Chapter 283: The Bitchy Pretty Witch (Part 11)
The location where the group stopped was relatively open, so the scenery of the woods not far away could be seen clearly.
They saw dense shadows weaving through the trees, with the sound of vegetation snapping coming out from time to time.
Everyone present instinctively huddled together.
Judging from the sounds, they seemed to be surrounded, and this was proven when the tide-like horde of monsters approached.
"Sacrificers, Hive Queens, Sarcoma Monsters..."
William counted these monsters he had fought before.
"Don't these guys usually move separately... Why have they suddenly gathered together."
From the power displayed by the Sacrificer's explosion just now to the current monster tide, William keenly realized that these monsters had undergone some kind of mutation.
The reason he hadn't spoken about the Sacrificer's threat earlier was partly because he didn't want to expose too much in front of Fiona, and partly because the damage range of this kind of monster was limited.
Relying on defensive witchcraft, even if a Sacrificer exploded nearby, those wizards wouldn't suffer fatal injuries.
But now it was different...
William immediately shouted loudly: "The flaming skeletons cannot be attacked with sharp objects, otherwise they will explode; the monsters with bugs around them, their weakness might be at the waist..."
Although these weaknesses might also risk being outdated.
But under these circumstances, it at least provided a basis for dealing with the monsters.
Zoe, Queenie, and the others looked surprised upon hearing this, seemingly not expecting William to know these things.
Fiona also raised an eyebrow slightly, unsure of what she was thinking inwardly.
"First use witchcraft to block these guys, then look for a way to break through the encirclement," she instructed unhurriedly.
The group of wizards immediately chanted spells, and a transparent wall of air appeared on the outer layer.
William wasn't idle either. He placed a holy statue underground and then activated the isolation magic array.
Before long, a few faint glows lit up on the path they came from, and immediately after, a path shrouded in Holy Light appeared in the forest.
A few monsters happened to be in the direction the path extended.
The moment they touched the Holy Light, the monsters were instantly burned to ashes.
Seeing this scene, William felt a little more at ease.
At the same time, the monsters also launched their attack.
They crashed into the air wall and frantically gnawed at its surface, the air wall thinning at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"They can actually devour magic power... What kind of monsters are these!"
"This won't do... At this rate, the magic power depletion is too fast, we won't even be able to maintain resistance against the toxic mist..."
Just after one encounter, the wizards secretly thought things were looking bad.
Fiona waved one hand, and a Sacrificer on the outer layer immediately flew out, knocking down many monsters along the way, ultimately getting stuck on a Hive Queen's sharp ribs.
Accompanied by an explosion, a small patch of surrounding monsters was wiped out.
But almost the next second, new monsters filled the gap again.
Fiona frowned deeply: "Marie, work with me to clear a path."
Subsequently, she shouted loudly again: "Maintain defensive witchcraft later, and evacuate towards the path in batches!"
Now that the Academy faction and the Voodoo sect were in the same boat, the latter naturally wouldn't refuse.
Under the joint efforts of the two great wizards, a small path was quickly cleared out.
Fiona immediately headed in that direction.
But William narrowed his eyes slightly.
If they retreated immediately now, Fiona's method was indeed viable. But if they continued to go deeper... doing so would just be a slow death.
After all, there might be more and more monsters along the way.
Moreover, once the wizards' magic power was exhausted, the whole scene would definitely turn into a chaotic mess. Under those circumstances, casualties would instead increase.
If they maintained the defensive witchcraft from the start and quickly verified the monster weaknesses he mentioned earlier, they might be able to reduce casualties.
Sure enough, when a portion of the wizards interrupted their witchcraft to evacuate, the pressure on the rest suddenly increased.
At the same time, the monsters also launched fiercer attacks.
Several Sarcoma Monsters on the periphery suddenly stopped in place, their bodies continuously expanding and contracting. In the next moment, hundreds of leeches burst out from their bodies.
A handful of them landed on the air wall, while the remaining majority burrowed into the soil.
Before long, the wizards present found the soil by their feet loosening.
At the same time, the toxic bees floating in the air also vibrated their wings, quickly forming some kind of resonance.
This sound penetrated the air wall, making the whole crowd reveal pained expressions.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, it was unknown who cried out.
Everyone looked over, only to see a witch's leg crawling with leeches.
The surface of these monsters seemed to have some kind of potent toxin, making that witch's entire body stiffen.
Immediately after, the leeches crawled all the way up to the witch's mouth.
Under the terrified gazes of the surrounding people, the leeches ate away her lower jaw in an instant.
Thump!
A half-headed corpse quickly fell to the ground.
This seemed to be a signal.
In the next moment, multiple miserable screams rang out around them, as more than a dozen wizards were attacked simultaneously.
The smell of blood rushed into their noses, and the crowd could no longer remain calm.
