Oops, I became the witch's substitute

Arabelle frowned and smiled bitterly, "Because these girls are very capable. In addition to running the tavern on a daily basis, they also resold the wine from the winery, made friends with some chambers of commerce and nobles, and had the skills of magic cocktail making, so they made a lot of money. They used this to deepen cooperation with several wineries. Now there are some special wines that only these people can make. This tavern was originally a store that I transferred at a low price, but the girl who manages the money... er, recently mortgaged the land deed and the house deed, and used the money to find me to buy a tavern on another street. I thought that was it, but they recruited people, trained them, and continued to expand. There were constant customers every day. After making money, they mortgaged the new store and came to me to buy a store with money. Now they have expanded to four stores. At present, they are still planning to expand, and not only taverns, but also other industries."

Fili was silent for a moment, then lowered her head to think for three seconds: "He does have brains and strength, but if he plays like this... he'll be dead if his funding chain is cut off."

Arabelle put her hands on her hips. "There are only four stores at the moment. They only have their daily expenses and don't employ many employees. So it's okay for now, but I'm worried that they will be greedy and try to get bigger. For example, those wineries will stop supplying."

Fili spread her hands and said, "Don't look at me. I'm not familiar with them. Although I asked you to take care of them, if something really happens, we will know what to do. The problem you are worried about should not happen. It's just a small matter like supply cooperation. These people should be able to handle it."

Arabelle looked at Fili's expression seriously: "You don't seem very worried?"

Fili shook her head. "In fact, not only am I not worried, I admire her methods. If she only knows this one trick, it will be a slow death. But I think this money manager will not be limited to one method. When the time comes, she will raise the price, and then the funds will be recovered."

Arabelle lowered her head and thought: "Let me think about it. There are really no tough guys in the city's liquor market. Some places are so rotten that they are either ordinary gangs or affiliated with powerful forces. They are concentrating on exploring the liquor market and there is really no one to compete with them. So the opportunity you are talking about is when their taverns are opened in all the border cities."

Fili nodded: "So you should give them some space. The environment here is just right. The nobles are weak, and other forces have not intervened. It's just right for them. With the protection of the witch and you, they will definitely occupy the wine market in the border city. When they are the only ones who can sell such necessities, do you still need to worry about the price? If you invest, I think you can make a steady profit."

Fili looked at Arabelle, who was still frowning and thinking, and didn't say much. She was quite interested in the guy who managed the money. After all, she was too busy to stop practicing just to make money, right? When she came back from Kalan, she should meet these "colleagues".

Chapter 160: Kalan Chaos

In the Kalan area, war was raging. Selena led the Riel mercenaries to fight here and achieved great results. Forces from all sides came to support them. At the beginning, the record was brilliant, but after advancing to a certain area, they aimed to occupy the land. Only the Kalan Kingdom insisted on restoring the country, which brought the war situation to a stalemate again.

At present, the battle situation is mainly divided between the north and the south. In the south, the Arius Expeditionary Force is the main force, which makes the demons very depressed. This is the only foreign military force that chooses to fight to the death with them. In the north, there is the Kalan Restoration Army, led by the brave Gaio Louis, who is making a breakthrough. Apart from this, the rest of the directions are just slacking off.

The demons that invaded Kalan continued to go crazy under the organization of a mysterious force. Some big demons entered Kalan with unknown secrets. After the death of the demon coach Anastasia, a crooked dragon with the power of godhood appeared. In order to control this power, some demons were bewitched by the power of disaster and became more and more crazy. Many massacres occurred in the center of Kalan, and more cities achieved the complete extinction of mankind. The occupied areas were littered with corpses and blood.

Later, as the fragments of the abyss spread, the Arius Expeditionary Force was the first to be affected. Now, in addition to fighting against the demons, they are often involved in non-combat casualties in the abyss. In order to protect the residents of the town and build churches, the expeditionary force and the first and second reinforcements have dispersed a large number of manpower.

Brave Alex and Brave Hodge were sitting by the campfire. They were relatively young, and the continuous bloody battles now were different from the previous cult missions, which wore out their minds every day.

Alex and Hodge have the same attitude towards pressure, and they also have their own solutions. Alex is a brave man who abides by his duties and rules, while Hodge relies on alcoholism and nightmares to get by.

But when marching and holding their ground, the brave men cannot run around. Today, the two men just stared at the campfire in silence, listening to the crackling sound of the sparks, and occasionally throwing a few firewood into it.

