Chapter 51: The Black Witch Issues a Challenge
Chapter 51: The Black Witch Issues a Challenge
The laughter was not loud, but it was obviously scarier than the laughter of the third-rate old witch in the candy house.
I can't even describe how weird it is. I just know that it's going to be a disaster if I run into it.
Philip hurried to slow down his footsteps, holding his breath and running to the other side.
Old witch? Why did the word old witch make his heart tremble? He seemed to have heard it from a player at the beginning of this forest brawl.
This fish's memory is really not very useful at critical moments.
I seem to have heard other players tell me about a fairy tale in which an old woman who wanted to eat people would appear in the forest at night.
But that was all hearsay. In the story of Sleeping Beauty, wasn't there only a black witch who cursed the princess? How could there be so many other monsters to scare me?
No, no, it won’t happen. Just wait until daybreak. When daybreak comes, the referee will come to find them, and the players will be eliminated until only 2,000 are left.
"It's all because it's still too dark and the referee hasn't officially started work yet..."
The more Philip spoke, the more he felt that what he said was outrageous. He didn't even know that a barrier had been drawn by "people" in the place he couldn't see.
Other players couldn't get in, so he certainly couldn't get out. If he marked the tree at this time, he would find that he was walking around in circles in the same place, as if he had entered an infinite loop of serpents.
The "old witch" has been waiting for the moment when Prince Philip realizes that he has entered a dead loop. When he finds out, he will scare himself to death, and then he will roll around in the bushes like crazy, climb to the top of the tree, and desperately look for a way to break the situation. Then he will find that he can't find it at all...
The "old witch" was waiting to see a joke, but slow-witted Philip never let her succeed.
If we don't notice it, daybreak will come soon.
The "old witch" finally couldn't bear it anymore and jumped out.
Of course she would not give herself away for free, so she gave Philip a warning first.
A sewing machine suddenly appeared in front of Philip.
This made Philip, who was experienced in the game, immediately regard this as a key prop.
He ran excitedly to the sewing machine and observed it.
The "old witch" thought: Touch it quickly, as long as you touch it, the sewing machine will be automatically ignited. If I don't have time to escape, the flames will ignite the clothes. Either my life will be left behind, or my clothes will be left behind. One of them must be left behind.
But Prince Philip disappointed her greatly.
He was tired from running, and the search for the road ahead had made him hot enough, so the severe chill of the late night had completely disappeared.
Philip tore off the wolf skin from his body, stepped back and covered the sewing machine with the skin.
He thought that according to the plot, the sewing machine would shoot out spikes, at least turning the wolf skin into a hedgehog. However, the sewing machine actually set itself on fire (:D) in front of him, burning the wolf skin until not even a drop of ash was left. It was also very environmentally friendly after burning itself, as it also cleaned itself up completely.
There is no trace of the sewing machine anymore, but the trees underneath are not affected at all, which can be said to be a miracle in the ecological world.
The "old witch" was dumbfounded watching from a god's perspective. How did he find out? Why didn't he go forward and check if there was any prop inside the sewing machine that could help him get out? Instead of throwing the wolf skin in first?
It's so abominable. All her carefully prepared programs were wasted.
The "old witch" appeared behind Philip: "Is this the famous Prince Philip? I heard that you killed your brother. It must feel good to usurp the throne from your brother, right? Hehehe."
As expected of an official NPC chosen by the system, news came quickly. Philip was already certain that the old witch's voice was the original big boss of the fairy tale world sent by the system, because ordinary players had no way of knowing that he had killed his brother Joseph.
He turned around and saw the "old witch" behind him. She looked exactly like the one in the candy house in the first level. Isn't the system too lazy and rude?
"Aren't you the one from the candy house? Why are you here as a guest star?"
"Really? Young man, do you still remember grandma? Then grandma must give you another big gift."
The "old witch's" nails suddenly grew longer, and she used the same attack method as the boss in the candy house level, chasing after Philip to catch him and cutting him with her nails.
This made Philip a little puzzled. Logically speaking, the boss of the candy house should not appear in the world of Sleeping Beauty. If the system wanted to create a boss, it could just design a black witch, or a black witch's follower or servant, etc. Creating an old witch in a candy house was totally inappropriate and would affect the balance of the overall story.
Then the only possibility is that the old witch in front of him is actually the black witch herself, and she read his memory.
