Oops, I became the witch's substitute

Anastasia looked impatient: "Do I need you to tell me? We have been looking for him for many days. We have been calling and searching for him, but he is always disturbed by a force."

The demon mage smiled and said, "Just now, the people over there tried to track our location, but I also locked the information in reverse. But I remind you that the other party is unexpectedly strong."

Anastasia asked back, "Are you stronger than me?"

The magician opened his hands and said, "You haven't called her back for so long. Who is stronger or weaker? Maybe we can only know it after a real fight."

Anastasia stood up and said, "This looks like a challenging opponent. Tell me the location and I will go find the 'Dragon' myself."

The magician said, "Respected Anastasia, before you act, I have a piece of news to tell you. This country has not been completely conquered. The scattered lords are actively resisting, and reinforcements from neighboring countries are also arriving. You'd better not leave easily, especially near the capital. There is a particularly active resistance army that has caused us a lot of trouble. Their leader seems to be called Guinai. You'd better go in person..."

Anastasia waved her hand and said, "We have to do things one by one. The witches messed up what they promised, but Pandora seems to have disappeared, as if she has no responsibility at all. We are here to clean up her mess. We need to synthesize the Distorted Dragon Fafnir. Only by making such a weapon can we continue to advance into other countries. Retrieving that little thing is more important than anything else. Okay, Pepero, tell me the address you tracked down. I will leave Kalan's matter to you for the time being. Kill all the humans as soon as possible. I'll be back soon."

Chapter 120 Anastasia goes in and out of the Black Cat Pavilion three times, eliminates the violent Marian and helps Scathach

Demons are said to be humans without emotions. Legend has it that they are hybrids of star beasts, so they are born as monsters in human form. What's more, it is said that the demons were originally monsters, but after they developed rationality, they gradually evolved into humans in order to kill people better.

Anastasia is one of the best demons. In terms of seniority, she is a member of the great demon clan who has been active for three thousand years. In terms of strength, she is a half-step god and already has fragments of godhood. In terms of talent, she possesses special killing words. To humans, she is now a so-called primate killer.

By the way, as a side note, in this world, the gods seem to be attracted to each other. When it comes to certain people and events, we may see countless gods being caught in an endless meat grinder, or even falling. But in other places, let alone the gods, even heroes may be scarce.

For example, in Kalan, a place plagued by constant disasters, all the problems here could be solved by simply killing the troublesome demons if a righteous deity passed by. But in reality, wars of all sizes have been fought for several years, and they have all become the stage for the transcendents. Even the appearance of heroes is rare.

Now let’s look back at the battle surrounding Bahamut: gods appeared, divinities charged to the front line, heroes big and small ran around, and in the end, the ones who sat down to negotiate were all the big guys.

It can be seen from this that the matching mechanism in each region is completely different, so people who bully a lot of noobs in low-score rooms often have illusions, and Anastasia is one of the demons who perfectly enters into this illusion.

Anastasia blends perfectly into Miriam's crowd. She looks very young, pure and beautiful, but her soul is completely dark, with ghosts lingering behind her. Ordinary people feel a life-threatening chill when they approach her.

However, Anastasia was in a good mood today. She thought that when she was in a good mood, she would not kill people easily. Instead, she would observe humans and accumulate the personalities and methods of different humans so as to use human weaknesses to deal with them.

"Is the dragon marrow here?" Anastasia stepped into the door of the Black Cat Pavilion and saw Scathach mopping the floor as soon as she entered. With her personality, she naturally didn't say a word and immediately walked over to grab Scathach.

Scathach was completely unaware of the approaching danger. Seeing Anastasia, she subconsciously asked, "Hello, guest. Do you want to stay in the hotel or have a meal? Our hotel's food and accommodation are all top quality. Here is the menu."

Anastasia reached out to grab Scathach's hand and was quickly handed a menu.

What a fast speed! Silent footsteps! What's going on? Anastasia observed Scathach. The girl had a bell tied to her wrist, but there was no sound at all.

