The afternoon sun shone on the corpse at his feet, and the dazzling light reflected from the blood made Jason blink uncontrollably.
Am I not eating enough and am I hallucinating?
Jason asked himself.
Because, without touching or checking, Jason could clearly sense that the person in front of him was indeed dead.
He clearly perceived the entire process of 'disappearance of life'.
Why is the other party so crazy? Why did he suddenly commit suicide?
Is there any conspiracy? Something fishy?
Such thoughts kept pouring out of his mind, making Jason feel a lot of doubts in his heart. He squatted down and began to look at the body carefully.
After first confirming that the other party was not in any danger, he really got closer.
After a moment, Jason stood up with a puzzled look on his face.
He confirmed once again that the other party was indeed dead.
But this made Jason even more puzzled.
Why did the other party do this?
In the situation just now, he was the one at the disadvantage.
The opponent occupies the space in the air and can advance, attack, retreat or defend. There is no need to commit suicide at all.
Moreover, there are words from the other party.
Recalling the other party's confusing words, Jason's brows furrowed.
"Is this the so-called 'witch'?"
"Pure madness?"
Jason frowned and commented.
The identity of the woman in front of me was not difficult to guess. The other witch's dress did not appear in the previous gathering. In addition, she was powerful and strange. There was only one candidate left: Jennifer.
The leader of the Cherry City witches, Jennifer is known as the ‘witch’.
Jason had already thought about meeting Jennifer when he came into contact with those witches.
The identity of the other party is one of the characters he cannot avoid in Cherry City.
He thought that the other party would confront him because of his stance.
Or just draw a sword and fight.
Or they may be hiding, engaging in conspiracies, etc.
Jason thought of various possibilities.
However, he never thought that the situation when the two sides met would be like this: a comfortable afternoon, under the slanting sunlight next to the woods in the suburbs, the two sides passed each other... and died in succession.
After he died ten times in a row, he was crushed into minced meat.
After being beheaded by him twice, she pulled off her own head and gave it to him.
The whole process is absurd, weird and incomprehensible.
Even Jason, who had many experiences, became suspicious at this time.
"Isn't this the beginning of some curse ritual?"
Jason thought this way.
Witches are good at cursing.
This is recognized by the ‘mysterious side’.
But immediately, Jason shook his head.
It's still the same point just now, the other party has the advantage, and there is no need to use your own life as a price to curse him. If he is forced into a desperate situation, it will appear reasonable.
"What happened?"
Jason's heart was filled with doubts.
Even now, Jason still doesn't understand what happened.
He didn't know what Jennifer was here for.
I don’t know why the other party suddenly committed suicide.
But the other party should have some purpose!
Jason is quite sure about this.
Even if the other party acts crazy and weird, there must be a purpose!
Crazy people also have crazy thoughts.
Unfortunately, most of the time, market people cannot understand it.
Jason tried to put himself in Jennifer's shoes, but it was no use.
He doesn't know much about the other party, and has too little information to be able to act as the other party's agent.
Just when Jason was about to call the member of the 'Clock Tower' stationed in the 'Ground Investigation Bureau' to ask more about Jennifer, the sound of flying was heard in the distant sky.
call!
The witch named Emily whom he had seen at the rally appeared above his head very quickly from far away. An invisible force field blocked the invasion of the air during flight, allowing the other party to sit safely.
On the broom, the witch's robe was not messy at all, and the round-brimmed pointed hat trembled slightly as she looked down at him.
At this moment, there was an obvious surprise in the other party's eyes.
No keen observation is required.
Normal people can also see such surprise.
Moreover, after that, the other party's attitude and behavior were also very obvious.
After staring at Jason for five seconds, the witch spoke.
"Good afternoon, Sir Jason."
The witch's tone was polite, and she stretched out her right hand, gently pinched the witch's robe, and made a skirt-rolling ceremony.
Even if he is sitting on a broom, the other party's etiquette is impeccable.
Quite different from previous performance.
Like an aristocratic lady with a good upbringing.
Jason didn't speak. He stared at the other person, already holding the handle of the knife tightly in his hand.
