Chapter 72: The Swamp Witch
On his dark face, a pair of eyes shining green opened, and the temperature in the already cold swamp area seemed to drop to freezing. Strange, intermittent fragments of thought lingered in our ears, growing louder as the swamp witch approached, but I could never make out what it was saying.
"It can't be the voice of the deceased, right?"
"At this time, Ma Chao, what are you kidding?" Yu Jingjing reprimanded.
The Swamp Witch's lantern burns with Soul Breaker, the reason why my magical creature friend, the Shadow Frogman, can't come to meet us.
"Attack?" Charlie asks for help.
"You can't attack, in case you provoke it, we can't eat and walk around. Ma Chao said.
"What we know about the swamp witch is still in a state of little understanding. The knowledge gained from books can only be borrowed - talking on paper will lead to disaster, and decisions must be made according to the actual situation, and every step of the way. Yu Jingjing stared at the swamp witch.
The broken thoughts stopped, as if a swamp witch capable of using water magic floated motionless among the aquatic plants.
"What's wrong?" Ma Chao asked.
"I don't know. Yu Jingjing replied.
The ominous visitor raised the lantern and placed it next to its face, and its face was indeed black.
"Dolls, gears, dolls, turning, crazy, strengthening, eliminating, acting. "I heard the witch's voice clearly.
"What do you mean?" apparently everyone heard.
"Huh?"
Someone pushed me behind my back, and I fell unnoticed and fell towards the water. For a moment, I saw a shadow fluttering in the water, and two rows of teeth came to the surface.
"Gollumβ"
Gollum jumped out of the water and stepped on the head of the crocodile-like creature to catch me.
Shocked that the situation was not right, everyone stayed away from the water's edge.
"Somebody pushed me just now. "Having been saved by Gollum, I immediately announced that someone had deliberately murdered me.
"Xiao Hui, what's wrong with you?"
We followed Ma Chao's line of sight and looked at Xiao Hui, and saw Xiao Hui standing with his head bowed and expressionless.
"Kill, enemy, kill, magician," Xiao Hui looked up, his expression glazed, "None of them will be left." β
With a sneer, Xiao Hui suddenly pounced on us at a very fast speed.
Gurgling stepped forward and raised his wooden stick to stab Xiao Hui.
"Quack, he's our friend!" I yelled.
Knowing Gurg, he adjusted the wooden stick in his hand and threw it at Xiao Hui.
Looking at Xiao Hui who fell to the ground and stood up like a lost zombie, Yu Jingjing said hatefully: "It must be the swamp witch who used magic to make Xiao Hui fall into an illusion. Capture the thief and capture the king first, and now I don't care about anythingβit's already me off!"
"Wait," I said to Yu Jingjing, "there's something strange in the water, like a crocodile. β
"Charizard, no, it's not ......here," Ma Chao recalled the magical creature in his head.
"Quack. "Gollum wanted to tell us, but we didn't understand.
Xiao Hui rushed over again, Charlie dodged and then grabbed Xiao Hui with a backhand.
"Wow......" Xiao Hui, who was caught, kept struggling like a crazy beast.
Ma Chao said to Charlie: "Classmate, hold on, we will solve the culprit on the other side immediately." β
I couldn't help, and stayed where I was under Yu Jingjing's orders, while she and Ma Chao prepared to use wind magic to blow the swamp witch over.
Things didn't go so well, and as the two approached the swamp, three crocodile-like monsters freed up water and lunged at them.
Yu Jingjing, who had foreseen an attack from the water, was ready to cast her magic and stood on the ground with her bamboo stick. The white gem glowed brightly, and the crocodile monster was bounced out.
"Uhh
Because of the light when Yu Jingjing activated her magic, the swamp witch hurriedly covered her face. When the light faded, I saw smoke rising from its dark face.
The shattered thought began, and the three crocodile monsters pounced on the water again. This time, unlike before, they turned around with agility and flung their tails towards the protective shield. At this point, I also saw the true face of the three crocodile monsters: "Crocodile man?"
"The wind, turn into a sharp blade and slash the enemy. β
Yu Jingjing seemed to know that the magic barrier could not withstand this attack, so she put away her bamboo stick and quickly waved it at the falling crocodile man. The wind blade erupted, and a crocodile man's tail snapped, and under the double effect it lost its balance and fell into the water.
