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The campfire crackled and burned, and the sparks and smoke quickly disappeared when they met the humid air. The boys and maidens were already dressed, and the boys got dressed first, turned their backs and waited, and then the maidens were also dressed, and the witch, who was still unconscious, was also dressed with the help of Kiki and her companions.

After that, Kiki began to prepare dinner. She used a knife to cut the dried meat into small pieces, put it in a pot and soaked it, and when the meat was soft, she took some wheat and soybeans and put them in the pot, and put the pot on the campfire. The awake witch tries to help, but Kiki refuses.

"Thank you for your kindness, but it's my job."

Kiki added an accent to the word "I", and the witch had to sit back by the campfire. While the soup is cooking, Kiki uses a knife to cut the hard bread into thin slices and wraps the sliced noodles into a wooden plate.

At this time, she suddenly realized that there were only two sets of wooden bowls and spoons on the carriage, but fortunately, the witches brought their own wooden bowls and spoons, so as to avoid the dilemma of sharing utensils.

The witch who was in a coma never woke up. The awake witch hesitated for a moment, but finally took off the ghost mask, and ate dinner silently with the boy and Kiki, and she didn't put the mask on after that. Kiki was afraid that the unconscious witch would wake up hungry at night, so she deliberately left soup and bread.

After eating and drinking, three sober men sat around the fire, staring wide-eyed, and no one spoke. After some time, the witch bit her lip and spoke.

"I ...... We escaped from the squad......"

In fact, even if she didn't say it, the boy could see it. The big rabbit had said before that the two evil witches were often bullied by their companions, and now they braved the heavy rain and walked to the vicinity of this canopy, and the boy had no other possibility than to escape.

“…… The team hasn't had much to gain this month...... It also caught up with the heavy rain for several days...... The food at the camp is running out...... They want to eat people......"

The witch's words surprised the boy and Kiki. The teenagers thought that they couldn't stand the bullying at most and took advantage of the heavy rain to escape, but they didn't want to hide such a horrific reason in this.

“…… I overheard their conversation...... fled with Xiao Qi...... We're lost...... Xiao Qi fainted again...... I felt like I was about to freeze to death...... But I want to live...... So I carried Xiao Qi on my back...... Go in one direction...... Hope to meet the village ......"

"Is Xiao Qi her name?" Kiki asked.

The witch shook her head and replied, "We don't have names...... Xiao Qi and I are both from the sixteenth phase of the rock word camp, I am the sixteenth rock fifteenth, and she is the sixteenth rock seventeen...... I have a good relationship with Xiao Qi, so usually she calls me Xiao Wu, and I call her Xiao Qi......"

"The sixteenth phase of the Rock Word Camp?"

The boy frowned. This sounds like the name of some kind of training center, if he guessed correctly, the organization of the Evil Witch should be sent to a certain place to train the girl to be an evil witch through some means, and the trained witch is named by a code name according to a certain law.

“…… Well. There is also a member of the eighteenth phase of the Rock Word Battalion in the team, which is smaller than us...... But she bullied us a lot...... Because we're too weak...... And I haven't even opened a blade ......."

"Blade?" Kiki tilted her head in confusion.

"Hmm...... Here's how we say it...... As long as the shrine maiden comes out on a mission, it is considered a blade...... If not, even if you don't open the blade, you will be looked down upon......"

The girl called the evil witch a shrine maiden, much to the boy's surprise. Because the name Evil Witch was originally called by outsiders because they were dressed like witches, but I didn't expect them to be really witches.

"Since you say you're a shrine maiden, where is your shrine?"

"Hmm...... I don't know. Sixteen Yan Fifteen shook his head, "We were taken to the Rock Camp at a very young age, we didn't remember the way when we went, and we were blindfolded when we came out...... When I was at Iwaji Camp, I often heard people talk about 'shrines', and the chief shrine maiden would also talk about it, but I had never seen a shrine...... The same is true for other people, some people say that only those who are promoted to the rank of 'shrine maiden' have the right to enter the shrine, but people like me can only honestly be a 'shrine maiden'......"

In addition to the Great Witch and the Long Witch, the other three types of shrine maidens in the Ira world are of the same level, but their duties are different. Chomiko is sometimes referred to as "Warmaiden Chomime", "Wishing Shrine Maiden Chomime", and "Servant Shrine Maiden Chomito" depending on the type of shrine maiden they manage, but most shrines don't call it that.

In fact, there is also a kind of shrine maiden in the shrine of Ira's world, that is, the "trainee shrine maiden", that is, a girl who has not yet been officially granted the status of a shrine maiden. In addition, there are also "trainee chief shrine maidens", that is, witches who have not been officially granted the status of chief witches, but can exercise some of the powers of long witches, but this is only a temporary title, in fact, they are still ordinary shrine maidens.

There is no such thing as a "promotion" for a real Iraa shrine maiden, and it is necessary to recommend a trainee shrine maiden who wants to become a real shrine maiden, or an ordinary shrine maiden who wants to become a long shrine maiden. Trainee witches need the recommendation of the witch, and ordinary witches need the recommendation of the chief witch or the great witch, and after the recommendation, they must pass the assessment and be officially ordained, and only after the appointment can they be considered "successful in promotion".

So there is no doubt that this evil shrine maiden is not the real Ira. But Sixteen Rock Fifteen speaks with a distinctly Ira-world accent - after the formation of the new world, the language of each world disappeared and was replaced by a new language that everyone could speak, but which did not belong to any of the worlds.

