"Shaya, hold on to the maple leaves and walk faster! The beasts have already followed to the foot of the mountain!"

Carrying a little girl whose arms had been torn off by the beasts, Lena shouted to the witches walking behind her on the rugged mountain road, and she glanced at the beasts at the foot of the mountain to catch up on the road, knowing that today was not an easy day.

The body temperature of the little girl on her back was close to cold, and Lena was a little anxious, she was the only healing witch in this magic group, if she couldn't even save herself, then no one could save her.

Lena knew she was going to worry the sisters and Rafa in Icefield, and she couldn't go back at the scheduled time, because she couldn't leave the sisters she had met in the Orr Mountains.

In order to avoid the pursuit of the church, many magic groups are willing to leave the Aura Empire and go to live in the deserted Orr Mountains, although there are many beasts in the Orr Mountains, but compared to the church with broken magic stones, it is obviously easier to deal with beasts;

It's a pity that this year is different, at the beginning of winter, except for a few wolf cavalry, a large number of beasts began to gradually move towards the outside of the Orr Mountains, which can make many magic groups struggling to survive in the Orr Mountains suffer a catastrophe.

The torrent of beasts swept one magic group after another, and even if there were more than a dozen magic groups attacking witches, they couldn't stop the invasion of so many beasts, so the magic groups in the Orr Mountains were almost wiped out in a few days.

When Lena met this magic group, there were only six witches in the entire magic group, and fortunately there was a healing witch, so they were able to hold on until now.

But now, the healing witch herself is in jeopardy.

"These damn beasts!"

Feeling that the girl on her back had completely lost her body temperature, Lena put her on the side of the road, with a hint of pain in her eyes, and couldn't help but curse at the evil beasts in the distance.

"Sister Liana......

The ragged witches also rushed up at this time, and when they saw their armless companions dead, their faces showed unspeakable despair.

"Let's go, we don't have time to bury her properly......" Putting off the robe she had draped over her when she left Icefield City, and draped over her dead companion, Lena got back to her feet.

Lena herself was never worried about not being able to escape, but when she saw these tearful sisters in front of her, she suddenly felt that she was born to be a big sister - because big sisters will not abandon their sisters.

She also forgot how she became the leader of this magic group, perhaps because she killed a three-headed wolf that rushed into the witches' cave at a critical moment, or because she gave the witches who were already desperate a last glimmer of hope?

"I'm sorry Rafa, but you may not be able to complete the task you've given me. ”

With a sigh, Lianna's eyes became resolute again, "Hongyan, blow up the mountain road, don't let the beasts come up." ”

"Hmm!"

The girl known as Red Flame agreed, wiped her tears, and began to gather her magic.

A week ago, she could only light a fire, but now she can make an explosion, and I have to say that the predicament can stimulate people's potential the most.

With a loud bang, the rocks in the distance rolled down, just blocking the already not wide mountain road, and the stones that fell down the cliff also killed many beasts below, and their corpses were quickly divided by their rushing companions, and even the skeleton was bitten and shattered in an instant.

The crowd was about to hit the road when a sharp chirp was heard in the sky, and a huge shadow came rushing towards them.

Lena looked up and saw that it was a giant eagle that was rotting and had few feathers left, but it was flying fast.

"Get out of here, damn bird!"

Lena waved her hand violently, and the sharp hurricane suddenly shattered the giant eagle into several petals like a razor, and scattered towards the ground without a single scream.

"Let's go!"

Picking up the Wood Spirit Witch Maple Leaf, who had been bitten by the poisonous snake before and was already a little paralyzed, Lena began to lead the remaining four witches to continue to advance towards the mountain.

She also knew that the team was going in the wrong direction, and was continuing towards the Orr Mountains, but she couldn't do anything else, the herd had already gathered on the outer side of the Orr Mountains, and no matter where they came down from the Orr Mountains, the herd had already blocked the way, so it was better to go towards the mountains, maybe there would be fewer herds.

However, it turns out that Liana's speculation is wrong.

The previous month, as she had speculated, the herd had all poured out of the mountains, but recently, the herds had retreated back towards the mountains as if they had received an order to consent, which put Lena and her party in a dilemma, and there were more and more beasts behind them, so they had no choice but to continue walking forward, hoping to find a safe place, and then wait for the herd to cross before leaving the Orr Mountains.

