Chapter 1550: Burnt City and Parasites
Su Xiao was confident that he would encounter other magical witches in the future. Moreover, such witches were too strange. If after one of the battles he leaves behind a tuft of his hair or a drop of blood, such a witch can cause him a lot of small and not very big problems later.
After thinking about it, he immediately chose the second option. In this world, he will be able to collect more chests, and the choice was between protection and a gold-quality chest.
— This... is that all?" Melody muttered as she walked over to check on the witch's body. The infamous ogre witch was already dead. She even asked her for help before she died, as if an even bigger monster had come for her soul.
Because of the loud sounds, the civilians had long since fled from this warehouse, but now the guards in scaled armor began to flock to it one by one. After they found out what had happened, they quickly cordoned off the area and evacuated civilians from nearby streets.
This wasn't so that Su Xiao wouldn't be able to escape, but so that he wouldn't have any unnecessary problems.
Witch hunters among ordinary people had a very high reputation.
Su Xiao then went to the witch's body, took her palm print with her own blood, drew the same blood into a test tube, and picked up a few black crystals near her body.
With this, he will be able to prove that he really killed the holiday witch Kate.
— Your reward, " Su Xiao said, and tossed Melody a bag of gold coins.
Compared to the promises, heavy gold coins motivated people much better.
And it was true. Melody immediately beamed when she estimated the weight of the bag.
— There should definitely be something valuable in her lair, leave it to me, " Melody said and quickly ran into the warehouse.
Bubtney grinned from nearby.
When he came down, even he almost threw up.
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Five minutes later.
— Ugh~, " Melody slowly walked out of the warehouse, bending over and holding on to the wall with one hand while stroking her stomach with the other.
Bean-sized tears rolled down her cheeks.
The smell in this warehouse was truly disgusting, but not just the smell — the scene that awaited her in this warehouse was several times worse than the smell.
— Even if she's a black witch... she's too cruel! She deserves to die!
When Melody saw the witch's lair, she doubted if it was true. The guards who came down some time later immediately moved to the side at the sight of this scene. They were experienced warriors, but even they couldn't hold back and only managed to retreat to a corner.
This warehouse was a living hell.
— Mr. Witch Hunter, " the white witch said with an ugly expression. Her name was Aini Claudia, and she was the ruler of the local land and the big shot Melody wanted to pass herself off as. "This is my thanks to you," Aini said, holding out a wooden box.
The guards of the city were already sorting out the hell that was going on inside the warehouse. With each body brought out, the chatter of men and women nearby became more obvious, and sometimes screams rolled through the surrounding area when one of the local onlookers recognized their loved ones in these bodies..
Very quickly the cordon was completely surrounded by civilians.
After Su Xiao confirmed that the witch didn't leave any "gifts" behind, he went to the exit of the city.
As soon as he entered the crowd, a little girl of about five or six years old blocked Su Xiao's path.
She was looking at Su Xiao with her big, clear eyes.
— Here, " the little girl said, and held out an apple-like fruit.
— Thank you, " Su Xiao replied, then took it and quickly disappeared into the crowd.
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Standing in front of the carriage outside the city, Melody crossed her arms and looked at Su Xiao with a smile. — Well?" It's nice to be admired by others?
— They don't admire me, they admire the witch hunters. All these honors belong to them.
— Kate had a very bad name. Many white witches and hunters have died at her hands, and in any case, aren't you a witch hunter?
— Who knows? Stop talking nonsense already and let's go, " Su Xiao replied and entered the carriage.
Although he was nominally a witch hunter, his goal was somewhat different from that of other hunters, as they all killed witches because of their beliefs.
But since they were currently busy with one thing, it was precisely because of this that Su Xiao accepted the apple from that girl.
The witch hunt isn't going to end there.
Su Xiao's next target is Nikodo City. According to reliable information, a couple of witches entered this city a day earlier.
It looked like they wanted to do something big.
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A day later,
scorched
city.
Smoke rose slowly from the houses, or what was left of them.
When Su Xiao arrived here, half of the city was already reduced to embers.
Inside the magnificent hall, an old man with a pale complexion was reclining on the back of a throne, completely covered by a blanket.
There were several servants standing next to him with bottles and jugs in their hands, occasionally serving wine to the old man.
— Mr. Witch Hunter, you've finally arrived — " the old man tried to straighten up while trembling, but even after several attempts, he couldn't move.
— The plague? Su Xiao asked, stopping a step away from the king.
— After saying this, the old king waved his hand, and the servant who was standing next to him quickly left and soon returned with a glass bottle with a black beetle inside.
This bug was about the size of a fingernail.
— If it bites a person, that person won't live more than five days, and yes, I was also bitten by such a small bug — " As he said this, he lowered his head and signaled to a servant nearby.
The servant quickly exposed the old man's chest, and there was a black pattern on his chest that looked like a sea urchin, but it looked more like a full-fledged tattoo.
— I ordered half of the city to be burned to the ground, but unfortunately, those little bugs didn't disappear. Master, whatever you do next, I'll take care of it. Avenge my people. They did it, there's no doubt about it, they definitely did it... " In the process, the old man grabbed Su Xiao's clothes, however, his grip began to weaken very quickly.
His servants turned their heads away, unwilling to show their tears, indicating that this old man was a good ruler.
— I'm so sleepy...
After checking the old man's symptoms, Su Xiao realized that it really wasn't the plague. The tattoo on his chest was a mark, and this mark gradually absorbed the king's life force and transferred this energy to something inside his body.
Su Xiao's two fingers immediately stabbed straight into the king's chest.
— You!.. the servants ' eyes immediately turned red. At this moment, they forgot that Su Xiao was a witch hunter, they only wanted to save their king.
Su Xiao pulled out his fingers, but there was now a black egg the size of a normal chicken egg between them.
Something alive was writhing inside that black egg.
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Kr-r-r
Su Xiao crushed the egg without much trouble and a sweet smell immediately came out.
There was a solid amount of vitality stored inside this egg, so the sweet smell that escaped was really pleasant.
The king opened his eyes, but because of weakness, after a few seconds he closed them again, but now he began to snore, and his snoring was very loud.
His life wasn't in danger now, so the life force absorbed by this egg would be restored after a while.
— Su Xiao muttered and roughly estimated the situation in the city. Several magical witches were draining the vitality of the locals at once. These black beetles were called "fish worms", usually these worms were parasitized in river fish, however, due to the influence of magic witches, these worms became beetles with an extremely nasty ability.
This modified beetle died after laying eggs. No one hatched from such eggs, these eggs only absorbed the life force of their owner, and they did not have a physical body, but were completely composed of energy, if not for the energy of Qing Gang Yin, Su Xiao would not have been able to get this egg at all.
— How many rivers does the city have? With clear water and a weak current.
— There's only one like this! The young servant immediately answered the question and stepped forward.
— And the city takes about thirty percent of all its water from it? Su Xiao asked, confirming his guess. When he read the books in the library of the Church of Holy Healing, he gained a lot of knowledge about witches. For a successful witch hunt, you had to have more than just powerful strength.
— No, more than seventy percent.
— Su Xiao muttered and thought for a moment.
If it was rank four witches, let alone 70% of the drinking water, even if they only poisoned 40%, there would be no one left alive in this entire city by the time he arrived.
So there was something that Su Xiao couldn't understand, which was exactly where these rank three witches got so much confidence from to dare destroy such a large city with a population of over 10,000 people at once.
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