I Can Read People's Comments

[Chapter 271 Comments.]

[Keltic_Spirit: I wonder if the author will troll you by forcing you to first capture the witch and wait till you get the scythe. It would be funny.]

[Adam_Balch_7324: Thats one way to say its not going to be as quick as you want it to be i guess]

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'Hahaha. Well, I can think of several reasons, but I don't know which route the author will take.

'And yes, it can also be seen as not going to complete this mission quickly, considering the weapon lasts for an hour.'
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Theo paused for a moment as they were approaching the Blood Forest.

"Guh!" The twins couldn't help but furrow their eyebrows. Luca even covered her mouth as though she wanted to vomit.

"What's wrong?" Aurora furrowed her eyebrows.

"The spiritual energy is ominous. It stinks… and it's disgusting." Lucas's face turned pale. "It's like a mixture of blood, death, and even… I can't describe it. It's something corrosive."

"Is that how you perceive essence?" Aurora noticed that Lucas mentioned spiritual energy, which was the Spirit World's term for the universal term essence.

"Yes. We are able to sense the spiritual energy with all five senses." Lucas nodded.

"What about the people? The Crimson Witch is controlling them…" Aurora paused for a moment as she was looking at the forest. Her eyes were much better than the twins, since she was trained as an archer.

Inside the forest, she saw the person she just mentioned. However, it didn't seem like she could call this person a human anymore.

The human was an adult male. He managed to retain most of its appearance as a human. However, the veins on his body were surfacing on its skin, his eyes were bloodshot, and his action was similar to that of a beast.

Aurora gritted her teeth. "I don't think they're salvageable."

She couldn't help but remember the description of the blood servants of the Crimson Witch from the Darkness Witch.

Unlike the Crimson Witch, who was possessed by unknowns, these guys were already dead the moment they were captured by the Crimson Witch. Their veins had burst inside their bodies, and their organs had melted. The only thing that kept them from decomposing was the blood that was still replenished by a low amount of essence.

"Even though we're supposed to save the Crimson Witch, I can't help but wonder whether we should do it or not. She might be possessed, but she has also killed thousands of people." Aurora started doubting her decision, which was clouded by her trauma previously. She couldn't help but glance at Theo, wanting to know his opinion.

Theo smiled and stopped moving. "Let's take a moment before entering the Blood Forest. I'll give you a story."

Aurora and the twins stopped, curious about what kind of story Theo had.

"Once upon a time, there was a person who murdered an entire village. However, he soon realized the severity of his mistake and tried to repent for his sins by becoming a wandering monk.

"As a monk, he defeated the bandits that plagued villages, saving hundreds of people from those villages. He wasn't satisfied and took the bandits' possessions. He used half of them to buy bread so that people could eat. He used the rest to donate to the family who had died under evil hands.

"He repented for the rest of his life and saved more than a hundred thousand people. In that case, is he good or evil?"

"!!!" Aurora's body shook. She understood the meaning of the story. Meleida had told them how useful the Crimson Witch was. She had helped a lot of people in the past. If they managed to save them, she might live to repent for the sins of killing all those people and repay the family they left behind.

She could save hundreds, if not millions, of people.

"Hmm…" Aurora fell silent for a moment.

"Both!" The twins answered without hesitation.

Lucas waved his hand as though he were cutting something. "I dislike the crazy person in the past who killed so many innocent people. If I had the power, I would've cut him down."

Luca raised her hand. "However, I like the benevolent monk who helped all those people."

"But…" Lucas grinned, glancing at Luca, who continued his words, "Both are not the answer as well! If we say the monk is good, will the monk stop doing good things and help those people?"

"!!!" Aurora dropped her jaw as though she had come to a realization. The twins' answers resonated with her heart.

Indeed, she frowned upon the Crimson Witch, who killed those innocent people. At the same time, she hoped that the Crimson Witch could live on while carrying those burdens.

It was the same as royalty. As a princess, she had witnessed how her father was forced to sacrifice several hundred lives for the sake of millions of people. When she asked her father, she always answered with another question. "Wise? People call me wise, but I'm just a cruel king who has to kill my own people, just for the sake of those people who call me wise."

Aurora looked down for a moment. The more she thought about it, the more resolute her expression became.

She clutched her chest while saying, "I understand, Teacher. I know what I have to do."

Theo smiled. "In that case, do it."

Aurora nodded firmly. She took out her bow while saying, "Let's go, Luca, Lucas."

"Ooh!" The twins cheered as they moved forward, becoming the vanguards.

The blood servant Aurora saw earlier was standing still as it was unable to sense anything around it. There was also no order.

However, it suddenly turned around as if sensing something.

"Hoop!" Lucas clapped his hand. All of a sudden, a square barrier appeared, circling around the blood servant's wrists and ankles.

The blood servant struggled, trying to escape. However, Luca appeared and waved her hand. Suddenly, numerous strings appeared from Luca's barrier and wrapped around the blood servant's body, fully neutralizing its struggle.

After that, the twins jumped to the side as a stream of light flew toward the blood servant.

When it reached the blood servant, it actually blew apart the entire upper body, killing the blood servant.

As if sensing what happened, a lot of blood servants immediately moved toward them like zombies.

The twins and Aurora had entered the Blood Forest.

"There are so many!" Luca opened her mouth in surprise.

"It's getting exciting." Lucas smirked.

Aurora squinted her eyes, looking at the castle in the center of the forest. "I'll come there soon. Just you wait."

Theo was simply standing on top of the tree, watching his students' performances.