Chapter 111: Who is more handsome?
“That makes sense. If that’s the case, then it’s simple. Let’s keep going inside and take a look. These people can’t deal with monsters without leaving any trace.”
People who often throw stones know this. Throw far away, bury nearby. Anything that is done will leave traces, there is no perfect crime.
“That’s the only way. I’m good at mind magic and have talent in searching. Victoria, your holy light should also have similar abilities. I think it’s best if we split up and search.”
“No problem.” Peiya nodded in agreement.
“Then where do we meet? Back here?” Victoria asked.
“That’s right. Let’s move.”
After Maya finished speaking, they split up. But not long after, Victoria found Maya again.
“You did that on purpose just now, didn’t you? You wanted to send Peiya away.”
“Oh? You noticed?”
“Of course. Peiya’s ability is special, so if she stays with us, it will stop her from using her full strength.”
Victoria looked at the constantly changing dark shadows in the distance and let out a soft sigh.
“Her ability is really like a little monster. How did the ancestor choose her as the successor?”
“Do you know what adventurers often say? Heroes are not judged by where they come from. Thinking too much about these meaningless things just wastes your brain.”
“I can’t help it. And just now I was wondering, how did Lady Elise manage to control someone like her? If it were me, I’d probably end up being led around by Peiya.”
“Who knows? Anyway, don’t ask too much about other people’s private matters. Get to work. You should have seen it too, that incident just now was definitely not an accident. I don’t believe someone would kill monsters for no reason. Recently, I heard that some cultists are trying to sacrifice living beings to a witch. Their threatening letters have been giving us headaches every day. I even suspect it was those idiots.”
“Cultists again? Why are they back? They’re like cockroaches, you can’t get rid of them.”
Victoria clenched her fists. Heretics were also the most hated enemies of the Holy Institute. You could say they stood completely against the Church.
“By the way… that witch, have you ever seen one alive? Is she very beautiful?”
Victoria suddenly thought of this. The witch had been revived, right?
But why hadn’t she noticed anything? And a witch should be a young girl, right?
Then appearance must matter. As the saying goes, if you don’t attack me, then I will attack you.
Maya glared at Victoria, a bit annoyed. “What? Are you going to let looks decide your values?”
“Of course not. I’m just curious, can she be as pretty as Miss Peiya? She’s the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen.”
Victoria smiled like a gossip-loving aunt.
“Control yourself. Don’t act like the nosy lady next door all the time. The witch isn’t as pretty as Peiya. End of discussion.”
“You’ve seen her?”
“No.”
“Then how can you be so sure?”
“That’s just what I think. What, are you taking the witch’s side?”
“Of course not!”
“Then hurry up and get to work.”
“Okay…”
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On the other side of the Calamity Forest, a white figure was moving quickly forward. Peiya watched the trees rushing backward and didn’t expect her witch powers to be this strong.
“Yingying, how did you do it?”
Peiya held the water mirror. In the mirror, her witch form hadn’t changed much. Only the ends of her hair had a slight pink color.
At that moment, ripples appeared on the surface of the mirror. A figure jumped out from inside, splashing through the mirror like water, and began making soft “ying ying” sounds.
“Ying~”
Just a moment ago, Peiya used a blessing spell, trying to let Yingying merge into her shadow under her feet.
Last time, when Peiya learned that Yingying could absorb other people’s emotions, she had a bold idea. She wanted Yingying to try to absorb the restraints that the witch had placed on her.
Possessing something like the void is a bit difficult, but with her blessing ability, Peiya kept strengthening the unique connection between Yingying and that link.
This allowed her targeted blessing magic to use the shadow creature’s possession ability to trace the location of the Witch’s Heart and forcefully access it.
In simple terms, it’s like challenging the “on/off switch” of the Witch’s Heart. It only opens when she uses it. When she stops, it closes again and waits for the next time.
During this process, Yingying acted as the medium for Peiya’s magic.
After Yingying merged in, Peiya found that the witch’s restraint on her body was also taken away together with Yingying.
Getting both benefits at once felt really great.
The Witch’s Heart had awakened, but not completely.
This kind of power was almost like a cheat. A witch ability that could be locked or unlocked at any time, there were so many things she could do with it.
“Yingying, about how long can you remove my restrictions?”
“My Lady Witch, I can do it for about five minutes right now. I can only barely control it with your blessing magic. If I keep training, I might be able to do better.”
“Don’t feel discouraged. You’ve already done very well.”
Yingying’s performance completely exceeded Peiya’s expectations. She didn’t expect the little girl to have such strong talent.
Actually, shadow creatures already have very powerful possession abilities, but most of them lack intelligence.
It’s like a mage who has maxed out magical power but then runs straight at the enemy to fight hand-to-hand.
“Hey, Yingying, you silly thing!”
“Eng?”
Being suddenly praised, Yingying made a confused sound. She didn’t really understand what Peiya meant, but it was probably praise, so she made a strange happy noise.
“Uh, I was praising you. Also, let me ask you something. Those bodies on the river just now, can you possess them and make them swim to the shore?”
“Eng?” The shadow creature spun around, checked the surroundings, then quickly came back.
“Yingying can do it. Do you want me to bring all of them up?”
“You can see them?”
Peiya remembered that Maya and the others couldn’t see them.
“I can’t see them, but I can sense their magic cores. So I can still possess them. But yours feels like a black hole, even with your blessing, I can only barely stay inside your shadow.”
“……”
Peiya felt a bit speechless. The more she looked at the shadow creature’s ability, the stronger it seemed.
But most shadow creatures can’t speak. In other words, their abilities can only spread among monsters.
Her shadow creature was probably the first one to learn human knowledge and actively study.
In terms of talent and performance, it felt like fate gave you a window but took away the door and your legs at the same time.
Which god’s authority do shadow creatures belong to? Why are they both strong and weak at the same time?
“Ying! Yingying sensed it, the magic core’s presence is getting closer. It’s right behind us!”
“Wha—”
Before Peiya could finish speaking, a flash of lightning appeared behind her, and a sharp claw attacked from the back.
When she turned around and looked carefully, it was a tiger. But unlike normal tiger-type monsters, this one was covered in black flames.
“Yingying, try to possess it and calm it down.”
“No.”
“What’s wrong?”
Peiya frowned. This was the first time Yingying had refused her order.
“There’s a strange aura on it, very similar to the ones on the river. I can feel that it is devouring life.”
“Yingying, you’re actually quite smart. Alright, if we can’t handle it smartly, then we’ll fight it directly. This is a good chance to test the witch’s power.”
Peiya took a fighting stance and rubbed her nose with her finger.
“There are four minutes of witch power left… but that’s enough.”