Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

"Ah? But the vice president just said a while ago that he wanted to keep him in Iris and squeeze every last drop of blood out of him! And I heard that this Maen Cullen still has..."

Durant raised his finger to silence Clementine and chuckled, "Anyway, he's been secretly acquitted now."

"You will prepare to release him later. Someone will take him to Cloudmist Valley, where the Silvermist Rangers and Border Army scouts will be responsible for his safety."

"Wait, you mean the border troops of White Hart Castle in Cloud Valley? But isn't that Governor Lost..." Clementine's voice gradually became lower. Seeing Durant's mysterious smile, she retreated awkwardly.

"Okay, I understand your plan. I'll arrange for Marne Cullen's release from prison right away."

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"Is that where Maan Cullen is imprisoned... Dog, can you swim over there?"

The big dog bared its teeth and said, "Holly, I'll definitely be shot to death by a gunpowder gun if I'm halfway through swimming. I'm not one of those spiritual crows. They don't have physical bodies, but I do!"

At the harbor pier outside the City of Misty Moon, Holly played with the meat cleaver in her hand for a while, and looked towards the Hurkacz Prison in the center of the island in the distance - it was a huge gray-white building, square and with sharp edges.

This dock not only led to the prison, but also connected to a river that ran through the entire territory of Iris. Originally an inland river, the main shipping route was between Iris and the Eastern Theocracy and the mountain tribes. However, due to the Empire's embargo on Iris, this route became popular.

March happened to be the time when the raw cotton picked by the Theocracy last year arrived. The docks were filled with sweating porters carrying large and small bags, and groups of sailors and soldiers shouting and having fun.

There were also some small vendors selling food on the spot. The smell of fried fish was particularly strong, causing Holly to swallow repeatedly.

"You don't have to have a body. It's just right that I can still eat meat..." Holly stared at the big dog and became greedy. She swallowed her saliva.

The noise scared the big dog a lot.

"Wait, wait, is this the time to discuss this? Listen to me, Holly, do you see those soldiers up ahead? They're probably going to Hurkacz for a rotation. I can try to sneak up on them. But the question is, what are you going to do?"

"I have a solution."

Holly waited for a while, and before the boat arrived, she took out the leftover bread from the previous two days from her clothes and ate it bit by bit.

You can't eat this thing too fast, because it will scratch your mouth if you eat it without water, and your face will become square after a long time.

After she had enough energy to eat, she put on some light makeup to seduce the soldiers on duty at the dock, and lured out their officers. After stealing a few banknotes from the officer's wallet with her slender little hands, she bewitched the officer.

After saying lightly, "Do you want to play on the boat?", Holly boarded the boat easily.

She was taken to a separate officer's room in the cabin.

Then--

As soon as he entered the door, the officer was about to draw his gun in a hurry before he could say anything, but Holly kicked the officer in the knee and stabbed the officer in the throat with a knife.

Though petite, her arms were now splattering with blood, and the ritual-enhanced strength gave her the strength of a giant. With one kick, she brought the officer to his knees, the blade piercing his throat unhindered.

Before the officer could draw his pistol, Holly drew her knife and a streak of blood splattered across his face.

She adjusted the direction of the blade with a flick of her wrist, slashed it diagonally, and chopped off the head with a snap.

Holly kicked and rolled to the door.

She pushed open the door and saw two drunken soldiers walking in the corridor. Suddenly, she felt her feet sink and looked down.

A round head with eyes open and blood flowing in lines.

Look up again.

The two soldiers sobered up instantly, mumbling a few words but unable to utter a single word - two silk threads were quickly strangled around their necks. Holly hooked her finger, dragged the two soldiers into the officer's bedroom, picked up the meat cleaver, and did the same thing to them.

Holly pushed the door open and saw two more soldiers.

The two soldiers asked dazedly, "Who are you? Where are Losk and Carl?"

Holly leaned against the wall and said weakly, "Are you talking about those two drunk uncles just now?"

"Ah? Have you seen them?"

"Yes, they and the commander came into the room, and I didn't feel very well..."

The two soldiers looked at each other, imagining scenes inappropriate for children, and asked enviously, "Where are they? Are they still with the commander?"

"Yes, the commander told me to take them to the room if anyone comes looking for him again..."