He did not forget that Jennifer's body was at his feet.
"Sir Jason, please don't worry."
"I'm not here for revenge."
"I'm just here to deliver a message for Lady Jennifer."
When Emily saw Jason's gesture, she immediately let out a crisp chuckle. After this laughter lasted for about a second or two, Emily stopped smiling and became serious.
A moment ago, her temperament was like that of a carefree girl.
At this time, he became like a serious and fair judge.
"I owe you everything, and I will pay it back one by one."
"You died in front of me eleven times, right?"
"Then I will die eleven times in front of you."
After speaking, the witch coughed twice.
"These are Lady Jennifer's exact words. Sir Jason, do you have anything else to tell Lady Jennifer?"
Emily asked.
"She's dead, I'm sure of it."
Jason pointed to the body at his feet.
"certainly."
"But we are witches."
"And Lady Jennifer is the best among witches."
"Death is extremely terrifying to ordinary people."
"But it's a common occurrence for Lady Jennifer."
When Emily said these words, she felt a sense of inexplicable pride and pride.
This is the pride and pride based on Jennifer leading them, who were originally on the fringes of the 'mysterious side', to truly gain a foothold on the 'mysterious side' and make people dare not underestimate them and be afraid of them.
Every witch is proud to be under the command of the ‘witch’.
Emily is no exception.
Therefore, she became more and more curious about Jason, whom the 'Witch' had personally warned.
But Emily, who knew what she could and couldn't do, hid her curiosity very well.
‘Immortal’?
Jason pondered.
He is also immortal.
The other party's 'immortality' and his 'immortality' are obviously two different ways.
His 'immortality' is more direct.
And the other party’s?
"Is this a replacement?"
Jason guessed.
"No, no no!"
"She is Lady Jennifer."
"I can assure you that Lady Jennifer is dead."
Emery shook her head, and then explained under Jason's puzzled eyes.
"** Completely dead."
"Souls also go to the land of the dead."
"According to people's conventional wisdom, Ms. Jennifer is too dead to die!"
"but……"
"The dead will be resurrected!"
Emery said while looking at Jason.
She now really wants to take off Jason's mask and see what kind of expression Jason will have on his face when he hears that Jennifer will be resurrected.
Surprised?
Unbelievable?
Or... fear?
Thinking in her heart, Emily, who had maintained certain witch habits, had a flash of narrowing in her eyes, as if she had just thought of something, and she gently clapped her hands.
Snap!
"By the way, Lady Jennifer said that when she comes back from the Land of the Dead, she will come to see you... in a way you can't imagine."
Amidst the crisp applause, after speaking, Emily lifted the broom and prepared to leave.
"etc!"
Jason stopped the other party with a voice, and pointed at the corpse on the ground when the other party looked back. The meaning couldn't be more obvious.
"Ms. Jennifer said, I'll leave it to you."
"Leave it here to rot."
"It doesn't matter if you bury it or burn it."
"Of course, if you want to collect it, you can."
After leaving such words, Emily disappeared into the sky without stopping any longer.
Jason lowered his head and looked at Jennifer's body, his frown slowly relaxing.
"Returning from the Land of the Dead?"
"Die eleven times in front of me?"
"Pay me back?"
Jason whispered, and then raised his hand.
call!
A cone of flames engulfed Jennifer's body.
Then, almost instinctively, Jason added another [Protection from Evil].
There was nothing unusual about the corpse. Under the continuous spray of [Charles Burning Technique], it was quickly burned to ashes.
As for collecting?
He is a normal person with no special hobbies.
After doing all this, Jason continued to walk in the direction of the smell of 'food'.
No matter what Jennifer said or did, Jason was not going to care.
After all, a normal human being cannot understand a madman.
After hearing the words conveyed by Emily, Jason had determined that Jennifer was a lunatic.
After this confirmation, Jason gave up the idea of understanding the other person's thoughts.
You can't understand what a madman wants to do.
Then don't bother trying to guess.
Just show them off as you see them.
However, deep down in his heart, Jason had a sense of urgency.
He once again encountered those existences that made him tremble.
