Chapter 1557: To the West
After jumping off the train, Su Xiao took out a map and waited for his transport.
With nothing else to do, he opened the task list.
Since he completed a side quest, he could collect the reward for completing it.
[You have obtained 3 large soul Crystals.
Your reputation on this planet has increased by 2 points, and since the Hunter eliminated "Blood Resentment", the Hunter has become famous among witches.]
Su Xiao immediately put away the soul crystals in his inventory. As for the reputation boost reward, it was something new and interesting.
Due to the fact that this fight was taking place on a train that was almost completely filled with people, news of Mira's elimination spread very quickly around the world, which meant that a large number of witches and lords of various sizes would find out about the existence of a single witch hunter named Byakuya.
This had both advantages and disadvantages.
While Su Xiao was planning what he should do next, a carriage pulled up to him.
The three doken were constantly exhaling white steam, they were obviously very tired.
Su Xiao himself had spent a lot of effort in this battle, so he didn't mind taking a rest in nature for 2-3 hours, at the very least, he had to give at least a little time for these horses to rest.
After 3 hours, the three doken became more energetic. Although they clearly hadn't fully recovered yet, it was clear from their expressions that they were ready to move on.
— Get ready, " Su Xiao said, and led the way into the carriage.
Bubtney hopped into the driver's seat to enjoy the scenery.
— Can we get some more rest? Melody asked, stretching. She was the weakest in their group and due to the constant travel, her body seemed to be about to fall apart at this moment. "Okay, so where do we go next?" Which unlucky witch will be our next target?
During the time she spent with Su Xiao, she realized that any witch who became his target would eventually die.
— To the west.
— To the west… Wait, west? Melody asked and looked at Su Xiao in surprise. She knew a lot about the west, after all, her hometown, Xiwan, was located in the west.
— You know Xiwan well?
Noticing something strange about Melody, Su Xiao put down the map and looked at it.
— A little, " she said vaguely, and pressed herself against the wall of the carriage.
— Really? Then tell me what you know about this city, " he said, and lit a cigarette.
The carriage quickly filled with smoke.
Melody opened the window and took a deep breath.
— I lived in Siwan until I was seventeen... " mumbled Melody, looking at the scenery outside the window with a smile on her face.
— I'm not interested in your life story. Skip the meaningless details and get to the point.
— Uh~, okay, " Melody replied, the corners of her mouth twitching twice. She wanted to talk about the misfortunes of her childhood, such as how her parents were slaves, how she became a handyman for a witch in her youth and could die at any moment.
But in front of Su Xiao, it was useless to pretend to be a victim. If Melody dares to continue talking nonsense, he will immediately help her get to the right part.
— Siwan is surrounded by the sea on one side and mountains on the other three. It is located on the westernmost territory of the Church of the Holy Healing. This city is almost isolated from the outside world. It's more like a thorn nurtured by witches on the border of the Holy Healing Church's territories.
With Melody's help, Su Xiao understood the situation of this city better. First of all, Siwan was surrounded by mountains on three sides. Due to human intervention, these mountains eventually became insurmountable and were filled with various traps.
As for the sea, for the civilians of the city, the sea was the main source of food. It wasn't just witches who lived in this city. Witches didn't want to work and most witches had bad tempers, so they needed ordinary people. As for where all these ordinary people came from, it was very simple — they were slaves.
The witches who lived in Siwani had a rule that they couldn't harm the locals. As for outsiders, they could do as they pleased with them.
When the first hungry slaves arrived in Xiwan, they were 90% afraid of witches and 10% admired them. After all, they had come into close contact with "supernatural powers", so their admiration for this inexplicable power was part of the inevitable.
Over time, the slaves discovered that the witches did not harm them, but only regularly collected food, minerals, basic necessities, and so on. Although they collected a substantial portion of their loot, these witches were more intelligent and understanding than the slave owners.
As a result, over time, a favorable and reasonable system was formed. A few generations later, the descendants of the first slaves were fully integrated into the witch social system. They were willing to work for them, and the girls who managed to become witches were proud to be part of something bigger.
More than 80% of the witches who roamed the grounds of the Church of Holy Healing were not from the south, but from the west.
The Church of Holy Healing was concerned about this cancer, which had grown to such proportions over time, but the journey was long and the siege was impossible. As for attacking from the sea, it was an even crazier idea. More than 50% of the inhabitants of this planet had never set foot in the sea, and even the navigation technology of the Church of Holy Healing was extremely backward. It made no sense to allocate resources for the development of such technologies, since in addition to this, it would also be necessary to allocate money for other related technologies.
In addition, the biggest problem of the Holy Healing Church was the "Witch Kingdom" in the south, not the piece of land in the west. Moreover, Xiwan was located on the border and had very limited resources. Even though there were new witches appearing, they weren't enough to pose a threat to the Church of Holy Healing. As for the deaths of some of the civilians in this city, they had to take care of all of humanity, not just a very small part of it.
Xiwan was a malignant tumor, but ordinary people didn't live so badly in this city.
Witch hunters only occasionally paid attention to this city, but usually no one would try to kill any witch in this city.
— So, if we go to Xiwan, everyone we meet will be our enemies, including ordinary people. They are similar... Melody clenched her fists as she said that. "I've always believed that witches are sacred and that we shouldn't treat them with hostility, even black witches, because they're just a little different..." — It wasn't until I left this cage that I realized that the witches in Siwan were holding people hostage and corrupting their souls to keep them obedient. Can you imagine what it's like to be born a slave right away? But the worst thing about it is that the people of Sivani are proud of it. In their hearts Maurice is a goddess...
Su Xiao stared at her intently.
— Maurice?
— Yes, the ruler of Sivani, Maurice.
— She knows where the Land of Death is?
— I don't know. The Land of death has nothing to do with it, although there is something- " Melody suddenly remembered something and quickly fell silent, her eyes filled with fear.
She broke the taboo.
At that moment a hand touched her face and Qing Gang Yin's energy quickly flowed into her body.
A great pain immediately hit her body, it was so unbearable that she lost control of her body.
— Oooh!
Tears began to flow from her eyes, and sobs kept coming out of her mouth.
Three energies battled in her body at once, and she soon lost consciousness.
Ten minutes later, Melody regained consciousness and muttered:: "Me.".. couldn't kill the old woman from the south?
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