"Interesting." Anastasia snorted and sat down first.

She thought nothing in the mortal world could threaten her, so when she stepped into the inn, she unconsciously developed a lazy mindset. The usually decisive Anastasia unconsciously wanted to take a look around first.

She had already fallen into some kind of abnormality, but the impact was not strong enough.

"No, wasn't I here to catch the dragon marrow? Why did I pick up the menu?" Anastasia shook her head violently and was about to take action when someone next to her brought her tea.

Anastasia calmed down instantly. She didn't even notice anyone approaching. She turned her head and saw that it was Filin who was idle.

Feilin just happened to see a customer and came over to help: "Customer, you can try the black tea in the store while ordering. I am the manager here, please enjoy it."

Anastasia's pupils shrank slightly. Demons are very good at observing magic power. They are proud of showing their strength, just like only the strongest beast can be the leader. But when they saw Filin, they actually saw "nothing".

Unlike traditional demons, Anastasia has seen humans who can deceive. Some of them would suppress their magic power to a very low level and suddenly explode in battle, and some would bluff and pretend to be very powerful, but all of them have been defeated by Anastasia.

It was the first time Anastasia could not see a person's magic, so she immediately asked softly, "What's your name?"

Feilin frowned slightly, not liking the tone of the command: "This is our first meeting, and you and I don't seem to be very familiar with each other. Let's skip introducing our names, sir?"

Filin actually saw Anastasia clearly and had discovered that she was a very powerful hero. Her total magic power was almost ten times more than his, but she was still a hero.

Anastasia hesitated for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said, "Forget it. There is nothing to my liking. The tea doesn't smell good, and the store manager isn't a hospitable person. There's no need to stay any longer."

Feilin said indifferently: "Then take your time."

Seeing Anastasia leave, Filin looked at the tea in his hand and gave it to Carol.

Anastasia left because she felt a sense of disobedience.

At first, she could have captured Scathach and left, but she missed the best opportunity. Later, she sat down and picked up the menu unconsciously, and was silently approached by someone who could not be controlled by the Word Spirit. This made Anastasia alert. She was not sure what would happen if she captured someone in front of Filin, so she decided to leave first.

After stepping out of the Black Cat Pavilion, Anastasia paused for a moment, feeling the sense of incongruity disappear. She turned back and stared at the hotel, feeling incredible.

"I see. The person who took in the dragon marrow and dared to track our movements is indeed quite capable." Anastasia took a deep breath.

After a long time, Anastasia lurked nearby, observing the abnormalities in the hotel. During this period, Filin was very busy, racking his brains to manage the military funds he had raised, and he often went out.

When she was out in the afternoon, Anastasia thought her chance had come. She saw Shaka cleaning windows on the second floor and decided to catch him and run away.

She didn’t know if it was bad luck or fate, but suddenly two witches passed by her.

Hecate wandered around the world, taking her friends to visit Miriam: "I have to say that Nishinoka's cooking skills are really good now, and Charlotte's improved snack called rice cake is delicious."

Dorothy recalled the meal she had when she first arrived. She had recently been sightseeing in Miriam and had found many delicious dishes, but none of them were as amazing as the Black Cat Pavilion: "You can't eat such delicious food in the wild forest. They mixed the deliciousness of wild mushrooms, which is still fresh in my memory. I'm treating you today. The wine from West Wildflower is really delicious. I'll try to make wine with mushrooms later."

The two were just passing by, but Anastasia on the street was facing the wall with her head lowered, pretending to be in deep thought. She couldn't help but sweat on her face, and the magic power that she was usually proud of was now all restrained.

Was it an illusion? What did I just see? Two divine beings? As a demon, Anastasia would not be easily frightened, but she would feel sorry for losing a life, and she would not advocate losing a life meaninglessly. She might be the number one in the current battle power list of the Kalan region, but she was really nothing compared to the divine beings.

Leave first and wait and see what happens. The witch will probably have dinner and leave soon.

