The Wizarding Age

It must be said that after becoming a wizard, Grimm's time dimension seems to be different from that of ordinary people.

The last time he met Catherine, she was just an ordinary trainee knight, and she had to use all her strength to stand firm in front of Grimm.

But now, she is actually a Black Iron Knight admired by everyone!

In a trance, Grimm realized that five years had passed without him noticing.

For Grimm, five years was just a "slightly" long fight between him and several wizard hunters. But for other guys, five years is enough for them to cross an important period of their lives.

However, no matter how exaggerated the growth of Catherine's strength is, she can't detect the flame rune that Grimm has injected into her body.

In the past five years, this flame rune has also transmitted back countless fragmented and messy information, but Grimm blocked them all by himself. At that time, he was busy fighting with several witch hunters, so he had no time to read the growth process of a little trainee knight.

However, after solving his enemies, Grimm, who was freed up, picked up Catherine's line and instantly understood the changes of the other party in the past few years through the past information accumulated in the chip database.

Black Mountain City?

Catherine is now in Black Mountain City in the south of the Zambes Empire.

It seems that a nest of the remaining forces of the fraud witch has been discovered there, and the paladins are trying to gather people to catch them all.

According to the vague information sent back by Catherine, the witch's nest seems to be hosted by two level 3 fraud witches, who have repelled the paladins' multiple attacks. The two sides fought in the jungles, deserts, and swamps around Black Mountain City, and the continuous war has lasted for a long time.

For some reason, the two 4th-level holy knights who were originally leading the team there suddenly turned around halfway, which led to the fact that the large number of holy knights faced the insidious and cunning witches from another world. After more than two months of continuous encirclement and suppression, they still had not achieved the final victory.

As a rising star among the new generation of black iron knights, Catherine performed exceptionally well in the battle to siege the witches. She had personally "purified" five witch believers and an incalculable number of evil witch beasts.

Among the holy knights who were encircling the witches, there were seven 3rd-level gold knights, and this was what attracted Grimm the most.

He knew very well that the two holy knights must be around the Gunsas volcano at this moment. If Remi's plague corps marched towards the capital of the Zambez Empire at this time, the two holy knights would definitely give priority to strangling these enemies who suddenly appeared.

At that time, there would be no 4th-level holy knights sitting near the Black Mountain City in the south.

And there would also become the best battlefield for Grimm to plunder the Holy Light Soul.

As for whether this move would help the fraud witch, this was obviously not what Grimm really cared about!

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Deadwood Canyon.

In a hidden cave, six fraud witches in black robes were sitting around a campfire and whispering about something.

"We don't have much time left..." A one-armed witch said in a deep voice: "Although the paladins who came to search for us were led to Crow Ridge, they will eventually react. Once they turn around and increase the intensity of the search, the illusion magic array set up outside the Deadwood Canyon will not be able to stop them for too long!"

Although the one-armed witch was expressing her views, her eyes were staring straight at the tall witch at the top. Not only her, but all the witches present were staring at the witch, waiting for her to give orders.

As soon as the tall witch opened her mouth, she couldn't help coughing repeatedly, and the hoarse and ambiguous sound of pulling the old bellows sounded heartbreaking. The shriveled chest rose and fell violently, and it took a long time to calm down the restless magic energy in the body.

"What's the situation in the Misty Valley?" Finally, the tall witch spoke.

"It was just breached by the Paladins 7 hours ago..." A white-haired witch whispered.

"Where are the sisters there?"

"Two died in the battle, and the remaining one has moved to the west. From the last message she sent back, the situation is not optimistic!"

"What about the Soul Burial Swamp?"

"It has been three days without contact." The white-haired witch's voice became lower and lower: "I'm afraid..."

The faces of the witches in the field could not help but dim.

Once upon a time, they were all powerful wizards who traveled across various planes. Now, the witch tower was breached by the natives of this plane, and they have become rats that everyone shouts and cannot see the light. Such frustration and resentment can drive people crazy.

Since the witch tower was torn down, their team has been pursued by the mad paladins.

In order to preserve their strength and power, the remaining twenty or so fraudulent witches had to split up, evade the pursuit of the paladins, and escape to the vicinity of Blackwater City.

Here, they barely managed to gain a foothold, and created five hidden points with defensive witch formations in one go, and carefully rested here.

