Chapter 284 The mysterious witch in the black alley
"According to usual rules, a group of ships should arrive at the port tonight, and among them there may be the ship you are looking for, Miss."
After looking through recent ship arrival records, the clerk adjusted his glasses and spoke.
After hearing this, the girl tilted her head, slightly puzzled, "Are you sure it's tonight?"
In this era when radio was not yet popular and the transmission distance was limited, how did he know that a ship would definitely arrive tonight.
"It's no surprise that I have worked here for more than three years and I still understand it very well." Seeing Lorraine Hill talking to him, Eluson seemed to have already prepared an explanation.
"The arrival time of ships from other surrounding areas is uncertain, but if they come from the south, they basically arrive in batches every three days. This is related to the situation at sea." As he said, he took out a piece of paper and simply drew the port.
and the outline of the coast, and then circled around the southeast corner.
"There are a group of ferocious sawtooth fish living in this sea area. Well, their rapid swimming is a great threat to ships." Alluson described the sea fish with sharp sawtooths, many of which were
Became a low-level monster.
"But the good news is that if there is enough food, they will not attack passing ships."
"So, if you want to pass through this sea area, ships from the south will usually gather at Yedeng Port. When the number of people is almost the same, they will all spend some money to hire a boat at the port that specializes in hauling fish and minced meat to open the way.
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"After arriving in this sea area, keep throwing the offal prepared on the boat, and the sawtooth fish will eat around it under the water instead of attacking the ships behind it, so that you can pass through this sea area safely."
"So, in order to wait for and gather together for the ships going north, they often come in batches every three days. This has almost become a customary habit."
"That's it." After hearing this, Lorraine Hill understood the reason.
"What time will it be tonight?"
"What time? I'm not sure. If it's early, it'll be 7pm. If something happens, I might not arrive at the port until 1-2am. There's no telling what happens at sea."
After hearing this, the girl roughly understood. She nodded slightly and thanked the clerk for his answer. She was about to leave but hesitated for a moment, then took out a silver coin from her arms and placed it on the table.
"Thank you for your answer. I think I will ask you some questions in the future."
Seeing the silver coin on the table, the clerk was not in a hurry to accept it. Instead, he restrained himself and responded, "This is what I should do, miss."
Then the girl turned and left, and he picked up the silver coin, looked at it carefully, and then put it back in his pocket.
Is one silver coin too much? It's not much. His monthly salary is about 16 silver coins. But if you want to say it's less, it's still a lot. After all, you can get two days' salary just by answering a few words.
Jackdaw Port is located in the remote and cold north, and the residents in the surrounding areas are relatively poor. The business here can only be said to be sustainable, with little profit. And it is difficult for them, the port employees, to make any profit.
The only good thing is that the daily work is not too busy, there are not too many interests, and naturally there are fewer conflicts. There are not even gangs on the docks of this port.
You must know that some docks with developed commerce and trade are always full of secret battles due to various needs or simply wanting to get a share of the lucrative commerce. Many chambers of commerce have to spend some money to provide money to those ports.
small gang organization.
These people may not be able to accomplish anything, but they are still very good at doing damage. If they bump, damage, steal, replace, etc. when transporting goods, the people of the Chamber of Commerce will have a lot of headaches.
After all, not every chamber of commerce has the same manpower as the big chambers of commerce like Carites and Helis, with branches and warehouses all over the place. Many times, in order to save costs, they can only compromise with the three religions and nine factions on the dock.
After putting away the silver coins, the clerk returned to his leisurely state. There was no one there in the morning, and the windows and positions of his colleagues were also far apart. Everyone was used to fishing during this time. Some of them would look at the latest trends, and some
I copied certain books to earn some extra money.
It's just that Eluson is not like several colleagues. The hands he just saw reappeared in his mind, and he kept thinking about it carefully, and the pen in his hand was also quickly sketching on the paper, as if he wanted to describe what he had just seen.
The scene he saw was reproduced.
It's a pity that even if it's roughly drawn, it's still a little lacking in charm.
Finally, as time passed, the pictures in his mind began to deform and become blurry and difficult to determine. At this time, he had to stop writing and sigh.
"It would be nice if I could take another look."
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After walking out of the port hall, the girl continued to walk around the streets of this small town, taking a look at the local customs, and then had a meal in a restaurant before returning to the hotel to rest in the afternoon.
