Chapter 1553: Hostage? If you want me dead, just say so

Melodie, sitting on the marble floor, felt waves of chill; it was as if her heart was gradually cooling through.

Originally, Melodie had been by the seaside, watching the green flames shooting into the sky and feeling emotional, but who could have expected the situation to change drastically? She was now about to be held responsible for the fire below the castle.

If killing someone was a deadly feud, then setting a fire was a scorched-earth tactic. The level of hatred was clearly slightly higher than killing. And now, Melodie was facing dozens of witches whose homes had been burned, and there might be even more downstairs.

If it were just this, it would actually be fine. Although Melodie was afraid of death, as a witch, she naturally had her own pride. But the fear she felt in her heart for two people exceeded death, and one of them was Witch Queen Morisa.

Witch Queen Morisa was that golden-haired woman. Although she was always smiling, the things she had done had woken Melodie up from nightmares countless times.

"Your skills have grown, bringing outsiders to burn West Port."

A cold female voice came. Melodie focused her eyes and saw a girl with short black hair. The girl's ears were pierced with studs, and her aura was as cold as metal.

"You are... Kai?"

Melodie looked at the girl in surprise. In her impression, the other party was still a little brat, a tag-along who followed her every day.

"You should call me Lord Kai."

*Bang! * A burly witch kicked Melodie in the lower abdomen. With Melodie's small frame, she was kicked flying in one go.

"Show some respect, White Witch."

Just as Melodie was kicked away, a witch grabbed her hair and threw her back into the crowd.

*Tap, tap, tap... *

Metal footsteps on the ground. The girl named Kai came to Melodie, leaned over, sat on her back, and crossed her legs.

"That was a long time ago. Now is not the time for nostalgia. Tell me, how many accomplices do you have?"

Kai sat on Melodie's back, and the other witches couldn't continue to punch and kick her, so they could only surround her angrily.

"Accomplices..."

Melodie gave a miserable laugh.

"What, do you intend to sacrifice yourself for your Witch Hunter little lover? If you had been this loyal back then, you wouldn't have ended up in your current situation."

Kai sneered and clamped Melodie's neck with three fingers.

"Little lover... Pfft~"

Melodie suppressed her laughter, and the surrounding witches looked slightly confused.

"You..." Melodie looked up and around, saying with slight disdain: "You just caught a prisoner, why are you so confident?"

"Prisoner?"

Kai leaned over and brought her head close to Melodie's face, so close that they could even feel each other's breathing.

"In other words, you are not an accomplice of that Witch Hunter?"

"Don't believe her ghost stories..."

"Shut up! Otherwise, I will kill you right now!"

Kai turned her head to look at the witch who had interrupted her. She wasn't joking; she would really kill the other party, even with Witch Queen Morisa present.

The witch turned her head away in annoyance, but she didn't dare to openly provoke Kai. In West Port, besides Witch Queen Morisa, Kai had the highest status.

"You just said you are a prisoner?"

Kai's expression returned to calm, and her fingers clamping Melodie's neck exerted slight pressure.

"That's right, I am a prisoner, a prisoner with a bomb implanted in my body."

Hearing Melodie say she had a bomb in her body, the surrounding witches took a few steps back.

Kai and Melodie looked at each other; she seemed to be judging the truth of what Melodie had said earlier.

"I was brought to West Port only because I understand the terrain here. As for how many Witch Hunters there are, I don't know. From the Central Plains to the West, I was kept in a carriage with my eyes covered the whole time. The only one I had contact with was one Witch Hunter, about 20 years old. That guy... is a devil. He did... to me..."

Speaking of this, tears flowed from Melodie's eyes. But at this moment, her eyes suddenly widened because Kai reached into her clothing and quickly explored downward.

"You're lying."

"..."

Melodie's cheeks twitched, and her face was very unnatural. She had forgotten one crucial thing.

"Queen, leave this traitor to me. Within two hours, I guarantee she will say everything."

Kai looked at Witch Queen Morisa, who had been silent all along.

"How can you be so rude to family?"

Morisa waved her hand, signaling Kai to let go of Melodie. Kai stood up slowly; although reluctant, she could only comply.

Melodie felt bitter in her heart. Although cooperating with Su Xiao was dangerous, after confirming the identity of her collaborator, she at least had no threat to her life. What she hadn't expected was that she would fall into the hands of these witches.

"Where is that thing?"

Morisa's simple sentence made Melodie's heart go cold.

"I hid that thing in..."

Melodie's voice grew lower and lower. Of course, she couldn't say she had already lost Morisa's family heirloom, because that would be no different from suicide.

"Lost it? Since that's the case, you are useless."

A moment ago, they were calling each other family, but now, Morisa waved her hand, signaling for Melodie to be dealt with.

"Queen, I suggest using her as a hostage. She has an unusual relationship with that Witch Hunter who set the fire. According to her description, she and that Witch Hunter arrived here together from the Central Plains. This shouldn't be a lie. After all, the Central Plains is the base camp of the Witch Hunters. For such a long journey, that Witch Hunter didn't do anything excessive to her. This can't be explained by her being a prisoner. Therefore, I conclude that she has an unusual relationship with that Witch Hunter who set the fire; it's very likely a cooperative relationship."

Kai hurried forward. In fact, everyone could see that she was protecting Melodie from death, whether it was her sitting on Melodie earlier or now requesting to use Melodie as a hostage.

"A good suggestion."

Morisa's mouth curled up, agreeing to Kai's suggestion. Hearing their conversation, Melodie gave a miserable laugh. She was dead for sure.

*Boom! *

A loud noise exploded on the outer wall of the castle, and the entire castle trembled.

*Boom, boom, boom... *

The castle seemed to be under artillery fire, and in an instant, the earth shook. Golden light flickered on Morisa, and large energy meridians connected her to the entire castle.

After nearly a minute of shaking, the castle calmed down. A large amount of valuable items were shattered, and the outer walls of the castle were covered in cracks, with electric light flickering.

One kilometer away, Su Xiao pulled the bolt, and a hot shell casing flew up. The castle in the distance was unexpectedly sturdy; not only could it withstand the burning of the green flames for a long time, but it also resisted over a dozen shots from Duke of Silence.

Su Xiao confirmed that all the witches in West Port had entered that castle. As long as he killed his way through there, this witch gathering point in West Port would naturally crumble.

Just as Su Xiao was reloading Duke of Silence, Bubu Wang appeared out of thin air behind him.

"Woof, woof woof, woof~"

"Oh? Melodie was captured? And is being used as a hostage?"

Su Xiao's expression was slightly surprised. He really hadn't expected those witches to use Melodie as a hostage.

"Go notify Amu, no need to ram the mountain, just charge over directly."

Su Xiao put away Duke of Silence. Hades had already begun to spread to the surrounding mountains. Before long, it might burn to the surrounding sea area. With Hades' burning nature, seawater was also a combustible material, but it would accelerate the extinguishing speed of Hades.

Looking around at this time, over 95% of the buildings in West Port had been burned down, and the commoners had no idea where they had fled to. ===== CHAPTER 1554 =====