Witch, that's a shuddering title. Perhaps for ordinary people, the name only reminds them of fairy tales that their mothers used to scare them when they were young, or of some ugly-looking old woman who lived nearby. In fact, however, for a caster like Cheese, the witch refers to more than just a female caster. People in this world may spend their entire lives, and they rarely encounter those who walk between common sense and darkness, but there are also a small number of people who have stepped into the place of dusk and night as ordinary people due to some kind of fate coincidence or unfortunate encounter. Some of them died, some went mad, and only a handful of them escaped from that terrible world with limited sanity, but the words they brought back were regarded as dreams by those who had not really experienced them. The witch is one of the many terrible legends that have been brought back from the brink of nightmares.

The world is unfair, and although there are many "gifted" people among human beings, perhaps the truth of the world is too cruel for normal creatures. Of all the known races, there are not many beings who can step into the door of truth by their own innate abilities. There may be many people who can use a certain amount of magic with the right guidance and training, but this does not mean that they are truly loved by the world, or that it is the true mercy of the world to be excluded from the scope of truth and survive in the endless chaos. And since I said that most creatures are born ignorant, there are naturally some things that are born to see the reality of this world. A small number of them are worshipped as gods, while most of the rest either exist in places that we cannot reach in our lifetimes, or are more terrible than the deepest nightmares.

"That's the nature of a witch. They are not human, although they have a human shell, although they look like people, feel like people, and even eat like people. But they're really not any kind of existence that we understand. Cheese said as he sat on the bar on the first floor of Crimson Blood, holding a glass of mead. There is no doubt that since the mage is still here, it looks like he has accepted the deal of "One-Eyed".

Aside from the mage who was talking, all that was left of the tavern was the One-Eyed sitting next to him and the shadow on the other side of the bar. As for the other drinkers who had been drinking here, they all left their seats in amusement after seeing their boss's gesture, protecting the entire "Crimson Blood". Sparrow had already left bored shortly after Cheese went upstairs.

"I've seen them before, but with all due respect, they look more like normal people than you guys with glowing eyes. One-Eyed lifted the lower part of his mask and drank the wine mixture that Shadow had specially blended for him. And perhaps because the voice-changing device is placed in a mask, the voice of the underground leader is much more vivid than before.

"It's just that they don't need it. We so-called spellcasters rely on all sorts of other means to guide us when using magic, but they don't need to. Even most witches don't understand what magic is, because what we see as unreasonable is as normal for them as breathing. Do you understand?" said Cheese as he took another sip of his wine.

"Is that terrible, but according to you, aren't they omnipotent?" asked Shadow, confused. Given that he is also a member of this upcoming visit, he must also add knowledge about the person to whom this visit will be.

It depends on how you define the word omnipotence. Maybe they really can't turn the earth upside down, or the waterfall back. But when they look at you, your life is in their hands. If they get your nails, hair, or blood or anything like that, then even if you flee to the ends of the earth and are protected by all the gods and demons, you will die as they want. "As I said before, don't try to speculate on witches, they're not us, they don't have human minds, and because they see things differently, their way of thinking is completely incomprehensible to us." ”

"Is it that dangerous? I thought they were just going to make weird things and keep adding weird stuff to the soup pot. Hearing Cheese's words, even One-Eyed was a little confused. As a man who had successfully stolen from witches, his understanding of witches at the time was largely limited to the horror legends of the countryside, and when he saw the so-called witches, he even doubted the credibility of those legends.

"Hehe, the danger of witches may be more terrible than the plague for ordinary people. However, there are also many witches who have little interest in destroying the world. Many of the offensive behaviors of ordinary people do not pose a problem in their eyes. That's the main reason why I agreed to go with you. Judging by the fact that you've survived their stuff after stealing them, those witches may be the ones with good tempers. Cheese said.

"And didn't I ask you how many of them there were?"

"How many of them have anything to do with danger?" asked Shadow.

"Three, is a perfect number. Especially for witches, it usually means, maidens, women and old women. Cheese held out three fingers and replied, "If you look closely at their appearances, you can basically tell that the three witch groups basically follow this pattern, although the appearance is based on their mood." Such a combination should be the safest of the known witch structures. The old woman will lead the team to avoid unnecessary trouble, which means that no one in the vicinity will be stupid enough to take the initiative to hurt them. The woman could appease the remaining two witches so that they would not be forced to do anything terrible in a fit of rage. As for the girl...... We just need to remember not to do anything to hurt her. ”

"Are they relatives?" "One-Eye" heard something else from Cheese's words. Since this combination has been around for a long time, it means that there are many witches who exist in this form, and if they also reproduce like humans, then blood relationship is the best explanation for the emergence of this combination.

"You're right. Most of the time, the witches who act together are relatives. However, there are also some that are acquired, and there are many reasons for this. In fact, there are many kinds of witch groups that exist besides this form. As far as I know, the most powerful group of witches once took over an entire country. and ruled for a hundred years. Cheese said.

"And what happened to them?" Shadow was curious, according to Cheese, witches were so powerful, and now that they had taken over a country, it was hard to imagine what other force could break their rule.

"Later, then they all died. The price of possessing unparalleled power is that witches will have a relatively short lifespan, and when a witch group has no successor, it is only a matter of time before they disappear into the darkness again. With that, the mage drank the wine in his glass.