Oops, I became the witch's substitute

But there was a problem. Orfa's perspective suddenly froze on the compass, and the blood drop on the needle tip suddenly moved slowly along with Fili.

The necks of a group of people also moved along with the pointer, and finally solidified on Fili's body.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little depressing.

"?" Although he didn't quite understand the reason, Orfa had another understanding.

People like them have powerful bloodlines and strong talents. They are strong as humans and excellent materials for sacrifice. This country is famous for being a gathering place for witches. My sister's bloodline suddenly appeared in someone else... then there is only one answer!

Orfa covered his face and smiled: "So that's how it is. The witches have also taken action. My poor sister has become someone else's prey. It's ridiculous. With such power, she would want to break free from the birdcage? However, it doesn't matter if you die. If we lose to the witches silently, wouldn't it make us look weak? Hmm?"

At this moment, Orfa noticed that the witch over there stopped and seemed to have noticed something. The compass in his hand turned around and pointed in another direction.

"You can actually block my magic? But it's too late!! You evil witch!!!"

After saying this, Orufa rushed down the mountain.

Fili at the foot of the mountain understood what had happened instantly. She had just sensed the fluctuation in her blood and used false interference, but she was still a step too late.

Although her clone deceived many people, it was ultimately a cover-up of "known" things. It was suddenly encountered an investigation by unknown technology, and there were some loopholes in this regard. Although the loopholes were urgently repaired, there were still fools who rushed down.

Chapter 77: I'll Go to Your Heroic Battle

The way the Morgana family treats witches is not to say that they are hostile to each other, but they are disgusted with each other. If we have to say the reason, it can be attributed to vanity.

People outside often talk about the Morgana family and the witches, and often compare the strengths of the two in combat and knowledge, so the Morgana family always likes to create some friction when they meet the witches.

There is a contradiction here. After all, witches live longer. When people read the history recorded by humans, they often have to look through documents and search everywhere. But what about witches? You can just turn around and ask the witch whether a certain emperor really loved other people's wives.

Orufa grew up in such an atmosphere and was praised as a genius since he was a child. In fact, he is indeed a genius. Well, with talent, resources and willingness to learn, Orufa has achieved what he has today.

However, Orfa's life has not been smooth sailing. He is 27 years old this year and is a hero, but he has been beaten by a witch and mocked by the witch as "trash~trash~". He was so angry.

Thinking of the humiliation he had suffered in the past, Orfa wanted to capture Fili and torture her to vent his humiliation and ask the witch what she thought of Bahamut.

But can Fili let her catch him? Seeing Orfa rushing down, he grabbed Serena's wrist first and said, "Don't worry about me. Go find the Water Priestess for help, otherwise the situation here will be out of control."

The incident happened suddenly. Serena was still shocked by Yingjie's oppressive feeling, and was pushed away by Fili. The world around her was in a trance. When she came to her senses, she was already far away. She was so angry.

She finally became a Transcendent and gained strength, so how come she was protected when she encountered danger? She is the knight! She finally got rid of the Water Priestess and could be alone with Fili and go home together, but she was disturbed by an inexplicable guy.

Thinking of this, Serena cursed the attacker in her heart. After analyzing the situation, she immediately turned back to find the Water Priestess. After all, this was how Fili arranged it, and it must be the safest plan.

Commonly known as asking someone to come and kill you.

Here, Fili could actually teleport Serena away, but she could also run away by herself. The reason she stayed was of course intentional.

"Is this the first time we meet? Calling someone an evil witch directly does not seem very civilized, you unknown wild dog." Fili hadn't seen this elder brother for a long time. As the number one lackey of that scumbag father, his strength has indeed improved over the years.

Orfa rushed down and took the first action. He soared into the air and manipulated the magic power to form a vortex, smashing towards Fili in the purest way. Fili stepped back to dodge and raised her hands to form a magic barrier.

This fight was of little substance, not even a test. It could probably be categorized as Orfa throwing a brick at Fili, and Fili naturally had to dodge.

"Then tell me, why do you have the aura of a blood relative? What did you do to my family?" Orfa landed in front of Fili, his hands showing the magic of ice and fire, and he smiled forcefully. "It doesn't matter if you don't answer. Anyway, I don't expect to get an answer from the witch. I prefer torture."

Fili said directly: "...That's a problem with your magic, right?"

