Chapter 189: The Great Magic—Sai H and C1

""Alright, @Yongnao, then I'll go visit the two cities closest to me first. Now that the nights are cold, Han U doesn’t go out anymore. I’ll add some orgs to the route.""

Xi Rui looked at Sang Chu, not understanding what she was longing for: ""Master, why is Han U not going out anymore?""

""You’ll see tonight. Alpha, you should get some rest too. I’ll take the night watch.""

Granny Xiang and Na originally wanted to stay, but Sang Chu insisted they go rest, so they didn’t say anything more and went straight back to their rooms.

In the vast residence, only Sang Chu was left, leaning quietly, lost in thought.

......

Flower Street

When Sai H and C entered the city, they couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous. After all, the magic laws in the city were stricter than in the villages.

But after smoothly entering the city, they both let out a sigh of relief.

C: ""So, what do we do now?""

Sai H: ""Let’s head to the Witch Academy first.""

""Alright, let’s go.""

Because Sang Chu had told them that the city lord of Lixin City was the BOSS, both of them were cautious and went straight to the main quest.

Although they knew the Witch Academy was already in ruins, seeing it with their own eyes was still shocking.

""Look!""

Following C’s finger, they saw that a sizable new building had already been constructed, looking somewhat like the old Witch Academy.

C glanced at Sai H, and after she nodded, they slowly walked toward the academy.

A tall, imposing man stopped them: ""Halt.""

C smiled at the man, secretly holding a vial of poison in her hand: ""Big brother, my sister and I have just returned to the city after much hardship. We heard about what happened to the Witch Academy and wanted to come take a look. Is there anything we can collect?""

The man looked at them coldly: ""How much do you have in your hand?""

C glanced around sneakily, then slowly held up three fingers: ""Just a little.""

""Alright, follow me!""

The man led them through a winding corridor and into a small villa. Seeing the Lixin City badge on the wall, Sai H and C exchanged a quick glance, becoming even more alert.

Inside the villa, the man stopped in front of a large door: ""Wait here.""

After speaking, he pushed open the door and went in. A long while later, the door opened again. The man gestured to them: ""Give me what you have. I need to check first.""

C and Sai H didn’t hesitate. C took out a small drop of human blood: ""Big brother, I came all this way just to report about the Witch Academy, so I didn’t dare bring too much. This human blood should be proof enough that I have the goods, right?""

""Let them in.""

A deep voice came from inside. C and Sai H both shivered at the sound, and when they looked at each other, they saw the same fear in each other’s eyes. Still, they steadied themselves and followed the man inside.

A man in black sat in a chair, wearing a witch’s robe embroidered with the Lixin City emblem. He waved his hand, and the door closed behind them, locking the guard outside.

""I recognized your voices right away. I didn’t expect you’d be able to hide your identities so well—C, Sai H.""

Sai H and C immediately knelt: ""Master.""

The city lord looked at the two kneeling before him, absentmindedly fiddling with a porcelain rose on the table: ""What are you doing here?""

Sai H: ""Master, I previously accepted a mission from Witch Qi. In the Dark Weasel Forest, I saw a group that looked like Sang Chu’s party. But Ka and the others were all killed. I escaped using the earthworm drink, so...""

The city lord smiled: ""So you’re here to report?""

""Yes, but later Witch Qi died, so C and I came to report together.""

The city lord: ""You’re afraid Witch Qi would blow your cover?""

C: ""It’s possible. That person was cunning and could do anything. Fortunately, I intercepted a group in the Dark Weasel Forest. They had a kind of brain-devouring mushroom. After eating it, not only can you change your appearance, you can also alter your magic signature. To prevent anyone from finding out, after killing them, I went straight to Flower Street.""

The city lord was very interested: ""Where is it?""

Sai H: ""In my bag.""

""Bring it here!""

""Yes.""

Sai H walked over, head lowered, posture humble, looking no different from usual. But just as the city lord reached out for the pill Sang Chu had given him, C flicked her wrist and the earthworm drink shot out like a whip, so fast the city lord didn’t have time to react before it swallowed him whole.

Sai H stared at the earthworm drink chewing on the sand, as if everything before his eyes was a dream, his mind dazed.

A BOSS who had always seemed like a mountain in their hearts was just... gone!

C walked over in a daze, staring at the earthworm drink: ""He... he was really eaten?""

Sai H: ""...Yeah, I think so...""

The earthworm drink, seeing their dazed expressions and suspicion, couldn’t help but roll its eyes, then spat out a bone and tossed it to them.

C instinctively caught it. Sure enough, it was the BOSS’s skull. Was he really dead?

""He... he’s really dead!""

A smile finally appeared on C’s face, as if she had finally accepted the reality of the BOSS’s death.

""Master?""

The guard outside suddenly knocked on the door. Sai H glanced at C, the corners of her mouth curling into a wicked smile: ""Since the ‘master’ (Sang Chu) doesn’t like this place, let’s give it a thorough cleaning.""

C: ""Yeah, let’s give the real master a gift.""

The dead city lord loved being above everyone else, so he demanded everyone call him ‘master.’

Sai H: ""Go on, let the big guys out and give this new academy to Sang Chu.""

With a groan, all the earthworm drinks were released.

""Raaawr~""

The earthworm drinks roared, bursting through the door. The guard was the first to be eaten. In no time, the entire new academy was thrown into chaos. Sai H and C found the newly built lab.

Inside, they saw many unfinished specimens—lots of half-human, half-demon monsters, looking even more human than the demon beasts they’d seen before.

""These... don’t seem like demon beasts?""

C slowly approached the magic circle, looking at the tail growing from a human body, the skin smooth and unbroken, the tail’s barbs embedded in the flesh without bleeding. The half-human, half-demon form was so well integrated it was hard to tell where one ended and the other began. ""How did they make these? So strange...""

Sai H pointed at a nearby bed: ""Look at that!""

On the bed was a corpse, apparently bitten to death by an earthworm drink. Lying next to it was a man whose chest had been cut open and both legs gnawed off.

Next to the magic circle were severed demon tails, demon wings, and other body parts.

""So, they just took parts from demon beasts and attached them to people?"""