Witch Redemption

Lana's numerous wounds on her fair skin were healing slowly at a visible pace. It seemed that she would need about three more hours to fully recover, but there was nothing seriously wrong with her.

Lana quickly explained what had happened.

"The ruins of Mo City are different today than usual. I've encountered an army?"

"The army?" A strong sense of unease welled up in Li Lan's heart. "What's the situation?"

"They are different from the goblins I encountered yesterday. They are all wearing fine armor. When I was still at level seven in my magic book, it was difficult to effectively cut them down. Only after I reached level eight in my magic book could I easily break through their armor, but it was not easy."

Lana was quite confident in her strength; if even she found the battle difficult, it would be even more challenging for the other witches. Moreover, Lana explained without reservation just how terrifying the number of goblin troops they had encountered that day truly was.

At least ten thousand, which is an extremely terrifying number. If it were any other witch, she would surely be dead if she were ambushed like this.

"Are their equipment better than those goblins we encountered yesterday?"

"That's right, you might as well ask your Servant, the Slime, for details."

Lana, her face deathly pale, pointed to the nine humanoid monsters in black armor not far away. In fact, she and Lorina were able to escape thanks to these nine guys who helped intercept them.

After realizing that these nine guys showed no hostility and even went out of their way to help them, they began to suspect that these nine guys were related to Li Lan.

"Slime?"

Li Lan had been focusing all her attention on Lana for a while and hadn't checked on her servants and slaves. When she saw the nine tall and imposing figures dressed in uniform black armor not far away, she was almost startled.

"My lord..."

The black-armored humanoid figure at the head of the group slowly stepped forward and bowed slightly to Li Lan in greeting.

Li Lan then remembered the skyrocketing experience points from the magic book today, and combined with the imposing equipment these guys were wearing, she couldn't understand for a moment what crazy things these guys had done.

Did these guys just storm into the goblin's home base?

"We'll ask them what they went through later," Li Lan gestured, "Hmm, not bad, you did a great job today! Let me see this armor?"

Upon hearing this, the slime beckoned to the nine somewhat timid-looking figures behind him, then presented a spare set of black armor. "Master... this... this is actually..."

"Hmm?" Li Lan casually took it, and the weight of more than two hundred pounds made his hands suddenly feel heavy. He couldn't help but think, "This armor is very heavy! It may not be a simple iron product. It seems that the goblin army that Lana mentioned is indeed difficult to deal with."

"Actually, I wanted to give it to that brat." The slime uttered anxious gurgling sounds, as if afraid of angering Li Lan.

"A hairy guy?" Li Lan was taken aback for a moment, but quickly realized that it might be the humanoid form created from the life of the Hidden Shadow Monster. So he quickly summoned the guy and gestured for the trembling hairy humanoid to wait aside. "No problem, I'll give it this set later."

At this moment, Lolina, who was helping to keep watch, also came over, picked up one of the black helmets, and her expression changed slightly. "This weight is not simple."

“Yes, according to common sense on Earth, it’s not easy to withstand a set of iron armor weighing eighty pounds, but this set must weigh at least two hundred and eighty pounds. According to Lana, he was still slightly at a disadvantage when facing goblins wearing this kind of armor, which means these guys are very strong!”

At the very least, a humanoid monster weighing over 200 to nearly 300 pounds who can still jump around and keep up with Lana's speed would pose a great threat to most witches except for Lana, no matter how you look at it.

"I was lucky today; I wasn't ambushed by these guys, but I did see them chasing Lana at the end, and their speed was a bit exaggerated..."

It was truly terrifying. Lolina knew that Lana had a skill called "Berserk Assault," which allowed her to generate extremely fast charging speed. Yet, even with this abnormal speed, she almost couldn't break through the encirclement and was caught up again. This showed just how powerful these elite goblin warriors were.

"Excuse my bluntness, but in a direct confrontation, we witches alone are definitely no match for them."

Lolina rarely voiced her opinion, and for a moment she didn't know why her twelve goblin zombies had been able to cause such chaos in the underground area and earn her so much magic book experience.

But one thing she was certain of was that if her goblin zombies encountered those guys wearing this kind of armor, they would definitely be no match for them.

"Ding--"

Li Lan tossed the armor to the ground, casually raised the Libra Cross Greatsword, and slashed down, but sparks flew everywhere, and he could only manage to cut a gap of a dozen centimeters.

His expression turned serious. "It is indeed necessary to unite with the other witches. We will begin our operation tomorrow morning."

Soon it will be night again, and there won't be much time for them to find other witches.

"My lord, this actually has a weakness..."

