Infinite Cafetaria

Chapter 261 Chronicles of the Temple City

 After Li Wei left with the witch, Malu also started to process the ingredients.

 He first got the chef's knife back from Cerberus and cut off one of Sweet Potato Knight's arms.

This arm alone weighed almost 300 kilograms, and it smelled sweet. Malu couldn't help but cut off a finger, peeled off the skin and ate it raw.

The taste is indeed quite good, but it makes the skylark keep looking at it.

 After that, he cut off the other arm and stuffed it into the collection bag together. The remaining 400 kilograms of weight he left for the purple eggplant with five-star ingredients that never tires.

 With the bonus of 100% ingredient processing efficiency of the chef's knife, Malu cleaned up very quickly, taking less than 5 minutes, but even so, there were more activated plants nearby visible to the naked eye.

Ma Lu did not delay any longer and immediately led a group of witches out of Wangtian Forest.

Ouroboros has not spoken since the missile fell, and the girl pursed her lips all the way, appearing unusually silent.

Especially when everyone arrived at the scene and saw the corpses on the ground and the deep crater left by the explosion, her face immediately lost all color and turned pale.

 Although he could still carry out Malu's orders in the subsequent battles, it was as if he had lost his soul.

"It seems that you really regard yourself as a knight, but we will not attend your promotion banquet."

"Okay," Malu looked at Ouroboros, "What about you, do you have anything to say? Let's take this opportunity to talk together."

However, Bird of Paradise also said in a rare way this time, "I'm...not in the mood to read a book recently."

"Shrike, is she really... dead?" Skylark said with red eyes.

Before leaving, Skylark was still looking around, seeming to be looking for something.

 “I don’t know.” Malu answered simply.

The purple-haired girl was more direct, raising her eyebrows and a hint of ridicule on the corner of her mouth.

Ouroboros shook his head.

Then Malu said to Bird of Paradise, who looked relatively calm among the four, "Don't you like reading books? This time, go back and find a bookstore. I will give you 5,000 holy silver coins to buy the books you want to read."

Cerberus, Skylark and others also looked unhappy. Even though they had just defeated a powerful enemy, they were not as excited as before.

Malu then looked at the other three people again, "I know you are dissatisfied with me, but I just made the best choice for us at the moment. The missile has fallen. There is no way to change this. We can't survive in the wild alone." , since the Witch Alliance is gone, we can only go back to Temple City."

“Then I’ll save the money for you and wait until you see it first before buying it.”

Before Malu could finish his words, he heard Skylark mutter in a low voice, "The knight is a bad guy."

As a result, even the most greedy Skylark did not agree this time, but turned his little face away.

Back on the aircraft, Ma Lu saw that the four of them looked like they were mourning for their heirs, so he took the initiative to suggest that they find a restaurant to have a big meal after returning to the city, which could be regarded as a reward for everyone.

　　He had been staring at the chessboard map when the explosion occurred. The Shrike's head did disappear with the others, and it looked like it was killed by the explosion.

But according to the plot in general movies and novels, if you don’t see the corpse with your own eyes, there is still the possibility of resurrection, not to mention that there are spells in this world.

　　Maybe the Shrike started teleporting at the last moment and escaped from here. As long as she runs far enough, she can't be found on the chessboard map.

However, even if the Shrike is not dead, the losses of the Witch Alliance this time are obviously very heavy. There is already a huge gap in strength between them and the Church of Order. After this battle, the power gap between the two sides will only become more disparate.

To be honest, Malu didn't see any chance of them winning, not even with him.

 The Church of Order had received the oracle before the disaster and began to prepare for the construction of the Temple City. It has been operating for hundreds of years and has become deeply rooted. It cannot be easily challenged by external forces.

What’s more, the number of witches is still small compared to ordinary humans.

This is also the reason why the Church of Order trains and treats witches in an almost inhuman way, but it does not cause too much dissatisfaction in the city.

In contrast, the Witches Alliance is a minority organization that aims to liberate witches, although it can get the secret support of some witches like Skylark and Cerberus.

However, most ordinary people only have fear and jealousy towards them. Although this is affected by church propaganda, the most important thing is that the two parties do not have many common interests.

Ordinary witches such as Skylark and Cerberus may not be able to see this, but Shrike, as the leader of the witch alliance, should be very clear about it.

　　The attack on the mining sites in the Goradot Mountains that she led previously did cause some trouble for the church, but it also further increased the distrust of witches among ordinary people.

Ma Lu didn’t quite understand the meaning of her actions.

The purple-haired girl was worried about another thing, "Hey, why don't you take this opportunity to kill Levi too? That guy killed so many people in one go, even his own witch. What are you doing?" I still have to be loyal to him..."

"Indeed, with Li Wei's condition at the time, it was possible to take some risks and kill him." Ma Lu admitted, "But this is not good for us. The deputy leader and elite of the Holy Knights were wiped out. In the end, only we returned to Temple City, plus we have no actual evidence that Shrike is dead, the church will definitely list us as a key suspect. As for allegiance...

Ma Lu paused, "I don't know why Li Wei suddenly valued me so much. I couldn't refuse in the situation at that time."

“In the final analysis, it’s not for your own future.” Cerberus pouted, but judging from her look, she accepted Malu’s explanation.

The Bird of Paradise, who had been keeping quiet before, suddenly interjected, "You asked me if there is any book I want to read. There is indeed one book, but it cannot be bought with money."

"Um?"

"The "Chronicles of the Temple City" is not the abridged one circulated outside, but the real "Chronicles of the Temple City", which has been compiled by the church's scribe and is stored in the library on the 69th floor. , only the higher-ups of the church can read it.

“If you can become a master, you should have the right to go to the 69th floor.”

 “You want me to bring that book out to you?”

"No need." Bird of Paradise said, "That would be too dangerous. As long as you help me take a look at the history of the 14th year of the Holy Calendar, and then come back and tell me."

"this…"

 “Don’t you want to go?”

"No, it's mainly because I don't know how to read." Malu thought for a while and confessed that he was illiterate, but then he added, "But I can take pictures for you."

 “That’s better.”

 (End of this chapter)