After a long time, Hodge suddenly looked up and said, "It seems to be much quieter these two days. You come to guard the place, and I will go back to rest..."

Alex took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "That's enough. The lady boss of the Dream Demon Shop has complained to the military camp. If you don't find it embarrassing, I will."

Hotch covered his throat. "Ahhhhhhh! I can't stand it anymore! Give me water!"

Alex sighed: "You should drink."

Hodge pounded the ground: "No, I dare not drink. If a big demon attacks, drinking will cause trouble."

"Let me talk to you." Alex glanced at him, a look of helplessness flashing across his brows.

After experiencing the incident with Marian, Alex learned about Hodge's tragic past from the old presiding judge. He thought that Hodge would be hit hard after the incident. This guy did sink for a while, but then he got worse. Fortunately, as a brave man, Hodge was determined to fight against gambling and drugs, which avoided some trouble.

Hodge still felt that the day when the goddess descended was miraculous. After all, how could a hero fight his own goddess? "Let's talk about it. I say, our new goddess seems to be pretty good, and her scope of business is also wide. She seems to be in charge of war, destruction, childbirth, justice, death and revenge. Am I right?"

"...I remembered it wrong." Alex's forehead was immediately bulging with blue veins, and he was very angry. "Did you not read the new canon at all? Now it is clearly recorded that he is the patron saint of light and darkness."

Hodge looked nonchalant: "She controls both day and night. Doesn't she need to sleep?"

Alex: "Don't meddle in the goddess' affairs. Don't make irresponsible remarks about the gods."

Hodge sighed, "We have a life-and-death relationship with that goddess, so what's wrong with a little discussion? It's really strange, it's different from when we were reciting scriptures as children, now the goddess has come, it's obviously fake, but it has become real, and it has been recognized by our real great god Arius, oh, I'm going to faint, luckily I came out to fight, otherwise I would probably fail the written test this year."

"You are a hero." Alex covered his face, "Look at Kalan's Gio Louis, he is the epitome of a hero, and then look at you."

Hodge said seriously, "He is passionate and upright. If we really want to talk about the model of a hero, I still think you are more suitable. A hero should be as rigid as you, who can suppress all emotions in his heart and remain rational in front of anyone. I really can't do this. For example, if it is a handkerchief sent by a nightmare, you can accept it with a smile, wash it and send it back. But I am different. I send myself back."

Alex suddenly stood up, and Hotch suddenly got into a defensive position.

"what are you doing?"

"I'll go on patrol and calm down."

"call……"

Just as Hodge breathed a sigh of relief, the two of them suddenly sensed a magical fluctuation coming from thousands of miles away, and became alert at the same time. However, this magical fluctuation came from humans, so after looking at each other, Hodge stayed behind to strengthen defenses, while Alex went to the place where the magical fluctuation was generated.

After arriving at the place, Alex couldn't help but gasp. He saw a special flag and a mysterious legion.

The leader of this legion was wearing a white magic swordsman uniform. This color looked like a banner pulled from the middle of an army with the words "I am the commander, fire at me" written on his body, because behind the legion commander were all black-armored knights, each of them wearing full armor and a fully enclosed helmet, with their eyes partially covered by silver-gray lenses.

The legion commander was wearing a mask, so his expression could not be seen. He slowly landed in front of Alex and said, "Is this the headquarters of the Seventh Legion of the Arius Expeditionary Force? Sir, are you Alex?"

Alex felt the pressure from this army. They marched in unison, in perfect unison. As they got closer, he could vaguely feel the ground shaking. "Yes, you are?"

The white-robed wizard said in a deep voice, "We are reinforcements from the Stral Empire, the Morgana Family's Black Eagle Magic Knights, and we have been ordered to support the Alex Division of the Arius Expeditionary Force. From now on, our command will be handed over to you, Excellency."

Alex suspected he had heard wrongly: "Leave it to me...?"

The wizard confirmed, "Yes, this is the order of the Earl. Before Kalan restores his country or receives new orders from the head of the family, we will obey your orders completely, Sir Alex."

Alex looked at the team again. At a glance, he saw more than 800 people, four heroes, and the rest were transcendents. This number was almost the sum of the three expeditionary forces and the local armed forces. Alex had never fought such a wealthy battle in his life, and was silenced by the pie that fell from the sky.

"Can I ask the reason? Why did the Morgana family come all the way to support Kalan?"

"If I have to give a reason, it is to continue the future of this world and not let time be interrupted in the Kingdom of Kalan."

