The Mystery:The Witch and the Scourge

"As promised, I will only protect your smooth promotion. Saving people is not within the scope of my work."

Louise was leaning against a large tree with dense branches. When she heard this, she couldn't help but glance at the "stranger" who appeared beside her.

Judging from the appearance, the person in front of her is indeed a stranger, and his appearance is really unflattering, but Louise knows the true identity of this person, because this is a helper she hired herself, "

A member of the Twilight Hermits, a demigod craftsman, Russell... who is also Rebecca's grandfather.

On a deeper level, this is just a clone made by Russell. After all, his identity as a demigod is still unknown to outsiders.

That's the good thing about "Alchemist". As long as you have enough materials, you can make anything!

Louise plans to take this opportunity to be promoted to Sequence Five, but she knows that there is a high probability that she will be discovered by "Desperate Nightingale" Panatia, and she will be powerless to resist during the promotion process, so she needs a guard.

...If we use a more elegant word to describe it, then we can call it a "protector".

She even considered whether to ask Bernadette for help, but unfortunately the latter had to leave Backlund for something, so Russell would be great too!

Moreover, this "old naughty" person was easy to talk to, not to mention that she had to help him take care of his granddaughter, so it was easy for Louise to ask him for help.

The rescue of Klein just now seemed to be just Russell's casual act, but in fact, this was something Louise had specifically asked before, otherwise Russell would not take the initiative to meddle in others' affairs.

Louise smiled faintly and promised:

"I will help Rebecca get promoted."

Russell nodded with satisfaction, then his expression became a little solemn, and he said seriously:

"You only said you wanted to be promoted, but you never said you would encounter such a dangerous situation!"

"The meteorite that fell from the sky just now was definitely done intentionally by someone, and the person who could cause this situation is definitely not an ordinary demigod."

Louise still kept smiling and said:

"Don't worry, that meteorite didn't come for us. My only goal today is to succeed in being promoted to the 'Pain Witch', and other things have nothing to do with me."

It has nothing to do with you and you still ask me to rescue people... Russell muttered in a low voice, suddenly turned his head and looked at the path ahead, and said:

"somebody is coming."

Before he finished speaking, his figure disappeared.

Louise straightened up, put her hands behind her back, and watched with a smile as a woman with a slightly sad expression appeared at the end of the path.

It was Triss who chose this planned escape route.

"You're finally here." Louise greeted with a smile.

Triss was surprised at first, then quickly looked around and found no sign of "Desperate Nightingale" Panatia. Then she breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Why are you here?"

Louise spread her hands and said, "Obviously, I'm waiting for you."

"What are you waiting for me to do?" Triss asked.

Louise replied naturally: "Fulfill our promise!"

Triss shook her head: "I don't understand."

"Oh, you won't be dazzled by the joy of successfully escaping from Prince Edsac!"

When Louise said this, she kept paying close attention to Triss's expression, and the latter couldn't help but frown, with a complicated expression on her face.

Probably having some guesses in her mind, Louise continued:

"You won't forget our promise, right? When you escape, you will give me the ring on your hand."

Triss immediately retorted: "Our promise was completely invalidated the moment Panatia appeared."

Louise pretended to be suddenly enlightened, said a long "oh" and said:

"So that's it, but you didn't notify me? I thought our promise was still effective!"

Triss didn't want to waste time here. She wanted to get out of the control of the person behind her as soon as possible, so she said:

"Now that you know, I can go."

"Of course... no." Louise said in a long voice.

This behavior that seemed to be delaying time made Triss feel a little uneasy. She secretly increased her vigilance and issued an ultimatum:

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Louise suppressed the smile on her lips and said without any doubt:

"You have two choices before you. Give me the ring, or fight with me. If you win, you can leave here."

"However, I want to remind you that if during our battle, 'Ms. Desperation' is likely to arrive suddenly, do you think she will arrest you? Or will she reward me?"

Triss' face became even more ugly. She was now a traitor. If Panatia found out, the consequences would definitely be tragic, but Louise's messy behavior was really infuriating!

No, no, no, wait... Louise's character is not that bad, and her sense of belonging to the "Witch Cult" is not even much higher than hers. How could she suddenly become so loyal today?

For some reason, she was particularly obsessed with the ring on her hand, but her current state seemed to be delaying time, looking confident... Triss thought about many things at once, and quickly did it A decision was made.

She took a deep look at Louise, and at the same time took off the sapphire ring on the little finger of her left hand and threw it away without any hesitation.

Afterwards, Triss turned around and left completely, her figure quickly disappeared, and as expected, she was not stopped by anything.

Louise couldn't help being a little stunned. She originally wanted to chat with Triss for a while, but who knew that the latter would be so decisive? This is a "0" level sealed artifact! Don't you feel bad at all?

What Louise didn't know was that Triss had already been mentally prepared to hand over the ring to her, and the latter had more than this in mind.

If you wear this ring, there is a risk of being tracked by the "Witch Cult". However, Triss did not teach Louise how to block tracking, and she also had the intention of using the latter as bait.

This is related to a problem of information gap. The information the two people know is not mutually shared, or is far from each other.

Louise did not fancy the extraordinary ability of the ring, nor did she want to keep it for a long time, but just regarded it as a "tool" and destroyed it after use, without feeling any distress at all.

However, she still had to be cautious. She didn't even reach out to pick it up. Instead, she released a wisp of invisible filaments to wrap around the ring and put it into a wooden box she carried with her.

Also contained in this wooden box is the "Charm of Destiny" given to him by Will Auceptin, which can temporarily block the sight of the "Original Witch".

This is also the reason why Louise deliberately dragged the topic away to delay the conversation. The later she gets the ring, the lower the risk, but it will not affect the final result.

After Triss left, Russell reappeared on the side, and he said seriously:

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Louise put away the wooden box, turned around and smiled slightly:

"My purpose has never changed. It's just a matter of being successfully promoted to Sequence Five."

"But that ring..." Russell wanted to say something more, but suddenly stopped because he discovered a large-scale spiritual fluctuation.

The direction is in the east district of Backlund.