"Hehehe, the commander is quite human. Miss, look..."

The two soldiers were aroused by lust and had just followed Holly in when two silk threads instantly strangled their necks.

After a while—bang!

Two more heads fell to the ground.

Holly held a knife in hand, chewing on the dried fruit on the table. Eat and drink, don't take anything personally. It's just a few deaths. Killing people won't kill you, but being hungry is really hard.

The matter remained unremarkable.

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When the big dog got on the boat and found Holly, he was stunned by the pile of corpses that looked like a small mountain.

This must have killed at least dozens of people!

Damn it! It knows that if it doesn't keep an eye on it at all times, something bad will happen!

"Holly! What are you doing?!"

Holly wiped the meat cleavers, picked up the cleavers, one in her left hand and one in her right hand, both with dark red patterns. Her patched yellow robe was now completely stained blood red.

She was surprised and said, "Murder. No one can know that I am on the boat, so everyone who sees me must die. Dog, this is what you taught me."

The big dog's head was swollen as if it was about to explode.

"I'm teaching you to sneak around and not let anyone know! I'm not telling you to kill everyone!"

"But if we kill them all, no one will know."

"But the question is what to do with this ship? Sooner or later, someone will find it, right?!"

"Dog, you're right." Holly said seriously, "So I don't plan to go back to Mist Moon City. The witch gave me the money for the trip. I kidnapped the captain first, then killed everyone in the prison and released all the prisoners.

"Then I can take advantage of the situation and bring the great inventor all the way to the Empire by ship. I killed so many people in Iris, the Imperials will definitely not suspect me.

"By the way, dog, before you leave, catch the crows that saw me. We can't let those chattering crows interfere with the witch's business. Otherwise, we'll lose our meal money."

Volume 1: Chapter 154 In the Name of the Witch

As the rumbling ship approached the shore, Clementine hurried to the small building outside Hurkacz Prison on the island in the middle of the lake to find Mammon Cullen's file.

Speaking of this, the fat warden just found it difficult to understand - what on earth was Governor Durant doing?

He actually colluded with the governor of the border region to send Maan Kulun to the empire! This was not even allowed by the Provisional Control Committee.

They've all gone crazy—Clementine thought so in her mind, and then she saw a large ship docking outside, and she felt uneasy.

He found the guard at the gate and asked, "Where's the ship?"

The guard took a look, touched his chest, and saluted, "Sir! Is that the Third City Defense Battalion coming in from Misty Moon City? Do you have any orders?"

"Oh! The one that Governor Durant inspected a while ago?"

Clementine suddenly realized and waved her hand, saying, "That's fine. Don't worry about it. Hurry up and go to the archives and help me find Marne Cullen's file. I have something urgent to do."

"Yes, sir!"

The guard stopped and saluted, then walked towards the file library.

Clementine looked out the window, didn't pay too much attention, and turned to leave.

As for the rotation, a new batch comes every two months. This is very common.

The captain who was driving the ship also thought so about this matter, until the girl who was only 1.5 meters tall broke into his captain's room, tried to seduce him with the poor and ridiculous steel plate but failed, and then stuffed the double-barreled shotgun into his mouth without any reason.

God have mercy on him! He didn't even want to do anything!

Holly said skillfully, "Where are we now? Do you want to be beaten to death directly, or do you want to beg for mercy according to the procedure?"

The captain looked at Holly with a hint of panic and fear in his eyes. His face was no longer smiling, and even his voice was trembling. "Have mercy! Have mercy! Miss, if you kill me, you won't even have anyone to sail for you! I can take you to the island and then send you out. Not to Misty Moon City, but anywhere else! But please don't kill me!"

Holly took out two pills, stuffed them into the captain's mouth, and said seriously, "Wait for me for two hours. If you leave in two hours, no one will give you the antidote."

The captain raised his hands and threw the pistol.

Holly picked up the pistol and responded with a cry. Something beyond the captain's imagination jumped out from her shadow, like a giant wolf with long, thin hair, or a ferocious, roaring lion.

When she stepped out of the boat, a guard guarding the prison gate frowned at the sight of Holly and asked, "Who are you? Where is your master?"

Holly said, "I'm the Nightingale that the warden just ordered."

The two guards stared at each other.

