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【Thirteen】

On the third night in the cursed land, the girl was sent to the altar of the wolf clan.

The passage in the cave was dark and long, and only the sound of footsteps echoed in the air.Joseph snapped his fingers lightly, and a ball of fire appeared in front of his eyes. The torches on both sides of the road lit up one after another, elongating the shadows under his feet infinitely.

The bright light dissipated some of the fear in the girl's heart.She followed closely behind him with a distance of one or two steps, looking around anxiously, and when he stopped suddenly, she bumped into him unprepared.

"I'm sorry..." The girl's voice disappeared with the scene in front of her, the long passage came to an end, the fire disappeared, and an ancient altar stood in the open valley.The silver moonlight poured down from the sky, brighter than the girl's inherent impression - even without the torch lighting, everything in the field of vision was extremely clear.

A huge magic circle was drawn on the ground, and statues of wolves of unknown material were regularly stepped around, and the sacrifice would begin only when the moon was in the sky.

"Is this right here?" The girl looked around curiously, as if she had noticed something: "Sir, why is there no one here?"

Even though the sacrifice was about to begin, there was no one in the whole altar, except for the guard at the entrance, not a single werewolf was seen.

Gray rock walls surrounded the site, and the air was too quiet except for their voices.The girl couldn't help lowering her voice, and looked at him hesitantly.

"Everyone is separated, after all these days..." Joseph's voice paused slightly, his expression was a little strange, and then an inexplicable smile appeared on his face, and he briefly skipped the question: "It's not very convenient."

The beliefs of the wolves are different from those of other races. They believe in themselves and their powerful power, so even the rules of sacrifice are different from other races.

The wolves are scattered during the estrus period, which can reduce unnecessary conflicts and frictions.

"Shouldn't it be a very important thing to sacrifice?"

The werewolf gentleman carelessly raised his top hat on his head, hooked his gray hair with his fingers, and seemed indifferent: "Maybe."

The girl showed a look of hesitation.

Joseph's ears moved slightly, and before the girl could speak, his keen hearing and perception first told the werewolf something—

"It seems that we need to entertain the guests first." He raised the corners of his mouth and rubbed the thin handle of his stick with his fingertips. The provocative message from the wind made the werewolf narrow his eyes, and the beast pupils flickered. There was a cold killing intent.

"Guest?" The girl looked at him inexplicably.

"Ah, don't worry, I'll clean it up."

Joseph's tone was light, he turned around and was about to leave, but his clothes were grabbed by his hands.

Turning around, he was looking into the girl's anxious and hesitant eyes.

"...don't leave me alone, Mister." There was a trace of dependence in her eyes, like a restless little rabbit, clinging to the only guarantee and not letting go.The girl looked at him imploringly: "I'm afraid..."

Joseph paused slightly, watching her fingers curled up nervously holding the hem of his clothes. After a moment of silence, he tapped the wolf-headed cane with his fingertips, as if sighing helplessly.

"It's very safe here, miss."

He said softly, leaned over slightly, and raised his hand to caress her cheek.The sudden approach and touch made the girl froze in bewilderment, and as her fingertips lingered on her fair cheeks, her face turned red little by little under his gaze.

"Can't you... accompany me?" She mustered up the courage to grab his sleeve.

"After today, I will spend a lot of time with you."

He stroked her long black hair behind her ears little by little, revealing the scar bitten by him, his eyes froze for a moment, and a smile of unknown meaning was drawn at the corner of his mouth.

"Joseph...?"

The girl opened her purple eyes, and the moonlight shone into her pupils, reflecting the werewolf gentleman's buried and never-spoken thoughts like clear and transparent crystals.

The darkness that grows in the corner of your eyes is a hell that leads people to fall.

Gently rubbing the small black mole under his eyes with his fingertips, the guards were about to be unable to hold on anymore. Joseph smiled and looked at the bewildered girl, put a finger between his lips, and slightly raised the corner of his mouth: "But Don't run around, Miss..."

"Wait for me to come back."

【fourteen】

"...is that all right?"

"So, may I, at the liberty of asking again..."

"...About Yegel's family," she raised her eyes, and there was a trace of worry in her purple eyes: "does the promise of Mr. still count?"

"The promise of the Wolf Clan always counts."

The girl immediately showed a reassuring smile.

Joseph's figure disappeared at the other end of the passage, leaving only the girl standing there quietly, like a timid rabbit waiting for her Mr. Gray Wolf.

The torches at the entrance of the passage reflected the gray stone wall, and the lifeless color became more and more deadly in the silence, and even the flame was no longer warm.