Anastasia stayed much further away from the Black Cat Pavilion this time, waiting until dusk before approaching again, observing carefully from the shadows in the distance.

Very good, Philin did not show up, and the two witches left. The inn is now empty of power, so let’s quickly capture the dragon marrow.

After just a few days of delay in the border city, Fili had basically reached an agreement with the succubi over there. In addition, the record player here was developed and was ready to come back to use its influence for mass production. She just happened to find Serena to tell her the good news: "Ah... I'm finally back. Arabelle held me and we drank for two days. We finally agreed on the funding. The succubi will pay and we will do the work. In addition to the technical cooperation we agreed on, we are also required to hang up the flag made by the succubi to show that they have contributed to this expedition. They also asked us to perform as well as possible. The better the results, the more they will consider additional funding later."

Serena was sincerely grateful and wanted to marry him: "Thank you for your hard work, Fili. You have to worry so much because of me."

Anastasia, who was walking towards the Black Cat Pavilion, stopped, made a sharp turn, walked into a roadside barbecue stall, sat down, and ordered two servings of chicken wings.

Fili, this name has been in the limelight recently. The Arius Star Beast incident was widely circulated. At that time, Anastasia also considered whether to steal the materials, but considering that there were too many heroes over there and she couldn't defeat any of them, she finally gave up. Besides, there were several countries between them, so there was no need to run so far.

Of course, here comes the point. Now foreign poets, well-known strong men, and spies from their own people have all found out a truth. The powerful star beast named Bahamut suffered a decisive blow from Fili, which prevented the spread of an epic disaster.

Now this living legend is in the store.

Anastasia clenched her fists. She just couldn't believe it. How could it be so difficult to catch Scathach? Is this inn famous? Why are there so many strong people coming and going?

The good news is that in order to find out more about Karan, Fili is going to ask Hecate for astrology to see what her fortune will be like in the future, so after dinner she went to the Witch Forest.

"Finally left. Now no one can protect you."

In the middle of the night, Anastasia had already found Scathach's room, spread her wings and landed on the roof of the inn. She felt humiliated for her forbearance today and was determined to make Scathach experience pain.

Anastasia used the power of the Word Spirit to call Scathach's dream and let her come out by herself. Just when she successfully invaded Scathach's dream, the sound of a piano broke the tranquility of the night.

The sound of the piano was short but passionate, exuding a strong breath of destruction. The terrifying power from the core of Bahamut suddenly spread out, and in an instant, several streets centered on the hotel were in chaos.

"I am indeed a genius. I have refined the star core into a perfect string." Carol focused on her research results. The terrifying power of Bahamut is now at her disposal. At this moment, what she thought of was revenge. After careful consideration, Carol reached a certain reconciliation with her past self.

Human beings are diverse. She followed her father's teachings, traveled to many places, and made friends with people of different personalities and races. She no longer hated the world so much, but she still had a glimmer of desire for revenge.

The Qin of Annihilation, if given the chance, would raze his father's burial place to the ground.

"Who's there!" Carol suddenly grabbed the strings, and the four elemental forces suddenly condensed, looking towards where Anastasia was.

In fact, I should correct this. To be precise, it is the place where Anastasia had stayed before. Anastasia first observed that Carol's magic power was not inferior to her own, and then discovered that the essence of the weapon was the core of a star beast. The alchemist who could instantly summon the power of four elements did not need chanting or a medium. He looked like a veteran. Who the hell could beat him?

Anastasia retreated to a distance and bit her thumb with a gloomy expression. "Something is wrong. Our luck is very bad. Is there some curse? Who was the one who tracked us back earlier? Was it this alchemist? Did she also discover the value of dragon marrow? No, we can't delay too long. We need to find a chance to catch the child and run away immediately."

It seems that as a top heroic demon, she has no pressure in grabbing a child and running away. However, if the opponents around her are also top-level, the benefits will not be proportional to the threat, and she may be fatally attacked the moment she turns around to escape.

