Rise of the Dark Witch

Obviously everything is delicious, but the more I eat, the more uncomfortable I feel. The more uncomfortable I feel, the more I want to eat.

Finally, Roja, Leo and Bellica put down the food in their hands with subtle expressions on their faces and stopped eating.

"Let's get down to business." Luo Ya said solemnly to Li Ti.

"Have you eaten enough? Okay." Liti put down the knife and fork in her hand gracefully, "There is no problem in lending you the divine crystal, but you must exchange soul fish of the same price for my money."

"Don't worry, I won't trick you on purpose."

"The price is the same as the market price. A ten-year-old soul fish has one hundred attribute crystals, and a hundred-year-old soul fish has one million attribute crystals."

"If you catch any extra soul fish, you can sell them to me. I'll take whatever you have."

Liti's prices are very reasonable.

It’s just that except for Roja, Leo and Bellica didn’t look good.

It was already very difficult to obtain the soul fish, but now I still owe Li Ti the soul fish?

As debts pile up on debts, can they ever leave this ghostly place called Black Abyss Witch City?

Twenty soul fish would be enough for them to spend hundreds or even thousands of years, and if they owed Li Ti, they might not be able to leave here until they die of old age at the end of their lives.

Looking at Leo and Bellica who were shrouded in the haze of despair, Liti smiled slightly, as if she was not surprised.

Looking at the entire wizarding world, third-level wizards are not considered strong at all, but if they go to some small worlds, they can completely enjoy their lives as gods unscrupulously.

However, what was supposed to be a beautiful life ended up in Black Abyss Witch City for no reason, and ended up wasting the whole life on fishing. Who can have a good face? Who can not despair?

Black Abyss Witch City is a place where you can fish for soul fish, a place that makes countless wizards and countless forces crazy, but let those powerful wizards and those high-level officials of the big forces go fishing in the River Styx in person?

Even if they die, they won't be willing!

There are many wizards fishing for soul fish in Black Abyss Witch City, but not many of them choose to come here. They are all forced to do so for some reason.

However, among the many people who were forced to go fishing, Leo and Bellica were also particularly weak beings and were not worthy of being here at all.

Is it because of Roja?

Looking at Roja who was still calm, Liti seemed fine on the surface, but actually she was very surprised inside.

"Haha, don't you seem to like fishing for soul fish in the River Styx?"

"Fishing for soul fish in the Styx River is indeed too time-consuming and energy-consuming, and whether you can catch it all depends on luck. If you are lucky, you may catch one in a month, but if you are unlucky, you may not catch one in a thousand years."

"No one likes it to be all about luck, right?"

"So, I have a channel that allows you to quickly obtain soul fish."

Li Ti's last words made the three of Roja's ears suddenly stand up.

Get soul fish quickly?

Is there a way to obtain soul fish without fishing in the River Styx?

Facing the three people who were anxious to know the answer, Li Ti explained with a smile:

"In addition to the soul fish living in the River Styx, there are also many other creatures, one of which is called the soul-eating beast."

"The soul-eating beast is an amphibious creature that feeds on soul fish. It usually lives on the bank of the River Styx. When it is hungry, it goes to the River Styx to hunt for soul fish."

"There are already very few soul fish in the River Styx. Who can bear to have some of them eaten by soul-eating beasts?"

"So in Black Abyss Witch City, there is always a reward for hunting the soul-eating beast."

"As long as you successfully hunt one hundred soul-eating beasts, you can get a ten-year-old soul fish!"

"There are quite a lot of soul-eating beasts, and their habitats are easy to find. If they are strong enough, maybe they can kill thousands of them a year?"

"How's it going? Are you excited?"

Regardless of Roja for the moment, Leo and Bellica were indeed deeply moved.

If you hunt a hundred soul-eating beasts, you can get one soul fish. If you can hunt thousands of them a year, wouldn't you be able to get dozens of soul fish a year?

It only takes them one year to earn enough soul fish to leave this ghost place called Black Abyss Witch City?

Want to go!

Leo and Bellica can't wait to set out to hunt the soul-eating beast.

But they knew in their hearts that the Soul-Eating Beast was definitely not that easy to kill. Otherwise, why would they take out the precious Soul Fish as a reward to reward the Soul-Eating Beast?

"Is the soul-eating beast very strong?" Roja asked.