Flying gravel, spewing flames, monster corpses splitting...
Fluctuations of magic power collided with each other, and the air wall was in imminent danger for a time.
As a flaming skeletal hand grabbed a wizard's chin, this sole barrier finally collapsed.
A bloody massacre began to unfold.
"Damn things, get away from me!"
A Voodoo sect member chanted a spell, splitting a Hive Queen in two.
But immediately after, a swarm of toxic bees rushed into his throat, dissolving everything below his nose.
The Sacrificers also had quite a tacit understanding. After tackling their prey, they destroyed the latter's lower jaw at the first moment, then looked for other targets.
In just a few minutes, the wizards present suffered heavy losses.
Especially the Voodoo sect, because the process of releasing their witchcraft was more cumbersome, many wizards suffered a cruel fate halfway through. For this, Marie's face became increasingly gloomy.
On the contrary, the casualties on the Witch Academy's side were much smaller.
Due to their long-term practice of combined witchcraft, the young witches quickly organized another line of defense.
At the same time, William's side wasn't idle either.
When Fiona decided to evacuate, he didn't follow immediately, but instead seized opportunities to sneak attack quite a few monsters.
The purpose was exactly to confirm their weaknesses.
And the result also encouraged William a lot. Although the strength of these monsters had increased, their weaknesses remained the same as before.
"This makes things much easier."
He immediately told Jenny and the others this news.
Between Fiona and William, the four witches ultimately chose the latter.
"This guy really is reliable. God... this feeling is really annoying." Madison frowned and bit her lip.
Although she instinctively resisted this man, she also had to admit that having such a teammate was a stroke of luck.
Zoe's eyes had been fixed on William, and she nodded seriously upon hearing this.
Queenie's gaze darted back and forth between William and Jenny.
She had spoken very little along the way, always in a state of observation.
She was certain this assistant William was not as simple as he looked on the surface.
She had sensed very powerful strength from the other party multiple times, even if only for an instant.
At the same time, this guy seemed to prioritize defense greatly.
Along the way, Queenie had been asked multiple times to arrange future "escape routes," and there were also many measures to prevent sneak attacks.
Although it was a bit tiring, she had to admit that such measures could greatly increase safety.
This assistant William was not only good at processing materials but also highly professional in "security protection," and Queenie had learned quite a lot from it. Additionally, she also noticed that his relationship with Jenny was somewhat unusual; Jenny seemed to trust this new assistant very much.
Recalling their encounter at the tavern a few days ago, Queenie had a faint guess in her heart.
But since the other party had saved her, and the surroundings were currently very dangerous, she didn't plan to do anything.
Jenny pointed not far away with a worried face: "I'll go tell the Dean this news so everyone doesn't have to die in vain."
"I'm afraid that's a bit difficult," William's tone was calm, gesturing to the woods beside them.
They saw quite a few monsters also converging towards their side. Perhaps in the other party's eyes, the humans over here looked easier to deal with.
The expressions of the four young witches changed, and they immediately took on defensive stances.
The monsters tried charging a few times, but were all burned to ashes by the isolation magic array.
Seeing this, this group of monsters began to hover around the magic array.
Hiss~ Ugh...
More and more monsters gathered.
From Fiona's perspective, William's side had completely fallen, with absolutely no hope of survival.
She frowned, feeling somewhat relieved inwardly.
She only brought him along previously because she needed his material processing ability. Now that they had entered this zone, this person was of no use.
"Hmph, fine, saves me the trouble of doing it myself," she thought inwardly.
On the other side.
Low roars echoed in their ears, and the four witches all gulped.
At this moment, the monsters were very close to the magic array, almost pressing against the edge.
Therefore, they could all clearly see the filthy textures on the surfaces of the monsters' bodies.
"Can we... really escape?"
The four witches all felt somewhat uneasy inside. They unanimously turned their heads; right now, only the person behind them could give them some sense of security.
At this time, one of the Sacrificers also followed their gazes.
But the next moment, it froze in place.
Subsequently, it slowly backed away, quickly retreating from the monster horde.
At this time, a faint black aura seeped from the surface of its bones.
Immediately after, this aura, wrapped in flames, fell to the ground, forming a scene intertwined with red and black.
On it was a pitch-black human silhouette sitting on the ground, while opposite the silhouette was a shadow engulfed in flames, looking very similar to a Sacrificer.
At first, the flaming silhouette swung its arms, trying to attack the pitch-black silhouette.
But a gap suddenly appeared on the latter's head, opening and closing continuously, making the whole scene look like the pitch-black silhouette was saying something.
Then a turning point occurred in the scene.
The flaming silhouette gradually became quiet, and then its fiery red surface actually faded. This silhouette also lay on the ground, using its hand to stroke something.
In the scene, the black aura on its hand quickly took the shape of a plant.
