Even if you become a witch, you have to eat oranges

She estimated that she would start to become an official witch in about one and a half to two years after learning magic.That is one year later.

Volume 92: [-]. Abnormality

During the short rest, everyone rarely chatted about many things that had nothing to do with secret realms and battles. The few people who grew up in different environments, but were all better than their peers, chatted enthusiastically, and the distance between them was shortened a lot.

But they still had to set off after all. They reluctantly stopped communicating and started walking towards the exit.

While walking on the road, Aniya suddenly said:

"The previous mammoth settlement was destroyed."

Hessen raised his eyebrows and asked:

"Huh? What's the specific situation? Who did it?"

"I don't know...but it was completely destroyed there, and there's not even an ice mammoth in sight...I don't want Xiao Hei to get close anymore."

This incident made everyone a little scared, but it was impossible to investigate carefully, so they could only walk towards the exit more vigilantly.

The exit of this level is a small hill. There is a hole at the bottom, but it is blocked by a thick layer of ice and cannot be seen inside.

"Just put the fruit here, one for everyone." Hessen pointed to a stone platform in front of the cave entrance and said to everyone.

Soon, everyone got the iceberg fruit they grabbed not long ago, just one for each person.

This kind of fruit contains abundant energy inside, but it is too hard. Elena has not heard of the use or sale of this kind of fruit in the outside world.

Heson walked up first and placed the fruit on the stone platform.

click -

A hole opened at the bottom of the stone platform, and the fruits placed on it were swallowed.Then, a narrow vertical crack appeared in front of the cave entrance covered by ice.

Without hesitation, Hessen came directly to the vertical seam and walked in with one step.

Hessen's figure disappeared, and the gap also disappeared.

The remaining people looked at each other in confusion, and finally followed her example and walked out one by one.

When she came to the stone platform, Elena always felt that the platform was a bit big. It didn't look like it could only hold one fruit, but could even hold dozens or hundreds of fruits.

Just put one fruit on it and you'll be gone, but... what if you put more on it?Do you want to get rewards like in the first level?

But there was no chance to confirm this idea. Elena stepped into the gap and came to the other side.

One step out and you enter another world.

First, her eyes were dazzled by the dazzling light. Elena quickly covered her eyes, with some tears overflowing from the corners of her eyes.

The people in front all reacted the same way as her, and it took a while for everyone to recover.

Surrounded by mountains, there are endless mountains everywhere, and they are currently on the top of one of the hills.

On the horizon in front is a huge sunset, which seems to be on the other side of the mountains, occupying most of the sky.

The orange-red sunset seemed to emit endless light, but it did not bring much warmth.The endless blood that filled the sky and spilled onto the ground gave people a cold and ominous feeling.

"Wow - I haven't seen the sun for a long time! It's just a little weird." Naya spoke first.

"This looks weird no matter how you look at it!" Varna complained. The huge blood-red sunset seemed to have an unknown magic power, attracting everyone's attention.

"Look, there's still a starry sky over there!"

Hessen suddenly turned her head, and she pointed to the horizon.

Elena also looked in that direction and found that on the other side facing away from the setting sun, there was a night sky full of stars like the rest of the secret realm.

"I feel like it's better to look over there and feel more at ease." Simalu muttered in a low voice.But everyone heard it, and no one refuted it.

Indeed, Elena has been seeing the starry sky all over the secret realm these days, and she has become accustomed to it. Now facing this blood-red sunset that occupies half of the sky, she always feels a strange sense of fear.

Hessen stared at the red sun longer than the others, and she murmured:

"Why is there such a scene? It's not in the intelligence. How could such a big change not be mentioned..."

She found that everyone looked at her uneasily after hearing this. She quickly cheered up and said:

"No matter what changes there are, this is indeed the Valley of Cold Iron, and the other surrounding environment has not changed."

"After all, there were very few witches who came here before. Maybe the environment will change in the first place."

Everyone accepted this explanation. It was better to say that there was nothing they could do if they didn't accept it. They just wanted to leave here quickly.

Only Hela looked curiously at the blood-red sunset over there. She was not as uneasy as the others, but had a faint expression of comfort and indulgence on her face.

But no one paid attention to her at the moment.

A group of seven people walked along the mountain road. The setting sun reflected the entire valley surrounded by mountains in a large area of ​​dim red, like blood.

While walking, the shadow was stretched thin and long by the dim red light that slanted down, reflected on the other side of the valley, twisting like a demon.

There is neither the thrashing of lava nor the dancing of snowflakes, only the deathly silence and the sharp friction of sand and stones as people walk.

"Hessen, what do we have to do to pass this level?" A hoarse voice broke the silence. Simalu was startled by her own voice, but she continued to speak.

The information had already been discussed with everyone, but seeing the expressions on other people's faces that said, "Say something quickly," Hesson didn't want the team to remain silent any longer.

"The ones we have to deal with in this level are the iron crows. Their tails have five of the hardest and lightest iron feathers in their body. As long as you collect enough iron feathers, you can get out..."

"They like to eat ores, have tough bodies and stiff feathers, and usually live deep in caves... What they hate most is the noise. The more harsh it is, the more it will irritate them."

"We can take the initiative to search deep into the cave, but that would be too dangerous. After all, the terrain inside the cave is narrow and twisted, and it is easy to encounter sneak attacks. We don't know how many iron crows are hidden inside."

"In addition, you can also make noise to lure them out. But if you are not careful, it is easy to lure out all the creatures from the nearby hills..."

