Chapter 6: The Witches

Very soon, breakfast was finished.

Su Yun received another half bowl of porridge.

There were even a few slices of carrot on top.

Though it was leftovers, Su Yun was still quite content.

No matter what, it was better than roots and tree bark.

“Onion… Potato… I can’t beat them…” Mo Qingqing sat at the dining table, looking rather serious as she studied the map in her hands.

In this world, all ingredients had to be obtained by defeating the corresponding magical beasts.

Even some spices were no exception.

Only salt could be acquired normally.

According to Mo Qingqing’s master,

this was because no one managed the laws of life.

“I want to eat chili… damn it… they’re all over level fifty…” With the ranking system set by the Ruler of Rules, Mo Qingqing could now clearly see the gap between herself and the magical beasts.

“…Messages have already been sent out, aren’t they awake yet?” Mo Qingqing grumbled as she flipped through the map.

Suddenly, she looked up at Su Yun.

“You, put on a suit of armor.”

“Yes.”

Although she didn’t know what Mo Qingqing intended, she quickly dashed into the basement, pulled out a set of armor, and put it on.

Then, Mo Qingqing took out a vial of potion and dripped it onto Su Yun.

Instantly, a rich, meaty aroma wafted from Su Yun’s body.

“Mm… this will do.” Mo Qingqing nodded, waved her hand, and changed into her Witch Suit.

“Let’s start with some small fry.” Mo Qingqing walked to the door, fiddled with the knobs for a bit.

Then, pushing the door open, outside was already a vast forest.

“Go out and stand there.” Mo Qingqing pointed outside and spoke.

“Yes…” Su Yun didn’t even care that she had no shoes on, and ran out barefoot.

She stood outside all alone, looking at Mo Qingqing.

Mo Qingqing looked at her as well.

Before long, Su Yun’s small ears twitched slightly.

She heard the ground trembling.

“Rumble…”

“What’s happening?” She looked around in confusion.

Mo Qingqing seemed to sense it too, raising her hand to construct magic arrays.

The sound grew clearer and clearer.

Su Yun turned her head, and at a glance she saw black dots in the distance growing larger.

“That’s…”

The black dots grew larger and larger, and soon Su Yun could clearly see what that line of black dots was.

It was a battle line formed by strange-looking wild boars and tigers.

They bared their fangs, roaring as they charged towards Su Yun.

“Ahhhhhhh!!!!! Save me!!!” In her terror, Su Yun’s mind went blank and she ran straight back into the house.

Mo Qingqing didn’t care, simply held her hand up and waited.

Soon, the beast horde arrived before them.

“Bind!”

Countless vines bristling with hard, red thorns burst from the earth, charging straight into the beast tide.

“Roar!!”

At once, a cacophony of savage screams echoed through the forest.

“So noisy…” Mo Qingqing frowned tightly.

If it weren’t for the fact that lightning and fire spells would ruin the spices and ingredients,

she would never use wood-based spells.

After a while, the noise gradually faded away.

Mo Qingqing withdrew the vines, leaving behind a field soaked in blood.

“What are you hiding for? Go see if there’s anything usable.” Mo Qingqing pulled out a cart, grabbed Su Yun, and dragged her to the beast horde.

“Y-yes…” Su Yun’s legs were still shaking.

She struggled to step into what was practically a pool of flesh and blood, picking through the remains.

There were cutting tools in the cart, too.

“Peach Pepper Pig… and Bay Leaf Rabbit, Fennel Tiger.”

As she carved up the meat, she separated the spices from the animals.

Before, just facing a single Peach Pepper Pig would send her running.

She never expected Mo Qingqing to slaughter an entire horde in an instant.

But because Mo Qingqing was a little too forceful, there weren’t that many usable cuts of meat and spices left.

After fussing for quite a while, Su Yun only managed to fill half the cart.

“That’s all?” Mo Qingqing frowned.

“I-I’m sorry… this is all I could manage…” Su Yun hung her head and murmured.

She didn’t dare admit that it was because Mo Qingqing used so much force that most of the magical beasts had turned to mush.

“…” Mo Qingqing silently walked up to the cart and stretched out her hand.

A layer of eternal frost froze all the meat, then she used magic to wash the spices and finally extracted the water.

“Push it back.” Mo Qingqing glanced at Su Yun.

“Yes…”

Su Yun strained to push the cart back to Mo Qingqing’s house.

She hadn’t expected that she was actually quite strong.

Without even needing Mo Qingqing’s instructions, she automatically took everything and stored it in the pantry.

Mo Qingqing’s pantry was underground, a space made of stone and tangled roots.

It was huge, easily half the size of a football field.

By the time she finally finished storing everything and returned upstairs,

two new witches appeared in the room.

One had golden curly hair, wheat-colored skin, and light green eyes.

The other had a wild gray afro, skin so pale it seemed unnatural, and light blue eyes.

She looked just like a beautiful zombie.

Su Yun’s ears instantly drooped flat.

She wasn’t sure if they were intruders.

And she definitely couldn’t take them on.

At that moment, she saw the open doorway and, across from it, a spacious and tidy room.

The two witches also noticed Su Yun.

“Qingqing’s little plaything?”

“Can’t make sense of it.”

Su Yun shrank her head, hiding behind the door frame, unsure if she should come out.

Very soon, Mo Qingqing dragged out a woman with long pink hair from the room.

The woman seemed to be in a deep sleep, showing no signs of waking up.

“What are you hiding there for? Hurry up and get over here.” Mo Qingqing spotted Su Yun hiding, and couldn’t help but frown.

“Yes!” Su Yun hurried over.

“Now everyone’s here.” Mo Qingqing glanced around and said,

Three at level 45, plus one at level forty-nine who’d already touched the source of the laws.

With this lineup, hunting chili peppers and potatoes should be doable.

As long as they could settle those two toughest ones, the rest would be nothing to worry about.