The two tails smashed at Yu Jingjing and Ma Chao, and they were dodged by the two. However, when the tail hit the ground, a flash of lightning thundered, causing the two to be caught off guard. Fortunately, the lightning strike did not fully attack the two of them, and Yu Jingjing and Ma Chao were just paralyzed and unable to act.
In magical battles, every minute and second can make the difference between victory and defeat.
Two low, crocodile men with large mouths flicked their metal tails and approached each of them. As much as I would love to help the two, there is nothing I can do. On the one hand, Xiao Hui's breaking free is getting stronger and stronger, and I can't help Charlie to get out, on the other hand, even if I don't care about the things here for the time being, I can't use my divine skills to rush forward and just use my mantis arm as a car.
"Charlie, stun Xiao Hui!"
After hesitating for a second, Charlie raised his fist and struck Xiao Hui in the abdomen. As a boxing enthusiast, Charlie has a sense of proportion. Xiao Hui fainted, I held him and asked Charlie to help the two people on the ground.
Charlie first threw a burst of fire to attract the attention of the crocodile, and then rushed to fight the crocodile man on Ma Chao's side.
The crocodile man on Yu Jingjing's side saw that Xiao Hui didn't come to attack him, so he turned around and wanted to attack the little girl again. Yu Jingjing is not a weak little girl. Seeing that she was a little conscious, she immediately treated herself with a bamboo stick, and then threw a stick at the crocodile man when he opened his mouth to pounce.
The crocodile man roared, and Yu Jingjing ignored it. The crocodile man flicked his tail at Yu Jingjing, and Yu Jingjing was not to be outdone and attacked with a bamboo stick. It was supposed to be the crocodile man's tail that was strong, but it turned out that Yu Jingjing's bamboo stick was superior. What's even more peculiar is that when Yu Jingjing slashed at the crocodile man's tail with a bamboo stick, as if she had been hit by a knife, the tail and the body were split in two.
On the other side, Charlie and the crocodile man fought, but Ma Chao was still in a state of paralysis.
"Ma Chao, pay attention to the side!"
The crocodile man who fell into the water at first surfaced and opened his mouth to devour Ma Chao.
Croaking and croaking, he stepped on the crocodile man's mouth twice. The crocodile, who fell to the ground from the blow, was furious and flung at Gollum with his tail that should have been severed.
Compared to the agile Shadow Frogman, the Crocodile Man is significantly weaker. However, the crocodile man's purpose is not to hit the grunt, but to strike lightning.
Violent sparks sparked and my friend was knocked out of the air.
Yu Jingjing's side, she had already knocked the crocodile man to the ground, and weighed a blow to make the crocodile man unable to move. Then, Yu Jingjing shook the stick at the swamp witch.
A few trails of wind blades flew out, and the swamp witch was struck - strangely, it didn't look right.
"Fluttering, gone, no, it's a trap! Everyone, the swamp witch is here......"
Before Yu Jingjing's words fell, I felt that I was bound by something and robbed of my power.
The broken thoughts are getting louder and louder...... This voice is very close to me.
I watched Xiao Hui stand up like a zombie as he fell to the ground, and then he suddenly came up to me. Glowing green eyes, I shudder.
Xiao ...... Hui?"
The green eyes were hollow, the mouth moved slightly, the cheeks slowly darkened, and Xiao Hui in front of him spit out unknown words, with an ominous aura.
Yi Jiahe ...... Awaken...... He ......, "Yu Jingjing, who stood still like me and couldn't move, reminded me, but I didn't know how to wake up Xiao Hui.
The cold hand gripped my throat, and Xiao Hui, who was lost, wanted to kill me. The force was getting harder and harder for me to breathe.
Seeing that Charlie did not move, the crocodile man stepped forward and opened his mouth to devour him. Seeing that Ma Chao didn't move, the crocodile man ignored him and swaggered towards Yu Jingjing.
"Yi Jia and ......" Charlie's voice. The crocodile man in front of him pounced on it.
The time is up, the time is available, but I can't act. I need a way out of this, a way to win.
"Voice. Fang Dongyan's wand reminded me.
"Time to go. β
As I thought, after the silence around me, my body was able to move freely. Aiming at Xiao Hui's face, my subordinate punched mercilessly.