And after that, the pitch-black silhouette turned its head and stared quietly straight ahead, looking quite eerie.
Seeing this, the Sacrificer took another step back.
Subsequently, the pitch-black silhouette in the scene actually started walking towards the Sacrificer.
The silhouette grew from small to large, and its facial features gradually became clear.
Fwoosh~
The flame on the Sacrificer flickered, just happening to illuminate the face of the pitch-black silhouette.
It saw the other party had black hair, and his facial features looked quite handsome.
The Sacrificer slowly raised its skull, and the person in this scene slowly overlapped with the male human in front of it.
Thump.
It stumbled on its feet, just happening to bump into another Sacrificer beside it.
The latter was covered in spewing flames and immediately grabbed the former's charred bones.
But at this time, the first Sacrificer pointed to the ground, and then pointed to the trapped humans.
The second Sacrificer followed the directions one by one.
A moment later, another Sacrificer stumbled on its feet...
On the other side.
William was pondering whether they should retreat from this dense forest first, but before long, he noticed a trace of anomaly.
He saw the surrounding monsters suddenly become quiet, and they all raised their "heads" to stare at the few of them.
William was very certain he saw the action of "looking" on these monsters.
He immediately narrowed his eyes.
In the next moment, all the monsters took a unified step backward.
William: ???
At this time, the four young witches beside him also noticed something was wrong.
"What... happened to them?" Madison frowned. "Are they planning to attack together?"
Zoe, however, tilted her head and pointed: "But... I think these monsters seem to be planning to run away."
During the interval when Madison raised her doubt, the monster horde took another five or six steps back.
Jenny also looked confused: "But why do they want to run? We're clearly the ones surrounded."
"Perhaps something here made them feel threatened." Queenie proposed a reasonable guess.
By this time, this group of monsters had retreated over ten meters away, and the area around the isolation magic array instantly emptied out significantly.
Now, including William, all five were certain that these guys were really evacuating.
"But... why?" William's face was full of question marks.
Just now he had merely used the passive defensive power of the isolation magic array, not even having used Holy Arts yet.
Could an even more dangerous monster have appeared?
Thinking of this, he immediately raised his vigilance and conducted a carpet search within a ten-meter radius.
But the result was... very safe.
At the same time, the witches on the other side also noticed the anomaly on William's side.
"Bitch! Why aren't this group of monsters that look like they crawled out of a toilet attacking them!" Marie voiced her confusion with a rich black accent.
Fiona looked up, just happening to see the scene of the monsters retreating.
"What did that kid do..." She narrowed her eyes, wondering inwardly.
Soon, the wizards present all noticed this situation.
Everyone's gazes darted back and forth between the two sides.
On their own side—seven or eight Sarcoma Monsters had just sprayed the sticky, foul-smelling, and highly corrosive bodily fluids from their bodies onto the witchcraft defensive barrier.
And on the opposite side, the team led by that new assistant had even stepped out of the protective circle, proactively chasing after that group of monsters.
Both were encountering danger, yet their own side was just too miserable.
"Fiona, what exactly did you give that man? Are you planning to sacrifice everyone else in the academy for him!" Fox turned her head, staring at this mother of hers.
Since the Gerry incident last time, Fox had discovered that the two had been in private contact.
An elderly widow meeting a handsome young man, she could guess the purpose behind this even if she were blind.
After all, this wasn't the first time this had happened.
As soon as these words came out, the other young girls of the academy also looked at this Supreme Witch.
"Shut up, you idiot," Fiona reprimanded, forcefully calming her emotions. "Aren't there four girls next to him too!"
But deep down, Fiona was equally shocked.
These monsters had no intelligence, so it was impossible to use mind control to restrict them; she had already tried this point long ago.
"So this guy... or rather, the faction behind this guy, actually has a way to control monsters polluted by evil..." she grew even more apprehensive inwardly.
On the other side.
William was stroking his chin, walking towards the monster horde with a puzzled face, the four witches following behind.
After several verifications, he was certain this group of monsters was avoiding them.
No!
It should be said... avoiding him alone.
William had a feeling that the direction this group of monsters was "looking" just now was solely at him alone.
"Did I do something when I came last time...?"
"Set up a few traps, delivered a few monsters to the afterlife, collapsed an ancient castle... No, the castle is that snake shadow monster's responsibility."
"Besides that, I didn't do anything else..."
Although he was completely clueless, the monsters were indeed evacuating, even the monsters around the Witch Academy and Voodoo sect were doing the same.
Thus, a few minutes later, not a single monster could be seen nearby.
Only some corpses and bewildered wizards remained.
This sudden crisis ended in such a bizarre way.
At the same time, deep underground in the dense forest.
Faint blue flames lit up in the darkness, illuminating a massive throne.
Sitting on it was a skeletal figure in a black robe.
In the next moment, dry and cracked skeletal hands clenched tightly together.
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