Chapter 768 Dust and Mud Altar, Doom

"Everyone, start to check the time." Lin Yi raised his wrist, and the watch on it had a special logo of Samsara Paradise.

This watch is made by mechanical street workers, and the error will not exceed 0.1 seconds every ten years, so it is perfect to use it for timing.

Carmen, Xue Xiong and others also imitated Lin Yi and adjusted the watches on their wrists to the same time as Lin Yi.

"This is a good thing. Let the people in the research department develop it after we go back."

"Let's talk about it when you can go back."

After Carmen and Xue Xiong finished joking, they separated from Lin Yi.

The target of Su Xiao, Sunset Red Team and others is the Misty Castle, while Lin Yi and Popgar's target is the Dust and Mud Altar.

After passing through the Gate of Dawn, Lin Yi and Popgar need to continue to move deeper into the swamp, while Su Xiao and others enter a forest.

When they came to the depths of the swamp, a foul smell hit them.

Lin Yi casually threw a gas mask to Popgar. Although Lin Yi didn't know whether Popgar, as an elemental creature, would be affected by the stench, it would always be good to be prepared in advance.

The Dust Mud Altar was located on the edge of the swamp, surrounded by dense vegetation and intertwined vines.

This altar was once a very magnificent building, but now only ruins remain.

On the central altar stone platform, you can still vaguely see the mottled bloodstains and fragments of sacrificial utensils, as if silently telling its past glory and the bloody past that was once filled with it.

At the entrance of the altar, two huge stone doors were half-closed. The original carvings on the doors have now become blurred, and only some mysterious symbols and patterns can be vaguely identified.

This altar was once the location of the royal altar that ruled the Dark Crow Continent Empire. Unfortunately, after the Dark Crows revived, this area became the priority target of the Dark Crows.

The road leading to the Dust and Mud Altar was in poor condition. Most of the stones had been worn very smooth, and some were even pulled up and scattered on the roadside.

On both sides of the road, weeds and shrubs grew wildly, almost completely covering the road.

In some places, the road was eroded by swamp mud, forming a quagmire that made it difficult to walk.

In desperation, Lin Yi had to take out a special hiking pole to prevent accidentally stepping into those unknown bubbles.

In this area, there are no ordinary beasts at all. All creatures seen here must be killed, because they are all synthetic beasts carefully cultivated by witches.

These synthetic beasts are far stronger than ordinary beasts in all abilities, especially in terms of IQ.

Most synthetic beasts are not cultivated for fighting, but only serve as watchdogs for witches.

Popgar casually broke the neck of a canine synthetic beast that rushed up. Such a harsh environment finally made Popgar find the feeling similar to being in the abyss.

"Stop."

As soon as he finished speaking, Popgar stopped moving forward.

Lin Yi summoned a soldier from the Black Shadow Corps. After the soldier appeared, Lin Yi pointed to an open space in front of him, which was only about ten meters away from Popgar.

When the soldier stepped on it, an invisible wave spread from under his feet.

Then, the tadpole-shaped secret pattern started from the soldier's ankle, spread all the way up, and finally climbed to the soldier's face.

With this soldier as the center, everything within a five-meter range seemed to be in a state of accelerated time, and began to turn into a grayish-white color with a sense of desolation.

In the grayish-white area, the weeds were wiped out, and a bird-like synthetic beast accidentally broke into this area during this period, and turned into a tattered skeleton in an instant.

"Trap."

Popgar witnessed this scene, and there was no surprise on his face.

In the Black Abyss, he had seen many traps that were more hidden than the one in front of him.

"Take a break."

Lin Yi closed his eyes after saying this, and dozens of soldiers from the Black Shadow Corps appeared beside him.

Evidently, Doom had set up many traps that were difficult to detect with the naked eye near the Dust Mud Altar.

Under Lin Yi's command, the group of soldiers from the Black Shadow Corps scattered and moved forward, beginning to explore the way for the two.

As for those synthetic beasts, the reason why they were thrown into the wild by the witch for alert also shows that their strength is limited.

The combat power of these synthetic beasts is only slightly stronger than that of ordinary wild beasts. They may be useful against ordinary people, but compared with the soldiers of the Black Shadow Corps, they are far inferior.

At first, Doom did not live in the Dust Mud Altar.

The swamp environment where the Dust Mud Altar is located is too harsh. Even for witches, if they want to live here, they have to spend a lot of energy to transform the surrounding environment.

But after Doom was attacked by witch hunters from the Holy Healing Church, she finally learned her lesson and moved here, bringing a large number of witches with her.

These witches were not Doom's willing subordinates, they were forced here.

Doom was a fifth-stage spell witch, and she didn't need to use any tricks to force these witches. It was enough to just know their names.

The synthetic beasts near the Dust and Mud Altar were made by these witches.

With the power of Doom alone, even if she spent decades, she could not create so many synthetic beasts.

Doom lived in a castle above the Dust and Mud Altar. She spent a lot of energy to arrange a large protective magic circle around it.

