Oops, I became the witch's substitute

Hodge looked at the silent crowd and felt very unhappy: "Dear witches, elves and black phoenix, do you have any better ideas? Please say something to liven up the atmosphere, don't look helpless."

Feili is full of resentment now. She hasn't figured out her own situation yet, so how can she think about saving others? To put it coldly, are there any people she knows in heaven now?

"Shut up, be quiet, can't you see everyone is trying to find a solution?"

“Could you please be a little nicer? Don’t you understand the situation? Now… Aaaaaaah——!”

During the conversation, Alex reset Hodge's bones, glued them together with divine power, and then healed them. The sudden pain and soreness made him unable to breathe even with his mouth and eyes open. He stretched himself straight and lay back, hitting the back of his head hard against the wall, and he almost died.

Everyone saw his performance, including the present god Arius, who couldn't help but shake his head, as if a phantom pain came through him.

Hotch took two deep breaths, then turned his head with sweat all over his forehead and looked at Alex: "Did, did what? You?"

Alex awkwardly let go and pretended to fiddle with the bones with his hands: "Set your bones... maybe? Your bones are broken and we need to find the right position to put them back together."

No, this is a bone, not a brick. Is it really okay? Is the surgery in the wizarding world too hardcore? Can it really be put together accurately? Fili suddenly had a lot of doubts.

Hotch swallowed and said, "Are you ready?"

Alex nodded: "It's done, don't worry."

Hotch breathed a sigh of relief and continued to look at Fili: "You can look down on my character, but you can't look down on my sense of responsibility. In this situation, someone has to...Ahhhhh——?!"

With a scream, Hodge turned over and grabbed the pillow tightly. It was as if he was struck by lightning. After enduring the pain with great difficulty, he squeezed out a sound from his throat. The sound seemed to have aged him by thirty years.

"…What is it?"

Alex picked up a bottle innocently: "Holy water...this won't work?"

The God of the Present Black Phoenix, oh no, the God of the Present Arius raised one of his wings and said, "Holy water contains alcohol, which is indeed a good thing for killing viruses and bacteria. But he has an open wound now, and the broken bones are exposed. The tendons are tendons and the flesh is flesh. If he pours it on like this, it will be a bit... tragic."

The Water Witch raised her finger and said, "I've seen this trick before. This is how you tortured witches during the witch hunting era. You delayed their death and prolonged the torture. It was mainly a form of torture."

Sylph nodded: "It's what he deserves."

Fu Kai also nodded.

Fili leaned over to take a look at the first aid kit used by the clergy: "Isn't there a healing potion?"

Alex slapped his head and said, "Yes, yes, healing potion."

He hurriedly took out a red bottle, unscrewed the cap and smelled it, and after confirming it, he was going to give it to Hodge.

Hodge quickly stretched out his hand to block it: "Wait, isn't this for drinking? And my wound is like this, it might hurt if I continue to pour water, right?"

Xianshen Xuanfeng flapped his wings and said: "When you take the healing potion orally, you let your body absorb it and then it works on the wound. Now that your wound is like this, it will be more effective if you pour it directly on."

Hotch gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, come on!"

Alex hesitated for a moment, then poured the healing potion on it.

“Ahhhhhhhhh——! Kill me, kill… kill me… gugugugugu ahhhh!!!” Screaming like a pig being slaughtered.

Fili and the elf both covered their ears. Alex squatted beside them in a daze, picked up the healing potion and studied it carefully, his face full of disbelief.

"Does it hurt that much?"

"Ha...ha...if you...don't like me...just kill...me..."

Fili hugged her chest and frowned, "A real man can't even endure this little pain? Your bones are broken. You can use healing magic to recover after they are connected and healed. This way there will be no sequelae. It hurts a little. Okay, Alex, I see there is some hemostatic herb powder in your bag. Apply it on him and then bandage the wound."

Hodge took a deep breath and said, "Enough...enough. I can recover by myself."

Fili shook her head: "Why are you so afraid of pain?"

Alex sighed, "Forget it, it's almost there. We have fragments of the Godhead in our bodies. With a little recovery, we can start to heal ourselves. But Hodge is very weak now."

