Chapter 124: Shadow Big Hammer?
A complete witch ritual…
Peiya focused and thought about this possibility.
“What happens if the ritual isn’t completed?”
“Uh… about that…”
Hunhun clearly got stuck and started struggling to find words.
“As far as I know, there’s no record of that. I don’t have any memory of it. Maybe, Master, you’ll be the first case in history.”
Peiya sighed helplessly. “So, in other words, you don’t know either?”
“Y-Yes… but it’s okay! As the all-knowing master, you’ll figure it out!”
“Stop talking nonsense. I don’t know either. But it’s fine. It’s not like it will make me self-destruct, right?”
“M-Master, you can joke about food, but don’t joke like that. Don’t say things like that!”
“Fair enough.” Peiya waved her hand casually. “Whatever. It is what it is. I’ll just go to sleep.”
Peiya walked to the bathroom. While washing up, she kept everything else out of her mind.
Hunhun had already run outside through the window to find food on her own. In her own words:
“I’m super strong now! I’m going to find the ones who bullied me before and beat them up!”
Peiya fully supported that.
After all, Hunhun was relying on her own strength. There was no need to hide it. Besides, Peiya also wanted to test how strong Hunhun had become after getting smarter.
In the future, Hunhun would help her suppress the Witch’s Heart. If she wasn’t strong enough, it would be a pity if she got destroyed by backlash.
Shadow creatures were one of the few “weak” beings that actually had some talent, They were just too foolish before.
If they had communicated more back then, things might have been different. But thinking about it, very few creatures could even speak like this.
Witches also had no reason to communicate with shadow creatures, and from Hunhun’s description, other witches seemed a bit crazy.
Now, Peiya was the first person to complete a witch ritual while still fully clear-minded. She might even be the key to changing the fate of all witches.
Peiya turned the knob controlling the water. Warm water poured over her head. She cleaned herself quickly with body wash, and only then noticed how few skincare products she had.
She actually knew a bit about these things. She had learned some when preparing daily items for Anna before, but those products were quite expensive.
But now things were different. With the money she earned from registering patents at the guild, plus the reward promised by President Maya, she had plenty of gold coins to spend.
If needed, she could also borrow from Elise. Money wasn’t really a problem anymore. The only issue was not just gold, but also materials.
Before hunting the Ice Bear King, Peiya had promised Elise that she would make her a set of armor. But she still had no clear idea where to get the materials.
Her plan was to make a list in the next few days and ask Elise to help look for them. If nothing worked, she would switch to other materials and improve it later.
Peiya turned off the water and walked out of the bathroom.
Then she saw—
By the window, wearing a cloak, with a hammer floating in the air…
Hunhun!?
If someone didn’t know better, they would think it was some kind of violent criminal. But this was actually Hunhun.
Did she really go out to fight?
And judging from how she looked… it seemed like she actually won.
“Hunhun~”
The shadow in the air spun 180 degrees, then dived straight down to the ground.
“I won! Those guys were all scared away by me. Just like I thought, even strong people can’t handle a big hammer!”
As she spoke, Hunhun swung the hammer around, as if trying to show exactly how she fought just now.
Peiya gave a forced smile. It wasn’t that she disliked Hunhun or her getting revenge… but this was a bit too much.
Just imagine, a hammer floating in the air, attacking anyone it sees. That would leave a huge mental shock on new adventurers.
Peiya held her forehead, feeling a bit troubled. Of course, she was happy that Hunhun got her revenge, but she couldn’t help worrying… would this little one become too arrogant later?
“Hunhun, from now on, when you’re outside and I’m around, you can’t just swing your hammer like that, okay?”
“Hm?”
“It will scare people.”
“Oh, okay, no problem.”
Hunhun nodded quickly.
(So that means… if Master isn’t around, I can swing the hammer?)
“Master, by the way, I found something else. One of the small followers I defeated told me that recently there are some strange guys around here. There’s a wolf that’s been eating magical beasts freely.
She said if I can defeat it, I can become the new boss here.”
“W-What are you even talking about…”
Peiya felt a bit confused. It sounded like Hunhun had joined some strange group.
“It’s a wolf-like creature wandering around here recently. They don’t know much either. But I think it’s very possible. After all, they really did submit to me. Some of them even returned the food they stole from me before.”
Hunhun shook her cloak, and a pile of magic cores fell to the ground. Peiya checked them, they were all of good quality.
She picked one up casually as her dinner and continued:
“Then it’s probably true… but wait, how could a wandering magical beast not be detected by the official organizations? This is the city center, how could there be no monitoring at all?
Unless it’s a sudden situation, and the authorities are also searching for it. But if it’s a beast on the run, then its danger level is very high.
Anyway, don’t act recklessly. You just learned new abilities, and your power isn’t stable yet. There’s no need to risk your life now.”
“No problem. But I’m worried it might come and attack you, Lady Witch. I heard wolf-type magical beasts are very troublesome. People say wolves are dangerous.”
“Thanks for your concern. It’s fine, I know what I’m doing.”
Peiya thought about the wolf and remembered the Demon Wolf from before. Could there be a connection…
Hunhun had told her before that the reason for the red moon was the howl of the Demon Wolf, and those cult groups were also connected to it. If that was true…
Then the current wolf-type creatures must be closely related to that Demon Wolf.
Peiya considered this for two reasons. First, the recent appearances of the Demon Wolf had become more frequent.
Second, she believed that if she were the Church, they couldn’t possibly not know about these past events related to the gods. The recent incident of magical beast corpses appearing in the river didn’t seem like a coincidence.
Now Hunhun was telling her about a wolf wandering inside the city. No matter how she looked at it, things were not that simple.
And then there was also the Beast Tamer Association, which clearly had its own problems.
All these issues felt like sharp needles hanging over her head, making it hard for her to focus on anything else.
As Peiya was thinking, she noticed a notebook in her hand. It was glowing with a strange light.
Looking closer, she realized Hunhun had possessed the notebook. Hunhun had thoughtfully recorded everything she experienced along the way, making it easy for Peiya to understand what had happened.
Seeing this, Peiya smiled slightly and gave Hunhun a thumbs up, who was clearly waiting for praise.
“Good job.”