Oops, I became the witch's substitute

"I've seen a town like this before. A strange meteorite fell into a farmland. Later, strange fruits grew everywhere nearby and crops became deformed. The villagers who ate the strange fruits became abnormal. Their bodies became colorful like the starry sky. Ordinary people can use the power of the celestial world, so it's not surprising that these alchemists can think of it."

Carol spread her hands out like a picture frame, covering Fili.

"This is Miss Fili, the deceitful witch. She participated in the battle of Kalan not long ago. What storms and waves has she not seen?"

Asinara supported her head and said, "Then provide some more information. There are high-level alchemists here who have been bewitched by the demons, causing their research to develop in an uncontrollable direction. It is hard to predict what kind of monsters they will eventually create. You also know that Pandora is trying to open a channel between the moon and the earth in Kalan. The research of these alchemists may also create a beacon to guide the alien beasts."

Fili and Carol are not stupid. They have learned about this aspect. This church force, that is, the theocracy, is powerful in various ways. In addition to its strong fists, the gods created a barrier covering the planet to block the malice from outside.

"The decrease in fallen star beasts in this era is due to the efforts of the gods. Those wild beasts wandering in the sky cannot sense the location of this land, but once Bereda activates the dead star beasts, it is likely to attract stronger and bigger active star beasts." Asimora exaggerated a bit. Using the word "active" to describe it actually means that everyone is making progress and everyone is getting stronger. It is natural that the current star beasts are stronger than the ancient ones.

Fili also had this guess, but she was a latecomer after all, so she asked Acinara: "You arrived at Bereda earlier than us. Did you find anything? For example, the specific test site?"

Athena nodded: "This place was contaminated by the blood of the demon god because of the spread of groundwater. I found the location of one of the research plants along this direction."

Marian's hand flashed with light, and she raised the pitch-black sword. "Are you asking us to destroy them? Well, since they are so dangerous, let's just push them down with all our might."

Carol thought for a moment and finally shook her head. "In this case, destroying individual research plants and workshops is meaningless. For alchemists, research data is the key. We have as many test samples as we want."

Although there won't be too many test subjects like Star Beast, nothing is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.

Marian scratched her hair and said, "Hey, uncle is right. Oftentimes, violence can only solve the problem of the person who raised the issue, but cannot solve the problem itself."

Fili looked at the Deception Goddess: "Tell me the location, and I will go in and investigate the situation myself to determine the specific situation."

This was considered a proposal of cooperation intention, and Asinara also cooperated, and both parties had a basic willingness.

After talking about this, Asinara was about to leave, but was grabbed by the scruff of the neck and dragged away by Marian.

"You little god who lives in seclusion in a corner, I gave you face, but if you leave now, wouldn't that mean you don't give me face? At least my theocracy still exists, what about yours? My believers are all kind people, unlike you who associate with thieves and thieves. By the way, can you really fight? Weren't you quite talkative when you were harassing me? Are you mute now? I'm here, let's practice."

Asinara struggled desperately: "Are you a One-Victory Princess or a Mad Dog Princess? Why are you so violent? In a battle between gods, what if the flowers and plants around us are destroyed? I... Aow↘↗↘Roar, roar, roar~! Do you think I dare not fight back? I am just an incarnation, I didn't use my full strength at all! And if you want to fight, just fight, don't pull my clothes!!!"

It was really unbearable to watch. Fili and Carol left in disgust.

The noise of the two goddesses' fight became louder and louder. As Marian became stronger, the fight turned from a small one into a real fight. The polluted land was gradually destroyed by two powers above the level of godhood, giving the residents of Bereda a night of fireworks.

The terrifying and huge fluctuations of divine power awakened the Bereda security forces. The core alchemists were also awake and all got up to investigate what had happened.

Taking advantage of this commotion, Fili deployed the false field to cover herself and successfully found the testing site mentioned by the Goddess of Deception and the source of the filth of the demon's blood.

