Chapter Thirty-Five: Under the Moonlit Night

  After the most intense but short-lived battle, the cat demons licked their wounds and howled as they fled.

  The Fog Witch left, and the fog demons and night demons immediately dispersed silently. The demonic vines also obediently retracted their petals and retreated underground. Only the cat demons that were not summoned by Alice continued to cause trouble. However, despite being brought by Alice in numbers exceeding 400, with an average level of 16, compared to the regular army with an average level of around 10, these monsters were just a scattered handful of sand.

  Among them, there are also leaders, the 19th-level Shadow Cat Demon King, but these Beast Kings are only slightly stronger in combat ability and cannot take on any command at all, so having one or not makes little difference.

  Soon, under Miti's command, the three of them launched a merciless slaughter, and before long, the cat demons' encirclement collapsed.

  Mi Di didn't go to deal with the cat demon, but instead continued his pursuit once again.

  However, after tasting the terrifying formation of the Fog Witch, the three people did not dare to be as arrogant as they were at first, but instead began to restrain their magic, hide their tracks, and carefully follow the flow of magic.

  Of course, even if I do this, it's only a matter of time before I'm discovered in this forest. Alice's surveillance methods aren't just limited to magic sensing. At the very least, I should be able to gain some time and initiative.

  Under the quiet moonlight, on a windless night, time flies rapidly. Before long, three hours have passed in the blink of an eye.

  In these three hours, Middy and his party walked and ran continuously in the dense forest, and along the way, they also fought with several groups of monsters - apparently, the witch was not idle while waiting for Fina to wake up, and continued to harass them incessantly.

  But finally, as they went deeper, the magical stream also changed from its initial hair-like thinness to gradually becoming as thick as a hemp rope, and further on, it gathered even more, forming a real stream. And at this moment, what was unfolding before Midi's eyes was already a flowing river.

  It's clear that the distance between the squad and the Witch's Mansion has been getting closer and closer.

  At the thought of being able to approach Fina soon, Sigurd and Lilian's spirits also lifted, with a few more points of confident light in their eyes. The two exchanged a glance, nodded to each other, and were about to quicken their pace when Middy, who was walking at the front opening the way, suddenly raised his left hand and clenched it into a fist.

  This is a gesture representing "stop".

  The two people behind immediately conditioned reflexively flashed under the tree shade, holding their breath and looking around.

  But unexpectedly, Mi Di let out a deep sigh and then proactively stood up from his hiding place.

  "It seems we can't avoid it after all. Let's get ready, but don't overreact either. Remember one thing: Alice is not our enemy." Middy said so.

  Even Linna was taken away, wasn't she an enemy? Lillian couldn't help but mutter a sentence in her heart. However, the Blue Fist Saint still stood up as promised. As for Siegmond, who was far away, he had already flown onto a large tree with a few leaps, overlooking the entire area.

  The next moment, the three people had just formed a defensive formation, and a hoarse voice like a saw pierced through the night sky.

  "Die!" A dark object swooped down from mid-air, its momentum astonishing, its murderous intent overwhelming.

  Wait...

  Midi shouted out in an instant, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Siegmund, as a superb gunner, conditioned reflexively and directly fired a shot without thinking.

  The shell with a pre-emptive amount flew accurately towards the position where the black thing was about to arrive, and it would obviously hit the target soon. However, at this moment, a hexagonal shield made of ice blocks suddenly appeared in mid-air, and without even shaking, it directly blocked the shell, and a burst of black gunpowder fireworks exploded in an instant.

  Then, a sharp and piercing sound like a return gift rang out.

  Sigmund's face changed, and he flew again in an instant. The gunner burst out at an unimaginable speed, dragging afterimages between the tree branches, and wherever he landed, a root of ice ling with cold light was inserted immediately.

  After dozens of consecutive evasions, the hail-like attack finally stopped. Siegmund was unscathed but looked terrible, clearly exhausted from the extreme physical exertion.

  Advanced Spirit Summoning, Ice Shadow Aquileus.

  It seems this is the summons of the Fog Witch.

  "Idiot! You even dare to attack me, don't you want to live?! You've been slapped in the face! Haha, being so handsome is just for me to step on!" The noisy voice rose again, with a complacent tone.

  It wasn't until then that the gunner discovered that the black lump was a crow.

  What is this guy trying to do?

  In an instant, a huge question mark appeared in the minds of Siegmond and Lilian below. While Midy smiled wistfully with a nostalgic gaze.

  But in the next moment, no one looked at this crow again.

  The Witch of Fog has arrived.

  A head of black hair cascading like a waterfall, a body clad in black clothes that blended into the night color, the petite figure descended from the sky and landed lightly on the branch of a towering tree. She looked down at the intruders with an air of superiority, her slender fingertips moving slightly as she smoothed out her clothes like preening feathers.

  Like a black swan, elegant, beautiful, pure, and full of magical charm.

