Chat group, if you have anything to say to my Holy Sword,

Don't touch anything related to the other party!

Only in this way can you guarantee that you are still you.

Ute said with a bored expression, "How boring. You people are so dull. Xia Yin is much better. Unlike your partners, who are like this. Heh, what kind of alliance are you trying to form... it's really..."

"——Smile, laugh, ya".

"You've completely disgraced your seniors!"

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I tried my best and wrote three chapters.

Chapter 105 The Hero and the Witch's Investigation

The moonlight poured down, cold as frozen spring water, submerging the sleeping city. The alleys meandered in this silvery glow, the bluestone pavement was washed and gleamed, reflecting the silent, towering, dark walls on both sides, as oppressive as the intestinal walls of some giant creature.

"What...what kind of hellhole is this!" The young knight's voice trembled as he unconsciously gripped the hilt of his sword, his knuckles turning white from the force.

His companion patted him on the shoulder and comforted him. "Don't worry too much. With so many people disappearing, the Magic Society will definitely send people to handle it. If we hold this line and prevent that thing from sneaking into the residential area, that will be a great achievement! As long as we can hold on, we'll be richly rewarded when we get out."

Perhaps the comforting words from his companions had an effect, and the young knight calmed down a bit.

"Haha, that's it! You're still too young. Cheer up! If we all give up, who will protect the people?" His partner patted him on the shoulder again and laughed as he moved forward to continue patrolling.

However, the laughter abruptly stopped.

The heavy, sluggish footsteps tore through the deathly silence.

The shadows writhed, and a figure dressed in the standard armor of a city guard knight, but with its breastplate torn and its abdomen gaping open, stepped into the moonlight. It dragged a rusty longsword, the tip of which scraped against the stone slabs, making a grating creaking sound.

"Clang—!" The knights drew their swords, the cold blades all pointing at their former comrades, now walking corpses.

Under the moonlight, another battle began.

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Meanwhile, at the top of the town's tallest lighthouse.

Xiling sat cross-legged on the cold bricks, with a light screen floating and unfolding in front of him.

【Warrior Chasing Fire】: "Open the door! You bastard, how dare you post this kind of picture? I'm going to kick your ass to pieces with my boots!"

[The Great Magician Faded One]: "You really need some discipline, Xiling. You're practically inhuman."

【I Am a Witch】: "I just ate, you jerk!"

【I am the Savior】: "It's all because of you, Xiling, that I had to shout in class because of this picture, and now I'm being punished outside!"

Sitting atop the town's tallest lighthouse, Xiling looked at the messages from everyone in the chat group with a happy expression.

[I Don't Want to Be a Hero Anymore]: "Hehehe, I just wanted to broaden your horizons! This is a noble ancient god of our world! His existence is unrecorded; he's both a god and a monster! Don't you know how to appreciate art?!"

[I Am a Witch]: "With a god who looks like this, your world is beyond saving."

[Warrior Chasing Fire]: "Enough with the nonsense, open the door for me!"

【I Am a Witch】: "Me too!"

[The Great Magician Faded One]: "I'm only doing this because I'm busy right now, otherwise I would definitely go over and teach you a lesson."

As soon as Xiling gained access, she was immediately entangled in death by Kevin, who entered through the portal.

"You jerk! I was eating and almost spat it out. If I had, my cool and aloof image would have been ruined in everyone's eyes."

"You're still trying to maintain a cool and aloof image?! Are you crazy?!"

Just then, another figure emerged from the portal. Long, greyish-white hair fluttered gently in the night breeze, and beneath the iconic witch's hat was a delicate face bearing a clear expression of disdain.

Ignoring the two childish fools, her gaze passed over their playful antics and landed on the edge of the lighthouse. The wind was stronger up there, whipping her long, gray hair and dark witch's robes into a fluttering sound. She took a few steps forward, gently placing her hands on the cold stone railing, facing the cool evening breeze as she looked down at the entire town.

Moonlight Town is indeed beautiful. The city's layout is exquisite and amazing. Rows of houses with uniform pointed roofs are arranged in an exceptionally neat manner, and the streets are straight and orderly, forming a large and regular pattern.

The meaning of travel lies in witnessing: the scenery, the city, and the local people's way of life.

But Elena's smile quickly vanished, because it was too quiet. The whole town was deathly silent. An empty town was far more eerie than a desolate wilderness.

The two stopped what they were doing and Xiling got up to straighten her clothes.

