The afternoon sun shone on the corpse at his feet, and the dazzling light reflected from the blood made Jason blink.

Am I underfed and hallucinating?

Jason asked himself.

Because, without touching or checking, Jason can clearly perceive that the person in front of him is indeed dead.

He clearly perceived the whole process of 'life disappearing'.

It's just that the other party is crazy? How do you suddenly commit suicide?

Is there any conspiracy? Greasy?

Such thoughts kept churning out in his mind, causing a lot of doubt in Jason's heart, and he crouched down and began to examine the body carefully.

After first confirming that the other party was not in any danger, he really approached.

After a moment, Jason stood up with a puzzled expression.

He confirmed once again that the other party was indeed dead.

But this made Jason more and more puzzled.

Why did the other party do this?

In the situation just now, he is the disadvantaged side.

The other party occupies the air and can attack and retreat, and there is no need to commit suicide at all.

Moreover, there are also the words of the other party.

Recalling the other party's inverted words, Jason's brows furrowed directly.

"This is the so-called 'witch'?"

"Pure madness?"

Jason, frowning, commented.

The identity of the woman in front of her is not difficult to guess, the other party's witch's dress did not appear at the previous assembly, plus the strength is strong and weird, there is only one candidate left: Jennifer.

The leader of the witches of Cherry City, Jennifer, known as the 'witch'.

As early as when he came into contact with those witches, Jason had already thought of meeting Jennifer.

The identity of the other party is one of the characters he can't bypass in Cherry City.

He thought that the other party would go toe-to-toe with him because of his position.

Or simply draw a knife at each other.

Or go into hiding, play with intrigue and calculation, and so on.

Jason thought of all sorts of possibilities.

However, he never imagined that the two sides would meet like this: a comfortable afternoon, under the oblique sunlight of the suburban forest, the two sides passed by...... Serial deaths.

After dying ten times in a row, he was crushed to minced meat.

After she was killed twice by him, she directly pulled off her head and gave it to him.

The whole process is absurd, bizarre and incomprehensible.

Even Jason, who has a lot of experience, became suspicious at this time.

"This can't be the beginning of some curse ritual, right?"

Jason thought.

Witches are good at cursing.

This is recognized on the 'mystery side'.

But right away, Jason shook his head.

It's still the point just now, the other party has the advantage, and there is no need to curse him at the cost of his own life, if he is forced into a desperate situation, it will seem reasonable.

"What's going on?"

Jason's heart was filled with doubts.

Even, until now, Jason has not figured out what is happening.

He didn't know what Jennifer was here for.

I don't know what the other party's sudden suicide was for.

But the other party should have some kind of purpose!

Jason is quite sure about this.

Even if the other person is acting crazy and weird, there must be a purpose!

Crazy people also have crazy thoughts.

It's a pity that most of the time, the market people can't understand it.

Jason tried to put himself in Jennifer's shoes, but it didn't work.

He doesn't know much about the other party, and he has too little information to substitute for the other party at all.

Just as Jason was about to call the member of the Clock Tower stationed in the Ground Reconnaissance Bureau to ask more about Jennifer, the sound of flying in the distant sky was heard.

Call!

The witch named Amore, whom he had seen at the rally before, appeared above his head at a rapid speed from far and near, a layer of invisible force field, isolating the invasion of the air during flight, allowing the other party to sit peacefully on the broom, the witch's robe was not a little messy, and the hat with a round-brimmed pointed tip trembled slightly as she looked down at him.

At this moment, there was an obvious surprise in the other party's eyes.

No keen observation is required.

Normal people can also see such surprise.

Moreover, after that, the attitude and behavior of the other party are also very obvious.

She stared at Jason for five seconds before the witch spoke.

"Good afternoon, Excellency Jason."

The witch's tone was polite, and she stretched out her right hand, gently pinched the witch's robe, and made a skirt salute.

Even if you sit on a broom, the etiquette of the other party is impeccable.

It's very different from the previous performance.

It's like a noble lady with a good upbringing.

Jason didn't speak, he stared at the other man, his grip on the hilt of the knife in his hand.

