Chapter Thirty-Two: The Night's Feast

  Deep in the forest, inside a delicately decorated treehouse, a gentle melody is flowing slowly.

  This is the tone of the cello, rich and full, low and lyrical. The performer's skill is obviously at a master level, if placed in the most famous concert hall in the Kingdom of Bellmare, it would be enough to make all the court musicians lose face.

  However, the performer seemed to be completely unbothered by this seemingly perfect solo, and at a moment when he was supposed to reach a **, he casually pulled out a long glissando and stopped.

  Then a hoarse, saw-like voice suddenly exploded: "Wow, another adventurer who doesn't know how to die is coming into the bowl! Master, let's go and get rid of them!"

  That was a black crow, in the sun-dappled quiet tree house, this all-black guy flapped its wings, agilely jumping up and down, like a bouncing rubber ball.

  In the center of the treehouse room, where sunlight couldn't reach, a black-haired and black-clothed girl was quietly putting away musical instruments.

  "A 23rd-level Ghost Swordsman, Gunner and Blue Fist Saint, a 24th-level Elementalist - it's not enough! Caw caw, with this little strength, what are those long-eared ones doing outside? How did they let them sneak in?! Neglecting their duties, dereliction of duty, they must offer sufficient fruit as tribute, otherwise I won't forgive them!" The crow pecked at the invisible magical net in the air and continued to shout.

  "No, the Ghost Swordsmen and Elementalists have reached level 30..." The black-haired girl shook her head, then let out a sigh as if she had sensed something.

  What's there to explain about this stupid crow? In the end, it's oneself who fights, not it.

  However, the girl was indeed very concerned, because those two not only had powers far beyond surface level, but even she couldn't see through them. Such intruders can't be left unattended due to temporary laziness, or it will only cause more trouble.

  "Robin, let's go." The girl made up her mind.

  "Off we go! Off we go! Master, let me take the lead!" With that, the crow shot out of the window like an arrow from a bowstring.

  The girl sighed and didn't even want to say another word.

  It's midnight and it's winter, and I have to run all the way to such a far place, it's really troublesome!

  However, complaints aside, she still obediently put on her hat and gloves, then walked towards the door. The small figure looked like it was going for a walk rather than heading into battle, extremely relaxed.

  "Alice? Otterlop, the spirits call her the Fog Witch, but in reality she's a Summoner." Midy explained the situation to the other three while advancing along the invisible stream of magical power.

  Summoner, a profession that mainly uses demons, spirits and contract monsters to fight, is not very powerful in itself. Its strength depends on the strength of the summoned beast, and the combination and command of different summoned beasts.

  The main job of a summoner in battle is to provide some magical power for the summoned beasts. In addition, they perform various amplifications, harass enemies, or at critical moments, force the summoned beast to sacrifice itself and use the explosion of magic to damage the enemy. However, that's already a last resort choice, generally in combat, summoners won't do that.

  In short, this is a very skillful and brainy profession that must be summoned in sets to avoid breaking through, and is quite cumbersome in combat.

  However, just as Fiona is no ordinary elemental master, Middy is no ordinary ghost swordsman.

  Alicia, who can firmly control a forest equivalent to the size of an earl's territory and make the proud elves bow their heads in submission, how could she be an ordinary summoner?

  Those bizarre and varied attribute summoning beasts of hers, Mide just thinking about them makes her feel troublesome, let alone the effects that would be produced when those summoning beasts are combined.

  If Fina is a sniper rifle that no one can rival, then Alice is a profound and abstruse maze. Once you enter it, you can't find the exit. Under various tangible and intangible attacks, you may not even know how you die.

  Maybe, or perhaps, even death itself might go unnoticed?

  That's what makes Alice terrifying.

  And the biggest problem is that the situation in this life and the previous one is very different.

  Although in the previous life, Mide and Alice were also in an intimate relationship, it does not mean that in this life, he can create a bond between them out of thin air.

  It's a fact that in the previous life, Mide was almost at a dead end. The Fina he wanted to protect had fallen into a coma with a high fever, and behind them were the pursuers of the Delos Empire. In this situation, it was only natural for Alice to lend a helping hand. Essentially, the Fog Witch is kind-hearted and pure. Moreover, the Delos Empire is also her enemy, so the three people can quickly come together.

  War and crisis always make young boys and girls mature ahead of time.