When the two came to the underground and saw a creature imprisoned in a giant shackle, emitting a scorching breath, Carol was convinced: "The demon god Amon, who was once known as the Steel Flame Land, would be evaporated by the scorching magic just by approaching him. He has a scorching flame that can burn everything like the sun. I didn't expect to be imprisoned in Bereda. This device is similar to Perris's Philosopher's Stone technology. It seems to be accumulating enough mental power to overwhelm the demon god's consciousness with numbers, and then invade its body."

Fili stroked her chin and said, "The demon god is a powerful being of godhood after all. How do you think they can succeed?"

Carol pointed at Amon's eyes and said, "Look, the demon has rolled its eyes. Its consciousness has indeed been suppressed, but we are still a little short of the power to occupy its body and control it. I don't know how far they have studied it, but I think if they make breakthroughs in some aspects, they should be able to succeed. I estimate that in another fifty years, we will be able to completely control it."

What does fifty years mean? In Fili's previous life, it took at most eight years, at least two years and eight months, to create an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb. The alchemists in this world were not stupid, and they even had various powers to find new ways. The status of the ancient demon gods themselves was somewhat old, and they could not resist the endless new technologies.

Fili was in a dilemma: "It's not good to destroy this place directly. Once Amon comes, the cities and ordinary people above will suffer. Should we kill it here?"

Carol shook her head. "No, that won't work. The Demon God's godhood is somewhat special. If Amon is killed here, his godhood will be shattered. According to special rules, a new Amon will be born among his race."

Suddenly, Carol elbowed Fili: "Take out your Book of Bahamut! I suddenly have an idea..."

Fili understood immediately.

Chapter 232: Fight a Battle You Can Be Sure of

"When this book was made, the power of sealing was considered. The fictional star beast Bahamut is a special existence, and its principle cannot be replicated. I don't ask you to make up another star beast. In short, this power is very special."

Carol's suggestion is to use this book to seal Amon. At present, the weakened Amon is very fragile. If the summoning book is compared to a prison, Bahamut is the jailer. The weak Amon cannot break the seal of the prison.

But Fili was more extreme: "You want to use this book to seal Amon, but I want to use Bahamut to devour it and directly absorb the power of the demon godhead to strengthen Bahamut."

The two had similar ideas, but rather than imprisoning a violent demon that was difficult to control, Fili wanted to directly seize its power.

Carol believed in Fili's judgment: "Use this book to seal Amon, and you can suppress the demon god into your summoned beast. If you devour it, there will be a lot of variables. Are you sure? If you are, then take action. I will buy you some time."

Fili nodded slightly and opened her hands. In her left hand, the Blue Moon's Luna sword floated by her side, and in her right hand, the Dark Moon's Gashiya sword was inserted into the ground. As the Field of Falsehood unfolded, she held up the Book of Bahamut and did what she said.

Since it was to summon Bahamut, Fili wanted to chant some cool lines: "O Dragon of the Origin, Son of Dark Flame, your name is..."

For some reason, the first line that popped into my mind was the strange line "Angbilibabo~".

Fili hurriedly shook her head and finished chanting the last spell: "Descend, Bahamut!"

The earth trembled, and Fili unexpectedly discovered that her power of deception and magic were being drained and consumed at the same time. In order to reshape the body of the summoned beast Bahamut, the space behind her was suddenly expanded by a giant dragon. This underground space was not large enough to accommodate the size of the real Bahamut, but the summoned Bahamut would also adjust its body according to actual conditions.

The ferocious black dragon broke through many iron chains and steel frames, descended in the horrified gaze of the people, and opened its huge mouth to bite the sealed demon Amon.

The moment of the attack, the test site also activated its emergency mechanism and was guarded by strong men. As a relatively important place, Carol felt the breath of the heroic alchemist and locked onto the other party at the first time.

There was a faint light flashing on Carol's hand. She caught several transparent thin lines in her hand and threw them towards the place where the hero's breath appeared. The building structure was cut like tofu, but the blade-like thin lines were blocked. A big hand of the earth puppet stretched out from the collapsed ruins, and a poisonous breath spread from the ground.

"No matter who you are, you deserve to die."

Now that the secret here has been discovered and Fili has already taken action, the Heroic Alchemist is prepared for the worst.

No need to ask who it is, just know that you have to do your best.