The girl quietly looked at the empty passage, she lowered her eyes and wondered what she was thinking, her side face was hidden in the shadows, so she couldn't see her expression clearly.In the dappled firelight, only the beauty's slender eyelashes could be seen trembling inadvertently.

She turned around calmly, and after waiting for a while, she gave up without hesitation.The uneasiness and shyness on her little face were all gone, as if she was not the one who said she was afraid just now... The girl walked back to the altar calmly, her eyes calm as if she was walking on the way back full of darkness.

The girl slowly stretched out her hand towards the gray sky.

"quack!"

Black feathers fell slowly in the windless valley, and under the silvery moonlight, a blood-eyed crow appeared in the sky, flapping its pitch-black wings and hovering to land.

It landed on the girl's palm with a small glass bottle in its mouth, and put the bottle in her hand obediently, a smile appeared on the girl's face.

"Thanks for your hard work."

The girl's voice was as gentle as ever, letting the crow rest on her shoulders, her black hair and dark crow feathers almost melting into the night.

"Lilith."

"It is true that there may be a mysterious power that can shake the energy around you in the forbidden area of ​​the wolf clan, but... this plan is too bold..."

"Not to mention the strength of the wolf clan, how do you enter the heavily guarded forbidden area?"

Even if one can use potions to disguise himself as a human being, the effect can only be maintained for three days.

"But if you don't try... how will you know?"

She said softly to herself, with a slight smile on her face.

The human girl who was chosen as a sacrifice is a very useful identity, isn't it?

In this well-protected altar, if the time hadn't been calculated in advance, how could the wolf tribe put her, who was also a dark creature, into the forbidden area when the effect of the camouflage faded?

The girl raised her hand to let the crow fly up, and the dagger in her hand, which was stained with the blood of werewolves and human girls, easily cut through the protective barrier.Destroying the magic circle protecting the altar, the fragile fulcrum turned into shining light spots at the fingertips.

The re-dispersed magical elements approached her intimately, whistling and wanting to hug her——

Before touching it, they scattered.

Will the Witch lose her innate affinity for magic?

She smiled lightly, with a hint of sarcasm, and the corners of her lips curved gently, completely destroying the magic circle.

On the weapon from the exorcist, all the curse marks have been wiped clean, and it is no different from an ordinary dagger now.After rearranging the magic circle and cutting open the palm of her hand, the girl softly called out the forbidden power sealed under the altar.

The moon in the sky is getting brighter and brighter, blending with the brilliance of the magic circle, it is inexplicably dazzling-is the moonlight too bright today?

The question flashed through her mind, and was quickly left behind by her. She began to chant the mantra with all her heart, and gradually felt the powerful force.

The red-eyed crow hovered in the sky, and she knew that her aunt was watching her. Under the action of the power under the altar of the wolf clan, the magic was gradually taking shape.

I finally got my wish--

"Miss, didn't you say wait for me obediently? You're really naughty..." Joseph's voice suddenly sounded in the air, and at some point, he had already returned, standing quietly under the altar, looking at the girl in the center of the circle, as if With a trace of helplessness, it seemed to be a smile that was not a smile:

"My dear lady, what is this all about?"

He appeared so suddenly that the girl's voice trembled, and the surprise in her eyes flashed away——

I didn't expect him to come back so soon, and even looked so calm.

Shouldn't he be angry to see her destroy the altar like this?

"It seems that Miss is very surprised by my appearance." He stepped on the altar, stepped on the destroyed magic circle, and walked towards her step by step as if he didn't see the cracked materials at all.As the distance approached, she saw the blood on the corner of his clothes.

The girl's eyelids twitched, remembering that the one responsible for restraining them outside was the monster that her aunt had cultivated carefully for a long time.

There was a calm and calm smile on the lips of the werewolf gentleman. He looked relaxed, but it brought silent pressure to the girl.She couldn't help raising her voice and began to chant loudly.The crisp voice echoed in the quiet air, she looked like a little rabbit feeling threatened, full of vigilance and vigilance.

The magical elements in the air accelerated the speed of gathering, and the girl was bathed in the moonlight, as if her whole body was shrouded in a gleaming halo.The process of casting the spell could not move, and when the werewolf was about to walk in front of him, the girl finally spit out the last note.

The roaring ocean of magic power set off fluctuations visible to the naked eye in the air, and the tide of magic power seemed to smash the two of them into pieces.Just as the girl was about to curl her mouth, a small but unignorable voice came into her ears.

"Wow--"