Seeing that its master looked worried, the slime hesitated for a moment before explaining somewhat uneasily how to deal with this armored creature, pointing out a gap at the bottom of the helmet, which was its biggest weakness.

..................

For nearly an hour, Lolina, Lana, and Slime explained to Li Lan the various situations they had encountered that day. To Li Lan's surprise, the entire team had already reached level nine.

This is a huge surprise, and today is a lucky day for everyone.

Compared to Lana and Della, two powerful figures who have faced life and death together, Lolina and Li Lan's experiences are somewhat magical. As a full support and a semi-support witch, they ultimately had incredible luck.

What can be speculated at present is that the goblin zombies created by Lolina's "Dominator" sub-profession must have caused a major crisis in the underground world, resulting in at least two thousand deaths.

Li Lan's followers were even more fantastical. These guys roamed the edge of the Mo City Ruins area. Starting with the assassination of four elite goblins, they advanced rapidly, wiping out many "lone" goblins underground. After obtaining information about the structure and layout of the underground labyrinth, they thrived and succeeded repeatedly.

Little did they know that there were two main reasons why the slimes were able to succeed so easily. One was that the main force of the goblin army was all ambushed in the inner part of the city, while the holy site guards in the outer areas only provided simple support.

Another reason is that Lana, who was rampaging like a god above the northern area of ​​the Mo City Ruins, and a large group of fanatical witches in the eastern area, who were almost blinded by rage, directly attracted the attention of most of the goblin army.

A combination of factors led to the ten slimes moving with impunity, swiftly and decisively "assassinating" nearly five thousand of them like pigs. Of these five thousand, only a small portion were Holy Land guards; the majority were the ordinary goblins encountered the day before.

It has to be said that after seizing this set of equipment from the enemy, Li Lan's humanoid servants and slimes took off immediately. This set of black armor was their best protection, protecting their magic core and intelligence core very well, and their combat power increased to an extremely terrifying level. Even Li Lan thought that he probably couldn't deal with his own fully armed slime.

"You're a fucking genius!"

"Cuckoo..."

The slime, flattered and excited, raised its "ruthless iron hand" and touched the massive black iron helmet.

At this moment, not only Li Lan was amazed, but Lana and Luo Lina, who were beside her after hearing the series of descriptions, were also full of praise, thinking that this guy was simply a genius.

While admiring the armor, Li Lan saw more hope. Since these armors could provide such powerful effects for his followers, he should definitely get more sets, the more the better. This would allow Li Lan's "Life Alchemy" to achieve its maximum effect.

Li Lan has vaguely grasped the correct way to escape the empire, and what he and Lana lack most right now is not anything else, but time.

Advancing to a Silver Magic Tome is already a done deal, so what's left are other safety measures, such as uniting with other witches, creating a large army of creations, or obtaining more detailed information about this world.

Just as Li Lan was secretly plotting this, a large number of footsteps came from afar.

Chapter 104 An Encounter

May 11, 10003 (Gregorian calendar), 5 PM, outside the southern area of ​​the Mocheng Ruins.

Not all the witches who traveled through time seemed to have deep-seated hatred and were hostile to each other. The proportion of those brainless, infatuated witches was only about 60%.

Among the other 40%, a small number were rough men before they transmigrated. These so-called "brothers" were naturally not tempted by the "good looks" of a major general, and were even full of suspicion about this strange world.

Of course, they would not make any inappropriate statements before all the information was clear.

For example, regarding the issue of those four "wandering witches," they have spared no effort in following the instructions of the witch cult and have maintained a distance from them ever since.

It's not that they disliked the four "wandering witches" that much; the main reason is that they believe they must cherish the "gifts" from the Witch Cult. Only by making good use of the resources provided by the Witch Cult can they become stronger as soon as possible and better protect themselves.

At this moment, a witch with gray-silver cat ears and long, white-silver wavy hair stood at the very top of an ancient tree. Yao looked at everything that was happening in the southern part of the city above the ruins of Mo City, and his expression gradually became solemn.

Codename 027 Sherry Nancy, a professional Wind Swordsman and a Feline Orc, is currently in charge of reconnaissance for the three-person squad.

After standing there for about ten minutes, he nimbly swung down, grabbing onto the branches of trees in the sky, ignoring the black safety shorts peeking out from under his skirt due to the updraft. In no time, he landed steadily on the ground.

"Those three witches were all wiped out. The goblins that appeared today are not simple. They are all wearing armor and are very fast."

Sherry spoke in a somewhat languid voice, and a deep worry could be seen in her blue and gold beast eyes.

Below this primeval jungle, there are eleven other witches. They are all comrades-in-arms who have abandoned many prejudices and have been cooperating since long ago. Last month, they even survived the extremely difficult Crimson Night Torrent together, which deepened their bond.