After Heson finished speaking, he looked at everyone.

"In other words, you have to control the level of noise you make. It's best to find a place where there aren't so many crows nearby to experiment." Elena concluded.

"Yes, it's better to try it first. We'd better find a nearby cave instead of..."

Before Hessen finished speaking, a harsh cry suddenly came from the horizon:

"Wow-wow-"

In this silent world, this sound is particularly harsh and loud.

"Wow-wow-"

The sounds came one after another. They were a group of dark red crows. Crows crossed the mountains and circled over the valley, screaming one after another.

"Are these iron-eating crows..." Elena stared blankly at the thousands of crows circling in the sky. They even blocked part of the sunlight, their bodies were filled with the color of blood and iron, and they screamed ominously.

"It's a bit similar, but... the iron crow is black." Hessen also looked at the sky blankly and said:

"And they hate noise the most."

"Will the iron crow be lured out?"

"do not know……"

Hesson's voice was bitter.

No one dared to make any move, so they found a hidden rock crevice to hide and observe the crows above.

"Wow-wow-"

The harsh sound continued to echo in the valley, sending out waves of echoes.

Ten minutes passed, but none of the iron crows that were supposed to appear here finally showed up.

Volume 93: [-]. Confession

"Are we just going to stay here?"

Simalu couldn't help but whisper.

"Wait a minute, we still don't understand the situation at all. They shouldn't be flying around without purpose..."

Hessen looked at the sky with a solemn expression. Most of the dark red crows were hovering in the sky, but there were also many crows flying scattered everywhere.

Elena also noticed that small groups of crows were constantly flying into various caves on the mountain peaks. From time to time, they entered caves of various sizes and then came out again.

"Look over there - a small stream went into that cave... and it hasn't come out for a long time."

Aniya suddenly pointed to a mountain top, where there was a small cave as high as one person, which was very inconspicuous among the caves and gaps among the dozens of surrounding peaks.

Everyone immediately turned their attention, but there was no movement yet.

A few minutes later, a shrill scream came from there——

"Wow--"

The sound seemed to be in the cave not far from the entrance, but it was just a sound and there was no follow-up.

But that seems to be enough.

There was a commotion among the crows hovering over the valley, and then, a large number of dark red crows swooped down and rushed in that direction with a momentum that covered the sky and the sun.

A large shadow passed in front of everyone, and the dark red crows rushed into the cave like cannonballs.

Crows filed into the cave one after another, at least a hundred of them rushed in in just a few moments.

Then, it seemed that enough was enough, and at a certain moment, no more crows flew in.

Some of the remaining dark red crows hovered at the entrance of the cave, and some landed on the ground in front of the cave.They made no more noise and waited quietly, staring at the cave from all directions.

Elena suddenly felt a little panicked. She imagined: If a creature came out of the cave at this time, and when it saw thousands of crows outside the cave, all of them quietly staring at her with scarlet eyes, what would happen? What a feeling of despair.

Moreover, there should indeed be life in that cave.

From the entrance of the cave, one could vaguely hear the pitiful chirping of another bird, as well as the sound of flapping wings.

Soon, something different happened.

A dark red crow flew out. It was covered in wounds, and even its wings had several deep scars visible on the bones.But it didn't make any whine, and still flapped its wings at a steady frequency.

It held a dark crow in its mouth.

"Well, those are the iron crows... They seem to be..." Naya murmured softly.

Indeed, when the two are next to each other, you can find that they are basically the same creature, but one is completely black with a metallic luster, and the other is dark red with an evil temperament.

"Come on! Iron-eating crows!"

Aniya couldn't help but whisper.

Elena couldn't help but look sideways, wondering if this child had some strange empathy.

However, the outcome has already been determined.

More and more dark red crows flew out. Some of them were intact, and some were almost dead. What they had in common was that they all carried the corpse of an iron-eating crow.

At this time, there was no dark red crow crow, they were like machines, silently transporting the carcasses of the iron crows.Obviously the screams before were just for temptation.

Soon, no more dark crow corpses were sent out, but dark red crows kept flying out, neither injured nor carrying bird carcasses.

During this process, severely injured dark red crows continued to die, and they fell to the ground motionless.There were other intact crows flying over and grabbing them in their mouths, just like the iron crows.

The dark red crow treats every corpse very frugally, no matter what kind.It was divided into several sections and had to be carried. There were only sporadic blood stains on the ground, not even a feather.

Finally, there was no more movement from the cave. Nearly one-third of the dark red crows outside grabbed the carcasses of iron crows or similar species and began to take off in an orderly manner.

They flew in the direction of the huge red sun, their bodies glowing red in the setting sun, and they were as neatly organized as an army.

"Let's go and have a look!" Heson broke everyone's silence.

"Isn't that too dangerous? We can't possibly deal with those strange crows..." The first person to object was Naya, who said with some worry.

"Yes, but we have no choice..." Heson smiled bitterly and explained to everyone:

"Without enough iron-eating crows' tail feathers, it would be impossible for us to reach the next level. If we don't take another route, this trial road is called the Juvenile Route because we can't turn back until we reach the end..."

"'The Road of Trials'? You really know something, right?" Sima Lu suddenly became excited, and she stared at Hessen:

"Aren't you going to say something?"

Heson looked over and found that almost everyone was waiting for her explanation. She was stunned for a moment, and finally spoke:

"I only know that there are not no witches here. The Erta family has explored this place a long time ago. They have mastered the methods and many secrets..."