
The matter with the fog monster was done. Elena, Windy, Lisa, and Aya exchanged good-bye greetings. They're gathered at Lock's log cabin.
"Thank you for defeating the monster" Lock said, "Without you, maybe this forest will be filled with fog."
"Thank you back," Elena replied with a sweet face, "There's no need to feel indebted. I was able to exert a power that I did not use thanks to fighting the monster. I'm happy too."
"Fix it," Lock insisted, "I'm so grateful to you."
"Well, how else then," said Elena, "But please turn the word 'you' into the word 'you'. I'd rather be."
The meaning of the word "you" is Elena, Lisa, Windy, and Aya, while the meaning of the word "you" is Elena alone. The point Elena said so was that she felt and intended that if there was any respect for Lock's words, then only she would have the right to receive that respect.
Lock doesn't care. He frowned his forehead filled with a feeling of wonder but never mind. He forgot after. "By the way, where are you going?"
"We will head to the place where the witches gather," Elena replied, "Out there, the witches who are in the minority get mistreated instead of being revered and taken advantage of. I don't care and I'm sure I can 'slaughter' those people, but for the two of them who are weak, they need to gather with a bunch of them." He also added more slowly, "The risk is getting weaker."
Lisa and Windy are quite offended. But what can they do? Using Elena as a comparison, unfortunately the girl was 'right'. They are both very weak.
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Now let's go to the other side. The sides of Fint, Rena, and Dorm are.
The three of them "magically" survived the fall from the cliff. Of course, Elena has something to do with it. In another making sure the three of them were separated with her group, Elena also made sure they survived. There was a small group of other caravan members who survived as well. Elena wasn't that cruel to let everyone just die. All he left to die was a "majority.
Congratulations do not mean they can relax. Currently, their location is still in the forest. They had to desperately try to gather food, treat the injured, as well as collect leftover items from the caravan that might still be usable.
The early days were very unlucky since a thick fog covered where they were. The thick fog that appeared suddenly made their movement stop and had to camp in this forest of antagonists. At least after the fog disappeared, they continued on their way to find a way out of the forest. And lucky they got to the nearest town.
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Back to Elena and the guys. The three of them plus one cat went on a long journey for days. The road they walked was quite remote. There were no villages or towns that they passed through. Food and drink are obtained from nature directly. And finally, after many days of travel, until they were in a place that Lisa claimed as a gathering place for witches.
"{So this is the place?}"
In front of them is a creepy rocky land without a single life — or at least that's what it looks like. This certainly made Aya and Windy feel doubtful whether the path that had been passed for several days was correct. Or else, they thought the witches were in a very miserable condition to build a headquarters in a place that felt the aura of "his death".
"Hehe, it's like this nothing comes out. But if you approach—"
Elena took out a piece of coin and threw it at the "death" aura in front of her. It was a few centimeters away and the coin disappeared. The sound of iron is still heard even though the form of coins is not visible.
"Is it an illusion?" Elena commented flatly. "You're good enough to have a witch who controls the light. It's a pretty complicated element."
"Ugh, even a trick of this level you can tell." Lisa was feeling sluggish. "Is there anything that might surprise you?"
"A lot," Elena replied, "Just you don't know."
The three of them stepped forward. Just a few steps they seemed to pass through an invisible curtain. Instantly what they saw changed, from a rocky land without life to a shady black with a dense green color. Not a deadly misty forest like before, but more like a awake garden. The plants were beautiful and Elena did not feel any signs of danger from the beasts at all. And even better, that place was a huge cave. If you have to make a comparison with the environment in the real world, it is like Er Wang Dong Cave in Chongquing province, China.
"Interesting," said Elena, "I don't think you've found a place like this in the world."
"Great…." Windy flabbergasted. "I just knew this time there was such an amazing place."
"Great, right? Our leader discovered this place by chance and made it a base for the magicians to take refuge in. We have been here for decades and have not been detected by the Annihilation Association nor any royal government. This is a very suitable place to take shelter."
"{Not wrong anyway.}" Aya remembered the access road and their trip earlier. "{Make it here is difficult like creating a thesis with three supervisors who each have expectations too high.}"
"Come on!" take Lisa.
Lisa guided through the path. Elena activates her «Penerawang» hold and is on standby. His ability to see and observe everything around him. This place is too isolated from the outside world. Even inside here it was like there was a different climate of its own. And what Elena was more watching over was the ability of a witch.
He had indeed underestimated the abilities of the magicians in this world. He was certain that even if there were 100 witches to be his opponent, Elena still had the confidence to win or at least run away. The problem is the unique ability of each of them. Given Lisa's abilities that have similarities with her magical abilities (despite the lite version), Elena could have met a witch who has abilities similar to her other bright abilities. And some of Elena's psychic abilities, there are troublesome ones when her enemies have them.
Just put it aside first about Elena's psychic ability and vigilance. Aya, that cat, she relaxed over Elena's head while enjoying the natural beauty there. He was the best from the beginning. Over 80% of her job was to sit on Elena's head and go with the flow.
But at this moment, at the time he was observing around, his eyes caught him the agile movements of the little creatures. Movement that moves the bushes on the ground surface. From the pattern it might just be rats. But for some reason, it aroused Aya's curiosity instinct.
The cat jumped off Elena's head. Sudden. Elena until she pouted. But nevermind. The cat got into the bushes and went away.
"Hey, your pet ran away m, tuh," said Windy, "Don't want to catch him?"
"Leave it. It will also return by itself."