Chapter 347 : Gourmet Witch
Chapter 347: Gourmet Witch
Inside the Antler Alley Tavern, "Nina", dressed in a long black gown, was kneeling on the wooden floor of the first floor, clutching the lifeless Bloodfang tightly in both arms.
Beside her lay a corpse sprawled in a pool of blood.
From the half-devoured face, one could tell that the body belonged to the deputy captain of the Blackthorn Mercenary Squad, who was also Nina’s half-brother — the half-elf, Flais.
"Honored Witch, Nina suddenly turned into a terrifying monster just now and bit Flais to death alive—ah!"
Just as Harry was about to quickly explain the situation to Grace Eva, who was the first to enter the tavern, a pair of blood-red pupils, cold and venomous like a snake, fixed on Harry without any emotion.
Upon meeting "Nina"’s gaze, Harry felt as if he had fallen into a nightmare, screaming madly while scratching at his own body with his fingernails, looking utterly deranged.
"Pa———"
While Harry continued to scratch himself until his flesh was a bloody mess, a crisp snapping sound suddenly rang out, and right after, a sweet scent like vanilla pudding spread quickly throughout the entire tavern.
The moment Harry smelled the aroma, he stopped his unconscious screaming and scratching, collapsed like a puddle of soft mud, and fell asleep right at the tavern’s entrance.
"Mary, I’m leaving the other survivors in the city to you as well."
"No problem."
Hearing Grace Eva’s words, Mary Margaret, who stood beside her, gave a slight nod, then cast 【Wizard’s Hand】 to lift Harry off the ground in one go.
Harry’s body quickly shrank and then bizarrely transformed into a human-shaped cookie, which Mary Margaret placed into the candy basket in her hand.
Immediately after, Mary Margaret’s body also rapidly shrank, and together with the sweet vanilla pudding aroma, she drifted out through the crack of the door.
"I thought it was something else, but it turns out it’s just a zombie with divine power."
As Lucia Heigel said, "Nina", who was now surrounded by a group of witches, was not the “Darksun Apostle” they had suspected, but merely a corpse with a portion of the Darksun’s power.
"It was you who killed my child!"
"It was you who killed my Lucas!"
Sharp cries poured from "Nina"’s mouth, and as her voice grew louder, fine cracks like spiderwebs spread across her face.
In no time, her skin and flesh sloughed off, revealing not "Nina"’s delicate beauty, but an ordinary face with a few freckles.
"I will kill you all!"
Ee-ee-ee-ee—
As if responding to "Nina"’s words, several black torrents made of bats instantly smashed through the tavern windows and flew toward her.
"Wha-la-la—"
Seeing "Nina" wrapped by the swarm of bats, Lucia Heigel transformed into a stream of silver-white water and surged toward her.
But just as Lucia Heigel was about to use the 【Gravity Domain】 to crush "Nina" and the surrounding bats into pulp, she found an extremely sturdy barrier wall surrounding "Nina".
"Wha-la-la—"
Seeing this, Lucia Heigel did not panic in the slightest — the silver-white water instantly turned into a hundred-zhang waterfall, pressing down on the barrier around "Nina" with the weight of ten thousand jun.
"Lucia, don’t flood the whole city."
Under Lucia Heigel’s assault, the entire Antler Alley Tavern had long been ground into powder.
Meanwhile, Gushan-Rav, already accustomed to such scenes, simply reminded her calmly before raising his bone staff and lightly tapping the ground.
In an instant, massive bone walls sprouted rapidly around the tavern, forming a fortress wall that completely blocked Lucia Heigel’s overwhelming flood within.
"Such a sturdy barrier."
Seeing that even under the 【Gravity Domain】 the barrier wall still stood unshaken, Lucia Heigel’s previously indifferent expression grew slightly more serious.
"Gaa—"
At that moment, a pitch-black rook swiftly descended from the sky, and upon landing, the small bird instantly transformed into an elegant witch in a deep purple robe.
"Grace, just as you predicted, in only half a day, the entire Turin City has been completely contaminated."
Hearing this, Grace Eva, who was still using the 【Blood Law】 to destroy the vampire bats, showed little reaction.
"Besides that, there’s more bad news."
"What is it?"
Seeing Lilith Mage’s unusually serious expression, Grace Eva stopped what she was doing.
"I believe we’ve fallen into the Darksun’s trap—because the entire Turin City has been sealed off by the Darksun..."
Hearing Lilith Mage’s words, Grace Eva’s expression finally changed.
"Shoo—"
A flash of bloodlight — before Lilith Mage could finish speaking, Grace Eva unfurled her bat wings and turned into a streak of bloodlight, flying up toward the dome.
Just as Lilith Mage said, the moment Grace Eva reached a certain critical point, a foul power clung rapidly to her body, bringing with it an intense burning sensation.
At the same time, the invasion of the 【Law of Plague】 caused her trachea and lungs to struggle for breath, and her stamina began to deplete rapidly.
Of course, these symptoms only made her uncomfortable — for someone who had mastered the 【Blood Law】, they would not stop her from pressing forward.
However, the dim sun hanging high in the sky was different — just as she was about to break through, endless blasphemous whispers pierced into her soul like a poisoned dagger, delivering a fatal blow.
"Puh—"
Her soul gravely wounded, Grace Eva coughed up a mouthful of blood, then fell straight from the sky like a kite with a broken string.
Seeing this, Lilith Mage immediately transformed into a giant silver eagle and caught Grace Eva mid-fall.
"Mary, come quickly — Grace has hurt herself again from overexertion."
"I saw."
Seeing Grace Eva, already half-unconscious on the silver eagle’s back, Mary Margaret, who was long accustomed to such scenes, simply shook her head helplessly, opened her palm, and fed a white worm — shaped like a grub — into Grace Eva’s mouth.
"Mary, I sincerely suggest you remove these disgusting worms from your recipe list."
As soon as they landed, Lilith Mage turned back into human form.
When she saw the white wriggling worm Mary Margaret had fed Grace Eva, her expression became even more unpleasant than when she learned they were trapped inside Turin City.