Chapter 151 Entering the Witch Coven!

In the long-uninhabited woods, Sunan took Vasilyan, Wolf One and Wolf Two, and found the pit where the merchant had fallen.

There are some wild grasses and flowers growing next to the pit.

Sunan realized from the smell of wild flowers and weeds in the air that these plants had some healing effects on humans, and he also noticed that there were some stone statues as tall as children placed in the woods.

These stone statues are like tumblers, with almost no traces of artificial carving on the surface. Moreover, because they have gone through the years, they are full of potholes, like natural stones.

But it is these stone statues that constitute a magical ritual.

But we still don’t know what specific effect this magic ritual has.

However, Sunan realized that this magic ritual at least contained the primary effect of making it impossible for people with mental strength below 20 to find it.

In other words, this gathering should be to eliminate wizards below the level of first-class wizard apprentice.

The standard for participating in the gathering of petrified witches is to be at least a first-class wizard apprentice.

Perhaps, there will also be some second-class wizard apprentices brought in by first-class wizard apprentices.

It seems that the merchant was put in there and heard the witches’ conversation in the pit, which must have been intentional by the witches.

Sunan looked up at the sky and heard a thunder, followed by heavy rain.

Countless raindrops fell on the muddy ground.

The originally clear sky suddenly became dark, and the sunny noon suddenly turned into dark clouds.

At the same time, Sunan and Vasilyan noticed that there were many shadows around them. Several people suddenly appeared in the place where there were originally no people.

Sunan put on the wooden mask that he had prepared in advance.

The witches’ coven has begun.

‘Intelligent brain, start recording the current environmental changes and analyzing the current situation,’ Su Nan thought.

[Yes. The weather in your previous environment has not changed at all. According to the scan, the forest is still in the clear air at noon. Instead, you have been pulled into a special dimension.]

[It is speculated that this witch gathering is held in a special area. The earth pit in the woods of Samori’s territory is even just one of the entrances to this gathering. In other words, the wizards and witches you see now are not really in front of you. ]

In the dark and stormy weather, all the rain fell towards Su Nan and others, but automatically moved to the side.

A tall first-class apprentice witch wearing a golden priestess mask said, “Oh my, it seems there are two new people in this transaction. It’s really rare. There haven’t been any new people joining the gathering for a long time.”

“Chariot, Justice, Petrified Witch, World, we meet again. I hope you can come up with new goodies this time.”

The first-class wizard apprentice witch wearing the tarot card ‘World’ mask seemed indifferent to the newcomer and urged: “Hurry up and make the transaction. Everyone’s time is precious. I recently refined a batch of [Glimmer Herbs] that can help increase the growth rate of your mental power.”

“I want you to pay me with the Universal Philosopher’s Stone.”

“If you have other magical resources that interest me, that’s fine too.”

“Don’t negotiate with me.”

“After all, I am the only wizard in this gathering who can stably provide this kind of potion that can enhance mental strength.”

Sunan looked at her in surprise.

So that’s how it is. This is most likely the female first-class wizard apprentice in herbal medicine that the merchant mentioned to me.

I am somewhat interested in her [Glimmer Herb]. Perhaps I can get some inspiration from it and create a third potion that can increase mental strength and speed.

The witch, wearing the mask of the tarot card ‘Priestess’, retorted: “You don’t have to be so anxious. The gathering is divided into three stages.”

“The stage of introducing strange stories and experiences, the stage of exchanging information, and the stage of direct magical resource transactions.”

“Besides, you are not the only wizard who can provide unique magic resources. It is obvious that [Chariot] comes from a wizard family and can provide stable magic item identification services. [Justice] can always provide some precious magic resources. I think he might be a forgotten person.”

The ‘World’ witch snorted coldly.

The Chariot hastily explained, “You misunderstood. I am just an old wizard apprentice who inherited some of the traditions. I am not particularly useful, and I am not from a wizard family. I can use my ability to identify magic items in exchange for some of your magic resources, which is great.”

“I am just a useless old man who is a first-class wizard apprentice. I am currently living a peaceful life in a certain country.”

“Please don’t make blind guesses about my identity.”

Justice seemed to be a female wizard as well. She said coldly, “I am not a Forsaken One. I just fought hard and got some precious magic resources.”

“So, what the ‘World’ witch said is not wrong. She can steadily produce special potions. Among the regular customers of this market, she is a relatively important figure. Many wizards and witches who occasionally come to the market come specifically for her.”

“But those wizards who come occasionally are just so-so. They can hardly bring anything good.”

From their conversation, Sunan figured out the identities and relationships of these people.

It seemed that these four people were regulars at the market, and the petrified witch was the host of this market. I was a newcomer who suddenly entered this market.

