After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

In the eyes of Lulu, Kafni and I must be eliminated to silence witnesses and destroy evidence. How could she simply leave us and flee?

Lin Da's mind raced through various possibilities, such as Lulu being chased by enemies or having a stomachache that required her to... get to a toilet. Or perhaps Aunt Flo had arrived.

"Look over there!"

Kafni made a discovery and pointed in surprise at a sticky black substance on the ground.

Originally buried in the sand, Kafni could feel a strong evil aura emanating from it.

Just like a dog that had caught the scent of poop, she quickly pinpointed it.

Lin Da approached and prodded the black substance with a stick.

The stick hissed and smoked, a piece eaten away by the corrosive substance!

"Yikes, what is this?" Lin Da's eyes narrowed.

Kafni said, "There is a strong evil aura inside, belonging to the demons. I guess... it's the blood of a witch."

"What?"

Lin Da frowned.

Seeing this bloodstain, he immediately understood why Lulu had told them to go ahead.

Using her powers was not without cost for a witch.

Combining this with the bloody scent that wafted from Scorching Gorge earlier, some things were not hard to deduce.

Lulu was in a bad state, worried that in her weakness, she might be attacked by Kafni.

Lin Da's mind worked rapidly,

he had Kafni use divine power to sense Lulu's location, while he carefully reached out his hand to touch the black pool of blood on the ground.

If he wasn't mistaken, his skill "Witch Purification" should have an effect on this black blood.

If this attempt succeeded, Lin Da would be much more confident about handling what came next.

"What are you doing, are you crazy?"

Seeing him reach towards the ominous black blood, Kafni was startled and rushed over to stop him.

By then, "Witch Purification" had already been activated.

Lin Da's palm turned a life-giving shade of emerald green.

The soft glow fell upon the surface of the black blood, and a miracle occurred—the filthy black bloodstain was washed away as if by clean water, revealing its true form as regular red blood just like that of any other person!

Witch Purification was indeed miraculous!

Lin Da's confidence surged, and he looked at Kafni seriously, "Find the witch's location quickly, I... need to purify her!"

Kafni realized Lin Da's intentions and a hint of joy flashed across her face.

The two set to work.

Lin Da couldn't sense the witch's aura and could only rely on his eyes, while Kafni sniffed around like a hunting dog, sniffing left and right.

About a minute later, Kafni lived up to expectations and made a discovery: "Over here!"

Hearing the shout, Lin Da quickly ran over.

"Right here." Kafni pointed to a small mound.

But isn't this place empty?

Lin Da wondered, puzzled.

As he observed carefully, he spotted an anomaly.

Right in the center of the mound, there was evidence of digging by claws of a beast and then covering it back up; the soil there was noticeably looser.

Quite cautious.

No different from a beast, even when licking its wounds, it seeks a secluded spot.

But, sorry, Lin Da would dig her out.

Lin Da approached the mound, and with a fierce swipe of his hands, he pushed all the loose earth to one side.

And then, he saw it—a fluffy wolf tail.

But at this moment, the wolf tail wasn't as bushy and relaxed as usual, looking soft to the touch; instead, it was shrunk and tucked between the legs.

Lulu herself was curled up like a pill bug, her whole body trembling violently.

Lin Da bent down and peered into the depths of the crude cave.

With the faint light coming in from the entrance, he could see that Lulu's face was devoid of color.

The beast-man girl was biting her lip tightly, with black traces of blood seeping from her mouth and nose. She recognized Lin Da's arrival, but couldn't react; the intense pain left her only capable of lying in the cave, shivering.

-100, -104, -109...

Dark purple numbers indicating damage continuously popped up above Lulu's head.

Lin Da's expression grew much graver.

At this rate, Lulu might very well bleed out to death!

He reached out with his palm and cast a Healing Art towards her.

A green +280 appeared above Lulu's head.

Admittedly, this amount of healing was high for a Level 7 Recovery Series adventurer,

but the problem was, with Lulu losing 100 Hit Points every second, Lin Da's healing of 280 Hit Points was as good as scratching an itch that couldn't be reached.

[System Notification: Witch Lulu's trust in you +5]

This message steadied Lin Da's heart.

"Relax, let me look at your body, I'm here to help you," he said.

To avoid any misunderstanding, Lin Da gave a verbal warning before touching Lulu.

[System Notification: Witch Lulu's trust in you -6]

How could it decrease more than it increased?

In the urgent situation, Lin Da didn't realize his phrasing was a mistake but instead grasped Lulu's waist to lay her flat on her back, making it easier for the subsequent procedures.

"Huff, huff."

Heavy breathing sounds became especially noticeable in the cramped cave. Lulu symbolically kicked at Lin Da's touch and then ran out of strength.

Lin Da didn't mind it at all and examined the girl's body carefully.

He noticed that her hands were firmly clutching the position of her heart, and it dawned on him: The witch's setup was exactly the same as in the game!

In the game, players had to pay the gaming company 648 Yuan monthly to continue using the class of the witch, and if they stopped paying, the witch would succumb to shadows, leaving behind only a corrupted pet beast egg.

This setting, once turned into reality, would be 'automatically translated' to fit the world's current view.

Lin Da had read in a miscellaneous book that witches were described thus: The source of corruption came from the Fallen Insect that the Demon King Satan planted in the girls' hearts at the time of contract formation.

The Fallen Insect would grow with the witch, the higher the witch's level, the faster the Fallen Insect would grow.

To hasten the day it would hatch, the insect would desperately grant power to the witch.

When the Fallen Insect matured, it would devour the witch, turning into a Fallen Beast capable of destroying an entire human city.

Utterly vicious and cruel!

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The Demon King lured the unknowing witches with soothing murmurs, turning them into human bombs ready to explode at any moment!

In the game, one might simply lament the loss of a character, but in reality, Lin Da truly disapproved of the Demon King's actions – heartless and deserving of relentless retribution.

"Lulu, relax your body, open your heart, I'm coming!" Lin Da took a deep breath and loudly warned her near her ear.

Despite suffering from the torment of the Fallen Insect, this earth-shattering statement still startled her back to a brief moment of lucid consciousness, her complexion changed drastically, and she kicked her foot at Lin Da's head.

"Get away, you sneaky human who takes advantage of others' perils!"

Lulu's voice was extremely weak, and her kicking leg didn't have much strength,

Lin Da directly hugged the nimble and well-shaped right leg in his arms, pressed it to the ground, and used his knee to pin it down, preventing any movement during the purification that might wound him unintentionally.