Oops, I became the witch's substitute

"Which church languages ​​did you use?" Carol leaned over curiously and saw Arabelle holding a handful of amulets in her hand, which could be said to cover all the church series in the surrounding countries.

They are all donated by high-level businessmen. The gods may not be willing to bless the demons, but they will bless responsible and wealthy people to some extent.

Arabelle counted the amulets in her hand and talked about them as if they were naming the dishes. When she came to the last amulet, Carol and Philly were stunned at the same time.

Carol pointed to the last iron-like amulet, shaped like a rolled whip: "The miscellaneous religions in front are okay, but the last prayer you said is clearly the language of slaves, although it is older...but you must be Have you been fooled?"

Arabelle looked surprised: "What! These are all donations! That damn old guy actually lied to me? Thanks to me, I renovated the church for them."

Feili waved her hand: "Okay, stop making trouble, let's see what others say, so are you really still alive?"

The ghost girl hid behind the piano not far away: "It's absolutely true, I'm really still alive, living in neighboring Bereda, and a child of an alchemist's family. I just like this piano very much, so I became like this. By the way, maybe it’s because I came into contact with the Philosopher’s Stone.”

Carol's ears twitched: "Bereda, that alchemy city country?"

The ghost girl nodded and admitted that this Beleda Kingdom has some background. Probably just like the witches gathered in Miriam, a large number of alchemists gathered in Beleda for many years, and finally united and declared independence sixty years ago. At that time, several times It defeated the royal army that came to suppress the rebellion, and actively established diplomatic relations with neighboring countries such as Miriam and Arius. It shared many alchemy technologies and achievements and became an independent entity in the name of an urban kingdom.

Speaking of which, this is a paradise for alchemists. However, according to what Fei Li knows, due to the saturation of domestic workshops, there is very little space left for the factory. The current Beida resources are limited and the interior is too bulky. The deep-rooted academic faction in the university did not achieve its original purpose. After a short period of more than ten years of brilliant growth, it has no outstanding performance.

As for the Philosopher's Stone that the ghost girl mentioned, it is a substance that reproduces the power of the Philosopher's Stone. It is said that it can convert any metal into gold, and it can also make elixirs of immortality through the Philosopher's Stone. However, none of the existing Philosopher's Stones have reached this level. It is so high, and the functions of many philosopher stones are different.

For example, some philosopher stones will indiscriminately turn the materials they come into contact into into metals. The indiscriminate transformation is quite violent, while some can only turn fixed metals into gold. As for the research on immortality, it is even more bizarre, but overall it is unsuccessful. .

Feili concluded: "So, your current state is another kind of research on immortality?"

The ghost girl nodded: "I don't know either. I just sneaked into my father's basement and touched the family heirlooms. From then on, whenever I wanted, I could appear near things related to my family. Hey, among everyone Do you think I look like a banshee now?"

Philly sighed: "Okay, what's your name? I'm Philly, this is the alchemist Carol, and this is the succubus Arabelle."

"It's just a succubus, not a succubus paladin?" The ghost's eyes widened and he coughed hurriedly, "My name is Anila, and I didn't mean to scare people. I really didn't know that I would turn into an undead creature. It will even attack others and absorb life.”

Carol touched Anila's current body: "I understand, the reason why it absorbs essence is a supplement to the ability to use the Philosopher's Stone. Alchemy pays attention to an equal exchange, especially the incomplete Philosopher's Stone. Due to the lack of talent, these philosopher stones need to absorb more energy to replenish themselves after completing the transformation. Therefore, if you become like this, you will unconsciously absorb the essence of the living. Furthermore, your ancestors created this philosopher stone. At that time, they considered becoming an undead creature to live forever, or even live forever, but obviously they failed.”

Anila asked curiously: "Why do you say it failed?"

Carol sensed it carefully: "You can feel that this transformation is incomplete. Your current soul has not separated from your body, but is projected by the Philosopher's Stone onto an object with a causal relationship. Because the projection distance is too far, It will forcefully consume too much power. If you don't replenish it from the outside, it will consume your own power and be dangerous. I suggest you stop messing around after you go back. "

Anila was silent for a moment and nodded, then closed her eyes. She seemed to be planning to contact her body, but her face suddenly stiffened: "Ah! I suddenly can't sense my body anymore!"

Okay, maybe you're really dead now.

Chapter 206 The Harm of the Philosopher’s Stone

Alchemy is attractive in various aspects, such as turning stone into gold and the wine of eternal life. Normal research was fine at first, but a large number of alchemists appeared to disrupt the market and cause tragedies. The situation was very helpless.

Now that Anila cannot return to her body, Carol draws a magic circle and reversely analyzes the magic fluctuations in her body, and comes to a simple conclusion.