At night, the manic beasts of the day seemed to be still energetic, but they did not seem to be ready to act at night, and all of them stayed where they were and began to let out all kinds of strange howls.

All kinds of beasts roared in unison, and as the mountain wind reached the ears of the witches hiding in the caves, it was like the howl of the demons of hell, and the younger witches couldn't help but lean towards the sisters next to them.

"Sister Lena...... Why do we suffer like this......"

Maple Leaf, who had been poisoned by the snake, lay in Lianna's arms, her voice was a little hoarse, perhaps because she felt that her time was short, and her eyes were full of tears.

"Because...... Because we have more power, those mortals are always jealous of us. Lena brushed her cheek and whispered.

"But we don't want that kind of power at all. ”

The corners of Liana's mouth were a little bitter, "But we can't refuse." ”

The witches gathered around the fire, staring blankly at the jumping flames, the bright light of which reflected their tired and numb faces.

After a long time, someone finally broke the silence.

"Sister Lianna, you once said that a city where witches can live well...... Does it really exist?" spoke Lucy, who could change the weight of an object.

"It's true, that's where I came from, it's called Icefield City, you should all have heard of it, right?" Speaking of Icefield City, Lena knew that her sisters must be very worried about herself.

"Icefield? Of course we've heard of it! We were going to stay there, but unfortunately the knights of the Church were chasing us, so we entered the Orr Mountains. Corona, who can create sparks, said.

"Although Icefield City is the border of the Empire, it is also the city of the Empire after all, how can they accept the witch?"

"Because there is a new lord there, that lord has no prejudice against witches at all, he will give witches dignity and the right to live, his goal is to create a world where witches can live well, and he wants to create Icefield City into a holy city for witches. Lena couldn't help but recall the conversation she had overheard between Rafa and Felihill.

Hong Yan was a little excited, "The Witch's Holy City!"

"That'...... Is it really possible?" a flash flashed in the dying Maple Leaf's eyes.

"Of course, in Icefield City, witches can even have jobs like ordinary people, and they pay a lot of money. With that, Lena opened the cloth bag she was carrying, rummaged through it, and took out a piece of paper that was extremely well wrapped, "Look, this is my contract, and this time I came to the Orr Mountains as part of my job. ”

As if forgetting that they were still in danger, the witches excitedly took the paper and opened it, and looked around.

"The witch has the right to leave Icefield City at any time. ”

"The witch's salary is two gold coins a month, the basic salary!" Reading this, Corona covered her mouth and exclaimed, two gold coins! Before she was kicked out of the house, she had worked in the laundry with her mother for a long time, and the monthly salary there was only thirty or forty copper coins, and this contract was written with two gold coins, which can be said to be sky-high.

"The City Lord's Mansion will protect the rights of the witch, and the witch must also abide by the obligation not to betray. Shaya read the next sentence.

"If she needs to stop working due to force majeure, the witch has the right to be paid when she is on vacation. ”

The witches began to read the whole contract one by one, unconsciously putting these rules and regulations on themselves, and began to think about whether they could abide by it if they signed the contract.

"Rafa Hevien? How do I feel like I've heard that name there. Seeing the signature below, Lucy frowned.

Lena knew that anyone who had heard of Rafa's name might not have a good impression of him, "He is the third prince of the Aura Empire." ”

"It's him!?"

The witches all exclaimed, clearly worried about Rafa's reputation.

"Probably you've all heard that Rafa is a real bastard, right?"

The witches nodded at Liana.

"But don't worry, Rafa is not what you think, he is neither greedy for money nor lustful, and even more upright than a normal man. Lena smiled and shrugged her shoulders, she also wondered if Rafa was suppressing herself too much, or maybe she was being suppressed by Felihill, but who cares about him, as long as he doesn't show it.

The witches looked at each other, obviously still not believing.

"Well, I'll tell you one more secret......

......

"What, Rafa's wife is also a witch?" exclaimed.

"I didn't expect that there were people in this world who were willing to combine with witches!"

The news was as incredible as telling them that the earth was an oval sphere.

"There's nothing surprising about that," Lena laughed again, "and as I left, a knight was courting my sister." ”

"Really?" the witches' eyes lit up.

From the moment they became witches, they knew that they could no longer pursue happiness, because no one would accept a witch with filthy blood flowing in it, and even nobles who liked to play with women would never consider being called a heretic.

But now the news that Lena has brought to them has rekindled their hope.

There is no girl in this world who does not crave love.