People from different worlds speak this language with an accent from their own world, which cannot be faked. Since Sixteen Rock Fifteen is a person from the Ira World, she can't pretend to be a shrine maiden.

It is said that before the cataclysm, anyone who posed as a shrine maiden in the Ira world would be cursed. After the formation of the New World, this rule did not disappear, except that it only worked for the Ira. People from other worlds are not punished for pretending to be a shrine maiden, except for Ira, who is cursed when they pretend to be a shrine maiden. The boy didn't know exactly what the curse was, but judging by various rumors, it was supposed to make people miserable.

It's weird.

The young man stared intently at Sixteen Rocks and Fifteen, and saw that her heart was furious.

At this time, Sixteen Yan Seventeen, who had been in a coma all day, had a ringing in his stomach. She rolled over, rubbed her belly, and muttered, "Little Five...... I'm so hungry...... Lend me a finger ......"

Because they had not yet "opened the blade", the daily food rations of 16 and 16 Yan 17 were very small, and they often went to bed hungry at night. Sixteen Rocks and Fifteen have strong endurance and can fall asleep even if they are hungry. But Sixteen Rocks and Seventeen had poor endurance, and they couldn't sleep at all when they were hungry.

So Sixteen Rock Fifteen often lent her his fingers, and as long as there was something in his mouth, Sixteen Rock Seventeen could barely fall asleep. Over time, as soon as Sixteen Rocks and Seventeen are hungry, they will want to hold Sixteen Rocks and Fifteen's fingers.

Hungry people have a very sensitive sense of smell, and after smelling the smell of food, Sixteen Yan Seventeen immediately gave up the idea of borrowing a finger from a friend, and sat up with a "Teng".

"Eat!?"

In fact, when Sixteen Rocks and Seventeen's stomach rang, Sixteen Rocks and Seventeen knew that his friend had woken up. She immediately took the soup pot and bread, took out her friend's bowl and spoon, filled her with a bowl of soup, and put two slices of bread in the bowl.

"What is really there?!"

Sixteen Rock Fifteen only had friends and food in his eyes at this time, completely unaware that he was in an unfamiliar environment, and there were two strangers and a half-human-tall rabbit by his side. After she saw the food, she didn't care that the soup was still cold, took off the ghost mask and threw it aside, and devoured it.

Kiki didn't have much leftover soup and bread for her, but for the hungry Sixteen Yan Seventeen, it was already very happy to have something to eat at night. When she finished the bowl, she found two strangers sitting by the fire.

"Wow!!"

She suddenly screamed, startling everyone. This man is also smart, and soon realizes that he and his friends have either escaped or been caught. Whatever the case may be, she has to make a good impression on both of them. So she immediately knelt on the ground and bowed deeply to the boy and Kiki.

"Thank you for your hospitality!"

"You're welcome." The boy glanced at the two ghost masks on the ground, "It's a little late to say it now, but I'm still going to say it." From now on, you two are my captives. I will provide you with food and shelter from the rain, provided you are obedient—"

"We'll be obedient!"

Before the boy could finish speaking, Sixteen Rocks and Seventeen bowed down again, and then quickly presented the longbows, quivers, and knives that were piled aside with both hands and placed them at the young man's feet.

Uh, this guy is too clever, too.

The boy scratched his hair in embarrassment, he wasn't very good at dealing with this type of person.

"Hmm...... Very well, then I'm going to ask you some questions, and you have to be honest. ”

"Obey?"

As soon as Sixteen Yan Seventeen wanted to bow down, the young man impatiently grabbed her wrist and didn't let her bend down.

"I don't like to waste time on such chores, not even for a second. So don't play this with me in the future, understand? ”

"Uh, got it."

Sixteen Yan Seventeen nodded obediently, but he was thinking about how to please the young man, maybe he would let her and his friends go as soon as he was happy.

There weren't many things the boy wanted to ask, nothing more than the evil witch squad who lived in the cave. He already knew about the number and configuration of this evil witch girl squad from the big rabbit, but he still wanted to confirm it with the two girls in front of him.

After questioning, the boy learned that there were sixteen witches in this group, and there were still fourteen of them left except for the two who became his captives. Because there was not much food in the camp, and the witches talked about cannibalism, if the rain did not stop in two days, the number would probably drop to thirteen.

All witches are equipped with the same weapons, namely longbows, feathered arrows, and swords, as well as ghost masks and witch suits. This team came here more than a month ago, they are a newly formed team, and even the team leader is a rookie who has "only been on three or four missions, but always puts on a very great appearance".

Sixteen Rock Fifteen and Sixteen Rock Seventeen sneaked out while the evil witches were not paying attention. After they fled, they didn't find the pursuers, because it was raining heavily outside, and there was no shelter on this mountain, and even Sixteen Yan 15 himself said, "We fled with the determination to die," so it was normal that there were no pursuers.

The boy also got some additional information from the girls.

There is a rule among the witches that they are not allowed to take off their masks in front of outsiders. Those who violated this rule were to be put to death, and after their death, they were whipped and hung up for public display.

What's more, in addition to the squad, the Witch Maiden also has a large team. A team usually consists of four to six squads, the rank of the captain is the chief witch of the war witch, the rank of the leader is the chief of the witch, and the members of the squad are the chief of the war witch and the maiden. The Captain usually takes two squads with him, then assigns the other squads to other parts of the area and only summons them when there is a big operation.

As Sixteen Rock Fifteen and Sixteen Rock Seventeen, he can only inquire about so many things, but this is enough for the teenager. He sorted out the information in his mind and began to formulate a plan to destroy the evil witches.