Hodge showed signs of rolling his eyes, and seeing him like that, Alex couldn't continue applying medicine. He could only quickly bandage the wound and then heal it with divine power.

Arius stroked his chin and said, "It seems that this hero has been absorbed by hatred. His fragments of divinity are slightly filthy compared to yours, so he is so weak."

Fili thought for a moment: "What should we do next? The bodies of those whose souls were absorbed are still alive, but this state can't last long."

Arius replied: "To be honest, I want to negotiate with her. It would be better if this matter can be resolved peacefully. If not, I can only crush her ambition and kill her while she is still unstable."

The Water Witch scratched her head and said, "First, let me tell you some bad news. The three of us have a very bad relationship with that black crow spirit. If we meet him again, we will be absorbed and transformed. It will be difficult for us to help him."

Alex also looked serious: "I can clearly feel the power above the godhood when fighting with her, but she is not feeling well now, right?"

Fili looked at her palm now, her expression complicated: "It seems that there is a materialized divine power in her body. I did pierce it."

Arius said, "Since Marian is a man-made god, her godhead is still an observable entity. She doesn't have time to get familiar with it and transform. She must be very weak after being severely injured by you. However, the Coffin Dream Stone Obelisk is her divine domain. She has stronger authority in that world. In addition, she has tens of thousands of hostages in her hands. The specific actions need to be carefully considered."

The Water Priestess hugged Fili and said, "Everyone is tired now. We should at least take a break and recover our magic power."

Later, the three elves planned to discuss with Fili and sign a contract with her at the same time to teach her holy chants of different attributes. Maybe they could use them to deal with Marian later?

Fili also inquired about the situation with other church members in the camp, sought advice from the bishop of the cathedral and the knights, and discussed how to deal with the false god.

Finally, Fili returned to the rest room, and then she heard Alex's voice not far away.

"You are Master Arius, right?"

"You can say that."

I don't know how to do it, but I know it's a long time

"I was indoctrinated to believe in the goddess Arius, but why don't you answer our prayers?"

"As a hero, you must have many people asking you to do something. Can you respond to everyone's expectations one by one?"

Alex was slightly dissatisfied: "You are a god, this analogy is too harsh."

Arius still refused. "First of all, I am not as powerful as you think. I am just a small god. Secondly, humans bother me a lot. I was just trying to save some people while protecting the cradle, but I was inexplicably entangled. You also used my name to create a sect and gathered so many believers. I am the one who is confused. Brave Alex, I will not take a bucket of water or a grain of rice from you, so naturally I will not respond to your prayers. That's all."

Alex sighed: "Suppose... I mean suppose, you have the power to make the environment better, maybe by changing some people a little, there won't be such an evil existence as Marian."

"Nothing will change. Human desires will eventually accumulate to this point." Arius thought for a moment, "Marianne's existence may not be a bad thing. If the negotiations go smoothly, let her become your true god. That's my plan."

"This……"

"She uses your beliefs, responds to your expectations, and is the goddess and god of your imagination. She meets all the requirements."

Alex was speechless for a moment: "Maybe, but it's hard for me to accept it."

Arius reminded: "So I hope you can keep this matter secret for the time being and don't tell anyone else in the sect."

I didn't expect Arius to have such a plan. Fili's resentment towards him deepened tenfold. Hmm.

In fact, it didn't matter that the false clone was beaten to the brink of death. After death, he turned into a ball of magic power and disappeared. When he reappeared in front of everyone, he could just say that the previous fake death was a joke to fool everyone. Now he was brought back to life in public, and he was completely embarrassed.

Fili touched her chest and abdomen, feeling the real rhythm of this body, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Human emotions are affected by the hormones secreted by the body. His soul was originally a male-dominated thinking, but now it has become a strange state of balance, and some ways of thinking have indeed begun to change.

Seriously speaking, there is no real feeling of transforming into a witch, nor is there much shame. It is more like playing an online game and becoming a character who can switch the appearance of gender at any time.

With the talent of deception as the root, everything is false, everything is allowed, and the purpose of life is to survive, so other needs and desires are suppressed, because for Fili, "information" is becoming less and less important, it is just an identity to be displayed to the outside world.