The performance of magic is based on the power of imagination, and magic such as finding objects and searching is even more idealistic. It basically locks on to a certain type of thing and searches for it through continuous feedback.

When looking for popular and ordinary things, magic will point fingers everywhere; when looking for illusory things, magic will make up stories if it can't find them, which may sometimes produce unexpected effects; when forcibly locking onto something, magic will be single-minded.

For example, Orfa's pocket watch is a kind of strong locking magic. The clearer the instructions given, the more stubborn the results will be.

A stubborn magic with a stubborn master led to the situation of Orfa. Of course, we cannot rule out the idea that Orfa is here to cause trouble.

"There's something wrong with my magic? How dare you say that!" Orfa sneered, his pupils shrank slightly, the magic power in his body expanded again, and his right hand turned into a fire dragon and bit towards him.

Fili used her elbow to avoid the fire dragon's bite, and suddenly she felt a flash before her eyes, and ice crystals exploded in front of her eyes. Fili dodged sideways, then put her hands in front of her body for defense, and used her arms to block Orlfa's side kick. Just as she was about to take out the dagger, her hair was grabbed by Orlfa.

For some reason, Fili suddenly felt a nameless anger in her heart. After not seeing him for so many years, this guy's moral standards still need to be lowered.

Orfa had already grabbed the hair and was exerting force backwards. Fili hurriedly used her left hand to hold down Orfa's arm to prevent him from pulling the hair again. Fire started on Orfa's arm, but Fili was not afraid of this. She wrapped her body with her own magic power, and used her right hand to reverse Orfa's elbow and pull it backwards, trying to destroy Orfa's center of gravity.

"No, this guy was a mad dog before, and now he has no manners at all." Fili would do whatever it takes in a fight, but not as shameless as Orfa. He didn't have the airs of a wizard born in an aristocratic family. He was more like a street thug. He had been out on missions for many years and had become an experienced thug.

To be honest, when it comes to strength, Fili is no match for Orfa in terms of either strength or magic power, and even no match for Enil now. Her total amount of magic power is medium-low among people of the same level.

So Fili's plan to destroy Orfa's center of gravity failed. She was completely pulled by her hair, and then her head was pressed down and smashed hard on the big tree next to her, and the tree broke.

"Ouch!" Fili felt pain due to carelessness. The pain on her entire face made her feel a little annoyed. She originally wanted to see how powerful this nominal big brother was, but a hero is a hero, and his speed and strength should not be underestimated.

If it were an ordinary witch, she would have lost her fighting ability at this moment. Orfa took the opportunity to let go and planned to change his hand to strangle Fili's neck.

But just as he relaxed, Fili disappeared from his sight. Just as he was about to sense Fili's location, he didn't notice the danger behind him. Fili grabbed his face and pressed him to the ground, making the back of his head come into close contact with the ground.

"Ah!" Orfa really didn't expect that this blow didn't make Fili lose his ability to move. Not only that, Fili's counterattack was also very fierce, causing his body protected by magic to suffer a heavy blow.

They both unleashed their magic at the same time, no longer holding back.

Flames rose up under Orfa's feet, the ground around him shattered, and thousands of pillars of fire emerged. Fili snapped her fingers lightly, and mist fell from the sky to cover the mountains.

"Hey, hey, hey, this is weird. With such skills, are you really a witch?" Orfa slowly backed away, retreated behind a stone, took out his pocket watch and took a look. There was no fluctuation around, it seemed that Fili had already kept her distance, which made him relieved. The skills displayed by this witch scared him. If the sneak attack just now had been replaced by a sharp blade, he would have been lying on the ground.

Fili landed on a treetop not far away, took out a dagger in one hand, and decided not to engage in close combat with Orfa.

There was a moment of silence, both of them were on guard against the other's next move, but neither took the next step.

Because it hurts, it really hurts.

Orfa turned around and held onto the stone, and couldn't help rubbing the back of his head. It really hurt after being hit just now.

Fili also raised her hand to cover half of her face, especially her nose. After being hit due to carelessness just now, it still felt a little sore and she couldn't help but shed tears from the corners of her eyes.

Fili made a muffled sound: "What kind of villain is complaining first? Do you have any dignity as a mage, or a man?"

Orfa bent over and held the back of his head, took a deep breath, and insisted on keeping his voice normal so that the witch wouldn't hear his embarrassment: "What's the use of that thing?"