"Ah? Does the warden have this habit?"

"Who knows? Big shots always have their quirks. At least the warden likes a human being. But we're guarding the gate after all. I'll go and notify them."

A guard hurried away.

Just left not far away.

Holly hooked her fingers, and two thin threads wrapped around the neck of another guard. Before Holly could react——

In the shadow behind the guard, a giant wolf about 1.34 meters tall with terrifying horns on its forehead, the moment its ferocious horns touched the guard, the guard felt dizzy and was knocked unconscious to the ground.

The big dog said, "I'll take care of this guy. You go in first."

"I'll just kill it...Okay, dog, I'll listen to you." Holly wanted to refute, but when she saw the big dog staring at her with blood-red eyes, she closed her mouth silently.

Holly tightened her robe, performed the invisible step ritual with her feet, and sneaked into the prison.

The crows had a thorough understanding of the entire prison, and Holly had memorized the map points given by the crows by heart. She quickly built a model of the prison and the location of Maenkulen's cell in her mind.

Along the way, she did not forget to leave marks in front of other cells.

She had no danger on the way. She had dealt with the gang of gangsters chasing her in the slums more than once. She was very good at using indoor objects to avoid the enemy's sight, and she easily reached Maan Cullen's cell.

As soon as I arrived, I saw Maan Cullen in prison uniform writing furiously, listing lines of text and symbols. Then I looked again and saw that his hair was almost half bald, his face was haggard, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He looked like a programmer who had worked too much overtime.

When he saw the little brown-haired girl outside, whose height was probably not even as high as his chin and whose chest was so big that it was impossible to tell the front from the back, walking out of the darkness towards the warm yellow light, Marn thought for a moment that it was the angel from the Father of All Creations who had come to pick him up.

"Father of all, have mercy, is this really an angel?"

But on second thought:

Where are the angels in this world of trenches?! If there really were a one with two huge wings and a halo on its head, I’d be lucky if I didn’t push his head into the deep sea and drown it for a few rounds…

--boom!

Holly said seriously: "I accepted the commission from the witch lady to take you away from prison."

"Wait, a witch?" Maen asked confusedly, "Which witch?"

"I can't tell you. Anyway, I'm taking you away. This has nothing to do with your will, Mr. Marn. I'll take you to a safe place. Don't worry."

"Wait! I'm not going anywhere! I'm fine here, Wei..."

Maen immediately felt something was wrong, but before he could finish his words, the smell of tung oil lingered on his forehead, and beads of sweat began to seep out of his forehead.

The double-barreled shotgun pierced through the iron bars and struck Marn squarely on the forehead. Holly, having spent so much time on the streets, said with considerable skill, "If you don't agree, I'll kill you right now and take your body away. I still hope you'll cooperate. After all, your charges remain uncertain. Staying at Iris would surely be dangerous, wouldn't it? It's better to go somewhere else and make a difference."

"Somewhere else. Were you sent by Ansu?" Maen's mind was working at high speed, and when he calmed down, he knew who the so-called witch was.

——Back in the deep sea, he saw with his own eyes how Tia Sulph, who was protected by a false god of the deep sea, easily killed two sequence 7 spirit creatures of the Twin Snake Cult.

But with the real name on the tip of his tongue, he was afraid to say it out loud. If he guessed correctly, the level of the pseudo-god sequence in the deep sea might be beyond his imagination.

It’s better not to mention it too much.

Maen said, "Okay, I'll leave with you now. Where are you going?"

Holly said warily, "The witch said I can't tell you. Otherwise, I'll lose my meal money."

"Food money? If you can rescue me and send me to the land of the seven seas, I can provide you with food for the rest of your life. Not just food, I can give you anything you want!"

"People should be honest." Holly shook her head and said, "You are not honest, so you are not a good person. I don't trust you. The witch gave me a deposit and also gave me travel expenses. She is a good person, and I believe her."

Maan choked.

It was true—he was a notorious charlatan.

"Alright!" Marn raised his hands in surrender and asked, "Although the Hurkats Prison isn't like the Alchemy Institute's custom-built dungeons, the prison facilities are all made of real steel. How are you going to unlock the iron gate and let me out?"

Maan thought about it, imagining what kind of ritual this girl, whose spirituality was approaching Sequence 7, might use.