He hadn't forgotten that Jennifer's body was at his feet.

"Lord Jason, please don't worry."

"I'm not here for revenge."

"I'm just here to speak for Mistress Jennifer."

Seeing Jason's gesture, Amore immediately let out a crisp chuckle, which lasted for about a second or two, and then Amore retracted her smile and became serious.

At the last moment, her temperament was like a carefree girl.

At this time, he became like a serious and impartial judge.

"I owe you, and I'll get it back."

"You've died eleven times in front of me, haven't you?"

"Then I will die eleven times in front of you."

With that, the witch coughed lightly.

"That's what Mistress Jennifer is saying, Lord Jason, is there anything else you have to tell Mistress Jennifer?"

Amore asked.

"She's dead, I'm pretty sure."

Jason gestured to the corpse at his feet.

"Of course."

"We're witches, though."

"And Mistress Jennifer is the best of witches."

"Death is extremely terrifying for ordinary people."

"But it's routine for Master Jennifer."

Amore said this with an inexplicable pride and pride.

This is the pride and pride that is based on Jennifer leading these characters who originally belonged to the edge of the 'mysterious side', and really gaining a foothold on the 'mysterious side', and people dare not underestimate and fear it.

Every witch is proud to be under the command of the 'witch'.

Amore, of course, is no exception.

Therefore, she became more and more curious about Jason, who was personally told by the 'witch'.

But Amore, who knows what to do and what not to do, hides this curiosity very well.

'Immortal'?

Jason groaned.

He is also immortal.

The other party's 'immortality' and his 'immortal body' are obviously two different ways.

His 'immortal body' is more direct.

And the other side's?

"Is this a replacement?"

Jason guessed.

"No, no, no!"

"She's Mistress Jennifer."

"I can assure you that Master Jennifer is dead."

Amore shook her head, and then, as Jason looked at her quizzically, explained.

"The body is completely dead."

"The soul also went to the land of the dead."

"According to conventional wisdom, Master Jennifer is too dead to be able to die again!"

"But ......"

"The dead will be resurrected!"

Amore said as she looked at Jason.

She was eager to take off Jason's mask and see what kind of expression Jason would have on his face when he heard that Master Jennifer would be resurrected.

Amaze?

Incredible?

Still is...... Fear?

Thinking in her heart, Amore, who had maintained some witch habits, flashed a flash of narrowness in her eyes, as if she had just thought of something, and she slapped her palm lightly.

Syllable!

"By the way, Master Jennifer said that she will come to see you when she returns from the Land of the Dead...... In ways you can't imagine. ”

Amidst crisp applause, Amore raised her broom and prepared to leave.

"Wait!"

Jason stopped the other party and pointed to the corpse on the ground as the other person looked back, which could not have been more obvious.

"Master Jennifer said, I'll leave it to you."

"Throw it here and let it rot."

"It doesn't matter if you bury it or burn it."

"Of course, if you want to collect, you can."

Leaving such words, Amore did not stay any longer, and disappeared directly into the sky.

Jason looked down at Jennifer's corpse, his frown slowly stretched.

"Returning from the Land of the Dead?"

"Die eleven times in front of me?"

"Pay off mine?"

Jason whispered, then raised his hand.

Call!

The cone-shaped flames engulfed Jennifer's body.

Then, almost instinctively, Jason made up for [Defend Against Evil].

There was nothing unusual about the corpse, and it was quickly burned to ashes under the continuous spray of [Charles Incendiary].

As for the collection?

He's a normal person, but he doesn't have any special fetishes.

With all that done, Jason continued in the direction of the smell of the 'food'.

Whatever Jennifer said or did, Jason didn't intend to care.

After all, a normal human being cannot understand a madman.

After hearing the words relayed by Amore, Jason has determined that Jennifer is a madman.

After such confirmation, Jason gave up the idea of understanding the other party's thoughts.

You can't understand what a madman wants to do.

Then don't try to guess.

It's good to see the moves.

Deep down, though, Jason has a sense of urgency.

Once again, he encountered the beings that made him tremble.