"You are welcome to join us."

In fact, in addition to the reinforcements that Alex encountered, various places in Kalan have received help from space magic in recent days. The long-distance transfer magic from the Morgana family has sent a lot of supplies to the several major counterattack fortresses in Kalan. Of course, food and the like have to be paid for. The first batch of magic weapons are free, and the subsequent prices will increase. What should the people of Kalan do if they have no money? They can just exchange them with magic resources.

On the basis of these supports, the Morgana family also sent many letters, indicating that more reinforcements would be coming in the future, which gave the Kalan people a shot in the arm.

However, this move troubled the Stral Empire. The imperial family could not keep up with Count Morgana's thinking and could not understand what this important figure was thinking.

"It's almost time." Count Abiles stood in front of the bookshelf and put a book called "On the Origin of Empathy and Cruelty" into the bookshelf. He looked back at the huge pendulum clock with a slight movement of his eyes. "Birth, aging, illness and death, as long as they happen naturally, why should we be sad about them? On the contrary, it is sad that the destined death is so close yet we cannot resist it. These books written by our predecessors have explained all the theories thoroughly, but it's a pity that later generations can really understand them after reading them. What's more, what is sadder than death is stagnation. So time, you can't stagnate. Time is the enemy of mankind."

Knock, knock, knock. At this time, a wizard knocked on the door. After being allowed to enter, he issued orders one after another, and almost half of the family took action.

At this moment, Fili had just set foot on the land of Kalan. As soon as she arrived here, she was shocked by the wandering ghosts on the road. In the wild area, there was a blind box almost every ten kilometers, and she had no idea what existed in the area ahead. Fili had been in Kalan for two days and met three camps of recently deceased adventurers. There were twisted corpses everywhere.

The situation improved a lot as we got closer to the city. Mysterious runes were engraved everywhere on the stones and trees on both sides of the avenue, and the power of faith in different gods tried its best to protect the land.

After the Water Priestess came here, she often stood in the river, closed her eyes and talked with some of her compatriots.

The Water Priestess had a serious expression: "Fili, Evelint, I have some bad news for you."

Fili couldn't help but frown, which made the Water Priestess change her usual relaxed style. Things must be complicated: "Only bad news?"

"Yes." The Water Witch sighed, "The wilderness is full of fragments of the abyss. The army is fighting in the front, and the city in the back is busy. There are still terrifying things approaching after nightfall. Now, Kalan will be shrouded in whispers as long as there is no fire to illuminate him."

Afterwards, the Water Priestess gave a long explanation, and listed a list of names of casualties. The reinforcements from other neighboring countries did have reasons to be afraid of fighting, and the fighting power invested by the church forces, which were full of justice, also suffered huge casualties. Three humans had sacrificed their lives on the conventional battlefield.

"During the time we were away, the situation in Kalan deteriorated further. The current situation is most likely that the transportation of supplies is difficult and the fighting on the front line is tight." The Water Priestess felt regretful. "The sacrificed divinities were all brave teams. They tried to sneak into Kalan's rear under the cover of the army, but they encountered a mysterious force. Now there are rumors that the Demon King has appeared."

Fili couldn't accept it: "How could there be a demon king? Didn't the demon who had the greatest hope of becoming a demon king die?"

The Water Priestess replied, "It's just a rumor, not confirmed. Only one of the brave teams that carried out the decapitation mission returned, and the surviving necromancers took their bodies back to their hometown and spread the news. In addition, several of our elves have disappeared..."

Evelint clenched her fists. "How could this happen? We gathered so much strength to forcibly stop the star beasts from blocking the passage, but it's only been a few days and the situation has deteriorated again?"

The Water Priestess nodded: "We need to contact the enemy to understand the specific situation. Now I have received information that the biggest cause is the fragments of the abyss. The disaster released by Pandora is very difficult. These fragments of the abyss have strong growth and erosion capabilities."

Fili held the Morgana pendant, imagined Serena's figure, sensed for a moment, and found the direction: "Go this way, we will meet up with Serena as soon as possible."

Fortunately, Selena and Yue Lan were partners. They never sought quick success or reckless advances and always advanced steadily. In the battle, they had the courage to stop the terrible enemies, but they also knew how to withdraw from the dangerous battlefield and advance and retreat in moderation. Even so, the Riel Mercenary Corps suffered a 30% loss, but the total strength of the corps was much greater than when they first arrived.

