Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

“Seven Saints, tonight, you go and get the meal.”

Before Polo, disguised as the Seventh Awakened Saint, another Awakened Saint slowly said, “The Bountiful Angel wishes to share the sacred meal with the chosen Holy Child tonight.”

“It is my honor.”

Polo bowed slightly, his eyes shifting in the shadow of his lowered face.

He clenched his fist, tightening it slightly.

Inside the magnificent cathedral, a false angel devoured human flesh, while more livestock were deceived by the sacred radiance, tearing off their own and their brethren’s flesh, kneeling and offering it to the devil…

Let me deliver the meal tonight?

Bountiful Angel, it seems this time—

Your doom has arrived!

Previously, when Polo was disguised as an Awakened Saint, he had already learned many of the things that other Saints did, and he knew the places in the castle where the Awakened Saints often acted like the back of his hand.

Under the effect of [Spiral Beacon: Sage].

Compared to memorizing those special gourmet magic spells and mastering some of them to the beginner level in the short term—

This is much simpler!

Therefore, Polo was so familiar with the meal delivery process that there would be no flaws.

Tonight, the chef preparing dinner for the Bountiful Angel was also a Saint, formerly a noble chef, whose specialty was making large cakes.

He had started making cakes very early.

The ingredients used for cakes were far more numerous than those for other delicacies. Polo’s eyes flashed with magical light, still able to see what this three-layer cream fruit cake contained…

Ingredients made from the flesh and souls of believers.

Even after death, their souls were still fervently dedicating themselves, displaying the flavors of all the delicacies they had once tasted.

“Truly lavish…”

Polo took the cake and placed it on a trolley also made of cream and biscuits.

Slowly walking towards the Bountiful Angel’s dining room, Polo pinched a special咒印 in his hand, some special magic runes surging into the cake in unseen darkness.

The layer of sacred golden light that appeared on the surface of the cake…

Under the effect of this series of runes, which ordinary people could not see, dimmed, extinguished, and twisted into another black-gray color!

The trolley moved towards that fragrant cathedral.

Inside the cathedral, golden candles flickered, the golden flames sparkling like stars in all directions.

On both sides, the remaining thirty-five Saints had already stood in their positions.

At the front of the cathedral, a golden dining table stood.

The Bountiful Angel, with perfect features, shrouded in golden light, was already sitting behind the table, the divine radiance that was hard to look at reflecting off the surrounding candy-colored glass, refracting rainbow-like light.

And the moment he saw the Gluttony Witch, a golden light, invisible to outsiders, lit up on the side of Polo’s vision.

It was a page from a book.

The newly formed pattern on it depicted a person holding a magic wand, pointing into the distance, spewing out myriad rainbows.

In front of the magic wand was a candy castle.

[Spiral Beacon: Witch]

[Ascension Ritual: Demon Domain]

[Kill her in the Gluttony Witch’s candy castle, with your magic, with your claws, with your knowledge, with your—everything]

[Ascension Tier: 1-\u003e2]

[Soul Anchor: After the Spiral Beacon reaches Tier 2, it will be completely bound to the soul and cannot be removed]

[Fairy Tale Authority · First Tier: Considered to possess all the experience of the killed witch in the path of magic!]

[Fairy Tale Authority · Second Tier: Unknown]

[Description: Your magic, under the rendering of knowledge and soul, has leapt to the clouds, allowing you to overlook the wilderness in the glimmer of magic. All living beings will transform their shapes in your fantasy and magic]

[The breeze of magic blows across the wilderness, and wherever it passes—all is the Demon Domain!]

The face Polo disguised did not show the slightest impropriety because of this sudden page.

Silently and solemnly moving forward.

Closer.

Polo noticed that the boy Hansel was sitting beside the Bountiful Angel—

His head was lowered, and his face wore a kind of… blank expression, without saying a word.

Polo didn’t look sideways; he understood that, at least for now, Hansel was not in any danger.

The boy’s current state.

Is merely the “blank” state that has been magically treated in advance before being infected by the poison of faith. As long as there is no special influence, the boy will recover from this state on his own.

So, as long as the boy is not affected by the poison of faith in the “sacred meal.”

There will be no irreparable damage.

“My believers, prepare to begin… this sacred banquet.”

Seeing Polo pushing the trolley closer and closer, the Bountiful Angel, that is, the Gluttony Witch, gently raised her hand.

In front of the Awakened Saints standing on both sides, tables filled with ordinary delicacies appeared out of thin air.

The ingredients on top all exuded mouth-watering aromas.

“Thank you for the bounty, allowing us to banish hunger and stand in this eternal homeland…”

All the Awakened Saints, looking at the delicacies in front of them, revealed fanaticism on their faces.