Fili commented: "Yeah, so if it's useless, then we don't need it anymore? Where's the dignity?"

Orfa looked around and his eyes became serious: "Can that kind of thing keep you alive? Can it?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a ball of fire appeared in front of Orfa. He reached out and grabbed it. A red staff appeared in his hand. He waved the staff and rotated it, stirring the surrounding flames to gather together. Heat waves rolled in, and finally turned forward, gushing out. The temperature around him rose significantly.

But before Orfa could start, the sky seemed to have broken open and heavy rain began to fall. The rain with ice crystals extinguished the flames on the ground. A moment later, an angry elf broke into the battlefield.

Orfa was not afraid at all. He just attacked whoever came after him, transformed himself into a fire dragon and rushed into the sky. Then he crashed into the flood from the sky, as if the sky was shattered and the Milky Way was pouring down as in the myth. Orfa crashed into it like a motorcycle hitting a king's truck. He went downstream without any suspense and disappeared from the sight in the blink of an eye.

"Remember this, elves and witches, I will definitely kill you next time!!! Remember this! Next time, I will definitely kill you..."

Chapter 78 The Envoy's Request

A heavy flood washed the ground clean. Fili sat angrily on a stone by the roadside, with one hand condensed with frost against her face, which was a little swollen from being beaten just now.

"It's really not peaceful lately, there are fights everywhere."

The water priestess clapped her hands, came up to Fili, asked about her health, checked on her, and tried to touch Fili's face several times, but was avoided by her.

"Really? How dare you do that to such a pretty face? Next time I see that guy I will slap him to death."

As an elf, the embodiment of nature, and having lived for a long time, the power of the Water Priestess is quite strong. The magical power generated when she takes action makes Fili amazed, even to the point of being enviable.

Serena couldn't help but sigh beside her: "Who attacked us? Why did they attack us suddenly?"

Fili blurted out: "They are a group of self-important fools. They are from the human Morgana family. The person who attacked us is a fool who squandered his talent."

The Water Witch waved her hand, and a drop of water floated up from the ground and landed on her fingertips. Then, with a dignified look on her face, she said, "I have driven that guy out of this territory. I remember their aura. No matter who appears in this territory, I will ask them to leave. If they really don't know what's good for them, I will let them return to the water realm."

There is also a saying in this world that the ocean is the origin of life, and the so-called return to the realm of life means death.

Elves are not really good people.

Fili shook her head slightly. Fortunately, the water priestess intervened quickly, otherwise she would have played a trick on Orfa and made him understand the terrible power of deception.

Fili stood up: "Then let's go back."

The Water Priestess hurriedly held Fili's shoulders and said, "Are you in such a hurry? Well, just be careful on the road. Wait, what if you encounter danger after leaving this area? I'm not worried about Serena, because I don't have a contract with her, but you, Fili, look very weak."

Fili curled her lips and said, "Okay, it's weak, that's right. The more you people think so, the better."

The Water Maiden continued, "I love singing. I will teach you a hymn. When you are in danger in the future, you can call on my power, just like the waterfall just now."

The Water Priestess is an elf who loves beautiful things and singing. The power she teaches is to call upon the power of water through singing. Fili and Serena stayed for a while and learned to sing together. They soon learned the elves' hymns, and the Water Priestess felt relieved when they left.

I'm not the one who can save you.

Just as the Water Priestess said at the beginning, many forces have gathered in the surrounding areas recently, and it is normal to see fights everywhere.

Not all of these organizations are targeting star beasts, but they are all related to star beasts.

The initial cause was the mobilization of the Holy Kingdom of Arias. No matter how careful the plan was, the news of the army's deployment would still leak out. What's more, the auxiliary troops cooperating with the army were not very tight, and the workers and soldiers had to live, so the Chamber of Commerce began to supply a large amount of supplies.

The circulation of materials is the operation of the business model. Since it is profitable, the black and white sides began to compete for the market of the Holy Kingdom of Arius.

Neighboring countries felt uneasy when seeing the large army gathering, and they also began to gather troops at the border. Due to strength issues, the number of mercenaries gathered by countries large and small began to increase. The uneven quality of the soldiers caused public security problems, and the criminals and wanted criminals hiding among them brought further adverse effects.