Should I bet on my speed? Or on the opponent's reaction ability? Judging from the opponent's anti-tracking magic, they must know the existence of demons like me, so this inn must be prepared!

"I have always been fearless of strong enemies and have always accepted challenges bravely, but this time the matter is of great importance, so I decided to kidnap her." Anastasia cast an invisibility spell to conceal her breath, aimed at a room on the second floor of the inn, and quietly flew over.

The inn is an ordinary inn, but the owner and the guests are not ordinary people. After Anastasia confirmed again and again that there was no threat in the room on the second floor, she slowly opened the door and released the dream spirit, allowing Scathach to sleepwalk over.

However, there is no way to reason about luck. For some people, God is always blessing them with food, while for some people, they can be said to be the unluckiest people in the world.

Anastasia had just stood firm and had not yet lifted her invisibility when a teleportation array suddenly lit up in the room. Marian dragged her tired body back to the comfortable room. The divine power broke the shadows in the room, and Anastasia's invisibility magic based on shadows was exposed.

At this moment, Anastasia and Marian looked at each other, both feeling a little awkward.

"Are you a demon?"

Marian reacted first, but Anastasia was a little slow.

In an instant, time and space changed, the sky and the earth changed color, and Anastasia found herself transferred to a vast temple. The church was filled with divine power. This was Marian's divine domain.

Anastasia did not answer Marian's question. She paused for half a second and uttered three words: "Why?"

She started thinking about these three words from now on, but she couldn't figure it out even when Marian rushed over. She was soon caught by Marian and given a good beating.

Fortunately, fragments of the divine nature began to appear on Anastasia's path, and she had already reached a higher realm. She was able to withstand Marian's unskilled attacks. Even so, she still turned the divine realm upside down and shattered the space. Anastasia had to detonate her magic sword and forcibly tear open a gap in the divine realm before she was able to escape.

In the end, Anastasia struggled to escape from Miriam, losing an eye, an arm and half a leg, and flew back to Karan staggering with blood dripping all the way.

Even now, Anastasia still maintained the calm tone that is unique to a demon: "Milito, save me, I'm dying..."

She had to admit that the world outside of Kalan seemed too dangerous. The more dangerous it was, the more she had to complete her plan and ascend to godhood in order to have a chance of survival.

Just as Anastasia was holding her breath, some commotion broke out in the Black Cat Pavilion.

Marian did drive Anastasia away, but Carol reacted and went back to look for her, and finally reached a consensus with Nishinoka and Serena that Scathach was missing.

Carol explained the whole story and concluded, "She has been bewitched by some power and has sleepwalking symptoms during this period. The other party is very powerful and is likely to come to capture Scathach today."

Marian quickly took credit: "It's impossible. I bumped into that guy and I chased him away. He didn't have the chance to capture Scathach."

Nishinoka frowned and said, "Let's go look around first, and inform Fili, maybe she has a solution."

Everyone acted separately, and Filin soon learned the news. Feeling something was wrong, he used two identities to look around and inquired from many sources, but finally he got this news.

"Last night, a not-so-big baby dragon flew away from the city. Probably heading east. Probably, I'm not sure."

Chapter 121: Guns have no courage, people pour it into them

Scathach felt like she was dreaming. She seemed to recall many things, such as the origin of the world, when several consciousnesses argued about the theory of origin.

One of the consciousnesses believes that the world should be composed of different elements, with the two oldest consciousnesses as the roots. The two roots are intertwined to produce the elements of all things in the world. The elements evolve into the four seasons, and the four seasons give birth to all living things.

One of the most ancient roots is fire, which accumulates into yang flame and rises up, and its essence constitutes the sun.

One of the most ancient sources is water, which spread across the world into rivers, and whose essence formed the moon.

The power of creation and control generated by the two consciousnesses dispersed and turned into stars.

Now Scathach thought of herself as one of the stars, being called away into the distance, as if to fulfill a mission, to return to her original position.