So on the bright side, she is now strengthened, and the situation where her magic power was scarce in the past has been improved to a certain extent, because she has two bodies to store magic power, and now the total amount is on par with that of ordinary heroes and strong men.

The most amazing thing is that two bodies and two brains thinking in parallel can achieve the level of accelerated thinking, but random thoughts also have the symptom of holding each other back, which is more serious than before.

In addition, from the perspective of magic, if it were so easy to obtain a new body, there wouldn't be so many people seeking eternal life but failing to achieve it. Arius's divine power could turn a false clone into a real body, which seemed to be due to the power of cognition.

In the common understanding of the gods and elves, Fili is real, so Fili is real...

Speaking of the water priestesses, since the power of the elves is very convenient, the three of them are helping to carry the fallen soldiers in the garrison.

The Water Priestess complained as she transported the nun: "We can just leave it alone. The souls of beasts and monsters in this area have been absorbed. There won't be any threat to them."

Fu Kai felt that this was a bit shameless: "You accepted the gems they gave you, is it appropriate to say this now?"

Fili's ears twitched. After hearing such a conversation, she felt that her good impression of the elves was disappearing, especially the water priestess. This guy's moral integrity was declining.

The Water Maiden cried out, "But there is nothing I can do. My gambling luck this year is too bad, but I won't admit that I will lose to humans in terms of luck. Once the crisis here is resolved, I will be doing good deeds and will definitely have good luck. I will use these gems to make back my investment later."

Fili was stunned for half a second, then left silently. It was better not to get close to the water priestess.

Just as he was about to sneak away, he felt a breeze passing by and saw Sylph walking towards him.

"Why are you here instead of taking a good rest?" Sylph smiled and approached, grabbing Fili's hand. "You seem to be doing nothing, so come with me. Let's practice the hymn again. Try to sing my name well. This time I'm sure you can open up the realm of healing wind."

Fili couldn't refuse, so she followed Sylph to the nearby forest.

Elven chants are not something rare, and many people in this world can use them, from elves to country girls. It is a magical power that is as magical as pure dragon language. It can generate wonderful power just by uttering the corresponding syllables. However, a lot of magic power is consumed while uttering the syllables. Therefore, it is difficult for ordinary people to use long chants.

The hymn that Fili received was directly a song. It was the original sound of the world passed down from generation to generation by the elves. Its power when fully exerted was no less than the power they themselves exerted.

Sylph's Healing Wind, Fukai's Earth Beating, and the Water Priestess's Eternal Glacier, simply mastering these three holy chants is enough to make one a powerful person.

Fili sang the aria softly, and Sylph clapped her hands gently beside her. The cooperation between the two made the forest flourish with luxuriant branches and leaves, and the flowers and plants grew, making it look brand new.

"Not bad, not bad. You are indeed a very good contractor. Undine herself is not very reliable, but the people she can get close to are all outstanding." Sylph extended her hand again. "It's nice to meet you, Fili. Let's get along well in this era."

Fili groaned and gently held Sylph's hand: "Me too."

Sylph exclaimed, "But, your secret is very special. I'm curious. Because you are a witch, did your family raise you as a boy in the beginning?"

Fili remained calm, thinking about how to answer. Besides, she really hated these people with a keen sense of smell.

Chapter 104: Using the power of deception to cover up the false god

The world of the Sky Continent only consists of the land surrounding the star beast. Those who were unfortunately absorbed into the Coffin Dream Stone are still investigating and exploring. These people fought each other but found that no one could die no matter what. Some people have already understood what happened. Those with sharp eyes can even find their own bodies on the ground. After a few hours, their fighting stopped.

No matter how hard they fight, the corpse of the star beast is not in the sky. The trapped people just want to be rescued as soon as possible. However, those whose souls are sucked away are ordinary people who have not reached the level of transcendence, and it is difficult for them to get out of the predicament by their own strength.

Now the strong men from the sects and organizations gathered around the Coffin Dream Stone to discuss.

"Is this the coffin dream stone? If it is broken..."

"Don't act rashly. Before you find a way to return your soul to its place, you must not let the Coffin Dream Stone suffer any damage. Destroying the Coffin Dream Stone is the last resort. Then..."

“How many necromancy researchers do we need to hire?”