They whispered hymns to the Bountiful Angel.

And the trolley in Polo’s hand was getting closer and closer to the radiant Bountiful Angel.

“Whirr—whirr—”

The wheels rolled.

In the cake filling, the colored jam, with its iridescent charm, and the fruit inserted on the cream surface, exuded an enticing fragrance.

Polo gently placed the cake in front of the Bountiful Angel in a proper posture.

“Not bad, very good.”

The Bountiful Angel nodded, looking at the cake in front of her, and pinched her hand in the air.

A fork appeared in her hand.

As for the Bountiful Angel giving the first piece of cake to Hansel beside her…

Polo was not afraid.

Because, after studying the magic of this Bountiful Angel.

After watching the Gluttony Witch’s mental structure formation, he understood that this Gluttony Witch would never be the kind of existence who would give the first bite of the sacred meal to others!

“Food, the only treasure in the world worth remembering, and… colorful, sacred, spirit and flesh-immersing fragrance.”

The Bountiful Witch slowly said, “Just like you, you also possess such a heavenly fragrance.”

As if elegantly smelling the fragrance of the three-layer cake in front of her, she felt refreshed at the thought of being able to taste the taste of the souls of the Saints who were the ingredients in the diverse taste of the cake.

The other Awakened Saints did not have any other thoughts about the Bountiful Witch’s actions, expressions, and words at this time.

The poison called “faith” accumulated in the hearts of every Awakened Saint.

Was enough to cover their reason.

In this candy castle, and even the entire Bountiful Plain.

In the territory affected by the Gluttony Witch’s angelic power and magic, all the food, although faint, more or less mixed with this “faith” poison from the power of angels.

In their daily diet.

They were also gradually forgetting other more important things besides food.

Among them, the believers whose faith was most fully fermented.

Would be honored to become the Gluttony Witch’s meal, offering everything for this false angel’s magic and oral desires.

“Looks like it tastes really good.”

The Bountiful Angel said, picking up the knife and fork in her hand, skillfully cutting off the top piece of the three-layer cake and placing it on the plate held in the other hand.

Then she opened her mouth and bit down…

With relish, faster and faster, Polo watched the two rows of white teeth in front of him, chewing up and down like a crushing machine, like a greedy beast.

Through the study and deconstruction of the Gluttony Witch’s magic, Polo can now, even when not in a state of extreme hunger, break through the Gluttony Witch’s illusions to some extent.

Under the gaze of piercing the truth—

He saw that the angelic face in front of him was overlapping and changing in the light and dark.

Sometimes, like an elegant angel.

Sometimes, like a flesh-eating devil.

The snow-white cream intertwined with the flesh of the dead, the surface of the cut fresh fruit mixed with the dripping internal organs, and the white teeth sometimes pulled up colored jam and sometimes brought up red and white blood!

“Bountiful Angel, I wonder, how is tonight’s dinner—?”

Polo looked at the Bountiful Angel, that is, the Gluttony Witch, after eating the cake on the plate, and suddenly asked softly.

“Believer, why do you want to…”

The Gluttony Witch was stunned for a moment, frowned, and only then did she feel that there was something wrong with the Seventh Awakened Saint in front of her.

She looked at the other Awakened Saints behind Polo, their faces filled with unspeakable fanaticism.

But the Seventh Saint in front of her had a cold rationality in his eyes.

“Why is your faith weakening? Your cultivation is regressing…”

The Gluttony Witch still spoke slowly in a divine voice, but at this time, Polo interrupted her again, “Because you have the appearance of an angel but are full of malice, your false mask will shatter sooner or later—

Why should I have faith in you? I ask again, is this cake delicious?”

The Gluttony Witch slowly stood up; she finally realized that something was wrong:

“Who are you? A magician? You have the guts to come to my castle… and say such things?”

“Perhaps, since you don’t say the taste of this cake, then I’ll help you supplement it.”

Two dim runes lit up in Polo’s eyes.

This was a kind of magic he had created after studying the Gluttony Witch’s 《Divinity Stealing, Magic Transformation》 magic notes day and night and cross-referencing it with Angel Karen’s knowledge of angelic power.

“These Saints, whom you treat as ingredients, under your deception and control, give birth to false faith, gratitude, hope, and satisfaction. You suck on these false beauties that don’t belong to you—

Controlling those angelic powers that don’t belong to you.

You swallow the flesh and blood of these believers; you must think it’s very delicious, right? Definitely…

Feel endlessly aftertaste?”

At this time, the Gluttony Witch also felt a little wrong; her pupils shrank slightly, and the appearance of the radiance began to flicker dimly, as if there was not enough fuel.

