Blackmountain City.
This was a majestic city built on a mountain.
All the buildings in the city were made from the local black steel rock. The surface was dark and dull, but it was harder than steel. Black city walls, black buildings, black castles. The entire Blackmountain City was cold and hard, just like the mountain people's personality.
The mountain people near Blackmountain City were simple and hardworking, but under the harsh environment they lived in, they became exceptionally fierce and brave. They usually farmed and harvested food to fill their stomachs, but when they stopped farming, they would go into the mountains in groups to hunt. The prey they hunted became the main source of meat for the mountain people.
It was this strange lifestyle of farming and hunting that sharpened the mountain people's strong physique and fighting spirit. The mountain people who walked out from here were the most outstanding human warriors, and they became the most popular group in the empire's army.
Perhaps when it was first built, the builders did not plan to turn Blackmountain City into a beautiful mountain city with beautiful scenery. Instead, they wanted it to be the strongest fortress that would not fall. Thus, the buildings in the city did not have the gentle and luxurious aura of other regions. Almost all of them were castles, fortresses, and towers that could be used for military purposes.
Rena's' residence 'was at the top of a tall stone tower behind the main castle of Blackmountain City.
Not only was the interior spacious, but it also had a good view. At the top of the tower, the four walls had large open narrow windows. Since there were no wooden windows to block the wind, the howling mountain wind could freely rush into the hall, sweeping away all unsecured items and then escaping through the window on the other side.
Of course, they also took away the last bit of warmth!
At night, the hall of the tower was abnormally cold. Even the strong mountain people would freeze to death in one night if they did not have enough clothes to keep out the cold.
However, at this moment, Rena, with her hair and face unkempt and clothes in tatters, was sitting on the cold floor in the middle of the hall. Her head was buried between her knees, her thin and shriveled body trembling slightly. Every time she tried to move herself, the alloy shackles on her feet that were as cold as ice would make strange rattling noises.
The alloy shackles were tied to a silver chain that was as thick as a child's arm. The chain twisted and turned, passing through a small hole in the middle of the floor into the building below. If she tightened the chains, she would find that the distance was just enough for Rena to walk to the stone window in the hall.
Apart from the alloy shackles, Rena's face was also covered with an iron mask to prevent her from spitting out the pebbles in her mouth. Rena was also wearing a fingerless metal glove, and the countless cold, hard, and sharp metal spikes in the glove had already pierced into her flesh. If Rena moved a little too much, the spikes would tear open her wounds, causing purplish-black blood to flow out.
In such an open and cold place, Reina only had a tattered black robe covering her body. At this moment, when she was unable to condense witchcraft power to warm her body, the only thing that kept her alive was the unusually strong physique of a wizard.
Although Reina was not a Physique Refinement Sorcerer, after advancing to Tier 2, she had 11 points of Vitality.
Although her body looked unremarkable, it had a vigorous life force and recovery ability that was not inferior to that of a giant beast in the forest. With the torture and harsh treatment she had suffered, any other weak woman would have died countless times over. However, apart from Rena's miserable appearance, the wisp of life in her thin body was still burning hot, and it was exceptionally alluring.
There had never been a moment when Rena yearned for power and authority so much!
There was a fire burning in her chest, burning her soul day and night.
In the past, she had relied on her mother's power to act like a tyrant, enjoying all the glory and splendor of the world, enjoying all the wine and beautiful men. Her life had been depraved and extravagant like never before. However, at this moment, the karma of the past had become the sin that was weighing down on her.
In order to survive, in order to struggle at death's door, she had done so many things to betray her Witch sisters.
However, five years had passed, and the reinforcements she had been looking forward to had not arrived. Her mental state had already reached its breaking point.
She knew that her talent as a Magus was not good, and it was her mother who had used up a large amount of resources to barely push her to Tier 2. However, her luck was not bad, and she had unexpectedly gotten pregnant during a party, giving birth to Xue Fu, who had decent talent in ice and snow.
Rena, who thought that she had completed her mission, became more and more extravagant, going to all kinds of extravagant banquets every day, immersing herself in all kinds of handsome men, and even the Witchcraft that she relied on for a living had degenerated to a tragic state.
Otherwise, with the strength of a Tier 2 Witch, how could she be so easily captured by the natives of the plane!