"You don't really want to turn tens of thousands of people into undead creatures?"

Some of these people were still absent-minded, thinking that the crisis could be resolved quickly, some were thinking carefully, and some were already in a panic. It was only then that the sect realized why so many rare heroes had come. Was this a meeting about the star beasts?

No wonder the church has lost so many star beast materials recently. Some people robbed them openly, some stole them secretly, and some others intercepted the materials collected by the church!

Now is not the time to argue about interests with this group of people. The leaders of the sect saw this situation and smiled bitterly. They should kick aside the tribunal now and discuss the rescue plan with these people, and then gather everyone together to discuss the distribution of interests. Otherwise, would they really come into conflict with these people?

I don't know how to do it, but I'm sure you'll do it for a long time.

Fili also participated in the meeting, clapping silently in her heart, thinking that it was a good thing for her younger sister to go back, otherwise if the family continued to stay here, could they also get a share of the pie?

"I hope you can put your heads together, participate in the discussion, and save your subordinates." The archbishop of the sect was unable to control the situation. Faced with such a group of lawless maniacs, all he could do was to declare the sect's position, or at least take the lead in this rescue plan.

But as soon as she finished speaking, some people looked at Fili, who was surrounded by three elves, with the familiar Xuanfeng (suspected) standing on her shoulder. She was also the key witch to defeat Bahamut. In an era where personal power is paramount, Fili now has considerable say.

Regarding the issue of Marian, Fili's initial thought was that if the roots are not removed, they will grow again in the spring breeze. However, Lord Xuanfeng Arius, the current god, wanted to negotiate with the other party and make the artificial god Marian the true goddess of the sect to control the originally ownerless faith. This is indeed a solution.

Fili originally wanted to agree, but she was a human being after all, and after a little thought her answer was "It's a good strategy, but I'd like to make some minor changes." So when she was being stared at by various organizations and legendary adventurers, Fili started to talk nonsense.

"I know time is tight, but I still want to share some information with you." Fili put her hands on the desk. She was considered taller than other witches, so everyone didn't have to look at her head. "This information may be a little complicated, but it is related to the next rescue."

"Appreciate further details."

Fili took a deep breath and dropped a bombshell: "In fact, the culprit for this change is none other than the goddess of the Arian sect, Marian Arius."

As soon as these words were spoken, the people from the sect almost fainted. The archbishop immediately blew his beard and glared, the commander of the knights put his hand on the hilt of the sword and prepared to ask for an explanation, and the various organizations around him instantly went into a state of watching the show, with expressions of anticipation.

Fili hurriedly pulled Alex over, and Alex calmly testified as a brave man: "Well, this... is indeed the case."

The Archbishop asked, "Brave man! Why do you hesitate?"

Alex gnashed his teeth. He was not hesitant or conflicted. He was simply not used to lying. "The one who caused this incident was the High Priest of the Inquisition. They awakened the goddess without authorization and prayed and twisted the wishes. The goddess loves the world and wants to achieve an eternal kingdom, so she created the Sky God Realm. People in the Sky God Realm will never be tortured by illness or death."

There seems to be some truth to that, but not much.

The sect was speechless for a moment. They had just learned the news and had no time to digest the amount of information.

Why after all these years, it was the Inquisition that found the goddess? They prayed to the goddess day after day, but it was like dialing a blank number when traveling?

Seeing Alex's reaction, Fili pushed him away hastily, took out a temporarily borrowed church scripture, and silently activated the power of deception to cover the scene. This power was not aimed at anyone and was harmless. It was just absorbing a kind of cognitive power, which was a new skill Fili had learned.

"Maybe not everyone has read the holy book of the Arian sect, but I swear in the name of the witch, Fili the False, and the long years of her experience that the history recorded by the sect is true. The goddess Marian Arian has been wandering in the world, silently paying attention to this land. When fighting against the star beast Bahamut not long ago, she even provided protection for the soldiers who fought bravely. I believe everyone has seen it with their own eyes." Fili began to publicize the miracles performed by the goddess.

In fact, Arius did a lot of things. His so-called help to mortals in the past was actually mainly to protect his own cradle. The results brought positive influence to the surrounding humans, so he was worshipped.