While gritting her teeth to sense the effect of Polo’s magic, she said, “What are you? Your transformation technique doesn’t seem to be able to hide your true face?”

“Heh, same to you, Gluttony. Your ugly face can no longer be covered by the holy light!”

Polo laughed loudly, and his fingers squeezed out the last hand seal with difficulty, “The magic you formed from the faith and hope, gratitude, and satisfaction born of deception—

Use real hatred and pain to deconstruct.”

The last flashing spell in his hand hit the cake in front of him.

The golden powder contained in the cake, fused from the flesh and souls of the Awakened Saints, began to fade rapidly, turning into the same deep gray-black color.

“Spell reversal.”

Polo whispered in obscure incantations.

The colorful three-layer cake began to rot quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In that golden light, the fanatic hymns instantly reversed into the wails of wronged souls, and gray-black spread to the golden light in the entire room.

In the illusion, those Saints kneeling and praying.

At this moment, all remembered something.

In their dead souls, two lines of blood and tears flowed from their empty eye sockets!

……

In the underground space at the bottom of the candy castle, in the furnace burning with golden flames.

Angel Karen, deep in her old pupils.

Two golden rays lit up.

“Started to act… Good luck.”

She said softly, and the two pairs of blood-stained angel wings reappeared. She gritted her teeth, and her whole body began to tremble violently.

Linked to those dozens of black iron chains.

A huge gap was cut out of a certain section of all the iron chains by the blade of the Star Killer Sword, and only a small part was barely connected together.

The golden flame stream suddenly rose—

A crisp fracture came from the gold and white colors!

“Pa—”

Then……

The second, third, fourth……

As the last cracking sound echoed—

All the golden flames extinguished in an instant!

Inside the furnace, in the pitch-black space, a pair of golden pupils closed wearily.

"After this, I'm counting on all of you. You must… win."

……

As the golden light completely collapsed.

The Gluttony Witch's words began to reveal an undisguised panic.

"No, no—I am an angel, this is my power, how dare you, how dare you!?

The Gluttony Witch let out an angry cry, she reached out her hand, and chaotic, disordered, and inverted incantations poured out of her mouth, but with Polo's preparation, the result was already doomed.

The radiance all over her body completely dissipated!

Revealing her true appearance.

This was an old, obese woman with sagging, drooping flesh all over her, the surface of her skin covered in repulsive oil, a huge, scarlet mouth opening and closing on her large face.

Inside, sharp, snow-white teeth gleamed yellowish-brown.

"You're the reinforcements that old, undying angel found, right?"

The light of hatred in the Gluttony Witch's eyes began to lock onto Polo, her hoarse voice carrying a chilling killing intent, "Forget it, no matter who you are—even if you kneel down and kowtow now, you won't have a chance to die peacefully!

I will tear out your soul, your flesh!

I will preserve your consciousness, linking it to every piece of food in the Fertile Plains, every person, every bite… on the delicacies.

You will be incredibly aware of the equivalent—pain of neither being able to live nor being able to die!

My magic will ensure that you never die with time, and for all eternity, you will be immersed in the bites of millions of people!"

"Uh, that sounds like a terrible thing."

Polo, having completed the spell, touched the ground with both feet and leaped backward at lightning speed, "Gluttony Witch, thank you for your hospitality these past few days, I'll be taking my leave!"

"In my castle, do you think you can escape? No matter how you struggle, you'll only be a delicacy on my plate!"

The Gluttony Witch raised her thick fingers and pointed them in the direction of Polo's departure—

The next moment, formless magic light arose from Polo's body out of thin air.

Polo's speed faltered, and he saw his skin beginning to change color and soften rapidly, as if turning into a layer of chocolate.

"As expected, it's this magic."

This was one of the Gluttony Witch's food magics; even now, under the influence of Polo's reversal incantation, unable to call upon angelic power, she could still transform external objects and humans into any kind of food!

In most cases, even for the caster.

After being cursed, one could only watch in despair as one's limbs turned into unfeeling delicacies!

Polo's expression turned grave, he reached into his chest and pulled out a page from a book—precisely the Gluttony Witch's mind construction array for her food magic.

For the caster, sometimes, if one completely understood the curse magic used by the opponent.

Or possessed the ability to release it…

One could achieve—

Spell counteraction!

The emotion in Polo's eyes changed, morphing into a demonic appetite, and he recited a short incantation.

The next moment, the changes to his body instantly reverted, and his speed returned once more.

And under accelerated escape, he could no longer maintain the form of the Seventh Saint; he transformed into a wolf, his eyes glowing with a faint red light, and his speed became even faster.

"How come you didn't—turn into food?!"