Most cases of refining the philosopher's stone are not good. Anila can activate the special ability of the philosopher's stone to become a ghost. It is obviously her physical talent that was favored by her ancestors. People who have reached this level will not care. What is the gender of the body? Just use it. Well, I suddenly feel that there are often unscrupulous characters in the world of alchemists.

Although Anila could not immediately realize the seriousness of the matter, being a ghost was not a good experience, especially after being exorcised by Arabel dozens of times before: "What!!! How could this happen!!! The ancestors would not do this to me, wuwuwu!!!"

"It's not a new technology. The purpose of this philosopher's stone is to select children with excellent talents from the next generation and then seize the young and fresh flesh." Carol spread her hands, "To be honest, the alchemist who came up with this technology must not be very good. For example, I use my own flesh and blood to create a brand new body. In comparison, my technology is less burdensome to the soul, and the technology of seizing the body will cause schizophrenia at most three or four generations."

Anila shivered: "Am I really going to become a ghost?"

No, you are going to die.

A soul without a body will soon dissipate.

Fili and the other two nodded, and Anila's face was gradually covered with black lines.

Becoming a ghost girl does not restrict freedom. Anila can still travel thousands of miles to a foreign country to play. She lacks tension. Now is the first hour that she cannot go home. In addition, there are three reliable big sisters in front of her, which makes her feel too safe.

She is a little silly, but Fili and the others know that things are serious.

People who often take over other people's bodies know that occupying other people's bodies is equivalent to taking away their lives. Old Biden loves young bodies the most, and this poor girl in front of him will have nothing.

Since she has met, Fili is confident that she has some skills, so it’s okay to help a little. Following the clues, she can also legally plunder a philosopher's stone, which is not a bad thing.

"Don't worry, tell me your home address, and we will start to investigate now." Fili first used magic to strengthen Anila's spirit.

Anila used the piano to complete heavy metal rock before, and a big reason was that pure spirits would make thinking extreme, just like most evil spirits, gradually controlled by instinct to become invisible beasts.

"Oh, what a pity. Then you go. I'll cheer you up from behind." Seeing this, Arabel realized that it would not be over in a short time. After all, it was a human life, so she couldn't just leave it alone.

Fili stroked Arabel's fur again: "Don't be disappointed. When I come back, I can write a few songs for you."

Arabel smiled again: "It's a deal."

Since Anila could not contact her body on her own now, Fili and Carol carefully protected her and set off immediately.

While setting off, Fili controlled Fili's identity to get information first and learn about the recent situation of the alchemy city Bereda, and then found a trace of unusual signs.

The most direct point is that Bereda is already enough to be called a foggy city. The land is not large and there are many factories. The high degree of alchemy industrialization has caused serious pollution near the city. The first alchemist family that rose first has the first-mover advantage and monopolizes the upper structure and resources. The crowded city has extremely high alchemy technology, but most of the residents below the middle class live a low-quality life.

Felin kept looking through the intelligence sent by his subordinates, smelling danger: "Abils actually also funded Beredari's workshop. This small urban kingdom began to purchase a large number of materials for making philosopher stones before the Kalan War. It was also during that period that philosopher stones of various qualities began to be mass-produced. Many high-quality products were exported and sold to recover funds and further purchase materials. These exported philosopher stones were spread all over the world, including Miriam."

No way? They are not casting a wide net, right? Felix looked at Anila again. Her experience began to become strange. The Philosopher's Stone is a precious heirloom. If there is a family of alchemists who have inherited it, this is the foundation of the family's fortune. How could it be easily touched by Anila, and it was triggered after contact without being noticed by the elders.

The process of Anila discovering the Philosopher's Stone at home may be induced. Some people are deliberately looking for targets, with the purpose of discovering young talents who can activate the Philosopher's Stone.

Feilin instructed the girls in the intelligence base: "You guys, write a commission letter in Feili's name, the content is to expand the scope of the investigation, find the information of customers who have purchased the philosopher's stone, and it would be best to know the recent situation of these people and whether anything has happened at home."

These elite intelligence officers worked hard: "Understood."

This kind of thing is usually difficult to detect. Feili just considers everything to the worst case scenario. The more she thinks about it, the more she feels that Alchemy City is playing big.

Half a day after Feili's commission task was issued, relevant personnel began to come one after another. Some people who specialize in intelligence work are well-informed. They have also analyzed the abnormalities in Alchemy City during this period.

The intelligence dealer lowered his hood: "The information here is very important. I hope to have a meeting with the Witch of Falsehood."

Filin refused: "Ms. Fili is on her way to Bereda. I am in charge of everything here. What you say to me is the same as finding Fili."

The intelligence dealer was a little confused: "Who are you?"

Filin made up an identity at random: "Me? I am the Blade of the Witch of Falsehood, her agent."