“I actually didn’t recommend you come here now. From what you’ve seen of this entire town, tens of thousands of people have mysteriously disappeared. I suspect they’re no longer in this world. They didn’t die, but entered another dimension. My intuition tells me that the clues are in this town, but unfortunately, I haven’t found them yet.”

Kevin's eyes swept across the city. "The hidden corpse of an ancient god brought disease, followed by population disappearances. It smells like a serious conspiracy."

“Yes,” Xiling nodded.

Elena then turned to look at Xiling. "Didn't you find any clues?"

Xiling shrugged helplessly. "As you can see, if I had found a clue, I wouldn't be waiting here idly."

“Then,” Elena pointed down to the town, “let’s go investigate.”

Xiling nodded.

Kevin spoke up at that moment, "I have something to do, just call me when the group starts."

Xiling gave Kevin a disdainful look. "I thought you came here to help, but it turns out you just came here to get revenge on me, didn't you?"

Kevin gave a thumbs up. "Attacking group members through the internet was one of my dreams. Alright, I'm leaving. Remember to let us know in the group if you have any leads."

After leaving those words, Kevin turned and returned to his own world.

At the top of the tower, only Xiling and Elena remained.

Xiling turned to look at Elena. "It seems that it's just the two of us investigators on our own."

Elena raised her delicate chin slightly, a sly smile curving her lips: "Hmm, then, I'll have to trouble our hero to take good care of this weak witch who can't even kill a chicken?"

"Oh," Xiling responded, turning her gaze back to the street below, seemingly pondering where to begin.

Irene raised an eyebrow, extremely dissatisfied with this perfunctory attitude: "Hey! Attitude! Attitude matters, okay! Isn't it a classic trope for a hero to protect a witch? Show some heroism!"

Xiling rolled her eyes, then put on a serious expression and patted her chest. "I am the noble, elegant, and exceptionally intelligent beautiful witch! I, Xiling, hereby swear by my life and honor! No matter what lies ahead, whether it be a mountain of knives or a sea of ​​fire or an ancient god who has lost his sanity, as long as I have not breathed my last, I will never let a speck of dust stain your noble robes! Your safety is the highest meaning of my existence!"

Completely unaffected by Xiling's exaggerated tone, Elena smiled and nodded with satisfaction, "Hmm~ That's right, I am the noble, elegant, and exceptionally wise beautiful witch. Remember your vow, hero."

As soon as she finished speaking, Elena gracefully mounted her hovering broom.

"Alright, let's get started." As soon as Elena finished speaking, the broom carried her nimbly down the city street below! The evening breeze instantly billowed her witch's hat and robe.

When Elena landed steadily in the middle of an empty street below, put away her broom, and stood still, she looked speechlessly at the application in front of her. After agreeing, a portal appeared, and Xiling stepped out of the portal and landed next to Elena.

Elena rolled her eyes and drawled, "Hey~ I said, could you be any lazier?"

"I call this making good use of all available resources. The chat group's teleportation function isn't just for show; I might as well use it."

Xiling looked completely at ease.

Elena crossed her arms and stared at Xiling for a few seconds, her gaze as if she were looking at some rare, terminally lazy creature.

"You're right, I'll do that next time."

As dusk settled, Xiling and Elena walked side by side down the deserted street. The echoes of their boots striking the cold stone slabs were particularly clear in the deathly silence. The tightly closed doors and windows, the dark openings, seemed like countless prying eyes in the dim light, casting unsettling gazes on the two living beings in the middle of the street.

A chilly evening breeze, carrying the scent of dust, swept by.

“Hmm…” Elena couldn’t help but rub her arms lightly, and subconsciously took a step closer to Xiling. “This feeling… is really weird and gives me the creeps.”

"Then why did you come?" Xiling said irritably while looking around.

"Hmph!" Elena immediately straightened her back. "It's all because you've been wandering around aimlessly without finding any clues! So, I, the incredibly clever and knowledgeable Gray Witch, have taken pity on you and come down here myself to help you find them!"

To emphasize her contribution, she lightly poked Xiling in the back with her wand.

"Yes, yes, thank you for your help, Witch. I am very grateful." Xiling smiled.

Just as the two were passing a shop, Elena stopped and looked inside.

"Hmm?" Xiling also stopped and looked in the direction of Elena's focused gaze—it was a very ordinary bakery.

"What's wrong? Is something the problem?"

Irene did not answer immediately. She walked straight ahead, her staff drawing an arc in the air before pointing to the bakery's door lock.

The tightly closed wooden door slid open silently a crack inward.

Elena stepped inside.