Starting from 'Lord', he will come into contact with those existences more or less in every world.
Sometimes it's about facing death head-on.
Sometimes it is a sudden glimpse that greets death.
Sometimes it is hearing sounds and welcoming death.
Death follows us everywhere.
This time, it's no exception.
He died eleven times.
But similarly, those beings are also dead.
Jason once again recalled where he was before.
That creeping darkness.
The gaze that should have died but appeared again.
Coldness appeared in the bottom of his heart.
It seemed to freeze his body.
Jason, who had experienced it many times, quickly cleared his mind. He knew very well that if he continued to think about it, he would really 'freeze'.
"Jennifer should have mastered a technique similar to 'Fat X', but unlike my previous 'Fat X', what I came into contact with was 'living', while what she came into contact with was 'dead'!"
"It's just that those beings are dead, can they still respond?"
"etc!"
Jason used his existing experience to distinguish the differences, and then, he suddenly thought of something.
He can be resurrected.
So can Jennifer.
Then, why can't those terrifying beings?
Thinking of this, Jason inexplicably thought of some of the 'sons of God' in the church.
Literally speaking, it means 'the children of gods walking on earth!'
But most of the time, it just acts as a 'body'.
Now that we have a body, is it possible to 'resurrection'?
Although there must be extremely harsh conditions, 'resurrection' is a certainty.
besides!
Outside every world, there are worlds where these horrific beings live!
Is there... a connection between the worlds in which these horror beings live?
In other words, is there any connection between the 'place' he just went to and the 'place' he went to before?
Together?
Or a different place?
What are these terrifying existences that he comes into contact with?
Is it just plain weird?
Jason was thinking as he ran into the distance.
Although something unexpected happened, Jason did not forget his original purpose: to find 'food'.
…
Similar to Jason who is in a hurry, Jennifer is also in a hurry.
The surroundings were gray.
The sky is gray.
The ground is also gray.
There are no plants, only stones, countless in number, large and small.
She wants to return to the earth from the land of the dead.
She had walked this road more than once, and she was almost familiar with it.
But what was different from the past was that she was in a very good mood this time. Not only was she walking and dancing, but she was also humming a tune that ordinary people couldn't understand.
"Uh-huh ~ Harvest~ Uh-huh~ Rachel~"
"Fools~fools~are all big fools~"
"Uh huh~uh huh~"
After humming several times, Jennifer was suddenly stunned.
"Who is Rachel?"
"Why am I humming this?"
Jennifer stood there thinking.
Such a stay in the land of the dead is undoubtedly dangerous.
Within seconds, Jennifer was targeted.
A long and narrow figure suddenly jumped out from behind and enveloped Jennifer.
"Hey, delicious soul!"
"Are you lost?"
When the cold and noisy sound sounded, this long and narrow figure stood upright in the gray world. It had no hands, feet, or any head-like organs. It only had a huge mouth at the top. When it opened,
, the layers of fangs and sharp teeth rotate and move, making people shudder, but the most terrifying thing is the opponent's body.
Hundreds of human faces are grown on it.
"Come on, come and be eaten by me!"
"Let your soul nourish my body!"
The long and narrow figure was talking, and it was densely packed and layered, like malignant tumors. As the other party spoke, the mouths of these faces would open together to make their own sounds.
Pairs of eyes were also staring at Jennifer, their eyes full of greed.
And the long and narrow figure lowered its head and bit towards Jennifer.
Jennifer, who was thinking with her head down, was interrupted. She raised her head and looked angrily at these eyes.
It's obviously just one person, but when he looks into thousands of pairs of eyes, the eyes of these "thousands of people" are full of pain.
Then, Jennifer saw the 'weirdness' in front of her.
'Weird' was stunned.
It instinctively tells it that the soul in front of it is terrifying and it must stay away.
But, it's too late.
"It's all your fault!"
"I almost remembered something!"
"You deserve to die!"
Jennifer roared angrily, with a flash of red in her eyes.
As soon as the blood-like but brighter red color appeared, the long and narrow 'weird' body froze in mid-air.
