The battle in Phoenix City has long ended, the soldiers and civilians are still cleaning the battlefield, and the corpses have been dragged out of the city, although it is late at night, except for the wounded and a small number of soldiers who will be on duty tomorrow are resting, people are still working at full strength.

Lin Jue crossed his hands, pillowed behind his head, and lay on the beach, calmly looking at the bright stars in the sky.

Just over ten minutes ago, he already knew the casualties of the war.

More than 1,200 human soldiers and more than 600 civilians were killed.

According to the statistics of the number of jungle elf corpses found near Phoenix, more than 4,000 enemy soldiers died, and about 2,000 jungle elf soldiers died under the world-destroying red lotus of Phoenix.

Lin Jue's mood at this time was a little depressed, this war was not a defeat, it could even be said to be a big victory in terms of the proportion of casualties, but in his heart, this was just a war that happened inexplicably, even if it was just one death, it was a failure.

"Do you like to look at the stars?" a soft and beautiful voice came from Lin Jue's ear.

He turned his head to see that Phinex was sitting quietly to his left, also looking up at the starry sky.

Lin Jue sighed softly and said, "Before I came to this world, I didn't like it very much. ”

"And now?"

Lin Jue looked at the brightest star named Polaris above his head, and he didn't know what it was like, so he was silent for a long time.

"Why did it take so long to come back this time to deliver a message to the Ice Plains Kingdom?" Lin Jue replied.

Phinex replied, "Because a lot has happened. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Did you expect that there would be today, so you went to pull reinforcements?"

Phinex shook her head with a wry smile and said, "No, the arrival of the Snow Wolf Knights has nothing to do with me, it is their own arrival. ”

"You're coming?" Lin Jue wondered.

Phinex said: "I don't know the specific situation, you can go to their head tomorrow and ask, won't you know the situation?"

The two of them just looked at the bright starry sky quietly, silent.

For such a long time, there is no such little girl who chatters and talks non-stop, and Lin Jue always feels uncomfortable empty.

They finally met again, but he didn't know what to say.

Lin Jue said softly, "I'm sorry." ”

Fenices' body trembled slightly, she raised her little head high, as if she hadn't heard Lin Jue's words, and just looked at the sky.

However, Lin Jue still noticed that there was a glittering luster in the corners of her eyes.

As if to divert the subject, Fenix whispered, "I've figured out the mysterious magic that can freeze people into ice sculptures. ”

"When Phoenix was besieged by jungle elves, the Icefield Kingdom was also attacked. The enemies are the cannibal tribes of the northern tundra and a mysterious army of the undead, but there is no trace of jungle elves. ”

"Their losses were even more heavy than our casualties, almost a third of the country's towns were breached, and hundreds of thousands of dwarves were killed in the war. ”

"The most important thing is that during this trip to the Ice Plains Kingdom, I saw with my own eyes that mysterious magic, and the body structure of people who were attacked by that kind of magic was completely changed and turned into liquid. ”

"From what I think of this magic, it's out of the realm of magic, it's something even more terrifying. ”

At this point, Fenix paused, as if hesitating to say this. Lin Jue actually felt that Fenices' body was trembling slightly, she seemed to be afraid, and what she was afraid of was what she was about to say.

"It's a curse, and it's a curse of the highest order. I really can't figure out who in this world can release such a wide range of curses, and the targets of the curses are only innocent ordinary people. ”

"According to my judgment, this curse comes from the cursed witch. ”

When she said this, she seemed to be trying to overcome the fear in her heart, and when she said this, it was as if all her strength had been drained.

Lin Jue, who was listening quietly, was at a loss, he didn't know what the so-called curse in her mouth was, this was a very illusory word. It could have been something very scary, but to him, it didn't feel anything.

But he grasped a very crucial word in her words.

"Cursed Witch, who is she?" Lin Jue wondered.

Phinex smiled helplessly and said, "There are not many people in the whole world who can be named a witch, let alone the infamous cursed witch?"

Lin Jue was stunned, he sat up, and said in confusion: "Speaking of which, until now, I still can't figure out what the word witch means? At first, I thought that as long as it was a girl who could do magic, it was called a witch, but it didn't seem to be the case. ”

This time it was Fenix's turn to be stunned.

She was stunned and said, "You don't know?"

But after a moment, she thought about it for a moment and was relieved. After all, she is a limited few, and she is the one who knows that Lin Jue does not belong to this world. It doesn't seem strange to know any of this.

Phinex calmly explained, "Witch, this word represents mystery and power. Maybe I can explain to you in another way, the witch is a type of magician, and she is an existence beyond the limit of the magician's level, and her strength is even above the great magister. ”

"But strictly speaking, this word has nothing to do with magicians. Because their power is very mysterious and unique, others may not be able to touch the slightest trace of their mysterious power in their lifetime. ”

"You know, for example, the Dream Witch, Mistress Agnes, and the Cursed Witch, Annistora, as I just mentioned. ”

"Annis Dora?" Lin Jue whispered the name, he always felt that it seemed that he had heard it somewhere.

"They're all called witches, but they're not the only witches. Their abilities are far beyond ordinary people's comprehension, such as the witch-sama being able to control everyone's dreams at will. It can even use dreams to influence people in reality, causing dreams and reality to alternate together. ”

"And the Cursed Witch, I don't know her power. ”

"According to my analysis, the content of the curse against humans this time should be that the snow will turn into ice, and the ice will dissipate. ”

Lin Jue's brows furrowed, he seemed to be trying to receive the news from Fenix.

"By the way, the power of curse shouldn't be available to everyone, right?" Lin Jue wondered.

Phinex shrugged her shoulders and said, "Who knows, I'm afraid no one will use it except the Cursed Witch herself, and her envoy." ”

After pondering for a moment, Lin Jue said, "Speaking of which, I remember that you seem to have said that the heart of the witch disappeared because of the curse, right?"

Hearing this, Phinex was stunned.

"You mean, maybe the mission assigned by the witch can find clues from the cursed witch?"