Seeing this, the Gluttony Witch's pupils shrank, and she pointed at another Awakened Saint who had fainted on the ground.

That Saint's body instantly turned into a human-shaped chocolate statue!

"Looks like he has high curse resistance or polymorph resistance?"

The Gluttony Witch's face was ashen, the candy tiles beneath her feet rose like undulating waves, carrying her obese body and chasing after Polo at lightning speed—

"No one can escape from my stomach! No one can eat my delicacies, destroy my feast, and get away unscathed!"

The Gluttony Witch's disheveled hair flew wildly, she opened her arms, raised her hands, and gently pinched, "I hate—food that scurries around!"

The next moment, the entire candy castle began to shake violently.

Polo stepped out, and the colored candy tiles on the ground suddenly caved in.

The originally hard floor had turned into a viscous swamp!

Tendrils formed from melted syrup and chocolate shot out from the walls on both sides, towards Polo's limbs, trying to bind and restrain him.

"Huff… she's reacting much faster than I imagined."

Polo thought to himself, the red light in his eyes shining brighter.

At the same time, a magic notebook page floated before his eyes, on which was outlined a complex magic array—

The mind construction array for the magic spell "Levitation!"

Borrowing the power of the Mad Dancer within his body, plus the flexibility of levitation.

Polo broke free from the syrup tendrils on the surface of the floor, dodged the spikes that suddenly appeared from the walls, the ground, and the ceiling, and charged forward several meters, leaving the range of the Fertile Witch's front hall corridor, escaping the maze's location.

Behind him, the obese Gluttony Witch had already disappeared from sight.

But her voice rang out again.

"Do you think you can really escape here?!"

The next moment, that gnashing, resentful, and hateful voice sounded again, Polo looked in the direction of the sound, and on the wall in front, the syrup flowed in all directions, revealing behind it a chocolate-formed door!

The door opened, and countless undulating waves of colored candies poured out, upon which stood the figure of the Gluttony Witch!

"It's always worth a try."

Polo narrowed his eyes; his previous preparations were definitely not just what he had shown so far. The corridors with mazes also had more detailed magic monitoring.

But on the outer corridors, the Gluttony Witch's control was far from as strong!

Deep within Polo's pupils, a green light switched on.

"You have magic, but I'm not without my own!"

The next moment, in the syrup on the ground, the seeds that Polo had planted in advance sprouted rapidly.

Green and red vines broke through the ground beneath the Gluttony Witch's feet, and before she could react, the Gluttony Witch was trapped by the vines!

Polo seized the opportunity to leap to the side, continuing to charge towards the outer side of the castle!

On the ground, one green and one red vine rapidly proliferated, intertwining with the wriggling candies that blocked the way.

Deep inside this castle, there were no windows, no light.

The candy's magic light had also been extinguished at the beginning of this duel.

In the pitch-black corridor, only the earth-shattering rumble could be heard, and the faint, chaotic light was reflected in the depths of the emerald wolf eyes.

"Huff… still a bit short…"

But at the intersection of corridors further away.

The walls on both sides became increasingly narrow, and the last ray of light was gradually squeezed out.

Finally, the light disappeared.

The end of the corridor was completely sealed off by the moving walls, becoming a dead end!

But Polo's speed not only did not slow down or turn back, but instead became more agile.

Through the contents of the Gluttony Witch's 《Candy House Magic Construction》 notes, he understood that the parts that made up the main body of the candy castle, although they could be manipulated by the Gluttony Witch.

But the more critical the part, the slower it changed.

The wall in front had just closed, but compared to the walls in other places—it was definitely much more fragile!

"Open!"

Polo looked at the wall in front of him and shouted.

A string of blood droplets welled up in his nose.

The next moment, that chocolate-sealed wall was instantly blasted through by a huge magic explosion!

Behind the blocked wall was a huge hall, and sunlight from outside shone in through the colored candies.

The darkness was gone, and it was suddenly bright!

Polo had reached the corridor near the outer side of the castle.

But there was no joy on his face.

Because, all around this wide hall, stood various shadows, either humanoid or grotesque—

They were the true "guards" of the castle.

Gingerbread men carrying spears, cake monsters jumping and revealing viscous cream, tall chocolate men, candy soldiers wielding longswords, jellies constantly changing shape…

And the Gluttony Witch had already walked out from a chocolate door that had suddenly appeared on the opposite side.

"Foolish little snack, in my castle—no one has a chance to escape!"

The fat on the Gluttony Witch's face trembled as she pointed at Polo and said hatefully, "Guards, seize him!"

In an instant, all the food soldiers in the entire hall.

Burst forth at once, like a wave!

They did not say a word, wrapped in silent stillness, and swept towards Polo!