Gray, the same gray as this world, began to appear above its head.
Then, it spread non-stop.
Those faces quickly froze.
In the blink of an eye, this long and narrow 'weird' thing became a statue.
"It's so ugly!"
Jennifer said this, raised her foot and kicked the statue.
Bang!
Ka La Ka La!
After the muffled sound, there is a continuous broken sound.
The next moment, the petrified 'weird' became a pile of debris.
But Jennifer was still upset.
She raised her feet and crushed the debris thoroughly one by one.
After ten minutes, Jennifer stopped moving.
"Rachel?"
"Another name!"
"Sure enough, Jason is different. Being able to come back from 'there' is enough to prove that he is extraordinary - but why does the magic mirror say it's not him? Everything is obviously consistent?"
Jennifer thought about it, and then said almost to herself: "...?"
Um?
The moment the words came out of her mouth, Jennifer noticed the difference.
The name Rachel, like the name that had been in her heart before, became inaudible.
Then, as she thought about it, the name became blurry.
Basically, she knew it, but she could only describe the general meaning and couldn't say the name accurately.
At the same time, even a rough description is inaudible to ordinary people.
or……
After hearing this, something strange happened.
The first time she asked someone to describe the first and only name she could remember, the person who heard her went crazy. Then, when she tried every means to save the person, the person simply chose to commit suicide.
You know, that person is not an ordinary person.
He is a famous fortune teller in the "mysterious side" of the ground.
He can even be said to be the number one fortune teller.
But this kind of fortune teller went crazy on the spot after hearing the name in her memory.
After that, the other party's suicide was always considered an accident.
Only she knew that it was not an accident at all.
But that guy's name!
For this reason, she specially pursued him to the land of the dead.
However, here, after she found the soul of the prophet, an accident happened again and the prophet disappeared.
It's like being erased with an eraser.
The entire process is completed instantly.
It seems like the other person never existed.
Then she tried several more times.
The final result is the result of the prophet.
And the worst?
Then it becomes a monster directly.
Each one is a monster filled with desire and smelling of sulfur.
Or arrogance or anger or greed or jealousy or laziness or lust or gluttony.
After they became them, only their instincts remained.
then?
That is to kill everyone who prevents them from releasing their true nature.
The only exception?
It's the magic mirror.
But even that magic mirror doesn't want to hear this name.
After just one time, I became stammering when I spoke.
You know, in the past, Magic Mirror's mouth was not only eloquent, but also sweet.
Now, when I speak, I not only stutter, but also always feel bitter and resentful.
Moreover, he remained indifferent to her questioning and threats.
"You play this trick too?"
"snort!"
"Just wait!"
"I will definitely find you!"
"Then I'll make you regret doing this!"
Jennifer snorted coldly.
Later on the trip, Jennifer became quite angry.
She no longer chose to move forward in the normal way, but like a rampaging rhinoceros, she reached the 'coordinate position' in a 'straight' way.
No ceremony was performed.
The anger and impatience in her heart caused Jennifer to pick up the 'coordinates' and disappear directly here.
…
In a room surrounded by thick curtains, hundreds of lit candles made it brightly lit.
A huge glass jar stood there.
More than a dozen witches knelt around the vessel.
Their witch robes became more and more commanding under the flickering of candlelight.
After a while, the blue-green liquid began to roll.
A very inconspicuous piece of flesh and blood, only the size of a little finger, appeared in the tumbling liquid.
Soon, this piece of flesh and blood began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In a breath, it becomes an embryo.
With the second breath, it becomes a baby.
On the third breath, it becomes a child.
On the fourth breath, it becomes a girl.
The surrounding witches stood quietly around the vessel and watched the changes.
This is not the first time.
They have long been used to it.
They are quietly waiting for Jennifer to return to her original appearance.
According to past experience, it takes five breaths.
But this time, when the fourth breath was completed, the girl in the vessel opened her eyes.
She raised her legs and stepped out.
The glass cover of the vessel was completely like air, and the girl passed through it.
Emily stood up immediately and wiped the girl's body. The other two witches knelt there, raised the prepared robes and brooms high above their heads, and handed them to the girl's door.