  The invisible magic surged, causing Siegmond and Lilian to become sworn enemies. Judging from the situation, they both knew that tonight was far from over. In fact, the real battle had only just begun with the appearance of the witch.

  But Meddy didn't have any tension at all, and it can even be said that he had no intention of fighting whatsoever.

  At this moment, winning or losing had long been thrown to the back of his mind. Midori just wanted to take a good look at Alice, who had imparted countless knowledge to him and was always silently supporting the Falcon Squad, looking calm but actually being extremely impulsive.

  That deeply emotional woman who died for herself in her previous life.

  But Alice can't hug now either.

  Facing a familiar scene, Midei couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

  Looking back now, after reincarnation, whether it was Fina or Eris, the two most important women in Mide's life seemed to be in a confrontational state with him from the start.

  However, this opposition is not a problem, because Miti believes that her sincerity and kindness will definitely be conveyed to their hearts.

  All you need to do is to be wholehearted every time.

  For Mide, who wants to make up for so many mistakes, so much carelessness, so much arrogance and bias in the past, it is only natural to do this - to make up for what was owed to them in the previous life, and even more, to make up for it doubly in this life.

  Suppressing the tenderness and excitement in his heart, Midei slowly took a step forward and said naturally, "Hey, Eris, is Fiona's side okay?"

  "There's nothing wrong, it just looks like I'm about to explode." The Fog Witch replied after being called out by name.

  But as soon as she finished speaking, Alice immediately realized that something was off - she didn't have any obligation to answer this person's question at all!

  The key is that Midy's tone was too casual, his expression was too natural, he not only extremely certain that he was the Fog Witch, but also clearly knew his own name, when shouting it out, there wasn't any intentional pretence, completely just a casual shout, giving people a completely unguarded feeling.

  In fact, Alice found that Middy was indeed off guard and had already entered her own range of fire, and the Fog Witch could launch an attack at any time if she wished.

  Judging from Meddy's performance in previous battles, he shouldn't have made such a mistake. Was it intentional?

  Alice couldn't grasp it, but she had a feeling that the black-haired boy in front of her didn't have any special purpose, and he just wanted to see her, so he rushed into this forest at all costs.

  But Alice soon dismissed this possibility.

  For some reason, she thought of that red-haired girl and felt a slight discomfort that even she couldn't notice.

  This inexplicable discomfort brought her hostility back up again, and it was even more intense than before.

  "Leave this forest immediately, or die." The Fog Witch said coldly, and with these words, a surge of magical power burst forth.

  "Wait, won't you give us a chance to speak first?" Midy said with a wave of his hands, "Alicia, we've come all the way here, not to dig for treasure in your forest or to peep at anything. What I want is your recognition and help. Moreover, I think we have something that can greatly enhance your magic. Don't you want to take a look?"

  "There's no need for that, I've already caught the red-haired one, and it'll all come out in the end." Alice coldly refused Middy, without a moment's hesitation.

  Meidi was stunned for a moment.

  Alice should be interested in her own ghost, shouldn't she?

  Midi clearly remembered that in the previous life, when the always indifferent Alice saw her own ghost, she showed a kind of interest. In the following decade or so, Alice conducted multi-faceted research on her ghost and even claimed to have touched the essence of the world.

  So in this life, Midei believes that as long as the mysterious ghost god with a glowing left arm appears, they should be able to form an alliance. This is his trump card and also the key to convincing Eris.

  But what does this have to do with Fiona? For a moment, Middy was also confused.

  However, soon Mide remembered some previously neglected details - the mental resonance with Feina when changing jobs, Feina's powerful magic that surpassed her previous life, and his own possession of the Sword Soul Ghost Cry dual profession...

  Calm down and think about it, these are actually all "abnormalities", a state that even the most talented people who have successfully changed careers cannot achieve.

  At this moment, the knowledgeable and boundless Alice actually felt interested in Feena, which means that after their job change, something different must have happened to both herself and Feena.

  As a result, the Fog Witch took the initiative to attack and captured the Bullet Witch.

  What's worse is that she treated Midy and the other two remaining people as worthless, not even worth spending time to drive away.

  "Master, stop messing around with these weaklings and bring out the big guns!" At some point, the crow had landed on Alice's shoulder, adding fuel to the fire with this remark.

  Midi was still considering whether to reveal the ghostly spirit to spark Alice's new interest, but now she suddenly lost her words.

  This stupid bird is still the same as before, not leaving any room for courtesy. Fortunately, I wanted to protect it just now, otherwise it would have been smashed and taken several days to repair.

  Midi sighed.

  But it was clear that even without this damned crow's incitement, the Fog Witch herself had already been prepared for battle.

  Only to see the black-haired girl slightly moved her slender fingers, the air suddenly boiled, a pale white large hand stretched out from the spatial crack, and with a flick of her wrist, a piece of ice shot straight at Middy who was in the front!

  Still a high-ranking spirit summoning, Ice Shadow Aquiles!