The weapons and equipment of Serena's troops now seem to be of unknown brands, but everyone is fully armed. The number is maintained at a scale of thousands, and they are all veterans who have fought many battles.

In Kalan's current environment, the soldiers still fighting are most likely elites. Even if they are new recruits, if they can survive in such an environment for three days, they will become veterans, and if they survive for a month, they will become elites.

In the military camp, Yue Lan was looking at a valley map and thinking: "It is said that the disappearance of these children is related to the mysterious flute sound? But didn't we kill the flute player?"

"Obviously, we didn't kill his real body." Serena pondered for a moment. "The first time we killed a piper, it was later confirmed that he was a missing villager. The second time, it was a mad magician. The third time, it was a paranoid cultist. We must be investigating in the wrong direction. If we encounter a piper next time, we may have to defeat an object instead of a person. I have borrowed some magic books and have seen cursed instruments that can control the user's mind. It should be something like this."

Yue Lan gradually grasped the clue: "Flute player, is that the sound of the flute?"

"The Piper is a title given by the association based on folklore. The reason is that when children go missing, there is a mysterious flute sound. We cannot conclude that the cursed instrument is a flute. It could be something else. Next time we should capture him alive and burn him completely without leaving a trace." Serena analyzed. While she was thinking, her eyes suddenly lit up and she looked outside the door. "Fili?"

When Fili appeared in the room, everyone else attending the meeting except Serena and Yue Lan was surprised, and then they were relieved to see that the two sides knew each other.

"You've become more responsive, Serena." Fili looked around at the officers. Some familiar faces had disappeared, but there were many strangers.

"Don't laugh at me. When did you show up?" Serena felt inexplicably relaxed, as if the flute player they were discussing had been sentenced to death after Fili showed up.

Fili curled her hair and said, "I showed up when you were having a meeting. I'm sorry to bother you, but the flute player you mentioned has committed crimes time and time again. Leave this kind of mysterious incident to me."

Serena had just that in mind. Warriors like them had been troubled by this for a long time. "Come on, come on. The Pied Piper's activity areas have been marked out. He has been harassing us time and again with his immortality, and even sneaked into the city yesterday."

During the conversation, Serena also introduced Fili to everyone present. The appearance of the great witch was a shot in the arm.

Chapter 161 Support

"Sister Fili~!"

With a slightly resentful shout, a figure sprinted into Fili's arms at the speed of a cannonball. To others, it seemed that Fili might be knocked out, but in fact, the figure fell into Fili's arms and was steadily caught by a round of force-receiving, transforming, releasing and eliminating.

It was the dragon girl Scathach who had not been seen for a long time. Now this little girl with wings and tail was well-known in the legion. She was a kind-hearted army doctor. However, as the situation worsened, Selena was thinking about sending Scathach back every day.

"Well, it feels like not that long has passed. Your body seems to have grown a bit."

"Hehe~."

Fili spun Scathach around in her arms, then lifted her up and observed the child's wings and tail. After freeing her from the curse of the crooked dragon, the little dragon's power was awakened. Although she had not yet broken through the boundaries of the transcendent, she was much stronger than mortals. It would be easier for her to enter the Tao in the future, but it would be difficult for her to protect herself in Kalan.

After all, the divine beings who are rarely seen in normal times died in a group in Kalan.

Serena was happy watching the two's intimate behavior. "Scathach is learning things very quickly now. At first, she only made the wounded worse by taking care of them, but now she is a trustworthy military doctor. There was a dangerous situation before, and this child held a wounded soldier in each hand and wrapped another with her tail, and escaped from the gray fog with three soldiers."

The third aunt and second father are suspected to be the third uncle

"It's all thanks to Sister Fili's good teaching." Scathach puffed out her chest slightly, but unfortunately there was nothing. Maybe all dragon races have the attribute of front armor?

Fili felt very gratified. She used two identities to teach Scathach. It wasn't a long time, but she had learned most of the core skills. As her bloodline awakened and her strength increased, she also learned how to control her strength. If she maintained this enterprising spirit, she would definitely become a strong person.

"But Kalan is getting more and more dangerous now. I want you to return to Miriam." Fili touched Scathach's head. "You are already brave enough to fight, but at your age you should go to the academy for further study."

Scathach certainly has the passion of a young person: "I want to stay, save more people, and continue to become stronger..."

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Fili didn't force it. She was an elder, but not a nanny, guardian, or parent. All she could give Scathach was advice: "Well, let me explain the reasons first, and you can think about it and decide."