She planned to go to bed early and go to the port in the evening.
Just like that, he took a nap on his side on the bed with his pillow in his arms. Charlie was not here this time, and the room was quiet. Only the fire in the fireplace was burning slightly and making some slight noises.
At night, after a good rest, Lorraine Hill went out directly after dinner.
It was about 7 o'clock at this time, and it was completely dark.
Compared with the coldness during the day, the streets at night are much warmer. The orange lights on the street windows, the voices of people coming from time to time and the smell of cooking bring a lot of smoke and smoke.
Lorraine Hill walked in the night wind, pulled up his hat, walked lightly towards the pier.
However, when passing by a street and alley, she stopped.
In the eyes of others, this is a lightless and dark alley, which seems to be a dead end and is used to pile up debris.
Now, a faint black fog has enveloped this place, and its sense of existence has declined again. I am afraid that if someone passes by, they will not see that there is an alley on the street.
However, as a witch, or a high-level transcendent, Lorraine Hill still heard the conversation hidden in the fog.
"Good evening, strange Miss Quail." The voice was slightly enchanting and lazy, and seemed to have evil intentions.
"Good evening, senior." A slightly familiar voice from Lorraine Hill came from the mist. His voice seemed a little nervous and worried.
"No, no, no, I'm not your senior." There was rejection and slight ridicule in his voice.
"I don't know if your elders have taught you that it is a great offense to impart knowledge casually to other people's areas." Now, there was a hint of coldness in the enchanting voice, which made people shiver.
"I...I've heard a little bit about it." The reply came with a trembling voice.
"Very good, then there is no need for me to explain. You can leave here tonight, and you are not allowed to tell anyone else."
"Can you give me a few days of grace?" The person who answered was younger and a little afraid of the other party, but couldn't bear to give up.
"Oh, grace? It's already a great respect for me to let you live, Miss Witch." There was an angry and sarcastic tone in his voice.
Witch? Hearing this word, Lorraine Hill suddenly remembered the voice he heard during the day, and now it happened to be right.
The young voice who responded should be the witch lady I saw in front of the cafe during the day. Her name seemed to be Heron.
Isn't she popular with many locals? How could she appear here? Thinking of this, Lorraine Hill finally decided to observe the situation carefully.
For this reason, her figure gradually became blurred and transparent. Then, she temporarily transformed into a ghost form, floating lightly, and her blue eyes penetrated the cover of the black mist and looked at the real scene.
Two witches wearing different styles of clothing were confronting each other in the alley.
The one on the inside is wearing a blue-black witch's robe. Her face is obscured by the wide witch's hat, and she has a black-feathered shawl around her shoulders.
And near the alley entrance, there is the Heron Witch who heard the voice during the day. She seems to be young. Under the black robe, she wears brown slim clothes, with a leather skirt underneath, and her legs are
Wrapped in black thick velvet stockings, it has a trendy look.
At this moment, the witch covered in black feathers spoke with coldness, and slowly raised one hand from her side, holding a small black wand in it, like a musician's baton.
The wand was swung down with the movement of the wrist, and was fixed in the air, with the tip of the wand pointed directly at Miss Heron who was standing there.
"Or maybe I should teach you on behalf of your elders that there are some things that cannot be easily overcome."
As the words fell, a cold breath emerged in the alley, and five twisted blue light spots appeared and hovered beside her. They were evil spirits enslaved by the undead sequence. They could bite the enemy's soul and destroy their consciousness.
exist.
"Yes...I'm sorry...I was wrong. I'm very sorry." Miss Heron was frightened by the sudden appearance of the evil spirit, and she lowered her head in panic and responded.
"Unfortunately, it's too late, huh." Seeing the young witch bowing her head in front of her, the one inside was very happy, but she still didn't stop.
The black wand was waved down, and the evil spirits let out a silent cry, and then flew out, their trajectory erratic towards Heron who was standing at the entrance of the alley.
"Damn."
At this time, Heron didn't take any chances. She kicked her feet and jumped back quickly to avoid the sudden attack of the evil spirit. Then the witch lady put her hand into her waist, and a small brass lantern was caught by it.
Pull it off and hold it in your hand.
Like the sound of a bell, the ancient brass lantern bloomed with orange halo ripples, spreading around her side, shaking and stopping the evil spirits attacking from her side, and then began to emit transparent flames.
