It's hard to put into words how bad Hodge was at this moment, and the bad news just followed.

When he heard that McCarthy had been invited by a big man to exterminate witches, he thought his chance had come. The castle's elite forces would be with McCarthy, and the castle's defenses would be empty like never before, and even if there were a few retinues left to oversee the boys, he was confident that he would find a chance to escape from the damn castle.

Unfortunately, McCarthy's henchman Bessie soon found him and informed him that McCarthy would let him go along.

And that's not even the worst news, after they left the city overnight and arrived in the small town of Rinan, McCarthy and his entourage had a brief meeting with Noyce, after which he suggested that a poor little boy in his team had been infected with reagents, and asked Noyce if he could have the Kirk family priest treat Hodge.

Noyce's status is much higher than that of McCarthy, but the witches exterminated this time are special and very difficult, and McCarthy, as an honorary archmage (although rumors say that this person is not worthy of the name), is obviously a worthy target, and the other party's request is not excessive, it can only be regarded as a show of hands, he responded almost without thinking, and even praised McCarthy for his kindness to his entourage.

After being treated by the Kirk Family Chaplain, Hodge learns that a condition that could have lasted five days to heal will only take another three days to be eliminated...... His time was running out of time.

Hodge would occasionally hide in his tent simulating escape routes, and always keep an eye out for opportunities to escape.

Most of the time, like the others, he watched the battle from afar, and the extermination had already begun on the day they arrived, and the powerful witch occupied the deep sandforest, which had not been smooth due to the terrain.

The vanguard was made up of members of the Kirk family, and Noyce not only went into battle himself, but also three other magicians from the family, and even drew fifty trained knights and three hundred family soldiers from the family guard.

However, the deep sandforest with thick branches made it impossible for the knights to exert their full combat power here, and fighting in the forest, because of the need to search, the search team of the Kirk family was very easy to be divided, and the witch hiding in the forest did not spare the lone knight and soldier, and the flames rose into the sky, scorching the edges of the canopy in the high places, and illuminating the low clouds in the sky red.

By the time the others went to the burning place, the witch was long gone, leaving only a few charred corpses.

This is also the first time Hodge has seen the power of witches, whether it is the line of fire that stretches through the sky at the beginning, or the corpses of soldiers who have been completely carbonized from the front line, all of which confirm how incredible the power of witches is.

Is this really the energy that can be released by one person?

And what kind of abilities does a magician who can treat witches as prey have......

It didn't take long for him to know the results.

Continued frustration convinced Noyce that it was unwise to storm the deep sarin with their existing men, and in order to hunt witches, he resorted to another method - trapping.

After Neyce and several northern mages agreed to complete the agreement, they used all their manpower to set up an ambush circle near the deep sandforest, and the Kirk family provided the bait needed for this operation - it was a large red crystal, shimmering with a breathtaking luster, it was no ordinary gem ore, how could a gem be stared at for a long time to make people breathless?

Hodge didn't understand what it was, but it was clearly working, and the witch of the deep sarin burst into their ambush circle with an angry roar, Noyce picked up his staff and confronted the witch with the other six magicians, while the rest of the retinue retreated under the protection of the knights of the Kirk family, leaving a space for them to fight.

Even if he watched from afar, Hodge, who witnessed the battle between the magician and the witch, was shocked inexplicably, and the strength of the eight people in the distance far exceeded his expectations, the magicians held their staffs, and the magical words floated in the air and quickly disappeared, and then the mysterious power of nature was awakened and mobilized by the magician, and launched an attack on the witch.

And the witch who couldn't see her face clearly, and could only pay attention to a long fiery red hair, was even more powerful, and she was not left behind under the siege of seven magicians, and the two sides fought for a long time, the collision of magic and witchcraft caused the trees of the forest to fall leaves, and the dust and foam were raised by the aftermath of the collision of the two forces, and the stones on the ground trembled, and Hodge standing on the ground only felt as if it had been an earthquake.

But Hodge didn't feel the slightest fear, and instead stared at the battle without squinting, his eyes brightening brighter.

Awesome, it's amazing. The eight people in the field, even McCarthy, who seemed to be the weakest in combat, showed abilities that ordinary people could imagine at all, and perhaps ten strong men would be easily torn apart like papier-mâché people in the face of McCarthy.

If only she could have that kind of power......

The battle had come to an end, and all seven magicians had been wounded to varying degrees, but the witch was even more badly wounded, her dark robes had become tattered in the battle, and her bare skin was tormented by the remnants of magic.

The red-haired witch swayed her body, pulled away from the magicians for a certain distance, half-squatted down and covered her lower abdomen, tilted her head and glanced at the red crystal, although she was a little unwilling, but she couldn't solve the seven magicians for such a long time, and she was still not lightly injured, obviously there was no hope of regaining the red crystal, she had to leave immediately.

A thick mist rose from the witch's feet, and although Noyce reacted quickly, wielding his staff and using a wind magic to dispel the fog in the shortest amount of time, the witch had already disappeared in place with the abnormal distortion of the air.

"Damn, she couldn't hold it anymore and let her escape. A Northern mage said indignantly.

"If your winding vine can spawn faster, it won't give her this chance. The Kirk family's magicians are arrogant, and they already look down on these "hillbillies", and the mistakes of the other party in the battle give him a reasonable excuse.

"Ha, you're trying to get on me, aren't you?" replied the Northern Mage with an eyebrow raised.

"I'm just stating the facts. ”

"You!"

The failure to intercept the witch made everyone feel angry in their hearts, and it looked like they were going to explode at this time.

"Enough. Noyce spoke, the surroundings instantly fell silent, he looked around at the magicians, and said in a deep voice, "There is no need to dwell on this issue anymore, the command of this operation is mine, if there is really a fault, it is also my fault, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

"Now our top priority is to start the search immediately, she is very seriously injured, she will definitely leave conspicuous marks, the deep sand forest is too big, I need your help me. ”

I have to say that as the head of the ancient family, Noyce's leadership temperament is beyond reproach, and the seven unruly magicians are just well-behaved sheep in front of him, he took a detailed map of the deep sand forest and roughly divided it into eight sections, and each magician is responsible for the search of one of the areas.

"After discovering the witch's traces, immediately use magic to warn, you have also experienced the previous battle, she is obviously not an ordinary witch, don't act rashly when you meet her, and then do it together when we arrive. ”

"Well, then, it's time for you. ”