The magic technology in this world is changing very quickly, with a new version every twenty years, a new game every fifty years, and a firecracker turning into a nuclear bomb in a hundred years. Although not every god will share their magic, the knowledge accumulated in the academy is enough for mortals to become transcendents, and this is what Scathach lacks.

Of course, it is not a bad thing to learn and practice on the battlefield. In the future, when Scathach achieves the achievement of a city soldier king, she will return as a dragon girl who has graduated in both medicine and martial arts, but her knowledge will inevitably be narrow.

"The most important thing is that now abyss fragments may appear in Kalan at any time. You lack knowledge of mysticism and experience in encountering unknown events. If you encounter a monster with killing rules, you will not be able to deal with it." Fili also popularized the knowledge of new monsters in the new version for everyone, so that the friendly forces can better adapt to the version environment, iterate the existing fighting methods, and achieve a quick change of thinking. "Letting you return to Miriam does mean protection, but more importantly, education."

"I..." Scathach hesitated. Seeing the sacrifices of the soldiers and the pain of the wounded, she would indeed be inspired to help those in need. But Fili reasoned with her, causing Scathach to wonder if she would become a burden if she stayed. "So many people have stayed. If I leave alone, it would be like deserting."

"How old are you?" Yue Lan, who usually doesn't talk much, stepped forward and tapped her shoulder gently. "You have always been our target of protection at your age. Don't you think about why we fight? Isn't it to protect more children of your age from the ravages of war?"

The soldiers in the field hospital also joined in the fun, including those who were injured and lying in bed, and they looked at Scathach with loving eyes.

The warriors who come here are all prepared to die in battle. Just as Yue Lan said, they are willing to protect their homes with their lives just to allow children like Scathach to grow up healthily.

"Yes, little girl, we don't need you here."

"You often turn around after changing the dressing, and it hurts when the tail sweeps straight over you."

"Listen to the witch and return to Miriam. Leave this to us."

Before this, it’s not that no one tried to persuade Scathach, but without Fili’s authority, Scathach seemed very stubborn. However, now that Fili was here, she naturally couldn’t let the child continue to take risks.

"Well, it's up to you to decide how to choose." Fili tapped her hands. "If you've made up your mind, write to Filiin and ask him to pick you up. Come to think of it, he complained before that you never visited him once after your injury healed."

"Ah, this..." Scathach was stunned. When she saw that everyone was advising her to retreat, the little dragon lady wavered and decided to leave.

Seeing that Scathach was willing to pack her bags, everyone smiled and felt less worried.

Serena stood beside Fili: "This child is stubborn and won't listen to anyone's advice. You are the one who can get the job done. If Scathach is willing to leave, we can try to take the risk."

Fili waved her hand: "Kalan is not suitable for any risky behavior now. The current legion lacks magical equipment. At least we need to add some magic machinery for ordinary soldiers to use, otherwise we will be at a disadvantage when fighting against the demons."

"We are short of supplies now." Yue Lan came over from the side. She naturally took over the duties of adjutant and was in charge of all matters of the legion, especially logistics. Without Filin's help, the legion could only get supplies in Kalan. There were various financial difficulties and shortages of supplies. If it weren't for the identity of an allied army and being able to exchange military merits for support, they would probably have run out of food a month ago.

But now that Fili has appeared, these problems naturally need to be solved: "So, leave the fight against the Pied Piper to me, you guys stay where you are, and we'll ask the dragon for support for the supplies."

The few of them discussed the details again. Fili turned on the magic communication, opened the water mirror and communicated with Carol. She first ordered a batch of mental protection accessories produced by Carol, and then called Hecate, asking her to find the Frost Moon Dragon, and then send out several waves of dragons by air.

That’s right, this is connections. Problems that can be solved with magic should be solved with magic.

At this moment, the guards outside suddenly reported that a team of twenty people came to the outside of the military camp, hoping to meet Selena.

Fili didn't take it seriously at first, but when she saw these people, she couldn't help but be stunned and saw the family flag at a glance.

This team is slightly weaker, half of them are high-level mages, seven are transcendents, and the leader is a hero.

"Hello, Knight Selena, we are the magic support team from the Morgana family. We have heard about your battle record. You are a very excellent and active guerrilla group, but you lack a mystical advisor. In the face of the increasingly serious disaster problem in Kalan, please allow us to assist you in the battle." The leading wizard took out a badge and handed Selena a scroll. Selena took a look at it and handed it to Fili.