The Witch's Imaginary Land: Redemption Comes After Sticking Together

"Let's not talk about that anymore, Li Hui. How much prey have we hunted? Why does it feel so much quieter around here?" She casually concealed the reason for her unease and instead inquired about the harvest she had worked so hard to obtain, her eyes full of anticipation.

Li Hui remembered her hunting process clearly and answered without hesitation: "You were tricked by the jungle wolves, so you burned down their dens, found some materials, and then by luck found a valuable level 1 dragon. You successfully killed it by ambushing it. Later, you gradually became more skilled and successfully hunted the silver snake, the lizard, and this rock rhinoceros. Overall, you can exchange it for 100 witch gold."

"Great!" Jiang Kehan ​​calculated her savings and realized that with this money, plus if her part-time job went smoothly, she could just build a barely usable spell list. Although the number wouldn't exceed ten, it was still much better than the current situation where she had to rely entirely on rainmaking to keep things going.

However, she had reason to defend herself: being tricked by the wolf was not because she was stupid, but because the wolf was too cunning.

Who would have thought that the seemingly harmless wolf cubs were actually the spellcasters of the jungle wolf species? Caught off guard by a sneak attack, Jiang Kehan ​​completely lost control of the situation. Although she managed to turn the tide of the battle with her powerful magic, the wolves had already fled, giving her no chance for revenge.

She'll fight anyone who says fighting doesn't require strategy!

“However, this place is unusually quiet. Logically speaking, even if you disturbed a lot of creatures at the beginning, Kehan, it shouldn’t be this quiet. Let’s be careful first. Let’s go back to where we started and wait to meet up with Ariel before we explore again.”

Li Hui gently rested his chin on his hand, recalling the Raven Dragon he had casually dealt with, and a guess formed in his mind.

"There might be a migratory level 3 dragon passing by nearby. Let's go, don't stay in one place for too long."

Jiang Kehan's expression gradually turned serious. The mere presence of a level 2 dragon could exert such immense pressure on her, let alone a level 3 dragon that could crush a level 2 dragon as easily as drinking water. The extraordinary levels in this world are not like the relatively small distinctions in many novels from her previous life. Instead, they are classifications of life classes, and each higher level represents a completely different species.

However, as the two talked, the white bone dragon hidden in the sky could no longer contain itself. As a proper level 3 dragon, it already possessed intelligence and could understand the meaning of conversations between normal creatures.

It secretly released shadow magic to get closer to Jiang Kehan. This little piece of flesh, which involuntarily exuded rich magic power, was much more attractive than Li Hui, who seemed to be of the same race but did not exude any magic power at all.

One meter, two meters, when it was excitedly only ten meters away from the little piece of meat it craved, a roar suddenly interrupted its action of opening its huge mouth.

Li Hui flashed to the top of the White Bone Witch's head, his eyes filled with anger as he spoke.

"You beast, what are you trying to do right under my nose!"

With a sudden stomp, the more than ten-meter-long head of the white bone dragon was pressed firmly to the ground and rubbed, spitting everywhere.

Chapter 22 The Belated Physical Shield

"Roar!!!"

The white bone dragon's eyes glowed with a ghostly blue light. Feeling the immense power emanating from its head, it vaguely sensed that its skull had been cracked by the little girl's footsteps, and dared not raise its head.

It swung its tail and slashed at Li Hui above, while simultaneously gathering gray dragon breath in its mouth and spewing it at Jiang Kehan, who hadn't fully reacted yet!

"Tsk." Magic flashed in Li Hui's hands. She originally wanted to chop off the restless dragon's tail, but when she realized that the White Bone Witch Dragon wanted to kill Jiang Kehan ​​first, she abandoned the idea without hesitation and used spatial magic to move to another location.

Jiang Kehan ​​subconsciously licked her lips. This was completely different from the fear she had expected when encountering a level 3 dragon. At this moment, her blood was boiling and every cell in her body was shouting: "Kill it! Kill it!"

It seems that for her, fear is a disgrace, and only by annihilating the other party and turning them to ashes can it be washed away. However, this fanaticism did not affect Jiang Kehan's rationality, but instead put her in peak condition.

Jiang Kehan ​​could clearly feel her mind was clear and refreshed, and her magic power had never been so submissive and expansive as it was now. She was starting to like this feeling.

No wonder witches are described as natural disasters. Who wouldn't be afraid of such an extreme race that knows no reverence or fear and can even suddenly unleash their full power? Jiang Kehan ​​thought to herself with some emotion.

However, she knew very well that with her current strength, facing the Bone Witch Dragon would be like sending her to her death. Facing the dragon's breath that was about to be exhaled, she put all her magic power into it and desperately released the Frost Shield in an attempt to reduce the damage.

Jiang Kehan ​​had a premonition that she wouldn't die, which made her laugh even more bloodthirsty and arrogant.

But before the dragon's breath arrived, Li Hui had already appeared behind her, grabbed her with one hand, and flashed to another area.

