A sturdy and beautiful stone bridge spans the lake divides the town into east and west, and the town's only tavern is located on the eastern shore of the crystal clear lake.

It was early in the morning, and although the tavern was open, there were few customers.

As a result, Grim, dressed in a black traveler's burqa, stepped into the tavern without attracting anyone's attention. Even the old Willie, who was yawning and wiping down the counter, only glanced up and didn't care.

Although Grim covered most of his body and face with his burqa, he could tell that he was human just by his exposed hands and half of his chin.

In the border area of Lakeside Town, such adventurers and mercenaries are not uncommon.

Whether it is the brutal jackal in the deep mountains or the orcs in the north, they are all high-priced guys in the Zambis Empire, which attracts many self-conscious guys who want to obtain merits and rewards. They were also regular visitors to the tavern, so old Willie was very familiar with their attire and dress.

"You look strange...... Could it be that you just came to Lakeside Town?" Old Willie poured a glass of thunder beer with his hands and feet, and slid down the counter to the man in black: "I invited this glass of wine!"

Grim lifted his hood, showed a gentle smile as bright as the sun, raised his glass and nodded in salute, "Thank you!

With one mouth, Grim is fluent in the lingua franca of Zambis.

Looking at the young man's long dark red hair scattered over his shoulders, his fair skin, his high nose, and his black pupils, Old Willy shook his head and said, "Are you from the south of the empire?

Grim smiled faintly, did not answer, but asked for a stew, and sat in the corner of the tavern to eat and drink slowly.

But just as Grim was eating and drinking and thinking about where to go next, there was a faint commotion in the distance, accompanied by the sound of loud alarm bells.

"Damn, the gnolls must be coming over again......" Old Willy cursed under his breath as he reached the tavern door and looked in the direction of the stone bridge.

After just one glance, he was instantly stunned.

The stone fort fort placed at the other end of the stone bridge in the town not only ignited a pillar of smoke at this moment, but also sounded the alarm bell frantically. All the Lakeside residents stepped out of their houses, nervously and anxiously looking at the Stone Fort in the distance.

The Stone Fort is the only military facility outside the town, and 150 Imperial soldiers are stationed inside, protecting the town for many years.

Now, smoke is burning there, which is not a good sign.

The mayor of the town, Gangdas, rushed out of the village office in a hurry, and ran towards the stone fort with two of his men, shouting at old Willy.

"Old drunkard, don't be stunned, quickly organize all the young people in the town to go to the stone bridge to stand by. I'll take someone to see what's going on!"

After that, he hurried away.

Old Willie hesitated, and as soon as he turned around, he was startled.

The young man had stood behind him at some point, raising his head and staring silently at the smoke in the distance.

"I'm sorry, young man, my tavern is closing for the time being. If you're an adventurer, please stay and help us in Lakeside Town. I'm really worried that the enemy who is coming here this time may be very dangerous......"

Grim ignored the short, barrel-like creature and looked into the distance, his heart fluttering.

Elemental Fluctuation......

In the place where the smoke was alight, Grim could sense a strong elemental fluctuation coming from afar, and there seemed to be a vague familiar smell.

As far as Grim knows, there are no large-scale spellcasters on the Envik plane. Moreover, the elemental fluctuations that came from this plane were also somewhat inconsistent with the power system of this plane, and it seemed to be ...... It smells of a wizard.

Grim's eyes narrowed.

As he walked through the spatial rift, he could see clearly that the direction in which the two deceitful witches had fallen was not consistent with his own, and it was impossible for him to come and join him so quickly. Therefore, when he suddenly sensed a familiar fluctuation of power on this alien plane, Grim not only did not have any intimacy, but instead had a sense of foreboding.

Is it friend or foe, is it passing by by accident or is it coming for yourself?

Without hesitation, Grim turned and left the tavern, striding away from the smoke outside the town.

Old Willie could only shake his head and sigh when he saw this, and quickly squirmed his fat body to gather the young people in the town.

There are also more than 2,000 residents in the town, and in addition to the old and young, women and children, it is not difficult to gather a team of seven or eight hundred people. They didn't know what was going on outside the town, so they could only block the stone bridge with sticks, knives and forks, and hold torches aloft in the air, anxiously waiting for news from afar.

In the early morning, the gravel road leading to the Stone Fort outside the town was shrouded in a faint fog that made it difficult to see far away.

