"Stop!" Odo raised his hand to signal, and after breaking away from the group, the five of them had been walking for almost half a day with the black cloth-covered iron cage car.

When Otto had halted the procession, he ran ahead alone and made his rounds under a few particularly thick trees in the woods.

"Odo-sama, did you find anything?" Qin Lun and Bony strolled behind him.

"Look down in the woods!" With a smile in his eyes, Otto said, pointing ahead.

It's been three days since the exorcist's party entered the Maiya Forest, and now they're getting deeper and deeper into the Great Forest, and the canopy above them is getting thicker and thicker. Even when the sun is scorching, there is less sunlight that can reach the forest.

Qin Lun looked at it, the trees in front of him were tall and stout, the fallen leaves on the ground overlapped, and the green shade was mottled, but he couldn't see anything special. The only thing that may be different from other areas is that there are all kinds of mushrooms growing under the large trees in this area. It looks like it's layered on top of each other, as if it's covered with a small umbrella.

"It's been able to get close to this point, and we haven't been discovered yet." A blush flashed across Boni's face, suppressing his excitement, "It looks like the witch is all focused on manipulating magical creatures, and Lady Nova isn't signaling fireworks...... We were right! ”

"You ...... That means it's close to the witch's lair! Qin Lun's expression moved, and he immediately understood what Bony said.

"Well, I've read in books that most witches who live in the forest grow mushrooms near their nests." Bligh came from behind and said excitedly, "There is no rice in the forest, and mushrooms are a good food. ”

"Lord Boni, we can release it now, it will definitely be able to help us find the witch!" Otto looked back at the carriage that Frank was driving and said sternly.

"Okay, I'll let it out!" Bonnie's eyes flashed as he strode to the carriage and ripped off the black tarpaulin that covered it.

"Dangchang!" The carriage was indeed carrying a large iron cage, and Bonny opened the large iron lock of the cage and pulled it out.

The creature was muscular, with erect legs, knee-length hands, sharp nails, and black fur. It seems to have just woken up from its long sleep, and its vision is still a little hazy, but its turquoise pupils reveal cruelty and violence that cannot be concealed.

Suddenly seeing Bony in front of him, he leaned over slightly, his chest bulging, the pointed ears on his head stood upright, his long canine teeth were bared, his mouth was dripping with saliva and let out a low roar.

"Beast, be quiet!" Boni didn't know when, there was already a long leather whip in his hand, and with a "snap", there was a whip in mid-air.

"Whew!" There was a hint of fear in the beast's eyes, and its pointed ears drooped, and it squatted on the ground like an obedient puppy.

"Werewolf!" Bligh's eyes widened and he let out a soft snort.

There really is such a creature as zài! Qin Lun looked at the werewolf in front of Boni, and a trace of inexplicable meaning flashed in his eyes.

Although Qin Lun had heard of the legends of witches and evil creatures since he entered this world, and had even seen gargoyles and white figures suspected of ghosts, he always felt that there was a hazy sense of unreality. The appearance of the werewolf seems to have lifted the last layer of the fog of this world, making him finally believe in the dark side behind this world.

Could it be that the plague in the Odia region is really the work of witches? Maybe there's no truth to Stephen's death, or maybe Stephen is still imprisoned in some witch's lair? Qin Lun had to start guessing other possibilities for Stephen's death!

No, even if Stephen aside, Miller's strange condition must be related to the Albert family itself. And how to explain the white figure? That's definitely not the witch's handiwork!

Qin Lun's mind was full of thoughts, no matter what he said, his other hunch was correct. This reconnaissance mission will definitely allow him to gain new clues to truly solve the mystery of Stephen and decipher the root cause of the epidemic.

"Go, find out where the witch is!" Bony touched the werewolf's head and whispered in its ear.

With a fierce glint in his eyes, the werewolf ran a few steps on all fours, jumped onto a large tree, grabbed the trunk firmly with his sharp nails, and disappeared into the woods in a few leaps.

"Keep up with it!" Bony seemed to have an inexplicable connection with the werewolf, and he could know where the werewolf was at any time, and waved his hand to the few people behind him, and led the way.

"Lord Boni, I can't see that you are still an animal trainer, even werewolves can be tamed!" Qin Lun leaned over to Boni's side and said softly.

"Hehe, I'm not a real beast tamer, this werewolf has been serving the Albert family since I started to be sensible, but I have always been locked up in the prison sub-fort, and few people know about it!" Bony seemed to be in high spirits and took the initiative to explain to Qin Lun.