"Some are strong and some are weak. The deeper you go into the River Styx, the stronger the Soul-Eating Beast becomes. In the upper reaches of the River Styx, the strength of the Soul-Eating Beast is about level three or four." Liti replied.

"Does the soul-devouring beast have any ability that makes you, fifth- and sixth-level wizards, afraid?" Roja suddenly asked.

"...Have you noticed it so quickly?" Liti narrowed her eyes.

Soul-eating beasts that feed on soul fish will greatly affect the harvest of soul fish and greatly reduce the number of soul fish.

Looking at the entire multiverse, soul fish are valuable treasures. Shouldn't the top management find a way to clean out existences like soul-eating beasts that will make it more difficult to obtain soul fish?

For example, those soul-devouring beasts in the upper reaches of the Styx River that are only at the third or fourth level can easily be wiped out in a few days by just sending a sixth-level wizard, right?

Why not do that?

Is it because you can't do it or you don't want to take the risk?

Could it be said that even the weakest level 3 or 4 soul-eating beasts have special abilities that can threaten level 5 or 6 wizards?

Liti, who had no intention of hiding it, explained directly after Roja asked:

"The River Styx is the river leading to the kingdom of the dead. The water of the River Styx is extremely poisonous to any living life. Even a sixth-level wizard will die immediately if he touches the water of the River Styx."

"Even if they are a seventh-level wizard, the water of the Styx can severely damage them."

"If possible, collect the water from the Styx River and refine it into poison. It can definitely be used as one of the most powerful poisons in the world."

"But the waters of the Styx are invisible and have no mass or buoyancy. They exist like phantoms. Nothing can touch them."

"The River Styx is so dangerous and mysterious that even seventh-level wizards cannot swim in it. However, the Soul-eating Beast can enter the River Styx to hunt soul fish at will. Why is this?"

"Because their bodies can transform into a body similar to the water of the Styx."

"The soul-eating beast with its body transformed into a ghostly body can not only swim in the River Styx, but also has the characteristics of being invisible and traceless in the River Styx, and can easily kill all living things."

"That is to say, facing the soul-eating beast after its transformation..."

"First, all our attacks have no effect on it, even the sixth-level wizard's law attacks are the same."

"Secondly, as long as the attack from the soul-eating beast touches our body even slightly, even a sixth-level wizard may be killed on the spot."

"Do you know the fourth-level witchcraft called Void Ming and Space, which was created by the legendary ninth-level wizard and is known as the miracle witchcraft?"

"The soul-eating master's ability to transform is the upgraded and evolved version of the void phase!"

"However, when their seclusion ability is on the shore, there is a limit to the duration. The more they attack, the shorter the duration. The hungrier they are, the shorter the duration."

"So we only need to look for those soul-eating beasts that are already very hungry, and lure them to attack continuously, which can last from a few hours to a few months. When they materialize, our attacks can hit them accurately. Killed them."

"Although the process may be a bit life-threatening, compared to relying on luck to catch soul fish in the River Styx, hunting soul-eating beasts to obtain soul fish is much faster, isn't it?"

After listening to Li Ti's introduction about the soul-eating beast, none of the three people present had a good look on their faces.

Can the soul-eating beast ignore all attacks during its transformation?

Then any of their attacks can instantly kill the wizard himself as long as they touch it? Even a sixth-level wizard is the same?

If the soul-eating beast's transformation is a special ability that consumes a lot of money, has a short duration, and has a cooldown time, such as Roja's time witchcraft time lag and incorporation, then it's okay to say.

But the Soul-Eating Beast's secluded state is permanent!

Even those soul-eating beasts that have not eaten soul fish for a long time and are very hungry can easily maintain their secluded state for several hours or even months.

Wouldn't it be possible for those soul-eating beasts that were just full to maintain their state of seclusion for several years?

And if the Soul-Eating Beast realizes that its seclusion time is about to end while fighting, and turns around and dives directly into the River Styx, what else can they do except watch helplessly?

Facing an opponent of the same level, it is impossible to go through the whole battle without even taking a single attack from the opponent. Especially since the opponent is a soul-eating beast with the upgraded version of the Void Sky Phase, which has the ability to transform into ghosts, it is even more impossible to do it.

especially--

"When the soul-eating beast is in its secluded state, its body can have properties similar to those of the Styx, right?" Roja asked.

"That's right." Liti nodded.

