Chapter 34: Standard Witch Image

Xie Yaoyao didn't know what kind of powerful item the Witch's magic wand was, but it was enough to make Meng Xi truly stop obstructing them from going to stop the Witch from completing her magic ritual.

On the contrary, Meng Xi kept urging Xie Yaoyao to hurry up along the way.

"You'd better hurry up. If the Witch has already started the ritual, then it's almost impossible for you to complete the mission."

"Isn't it because you insisted on bringing Owen along? He's so heavily wounded, how could he possibly walk fast?"

Seeing that Meng Xi didn't refute his words, Xie Yaoyao knew he was weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

"How about we just leave him here? He's already so heavily wounded, he won't be able to run away. If we miss the Witch's magic ritual because we're carrying him, that would be too much of a loss."

Meng Xi didn't answer, just buried his head and hurried along.

One green profession entry and two blue entries were not things Xie Yaoyao could just discard with a single sentence.

Bringing Owen along, even if neither of them caught the Witch's ritual in the end, he wouldn't lose as much if he risked killing Owen and then exiting the plot map.

Seeing Meng Xi's stubborn attitude, Xie Yaoyao changed the subject.

"Hey! What exactly is the use of that Witch's magic wand that makes you willing to risk giving up the plot mission to get your hands on it?"

Meng Xi clearly didn't want to discuss this topic.

"That's none of your business. We've already agreed: all the Witch's items belong to me, and the entries belong to you. After killing the Witch, you go turn in the plot mission, and I'll take this guy's entries."

He paused, as if feeling his explanation sounded like a sign of weakness, and added viciously.

"If you dare to snatch the wand, I'll kill you!"

Everyone had already crossed swords, so Xie Yaoyao naturally didn't care about Meng Xi's threat.

But Meng Xi's blunt words naturally ended the conversation.

However, just at this moment, Lilisi, who had been standing on Xie Yaoyao's shoulder, suddenly spoke up.

"Why do you want to snatch the Witch's magic wand? It's just an ordinary magic wand. The ruby ring on the Witch's right hand is the truly powerful magic artifact; it has been eternally imbued with a 【Transformation Technique】 spell! Gaa-gaa!"

Lilisi's words shocked Xie Yaoyao, and he immediately understood Meng Xi's intentions.

When this guy proposed the conditions, he deliberately emphasized the Witch's magic wand just to divert Xie Yaoyao's attention.

As expected, these old foxes who hang around the 'Fairytale World' are not to be trifled with!

Xie Yaoyao had the 【Animal Companion】 entry clearly displayed on his head, so Meng Xi had long known he could communicate with animals.

It's just that he never expected the crow to leak such important information to Xie Yaoyao.

So Xie Yaoyao asked calmly.

"Lilisi, how much further are we from the Witch's hut?"

"Ah, very close. The Witch's garden is just ahead. Once you pass through the garden, you'll reach the Witch's hut, but you'd better be careful of the man-eating flowers in the garden! Gaa-gaa!"

Xie Yaoyao nodded and turned to Meng Xi.

"The crow says there are monsters in the Witch's garden ahead. You didn't mention this before."

Meng Xi snorted coldly.

"The man-eating flowers can't move. As long as we don't enter their attack range, we'll be fine."

"Better be that way, otherwise if we run into monsters and fight, with Owen in tow, we really won't make it to the Witch's ritual."

Sure enough, the team of three and one crow hadn't walked far before they arrived at a garden.

It was called a garden, but Xie Yaoyao thought it would be more appropriate to call it a medicinal herb garden.

Xie Yaoyao still remembered that when he first arrived at Yangtela Village, the Pharmacist old lady had once given him a mission to find Seven-Star Grass, and he had exhausted all his efforts to find only three.

But in the medicinal garden before him, patches upon patches of Seven-Star Grass were growing vigorously.

And looking at the situation, medicinal herbs like Seven-Star Grass were only the lowest-tier existence here; all kinds of strange-looking medicinal herbs were everywhere.

If the situation hadn't forbidden it, Xie Yaoyao would have been ready to swap in the 【Potion Master】 entry and have a good harvest.

"Luck is good, the man-eating flowers are asleep. Follow me, we'll go around the side of the garden. Remember, don't step on the roots or stems of any plants. The day I came, I saw with my own eyes that flower eat a wild boar in ten seconds."

Meng Xi's once cold voice was much gentler now; it seemed this man-eating flower had left a deep impression on him.

It was just that Xie Yaoyao was very puzzled; he didn't see any giant plants capable of devouring a wild boar.

But this wasn't the time to ask, so he could only sneakily follow Meng Xi's footsteps around this so-called garden.

"Man-eating flowers don't have ears, you don't need to be like this. Gaa-gaa!"

A "gaa-gaa" sound suddenly erupted in the quiet atmosphere, truly giving everyone a fright.

"Damn it, keep your crow under control! Don't you know how terrifying that monster is!"

Clearly, Lilisi was right.

The man-eating flowers didn't have hearing.

However, the Witch's hearing was clearly quite good.

The group had just turned past the small garden when they saw the Witch's hut, and Lilisi's squawking successfully attracted the Witch in front of the hut.

At the same time, Xie Yaoyao finally saw the legendary Witch.

Her thin, small body looked even more hunched due to her stoop, and a wide witch's hat couldn't hide the white hair hanging down from both sides.

Her withered, thin palms supported a magic wand, which Xie Yaoyao preferred to call a crutch.

The Witch was absolutely the most standard old hag image in people's minds.

【Potion Maker】, purple profession entry! That's right, mouse tails, toad tears, bat feces, plus a little bit of fly agaric! Haha, drink it, baby! You will become the most beautiful woman in the world!

【Highly Toxic - Source of Plague】, purple entry! The most outstanding poison master can fully control the contagiousness of toxins; perhaps you will pray for death to come sooner to end your suffering!

【Divination】, purple entry! Read the past, peek into the future; as long as you are willing to pay a certain price, you can always get some answers! Hmm, maybe it's just clues, that depends on the price you pay.

Holy crap, three purple entries!

That's right, this is clearly the final BOSS!

Just as both sides saw each other, a shrill voice rang out.

"Traitors! Shameless traitors! Master, I told you long ago that these Travelers are unreliable! You should have poisoned this shameful guy to death back then!"

"And Lilisi! Have you also betrayed the great Master? I knew you were up to no good; my poor Master is too kind!"

Eh! Who is talking?

Although the Witch was looking at them with dark, cold eyes, she hadn't opened her mouth to speak. ===== CHAPTER 35 =====