Unkempt and dirty hair, jet-black claws, and incomplete but terrifyingly sharp fangs. These were the most typical characteristics of an Onibaba.
On land, they might not even be as strong as ghouls, but in the Muddy Swamp, their battle prowess would be doubled, and they would be able to fight against a Swamp Crocodile for a short while. Moreover, among the ancient Onibaba tribes, there might even be a leader who had mastered elemental power. These Onibaba had a high level of intelligence that was not inferior to an apprentice sorcerer.
If the human sorcerers were willing to give these Onibaba leaders a proper status, it was not impossible for one or two Onibaba Sorcerers to be born.
Unfortunately, in the Sorcerer World where human sorcerers ruled, the evolution and development of other races were greatly suppressed. Therefore, no matter how smart or intelligent an Onibaba was, in front of the high and mighty sorcerers, they were just experimental subjects and precious materials that could be slaughtered wantonly.
Today, the peace of the Onibaba Swamp was broken by two outsiders.
A man and a woman entered the swamp one after the other.
The man in front was obviously an apprentice of the Swamp Tower. Apart from his eye-catching apprentice robe, the magic waves from the protective talismans of the tower members were clearly discernible. This abominable fellow who usually existed as a Wizard's lackey had also become an unlucky fellow who was being hunted down today. Relying on the wind element's buoyancy, he ran across the muddy swamp with one foot deep and one foot shallow, shouting unscrupulously as he ran.
"Simba, you pitiful worm who only dares to hide in the mud … Come out now … Simba … You're just a slug … Ooze monster …"
It could be said that the entire Muddy Swamp had been turned into a pot of porridge by this hateful guy who was running around with his pursuers.
Ordinary Onibaba did not have such good eyesight. As soon as they sensed the presence of a living person approaching, they struggled out of the mud and poked half of their bodies out of the muddy water, trying to grab Grimm's body and drag him into the mud.
Therefore, as Grimm ran on the water, a forest of arms rose up from the ground and waved continuously behind him. One by one, the Onibaba were lured up from the bottom of the swamp and chased after him.
But Grim's target wasn't them. No matter how many of these stupid and low-level fellows he pulled out, they would not be able to threaten the terrifying loli behind him. In the entire Silt Swamp, the only thing that could make Alice a little afraid was probably that … Simba!
Relying on her natural instinct, Alice floated in the air 20 meters above the ground. Looking at the rolling mud waves and the wantonly splashing stinky water, the anger on her face became more and more intense.
"Listen up, kid … Don't run around … As long as you bring me to the swamp tower, I promise I won't hurt you!"
Grimm shouted back without turning his head.
"Yeah! You won't hurt a hair on my head. You just want to chop me into pieces … Don't show off this childish trick … Catch me first if you have the ability! "
Then he stretched his neck again.
"Simba, Simba," he shouted.
"You're courting death … Bastard brat, don't let me catch you … If you fall into my hands …"
"What are you going to do to me? Steamed? Braised? Or should he wash it and eat it directly? Anyway, you female demons are all monsters … Yesterday I was trampled by that female demon Mary, and today I'm being chased by a little loli who hasn't grown up yet. I'm really … "
Before Grim could finish his words, he felt something tighten around his feet. A vine had wrapped itself around his legs, causing him to be unable to maintain the support of the wind elemental energy. He fell into the stinking pool.
While Grim was struggling in the swamp, a tall and sturdy Onibaba riding an even larger crocodile-like creature slowly rose from the center of the swamp.
She had long, dirty hair, shiny black claws with sharp nails, ragged clothes, pale skin that was as tough as cowhide, and a frightening body that was thin and withered … The Onibabas who had appeared out of nowhere held a simple whip weaved from vines in her hand. She sat on the body of the terrifying monster that looked like a fiend, making her look even more powerful.
"Simba, Simba … You're finally out … Hurry up and take me away! From now on, I'm yours! " Grim, who was struggling to float in the stinky, muddy water, saw the ferocious and terrifying Onibaba and immediately pounced on it, as if he had met someone familiar.
The behavior of this human boy, who often kidnapped her people, was clearly out of the Onibaba Leader's expectations. Simba, who was originally planning to rush out to chase away the apprentice, was stunned on the spot. Ordinary Onibaba might not know the identity of these apprentices, but the Onibaba leader was very clear about it.