Like a sharp blade piercing the jungle, trees within hundreds of meters turned to ashes, the earth became scorched soil, and even crystallization occurred.

Holding Li Hui in her arms, Jiang Kehan ​​had no romantic thoughts at the moment. She had only one thing on her mind: I want this spell too, I want to be able to cause such great destruction with ease!

Li Hui ignored Jiang Kehan, who was trembling with excitement in her arms. She had seen this kind of situation many times. At this moment, she was just a little troubled about how to "reasonably" kill this level 3 dragon.

However, Jiang Kehan ​​was quite self-aware and pushed away Li Hui's arms that were holding her, and spoke up.

"Li Hui, let me go. I'm just getting in the way here. Oh, and if we really can't solve this, let's activate the spell on the bracelet and go back first."

She spoke firmly and even took the time to check on the other person.

Li Hui looked down at Jiang Kehan, who had already made up her mind, and teased, "Aren't you going to learn how I dealt with this dragon?"

For witches, simply watching battles between other, more powerful witches can provide them with a wealth of knowledge, which is one of the reasons why witch duels have remained popular for so long.

Jiang Kehan ​​laughed, her smile as gentle and refreshing as the hazy sunlight in the morning mist.

"I still think Li Hui's safety is more important."

After saying that, she turned and ran, not giving Li Hui a chance to stop her. Jiang Kehan ​​knew that the other party could win, but she did not want Li Hui to suffer unnecessary pressure because of her, the little witch who deliberately approached her to monitor her.

In her past life, what she hated most were those incompetent teammates who knew they would hinder the protagonist but dragged their feet and refused to leave. In their eyes, it seemed that only their unvented emotions were the most important thing, while the safety of the other party was always placed elsewhere.

Jiang Kehan ​​also knew that she would have to "use" Li Hui for a long time until she completed her atonement mission on him. She didn't feel any burden about it because she just wanted to live, but that was not a reason for her to become a parasite. There was always a better way to solve this problem.

For example, becoming true friends.

But Jiang Kehan's eyes caught sight of a dense shadow gathering behind Li Hui, who was floating in the air, seemingly unaware of it.

With a soft sigh, she stopped, gathered all the magic she had just recovered into her legs, and leaped into the air, blocking the shadow.

You're right, Li Hui. A witch's magic doesn't need to be hidden, nor does it rely solely on spells to unleash its power.

Jiang Kehan ​​closed her eyes, welcoming her first "death".

Just as she said when hunting the Frostwyrm, she could become its physical shield if necessary, but it seems that this came a little too late.

Li Hui originally thought Jiang Kehan ​​had left, and she didn't care at all what methods the White Bone Witch Dragon could use to attack her, because no matter what it did, it couldn't break through her defenses.

Li Hui even had the leisure to continue simulating the combat suit designed for Jiang Kehan ​​in her mind.

So, when she realized that Jiang Kehan ​​had approached the White Bone Witch Dragon's attack, her eyes widened in disbelief as she turned to look at the light shooting out from the shadows, which completely obliterated Jiang Kehan's body.

"What the hell did you do?!"

Enrage truly consumed Li Hui. She appeared before the Bone Witch Dragon, and the two stared at each other, with the Bone Witch Dragon even trembling slightly.

Countless spells formed a torrent, slowly tearing apart the white bone dragon's scales, making it wish it were dead.

In what seemed like an instant, the Bone Witch Dragon looked at the witch in front of him in terror and tried to run away at all costs.

But it was too late.

Li Hui had become serious. She crushed her short staff, the immense force causing the blade on it to shatter like glass and embed itself into her palm.

"This is the first time someone has dared to kill my teammate in front of me, and for such a ridiculous reason as protecting me."

"Doesn't she know that her protection is worthless to me?!"

As if venting his anger, Li Hui's tone was very cold.

For her, the so-called staff was more of a means of self-restraint. At this moment, she did not want to think about those complicated things; she only wanted to tear apart the ignorant newborn in front of her with her own hands.

Magic surged precisely through every part of her body. At this moment, she was like the master of magic, lifting the hundreds-of-meters-long white bone dragon and throwing it over her back, causing the earth to tremble.

What followed was a soul-piercing beating that caused the skeletal dragon to let out a mournful cry like a cat.

By the time Ariel got close, the Bone Witch Dragon was already in ruins.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that the chief had become serious, Ariel didn't dare to act recklessly and asked seriously.

Li Hui ignored Ai Li'er and directly used magic to dismember the corpse of the White Bone Witch Dragon, extracting the useful materials and handing them over to Yi Qi, Liu Yi, San Er, and Wo Er.

"Take these and go back first. I'll be back in a bit."

Without asking for a reason, Ariel nodded and activated the bracelet, returning to the Misty Hunting Grounds.

In the end, only Li Hui remained, in a deathly silence.

