Journey to the witch world

On the spacious road, a cavalry team was moving forward.

"This is the royal city of Steel Castle Kingdom."

Not long after, the cavalry arrived outside a city with the words "Steel City" hanging above it. It was the royal city of the Steel Castle Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Steel Castle is a small border country. Although it belongs to the kingdom in name, its actual territory is pitiful. If it were not for the fact that there were several mining areas within the territory, it would not even be qualified to pay tribute to the academy.

"Please two wizards follow me."

Knight Dylan drove his mount and walked at the front, welcoming Caroline and Enzo into the Steel City. After passing through a city area, they arrived at a castle.

"Your Highness Bukai, the wizards of the Phantom Crows have arrived in the Steel Castle Kingdom, these two are them."

Knight Dylan ordered his cavalry to stop, and then took Enzo and Caroline into the castle. In the hall, he saw a sad-looking young man wearing rich clothes.

"What? The wizard is here?"

Hearing the words of Knight Dylan, the young man in fine clothes suddenly raised his head, saw the two people in robes, and quickly stood up and saluted.

"Good day, both wizards."

The young man in colorful clothes used the etiquette of the wizarding world and introduced himself: "I am the third-level apprentice Bukai, and I am also the new king of the Steel Castle Kingdom."

Enzo looked around and looked at Buquet.

The magical aura emanating from his body showed that the other party was indeed a third-level apprentice, but his strength was average. He seemed to be a third-level apprentice who relied on too many external forces to get promoted.

"Is this how you requested help from the academy?"

Caroline's eyes were indifferent, she glanced at Buquet with a respectful attitude, and asked softly.

"I'm sorry, Lord Wizard."

Bukai looked nervous and said, "My father died too suddenly. I didn't expect those untouchables to dare to rebel and occupy the mining area so quickly!"

The opportunity for the rebellion in the Steel Castle Kingdom was the death of Budina, the old king. Even though the founder was an official wizard, he finally could not resist the erosion of time.

Therefore, after the death of the old king, a rebellion broke out in the mining area. Perhaps because of the previous two hundred years of rule, the kingdom had brought too much oppression to the people, and the rebels quickly formed an insurrectionary army to get the situation out of control.

In the early stages of the rebellion in the mining area, Buquet had no intention of asking the academy for help because it was difficult for this small and weak kingdom to pay him. It was not until the situation got out of control that Buquet had no choice but to send a signal for help.

"I hope Crow Phantom will not hold me responsible..." Bukai looked at Caroline nervously, praying silently in his heart.

The Kingdom of Steel Castle is the territory of Crow Phantom. While enjoying the rights, the king must also maintain his rule. No matter what, if the rebellion in the mining area forms a rebel army, Bukai has an unshirkable responsibility.

"Just after taking over the throne as king, there was such a serious rebellion in the territory. How did you become the king?" Caroline said quietly, looking at Buquet with indifferent eyes.

Bukai's heart skipped a beat, and his thoughts flashed rapidly.

"There is a rebellion in the mining area, and I do have an unshirkable responsibility." Under Caroline's gaze, a few drops of cold sweat broke out on Bukai's forehead. He quickly took out a metal ring and begged, "But please, Lord Wizard, look at it." For my father’s sake, please say a nice word to me when writing the mission report!”

Caroline raised her eyebrows and took the metal ring.

After casually looking at it, Caroline could see that this was a high-level demonized item of poor quality. Its value would not exceed a thousand magic stones at most, but it should be extremely precious to Bukai.

"It's not bad." Caroline said lightly, and then put away the metal ring.

Next to him, Bukai breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that Caroline has accepted her bribe, she will be lenient and less responsible when writing the mission report when everything is over.

"Are you planning to share a magical item between the two of us?" At this time, Caroline said quietly again.

Bukai's face suddenly turned pale, and then he remembered that there was a wizard next to him, but he only prepared one gift.

"What can we do?" Bukai was anxious.

Enzo didn't pay attention to these things. He seemed to notice something. He frowned slightly and looked around the castle hall.

Suddenly, his gaze stopped at one place.

"What's wrong, Enzo?" On the side, Caroline was a little surprised.

Enzo's eyes narrowed, and then he thought.