Ever since the tower was erected in the center of the swamp, this place was no longer the territory of the swamp natives. Instead, it had become a resource point for human wizards. The natives had also changed from the masters of the swamp to the watchdogs of the wizards, helping them chase away uninvited guests.
Although they were extremely dissatisfied with this status, they knew how terrifying human wizards were. Thus, they could only silently endure the fact that their territory was often visited by human apprentices. Occasionally, an apprentice would kidnap one or two Onibaba for experiments, and the Onibaba leader could only turn a blind eye to it.
But today, this hateful apprentice was too rude. He actually dared to break into the core of the swamp where the Onibaba resided. How could this not make the Onibaba leader furious?
Simba, the leader of the Demon-Hag, could no longer suppress his hatred for the living and his desire for flesh and blood as he looked at the human who had pounced on him. He extended his sharp, black claws, intending to dig out the human's heart and have a sumptuous meal.
But just as he was about to make his move, Simba suddenly felt an extremely strong and terrifying killing intent. He could not help but raise his dirty head and stare at the flying Alice with his murky red eyes.
For some reason, Simba could not help but salivate when he saw this human girl who did not have much flesh on her body. A strong desire from the bottom of its heart made it want to pull this human girl into its arms and use its sharp fangs to lightly pierce her delicate white skin. It wanted to let the sweet and fragrant blood warm its cold body again.
In particular, the sweet soul aura contained in her petite body made it even more deeply intoxicated.
It did not dare to provoke human wizards, but a student with such a strong soul aura was right in front of it. It immediately felt extremely conflicted.
A Sorcerer-Apprentice, a mere Sorcerer-Apprentice. If he were to eat one, surely that human Sorcerer wouldn't fall out with him? If the other party really did get angry, then it could use its useless subordinates on the periphery to avoid trouble. As long as it could eat such a delicious apprentice, it was willing to sacrifice five … no, ten, twenty subordinates.
Compared to Alice who was floating in the air, Grimm, who was already under control, was like hard cheese placed next to a cream cake, no longer able to attract Simba's interest.
Simba raised his right hand and heavily slapped the back of the giant lizard. The tamed swamp monster opened its bloody mouth and roared. A gray ray shot out from its brown eyes and hit Grimm.
Petrification Ray!
This was the innate skill of swamp monsters like the giant lizard. The petrification ray shot at close range was enough to turn a mortal into a pitiful stone statue. Although Grimm had some elemental resistance as a wizard apprentice, he could not avoid being petrified by the magic mount of the leader of the Hag.
Feeling his body gradually becoming numb and stiff, Grimm quickly stuffed a small potion bottle into his mouth. He mustered the last bit of his strength and waved at Alice who had just flown over his head. After that, his entire body was completely infected by a terrifying grey color, and he slowly sank into the quagmire like a stiff stone man.
The four Hag dived into the muddy water and dragged the spoils of war to their nest at the bottom of the quagmire.
Alice's body floated in the air, her exquisite princess dress fluttering in the wind. She could only watch helplessly as the hateful brat waved at her and disappeared into the muddy water. Her Space Manipulation Ability was indeed powerful, but it was only when her psychic power locked onto a specific space that she could exert the terrifying lethality of telekinesis. Now that the bastard had disappeared into the muddy water, she could not lock onto him.
At the thought that she would have to risk her dress being stained and go deep into the dirty and stinky swamp in order to catch that bastard, Alice felt an inexplicable anger in her heart that was about to ignite to the tip of her hair.
This bastard would rather fall into the hands of the monsters than be caught by her. He must have prepared an escape route for her. No, I can't let him go so easily … I must catch him and torture his soul to find out how he detected my spatial ability!
With a heart full of anger, Alice grabbed the air with her right hand and reached for the chest of the mighty leader of the Hag. Under the gaze of the leader of the Hag, a withered, stinking heart appeared in Alice's hand.
She closed her hand lightly, and the rotten heart, which had lost all signs of life, exploded into pieces. The stinking, purplish-black blood slowly dripped down from the gaps between her fingers. Alice stared coldly at the Onibabas who were blocking the way and said in a threatening tone.
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