The witch thought I am a Demon God-Chapter 42 - Sudden Changes and Quick Thinking_1
Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Sudden Changes and Quick Thinking_1
Chapter 42 -42: Sudden Changes and Quick Thinking_1
They left the dark river.
Because besides the ogre controlled by Ivita, the rest of the ogres in the underground cavern had been wiped out.
Ivita decided to take action that night.
Otherwise, the Sons of the Forest would soon notice something awry with the ogres, discover the Forbidden Book of Ambros they carried, and realize that they had found out about the secret control of Baron Moro’s territory by the Sons of the Forest.
Ivita and her party unhitched the two horses from the wagon for use as mounts, and they wrapped the two named swords in cloth to prevent them from being recognized by the Sons of the Forest.
They also left the pile of coins, with origins and period unknown, on the wagon.
As for the pile of rusted iron, it didn’t have much use, but Ivita still took it along just in case they ran into a merchant dealing in recycled iron.
Iron in this era was not cheap; even smelted iron ore could be sold again.
Let alone these swords that were merely rusted.
Then, she had the ogre she controlled pull the wagon, serving as labour for Alysia and Rayli.
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The Hearthstone Witch reinforced the Charm Spell with magic, preventing the ogre from escaping the controlling state.
Therefore, they mounted the two horses, left the woods, and returned to a small plain near Baron Moro’s castle.
When they returned to the castle in the middle of the night, they noticed something wrong.
First, candles had been lit everywhere inside the castle, illuminating all the window openings.
The castle was fully lit.
Secondly, in contrast to the day, the number of patrolling soldiers had increased, and there were many foot soldiers and cavalry in cotton armor or lamellar armor entering Baron Moro’s castle.
Involuntarily, a sense of dread formed in the hearts of Ivita and her party.
Had Baron Moro already sent out a conscription order to his various territories?
The old witch’s face changed dramatically. “Your Highness, let’s run away. They’ve already discovered us. We don’t have an army to fight them!”
“I never fought in a war before. That’s not something a witch of my level should be doing!”
Bran swallowed, looking afraid. “Why would the Sons of the Forest suddenly summon the military forces of various vassals? Why would the castle suddenly be on high alert? Did they find out about my disappearance? Your Highness, the soldiers over there have spotted us. They’re coming this way.”
“We’re doomed.”
Not far away, five gate-keeping soldiers were approaching with weapons, with a very unfriendly look on their faces.
Ivita brainstormed rapidly. “No.”
“If the baron issued a feudal conscription order to his territories, even if the vassals set off immediately, it would take at least half a day to get here.”
“And the time you sneaked out of the castle was in the evening, the timeline doesn’t match.”
“Besides, it’s impossible for vassals to set off immediately, they need preparation. Their simultaneous arrival at the castle at this time means an prior agreed upon time.”
Ivita finally realized and said to the group: “Everyone, these armies entering the castle have nothing to do with us.”
“This is probably a command that was given a long time ago, at least a week ago.”
“We just happened to walk in on it.”
Seeing everyone’s worried faces, Ivita tried to encourage them: “Have you heard the saying, ‘Bravery wins when paths cross in a tight passage’? ”
“Since we’re already here, don’t be so easy to back off.”
“Push through!”
“We must have strategic confidence and continue with the plan.”
Bran said anxiously, “Your Highness, but I’m afraid I’ll give myself away.”
“Leave it to me,” Ivita said.
At this point, the soldiers were standing in front of them.
Seeing the man at the front, Bran’s heart jolted. “Uncle Anger, why are you here too?”
Anger, with a scar on his face, kept looking over at Ivita and the others, a cold light in his eyes. “You have the audacity to ask, Baron was furious when he found out you sneaked out of the castle.”
“Where the heck did you go?”
“Speak!”
Yelled by Anger, Bran instinctively said, “I went looking for my sister, I…”
“Looking for your sister? You actually went out in the middle of the night looking for someone who doesn’t exist, and you involved so many people. These adventurers even went along with your crazy game.” Anger’s eyes turned in a weird circle, revealing a strange expression, “You don’t even have a sister, don’t you know?”
“Guests, I’m sorry for the laugh. This kid actually has problems here.”
He pointed to his own head.
Black Wolf immediately nodded in understanding. “That’s what I thought.”