Looking at her still-bleeding palm, she felt a surge of rage, a rage directed not only at the dead and desecrated white bone dragon, but also at Jiang Kehan ​​and herself.

"Why did you presume to shield me from this, and why was it from the bottom of your heart, Jiang Kehan?"

"The way you are makes me more attached to you, and gives me no reason to leave you willingly."

"How presumptuous of me."

Li regretted it, but she couldn't refuse this unrequited love. As if she had thought of something, she took out a cloth bag from her personal space.

This is a gift from Jiang Kehan ​​to her.

She gently opened the bag, inside was a very delicate mini music box with a metal rocker.

Li Hui didn't use her bloodied hands to take it, but carefully held it in the bag and then gently shook the lever with her undamaged hand.

Amidst the clanging of the metal sheet, a faint melody of twinkling lights could be heard, and in the endless silence, something was shattered.

Chapter 23 Touching the Nearby Horizon

Jiang Kehan ​​stared blankly at her hands. She tentatively clenched them a few times, and her delicate fingers still conveyed the usual feeling, which made her slightly stunned.

Is this what death is? It feels even easier than being bitten by a mosquito.

She had already returned to the counter in the Hunting Hall where the Life Badges were sold. It seemed that all the resurrection points bound to the Life Badges were located there. She could also see witches suddenly appearing, probably having died and returned, cursing and swearing. They bought new tickets and Life Badges, rolled up their sleeves, and headed towards the hunting grounds. They seemed to be completely absorbed in their own world.

"How are you feeling?" The waitress noticed that she seemed a little dazed and asked with a smile, "Does it hurt a bit? You'll get used to it after dying a few more times, but you should prepare your life badges. Would you like to buy another one?"

Jiang Kehan ​​smiled and waved her hand. Perhaps because the gap between her and the White Bone Witch Dragon was too great, she did not die in great pain. However, she was a little worried about Li Hui, who was still facing the White Bone Witch Dragon.

With such powerful prey, even if you manage to win, it will be a brutal battle.

Thinking of this, a natural worry appeared in her eyes, hoping that her actions could increase Li Hui's chances of victory.

After all, Jiang Kehan ​​learned from the internet that the difference in physical attributes between little witches wouldn't be that great, and a level 2 spell that could reach the level 3 dragon attack would consume at least 100 magic power. Even if witches could recover magic power by a percentage, Li Hui only had 300 magic power, which wouldn't be enough to withstand many attacks.

Sigh, that's just how kids are; they ignore attacks from behind. I hope she wins.

Jiang Kehan, having regained her composure as a transmigrator, used her mental age to point fingers at Li Hui's actions, raised her left hand, reached her right hand behind her head and grabbed her left upper arm, and stretched.

Where should she go next? She opened her terminal in distress, only to find that she didn't have Lü Xiangtong as a friend. Her lips twitched, and she was at a loss for what to do.

Normally, the teacher would accompany them throughout the process, so even in the event of an unexpected death, the teacher could promptly arrange the next steps.

But Lü Xiangtong never expected that with Li Hui around, they would still die. At this moment, she was drinking in a tavern, rushing to finish her thesis, and she was practically wearing a mask of pain.

"Damn it, why do I have to fill in the principal's research paper? Is there no justice in this world?!" She threw down her wine glass, covered her face, and was on the verge of tears.

Before Jiang Kehan ​​could decide where to go, Ai Li'er walked out of the portal hall with a look of deep confusion in her eyes.

She walked over to Jiang Kehan, coughed lightly to attract Jiang Kehan's attention, who was intently looking at the terminal, and asked a question that seemed to come from the depths of her soul.

"Kehan, how did you die and come back to life right in front of Li Hui? This is neither scientific nor magical."

Jiang Kehan ​​was startled and quickly closed the search interface in front of her, feeling guilty. The interface displayed search results such as "Is it possible for a 15-year-old witch to grow taller?" and "Are little lolis particularly in demand? Are there any safe places for them to work?"

Originally, she just wanted to ask if there was any way to increase her height. After all, she was almost 170cm tall in her previous life and was not used to her current height of 153cm. However, she unexpectedly discovered that this loli-like figure was surprisingly popular among witches, so she became obsessed with the idea of ​​getting a part-time job.

"Gurgle!" Fortunately, the virtual terminal can be set to make the screen visible only to the user, otherwise Jiang Kehan ​​would have been mortified, but she still made a shy sound.

"Oh, this? We encountered a level 3 dragon. You have no idea how terrifying that dragon with snow-white scales but a spine that protrudes directly from its skin like a pile of smooth white rocks was! Luckily, I noticed it was ambushing Li Hui, otherwise it wouldn't have been just me who came back, we would probably have been wiped out."

Jiang Kehan ​​was quite proud of her act of sacrificing herself to protect her main character. She vividly described to Ai Li'er the white bone dragon that flew up and covered the sky. However, she was still a little worried and asked Ai Li'er about Li Hui's condition.