As a result, a large number of bounty hunters and adventurers came upon hearing the news, and some criminal organizations also appeared to transport contraband. Liches eager to study corpses and evil parties who wanted to collect souls also came like piranhas, smelling the smell of blood.

Powerful evil parties often act together with their organizations. In the process, opposing organizations invest their power in the surrounding areas, just like radiation belts that expand their influence in circles. Miriam, who lives next to the Holy Kingdom of Arius, has directly felt the impact of this. The crime rate and unidentified corpses at the border have increased significantly.

Fortunately, the Miriam Kingdom now has some strength. They sensed the rhythm of the star beasts and felt uneasy, so they began to seek help from the witch.

But Fili didn't quite understand why the envoy representing the royal family came to her as soon as she returned to the inn. Well, it was just that the envoy's skin might be bad. There were red and white spots on his face and he looked like he was poisoned.

No, it was poisoning! Is this the price of seeking the witch's help?

Fili entertained the royal guest well: "Uh, Mr. Special Envoy, would you like some tea?"

Te shook his head as fast as he could: "No, no, no, no, no, thank you for your kindness..."

"Don't worry, I serve my guests normal black tea here."

"Is that so? Thank you..."

"So what does the royal family want from me?"

The envoy squeezed his hands nervously. "A lot of tricky things have happened on the border recently. We are short of manpower, and witches are better at exploring mysterious things. So, at the recommendation of Lady Hecate, I came here to seek your help."

Fili held her forehead. In a sense, it was she who caused the change. "Is there a rumor that the Holy Nation of Arius is digging for star beasts?"

The envoy nodded: "That's right."

Fili understood something, and after thinking for a moment, she became less hesitant, leaning forward and looking serious: "The Holy Kingdom of Arius may have discovered traces of the sleeping star beast Bahamut. They are trying to dig it out, and they may be planning to kill the star beast while it is sleeping. That's it."

The envoy was stunned. He stopped what he was doing and started brainstorming. He didn't expect the answer to come so quickly. But even the great witch Hecate didn't give an accurate answer. How did Fili know it?

Without waiting for the envoy to ask, Fili continued, "There has always been some friction between the Saint Arius sect and us. I have been paying attention to their movements before they took action. After they approached the abandoned mine and began digging, I sneaked in to investigate. You can definitely confirm the source of this information."

Yes, you take this fake news back and help me spread the word. Fili is now going to spread the news so that more people will believe in Bahamut's fictional legend.

The envoy was nervous: "Is it really a star beast?"

Fili had to show confidence. Since the lie had already begun, she had to believe it more than anyone else: "It can't be wrong, otherwise the Saint Arius sect wouldn't have dispatched so many forces. It seems that Your Excellency is still a little worried. How about this, I will sort out the detailed information of Bahamut and give it to you in a few days."

The envoy said in a heavy heart: "Then I'll leave it to you. Besides, I have another request."

Fili tilted her head curiously: "What?"

The envoy sighed and said, "Recently, many foreign organizations have infiltrated the border. No matter what their purpose is, the disputes between these organizations have seriously affected the order of our country. We need someone with enough power to mediate. Lady Hecate has always been secretive and not very... active. I wonder if I can ask you to go?"

Fili was a little embarrassed. This was not her purpose. "I have been traveling between the two countries recently. I have not noticed any activities on the border, so the information I have obtained is limited."

The envoy took out a stack of newspapers from his backpack and said, "This is a newspaper for our country's trial operation. The recent events at the border are generally reported on it. We don't ask for complete peace from outsiders, but we must at least maintain superficial order."

Fili picked up the snack plate, and the other party's implication was very clear: "Even if it's just a pretense, if you want to fight, why not fight in the city?"

The envoy nodded, then looked at Fili anxiously: "That's right, so..."

Fili stared at the envoy and did not answer immediately. Instead, she ate the matcha cake on the plate bit by bit. The sudden silence made the envoy feel uneasy.

Finally, Fili smiled and picked up the newspaper that the envoy had just put down. "Miriam, since you have a newspaper, you have mature printing technology. How about this? I can help you maintain order on the border. In exchange, please help me print some documents."

This condition can be said to be quite generous, and the envoy breathed a sigh of relief. It was too difficult to find a reliable witch anyway. There were very few of them, and reliable witches were not necessarily kind-hearted. It was even rarer to find a witch like Fili who could say a few words without making harsh conditions.

Chapter 79: People Who Have Nothing to Do with Them