Xiling tilted his head and followed the other person's steps. When he came in, he saw Elena standing in the center of the shop with her back to him. She was looking down slightly, with one hand supporting her chin, lost in thought. Not far in front of her, on the ground, were a few pieces of... bread?

Xiling didn't interrupt Elena's thoughts, but waited quietly for the witch. After a few seconds, Elena turned around and looked at the shop window, and soon she started walking outside.

Xiling followed quietly behind, initially finding Elena's behavior somewhat strange—she didn't seem to be searching for a specific item, but rather verifying some kind of conjecture. As Elena pushed open the doors of the fourth and fifth shops, the vague idea in Xiling's mind became clear.

Breads lying on the floor in the bakery, a few shriveled apples rolling off the counter of the grocery store, spools of needles and thread scattered on the floor under the window of the tailor shop, and in the bookstore, a few hardcover books that looked as if they had been hurriedly knocked over were scattered next to the bookshelf near the huge display window.

Each time, Elena pointed precisely to the area near the window, to the items scattered on the floor, frozen in a moment. They weren't randomly discarded; it was more like... their owner had suddenly disappeared while operating or using them, causing them to lose their support and fall to the ground according to the laws of gravity. Time seemed to freeze at the points where these items had fallen.

After Elena pushed open the seventh shop and then silently withdrew, the two stood in the middle of the increasingly dim street, their eyes meeting in the air.

Without a word, a bold conjecture arose in their minds.

“It’s a window…” Xiling murmured softly.

“Location…” Elena said at the same time.

Xiling's senses instantly spread out, no longer searching for life or aura, but precisely capturing the objects he had just discovered near the window that had fallen to the ground due to the sudden loss of force.

Soon Xiling discovered that many houses in the east were like this, but this phenomenon was not observed in other places.

The strange places in Xi Ling's perception densely point to one common feature—windows.

All the houses or shops where items were scattered had one thing in common—their windows all faced the same direction!

Xiling and Elena looked up almost simultaneously, following the direction focused by those dark, gaping windows.

There, in the darkness of night, a huge full moon is quietly rising, casting its light upon the earth.

When Xiling saw the moon, she noticed a problem.

Why is there only one moon? There should clearly be three moons in this world!

Just then, Xiling suddenly turned around, and behind him, the gray-haired witch had already disappeared.

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Pay back the debt! Pay back the debt!

Chapter 106 Elena's Adventure! Moonlight Town at Night

Courageous, wise, and kind, this witch possesses unparalleled beauty—who is she? That's right, it's me.

However, I seem to have run into some trouble now.

Elena, hiding in a corner, cautiously peeked out to check the situation outside. Seeing nothing was there, she breathed a long sigh of relief, then waved her wand in confusion. However, magic that she could usually use easily was now impossible. "What's going on? Why can't I use magic? Are you kidding me!"

Elena looked around. "And Xiling is gone too. I was just with her a moment ago, and she's gone in the blink of an eye."

Irena tapped her temples with her knuckles in frustration. She seemed to have... forgotten something very important? But the more she tried to remember, the more the memory vanished like wisps of smoke. She shook her head in annoyance. "Never mind, the most important thing right now is to find Xiling! This godforsaken place... is just too weird."

She looked up at the night sky again. The outline of Moonlight Town was still there in her memory, but the sky had completely sunk into a deep, inky darkness. Only the moon, enormous beyond reason, hung in the center of the night, like an eye embedded in the dark sky, mercilessly looking down at the desolate land below.

After staring for only a few seconds, a strong sense of dizziness surged into Elena's head like a tidal wave, and her vision blurred at the edges. She suddenly closed her eyes and shook her head vigorously to barely suppress the nausea.

“Damn it… this is just one misfortune after another.” Elena leaned against the cold wall, panting. “I’m sick. I should have known better than to come all this way here. I haven’t even had a proper meal yet, and I’ve already ended up in this godforsaken place.”

The dizziness finally subsided, and Elena took a deep breath. "Once we're free... I'm going to make that bastard Xiling bleed! Treat me to the most expensive restaurants and the most luxurious hotels! Ten times the compensation for my emotional distress!"

at this time--

Extremely faint, yet exceptionally clear in the deathly silence, the sounds of metal scraping and footsteps echoed from the depths of the alley behind her!

Irene's blood seemed to freeze instantly, and she stiffly turned her neck.

In the dim light, a silhouette gradually came into focus. It was an extremely worn-out knight's armor, covered in dark brown stains. However, peeking through the gaps in the damaged helmet visor, the sight inside caused Elena's pupils to contract sharply, and a chilling coldness instantly shot from her feet to the top of her head!