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"That is the Sword of Hell, used by the Undead. Ordinary people simply can’t wield it."
"I’m not ordinary."
"..." The Forest Witch felt that she couldn’t keep up with the pace of the younger generation anymore. To think that just because he found the Headless Knight’s Undead sword cool, he wanted to kill the Headless Knight and take the sword for himself, even if it was cloaked in the excuse of eliminating harm for the people, it’s still better than this, right?
"Do you have some powerful magic that can restrain the Headless Knight?"
"Many spells are useless against the Headless Knight. I advise you to deal with the Headless Knight in a normal way."
The Forest Witch did advise that, but Zheng Yichen’s idea was more direct. In order to persuade the Forest Witch to join the team, Zheng Yichen took out his laptop, which he had always kept unused, and invited her to watch a movie.
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"This is really a magical thing. Have I been living in the forest for too long?" The Forest Witch was surprised as she watched the scenes playing on the laptop, feeling like the device had ensnared some souls and was making them perform inside this container.
However, as a witch, she could tell that this thing had no Necromancy effect and no magical power. It was a very unique and peculiar artifact.
"The world changes quickly, indeed. You should really get out more," Zheng Yichen said earnestly. The Forest Witch was staring at the laptop screen, watching the magic movie being played seriously.
Katrina was watching from the side. She realized something—Zheng Yichen did not seem to reject the existence of witches. Not only that, he was even thinking of recruiting one into their group?
This was somewhat unbelievable for a Hunter-Demon, as most witches, according to the church’s portrayal, should be burned at the stake. The tiny remainder... Well, there’s no real need to keep the rest, just burn them all.
Taking a deep breath, Katrina said, "I know some magic, too."
"? I thought witches were rare?"
"No, witches are also people and live like ordinary people." Katrina explained that she was a witch who could perform magic but rarely did, as her daily life was much like that of a normal girl.
"So, what can you do?" Zheng Yichen was interested. Having a witch by his side was unexpected, but now that he knew, he might as well find out more. He had no particular opinion on witches, unless they were the sort that resembled the wicked witch stereotype, always thinking about killing someone on a whim.
If he encountered that kind, he would consider it eliminating a menace, and let Black Spear test their blood. He didn’t want to seek out innocent people to test on, but when it came to those deserving death, that was another story.
"I can perform protective and blessing magic."
"Then you must be a very kind child." The Forest Witch praised Katrina upon hearing this.
The study and mastery of magic aren’t something that just anyone can learn. Those things also have compatibility issues, too. If you’re not compatible, you won’t be able to learn other spells, just as her Necromancy, which she can use, might not be accessible by other witches.
Katrina’s protective and blessing magic was something she couldn’t perform herself.
Being praised by her senior, Katrina seemed a bit embarrassed, while Zheng Yichen thought that their special powers were indeed quite low-level: "Don’t you guys have any offensive-type magic?"
Even a curse would do.
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"I...I don’t know any of those," Katrina murmured, her specialty being protective and blessing magic, which could protect people to the greatest extent from the evil harm. As for offensive magic, she had heard of it but hadn’t mastered it and found it difficult to grasp.
"Not even a fireball?"
"That would be too hard, casting a curse would be somewhat easier," the Forest Witch said, watching characters in a fantasy movie perform impressive special effects magic: "To me, what’s happening here seems like the battle of gods."
Relining her hands to conjure a vast expanse of ice, placing a fireball in each hand with ease, and effortlessly controlling the power of the elements seemed to her like a divine battle.
"You really don’t have it easy," Zheng Yichen said sympathetically upon hearing the Forest Witch. In a low-magic world, there might be an abundance of spells, but that doesn’t mean much if there is a lack of direct offensive magic within them.
"Then how about a curse?"
"Headless Knights are immune to curses."
"So you’re saying that even if you joined me, when it comes to dealing with a Headless Knight, your advantages would be... looking good?"
Katrina gave Zheng Yichen a polite smile while refraining from speaking. The magic she knew was mostly for warding off and driving away Headless Knights, preventing them from getting within a certain range, but that was about it. In direct combat, she was simply helpless.
At most, she could bless Zheng Yichen with a spell that would protect the person blessed from being harmed by Evil Spirits. If an Evil Spirit possessed someone, her blessing could also exorcise it and restore the victim to normal.
But a Headless Knight is not an Evil Spirit; it is a Hell warrior.
"It’s not entirely like that. If you can find the Headless Knight’s head, I can offer you some additional help."
"And what if we can’t find it and just kill the Headless Knight itself directly? Would the Headless Knight’s head still be of any use?"
"In that case, the Headless Knight’s head could only be used to summon the knight’s Undead spirit."
The Forest Witch briefly explained the two scenarios. A Headless Knight with a body is undying, but without a body, it’s not a Headless Knight anymore, just an Undead summoned with the decedent’s head from Hell—it might be stronger than a common Undead, but it’s far weaker compared to the actual Headless Knight.
"If you can get your hands on the Headless Knight’s sword, even if the Headless Knight reappears as an Undead, it can be killed, and then the Headless Knight would be truly dead," she continued.
"Great! Let’s find that Headless Knight first," Zheng Yichen became energized at the answer. That was precisely the sort of response he was looking for. It’s easier if the Headless Knight has a body, and even if it possessed some sort of immortality, to Zheng Yichen that seemed relative, especially since the world was of a low-magic type.
Could the Headless Knight’s life-defying ability defy the laws of nature?
In modern times, Zheng Yichen would simply think of a way to tie that thing up and send it to a steel mill, letting the Headless Knight experience the exclusive treatment of a Terminator.
As Zheng Yichen put away his laptop, the Forest Witch looked on unwillingly as it disappeared into his backpack. In this era, age and worldly experience were not necessarily related. To put it nicely, she was the Forest sorceress.
Less flatteringly, she was a sheltered older woman with little exposure to the outside world, her curiosity about computers was no less than that of a young girl like Katrina.
She understood Zheng Yichen’s implication. If she wanted to continue engaging with such technology? Sure, as long as she follows him...