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Release that Witch - Chapter 1043




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Chapter 1043
Chapter 1043: A New Challenge





Translator: TransN Editor: TransN
"A curse?" Roland repeated the word in an ominous tone .

"Please come with me . " Pasha turned around and led everyone into an adjacent cave, where the Taquila witches stored books and scrolls . They had gouged many grooves in the walls of the cave, and it seemed that this library cave had even more volumes than the Secret Temple's library . "Celine, His Majesty is here . "

"I'm coming . " Celine's voice rang in everyone's head before she came out . The next moment, her main tentacle stuck out from the depths of the cave, knocking lots of books off before quickly shrinking back into the darkness .

Before it retreated, it greeted Roland by giving him a nod .

"Ahem— I'm sorry, Your Majesty . Every time she spots a new study object, she'll get totally absorbed in the research like this," Pasha explained with a slight embarrassment . "The demon seemed to use a curse on Lightning, but she wasn't inflicted with any serious injury . That's indeed a rare thing . "

"What's she going to do?" The moment Roland heard the phrase, "study object", he thought of mice used in experiments, who would suffer various unfair treatments in labs .





"Please rest assured . Observing and recording are the principal study methods we use in magic power research . With the help of the magic core, Celine can clearly capture the movement of Lightning's magic power," said Pasha while picking up the books that fell on the ground . She opened a book and showed it to everyone . "Look at this here . . . and here . "

Roland reckoned that this book was probably an ancient book passed down from the Taquila age, since most of its pages had already turned yellow with age . It was written in the witch's ancient language . Next to the two parts pointed out by Parsha, there was a note tucked inside the book, which explained the content of the ancient writings . Apparently, Celine had already translated these two parts for them .

He took a closer look and found that it was about two battles .

"In a siege battle in the Land of Dawn, eight wounded witches were rescued by the reinforcements, but in the end, none of them recovered from their injuries . Their wounds just could not heal no matter what . All treatments were ineffective on them . As time went by, they became weaker from loss of blood and their wounds got infected . They suffered a lot before death, and two of them even chose to commit suicide," Parsha said slowly . "This battle happened so long ago that even the writer of the book did not know many details about it, except that this was an incredible incident . The phrase 'the demon's magic curse' first appeared in this story . "

"The other part where the magic curse is mentioned was in the records of a battle that happened not that long ago . A Senior Demon fought a fierce battle against the witches' army in Lakes City, which was situated on the edge of the Fertile Plains . It could attach its magic power to black stone spears . Once a witch was wounded by such a spear, she would become feeble and wither up . The Union called this cruel monster Dementor . " Pasha paused a moment before adding, "It killed three Extraordinaries, and within all three Extraordinaries, the Quest Society found a strange magic power . "

"And the strange magic power came from the demon, right?" Roland blurted out .

"Yes," Pasha nodded her main tentacle . "We think these abilities are of the same type . The strange magic power can somehow remain inside the target and cause continuous damage, which can't be cured by any conventional medical treatment . And it's also hard to eliminate the strange magic power . "





"That's why you call it a curse," said Wendy, sadly . "It's terrible . . . "

Nightingale understood Pasha's implication and asked, "You said it's hard to eliminate it . Do you mean . . . there's still a way to erase it?"

Pasha turned to the next page and answered, "Yes, if what we've inferred from these records is correct . "

Roland skimmed through the rest of the story . "When Lakes City was at stake, a witch named Samantha stood out to fight Dementor . In this battle, she went through a high awakening and became a Transcendent . After she cleaved the demon in half, the curse on her somehow disappeared and she miraculously survived . Samantha tried her best to defend Lakes City, but one year later, the city still fell, since the Red Mist was already too close to the city . Fortunately, she gained enough time for the people to withdraw from the city . After that, Samantha forced a radical change in the Union and successfully built the Three Chiefs system . She herself was among the first batch of Three Chiefs . "

Now, Roland understood what Pasha meant .

If Lightning was really affected by the magic curse, the only way to save her was probably killing the demon who exerted this effect on her . It was not an easy thing . The previous battles in the snow mountain camp and in the Northbound Slope had already proven that Senior Demons were exceptionally difficult opponents . If they went head to head with the First Army, human beings would have a better chance of winning the battle . However, if they deliberately avoided head-on confrontations, it would be very difficult and risky to chase and fight them .

And this was virtually impossible for the witches in the Taquila age .





Senior Demons usually acted together with their armies . As military leaders, they were often surrounded by many demon soldiers . Back then, it had been extremely difficult for the Taquila witches to win a battle against the demons, let alone completely annihilating the enemy soldiers and getting close to the Senior Demons .

Roland could not help thinking of the unknown witch and her last words in her letter to Natalia .

She probably also died from this kind of magic curse .

Since she had been able to write directly to one of the Three Chiefs, she must have been at the upper levels of the Union . But even she had not been able to do anything about the curse except accepting the final outcome of it .

To save such a cursed witch, the Union would have to find and kill the Senior Demon who had inflicted the curse upon her from amongst the numerous demons . During this process, they had to sacrifice even more witches . Apparently, for the Union, saving a cursed witch was not worth the risks and sacrifices .

Nightingale gradually clenched her hands into fists while weighing the gains against the losses .

After a moment of contemplating, Roland said, "Indeed, it's difficult to kill the demon, but I'll never give up any chance to cure Lightning . "

" . . . " Pasha remained speechless for a moment . "If this is what you want . "

"Before we take action, I need to sort some things out . The Senior Demon Lightning encountered has the ability to lay a curse upon anyone without direct contact . If it curses a common person, what will happen to that person?"

"The outcome will be even worse . " Celine suddenly interrupted . "The magic power gives witches better immunity and greater healing abilities, so we won't be affected by the demonic plague, which was bacterial infections mentioned in your book . As for common people, they'll quickly die from the infections since their wounds can't heal up . "

"Can God's Stones of Retaliation protect them from the curse?"

"Of course, they can . If Dementor hadn't been a match for an Extraordinary in strength, it would've never caused such huge losses to the Union . However—" Celine paused a moment before continuing, "Based on Lightning's description, we cannot rule out the possibility that the demon she met is a Magic Slayer . If it is, wearing God's Stones of Retaliation won't be very helpful . "

The more powerful a demon was, the more it would resemble a human being . This rule was verified by the Union in the previous two Battles of Divine Will .

Roland took a deep breath .

He had to agree with Celine on this point . According to Lightning's description, this Senior Demon might be stronger than all the enemies they have encountered in the past .

Given that, to kill the Senior Demon, he would have to plan the expedition to Taquila very carefully .

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