From 'Lorde' onwards, he has been in contact with those beings in every world to a greater or lesser extent.

Sometimes it's confronting death head-on.

Sometimes it's a glimpse of death.

Sometimes it's the sound of hearing and welcoming death.

Death follows us.

This time, it's no exception.

He died eleven times.

But in the same way, those beings are dead.

Once again, Jason reminisced about 'being there' before.

The wriggling darkness.

The gaze that should have died, but appeared again.

The cold appeared in the bottom of his heart.

It seemed as if it was going to freeze his body.

Jason, who had experienced it several times, quickly emptied his brain, and he knew very well that if he continued to think about it, he would really 'freeze'.

"Jennifer should have mastered similar techniques to 'hair X', but unlike my previous 'hair X', what I came into contact with was 'living', and what she was exposed to was 'dead'!"

"It's just that those beings are already dead, can they still respond?"

"Wait!"

Jason used his existing experience to discern the difference, and then, it occurred to him a little.

He can be resurrected.

Jennifer can too.

So, why can't those terrifying beings?

Thinking of this, Jason inexplicably thought of some 'sons of God' in the church.

Literally, 'the child of the gods walking on earth!' ’

But most of the time, it just acts as a 'shell'.

Now that you have a shell, can you 'borrow a corpse to resurrect a soul'?

While there are certainly very harsh conditions, the 'resurrection' is a certainty.

And also!

Outside of every world, there are worlds in which these terrifying beings live!

These horrors exist in the world in which they live...... Is there a connection?

Or is there any connection between the 'place' he just went to and the 'place' he went to before?

Is it together?

Or is it a different place?

What are these terrifying beings he has come into contact with?

Is it just plain weird?

Jason thought as he ran into the distance.

Something went wrong, but Jason didn't forget his original purpose: to find food.

……

Similar to Jason who is on the road, Jennifer is also on the road.

It was gray all around.

The sky was gray.

The ground is also gray.

There are no plants, there are only stones, and there are countless stones, large and small.

She is going to return to earth from the land of the dead.

She has walked this road more than once, and she is almost familiar with it.

But what is different from the past is that she is in a good mood this time, not only dancing while walking, but also humming a minor tune that ordinary people can't understand at all.

"Uh-hum ~ Harvest ~ Uh-hum ~ Rachel ~"

"Fools~Fools~ are all big fools~"

"Uh-huh~uh-huh~"

After humming several times, Jennifer was suddenly stunned.

"Who is Rachel?"

"Why am I humming this?"

Jennifer stood there thinking.

Such a stay is undoubtedly dangerous in the land of the dead.

Seconds later, Jennifer was targeted.

A long and narrow figure suddenly burst out from behind her, enveloping Jennifer.

"Hey, yummy soul!"

"Are you lost?"

When the cold and noisy voice sounded, this long and narrow figure stood upright in this gray world, without hands, feet, or organs similar to the head, only a huge mouth at the top, and when opened, the layers of sharp teeth rotated and moved, which made people shudder, but the most frightening thing was the other party's body.

Hundreds of human faces grew on it.

"Come on, come and be eaten by me!"

"Let your soul nourish my body!"

The long and narrow figure spoke, the dense and layered, like a malignant tumor, and with the words of the other party, the mouths of these faces would open together to develop their own voices.

A pair of eyes were also staring at Jennifer, and their eyes were full of greed.

And as soon as the long and narrow figure lowered its head, it bit towards Jennifer.

Jennifer, who was looking down in thought, was interrupted, and she looked up and met the eyes angrily.

It's just one person, but when you look at thousands of eyes, the eyes of these 'thousands of people' are full of stinging.

Then, Jennifer saw the 'weirdness' in front of her.

'Weird' was stunned.

It instinctively told it that the soul in front of it was terrifying and that it had to stay away.

But, it's late.

"It's all your fault!"

"I almost remembered something!"

"You're damned!"

Jennifer roared, a crimson in her eyes.

As soon as the blood-like but more vivid crimson appeared, the narrow 'weird' body froze in midair.

Gray, the same gray as the world, began to appear above its head.

And then, the non-stop spread.

