Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

Elsa put the envelope away and suddenly asked, "By the way, I want to ask if there have been any strange things happening recently? Or some strange things, such as monsters covered in black."

"Strange things? No, I don't understand what you are talking about. In my opinion, there is no one stranger than you."

"Do you hate outsiders like me?"

"Yes, none of us welcome you. If that thing in your hand wasn't worth more than my head, I wouldn't let you in," the guard said rudely. "You're walking with a witch, Sister. You should be aware of this."

The guard's attitude was very rude, but Aisha didn't care much.

Elsa had not experienced the witch rebellion in the past, nor had she lived in an environment affected by the existence of witches. She had no way of evaluating these things. She stood in a different position and could not use the same standards to measure them.

Elsa couldn't help but wonder, she was treated so hostilely just because she was seen traveling with Sofia, so what kind of life did Vivian live in the past year here?

The town was deserted, or rather, everyone was busy with their own work.

Elsa asked a girl who was herding some sheep for directions.

"A monastery... Did Sister Sister come from somewhere else? —Walk from the square in front towards the forest, and then head north at the end."

The shepherd girl said.

It was already evening, and these sheep were not hers. She was in a hurry to get them back to the sheepfold. However, compared to the guards who were hostile to Elsa, her attitude was quite friendly. She even led Elsa to the square and showed her the way.

On the way, Aisha saw the Adventurer's Guild here, but there were not many adventurers in it.

Elsa didn't stay long and came to the church.

The church monastery in Mallaig looks more historical than the one in the town of Vereen. There are traces of fire on one side of its wall, and a cross stands high on the top. The whole thing looks like a person standing in a dark sea of ​​fire.

Elsa explained the situation to the monks at the monastery, then met Father Fletcher and handed the letter to him. The priest made a simple confirmation, which only took a few minutes, much faster than Elsa had imagined.

Aisha took this opportunity to ask, "Father, have any strange dark monsters appeared in the area near Mallaig recently?"

"Strange, pitch-black monsters? You mean the ones that appeared in Weilin Town?"

Fletcher looked up at Aisha.

Aisha was a little surprised: "You know?"

"I've heard of it, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes. Later, I sent people to patrol the forest, but they didn't find anything unusual."

"That's good."

Elsa was worried that the disaster caused by the black monsters would spread to other places. However, after asking Sophia, the guards, and the priest, they all said the same thing, so it seemed that the black monsters had not extended their claws so far.

Father Fletcher solemnly handed the letter back to Aisha.

"Where's Mrs. Trawins?"

"She said it was inconvenient for her to come in and that the people here seemed hostile to her."

"That's true..." The priest sighed, "She hasn't set foot out of the forest for over ten years, but the people here haven't let down their guard against the witch."

Aisha heard something behind the words.

"Has anything happened here before?"

Aisha asked.

The priest glanced at Aisha.

"Before me, the church here was destroyed by a mad witch. She brutally killed all the monks, tied the priests to a cross, set them on fire, and burned them alive."

"That's it..."

The priest looked at Elsa again, but his deep gaze did not reveal anything in Elsa's eyes.

"Don't make that expression. What happened here can't be simply explained in a few words. In the basement of this church, there were just as many witches tortured and humiliated to death as there were priests... There's darkness within light, and everything is a cycle of sin."

Elsa frowned slightly. Father Fletcher seemed to be saying something very scary in a very calm tone.

"But don't worry, that basement has long been sealed. I won't sit idly by and watch the tragedy of that year happen again. Whether it's us or the witches, one day we will be able to live in harmony."

Although the results so far seem to be insignificant.

Father Fletcher did not go on.

"By the way, the road from here to Dammas has been a bit rough lately. Bandits are popping up all the time. Perhaps it's because the main road to the east is no longer usable, so those guys followed the merchants here. Please be careful on the road."

"What happened to the main road to the east?"

"I thought you, coming from Dammas, should know that the eastern road and the Rydes Mountains were destroyed by the appearance of the 'miracle'."

"what?"

Elsa was stunned.

To be honest, when she swung her punch, she only observed whether there was anyone within the range. She could only make sure that no one in front would be affected by her attack, but as for where that place was, she really didn't care that much.

"Thank you for reminding."

"May the goddess bless you."

……

As they left the town, Elsa could still feel the sharp gazes of the guards, while Sophia stood silently in the distance, looking in the direction of the town - although she could not see anything.

When Aisha left here, she thought a lot.

Sophia didn't know what to say about Elsa. She almost didn't remember the time she spent with her friends when she was a child.

As a mother, what attitude should I show towards my daughter's friends?

Maybe she should have entertained them, but when she was in the cottage, she was so focused on Grace and Vivian that she forgot about it for a moment. Now that she thought about it, there was no chance anymore - she could not enter the town and was not familiar with the area.

After all, she couldn't see anything.

Elsa's voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting—I've already taken care of everything here, let's go."

"Hmm...but are we just going to walk over like this?"

Sophia asked.

She heard no sound of horses or wheels.

"Ah, this... isn't really necessary."

Aisha thought for a moment and said.

"But perhaps we will be delayed a little on the road, and may not reach the fortress until evening."

After all, Elsa was partly responsible for the bandits invading the town, although it was only indirect. But if she just left it alone, Elsa would feel a little uneasy.

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204. Fourteen people in total

Sangbu was a horse bandit.

He was originally a bandit who lived in the forest near the road to Crossbell in the north. Sometimes he would rob people on the road, and also go to the forest to make some other income.

However, because the main road was cut off and no one was going that way, he had no choice but to come to this small place - from Dammas to Mallaig, this was the only way to the North, and it was also his old profession.

