Chapter 545 (1/2)

Chapter 545: Battle Rehearsal

Translator: TransN Editor: TransN

City of Neverwinter, north of the border city wall.

Upon reaching the former test site, Iffy found that many witches were already gathered there. Among them were Maggie and her perpetual companion, a golden-haired young girl.

“She seems to be called Lightning.” Iffy thought.

When the young girl saw Iffy, she viciously shook her fist and grimaced, before tugging Maggie to a far distance away.

If it were three days ago, Iffy would have made it a point to lecture the two of them that they have to maintain respect in front of a combat witch.

But this time, she simply laughed silently.

The young girl’s alert expression reminded Iffy of Annie. “When I was at that age, Annie was justlike that girl. She was always careful and vigilant, and always walked in front to protect me.”

It’s clearly only by chance that the two of us sought refuge together.

Perhaps, this is what the Union calls… “sisters”.

“Since everyone’s here, I’ll begin to explain the mission. It’s codenamed ‘Melting Point’ and Miss Agatha will be the commander.” Roland proclaimed before he walked into the middle of the audience. “Of course, many of you already know the details of the mission. However, for the sake of the newcomers, I’ll explain everything all over again.”

Do the newcomers… refer to me?

Iffy immediately gathered her focus.

No matter what, this is the first mission assigned by the new lord. Since he has asked me to take part, it means that there’s some battle involved. This will be a good opportunity to demonstrate the value of my abilities. Iffy thought.

“In order to understand the enemy’s strength and hasten the research of the Sigil of Magic Stones, you all will be heading to Devil’s Town behind the snow mountains. You’ll draw the demons out to fight, and use ambush to capture them alive…”

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After Roland finished his explanation, Iffy was unable to collect her wits for a long time.

Surely there’s nothing wrong with my ears! Jesus, is he serious?

Were these demons really responsible for destroying the witches’ empire that ruled over the entire mainland? This blue-haired woman, who serves as the commander of this mission, is a senior witch from over 400 years ago? The Battle of Divine Will shall decide the fate of mankind? These nasty enemies are hiding somewhere not far from the Western Region?

How is any of this possible!

She maintained a stiff face as she glanced over at the other witches. However, she realized that there was not a hint of surprise on any of their faces.

It was apparent that all of them knew of these things beforehand.

“Now, Agatha will talk about the things you’ll need to pay attention to during the mission, as well as brief you on the tactical arrangement.”

Agatha nodded and stepped forth. “According to our intelligence, there’s a vigilant Eye Demon in the demons’ camp. This is crucial to our plan to lure the demons out. Anyone who sees it will be seen back by it. If our position is adjudged to be far away, the first group of enemies to be expected will be the Flying Devilbeasts. There aren’t many of these demons, particularly in such a remote place. The last time we went, there were only two. I don’t expect the number to have changed.”