With the existence of this magic circle, the pungent stench of the swamp outside could not invade the castle.

If there was no such technical means, Doom would never choose to live in the Dust and Mud Altar.

"Huh? Someone triggered my ban? Did another witch escape?" On the bed in the room, Doom picked up a grape and began to sense whether the number of witches in the castle had changed.

In this castle, Doom is the supreme mistress. As for other witches, in Doom's eyes, they are just some dispensable consumables.

Just like the attitude of other witches towards ordinary people, Doom treats the witches here in the same way.

The name of Doom is just like her life, and the people around her weave it into legends with fear and rejection.

Doom was born without any connection with beauty. Unlike her other two sisters, Doom's skin is covered with a lot of small pits, and her long hair is dry and sparse, which is exactly the same as the image of the old witch in the fairy tale.

"No one escaped, could it be that someone broke in again?" After carefully sensing it, Doom found that the number of people in the castle had not decreased.

This situation made Doom sit up suddenly from the bed.

Although it is not that there are no small animals that trigger the ban on weekdays, it usually only triggers one.

But today, in such a short time, more than a dozen bans have been triggered in succession, and the distance is from far to near, and the target is very clear, coming towards the Dust and Mud Altar.

"Damn it, it's probably that bunch of shitty plasters that can't be shaken off again."

Misfortune looked into the depths of the swamp. Although she couldn't see the figures of Lin Yi and others, she could sense that the restrictions she had set were still being triggered by people.

"Liswinnie."

As Misfortune called out this name, a witch dressed in housekeeper's clothes slowly walked into Misfortune's room.

"Lord Misfortune." As soon as Liswinnie entered the room, she immediately knelt on one knee to salute.

This is the rule in this castle. Misfortune hates to be seen by others, so other witches must kneel on one knee and lower their heads when they see Misfortune.

"An enemy broke in. You take a few witches over and get rid of the little mice that sneaked in." Misfortune didn't even look at Liswinnie. These witches were all kidnapped by her from the south.

Liswinnie might be regarded as a majestic fourth-stage black witch in the outside world, but in Misfortune's eyes, she is just a very useful thug.

"Yes, Lord Doom." After hearing Doom's order, Liswinnie's eyes flashed with a cold light.

In this castle, there is no witch who does not hate Doom.

They were all high-ranking figures in the outside world, but now they are like servants here, being ordered around by Doom at will. If they do not do what she wants, they will be executed by Doom.

In this situation, naturally no one will sincerely believe in Doom.

It's not that no one has tried to assassinate Doom, but Doom herself is a witch of the fifth stage, with strong strength, and she has also bound her life with her elder sister Moinola. As long as one of the two parties does not die, the other party will not die.

After Doom was resurrected last time, all the witches who participated in the rebellion were immediately executed.

Since then, the witches in the entire castle no longer dared to have any idea of ​​rebellion, and could only obey Doom's orders honestly.

"Get out if you know it!" Looking at Liswinnie's appearance, Doom couldn't help but get angry.

Every time a witch breaks through a stage, it is an improvement in her life level, but Misfortune has been a fifth-level witch since birth. She has no chance to change her appearance at all, which makes her most angry.

"Yes." Liswinnie did not get angry after hearing Misfortune's words, but just lowered her head and walked out of the room.

After closing the door, Liswinnie breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked towards the first floor of the castle.

Arriving at the first floor of the castle, Liswinnie walked into a room.

This room is very special. Only the fourth-level witches in the castle are qualified to enter. Anyone else who dares to enter without permission will be thrown into the swamp outside by other fourth-level witches.

After Liswinnie entered the room, the other witches in the room cast their eyes on her.

These witches are all fourth-level witches who racked their brains to come here to be lazy.

Although all the witches in the castle were prisoners captured by Doom, there are rivers and lakes where there are people, and Doom will not pay attention to the conflicts among these witches, so these fourth-stage witches have many ways to evade the tasks they should undertake.

"Isn't it your turn to serve that monster today? Why are you here? Aren't you afraid of being caught?" A witch in purple gauze held a pipe in her hand, with a look of disgust on her face.

The old witch Doom loves to bully these beautiful fourth-stage witches, which is why they usually try to hide in this room and don't go out.

"The opportunity has come." Liswinnie said in a low voice after closing the door gently.

"Huh? What's going on?" Hearing this, the others stopped what they were doing and looked at Liswinnie.

"Just now I heard the news outside the door that someone from the outside world broke into the Dust Mud Altar again. It is very likely that they are from the Holy Healing Church." Liswinnie told the witches in front of her everything that had just happened.

These witches were able to survive in the outside world to the fourth stage, and they were all naturally very smart people. As soon as they heard it, they understood what it meant for someone to break in here.

"This means that the Holy Healing Church is ready to take action against the two sisters." A naked witch climbed up from the bed, and the quilt on her body slipped off, revealing her graceful figure.

