

As he pondered, a cold wind blew by, scattering a few decaying leaves, one of which fluttered and landed on Li Lan's magic book.

To his surprise, the decaying leaf hovered on the spellbook and was not stored in it.

"It seems that someone's willingness is required to store it," Li Lan thought to herself, and picked up the decaying leaf. As she approached it again, the leaf disappeared, and the corresponding icon and text appeared on the right side of the page. "Just as I thought!"

Retrieving it is also very simple; just click the corresponding icon, just like instinct.

"There must be a personal will involved, no wonder Senior No. 47 and the others didn't notice it." If Li Lan hadn't been desperate last night and tried to hide the paper in the magic book, he probably wouldn't have discovered such a big secret. He really doesn't know if this was just a coincidence.

Li Lan suddenly remembered what was mentioned in number 47: their magic books could store knowledge from any book except other people's magic books. She wondered how long it had taken them to explore, and perhaps it was an accidental discovery like Li Lan's.

Suddenly, a strange mix of emotion and sadness welled up in my heart.

"Seniors number 47 probably don't know much about so-called magic books and professions. Although Lana and I have their guidance and know how to use them, there is still a lot of hidden content that we need to explore slowly."

After reaching this conclusion, Li Lan's gloomy mood, which had been lingering since last night, improved considerably. She began to suppress her complicated thoughts and stored her personal belongings in the magic book, which quickly made her feel much lighter.

"So……"

With one hand still dragging the incredibly heavy Libra Cross Greatsword, and since there was no limit to the number of uses for the "Blessing" and "Prayer" skills, Li Lan simply kept casting them continuously. With the other hand, he clicked on the "Survey" option in the spellbook to check the surrounding dangers.

It was fine if I hadn't looked, but when I did, I was shocked.

At the top of this circular abstract map, which is also the end of the road, a large number of densely packed red dots appeared!

Li Lan knew better than anyone what these red dots meant.

Those dozens of things are mimicking chaos!

Something's wrong! Something's wrong!

There are far too many of them; Li Lan alone simply cannot hunt them all down.

Upon closer reflection, it was mentioned in number 47 that the monthly Crimson Night Flood replenishes the monsters on the ground. Considering the time when Li Lan and the others traveled here, the current number is the normal number.

"We must avoid them and target those that are alone."

Li Lan quickly came to this conclusion. He turned around and walked towards the other side of the jungle, intending to avoid this insurmountable crisis.

As a thoughtful and cowardly adult, Li Lan was not a reckless fool who would fight anyone. In the crucial moment, she naturally chose to protect herself and avoid confrontation.

Fortunately, the area near the border of Mori City is safe for the time being, as the large number of monsters are currently only gathered deep in the Mori border forest.

As they walked along, they did not encounter many dangers.

It was already around 10 a.m., and many fully armed adventurers were leaving the city one after another. Since Li Lan was alone and had avoided the mimicry of chaos, the hostile adventurers only gave him a light glare before hurrying away.

These adventurers were all much stronger than Li Lan and had considerable experience. In addition, they were fighting as a large team, so they quickly made great strides in the distance and must have gained a lot.

Li Lan instinctively avoided them, and soon encountered a lone wild mimicking Chaos in a secluded place.

It has to be said, being a priest is a useless profession!

The skills were completely useless. After Li Lan used all his strength and almost died to kill a mimicry Chaos with a trap, he was so tired that he wanted to collapse on the spot.

After prying open the shattered red core of wisdom and then picking out the green, crystalline magic core, Li Lan continued to stare at the abstract map on the magic book.

"Strange, I clearly killed this mimicry of chaos, so why is there still a red dot on it?"

Chapter 24 Terrifying Mutated Monsters

The eyes, lurking in the bushes, were fixed on the woman in the distance, dressed in a gray-white bodysuit and wearing a hood.

It recognized the guy's identity, and a destructive impulse etched deep in its instincts compelled it to rush out and tear him to pieces immediately.

"Devil...witch..."

It made a gurgling, boiling-water-like whisper, then continued to hide itself under the bushes.

Although it desperately wanted to kill this guy immediately, just like the witches it had killed before, to tear their bodies apart, devour their internal organs, and then transform into their appearance, reason restrained its actions.

Because every time the Crimson Night Torrent arrives, it loses its prized demonic abilities, becomes incredibly crazed, and can only desperately suppress its urge to self-destruct. To this day, it has forgotten how many Crimson Night Torrents it has survived, only knowing that it falls into a three-day period of weakness after each one.

During each period of weakness, it is unable to use its mimicry abilities and can only attack using the corrosive liquid on its body and its tentacles.

For intelligent monsters, the desire to survive is a powerful force that can make them stronger or weaker. Like now, it's this desire to survive that makes it realize it must lie low during its vulnerable periods, undetected. And it's also this desire to survive that might cause it to miss some of its best opportunities to counterattack.

It had been watching the witch intently, witnessing her set a trap and kill its accomplices.

That accomplice was a new batch of monsters summoned to this world during the Crimson Night Flood. In its eyes, they were inferior creatures without any intelligence, existing in a completely different dimension compared to itself. It despised such lowly creatures from the bottom of its heart.

So even after its accomplice's intelligence core was shattered by a single sword strike, it did not intervene to save him. In fact, it felt a sense of schadenfreude, delighted to see such a fool die in front of it, which gave it a strange sense of pleasure.

"Kill...kill...should we kill her?"

It murmured again, and seeing that the witch outside the bushes seemed to be getting weaker, it began to feel eager.

It began to find it increasingly difficult to control its destructive instincts, but it was still observing, looking for an opportunity to strike.

It is a seasoned hunter, unlike those fools who blindly rush out to their deaths. It prefers to ambush from behind, killing with a single, decisive blow. To date, it has taken down countless powerful adventurers and formidable witches through this tactic.

Now it waits calmly and patiently, waiting for the moment the witch turns around.

………………

Li Lan stored the green, crystalline magic core into her magic book, and then, instead of leaving immediately, she gripped the Libra Cross Greatsword in her hand and remained on guard.

He began to notice that something was wrong with the red dots on the abstract map above.