A tidal wave of shadows appeared under his feet, twisted into a hand, and grabbed forward as fast as lightning, grabbing a black beetle.

"This is..." Caroline frowned.

Beside him, Bukai's expression also changed slightly. The black beetle felt a little familiar to him. A certain thought flashed through his heart and he quickly shook his head.

"The eavesdropper has been monitoring the palace."

With a calm expression on his face, Enzo held the black beetle in his hand, recorded the eavesdropping bug's breath in his heart, and crushed it with just a little force between his fingers.

"How could this happen?" Caroline frowned. Creatures like eavesdropping bugs are usually cultivated by wizards for monitoring or stealing intelligence.

"It seems that the rebellion in the Steel Castle Kingdom is not just a simple uprising of civilians." Enzo shook his head slightly.

Caroline's eyes flickered, and her thoughts changed in her heart.

"The mining area occupied by the rebels is there. Take us there now." Turning around, Enzo ordered Buquet next to him.

"Now... now?"

Bukai was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses, bowed and said, "Follow your orders, Lord Wizard!"

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Located in the south of Steel City, there is a large mountain range. The environment here is harsh and there are large rocks everywhere, but it is the largest mining area in the kingdom.

About half a year ago, the old king Budina suddenly passed away. One night, a riot broke out in the mining area, and a large number of mining slaves killed the guards here.

At that time, Bouquet had just succeeded to the throne.

He was busy stabilizing all the forces in the Steel Castle Kingdom, but he ignored the rebellion in the mining area, causing the situation to quickly get out of control. After the rebels captured two small towns in succession, they formed a powerful force.

At this time, Bukai came back to his senses.

But it was too late. The rebel army, which occupied the mining area and two small towns as its base, became more powerful and defeated the kingdom's army three times.

As a last resort, Bukai had no choice but to ask for help from the college.

"This is the largest mining area in the Steel Castle Kingdom, and it is also the base of those untouchables!" Not far from the mine, Bukai pointed forward.

Enzo looked around and saw the entrance to a valley in front of him.

Mountains like dragon's spines sit on both sides, forming a long and narrow road. In this environment that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it does not seem to be a strange thing that the kingdom's army was defeated three times.

Suddenly, Enzo frowned and the tip of his nose moved.

"It seems like a smell of sulfur?" At this time, Caroline also smelled a faint pungent smell in the air and said hesitantly.

Enzo nodded, it was indeed the smell of sulfur.

Turning on the scanning function of the chip, he discovered that there was a large amount of sulfur and the like buried in this valley. It seemed that just lighting a fire would create a huge explosion and destroy the entire mining area.

"It seems that the rebels here are very smart." Caroline raised her eyebrows.

Burying a large amount of sulfur in the valley will make the royal army afraid to enter it in large numbers. Coupled with the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack environment, as long as the rebel army has sufficient supplies, they can stay here for a long time.

"In this case, there is no need for others to go in."

Enzo's tone was indifferent. There was a large amount of sulfur buried under the valley. If a mortal soldier from the kingdom's army stepped into it, it would be like dying. Therefore, the army could only stay outside the mining area.

Caroline nodded slightly and waved to Buquet.

The third-level apprentice understood immediately and ordered his troops to retreat, but left Knight Dylan alone.

"The environment inside the mining area is complex, and the two adults need a guide."

Buquet explained that Enzo had no objection. Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, he did not intend to waste time and called Caroline and Dylan Knight to enter the valley together.

"Chip, turn on the scanning function!" Enzo ordered in his mind.

The rebels in the Steel Castle Kingdom sounded like they were just mortals, but the discovery of eavesdropping bugs in the palace made Enzo feel that this time things were not as simple as he thought, so he decided to be more cautious.

The three of them rode their respective mounts and gradually went deeper into the valley.

The surrounding environment began to become complicated. Abandoned mines appeared near the mountains on both sides. The atmosphere was strangely quiet. After walking forward for ten minutes, the three of them did not see a single person.

At this moment, Enzo suddenly stopped.

Even without the prompt from the chip, he could still feel the abnormalities around him. Caroline's eyes narrowed, and with a burst of chaotic shouts, many figures appeared in the mountains on both sides, holding long bows and crossbows.

Whoosh!