"It's probably true. The Holy Healing Church has launched several attacks before, and has roughly figured out the characteristics of the two sisters. If they dare to come this time, they must be sure to get rid of the monster."

"What do you think? Do you want to take a gamble?"

After saying this, Liswinnie cast her eyes on the witches present.

These witches all lowered their eyes slightly, and each of them was pondering Liswinnie's words.

"I join. If I continue to stay here, I will die sooner or later. I still have a lot of youth waiting to enjoy, but I don't want to die so early." The witch in purple gauze spoke first. She was the youngest witch here, only 38 years old.

For ordinary people, 38 years old is already considered middle-aged, but for witches in the fourth stage, 38 years old is still a very young age.

"Agree."

"I join."

The other witches in the fourth stage saw that someone had expressed their opinions, so they followed suit.

Staying here is just a fate of suffering from bad luck, so it is better to take this opportunity to get rid of bad luck first.

"Okay, then come a few people, let's go negotiate with the people of the Holy Healing Church." After hearing what Liswinnie said, the other witches nodded, then got up, put on their clothes, and followed Liswinnie.

It is not clear who the witch hunter sent by the Holy Healing Church is this time. If an unreasonable lunatic is sent, it will be troublesome if there is no way to negotiate.

When they arrived at the gate of the castle, several second-stage witches saw Liswinnie and other fourth-stage witches all out, and they knelt on one knee.

"My lord..."

"Open the door, Lord Doom ordered me to go out and eliminate the little mice that sneaked in from outside."

"Yes."

Knowing that Liswinnie was following the order of Doom, these second-stage witches did not dare to ask any more questions and immediately opened the gate of the castle.

"I really don't want to go out."

"Okay, stop complaining, just get the job done as soon as possible."

The witches behind Liswinnie complained to each other, and they did this to dispel the concerns of other witches.

After entering the swamp, Liswinnie led the group and hurried in the direction of Lin Yi and the others.

"Someone is coming." Just as Lin Yi was commanding the soldiers of the Black Shadow Corps to remove the trap, several strange auras broke into Lin Yi's perception range.

A spear instantly appeared in Popgar's hand, and his figure flashed in front of Lin Yi.

Not long after, Liswinnie and several fourth-stage witches appeared in front of Lin Yi.

"Huh? Why are there only two people?"

Liswinnie was stunned when she saw that there were only Lin Yi and Popgar.

But when she saw the ring representing the Red Hunter on Lin Yi's hand, she immediately threw this doubt out of the window.

Those who can become Red Hunters are definitely not simple people.

"Black witch? Then kill..."

"Wait a minute! We didn't come here to be your enemy this time."

Seeing a long sword appear in Lin Yi's hand and about to attack, Liswinnie quickly raised her hand to indicate that they had no ill intentions in coming this time.

Lin Yi looked at Liswinnie with a puzzled look on his face. The other party did not show any signs of attacking, but Lin Yi did not put down his weapon. He just signaled the other party to stand still and make his intention clear.

"If you have something to say, say it."

"You are the one sent by the Holy Healing Church to kill..., right? We want to cooperate with you." Liswinnie finished this sentence very quickly. When she mentioned the doom, she paused for a moment and skipped it, but Lin Yi could still understand what she meant.

"Cooperation? You, a group of black witches, come to cooperate with me, a witch hunter?" After hearing Liswinnie's words, Lin Yi couldn't help laughing out loud, and Popgar couldn't help shaking his head after hearing this.

Although Popgar is not from the Dark Crow Continent, after spending some time with him, he has clearly understood the relationship between witch hunters and witches. The two sides can be said to be enemies. Let alone cooperation, even if they don't fight directly when they meet, it can be regarded as a manifestation of extreme restraint on both sides.

"There is no way. Although we hate witch hunters, we hate that monster even more." The witch in purple gauze tore off her clothes and exposed her body to the air without any cover.

Above her right chest, Lin Yi saw a very strange mark.

"See, this is the restriction that guy has placed on us. Once we have any thoughts of escaping or resisting, she only needs a thought, and we will end up dead without a burial place."

Liswinnie also took off her clothes on the upper body, and there was an identical restriction on her neck.

Seeing this, the other witches also revealed the restrictions on their bodies.

"I understand."

Seeing this, Lin Yi knew how Doom controlled this area.

Doom and Morisha had completely different styles of doing things. Morisha relied on playing with people's hearts to run West Port as solid as an iron barrel; while Doom relied on powerful force to rule with high pressure.

"We can't resist that guy at all. Right now, you are our only hope." Liswinnie put on her clothes again. Since Lin Yi was willing to negotiate with them, she didn't mind taking this risk.

If Lin Yi really got rid of Doom, it would definitely be a sure win for Liswinnie and the others.

After witnessing this scene, Popgar cast his eyes on Lin Yi.

Lin Yi pondered for a moment, then signaled Popgar to remain alert.

Although the other party's words seem to have no flaws at the moment, no one can tell whether they are deliberately pretending to be pitiful and cheating. (End of this chapter)