It sounds mysterious, even a little bit second-year, but it fits the style of the witch perfectly. The intelligence dealer thought for a moment and took out a bag.

"This matter is related to my friend. The person related to him bought the Philosopher's Stone and planned to conduct some magic research. However, recently he said that this friend's personality suddenly changed a lot, and even some minor habits changed. , I feel something is wrong, but I couldn’t find any evidence after testing. You know, our profession is inherently sensitive, and since we can’t find out the reason, we have to ask Miss Witch.”

The information dealer speaks to the point. The only person you can trust in the land of witches is the great witch.

Feilin took the information. If it hadn't happened to Anila, he would have regarded this as a temporary bad temper at most. But Anila's tragedy preceded her. She can't return to her body now. Feili guessed that this intelligence businessman friend Has the body of my friend been successfully taken away? After all, even if it is a false immortality that is compromised, it is still immortality.

Chapter 207 Heroic Thief

Feilin was very reliable in his work. He summarized the investigation information and wrote a report quickly. Following the principle of strength in numbers, Feilin completed the basic investigation of the Alchemy Country and handed the information to the witch.

There is a particularly reliable good person among the Miriam Witches, the Sword Witch Soulard. I have said hello to her several times before. To simply describe her, she is upright and serious. She takes the initiative to serve as the peace officer, inspector, and disciplinarian among the Witches. Committee member, and truly and effectively maintained Miriam's morale, rushing around all day long to investigate the Black Witch.

Led by Surad, a group of diligent witches who are neither home nor doves have been gathered. Their main responsibility is to investigate and expel any creatures that cause trouble in Miriam, and to maintain a high degree of cooperation with the royal security agencies.

"So you doubt that these Philosopher's Stones will be harmful if they flow into various countries? For example, the Philosopher's Stones that flowed into Miriam have begun to take the bodies of innocent people." Surad read Filmin's report, which contains various intuitive analysis diagrams. Even if You can understand it even if you pull an orangutan over. "This alchemy of occupying other people's bodies should not be perfect. I'm afraid there are other costs. The philosopher's stone is the carrier to absorb these costs. Well...it is necessary to go to Bereda to investigate."

Filin said that professionals are already on the way: "Phili and Carol are about to arrive in Bereda. They will conduct an in-depth investigation of Bereda itself. Our focus should be on people who have purchased Philosopher's Stones in China and monitor their Movement, seal those who have already taken over the body as much as possible, and guard against those who may be taken over at any time. "

Surad touched his chin with a solemn expression: "What should we do? Tell them the truth directly? It is possible to alert the enemy."

If something is difficult to handle, then don't do it.

Feilin believes that this other world has its own national conditions. In an era where the strong can do whatever they want, they can be more willful for the sake of safety.

"My personal opinion is to just steal and cheat. Don't deal with the parties involved in this kind of thing. Let's do our thing." Feilin didn't even want to use the witches to suppress others.

People who buy the philosopher's stone are more or less careful. They also want to have strong power, unlimited wealth or find a way to immortality. It's just like the telecommunications fraud in the previous life. In the end, the deceived people angrily blamed the police uncle for blocking their way of making money. Film I don’t want to argue with these people, and there is no need to argue.

Felin analyzed the thoughts of these people for Surad, and Surad basically agreed: "Indeed, let alone the Philosopher's Stone, even if we spend money to buy a cursed statue, we won't be able to come back before a disaster occurs. , Now special circumstances are being dealt with. If there is something wrong with these philosopher stones, it will be fine. If there is no problem, they can be returned in a year and a half. So what is Master Feili's attitude? "

"Feli thinks so too."

"...Can you speak on behalf of Feili?"

"Ahem~ Look, this badge was given to me by Feili. It fully represents the authority of the False Witch. She gave me careful instructions before she left. I know exactly what to do."

Witches are not poor people. They have the attribute of immortality and they don't like the philosopher's stone. Naturally, they borrow and return it.

Surad had the secret of this matter, and together with the trustworthy witches, everyone went out as a group.

After Soulard assigned the work, he looked at Feilin's leaving figure, folded his arms and thought, "I really don't understand. Why did a demon choose to do something that a demon can do?"

To tell a sad story, the lifespan of a witch's familiar is longer than that of a human on average, which means that they can be a palu longer than a human, so it is more cost-effective to raise a familiar than a human.

On the other side, Feili told Carol about the progress here. Miriam will launch an internal investigation, and they must arrive in Bereda as soon as possible to start work and rescue.

Carol is now wearing an alchemist's robe and looks much more traditional: "Speaking of which, it's okay for me to be alone. You are too conspicuous when going to Bereda like this. You have obvious witch characteristics and good magic power. Even if you are disguised, Very strange."