However, because Vasilian’s mental power is extremely high, they seem to regard Vasilian as a first-class wizard apprentice.

The petrified witch used her true appearance. She was an old witch with silver-white hair. Wrinkles appeared on her face, but she always kept a smiling expression. She looked like an ordinary old lady next door.

But her eyes were bright.

Sunan speculated that she should be a wizard of the Curse School who was good at curse magic. Of course, she might also be good at some spells of the Transfiguration School.

The petrified witch glanced at Vasilian and Sunan, then her eyes lit up and she said with a smile: “That’s amazing.”

“In the early stage of the magic tide, when the magic power was temporarily so thin, it was possible to use magic power to create such a powerful life.”

“Your Excellency is truly a powerful wizard of the spiritualist school.”

“If I hadn’t sensed something was wrong and carefully discerned the aura of death from the death knight next to you, as well as the potential spiritual connection between him and you, I’m afraid I would have been misled.”

Sunan looked at the petrified witch in surprise.

She is obviously a wizard who is more powerful and has a deeper background than Coca.

This guy saw at a glance the true relationship between himself and Vasily.

Moreover, her mental power…the scan data is actually 100!

But my mental strength is only 62.02.

In other words, in terms of mental power, the petrified witch in front of him has already met the standard of becoming a first-ring wizard. It is just unknown whether she is stuck on the first-ring magic or the wizard tower.

Of course, it is also possible that it is because of the magic tide, and the magic tide has just been summoned back.

At present, it is hard to say whether this land can support a first-level wizard.

As soon as the petrified witch said this, ‘World’, ‘Chariot’, ‘Justice’ and ‘Priestess’ all looked at Sunan.

They didn’t expect that Vasilian was actually the Death Knight created by Sunan.

Sunan also secretly checked the mental and magical power levels of these four people.

Although only looking at the panel data of mental power and magic power cannot objectively evaluate a wizard’s magical ability, it can still explain some problems.

‘World’ As a first-class wizard apprentice in herbology, her mental power is 70.

The spiritual power of the ‘Priestess’ is only 50, the spiritual power of the ‘Chariot’ is 60, but the spiritual power of ‘Justice’ is at least above 80.

It seems that the regulars of the Petrified Witches’ Coven are at least at the level of first-class wizard apprentices.

As for those wizards who were not here regularly, according to the “Justice” witch, they should all be ordinary first-class wizard apprentices, so they couldn’t produce anything good.

Due to their lack of trading ability, they would not come here every time. They could probably only save up magic resources for a period of time, and then come to this market to exchange for some magic resources that they could use.

The petrified witch smiled at Sunan and said, “Most wizards don’t want to reveal their location and identity in reality. After all, once others know about it, it is likely to become information for others to trade magic resources.”

“Therefore, each of us will choose a code name from a tarot card and wear a corresponding mask. When conducting transactions, we will call each other by the code name.”

“When you choose a code name, you can choose a code name that is close to the direction of magic you are researching. This way, it will be easier for others to remember the type of magic resources you want to trade, or the category of magic resources you need.”

“The transactions in our gatherings are also divided into three stages. The first stage is for everyone who meets once a month to introduce the anecdotes they have encountered.”

“Anyone who takes the initiative to introduce anecdotes can exchange them for a magic stone from me.”

Sunan immediately understood what the petrified witch was doing.

It was her way of gathering intelligence, even if some of the anecdotes were useless.

But the petrified witch probably used this method to determine whether there were any magical resources among those anecdotes that could help her become a formal wizard.

But what is the Philosopher’s Stone?
Sunan did not hesitate and asked the petrified witch directly: “What is the Philosopher’s Stone?”

The witch from the Herbology World also said that her [Glimmer Potion] must be exchanged for the Philosopher’s Stone.

The petrified witch was stunned for a moment, then she laughed and said, “I am a little surprised that a wizard as powerful as you doesn’t know what the Philosopher’s Stone is.”

“The Philosopher’s Stone is a natural mineral vein. It is a crystal object with magic residue that stays in some earth veins when the magic tide recedes.”

“Later, it was discovered by people like me who were forced to stay in this land and were the scraps of the orthodox wizarding society. By crushing the Philosopher’s Stone, one can absorb the magical energy from it and replenish one’s own magical power loss. Or, in the years before the magic tide came, one can use the Philosopher’s Stone to maintain one’s magic.”

The petrified witch explained: “Even now, the Philosopher’s Stone is still very useful. Absorbing the magical energy in the Philosopher’s Stone can speed up the efficiency of learning meditation.”

“So, it became the common currency among wizards.”

(End of this chapter)