Time passed normally, and Xiao Hui fell to the ground.
Charlie dodged, and although he let the crocodile's teeth scratch the skin, he escaped with the crocodile's mouth and launched a burst blow aimed at the crocodile's mouth.
Yu Jingjing swung her stick and happened to hit the crocodile man who ran away, knocking it to the ground.
"Yu Jingjing, light!"
At my prompting, Yu Jingjing raised her wand and said, "Holy light, my faith." The gate of heaven is opened, and the road of the earth is opened. The Origin Magic that gives birth to life, under prayer, illuminates the darkness and banishes evil. β
The white gemstone shines a very different light than before, and this time it shines even more brightly.
"Ah...... Stop, stop......"
In the empty place, a hunchbacked old man in a black ragged suit with gray hair covered his face and retreated again and again.
"Remove all magic!" Yu Jingjing ordered.
"Yes, yes......"
The light of the white gem weakened and disappeared, and the hunchbacked old man fell to his knees with white smoke coming out of his body. As if night had fallen, the marshy area had become brighter, and though it was not as bright as outside the Black Forest, it was still possible to see things in the distance.
"Hey, what's wrong with me, it hurts......" Xiao Hui, who didn't know the truth, covered his face and stood up.
I squatted down and tried to help Xiao Hui up, but I don't know if it was because of the large range of movement or the reduced effectiveness of the Kebilak fruit, I fell on Xiao Hui in a burst of pain.
"Yi Jiahe, are you okay?"
"Freemasonry. I lay on Xiao Hui and smiled bitterly.
With the help of Charlie and Ma Chao, Xiao Hui and I got up. Yu Jingjing used a bamboo stick to supervise the hunchbacked old man and prevented him from making small movements.
This witch who looks like an old lady is actually a magical creature. As for why it looks like a human, I won't explain.
"Old thing, I'll kick you to death. β
Ma Chao wants to kick the swamp witch. I thought it was an old man and tried to stop him, but when I thought of a magical creature on the ground and made us miserable, I was so angry that I wanted to kick him.
"Come on," Yu Jingjing stopped Ma Chao from turning to the witch and asked, "Let me ask you, who sent you to capture Xiao Hui?"
The witch was silent.
"You guy, give you a face, you don't have a face, be careful that I use light magic to destroy you!" Ma Chao was bluffing.
"Don't ......" has an effect.
"Answer me, who asked you to arrest Xiao Hui?"
The witch, whose skin was as wrinkled as dead wood, knelt on the ground and said, "I don't want that boy, I want ...... Boy's crystal. β
"The target is indeed the Dalai Crystal. Ma Chao said.
Yu Jingjing threw a stick at the witch's side and threatened the witch and said, "I'm asking you who ordered you to take Xiao Hui away." If you don't know anything, I'll kill you!"
Ma Chao wanted to advise Yu Jingjing, "Didn't it already say it", but after feeling Yu Jingjing's murderous aura, he was cowardly and didn't dare to speak.
"No one commanded me, it was when I heard that the crystal could be used as a material to make a great potion that I wanted it. The witch replied with a bowed head.
"Who did you hear about it?" Yu Jingjing clenched.
"Yes...... The students of your college ......"
"Who!" the current Yu Jingjing is even more terrifying than a dark attribute magical creature.
"I don't know ......"
"I ask you, if I ask you to identify them, will you recognize them?"
The swamp witch reluctantly said, "I'm not sensitive to the face of a magician......"
"What?"
"I guess so. β
Yu Jingjing roared angrily: "I want to answer exactly!"
"Yes!"
After some interrogation, the swamp witch was so frightened that she didn't dare to move, and even us, who were Yu Jingjing's classmates, were terrified. Brother Xiao Hui, this domineering girl, I don't know if you can hold it?
"You have a restraint, drink it. β
"No need......"
"Drink!"
The swamp witch pointed to the hut and said, "I don't have it with me, but I have it inside." β
Yu Jingjing tilted her head to look, and then said to the witch, "Go and get it." β
The witch got up and walked towards the hut.
"I warn you, if you dare to flee without permission, I will use light magic to destroy you completely!"
As soon as Yu Jingjing's words came out, the swamp witch shook her shoulders and turned her head to look at us with a pair of poor old eyes.
