Dream Witch: “Hey, hey, you’ve got to be kidding me.”
Silent Witch: “Obviously, this is no joke.”
Golden Witch: “What’s going on?”
After seeing the string of numbers and the astonishment of the others, Bei Adolis was completely bewildered.
As the Minister of the Administrative Department, Bei Adolis maintained very close contact with the members of the Witch Group.
After all, she was the one responsible for distributing their materials and weekly wages.
But she had never encountered a situation like this before.
The rhythmic, repetitive numeric messages from the Moonlight Witch gave her an unsettling feeling that something unusual was happening.
Then, [Dream Witch] Alice gave Bei Adolis a brief explanation.
—111
This was the emergency code of the Witch Group.
It had been established at the very beginning of the group's formation.
Because they were responsible for the operation and maintenance of the entire magic shield, Lan Qingyou had decided on this string of numbers after consulting with everyone.
After finalizing the code, to ensure it could be sent out as a priority in a crisis, Lan Qingyou had learned from the Magician and others how to create a function that could send it with a single touch.
In essence, it was something like a one-key macro.
As long as it was pressed, the code would be broadcast to the groups.
However, due to technical reasons, it wasn't just sent to the Witch Group’s chat; every group within the card system would receive it.
This meant that both the Witch Group and the Witch's Tea Party had received Lucia’s emergency code.
But only the members of the Witch Group understood its meaning.
And now...
That string of numbers had appeared.
It had surfaced months after being set up, just when everyone was starting to forget about it.
Moreover, it was sent shortly after Bei Adolis had warned them to be careful. It was clear that this was no joke.
Flame Witch: “Damn, Lucia is at the northern snow mountain node. Someone nearby, check on her immediately.”
Steel Witch: “I’m already on my way.”
After the initial shock, the group recovered and immediately began a heated discussion.
The node guarded by the Steel Witch was originally in a mine beneath the snow mountains, so the moment she realized what was happening, she charged out of the mine on her flying magic broom.
In fact, it wasn't just her; several witches whose shelters were in the north had also sprung into action.
Even though the sky outside was filled with swirling snow, no one was in the mood to worry about the weather.
Bei Adolis had explained it clearly: there was a group of lunatics out there who desperately wanted their blood, and over thirty witches abroad had already fallen victim.
In such a situation, anyone would feel a surge of panic when something like this happened.
Meanwhile, as the members of the Witch Group worried for Lucia, Bei Adolis reported the situation she had encountered to Diana.
Snap!
Upon learning that trouble might have reached the Abandoned Land, Diana used so much force that she snapped the pen in her hand.
“Keep reporting.”
After leaving those words, Diana sat there, no longer signing documents.
This was no longer about paperwork.
The invisible enemy had very likely already infiltrated the interior of the Abandoned Land.
She needed to think of a countermeasure.
Otherwise, the loss might be far more than just one or two witches.
...
[Steel Witch] Erika flew out of the mine where her shelter was located and immediately began ascending the mountain range.
In truth, Erika and Lucia would occasionally get together to drink and chat because of their proximity.
As a result, Erika was very familiar with the way to Lucia’s home.
However, just as she was flying rapidly in third gear at a certain altitude, a group of yetis suddenly lunged out in front of her.
The sky, yetis...
Obviously, these two words didn't belong together.
But what if they were each holding onto a glider and flying downward?
“Hey!”
Seeing such a sight in this place at this time was suspicious no matter how you looked at it.
Without even thinking, Erika reached into the air. One by one, weapons shaped like medieval knight lances appeared in the sky.
With a wave of her hand, Erika sent these lances flying like arrows toward the yetis holding onto the gliders.
Puchi!
“Argh!!”
Boom!
“Damn it!”
“How did the witch get here so fast?! This isn't what we were told!”
Seeing his clansmen being skewered like kebabs or falling straight down after their gliders were shattered, the yeti leader couldn't help but scream in rage.
According to the simulations before their plan began, it should have taken at least half an hour for a witch to arrive.
That half-hour would have been more than enough for them to use their gliders to fly to any part of the Abandoned Land and clear themselves of any suspicion.
Yet they had barely started when they encountered a witch on a broom.
“Hehe, not what you were told? Who told you what to expect?”
Erika instantly flew in front of the leader and grabbed him by the throat.
“This...”
Puchi!
“Ugh...”
Just as the leader was about to speak, a beam of light shot from a distance, piercing through his chest and killing him instantly.
Erika was stunned for a moment. She immediately looked toward the source and found that the beam had been fired from very, very far away.
Even the flight path and the clouds that had been pushed aside were still visible, but she couldn't see who had fired it.
“Tsk!”
Erika clicked her tongue. She dropped the yeti and continued her climb.
Although she knew there was definitely something wrong with that shot, the priority right now was to check on Lucia.
Thus, Erika didn't dwell on it, nor did she chase after the source to investigate.
Steel Witch: “I just ran into some Yetis using gliders on the way and had a fight with them.”
As she flew, Erika took out her card and sent a message to the group.
Flame Witch: “Hey, the Yeti race? Someone go check on their settlement and see what’s going on.”
Dream Witch: “Did you kill them all?”
Steel Witch: “No, I had one alive, but he was shot dead by a sudden beam of light.”
Silent Witch: “Tsk, tsk. It seems they came prepared.”
Summoning Witch: “Was it that light? I saw it just now too. Erika, you go check on Lucia. I’ll go investigate the light.”
Steel Witch: “That’s what I was thinking.”
[Summoning Witch] Martha was also relatively close to the northern snow mountains, though not as close as Erika.
She had seen a yellow aurora-like beam brush past her earlier and thought it was an attack directed at her.
As a result, she had performed several high-difficulty maneuvers in the air to shake off any potential targeting.
But now it seemed she had been overthinking it.
She sent a message in the group, turned her broom around, and charged toward the place where the shot had been fired.
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