Looking at Boni's elated appearance, Qin Lun's heart moved, and he asked tentatively: "Your Excellency Boni, you seem to be looking forward to fighting with a witch, is this the first time you have seen a real witch?" ”

"Of course not, but this is the first time since Stephen's accident!" Bony's face darkened.

"Your brother Stephen Albert?" Qin Lun pretended to be surprised and asked, "I'm sorry, I heard that he had an accident during the solo trial. It's a pity, it's just that at his age, why hasn't he ever had a trial before? ”

Judging from the tombstone, Stephen Albert was in his thirties when he died, and he was Boney's brother. Compared to Boni, a seasoned exorcist, Stephen is rumored to be more like a reckless novice exorcist, which is also one of the doubts that Qin Lun can't let go.

"Stephen is different from me, he didn't like to fight since he was a child, and even more so since he got married!" Bony's face was a little cloudy, "Actually, during his accident, I was not in Albert Castle, but traveled in other places. Afterwards, he was recalled to the castle by his father! ”

"Oh, that's weird, you really Stephen died at the hands of a witch?" Qin Lun narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully avoiding angering Bony, "Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have questioned your brother!" ”

"It's okay, I know you're suspicious! Originally, even when I first heard the news, I couldn't believe that Stephen, who had always disliked fighting, would suddenly decide to go to the witch alone to trouble! Bony sighed and said with a wry smile.

"There's a reason for that, though. Stephen's wife was attacked by magical creatures during an outing...... In order to protect a pair of children who were with him, he was seriously injured and died the next day, so he ......"

Qin Lun's face showed a hint of understanding, as if he understood the detour of this secret. His wife died suddenly and tragically, and his son was infected with a plague by magical creatures. No wonder Stephen, who doesn't like fighting, is heartbroken and rushes into the Maia Forest, where witches gather, only to kill himself inside, leaving only a pair of orphans.

The Alberts' explanation is plausible, and it's no wonder that the exorcists are convinced that the plague in the Odia region is the work of witches. At great cost, it is necessary to bypass the millennium pact and implement a battle plan to capture witches.

"Is Stephen's wife named Mary?" Qin Lun asked confidently.

"Mary? Who's that? Stephen's wife is Nina! Bony was slightly stunned and replied casually.

"You don't know Mary?" Qin Lun's pupils shrank, and he was about to speak again, but he heard an exclamation from the two of them.

"Ahh The screams belonged to Bligh, the young exorcist, and the others were slightly startled and turned their heads to look.

Bligh, which had been on the left side, was now gone, and in the direction he was going, several huge plants appeared. The appearance of these plants is extremely strange, more than a dozen green leaves as large as plantains are spread on the ground, among which are brightly colored stamens, exuding a dense fragrance, as if a huge lotus flower is flat on the ground.

One of the plants, with its broad leaves curled up in one direction, like a wrap, wrapped Bligh from head to toe into a large rice dumpling.

"It's a giant man-eating flower!" Bony said with a solemn face, "We need to cut off its rhizome quickly, or Bligh will suffocate!" ”

"We really shouldn't have let this kid come along!" Otto shook his head, took a machete from his back, and headed straight for the giant man-eating flower.

There are a total of five of these giant man-eating flowers, and if you want to cut off the one that binds Bligh, you must first kill the two plants next to it, and I am afraid that you will not be able to save people in a short time.

"I promised his mother that I wouldn't let him die here!" Otto's face changed, hesitated for a moment, and then turned to look at Bony.

"Let's do it! We haven't seen a witch yet, and we can't just give up our companions. Bony hesitated and nodded.

The words of the two made Qin Lun a little confused, but the next action of Otto and Bony finally made him understand what dumb riddle the two were playing, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly. The two men actually pulled out a flintlock shotgun.

This large-caliber shotgun is very powerful, and it is filled with steel balls, and two shots are enough to destroy two piranha flowers that stand in the way. Bligh must have been able to save him before he suffocated, but the sound of the gun was also loud......

"Bang, bang!" With two loud bangs, the two piranha flowers next to them were immediately sprayed by steel balls, and all the leaves retracted, giving way to the piranha that trapped Bligh.

Looking at Otto and Boni, who were slashing with knives, Qin Lun sighed, such a loud gunshot, even if the witch was deaf, he heard it. Maybe she was busy directing magical creatures to monitor Nova and the others, but now she must have noticed the few exorcists who had come under her nose.

"Right...... I'm sorry! Bligh wiped the man-eating slime from his face and blushed, "I was a little distracted just now!" ”

"The werewolf has found the witch's hut!" Bony suddenly raised his head, his eyes bursting with light, "It's about five hundred meters in front of us on the right!" ”