Feili lowered her head and looked at herself: "My disguise can eliminate the magic power and sense of presence, and turn me into an ordinary person. No one can notice me below the divine person, and I can barely win one-on-one with the divine person. Is this conspicuous?"

Carol hesitated to speak: "You have been pretending for so long, don't you know..."

Feili said hurriedly: "Of course I know that too much is too much, so after disguising, I just emit ordinary magic power fluctuations and pretend to be an ordinary magical girl."

Carol pointed at Fili's face: "I still know Bereda. You either wear my clothes or get yourself dirty. It will be weird for you to run around in Bereda like a lady from a noble family. Do you understand?"

Fili didn't know the real Bereda. She was very confident in her deception. After being rejected by Carol, she had to prove herself.

At this time, Anila, who was floating beside Fili, came out to smooth things over: "Sister Carol is right. There are countless surveillance eyes in the cities of our country. There are countless residential areas around the cities. No one knows how many black markets and private workshops there are. In many places, thieves and hooligans are everywhere. Miss Fili's noble appearance is completely conspicuous."

Fili compromised and had to pick an alchemy apprentice robe from Carol's luggage, then messed up her hair and put on a pair of glasses with thick lenses, looking like a country girl before the transformation.

"I'll play Carol's apprentice and assistant."

"Well, that's it. After entering the city, go to Anila's house to see the specific situation."

The two people and the ghost quickly assigned roles. Anila hid in Fili's magic shadow throughout the whole process, and everyone quickly entered the city.

After entering the city, Carol muttered that it had been expanded again, and then she got lost. She was not familiar with Bereda. Fortunately, there was Anila, a local, so she didn't get lost.

Just when walking on the street, Carol was bumped by a naughty child. Fili felt very strange at the time. Although the street was crowded, the child's route was obviously prepared, and he would bump into Carol no matter what.

"Did you encounter a thief?"

"How is it possible? I am also a martial arts expert, I..."

Carol's martial arts are indeed powerful, and her bare-handed fighting is not necessarily inferior to Fili, but her confidence collapsed in a few seconds, and her face soon lost its smile.

Because Carol touched her pocket and found that her wallet was really missing.

"No way? How did he steal it!"

Fili lowered her head and sighed softly, leaving a sound of snapping fingers in the air, and she disappeared a little later.

A few minutes later, she chased to a small alley, and the situation here made Fili really happy.

The one who stole Carol's wallet was a cat-eared girl with green hair. She was young but agile, and most importantly, she had a very strong talent and strength. She was about the same age as Enil, but she was already at the level of a hero.

This kind of genius power is generally unreasonable. Fili couldn't analyze the other party's path in a short time. It seems that he has not systematically studied magic and martial arts, as if he became a hero by instinct.

"Hmm~? It's so easy to get it. The stinky alchemist from another place came to our Bereda to beg for food. Let me see how much rice is in your wallet... Hey?"

The cat-eared girl was about to search the wallet, but found that someone was holding her on the other side. Looking up, Fili grabbed Carol's wallet with an expressionless face and examined her as a thief.

"This scent, you are from the person just now..."

"I say, you have such strength, why do you want to be a thief?"

"Humph, how can you people who have no worries about food and clothing understand?"

The cat-eared girl decisively gave up the wallet, pulled a distance, and pulled out a dagger from her waist to defend herself.

"You are a young lady with a delicate skin and tender flesh, who has no worries about food and clothing. How can you understand why I became a thief?"

"Then you can tell me."

"In Bereda, the more a person works, the less he earns. The bosses of the wine and pleasure streets are pocketing their own money, while those geniuses die in the streets due to poverty. The cooks who bake bread work all day long but cannot earn enough to make a living. The shoemakers who make thousands of pairs of shoes have exposed toes. The diligent weavers have no clothes to wear. The architects who built this alchemy city have nothing to do in dirty huts. Those who produce everything have nothing, and those who produce nothing have everything. I just steal some things from you guys who don't produce and give them to those who really need them."

After hearing this, Fili suddenly understood how this cat girl became a hero. Maybe this kind of thinking is her way.

You can't judge a person by his appearance.

Chapter 208 Thieves also have ideals

Fili and Carol looked at each other for a moment, and both saw helplessness in each other's eyes. Regarding the matter of this cat girl, their only feeling was that God stuffed food into her mouth, but she didn't know it at all. I'm afraid she is a fool.

The way is a kind of idealistic power. People who believe in certain things are often more likely to get version bonuses. Obviously, this cat girl is such a fool. Yes, it is a gift to have power and be stupid sometimes.

"You describe the rich and unkind people in your country. Why do you steal from us outsiders?" Fili felt offended. Do she and Carol look good?

The cat girl finally felt a little guilty, and her voice became lower and lower: "I think you are rich..."

Fili asked again: "We are rich and kind, so you steal from us?"