Carol's alchemical robe glowed with six colors of light: wind, fire, water, earth, light and dark, representing the power of the six elements. "You have sensed our power, and you still dare to stand in front of us. I guess you have made up your mind to die, right?"

The alchemist in front of him gasped: "You control the six basic elements at the same time, you bastard..."

After saying this, the alchemist spread out his hands, and the robe on his body was transformed and refined into a set of black armor that covered his entire body. Combined with the pervasive poisonous smell, hot air flows emerged from the surface of the armor, and red lines spread all over the body. The steel and flame power of the demon Amon was being driven rapidly.

Carol waved her hands quickly, and the strange thin threads in her hands weaved into six gears of different colors in the air. Each gear was a rotating magic circle. The six elements formed a shock wave and hit the heroic alchemist directly.

The puppet behind the Hero Alchemist waved its arms to try to block the attack, but was shattered in an instant. Purple poisonous smoke came out of the puppet's body, and some ordinary metals around it made a sizzling sound in the smoke. In some places in the distance that were not affected, many ordinary workers suddenly covered their necks, foamed at the mouth and fell down, but this impact did not affect Fili and Carol in front at all.

"Wow, you're still a remnant of the old era. Don't poison yourself to death with this indiscriminate method of releasing poison gas." Carol's tone was somewhat sarcastic.

An alchemist's path of study is, in a sense, also a path of survival. He has to fight against toxic substances throughout his life. No one knows whether he will die from strange radiation or poison gas tomorrow. He may even have to use pliers to break up fission reactions when demonstrating some of his research results to others.

"Hmph, the poison gas method is indeed very old, but it is effective." The heroic alchemist waved his hand lightly, and the shining lightsaber at his wrist quickly spread and slashed towards Carol.

"Yeah, no matter how fancy the technique is, as long as it can kill people." Carol raised her hand, and the golden barrier blocked the light blade, sparking dazzling sparks. Then she clenched her fist and suddenly punched the Hero Alchemist in the face. The helmet made a rough sound, and the latter flew backwards. Carol followed closely and punched the Hero Alchemist's armor again and again.

The armor kept making dull thumping sounds, and the reactive small defense barrier was triggered again and again, but the body kept retreating due to the purely physical impact and was unable to adjust its posture to fight back.

On the other hand, when the Heroic Alchemist was fighting Carol, he kept thinking about possible solutions and paying attention to the situation on Fili's side. Did he not want to fight back? No, he was just uneasy.

He became anxious about whether he could win. Low-level tactics seemed ineffective, and he didn't have time to prepare high-level tactics. If he used his current position, he would cut off his retreat and lead to a fight to the death. Although he stood up and tried to stop the two men, he was not prepared for a fight to the death.

Like most bodyguards, this heroic alchemist did not have a strong sense of belonging to Bereda, and was more selfish. Why would he risk his life against the criminals for a fixed salary? He was not a soldier guarding the border, nor was he a warrior full of faith.

It was precisely because of this stance that a misjudgment occurred the moment Carol took action, and she was instantly put on the defensive.

"I thought you had really experienced that era, but it seems you are just a warmongerer. When you encounter a strong enemy, you can only throw a few poison gas bombs at once, right?" Carol's fighting skills are quite superb, which are the result of continuous practice and trial and error over time.

Fili found it interesting as it was a completely different style from the martial arts she practiced on her own.

"Don't underestimate... me..."

"Then show me how to resist!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Carol gave another flying kick, and the Hero Alchemist's body slammed heavily into the rock wall, with cracks all around. He had just come to his senses when Carol's knee attack came from the front. The Hero Alchemist hurriedly dodged, and clearly felt the armor being dismembered, and quickly wanted to retreat.

But if he wanted to retreat, he had to get rid of Carol's entanglement. As soon as the Hero Alchemist moved, he found countless tiny threads appearing around him. These threads quickly swept over and were about to entangle his body. Red textures on the Hero Alchemist's armor burst out, and flames shot up into the sky, burning all these threads. Just as he was about to retreat, he was surprised that part of the frozen threads on his hair still entangled his limbs.