The faces quickly froze.

In the middle of breathing, this narrow 'weird' became a statue.

"It's ugly!"

Jennifer said this, lifting up and kicking the statue.

Bang!

Kalakala!

After the muffled sound, it is a continuous breaking sound.

The next moment, the petrified 'weird' became a pile of debris.

Jennifer, on the other hand, was still unfazed.

She lifted her foot and crushed the debris one by one.

Ten minutes later, Jennifer stopped.

"Rachel?"

"Another name!"

"Sure enough, Jason is different, and being able to come back from 'there' is enough to prove that he is extraordinary - but why does the magic mirror say that it is not him? Obviously everything fits perfectly? ”

Jennifer thought, and then, almost to herself, said, "...... Is it? ”

Well?

At the moment of the words, Jennifer noticed the difference.

Rachel's name, like the one that wore it in her heart before, had become unhearable.

Then, as she thought about it, the name became blurred.

Roughly, she knew, but she could only describe the general meaning, not the exact name.

At the same time, even a general description is not heard by ordinary people.

Or......

After hearing this, a change occurred.

The first time she wanted someone to describe the first and only name she remembered, the listener went crazy, and then, when she tried her best to save the other person, the other person simply chose to commit suicide.

You know, that person is not an ordinary person.

Rather, it is a famous soothsayer on the 'mysterious side' of the ground.

Even, it can be said that it is the first soothsayer.

But this is such a soothsayer, when she hears the name in her memory, she goes crazy on the spot.

Since then, the other party's suicide has been recognized as an accident.

Only she knew, it wasn't an accident at all.

It's the guy's name!

For this reason, she deliberately chased to the land of the dead.

However, here, after she finds the soul of the prophet, the accident happens again and the prophet disappears.

It's like being erased off by an eraser.

The whole process is done in an instant.

It's as if the other party never existed.

And then she tried several more times.

The end result is the result of the prophet.

And the worst?

It is directly turned into a monster.

One by one. Desire. Hope. Flooded, sulphur-stained monsters.

or arrogant or angry or greedy or jealous or lazy or. Hue. lust, or gluttony.

When they became them, all that was left was instinct.

Then?

It is to kill everyone who prevents them from unleashing their true nature.

The only exception?

It's the magic mirror.

But even the magic mirror didn't want to hear of the name.

After only one time, I stammered when I spoke.

You know, in the past, the mouth of the magic mirror was not only able to speak, but also very sweet.

Now, when I speak, I not only stutter, but also always bitter and hateful.

Moreover, in the face of her questioning and threats, he was indifferent.

"You play this too?"

"Humph!"

"Wait!"

"I'm sure I'll find you!"

"And then, you'll regret it!"

Jennifer snorted coldly.

After that, Jennifer became quite annoyed.

She did not choose the normal way to move forward, but like a rampaging rhinoceros, she reached the 'coordinate position' in a 'straight' way.

No ritual was performed.

The anger and impatience in her heart made Jennifer pick up the 'coordinates' and disappear directly here.

……

In a room surrounded by a thick curtain, hundreds of lit candles brightened it.

A huge glass jar stood.

More than a dozen witches knelt around the vessel.

Their witches' robes became more and more commanding under the beating of the candles.

After a few moments, the blue-green liquid began to tumble.

A very inconspicuous piece of flesh, the size of a little finger, appeared in the tumbling of the liquid.

Soon, the flesh began to grow at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Between breaths, it becomes an embryo.

The second breath, it becomes a baby.

With the third breath, it becomes a child.

With the fourth breath, it becomes a maiden.

The surrounding witches stood silently around the vessel and watched the change.

This is not the first time.

They're used to it.

They were quietly waiting for Master Jennifer to return to her original form.

According to past experience, it takes five breaths.

But this time, just as the fourth breath was completed, the girl in the vessel opened her eyes.

She stepped out with her legs raised.

The glass cover of the vessel was completely like air, and the girl pierced it.

Amore, who was on the side, immediately stood up to wipe the girl's body, and the other two witches, kneeling there, held the prepared robes and brooms high above their heads and handed them to the girl's door.