These attacking evil spirits roared and burned, and their bodies gradually faded.
"Oh, it's the inheritance of 'Warm Oak'." Looking at Heron's move, the older witch seemed to be very familiar with it and thought of certain things in the past.
"I didn't expect that there are still people in your lineage who have inherited it. I thought they had left the North a long time ago."
"Then I can't tolerate you now, the descendant of the Oak Witch!" As he reached the last few words, the tone in his voice became heavier and heavier, so much so that there was a kind of teeth-gnashing contempt and disgust.
The witch held the wand and quickly sketched it in the air. The blue characters and lines took shape quickly. The huge magic power began to gather. The blue light spots emerged and swam in the air, constantly flowing towards her side, and gradually turned into
The rudiment of magic.
The turbulent air flow lifted up the robe and black feather shawl from time to time, and Lorraine Hill finally saw the face under the witch's hat.
The originally black pupils were now filled with a faint blue light, and the changing runes were taking shape in them. The blue color seemed to be able to separate from the pupils and float and move in the air.
'Eye of Ghost Devour·Strangle!'
Several blue streaks of talismans bloomed in the air, then contracted violently, absorbing all the surrounding magic, and shot out like streams of light, streaking along a smart trajectory and piercing the Heron Witch at the entrance of the alley.
Facing the enemy's spellcasting, the Heron witch also hurriedly prepared, untied a bunch of wooden cards hanging from her waist, threw them out like playing cards, and suspended them in the air.
These palm-sized wooden signs have already been engraved with patterns and are enchanted. Now they quickly form a brown-yellow barrier in the air, with magic flowing through them, constantly strengthening and strengthening, like a yellow crystal wall.
It's a pity that these seemingly solid barriers were directly penetrated by the swimming blue light, and Lorraine Hill could even hear the faint sound of breaking.
Some of the faint blue light that penetrated the barrier passed by Heron, some scratched the skin, leaving slender blood streaks and wounds, and some directly penetrated it, leaving several bloody wounds.
Hole.
For a moment, the huge pain overwhelmed Heron's nerve perception, causing her body to lose strength. She knelt on the ground, and the brass lantern she had held in her hand rolled aside, making several metallic tremblings and echoes, and then gradually
Return to peace.
"Are you so weak? Seeing how tough you were before, I thought you had some hidden tricks." The witch in black and blue robes smiled contemptuously, and then walked forward slowly.
"The Oak Witch has been dead for hundreds of years. You descendants, instead of hiding and leaving the North, are still walking arrogantly on the streets. Could it be understood that you are looking down on us witches who follow Lady Gray Crow?
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Lady Gray Crow, the Seer of the Discerning Eye, is the honorific name given to the witch of the Distinctive Eye of the Crow, Gergar Ryder, and witches of their line often use the crow's black feather shawl as their logo, and they have a great influence in the North.
right to speak.
Thinking back on the information she had obtained in the past, Lorraine Hill began to search for information about the Oak Witch again, but she was somewhat blank about this one. She didn't even know that there had been such a witch in the past.
Logically speaking, even if the witches are not in harmony, there should not be such a huge conflict.
Even Tidais and Si Ye can now maintain a semblance of peace and sit down to drink tea and chat together.
However, if she doesn't come out at this time, Miss Heron may die here.
The black-feathered witch below waved her wand again, and the quenched blue magic power began to gather on it, gradually condensing into a cold ice crystal stabbing sword, and her footsteps were getting closer and closer to Heron who was kneeling on the ground.
"Can I stop for a moment?"
When the ice crystal stabbing sword stabbed Heron, a long sword as blue as smoke appeared in the void and held it up, and then a mysterious girl appeared in the dark night.
The black hair swayed in the night wind, and the bright blue in the eyes was clear and pure. As the words fell, the surrounding black fog also dissipated, and the cold starlight shone into this hidden alley.
Even though she no longer made any unnecessary movements, the black-feathered witch did not dare to move, just because one after another blue butterflies flew up from the long sword and surrounded her.
So beautiful, yet so deadly, it makes a cold sting feel deep in the soul.
That is the butterfly that can annihilate the soul, the former great witch of the undead sequence, the inherited secret skill of Trinasha, the Butterfly of Time.