No matter how strong a person is, once their movements are restricted, many skills cannot be used: "Compressing magic power to a high concentration, condensing it into a substantial object, materializing pure magic power... Who are you? With such skills, you should not be an unknown person."

Carol continued to attack: "Oh, it doesn't look good. Do you want to know before you die?"

The heroic alchemist barely defended himself, and the puppet with a broken arm tried his best to stop Carol, but was nimbly dodged.

"Disciple of Flamel? Paracelsus? No, Nostra?"

However, the Heroic Alchemist was no weakling, and he quickly pulled out his trump card, throwing out different items, some of which formed one-way barriers, cutting through space and barely blocking Carol's attack.

Carol quickly calculated and cracked the skills of the Heroic Alchemist, and the two entered a tug-of-war phase, with Carol clearly having the upper hand.

On Fili's side, Bahamut devoured Amon's body with big mouthfuls. He was not eating in the ordinary sense, but digging out the surface flesh and biting the godhood inside the demon Amon.

After biting, sudden changes occurred. This fatal behavior obviously gave rise to the demon's instinct for survival.

The demon's body struggled violently, its eyes gradually regained clarity, the device that restrained it melted quickly, its injured flesh healed quickly, forming red muscles and skin, and the earth turned into magma, supporting Bahamut's huge mouth.

Fili raised her hand, and two magic swords fell from the sky beside her, piercing Amon's palms and nailing them to the ground. With the blessing of divine power, Amon, who had just revived, struggled desperately but failed to break free. Later, Fili activated the power of Gashiya's transformation, and dozens of steel bars emerged from under the magma and entangled Amon's body. Bahamut took the opportunity to step forward, grabbed Amon's head with the dragon's claws, bit it, and knocked him down.

The demon god Amon, who was already suppressed by mental power, was crushed when facing two divine swords and the fictional star beast Bahamut. He fell to the ground for the second time and never got up again. His chest was torn apart by Bahamut and his godhood was eaten.

Fili could see with her own eyes a ball of red light slowly falling down Bahamut's neck into its belly. The summoning book was suddenly wrapped in a ball of fire, and a strange consciousness flowed upstream and tried to invade her spiritual world.

Fili used a false twist to direct the mental attack to Carol's opponent. Just as the heroic alchemist was about to distance himself and deploy more magic devices, he suddenly covered his head and felt a sharp pain. He hurriedly activated the mental defense accessories to block the attack, but was beaten up by Carol again.

At the same time, because Fili had her hands free, she dodged and disappeared in the air twice.

When Carol forced the alchemist into a dead end, she launched a saturated magic bombardment of the six elements. The alchemist, who had no way to avoid it, raised his hands and used several magic devices to deploy a magic barrier for defense. The moment he deployed the barrier, Fili opened a similar magic barrier beside him at the same time, which canceled each other out. The two barriers were neutralized and shattered as soon as they appeared.

Carol, who was well prepared, adjusted the angle of attack, and the mixed bombardment of the six elements brushed past Fili and hit the target, and Fili landed lightly next to Carol.

"I got it, let's go."

"it is good."

After a brief exchange, the two nodded slightly, Carol activated a teleportation magic, and the two disappeared immediately.

After a while, the magic power dissipated, but there was still magical turbulence on the earth. A shadow emerged from the place bombed by Carol, and the shadow formed a cocoon. Five minutes later, the cocoon slowly cracked open, and the dying heroic alchemist staggered out of it. Looking at the mess around him, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"This is ridiculous... It's only been fifteen minutes since I launched the attack, and I've been forced to this point." The heroic alchemist took out a bottle of potion and brought it to his mouth. When he was about to drink the potion, his movement suddenly froze. He looked down and saw several huge arrows for hunting monsters piercing his body. These were arrows formed by magic power, which made his soul unable to move.

A woman stepped out of the shadows, and if Fili were there, she would have recognized it as Acinara.

Asinara shook the bottle and said, "Just one drop is enough to restore vitality, right? Drinking or injecting has the same effect, but the potion in your armor must have been damaged. Phew~ That Carol must be the real person."