"Is the situation serious?"

The one who spoke in a somewhat rough voice was the leader of another five-person squad, the witch codename 040 Peggy, a heavy sword warrior of the Black Bull Orc race.

With his short hair, he looked exceptionally fierce, and the black, curved bull horns extending from both sides of his head exuded a wild, beast-like power. Moreover, compared to the other witches, he seemed to be less adept at dressing up; even this gorgeous black gothic dress looked sloppy on him, for example, the ribbon at his chest was tied in a haphazard knot, slightly revealing his deep cleavage.

"It's extremely serious. If we rush in today, we'll likely end up like those three witches—ambushed and killed."

Shirley waved her hand, looking at his solemn expression, and realized that his words did not seem like alarmist talk.

"Strange, could it be that those guys were provoked by us yesterday? That's why they're all armed today."

The witch who took over the conversation was the leader of the third three-person team. Her witch codename was 035, Matilda von von, a professional gun knight of the fairy race. She spoke very gently and even smiled as she spoke.

The difference between the Fairy race and the Elf race is that the Fairy race starts with a D-cup, which is much more revealing than most Elf races, and it also has wings of light behind it that resemble dragonfly wings.

Sherry pondered for a few seconds after hearing this, "I don't know, I don't think so."

Speaking of these eleven witches, they are incredibly powerful. After arriving in this world, they discovered by chance that they were all from Earth and immediately established a cooperative relationship. They thrived and their teamwork was off the charts.

Especially yesterday, these eleven people stormed into an underground entrance in the southern region and engaged in guerrilla warfare with a massive number of goblins, killing off approximately six thousand of them.

The reason we were able to achieve such great results was that the goblins came in waves of hundreds, and they never retreated.

If they hadn't almost used up their last professional skills and retreated prematurely for fear of being trapped in the underground area, the number killed would probably have been much more than six thousand.

It was precisely because these eleven witches were so incredibly powerful that all the goblins on the first level of the underground city flocked to the southern region.

If these witches hadn't retreated in time, they would likely have faced tens of thousands of low-level guards and subsequent reinforcements from the Holy Land.

In a sense, they were extremely lucky.

Of course, it was also because they had witnessed how terrifying those goblins were and were worried that they might have some hidden tricks up their sleeves that these eleven people decided to rest on the outskirts for a day and observe the situation in the city.

At this moment, because of Sherry's information, both witch codename 035 Matilda and witch codename 040 Peggy fell silent, each pondering their next course of action.

A few minutes later, Peggy, who was rather carefree, spoke in a rough, androgynous voice, "Personally, I really want to gain experience with magic books, but the prerequisite is that you have to be alive to do so."

Yesterday, just six thousand goblins gave each witch an extra 300,000 magic book experience points, causing their levels to soar to level nine in one fell swoop, which is quite terrifying.

It's important to know that cooperating with witches incurs an experience penalty, but these goblins are strange; the experience penalty for killing them is only fifty percent. This means that hunting these monsters alone yields one hundred points of magic book experience, which shouldn't be underestimated.

For some reason, they felt something was very unusual: the experience of one goblin was equivalent to that of ten mimic Chaos. This business was far too easy.

“How about we stay on the outskirts for now? Anyway, the Witch Order’s mission for us is to hold off the Goblin Kingdom’s army. As long as they don’t attack Charlotte City, we can turn a blind eye and pretend we don’t know anything,” Matilda suggested.

For them, when they have the opportunity to be lazy, they will never be so diligent.

"Staying here on the outskirts for now isn't necessarily safe. Judging from the posture of those armored goblins, if they could form a large army and charge, we definitely wouldn't be able to withstand them head-on."

As an investigator, Shirley's judgments have always been very accurate.

"In that case, we might have to consider joining forces with other witches." Peggy, the Horned Witch, felt a rare sense of resistance when she thought of those infatuated guys.

"There's nothing we can do. We don't have enough information right now, and we don't know just how powerful that underground kingdom is."

Shirley waved her hand, wanting to say more, but the sound of footsteps not far away suddenly interrupted her thoughts.

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Since parting ways with Li Lan and the others, Lanxi and her teammates have been wandering around the outskirts of Mo City, hunting down the Shadow Monsters in the primeval jungle with considerable effort while moving towards the southern outskirts.

They hadn't expected to encounter another group of witches here, and not the kind they wanted to mess with.

Putting aside the Witch Cult's hostility toward the four "wandering witches," the relationships between the witches themselves were also quite hostile. Everyone knew that the others were transmigrators, but they also had their own small groups and vaguely guessed that they might come from different worlds.