Chapter 162

Speaking of the staff...

He turned his head - just this action made him a little dizzy, and saw the staff he prepared for Leah and tested and used well, leaning against the edge of Leah's small table in the distance.

...I had originally planned to give her the "Ancient Flame Staff·First Edition".

Will was still thinking about this, and the familiar obsidian staff he had just seen appeared in front of him.

It was wiped clean, and the stone could even reflect the blue of Will's eyes.

The staff was wrapped in a thin layer of gauze to prevent it from being worn.

The staff was handed to him.

"Will, I know! You didn't do it voluntarily...You were deceived by that bad woman, so you followed her and ran away..."

Liya's voice became very cute when she spoke to him.

There was no boss-like tone that threatened Shuna just now.

"Yi Ai'er told me that when you left...the teacher was very worried about you...because the teacher knew that you would never break your plan and leave..."

Wait? So this was what Yi Ai'er, Leah and Treya said! ?

How did she know?

"So, it must be the problem of that bad woman - you see, she also admitted it."

Liya gently lowered the staff.

"You did this... because she forced you to do it."

Her voice was a little hoarse, perhaps because she also consumed a lot of energy in her body.

"After all, Will... did take the initiative to... kiss me just now."

"Because I didn't feel the special jump in your magic circuit, which is beyond my control... You want to do it yourself..."

"You will take such an action, you must not lie to me... right?"

Then...

Will watched her take his hand that had become soft due to exhaustion and put it on the staff that belonged to him. As if knowing that he no longer had the strength to hold it tightly, she gently bent his fingers so that he could hold the staff tightly.

"You forgot to bring it out, I was worried... you would get hurt without a weapon. So I wanted to bring it to you. This is... this is the weapon you like very much. Right?"

This sentence was very "normal", which reminded Will of the original teacher Leah - Leah who would secretly write down everyone's preferences and carefully observe everyone's expressions.

She was still "Liya" originally, just a little bit of black, and she didn't become another person after she turned black.

But...

The next second...

The corners of her mouth curled up, revealing a very standard yandere expression, and a little bit of her canine teeth.

With this expression, she turned in front of Will, and even the magic hat on her head shook because of this slightly large movement.

She only left Will with a side profile.

"Because I plan to take out all the things stored in the ring, I'm afraid it will accidentally fall out and get broken!"

A magic wand fell out of her ring, and Will recognized it. It seemed to be the one he chose for Leah at that time.

"Don't be afraid, Will, I will burn that damn woman until there is nothing left but ashes!"

...

Will glanced at the obsidian in his hand.

He looked up at Leah again.

Wait...

Is he throwing this thing to himself now because he is afraid it will break? !

This guy, how big a fight is he going to have with Shuuna? !

"Wait, you must have misunderstood something...Xona and I are actually..."

Shhh——

Will felt his throat tighten.

It was as if the blood in his throat coagulated in an instant, making his vocal cords stuck and unable to make any sound.

He realized that at such a close distance, some of Leah's blood was still in his body, and blood could be equivalent to the witch's "magic circuit", so he was now under Leah's control.

"Shh——"

Liya tilted her head and gently raised her finger on her lips, making a gesture of silence.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep. My good student Will~"

She squinted her eyes, and at this moment, Will felt very tired.

"Uh..."

After saying this, Leah walked out step by step, towards the waiting Xiona.

Only a back figure was left in Will's sight.

Will understood that this was probably the last time Leah used her magic circuit and the connection between the witch's blood in her body to let him slowly fall asleep here-so that he would not affect the entire game.

Now he could only hope that Shuna could save him from Leah, who had given him so much blood-colored peppermint essential oil.

Will was now holding his throat with one hand, sweating all over, and with his upper body naked. His vision was getting dimmer and dimmer, and he could no longer see Shuna standing in the distance.

He could only see Leah's back.

Hmm...

Was it because she was about to lose consciousness?

Why did it look like in his eyes...

The ends of Leah's golden twin ponytails seemed to be dyed with a light gradient color...

Just like her bright red eyes.

Chapter 185: Bright Light and Silent Voice

Shuna held her hands.

She did not stop Leah from doing anything, whether it was giving Will the staff or tidying herself up a little.

Of course, one reason was that Leah was too close to Will now, and there was no way to step over her to save Will - and she couldn't get out even if she saved him.

It is better to watch her finish what she should do now, and then have a fair fight.

Another reason...

Xuna is not sure about the strength and ability of the witch in front of her.

If she is the BOSS of a proper dungeon, Xuna can probably estimate how strong she can be by the level she is on and the strength of this dungeon.

But now she is not, and she has poured a bunch of messy catalysts on herself, so I don’t know how to judge.

With just one burst of fire, who knows if it is her charged big move or a flat attack?

Observing her walking and behavior style a little bit, you can also fight on the basis of "knowing her better".

——This is also Xuna's dungeon exploration style.

——Dungeon exploration based on rationality and as much information as possible.

——It is very similar to Will who slept on the chair.

However, Xuna always has a strange feeling. After coming here, judging from the development of things, she should have done a lot.

But Xuna clearly remembered that it took only about an hour from her separation from Will to walking here.

How did she accomplish so many things in such a short time?

Xuna glanced at the only table in the empty room.

It was filled with props with witch hats printed on them, which Xuna didn't understand the purpose of, and one of them looked like an hourglass.

Then, her eyes were taken away by Leah who was walking towards her.

"How is it? Are you ready?"

Xuna clapped her hands.

But...

The Leah in front of her seemed a little different from the one she had just seen.

Her hair was still the same golden color as before, but it was obvious that the ends of her hair showed a strange red color,

"——Do you hear the beating from life?"

"Hmm?"

"——Do you hear the panting from the stratum?"

"Oh? Has it started to chant?"

"——Do you hear the hot flames from the sky?"

Xuna didn't say anything else, because in front of her, the cheap and fragile staff in Leah's hand had condensed extremely rich energy and fire.

"——Go and listen, because this is——"

Then, the moment Leah swung her staff, "some ancient magic" would attack her.

It can be said that it is a large-scale fire skill with a very short pre-swing.

"Brilliant light and faint sound——"

Five seconds.

When Leah shouted this sentence, all the sounds in Shuna's ears disappeared in an instant.

As a person who relies heavily on her senses when fighting, Shuna always pays attention to all the sounds around her when she concentrates on the battle.

Whether it is the collision of the prop test tubes here.

Or the friction of the clothes when the witch on the opposite side raises her staff.

Or the panting of Will who is still injured and sitting on the strange chair.

She noticed them all.

But only in this moment, as if her hearing was deprived, there was only endless silence in her ears.

Four seconds.

Shuna probably guessed that this was some kind of ancient magic that absorbed the energy of the surrounding sounds and then detonated it——only ancient magic often appears in such a weird way.

But... where did it detonate? When the spell was finished, the light on the witch's hand disappeared...

Three seconds.

Shuna took a deep breath.

She could already feel the heat around her rising in an instant.

Two seconds.

The bright light began to bloom in front of Shuna.

One second.

All the sounds that just disappeared exploded in Shuna's ears.

——

"Ha... As expected, a little tired."

On the other side, Leah, who had just finished this move, stood in place, still breathing in the posture of casting.

The mass-produced staff in the Adventurer's Shop in her hand turned into ashes after she said this.

This was also what she expected.