However, just as she was feeling miserable, Rena suddenly raised her head, her purple pupils looking through the tall narrow stone window at the sky above Blackmountain City.
Although her body was severely shackled, her extraordinary elemental perception was still there.
Just now, she suddenly felt a weak and strange wind elemental point appear in the sky above Blackmountain City, and it was still slowly wandering around.
Was it a naturally formed wind cave, or …
Rena climbed up from the ground without hesitation, ignoring the blood dripping from the spiked shackles on her hands and feet. She rushed to the narrow window and stared at the empty sky in the distance.
Rena's violent movements caused the silver chains to rattle, attracting the attention of the Holy Knight who was guarding her below.
Following the strange sounds of iron shoes stepping on the stone steps, a Black Iron Knight led three armored guards into the hall through the spiral stone stairs at the corner of the hall.
Rena's hands were tightly clinging to the narrow window, the silver chains behind her straightened as black blood flowed down her arms and thighs, leaving bloody footprints on the floor.
"What are you doing? Don't run to the window … "The young Holy Knight looked at Rena with eyes full of hatred and disgust, shouting loudly. The three armored guards beside him took out whips wrapped in iron wires from their waists and lashed at Rena's skinny back.
"Ah …"
The whips whistled through the air, tearing apart Rena's black robe and leaving a long whip mark on her muddy back.
Rena gripped the narrow window with both hands, raising her head and letting out a miserable shriek that tore through the clouds.
As this shriek contained a trace of spiritual force, it passed through the hall and lingered around the tower for a long time before slowly dispersing.
Rena could sense that the strange wind elemental point floating in the air seemed to have sensed her shriek, and started to slowly drift towards the tower.
It wasn't formed naturally, but was controlled by someone …
Seeing that Rena wasn't affected by the whip, the three armored guards pulled on the silver chains and pulled her away from the narrow window. Under the deadlock, the spikes of the shackles pierced deep into her flesh, causing Rena's bones to creak.
However, Rena's spirit was clearly in an abnormal state of excitement. She couldn't feel the pain in her body at all, lying on the floor like an epileptic, all her muscles twitching abnormally.
The three guards swarmed over, the whips in their hands falling on Rena's body like raindrops, causing her flesh to be badly mutilated and blood to splatter everywhere.
"Stay here and repent for your sins. Your meal for today has already been cancelled … If you dare to go crazy again, you won't even have your meal for tomorrow!"
The young Holy Knights chosen by the Church of Holy Light to watch over Rena were all fellows who hated witches, had been persecuted by witches, or had family members killed by witches. Only such fellows would ignore Witch Rena's charm skills and faithfully complete their tasks.
As for the flesh injuries she had suffered, they were nothing. She would recover most of them in one night. This was exactly what the Holy Knights feared and envied the most!
After punishing Rena harshly, the young holy knight brought the three guards back into the tower.
It couldn't be helped. The hall at the top of the tower was too cold, and even the Black Iron Knights couldn't withstand the fierce mountain wind. Therefore, when there was nothing to do, the Holy Knights and guards would be stationed in the tower below. They would only come up to punish Rena when she caused trouble.
As for escaping … Rena, who had lost most of her witchcraft power, was just a slightly stronger witch. She couldn't get rid of the spiked shackles and mask made of special metals, so it was impossible for her to escape.
When the hall of the tower became quiet once more, leaving only the whistling sound of the fierce wind, the strange gathering point of wind elements had already floated outside the hall, looking like it was going to enter through the window.
"Don't come in!" Rena barely propped herself up from the floor, communicating with the spiritual secret language, "There's a Holy Light Formation hidden under the floor of the hall. Any gathering of elemental power will trigger an alarm …"
The invisible 'wind' seemed to understand Rena's warning, and froze in the air outside the window.
"Who are you? Tess or Itariel? "Rena asked with a gloomy expression.
She had heard a little about what happened to the witches.
After all, when the Holy Knights wanted to interrogate some of the witches' internal secrets, they would inevitably reveal the situation of the remaining witches to her. She naturally knew that the reason the Holy Knights brought her to Blackmountain City was to capture the last two powerful grade 3 witches.
"Hehe, Your Excellency Rena, long time no see!"
What Rena didn't expect was that the spiritual secret language transmitted from the strange wind element was a male voice. That familiar voice and tone made Rena overjoyed.
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