"Go. Yu Jingjing, who had stopped Ma Chao just now, was now kicking the witch in the buttocks.
After the swamp witch entered the hut, Ma Chao asked, "It won't make Ji escape, will it?"
"If it dares to escape, I will let it die. Ma Chao stepped back.
Although Yu Jingjing said that it was okay, she still left ten seconds later.
"Run!" warning came from inside the hut.
Before Yu Jingjing could step on the first step, the hut burst, and the impact sent her flying. Ma Chao, who reacted quickly, used wind magic to catch Yu Jingjing, and Yu Jingjing, who faced the swamp hut, used wind magic to resist the broken wood - Yu Jingjing was safe and sound.
By the time we stood still, the swamp hut was in flames, and we couldn't get closer, let alone confirm the swamp witch's life.
Thinking of using Ma Chao's sealing talisman, Yu Jingjing tried to extinguish the fire, but the flames were too fierce to be extinguished for a while.
About five minutes later, Fang Dongyan arrived with Liang Kairong, Jin Wenji, Newt Green, and a few teachers from other classes, and the hut had already turned off.
Considering the situation of Xiao Hui and me, Dean Fang instructed us to go to the academy to rest, escorted by Liang Kairong and two other class teachers, and Yu Jingjing was left alone to assist in the investigation.
"Can I send Gollum to the academy for treatment?"
Knowing what I mean, Gurgling resolutely refuses.
"Shadow frogmen recover faster in unique places. I'm sure it's better here than sending it to the academy. β
Since Dean Fang said so, I didn't have much knowledge of magical creatures, so I could only say goodbye to Gollum.
"Quack. β
Seeing that I was distressed that I couldn't understand the language, Ma Chao said: "There is a kind of magic tool called the Magic Creature Translator......
With a smile on my face, I pounced on Ma Chao and said, "So I can talk to Gollum, right?"
Ma Chao was startled by me and nodded awkwardly.
Back at the academy, we had already missed the second class. I told Leung Hoi Wing that I was fine, but he insisted that I go to the health room for a check-up. Under Leung's worried expression, I had no choice but to accept his request.
In the health room, Jesse confirms that Xiao Hui is fine.
"The soup has been digested, and there is no obvious abnormality in the body. β
I specifically told Jesse about Xiao Hui being controlled by the swamp witch.
"The effectiveness of controlling magic will disappear with the passage of time, not to mention that the other party is only a magical creature of star four. Since you're so worried about your classmate, I'll make some potions for him. β
After examining me, Jesse said that there was no obvious abnormality in my body.
"Are you sure my ribs aren't broken?"
"Boy, believe in my skills, believe in Joan's ability, the operation we did together was not so bad. β
When Jesse asked me if I wanted to use light magic to suppress the pain, I said that I had already eaten the Kebilak fruit and the pain had eased.
"No wonder, it turns out that you ate the Kebilak fruit. You can hardly find this fruit fresh this season, it was given to you by magical creatures, right?"
Jesse is so smart.
Back in the dormitory, Charlie, who came first, had already gathered with everyone.
"Ever since Yi Jia and his memory loss, broken things have always appeared one by one. Yi Jiahe, you shouldn't be favored by the unlucky god, right?"
"You bastard, you don't come to your aid in times of crisis. "I scratched Josh's hair hard.
"I'm sorry," Josh apologized, "Dean Fang said that the rescue mission was dangerous, and he didn't count me. β
"Dare doesn't mean you're scared when you hear 'dangerous,' right?" Alex was skeptical.
"How could it be," said Josh, "that I was the first to discover the Drunken Flower, and I just accidentally inhaled the pollen......"
In front of everyone's eyes, Josh had a hard time arguing.
"Forget it," Xiao Hui said, "we're all right." Peace is good. β
"If there is one, there are two, and if there are two, there are three. Adam said.
Park Ji-woo answered: "That's right. We must take full precautions to prevent this from happening again. β
"What's the idea?" Alex asked.
"Special training. Charlie grinned.
"It's not bad to take turns to protect, like a heart stick. Kojiro laughed.
"Intentions?"
"It's a bodyguard. "Kojiro came over and put his arm on my shoulder.
Liang Kairong clapped his hands: "Let's unite as one to protect our two family members." β
"Guardian, a great dereliction of duty. Kojiro narrowed his eyes and tried to feign disdain.
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