"The water of the Styx is an illusory existence like a phantom. It cannot be perceived except by catching it with the naked eye. If the soul-eating beast hides in the blind corner of our sight, sneaks up on us or touches us accidentally, wouldn't it be wrong? Did he die immediately?"

"...Why do you think the fifth- and sixth-level wizards don't take action to wipe out the soul-devouring beasts? It's because they are worried about the situation you mentioned."

At this time, the faces of Roja and others turned even darker.

Fishing in the Styx River depends on luck to randomly obtain soul fish.

When you go hunting for soul-eating beasts by the River Styx, you will die randomly depending on your luck!

can only say--

It is truly a restricted area of ​​life!

Whether it is the River Styx itself or the creatures living in the River Styx, they are all natural enemies to life!

It is difficult for a third-level wizard to leapfrog and reach the fourth level.

But if the third-level soul-eating beast is lucky, it can directly kill the sixth-level wizard in an instant. It is simply unreasonably strong!

After learning about the horror of Soul-Eating Beasts, Roja, who was originally not interested in Soul-Eating Beasts, became even more uninterested. As for Leobelica, who were eager to try before, now they just want to go back to the River Styx to continue fishing.

Looking at the three Rojas who looked disgusted with the task of hunting soul-eating beasts, Liti spread her hands and said: "Actually, I think the task of hunting soul-eating beasts and earning soul fish is quite good. What do you think? Fighting against the soul-eating beast is very dangerous, but have you ever thought about it..."

Li Ti chuckled and said, "When you were fishing in the River Styx, might you encounter an attack from a soul-eating beast?"

ah?

this!

Whether it was Roja, Leo or Bellica, their hearts suddenly felt cold.

It was so difficult for them to deal with the Soul-Eating Beast on the banks of the River Styx. When they were on the River Styx, driving a boat less than three meters long, if they were attacked by the Soul-Eating Beast, would it be possible for them to survive?

When Roja was fishing in the River Styx these past two months, he saw many creatures other than soul fish in the depths of the River Styx through the evidence of the two souls!

He originally thought that those creatures would just stay obediently in the depths of the River Styx and would not take the initiative to attack wizards at all, but unexpectedly it turned out not to be the case?

When Roja and others were in a state of turmoil because of Liti's words, Liti, as the instigator, continued while drinking juice: "The missing wizards who go fishing in the Styx will appear every few years, and many of them are level five. Even a sixth-level wizard."

"There are many reasons for disappearances."

"It's possible that it went too deep into the River Styx and lost its vitality too quickly."

"It's possible that I accidentally caught a soul fish that was older than my ability, but I'm not willing to give it up."

"It is more likely that he was attacked by a soul-eating beast or other Styx creature and was killed without any resistance on a three-meter boat."

"Fishing in the Styx River is not as easy as you think!"

"The seemingly peaceful Black Abyss Witch City, but the number of wizards who died here is no less than on the front lines of the battle with Purgatory, the Abyss, and the Void."

I thought that Black Abyss Witch City was a very safe place, but didn't you expect that it was surrounded by dangers?

Even a fifth-level and sixth-level wizard could die accidentally?

This heavy fact made the three Rojas, who were only at the third level, feel extremely depressed, especially Roja, who had regarded the Styx as his own treasury not long ago.

"How is it? Have you made a decision?" Liti asked after finishing the drink in the cup.

"...Lend us 10,000 attribute crystals." Roja whispered.

…

After successfully obtaining 10,000 attribute crystals from Li Ti, they said goodbye to Li Ti.

Walking on the empty streets of Black Abyss Witch City, the three of them were in a bad mood.

Even Roja, who had always been confident, couldn't help but feel depressed.

Black Abyss Witch City is too dangerous!

Moreover, this kind of danger is often sudden, random, and unavoidable. Once encountered, there is only a dead end.

This reminded Roja of the four wizard residences they could choose from in the Ten Thousand Demons Cave after he completed his apprenticeship trial hundreds of years ago. One of them, the Bohai Reef, carried a wizard sailboat to travel on the sea.

The reason why he never considered this station at all was because of the randomness of danger and the mortality.

The wizard apprentice worked on the wizard sailboat. One day, the wizard sailboat was attacked by an overlord-level monster at sea. It swallowed up the entire wizard sailboat. Do the people on board who are just wizard apprentices have any ability to resist?

Among the four major residences back then, he had a choice.