The whole process didn't make the slightest sound.
Even though they were very puzzled in their hearts as to why Jennifer-sama did not return to normal, no one dared to ask.
Even Amore, who is closest to Jennifer, is no exception.
"There are some things that I will come back to as soon as I go."
Facing these loyal subordinates, Jennifer finally felt a little better, which made her have no choice to leave without saying goodbye.
Of course, that's all at best.
Then, under the gaze of all the witches, Jennifer picked up the broom and flew out of here.
She was going to ask the magic mirror.
Ask the person whose name she just remembered.
This time, she must ask the truth!
Even if it means breaking the magic mirror, I won’t hesitate!
…
The aroma of 'food' is getting stronger and stronger.
Jason started running with all his strength, occasionally using the "Charge" technique.
The whole person is like an arrow approaching the destination of this trip: the majestic mountain in the field of vision.
According to the direction from which the aroma comes, that’s where the ‘food’ is.
At the same time, Jason confirmed again.
Such a rich fragrance will be the most delicious thing he has ever encountered!
"What could it be?"
"I must taste it carefully!"
"Bite it bit by bit and use your taste buds to experience the taste inside!"
Jason thought about it getting faster and faster.
When faced with 'food', Jason can explode at 200%.
Then……
He met Jennifer.
Just as Emily said, he really met Jennifer in a completely unimaginable way - Jennifer was riding on a broom at high altitude and quickly approached the magic mirror.
The dust kicked up by Jason's running naturally attracted Jennifer's attention.
Then, she saw Jason.
Without any hesitation, Jennifer lowered her height directly.
"Jason!"
Jennifer shouted Jason's name.
Then, he quickly approached Jason and kept pace with the running Jason.
After forming a clever backlight with the sun, the girl-like Jennifer turned her head and raised her hand to tuck her hair behind her ears. Her eyes were as clear as water, but full of emotion.
She just looked at Jason, and when goosebumps began to form all over his body, she spoke with a slightly trembling voice.
"Is this a fateful meeting?"
"After experiencing life and death, we meet again."
"Jason~"
As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.
It was as if she really experienced life and death before meeting Jason again.
Although to a certain extent, there was nothing wrong, Jason, who was running, had no intention of responding at all.
In fact, Jason didn't even look at Jennifer.
He doesn't want to have any entanglement with the other party.
He hopes to repel the other party with indifference and silence.
As for what came out of Jennifer’s mouth?
Jason never believed it.
Only a mentally ill person would believe in a ‘witch’?
However, Jason forgot that neurosis cannot be treated with common sense.
I saw this 'witch' who was walking hand in hand with him. She pulled the broom and flew high. After reaching a certain height, she accelerated and swooped down.
The speed is getting faster and faster.
The ground is getting closer.
There is no intention of slowing down.
Then--
Bang!
The ‘Witch’ hit the ground about a hundred meters in front of Jason.
Directly smashed to pieces.
In the reverberation of the impact, the words of the other party before his death still echoed in the air.
"I didn't forget!"
"This is the second time!"
"I owe you nine more!"
Jason's eyes twitched.
Jennifer is dead again.
The other party who has just been resurrected and returned from the land of the dead commits suicide in front of you after a disagreement?
Moreover, it is obvious that the other party should also go to the location of the ‘food’.
But after seeing him, he died without hesitation.
Since when have ‘witches’ kept their promises so much?
call!
Jason took a deep breath, looked at the body broken into rotten flesh in the pit, raised his hand and sprayed out a cone of flame again.
Then, he turned around and continued walking.
He doesn't know what Jennifer wants to do
But he knows what his goal is.
Jason is getting closer to the mountain.
The feeling of hunger in his belly made his stomach roar.
Hungry!
High on the mountain, inside the stone house.
The spotless oval mirror, when Jason's stomach roared with hunger, as if he had been greatly frightened in his sleep, the entire frame suddenly trembled, and a shadow appeared on the flat and clear mirror surface.
A fine layer of water droplets.
Then, it broke the rules set by the ceremony and began to talk to itself——