The rebels in the mining area seemed to have been ambushing here for a long time. They aimed at the three people below and fired a round of arrows. Knight Dylan suddenly felt like he was facing a formidable enemy and nervously pulled out his cross sword.

However, Enzo and Caroline didn't care.

"The Dance of the Wind!"

Caroline's face was expressionless, and she raised her hand casually, and a strong wind was summoned immediately, blowing down the arrows in the air. At the same time, she controlled the strong wind, and knocked off the rebels who were ambushing here.

"What a ridiculous bunch of mortals."

Caroline had a sneer on her face. After being promoted to an official wizard, she had a natural sense of superiority towards mortals, just like higher beings treating lower creatures, full of indifference.

"Be careful, something's not right."

At this time, Enzo suddenly spoke. He looked to the right. There seemed to be an unusual aura among the ambushing rebels. Under the scanning of the chip, several special humans were discovered.

The next moment, a terrifying roar came from the rebel army.

Several mortal rebels had black energy gushing out of their bodies. Their muscles swelled and burst their clothes, and their faces became twisted and hideous, as ugly as demons crawling out of the abyss.

"Kill them all!"

Those deformed mortals were on all fours, swooping down from above like wild beasts, their scarlet eyes filled with bloodthirsty luster, exuding an extremely chaotic aura.

"Wind Blade Attack!"

Caroline frowned, waved her hand and summoned a series of wind blades, shooting at the aberrant mortals. The wind blades cut on their bodies, but only scratched their skin and shed a trace of black blood, without causing fatal injuries.

"What's going on?" Caroline was surprised.

Although the spell she released just now was only zero-ring witchcraft, as a formal wizard, that level of spell was enough to kill extraordinary knights, but it failed to cause substantial damage to those monsters.

At this time, several monsters were already rushing towards the three of them.

Enzo's eyes were calm, and with a thought, the shadow domain suddenly spread, covering several monsters, and then shadow tentacles came out, binding and entangling all the monsters.

"Eat them!"

"Go! Kill!!"

Even though they were restrained by the shadow tentacles, the monsters still roared manically, and the chaotic atmosphere continued to spread, seeming to have a certain impact on the surroundings.

Next to him, Dylan Knight looked ugly and was in a daze.

"Is it the breath of the abyss?" Feeling the chaotic breath emanating from several monsters, Caroline's eyes became solemn.

Enzo also stroked it, with a flash of thought in his eyes.

The chaotic aura that filled the monsters was very similar to the power of the abyss, as if these people were invaded by the abyss and thus became deformed.

At this time, the mutation occurred again!

Several monsters that were originally restrained by the shadow tentacles suddenly let out painful wails, their mouths opened to an exaggerated degree, and balls of black energy surged out of their bodies and flew in one direction.

The next moment, several monsters returned to human form.

However, after losing the black mist, they all seemed to have lost their souls, their expressions on their faces were extremely dull, and their bodies were limp, like shells.

Enzo raised his hand, and the shadow realm dissipated.

Several mortals fell to the ground and gradually lost their breath. At the same time, the rebels who were ambushing around them also fled one after another. They seemed to be very familiar with the surrounding environment and soon disappeared deep into the mountains.

Enzo rolled over and jumped off the magic horse, and walked forward to check.

Several corpses on the ground have become stiff, and their skin is extremely pale. They sink deeply when touched lightly with fingers, as if they have been dead for a long time.

"How's it going?" Caroline also walked over.

"There is no soul. He should have been dead for a long time." Enzo shook his head and said solemnly, "The black mist just now should come from the abyss and is the energy source that drives them."

Caroline frowned, her face looking a little ugly.

She originally thought it was just a simple mission, but now it was the wizard and the abyss, and things suddenly became complicated, which made her want to quit. As a member of the Kendi family, Caroline would not be punished too much even if the mission failed.

"How about forget it?"

Caroline hesitated and tentatively said, "This mission is beyond control. How about reporting it to the academy and sending a few more wizards to handle it?"

"That's not necessary."

Enzo shook his head and said, "Although it is more complicated than expected, it has not reached the level where it needs to be reported to the academy. Since there are mortals infected by the power of the abyss here, it means that the mastermind behind everything is here."

"Next, as long as we find him, we can find out the reason behind this mission!"