Suddenly, a terrible scream came from afar, and a staggering figure rushed onto the stone bridge with a torch held alof.

"It's York ......"

"Look, it's the York ...... who followed the mayor."

Several townspeople were sharp-eyed, and they quickly recognized the identity of the guy who had fled back in a hurry.

"Little York, what's going on at Stone Fort Fortress?" asked a strong man in a loud voice.

"Dead ...... Die...... It's all dead...... Mayor ...... "Little York staggered forward, screaming in anger.

A sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded in the faint mist.

A disc-shaped strange blade suddenly flew out of the mist, circled Little York's neck, and then whistled back into the mist.

Little York's body stiffened suddenly, and the head on his neck rolled to the ground, rolling all the way into the crowd.

Everyone ducked, their faces turned blue with fright, and the screams and shouts were endless.

In the distance, the fog vibrate, and a petite and delicate figure slowly emerged, waving five or six strange tentacles that whined and screamed around him.

Out of the fog emerges a bizarre woman who is half-human, half-machine, dressed in elaborate and ornate black armor, half of her exposed skin and face still human flesh and blood, and the other half replaced by a strange silvery-white metal.

The most striking thing on the cold-hard face is the pair of weird mechanical eyes that glow dark red.

She ...... She's from another world...... Witch!" the well-informed old Willie retreated in fright, his voice so sharp that it almost burst one's eardrums.

She's a witch......

This terrible news immediately scared everyone out.

The Enwick Plane has been invaded by otherworldly witches, as every citizen of the Zambis Empire knows. However, the Paladins sent by the Empire have besieged the Otherworldly Witches in the Heights of Dabire, and it is said that they are about to be strangled.

How could it be that they had run to Lakeside Town, the northernmost part of the empire?

A few of the timid townsfolk tried to turn and run away, but as soon as they turned around, the half-human, half-machine wizard screamed, and four or five terrifying blades flew out and cut them in half.

The corpses were dumped on the ground, and the thick blood and terrible blood stains made many townspeople faint directly.

"Stand up for me, don't move!" "Knife Ji Katie said loudly as she moved forward leisurely: "Whoever dares to run away will end up like them." ”

All the townsfolk trembled and hid on both sides of the stone bridge, giving way to the wide stone path in the middle.

"I'm looking for a man who can tell him where he is, and I'll spare his life......"

Katie took out a crystal ball from her arms as she spoke, and with a burst of magic power, she projected the appearance of a tall and strong young man in the air. Look at the eyebrows, look at the outfit, look at the body type, it is Grim.

Several of the people present had seen Grim at the door of the tavern and immediately recognized him, and they couldn't help but look at old Willy.

How keen the spiritual perception of the knife Ji Katie was, she instantly fell on the short and fat old Willy in the crowd, and one by one the coiled metal blade wheels whined and whirled, forcing the rest of the people away and besieging old Willy in the center.

"Have you seen this man?" said Katie, a grim smile on her condensed face.

"See...... I've seen ......."

"Where is he?"

He ...... He went to ......"

Just as Old Willy turned around and was about to point into the distance, a swift fireball flew out of the distant mist and landed on him.

With a bang, the short and fat old Willie, who was like a wine barrel, exploded into a sky of blood, and then was instantly vaporized by the blast wave of flames.

The townspeople immediately scattered in fright, screams and cries resounded.

Instead of paying attention to these boring ants, Katie squeaked and moved her mechanical eyes, slowly locking onto the tall figure who had stepped out of the mist on the other side of the stone bridge.

"Grim......" Daoji Kathison sneered: "I thought you would run away like crazy!

"Run, why run?" Grim brushed away the fog, came to a hundred meters away from the other party and stopped, and sneered: "You are the 3rd order, and I am also the 3rd order." In this hellish place, we can't give full play to our strength, so why should I be afraid of you?"

"Because you're an elemental wizard, and I'm a mechanical wizard!" "Katie's scarlet mechanical eyes became brighter and brighter, "The impact of the exposition on you should be greater, and ...... I'm a sorcerer!"

When it came to hunting wizards, the Knife Lady Katie's metal combat boots suddenly stomped with great force, and the petite body of less than 1.6 meters was like a sharp arrow, slamming down on Grim.

The metal tentacles stretched out of her body slammed into it, and five glowing metal blades whistled and sliced at Grim's body from all angles.