The whole process did not make a single sound.

Even though they were puzzled in their hearts as to why Master Jennifer had not returned to normal, none of them dared to ask.

Even Amore, who is closest to Jennifer, is no exception.

"There are some things, I'll go and come back."

In the face of these loyal subordinates, Jennifer's mood finally improved a little, which made her choose not to say goodbye.

That's at most, of course.

Then, under the watchful eyes of all the witches, Jennifer picked up her broom and flew out of here.

She's going to ask the Magic Mirror.

Ask the other person who her name is just remembered.

This time, she must ask what is the end!

Even if you break the magic mirror, you don't hesitate to do it!

……

The aroma of 'food' is getting stronger and stronger.

Jason began to run as hard as he could, interspersed with [Charge] skills from time to time.

The whole person approached the destination of the trip like an arrow from the string: the majestic mountain in sight.

Depending on the direction the aroma is coming from, that's where the 'food' is.

At the same time, Jason confirmed again.

Such a rich fragrance will be an unprecedented 'deliciousness' that he has ever encountered!

"What could it be?"

"I'm going to have to taste it!"

"Bite down little by little, and feel the taste inside with your taste buds!"

Jason thought faster and faster.

In the face of 'food', Jason can burst out two hundred percent.

And then......

He met Jennifer.

As Amore said, he really met Jennifer in a completely unimaginable way - Jennifer was riding on a broom in the air, and she was speeding close to the magic mirror.

The dust brought up by Jason as he ran naturally attracted Jennifer's attention.

Then, she saw Jason.

Almost without any hesitation, Jennifer directly lowered her height.

"Jason!"

Jennifer called Jason's name.

Then, he quickly approached Jason, and went head to head with Jason as he ran.

After forming a subtle backlight with the sunlight, the girl-like Jennifer turned her head and raised her hand to pin her hair behind her ear, her eyes were as clear as water, but full of emotion.

She just looked at Jason, and when Jason started to get goosebumps all over his body, her voice trembled slightly.

"Is this the meeting of fate?"

"After going through life and death, we meet again."

"Jason~"

Between the words, tears welled up in his eyes.

It's as if she really went through life and death to meet Jason again.

Although there was nothing wrong with it in a way, Jason on the run didn't mean to respond at all.

Jason didn't even look at Jennifer.

He didn't want to get entangled with the other party.

He hopes to repel the other party with indifference and silence.

As for what came out of Jennifer's mouth?

Jason never believed it.

Do you have a sick brain to believe in a 'witch'?

However, Jason forgets that neuropathy cannot be taken for granted.

I saw that this 'witch', who was going hand in hand with him, flew high as soon as she pulled the broom, and when she reached a height, she accelerated and dived down.

It's getting faster and faster.

The ground is getting closer.

There is no intention of slowing down.

And then—

Bang!

The Witch crashed into the ground about 100 meters in front of Jason.

Directly crushed to pieces.

In the aftermath of the impact, the air still echoed with the words of the other party before he died.

"I haven't forgotten!"

"This is the second time!"

"I owe you nine times!"

Jason's eyes jumped.

Jennifer is dead again.

The other party who has just been resurrected and returned from the land of the dead commits suicide to show himself if he doesn't agree with him?

Moreover, it is obvious that the other party should also go to the place where the 'food' is.

But after seeing him, he did not hesitate to die.

When did the 'witches' keep their promises so much?

Call!

Jason took a deep breath, he looked at the broken corpse in the pit, and raised his hand to spew out a cone of flames again.

Then he turned and moved on.

He didn't know what Jennifer wanted to do

But he knew what his goal was.

Jason is getting closer and closer to the mountains.

The hunger in his belly made his stomach roar.

Hungry!

High in the mountains, inside the stone house.

The spotless oval mirror, as if he had been frightened in his sleep, as if he had been frightened in his sleep, when Jason's stomach roared with hunger, the whole frame suddenly trembled, and a layer of fine water beads appeared on the smooth and clear mirror.

Then, it broke the rules of the ritual and began to mutter—

"I, I ......"