This little fool couldn't control his own strength, and immediately drove everyone in the inn crazy. They were all good people and couldn't bear to see the little girl fall into the enemy's trap.

"Eventually we searched Scathach's rooms and found her dragonstone."

When Fili came back after hearing the news, she could no longer find any trace of Scathach. According to the information she had inquired about, she had also turned into a flying dragon and left the city. She might have really been bewitched by Kalan's demon.

Serena said immediately, "Let's go without further delay. Philin, what are your plans?"

Feilin nodded: "We have all the weapons and equipment, the initial food and fodder is ready, and the recruits are relatively reliable, but there are only a little over a hundred people."

Serena lowered her head slightly: "We can only go to Kalan first. Maybe we can gather the remaining troops there and inquire about Scathach's news along the way, but I'm afraid our speed is not optimistic."

Fili stepped forward and said, "I am good at hiding. I will create the illusion of staying in Miriam. Besides, Dorothy and Hecate are here, so Pandora won't dare to use force. I will sneak into Kalan alone to look for Scathach, and I will ask you for cooperation when needed."

Nishinoka also said: "I will go find my witch friends and ask them to send out their familiars to look around."

When Carol heard the decision of several people, she immediately went upstairs and took out some alchemical creations.

"Time is running out. The little girl might be a sacrifice or something. We have to hurry up. Take these communication amulets. With our magic power, we can communicate at any time anywhere in the world. We can inform each other immediately of what happens." Carol distributed magic props to everyone. "I have tracked the traces of that demon before. Nishinohana can also ask for help from Lord Hecate. We can exchange information at any time when necessary."

Fili clapped her hands: "It's settled."

After making up his mind, Filin hesitated for a moment, and found Carol in this identity: "Do me a favor, can you use alchemy to create an illusion of me, so that if someone from my family comes to look for me, help me deal with it."

Carol waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, leave the rear to me. If necessary, I will find out where the Frost Moon Dragon that lives nearby is. Let the big guy help you transport supplies, and you just go find Scathach."

Felix took up Scathach's dragon stone, silently sensed the power inside, and developed a sense of direction. At this time, he used the searching function of Morgana's pendant on Felix's side to clearly sense Scathach's direction.

The discussion ended at this time and everyone set off immediately. Serena hurriedly prepared all the documents and gathered her subordinates to leave the city. Filin also changed into a swordsman's uniform and followed her to start the journey to Kalan.

As for the team recruited by Filin, because there were more or less hints given during the interview, the potential factor of deception made the soldiers have some conscience, especially the high-priced Riel mercenaries. Each of them is the elite among the elites. Their captain is a woman with similar strength to Selena, codenamed Yue Lan, and her real name was not revealed. Other mercenaries also had their own code names, and when they worked outside, they only addressed each other by their code names.

As experienced and traditional mercenaries, the Riel people know the significance and importance of their real names. But in fact, if you know magic, you are not so scared. Not to mention that most real names have names and surnames, and they are usually kept in reserve. Even if the real name is used by someone with ulterior motives, powerful bosses will often choose to chase and kill the person.

The mercenaries who own war horses are relatively satisfied with the current situation. The employer's infantry team is not sloppy either. The armor-wearing rate is 100%, and there are spare armors. They may not be elite, but everyone is an experienced fighter and will not panic when encountering emergencies.

Being employed by this noble knight is a relationship of mutual scrutiny. Once the Riel mercenaries receive the money, they will definitely be loyal to the end, but before receiving the money they will also observe whether the employer is worthy of loyalty. Obviously, Selena is a traditional and upright knight, and she has the guarantee of Miriam's royal family, so there is no problem.

With a horse to ride and your own armor, it feels like you are a top-notch person in the army. It's very cool.

It was Feilin who made Yue Lan feel a little confused, but he had no objection as he was good at managing logistics and organizing the soldiers. As far as the team was concerned, this was the best team that could be done under the current conditions.