Bareth walked cautiously down the winding forest path.

The Black Forest has never been friendly to outsiders.

The dark, damp, completely unexposed woodland, with far more snow than the outside world remains, and the creaking of deerskin boots is unpleasant.

It's winter, but the sounds of birds and insects in the forest still don't stop, adding a bit of weirdness to this forest.

There are even rumors that the Black Forest is infested with black robas (magical creatures, elves like tricksters), who can break signs and disorient travelers, leaving travelers lost in the forest forever.

Of course, of all the rumors about the Black Forest, the most famous one is the one.

"The Witches of the Black Forest."

Rumors of witches have been circulating in the vicinity for hundreds of years, and there are still claims to have met the legendary witch in the Black Forest.

The purpose of Bareth's trip was to find the witch.

Unlike most solitary witches, the witches of the Black Forest are the more talkative of the witches.

It is said that there were rumors that people who got lost in the Black Forest were sent away safely. This shows that the other party is at least the type of person who can communicate.

And if you can communicate, you should be able to make some transactions with them.

Bareth was not a commoner, in fact he was the prince of the kingdom of Luzantine a day ago, the original first in line to the throne.

But now it was his uncle who sat on that throne. His father's brother, because of his father, the beloved Luzantine VII, died yesterday.

Although it was said that he suddenly contracted a serious illness and died, he was actually assassinated, and there is no news about the murderer.

No, it should be said that 'there is no news on the surface'.

It stands to reason that for a period of time after his father's death, the kingdom of Lu Zhanting would fall into chaos due to the leaderless dragons, and only then would it be reunited and stabilized.

But for some reason, after his father was assassinated, Bareth got the news. When I was going to enter the palace and provoke the girders. However, he found that the expected chaos did not happen, and his uncle had already been elected by the courtiers to become the king's agent to stabilize the situation, as long as the king's council gave permission later. His uncle would have been able to remove the name of the agent at once. Become the rightful eighth king of Lu Zhanting!

Even he went to the royal family to worship the mage. The old man who always had a cold face asked about the cause of his father's death, and the other party would only excuse himself with 'the first king was assassinated by the great magician-level Cunzài, and the old man couldn't do anything about it'.

And everyone in the royal family knows it very well. Those worshipping mages all represent the views and attitudes of the Qiyao Mage Association on a certain matter, so it is almost certain that even the Qiyao Mage Association is no longer reliable.

Even the only strong man on his side, the head of the knights of the Luzantine Kingdom, the Black Rose Witch Rose, is currently under house arrest in disguise.

The sum of the so-called 'coincidences' gave Bareth enough reason to believe that his father's death was not an accident, but a prepared usurpation!

Because of some taboos, the pure white church will hardly participate in secular political struggles, and it is almost impossible to rely on them, as one of the three major forces, to fight for their rights to reveal the truth, and the attitude of the king's council is also very perfunctory, and it seems that it has made up its mind to watch from the sidelines.

Since even the magician can't be relied on, then he can only find another way to find a power that is out of everyone's field of vision to help.

Witches, for example.

There is no point in mourning without seeing the corpse, and the longer it drags on, the better it will be for his uncle to firmly rule.

Coupled with the fact that there was no trustworthy person around him, Barreth simply ran out under the pretext of hunting and distraction, and after getting rid of those who might be spying on him, he entered the Black Forest, where witches are said to live.

Although there are some more troublesome monsters in the Black Forest, firstly, the cold winter mutation has just passed, and many monsters are still in a state of hibernation and have not woken up, and secondly, Bareth not only has the strength of a second-turn demon swordsman, but also has a rare rune sword 'Early Winter' in his hand, and there is no threat to him at all to defeat monsters below double digits, even if it is above double digits, he is not without the power to fight......

Just as Bareth was still thinking about what to say first when he saw the witch, his vision of the various dwarf fir trees suddenly brightened.

A strangely shaped house appeared in front of him.

The house is roughly similar to a bungalow, with red tiles and white walls, and ivy all over, but because there are several protruding rooms on the second floor, it gives it a crooked feeling.

From the outside, the house has many windows, but they are all covered by heavy curtains, and you can't see the inside at all.

There is no evidence of this, but the atmosphere that emanates from the house makes one think, 'This is the place where witches live.'"

Bareth swallowed and plucked up the courage to make her way to the door.

Just as he walked up the steps in front of the door, and was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, the scarlet wooden door opened by itself.

Do you know that he is coming, and invite him in?

Bareth steadied himself, calming his somewhat flustered mood. After all, he was also a former prince, and his mind and concentration were better than ordinary people, so he quickly calmed down and walked into the dark house.

Obviously, there are no trees around the house, and the light of the two suns in the sky is also very bright, but it seems that the light is completely swallowed up as soon as it enters the entrance, leaving only a corridor with a black hole.

Naturally, Barreth does not have the ability to have dark vision, walking in the dark and unfamiliar corridor, his heart is naturally uneasy, and he always feels as if he is walking in the mouth of a giant beast, and every step is leading him to the abyss of terror.

Fortunately, the corridor was not long, and soon he was at the bottom of the corridor.

There was another wooden door, it was unlocked, and he just pushed it open with a creak.

"Welcome, confused traveler."

A young-sounding female voice came out of the door.

It was only then that Bareth could see what was going on inside.

Behind the door should be a small room, with a large table in the center of the room, on which is a crystal ball, which is emitting a faint blue light, which is also the only light source in the room.

By the glow, Bareth could see that the room was surrounded by bookshelves, but there were many other things on the shelves besides books.

For example, a crystal skull, a black stone with a strange pattern, the metatarsal bones of some kind of monster, a black cat that is eyeing him, candy...... Wait, candy?

I must have read it wrong.

Bareth barely managed to hold his mind, forcing himself to shift his attention from the cheap candy that could be bought for a few coppers in the bazaar to the back of the wooden table.

The man there wearing a wizard's robe and a peaked wizard's hat should be the target of his trip, the witches of the Black Forest.

It's just that the witch is unexpectedly petite, maybe not as big as her sister.

What made Bareth even more concerned was that there was another figure behind the witch.

Although the other party was hidden in the shadows, revealing only a rough outline, he could barely make out a man.

Could it be a witch's minions?

Some rumors about witches crossed Bareth's head, and he decided not to care about them.

"Dear Miss Witch, I hope to be able to get your help."

Since the witch uses 'welcome' as the opening phrase, it means that the other party should not be hostile to her for the time being.

That's a good sign.

Bareth said.

"Being able to pass through my barrier shows that you have a desire to do it...... Say what you want, then give your chips, and I'll decide if I want to sign a contract with you to fulfill your wish, depending on whether it's worth it or not. ”

The witch didn't talk nonsense with him either...... It's better to say that she is an unusual and cheerful person like the legendary witch.

As he thought about the mess in his head, Bareth coughed lightly and began to tell his story...... (To be continued......)

PS: For well-known reasons, the update in recent days should be a little slower, so please understand~

There's also a question from a reader about why I don't show up so often in the book review section.

In fact, there is only one truth! That's-

It's a good trouble to type something_(:3"∠)_