The old witch echoed deeply. “Well, you should control this kid, don’t let him run around. Since the kid’s brain is not right, you should lock him up.”
“Save yourselves the trouble.”
“Then you wouldn’t know how you died when the time comes.”
Like a certain Demon God, for example.
Uncle Anger did not notice the mockery from the Old Witch and sighed in relief. “This lady speaks the truth.”
Poor Branton became an imbecile in the span of a few exchanges.
This just shows the terrifying aspect of facing trouble in the skin of a loved one.
These Sons of the Forest can easily slander you.
If one wasn’t aware of the existence of Treants, many people would immediately believe the judgement made by a close relative about you.
Anger said: “Dear guests, please leave. I need to take this worthless fellow home.”
“Tonight is also the gathering day for the vassals of Baron Moro’s land.”
“It would be best if you leave.”
Ivita suddenly realized, today was likely the day the Treants planned to completely control the human army.
That’s why they were weirdly summoning the army at night time.
However, they could have taken a few years to slowly replace the heads of the Baron’s army, why did they need to forcefully control the army in such a hurry?
In other words, why did they want to control Baron Moro’s land, and what made them so eager to strengthen their control over the human army?
Ivita said to Anger, who was preparing to take Branton away: “Please wait.”
“After our team of adventurers made a great deal of effort, we indeed found out that Branton does not have a sister.”
“But we’ve found something new, we discovered an Ogre.”
At these words, Black Wolf and the others were all shocked to look at Ivita.
How could you say that yourself?
Didn’t we agree not to expose this?
Anger suddenly turned his head, his expression warped for a moment. “You said, you found… what?”
“Sir, we discovered an Ogre.” Ivita calmly said. “It was in the forest over there, we had a battle with it, hence we’re injured.”
“I and Mr. Branton want to report to Baron Moro about the Ogre that appeared near the territory.”
The flash of murder in Anger’s eyes went unnoticed.
But at this point, the four human soldiers behind Anger all responded with surprise.
“An Ogre? It’s been a long time since that creature has appeared, is this news true? Explorers, you can’t just spout nonsense.”
“If it is like this, then we can understand why the Baron has summoned the army, it seems that he wants to suppress the Ogre.”
Realising there were four human soldiers behind him, Anger immediately composed his expression, trying his best to look like a normal officer. “Tell me the situation in detail.”
“I will tell the Baron.”
“You don’t have to go.”
Ivita shook his head. “The situation is too complex, I would like to directly tell the Baron.”
“And Mr. Branton is also a witness to this matter.”
“I want to meet the Baron with Mr. Branton.”
Seeing Anger’s hand resting on his sword hilt the whole time, Ivita pretended not to, instead curling up the corner of his mouth. “If we discovered an Ogre and alerted the Adventurers Association, we can get a reward, right? Additionally, Baron Moro should also provide us a reward.”
” Branton did not give us the money he promised earlier. It seems that Branton really does have some problem with his head, he actually promised us a reward he simply couldn’t afford.”
“So you wanted to claim a reward, how greedy.” Anger revealed a knowing smile, his eyes filled with disdain and sarcasm. “Alright, I can bring you to meet the Baron, you can tell him in detail about how you met the Ogre. Remember that liars are hanged. I hope you won’t regret your decision.”
“Don’t worry, we won’t regret it.” Ivita smiled. “Sir, please lead the way.”
Anger laughed coldly.
Damn greedy adventurers, you’ll pay for this, go to hell and regret it there.
The moment he heard Ivita planning to report to the association and claim the reward, he already made up his mind not to let Ivita and the others leave.
Everyone sighed in relief at seeing Anger agreeing to let them meet the Baron.
The plan has taken another big step towards success!
Black Wolf and Rayli looked over admiringly at Ivita, the prince was quick on his feet, managing to tell a convincing lie with nine truths in the midst of this unexpected development.
Ivita followed him.
He knew he had miscalculated before.
Originally, he had planned to return to the castle with Branton and seize the opportunity to invite the Baron to meet, and then assassinate the Baron.
But who would have thought that tonight of all nights was when the Baron called the army.
In that case, they would surely refuse to meet him and others.
They were busy.
Therefore, Ivita, out of desperation, suddenly revealed true information about the Ogre with a small part being false.
This would certainly attract the attention of the Sons of the Forest, and they would surely be curious to know how much they had discovered about the Ogre.