Today, he brought several brothers to a mountain valley. On one side was a crisscross of low woods on the mountainside, and on the other side was a bare rocky ground. This place could be ambushed on both sides, so they prepared two thick tree trunks to block the road.

They just need to wait in the forest for the prey to take the bait. Even if someone comes to cause trouble, it is a good idea to hide in the forest - because the people here seem to be very afraid of the witch, so those people seem reluctant to enter the forest, which makes it convenient for them, because the witch will hardly leave the hut too far, as long as they don't take the initiative to run over and provoke bad luck.

It was almost dark at this time, but no one was walking this way today.

There seemed to be fewer and fewer caravans traveling between Mallaig and Dammarsh recently, and he didn't know why.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted, "Hey, here comes some work! Two women at that!"

Sangbu quickly put down the wine bag in his hand and greeted the others who were becoming excited.

"Lucky me! Everything is ready for me! I'll enjoy some meat tonight—of course, I'll go first."

"Ohhh!!"

The men were full of energy and moved in an orderly manner. This was not the first time they had done this.

Sambu followed one of them to the mountainside, raised his magic device that could see far away, and looked out through the dense woods.

Two women did appear on the road in the distance.

One of them was wearing a spotless white wizard robe. She had a plump figure and her eyes were covered with white gauze, making her look blind. However, her face and figure were extraordinary and very tempting.

The other one is... a nun?

Sambu was stunned.

This blonde nun is not inferior to the former in terms of beauty, tall figure and holy temperament. Sambu doesn't know if it is an illusion, but he has a feeling that he is also being stared at by the other party - is it a coincidence?

It must be said that the nun and the white-robed mage were probably the most beautiful women Sambu had ever seen in his life. But the problem was that the nun's uniform immediately extinguished any thoughts in Sambu's heart.

"You're a fucking bastard."

Sangbu slapped the man next to him, knocking him to the ground, and then kicked him hard in the butt.

"I've told you countless times that we can't rob people from the church, but you're still stubborn and insist on robbing them, right? Are you blinded by beauty? Are you just after a few pieces of flesh and blood? If you want to die, go ahead, don't use our brothers as a pawn!"

He cursed loudly, leaving the others stunned.

Generally speaking, bandits would not attack church members, but would instead target caravans carrying goods - after all, no one could withstand the wrath of the church, and if they attacked church members, they would be attacked by church knights. Those believers were all extremely crazy, and many of them were very powerful.

If you attack those ordinary businessmen, you will only be wanted or hunted down by the guild with a bounty. Most of these people only do things for money, and they are much easier to deal with than the church. Even if you can't beat them, you can just run away and move to another place to continue to rule the mountain.

Sangbu had seen some colleagues who were so bold as to rob the church's carriage, but within a few days, the church had captured that guy and his lair.

So although Sangbu is proud of his good strength, he lives more cautiously than anyone else.

"Again, we absolutely won't mess with anyone from the church."

Sangbu said this righteously. He would emphasize this kind of words every time just to prevent any of his subordinates from causing trouble and attracting people from the church. He didn't want to be pulled out as a thorn by the church for no reason.

But before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt a flash of light before his eyes. A hurricane, accompanied by a thunderous roar, swept over him, knocking him off his feet. Startled, Sambu quickly reached for his weapon. However, upon seeing the nun before him, he froze. Wasn't this nun so far away just now? What was going on? Why was she here?

The nun had nothing in her hands, and her golden eyes swept around quickly, as if she didn't take Sangbu seriously at all, which made Sangbu's heart skip a beat.

He thought for only a moment, and then he pulled out half of his weapon and put it back nervously.

Just kidding, he could feel the terrifying strength of this nun even with his eyes closed. The nun was so far away just now, but she appeared in front of him in an instant. It was definitely the teleportation magic. In other words, the nun in front of him looked unarmed and weak, but she was a ruthless person who could cast teleportation magic without a staff.

He must be a great magician.

That's the great magician. Although they are outnumbered and may not be completely wiped out by the great magician alone, the problem is that if a fight really breaks out and they face the great magician, Sambu will definitely be the first to be killed.

"Sir...you..."

Sambu wanted to use a soft approach first to calm the great magician down and then escape.

But before she could finish her words, a whole thick log flew out from behind and headed straight for the nun - it was originally a trap used to intercept the carriage.

Two men ran over, one on the left and one on the right, holding weapons.

"Boss, we're here to save you! Kill her!!"

Sangbu felt a mouthful of blood coming up - he didn't want to fight, it was too dangerous. It would be best if they could both take a step back, but now the arrow was on the string and it would be too late if he didn't take action.

As an experienced veteran, he quickly drew his weapon.

But at this moment, he saw the log hitting the nun, and the nun just slowly raised her hand - in Sambu's jaw-dropping eyes, the nun slapped the entire log, which was thicker than four of him, into powder in front of him as if it were a mosquito.

The long swords of the two men also fell into the hands of the nun and were easily broken. Before Sambu could react, four or five ice spikes pierced through the bodies and limbs of the two men, nailing him to the ground. Blood spurted out for a moment.

"what?"

Sambu pulled out half of his weapon and put it in again.

He was still in a daze when a magic sword of ice appeared in the nun's hand and was pressed directly against his neck. He could even feel the blood coming out of his throat, and the cold blood flowed down his neck. However, he could not feel anything at all because of the coldness of the wound.

It was a kind of unknown fear. He didn't know whether his neck was really cut, or how much it was cut.

And above the icy magic sword were the nun's calm golden eyes.

"How many people are there here?"

The nun spoke for the first time, and it was pleasant to hear, but also truly creepy.

"Fourteen... fourteen of us!"

Sambu panicked and spoke quickly, his hands still on the weapon, not daring to move.