Unfortunately, after only three or two months, the paladins were like sharks smelling blood, and they tracked them again. From the top of the mountain to the abyss rift, no matter where the witches hid, the paladins would spare no effort to find them and "purify" them one by one.

In theory, those who can break out of the siege of the Paladins are not weak, and the proportion of Level 2 among the remaining fraud witches is much higher than that of ordinary witch teams. Unfortunately, once a powerful witch loses logistical support, her witchcraft materials are exhausted, and her witchcraft equipment is damaged one after another, the combat power she can exert will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, in the absence of supplies, even the most powerful Level 2 or 3 witches may be killed by the opponent!

What's more, the Paladins here are simply invincible, with an astonishing number, and they are not afraid of life and death at all. What's more terrifying is that the number of high-level Paladins following them is not less than that of fraud witches.

Therefore, from 23 witches three months ago to 12 witches now, the number of fraud witches has dropped sharply to a sad level. And all this is caused by the hateful Paladins who are chasing them all over the mountains and plains outside.

There were originally two Level 3 witches stationed in the Envik plane by the Fraud Witch, one of whom died at the hands of the Level 4 Holy Knight when the tower was breached. The Level 3 witch who escaped with injuries was the tall witch, Tess Sinaya, who had been coughing all the time.

When she escaped, she was slashed by the Level 4 Holy Knight, and most of her chest was destroyed. If she hadn't brought high-level witch medicine with her, she would have died long ago.

However, she had been displaced and hiding in the past few years, and had no time to find a suitable magic potion to adjust her injuries. Therefore, although her life was saved, she suffered serious sequelae. Now, the combat power she can exert is only at the level of the intermediate Level 2.

Once the explosive power exceeds the endurance limit of this broken body, the life system that is barely maintained may collapse at any time. Given their current lack of medical care and medicine, it means the arrival of death.

Therefore, when she suddenly heard a series of bad news, Tess Sinaya's heart was filled with despair and sadness.

After a long time, she barely controlled her emotions and asked, "Where is the Tower Master Itariel?"

Her current level 3 is no longer worthy of the name, but the Itariel who came to reinforce them is still a genuine level 3 witch. And the other party also joined them on the way the witches fled.

It was just that she hated the other party's poor rescue and the loss of the batch of witch array materials, which was the main reason for the fall of the witch tower. Therefore, the witches stationed in the local area were dissatisfied with this witch Itariel and refused to follow her assignment.

Hearing Tess Witch's question, several witches present looked at each other, and it seemed that they didn't know where this witch Itariel had gone.

Only the white-haired witch hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Yesterday, the wizard Itariel seemed to have received a witchcraft message. He simply told her to meet a friend and left in a hurry without specifying his specific whereabouts..."

The faces of all the witches changed immediately.

"Illya, are you getting old and confused... What friends would that Itariel have here!" The one-armed witch said angrily, looking worried and uneasy.

The white-haired witch was stunned, and then suddenly said: "Are you worried that she will betray us? Impossible, she is also a witch! Those natives will not let her go..."

"Humph, it's time, and you are still so naive. If she really wanted to rescue us, how could she put the most important thing on that bitch Reina!"

The one-armed witch's speech immediately resonated with several witches, and they couldn't help cursing.

"Lady Tess, we can't hesitate, let's move now! Otherwise..."

While discussing, several witches suddenly changed their faces and looked back at the entrance of the cave.

Just now, several defensive magic arrays they set up outside the Deadwood Canyon were triggered. Judging from the speed of the other party without stopping, it can only be the witch Itariel who also controls the authority of the magic array.

If it was just Itariel, they might not have such a big reaction. The key is that according to the feedback from the magic array, there was also a stranger who entered the Deadwood Canyon with Itariel.

Stranger? In this shitty alien plane full of pursuers, the so-called stranger means enemy, and the enemy means fighting and sacrifice. Over the years, how many witch sisters have sacrificed in the Envik plane?

Therefore, when they sensed a strange breath of life rushing into the cave through the protective magic array, all the witches couldn't help but get nervous.

Who did Itariel bring? Is it an enemy or a friend?

All the witches drew out their magic wands, raised their witch staffs, and acted as if they were facing a great enemy!