  But what about now? It's not even an imperial invasion, let alone the great fire of Lorain's forest. The current Mide is not a desperate refugee, but an unadulterated invader, and the reason for the invasion is nothing more than a struggle for interest between nobles. For the Fog Witch, these are too mundane things that can't even be put on the table.

  It's probably impossible to immediately establish a bond with comrades like in the previous life.

  Fortunately, Middy knew that he had something on him that would definitely interest Alice, so at least he was confident that they could start with a mutually beneficial trading relationship and then slowly look for opportunities.

  Don't rush, be patient, as long as all three of us are here, we will be fine. One day, we can return to that moment in time once again.

  Midi kept telling himself that, but he couldn't help recalling the bits and bobs of his time with Alice, the warmth of their daily life making his mouth curve up slightly.

  "Are you familiar with that Fog Witch?" A cold voice rang out, pulling Midie out of his memories and throwing him into an icy cellar.

  "It's not like we're familiar." Facing Fina's sharp gaze that seemed to pierce through him, Midie's forehead began to sweat.

  Lover relationship, isn't it different from acquaintance relationship?

  Midi's brain was racing to figure out how to respond to further questioning, but unexpectedly, the future Magic Bullet Queen didn't press for a clearer answer and just hummed softly.

  This guy, is hiding again! Fina felt extremely annoyed in her heart, but she had already decided not to dig into his secrets for the time being, and since they were currently in a battle state, she didn't continue questioning him. However, Middy's expression of happiness that accidentally slipped out earlier made Fina feel uneasy in her heart again, and she really wanted to destroy something.

  However, Fiona didn't know that in fact, more often than not, Middy was also looking at her with this same happy gaze when she wasn't aware of it.

  A silence and a few sparse words passed between the two, Sigmund and Lilian exchanged a knowing glance, deliberately falling back to avoid being drawn into the storm.

  Sensing the heavy atmosphere, Mide was about to explain something when a sudden surge of magical power caused all four of them to stop in their tracks.

  No more anxiety and solemnity, in an instant, the entire team immediately entered a state of combat readiness.

  "Something is coming from the north, with a vast range." Lirien, who was sensitive to magic, immediately sounded the alarm.

  "Is it the Fog Witch?" Fina, who was confident and now even more so with a fiery passion, exclaimed eagerly.

  "No, it seems like fog?" Sigmund narrowed his eyes, which had excellent night vision, and observed ahead.

  When he heard the word "fog", Midei's eyebrows furrowed involuntarily, and this was indeed a case of fearing what might come.

  The next moment, with the cold wind of a winter night, a white misty fog came surging in like a tide. In an instant, the clear moonlight was gone, the vast forest sea was gone, and the four adventurers standing on this land were all swallowed up in it.

  The air suddenly became extremely humid, breathing became heavy, the refraction of sound waves produced deviations, and the field of view that originally needed to rely on moonlight to see clearly could only distinguish a position at most three meters away, and all five senses were restricted.

  But a bigger problem is that in this endless fog, there are magical threads woven by the mist witch's summoning beasts, like a huge spider web, which not only provides various enhancement effects for the summoning beasts, but also weakens the power of enemies in the fog.

  This is one of the most famous summoned beasts of the Fog Witch, the Fog Demon "Night's Feast".

  Midi couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart - the upper hand had summoned a Night's Feast, and with the forest's own magic added to it, this was going to be a full-scale battle. Wasn't it a bit too much to welcome four adventurers with such fanfare?

  However, it's also clear that Midy and Feena in this life are far stronger than they were in the previous one, so Alice, who fears trouble, would naturally go all out from the start to avoid future troubles. The butterfly effect after reincarnation has appeared once again, and it happened on the person Midy cares about most, leaving him somewhat unprepared.

  But since it has come to this point, there is no possibility of retreat either.

  At present, there is only one battle.

  No need to say more, the four of them immediately stuck together, in the evening with extremely poor visibility and surrounded by fog, huddling together was the most correct approach.

  Earlier on the way, Midei had already explained to Alice some of the tricky summoning beasts' actions and attack modes, so everyone didn't panic because of this fog.

  Fina launched a preemptive attack against the powerful Summoned Beast and Eris, who was backed by the magical power of the entire forest.

  Innumerable flames converged from all directions, accompanied by a deafening roar, gathering at one point, and suddenly bursting forth like a dragon emerging from the water, whipping up a massive fire column with a diameter of over five meters. The fire column shot into the sky, instantly opening up a vast expanse in the white mist!

  Elemental Master skill, Flame Strike.