Philip thought the visitor was the old witch because he heard her laughter.
The black witch who had read his memory really appeared before him in the appearance of the only old witch he had ever seen.
Philip thought: Isn't this black witch too powerful? She can actually read people's memories. It's worthy of being an S-level replica.
Philip was thinking while running, and was not caught up by the old witch behind him. He was different from the first level. After experiencing so many disasters, his physical strength had also improved.
Philip shouted to the back: "Actually, you are the black witch, right? You are the biggest boss in this level of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. Five months later, you will use the needle of the sewing machine to make Princess Aurora fall into a deep sleep forever."
The old witch slowed down her pace, and Philip slowed down as well, keeping a certain distance so that he could hear what she was saying.
"Yes, I am the black witch Marin, the boss of this level. It's not too late for you to lick me now."
The black witch Marin regained her girlish voice, and she felt uncomfortable pretending to be an ugly old witch all the time.
"Lick? That's a pretty modern word. It seems like the author Wen Di often browses Weibo."
Marlene caught the key information in Philip's words: "Author? What? Are you a friend of this author Wen Di?"
Philip smiled and said, "Not really a friend, but I have visited his Weibo and left a message on it."
Marlene stopped chasing Philip, and Philip stopped running, too. The two of them actually started chatting face to face.
Marin suddenly said, "Okay, I can keep the fact that you killed the eldest prince Joseph secret."
"Huh?" So suddenly...
"However, I will issue you a letter of challenge, which is also a spell. I want you to duel with me on Princess Aurora's birthday. If I win, you must obey me in everything, including answering any questions I ask you."
"???" Philip's reflexes were slow to react. Why did she choose that time to duel with him? And why did she want him to obey her?
However, she is a system NPC and the ultimate boss of this fairy tale world. What she said must be related to the mission, and he would not lose anything if he agreed to duel with her.
The single-celled organism Philip formed a contract with the black witch Marinda.
Marin took the contract with satisfaction and left, opening the barrier for him.
Philip's future path will be bright and smooth.
It so happened that not long after this, daybreak came, and the chief judge, accompanied by a large party of soldiers, entered the woods for inspection, and blew his horn to announce that the contest had been decided.
There are less than 2,000 surviving sober contestants.
The system reminded Philip that he had completed his current mission, eliminating his brother Joseph and advancing to the election. Although he had not yet won the military election, Joseph had been eliminated, and his mission was undoubtedly completed. The next mission was for him to win the battle of wits.
Because of this stack of information from the system, Philip became more convinced that the black witch Marin he had met before was the biggest boss in this fairy tale world, and what the boss said must be true.
Philip takes the duel with the boss on Princess Aurora's birthday very seriously, and he will definitely win!
...So the next one is the written test?
Chu Chengan used to be the worst at entrance exams, and he completely relied on his sports performance to give himself extra points. If it weren't for his status as an elite sports student, it would have been a fool's dream for him to be admitted into an undergraduate program.
Now, you are suffering retribution in the game, right? There is a price to pay for not studying hard.
…
on the other hand.
Before announcing the end of the competition, Hansen had already sneaked out of the forest. He thought that it was the dead of night and no one was around, so his sneaking out would be flawless. However, he ran into the chief referee as soon as he came out, and the two of them stared at each other.
It was the referee who gave in first. He coughed lightly, ignored Hansen, and led his men into the woods.
This is...? Is this letting him pass openly?
That's right, he's already been eliminated, why would these people care about him? Less trouble is worse than more trouble, they also want to finish the work early and go back to sleep early, right? Then they must let him go quickly and let him get out of here.
Hansen also went back to pack his bags, planning to figure out how to sneak into the competition venue later to help his good friend Philip.
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In the palace of Fanfan Kingdom, the king locked up his only daughter, Princess Aurora. It seemed that she was imprisoned in her bedroom and no one was allowed to see her, but in fact he was protecting her. After all, the deadline of the black witch's curse was getting closer and closer.
Princess Aurora spent the past few days in her room, figuring out how to twist the sheets together and send them down from the 20th-floor castle window, and how to tie a pillow to herself so that he wouldn't fall to his death when he jumped down...
But I could only think about it to pass the time. The windows had been nailed shut and the door was heavily guarded; not even a bug could fly in.
In order to avoid losing herself in the anxious waiting, Princess Aurora (Lu Zhenqiu) started doing handicrafts.