"You...you are..."

Asinara threw the medicine bottle behind her. The sound of it breaking also represented the end of the heroic alchemist: "Let me ask you a question. You have already controlled two demons, right? Amon is the third. Your ambition is not only to control the demons, but also to revive the remains of the star beast?"

"..."

Acinara said in a relaxed tone: "Silence? No, that's the answer. Let me think about it again. The Philosopher's Stone technology that takes over the body, and the various technologies for collecting mental power. The person above you wants to transfer his spirit into the body of a star beast. Hmm? Don't want to be a human anymore?"

"..."

Asinara said, "No? That's right, only the human body can sustain desires. Normal humans have nothing to do, so who would want to turn into a monster? But monsters also have their advantages. Moreover, even monsters are not limited to a single form, just like demons. Even demon beasts can transform into human forms..."

At this point, Athena turned to the alchemist and suddenly asked, "You mixed humans and star beasts? Was it viviparous or oviparous?"

"!?"

Although the heroic alchemist had no intention of answering, his pupils still trembled for a moment, and this change was captured by Ahinara.

Asinara immediately asked, "Do you know the Moon Princess?"

Still no answer: "..."

The next second, Asinara waved her hand to cut off the head of the heroic alchemist. She looked up at the sky, her eyes seemed to want to penetrate the underground facilities to see the moon.

"Using some method to let the alchemists learn the forbidden knowledge? The princess of the star beast is reincarnated in this land... It will be troublesome if such a thing happens."

Asinara quickly disappeared, left the battlefield, returned to the city of Bereda, and transformed into an ordinary girl.

If you see Feilin, she will look familiar. It was the day when he pretended to treat her to a meal and then asked her to pay the bill.

Asinara muttered as she walked, "The other incarnation got beaten pretty badly. That bird-head doesn't look like a mature guy. What's going on? Forget it. I'm not familiar with the Arian Church anyway. I'll investigate later. I'm really impressed by the ability of the people here to hide things. I've been searching for almost a month and still have no clue. Where is such a big star beast corpse hidden?"

The independent city-state is so small, it’s not really that big, but after digging three feet underground, we only found a few mysterious workshops. We can only guess that the alchemists moved the corpses of the star beasts to some kind of space node.

Chapter 233: Feilin's Secret Infiltration

After Fili and Carol succeeded, they ran away, but they stopped not far away. They found a place nearby, set up a barrier and waited for anyone who might come after hearing the news.

Carol was bored waiting, so she picked some foxtail grass from the roadside and brushed it against Fili's face. "Feel the fluctuations of magic in the sky. The battle between Marian and Acinara just ended, and a mysterious guy came to finish it off here. That alchemist had a lot of life-saving items, but it was a pity that the person who waited for him till the end was not the one he loved."

Fili agreed: "He lived a lifetime, and the only one who saw him off was Old Six. Judging from his aura, he is definitely the incarnation of Athena."

Carol fumbled in her pocket and threw a talisman to Fili: "Here's one for you. The days ahead are going to be uneasy. Keep it for self-defense."

Fili took the amulet and sensed the magic circuit inside: "A device that cuts through space?"

In the previous battle, many of Carol's attacks were blocked by the opposing alchemist. She relied on this portable consumable space magic device, which made her immune to all attacks for a short period of time and gave her a chance to catch her breath. Of course, she couldn't launch her own attacks and it was difficult to resist close combat.

In addition, the alchemist has various disposable shields, quick movement and catapulting magic devices to increase distance. If he were to move to an open space on the ground, this heroic alchemist might not die.

Carol nodded. "The space interrupter temporarily opens a one-way channel. The other side is set anywhere in the ocean. The advantage is that even if a meteorite falls straight at you, this thing can save your life."

Feili hummed: "Thank you, you really care about me. Here, a return gift."

Fili enchanted a dagger, infusing it with the power of deception, completely distorting the concept of the dagger.

Fili explained: "After it is activated, it can completely eliminate its presence within thirty minutes. I have tested it under the eyes of my husband, Lao Deng, and even guys of his level can't see it. But it doesn't work well on star beasts, so you can play with it."