Chapter 1581: Divination
Two bulky carriages were traveling on a dirt road, leaving deep ruts behind.
Although they didn't look particularly remarkable, the doken that pulled these carriages looked very unusual.
*Kr-r-r-r...*
The carriage window opened a crack and a drunken old man looked out.
— That's all, the doken will no longer be able to go further, we are stopping.
The old man, who looked more like a bear, immediately hit the side of the koreta and shouted: "But-o-o-o-o!
Even though the old man was a drunk, it wasn't worth joking with him at all. In this group, he was the best detective and was good at repairing, making explosives, and killing.
Jos, the old man who looked more like a bear, was obviously a tank. He became the main strike force in nine out of ten battles.
Carmen was an assassin type. He wasn't as strong as Jos and didn't have the skills that Klofeller had, but overall he was a very strong fighter.
Gunther with Alzheimer's disease was a ranged fighter. He was proficient with bows and crossbows, shotguns, siege crossbows, blowguns, and all other long-range weapons. If a witch was captured alive, he was ultimately responsible for interrogating her.
The Undertaker, the Bloody Bear, the Ripper and the Sleuth… Their titles were quite unusual.
The old men themselves looked normal. There was no determination in their eyes to go back, because in their opinion, their death in the south was already preordained and it was their duty, but if they came back alive, it would be a huge stroke of luck and nothing more.
Inside the suicide squad carriage, Mortician had been staring blankly at the carriage wall for several minutes.
Yes, he had another bout of Alzheimer's.
— We'll go around here. If the line hasn't changed too much, there will be a big swamp here. When we get here, we'll see the southern fortress. Then we'll have to leave the carriages and go through the Dawn Gate here. If everything goes well, we will enter the Moyi family's territory. When we get there, our target will be the Dust Altar, and your target will be the Misty Castle, " Carmen said, pointing to the area marked with a blood-red circle.
— Will we pass through here? Su Xiao asked doubtfully and pointed at the location of the "Gate of Dawn».
— We have to go through this place. The gate wasn't built by witches. Because of the conditions, no witch will live near them. We've passed through the Tangled Forest or Wind Tower in the past, so we'll have to go this way this time, " Carmen replied. He was very experienced and knew the south very well, after all, he had been in enemy territory many times.
— Gate of dawn, my hometown... Mortician said suddenly.
Carmen smiled and shook his head, signaling him to ignore what the Undertaker had said. He often said incomprehensible things, which was not surprising given his Alzheimer's disease.
— When we pass through the gate, we'll have to tread carefully. We will try to find out the location of the Calamity in the Dust Altar as quickly as possible. The last few times she's been spotted in this city, but that was a couple of years ago. As for the Misty Castle... " and Carmen began to talk about it in detail.
Misty Castle was built halfway up the mountain. Because of the waterfalls on both sides of this mountain, it was always covered in fog, and if you looked at this castle from the foot of the mountain, it would seem that it was floating in this fog.
This castle belonged to the Moya family and its status was equivalent to the headquarters of the Holy Healing Church. Mo Nora had lived in it for many years. Unless they had something really important going on, she was always there.
A group of old men will deal with the Misfortune in the Ashes Altar while Su Xiao attacks the Misty Castle. Two groups will try to do everything at the same time. When Su Xiao finds Mo Nora, a group of old men will try to capture Misfortune, preferably alive, and kill her when the time is right.
The Dust Altar and Mist Castle weren't too far apart, but even with that, it would be difficult to achieve synchronicity, although this problem was solved by Su Xiao's wireless headphones.
Although Carmen immediately called this item magical and realized that it was clearly ahead of their time, he didn't ask about it, and Su Xiao didn't explain anything.
They both knew that this was not the time for internal conflicts.
— That's all. Did everyone remember the plan? Carmen asked and looked at Su Xiao.
— There are no problems.
— Okay, but before we go to the gate, there's something we need to do, " Carmen said, and gripped his cane.
These old men were strong and had clearly earned their reputation, but they hadn't hunted witches for a long time and needed a warm-up, especially the Undertaker.
Currently, the group was still in the central plains and was actively advancing towards the south.
If they wanted to exercise, they couldn't have found a better place to do so in the south.
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South, Misty Castle.
A rushing waterfall tumbled down, carrying the roar of water to the entire valley.
At the bottom of the valley, wooden houses could be vaguely seen. The witch village wasn't all that luxurious. After all, most witches were stay-at-home mothers. As long as they had enough resources, these abnormal women could sit around for half a year or even a year, spending all their free time getting more power or developing new weapons.
If you put it this way, witches weren't all that dangerous, but there was one important detail: witches in the past were just ordinary girls and women, so they were 99% similar in body structure to an ordinary person. Because of this, when they were developing a new potion, for example, they obviously wanted to test it on someone so that their development wouldn't accidentally kill them or cause them serious harm.
Witches were really not dangerous when they stayed at home, but when they ran out of ingredients and "test subjects", they went outside, and obviously it never led to anything good.
From the house in this valley, there was crying, and as time passed, the crying became fainter and fainter.
On the inner side of this " U " shaped valley was a mountain. A castle was built between two waterfalls on the mountain. Due to his obviously advanced age, he had already almost merged with this mountain.
In the pool directly below the castle, the water was constantly flying in all directions, which caused fog to constantly swirl here.
The water that flowed from this waterfall was not really cold, but hot, because there was a natural hot spring there.
More than a dozen witches were basking in this hot spring. Although witches were stay-at-home types, that didn't mean they didn't like cleanliness, especially when they had a natural hot spring right at hand.
*Gurgling...*
A girl with short white hair plunged into the hot water. A dozen witches immediately started keeping an eye on her, making sure nothing happened to her.
This girl was a white witch of the fourth rank. She broke the already established system of this world and was able to awaken the skill of predicting the future when she moved to the fourth rank. She did not rely on words or signs, but could literally see the future at any moment, although this power had one vulnerability — if the future affected strong creatures, the prediction could be very inaccurate.
Even so, she became the favorite of most black witches. Which of them was not in danger? With it, any of them could save their lives..
— Amy, if you keep soaking here, you'll get dizzy, " the chubby witch said, and pulled the little girl out of the hot spring.
— The future... " the girl suddenly said in a lifeless voice. Hearing this, the dozen witches around her immediately glared at her, while the chubby witch froze.
— Amy, what did you see? "What is it?" she asked, and lifted her gently into her arms. Although her ability was strong, it had a serious disadvantage.
Each such prediction was reflected on her body.
After a while, the girl came to her senses and tapped her fingers lightly on the water.
The hot spring immediately rippled and a picture appeared on the water.
— These old men... witch hunters?
— They look familiar, so they probably are.
— Have all the witch hunters from the Church of Holy Healing died? Why did some old men go south?
Just as the witches finished whispering, a black witch with white hair and a scar that crossed her entire face suddenly rose up from the water.
— The old witch's lips were trembling, and there was fear in her eyes.
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