Now?

He has no choice!

But don't be too nervous.

After all, he has the certificate of two souls to avoid most dangers.

An accident that happens to so many fishermen in Black Abyss Witch City only once every few years, how could it happen to him by such a coincidence?

But it’s better to leave this hellish place as soon as possible.

He patted Leo and Bellica on the shoulders and encouraged: "Don't worry, I will definitely take you out of here."

Leobelica and the two instinctively wanted to retort, "Where do you have the confidence to take us out of here?" However, when they thought that Roya was their thigh, hugging Roya's thigh tightly, there was a slim chance of leaving the Black Sea alive. In Yuan Wu City, they will definitely die if they leave Luo Ya.

So they suppressed their complaints against Roja and nodded heavily.

"Let's go, first go to the Vitality Spring Tower to restore your magic and spiritual power."

"I want to see why the Vitality Spring Pagoda charges so much!"

To restore 10 million units of magic power, a non-attributed divine crystal is required.

To restore ten million units of mental power, one hundred non-attributed divine crystals are needed.

A person like Roja, who has a lot of magic and mental power, needs more than 90,000 non-attributed crystals to recover once his magic and mental power are at their lowest, which is equivalent to nine attribute god crystals!

This is just his consumption in the past two months!

If he goes deeper into the River Styx in the future, he will have to go to the Vitality Spring Tower once every half a month. He will receive 18 attribute crystals a month, 216 attribute crystals a year, and more than 20,000 attribute crystals in a hundred years. !

An attribute divine crystal is a considerable fortune for a third-level wizard.

You must know that a rich young man like Leo from the Meade Chamber of Commerce usually just carries around a million divine crystals with no attributes. As for a poor guy like Roja, he doesn't even have the money to spend ten non-attributed divine crystals to buy a first-class magic-free resource planet.

As for Li Ti...

Recalling the way he was like Li Ti borrowing the 10,000 attribute crystal, Li Ti took it out without even frowning. I can only say that the gap between people is not that big!

Not long after, they arrived at the Vitality Spring Tower successfully.

The Vitality Spring Tower is one of the most important facilities in Black Abyss Witch City. It is a wizard tower used to restore magic and spiritual power to the wizards in Black Abyss Witch City.

When Roja entered the Vitality Spring Tower and used the power of the Vitality Spring Tower to restore his magic and spiritual power, he immediately understood why the Vitality Spring Tower was so expensive.

"Is it the power of law?"

"If you want to isolate the influence of the Styx on life and allow life to recover, you need to use the power of law."

"And the power of the law can only be understood by the sixth level."

The domain can resist the suppression of world rules.

But this is because the different worlds they went to before were either just the mind world of the fifth-level true god, and there were no rules yet.

Either it is an ownerless world like the Nightmare Realm, which is on the verge of collapse, and the power of the law has almost dissipated.

The more important reason is that the rules of those worlds are relatively similar to the world they live in!

If you go to a world with completely different rules, the domain will not be able to resist at all.

If you enter the mental world of a still alive sixth-level wizard, a wizard as powerful as a fourth-level wizard may die instantly!

The River Styx is a different-dimensional world whose operating rules are completely different from those of the ordinary world. On this border near the kingdom of the dead, the fact that the living cannot regenerate involves law-level effects.

If you want to regain your vitality, you can only use the law to resist the law!

"Is the Vitality Spring Tower actually built using the power of law?"

"In a sense, the price is quite reasonable..."

“Sure enough, it’s still very expensive!”

Come out of the Vitality Spring Tower.

With their magic and mental power restored to full status, Roya, Leo and Bellica set off to the Soul Port again, renting boats and fishing rods through the port to go fishing for Soul Fish.

As we go fishing again and again.

Roja kept going deep into the River Styx.

Later, his mental power and magic power were exhausted almost every half month, and he had to return to Black Abyss Witch City to the Vitality Spring Tower to restore his magic power and mental power every half month.

However, the harvest has increased accordingly.

On average, he can catch a ten-year-old soul fish every five days, and on average, he can catch a hundred-year-old soul fish every month.

Good harvest.

As for Leo and Bellica, they looked disappointed every time they came back, and even more desperate every time they heard Roya say "I didn't catch anything either."

Time passes day by day.

Unknowingly, the three of them had been staying in Black Abyss Witch City for ten years. (End of chapter)