Chapter 386 Phoenix Witch
"Where are the people?" Kashchei glanced at the empty cage, with a flash of anger in his eyes.
He shouted loudly: "Where have everyone gone? Come out quickly!"
Maria, Helena and others came over one after another. He stared at his daughters and asked sternly: "Who let him go?"
His eyes passed over them one by one, and finally settled on Maria. The wounds on her body have healed, and her height and age seem to have shrunk from before.
"Suicide?" Kashchei let out a cold laugh, swung an iron chain flashing with lightning, and struck Maria hard.
"Tell me, where has he gone?" His voice was full of anger.
Helena and her sisters remained silent, undaunted by the chains in their father's hands. Because they are just a bunch of oak banshees and can't feel any pain. Even if a limb is severed by an iron chain, it can be twisted and reattached.
Kashchei swung the chain wildly, and Maria gritted her teeth and endured the severe pain in various parts of her body. There was deep hatred hidden in her eyes, but she hid it well enough that no one had ever noticed it.
"The boy must be here! Use your abilities and let the oak tree find him!" He shouted to the other daughters.
"Father, we cannot sense his presence." Helena calmly rejected Kashchei's request.
In his father's eyes, they are just parasites and tools, but when they unite, Kashchei is helpless.
"You want to resist me?" He held the whip tightly, his eyes flashing with anger and disdain, "Do you think that little wizard named Ivan can kill me and avenge you?"
"Ha, haven't you given up yet?" He smiled sarcastically, picked up Maria, and threw her to the floor. "This is my territory, I can control everything! Don't think you won't help me. , I can’t find the fugitive.”
Kashchei has the highest authority in the castle and can order the oak tree to perform any task. However, Oak cannot volunteer the information without the help of his daughters.
He issued an order to the castle: "Close all entrances and exits! When I find that little mouse, I will come back to deal with you!" After saying these harsh words, he slammed the door angrily and left.
The moment he left, Helena and her sisters cheered: "We won!"
They were delighted with their first victory over their father, and although the victory was short-lived, it gave them a huge boost.
At the same time, Rogge was bending down and walking in the hollow of a low tree. A little squirrel led the way, and soon they arrived below the palace.
"How dare these banshees resist me!" Kashchei angrily swept away the items on the table.
He asked Black Rabbit: "What else do you know about that Ivan?"
"I...I remember he said he was a lost boy..." Black Rabbit stuttered in reply.
"Idiot!" Kashchei loosened his collar and cursed: "These are all lies to Baba Yaga, and only the old witch can't tell the difference."
"If you were not part of the ritual, I would have killed you long ago!"
Roger listened to Black Rabbit begging Kashchei for mercy across the floor. It wasn't until the footsteps faded away and the room became silent again that he carefully broke open the floor and got out from underneath.
"Ivan! Master, he is here..." As soon as Black Rabbit opened his mouth, Rogge quickly used "Sealing the Tongue and Locking the Throat", making it mute instantly.
"Let's go see Maria." In the black rabbit's frightened eyes, it was led into the tree hole passage by Roger.
The moonlight filtered through the window curtains and shone on Maria's bruised body. She gently tore open her tattered clothes and began to treat her wounds.
"Can you help me?" She looked at Rogge who climbed onto the balcony, pointed at the injury on her back, and asked, "I can't reach it."
"Ah?" Rogge looked at Maria's naked body. Although her back was turned to him, he still felt a little sudden, "Is this really good?"
"How about I stab you? You might get better faster."
Maria crossed her arms across her chest, turned around and said, "How about you give it a try?"
"You're kidding." Rogge curled his lips and picked up the ointment full of floral fragrance.
The black rabbit in the cage stared at them intently. When it saw Roger touching Maria's back with his hand, it jumped up jealously.
"I forgot about it." Rogge turned around to deal with it.
"No need." Maria shook her head and asked in a cold voice: "Your Highness, does it feel good to be a rabbit?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in her tone, and she obviously knew a lot about Black Rabbit's identity and past.
"Prince?" Rogge repeated doubtfully.
The rabbit fell silent and tried to respond, but could only form a silent protest. Because Rogge's magic made him mute.
"Isn't it the needle used to unlock the seal?" Rogge tried, not forgetting to apply Maria's wound.
"Yes, needle." She held her hair and sighed softly: "How stupid I was at that time to believe that he would save me. Ivan, do you know?" Her tone was full of regret for the past.
Rogge's hand applying the ointment suddenly stopped. He followed Maria's gaze and thought to himself: "Could this black rabbit also be called Ivan? What a bad name with such a repetitive rate." high!"
"Until the beginning of the sacrificial ceremony, I thought you were forced." Maria sneered, "In order to gain immortal life, you actually betrayed our promise."
"Perhaps, my father also promised you that Helena and the others can be married to you together." Maria's words were full of sarcasm.
The black rabbit shook its head wildly, as if trying to argue, but it couldn't make any sound.
"Goodbye, Ivan!" Maria's voice became extremely cold.
She wrapped herself in white gauze and walked towards the cage step by step. Her legs looked smooth and slender in the moonlight, like blades of revenge, shining with a cold light.
"Fly here quickly." Rogge waved his wand, and the black rabbit and the iron cage flew over together. "Miss Maria, I'm here for Phoenix. If I kill him, seal him..."
"The Phoenix will come out." Her smile rippled in the wind, and her white gauze fluttered in the wind. Her beauty is looming, exuding the brilliance of holiness.
"Mr. Wizard, have you forgotten what Helena said? She said not to believe me."
She smiled sweetly, but it fell into a trance in Rogge's eyes.
"Is there something wrong with the ointment?" Rogge realized that he might have fallen into a trap.
"That was originally prepared for Kashchei, but I didn't expect it to be used on you." Maria slowly walked towards Rogge, bent down and whispered into his ear: "I'm sorry."
She grabbed the black rabbit by the neck and ended its life bit by bit. Roger shook his head, trying to stay awake. He saw Maria digging out the heart of the black rabbit and chanting mysterious spells.
"I'm going to atone for my sins." Maria had a sad smile on her face, and her belly gradually became transparent.
The phoenix egg that had been sealed for a long time began to bloom with dazzling light, as bright as a star. There were tiny cracks in the eggshell, and flowing flames spurted out from it, like fire dragons, traveling around Maria's body and blending into her blood.
Maria's waterfall-like long hair slowly faded into thousands of silver strands under the light of the fire. Her eyes were burning with fire, lighting up the dark room.
As the flames rose, the thin white gauze on her body instantly turned into ashes and drifted away in the wind. The whole person stood smooth under the moonlight, emitting red fluorescence in the baptism of flames.
Fireworks flowed from her skin, and they were woven into a long red dress. The skirt swayed and the flames danced. She looked at the flames' gorgeous clothes quietly, with a smile on her face.
The Phoenix is immortal and has endless vitality through rebirth from the ashes. And Maria, through this mysterious ritual, can overdraw the Phoenix's vitality without limit.
Inside her body, shrill screams continued to come out. That was Phoenix's voice, full of pain and helplessness. However, it could not prevent its power from being continuously absorbed by Maria and transformed into her powerful power.
At this moment, Maria transformed into the Phoenix Witch. Her power is endless and her beauty is unparalleled.
"You?" Rogge barely supported his body. In a daze, he even had the illusion of seeing Yumi.
Maria walked out of the room without hesitation, leaving behind balls of eternal flames. That is the fire of life of the Phoenix, which can only be extinguished by the water of the Styx. What it burns is the essence of life.
The flames in the room gradually approached, and Rogge's limbs were weak and he struggled to hold himself up. He blinked hard, trying to dispel the hallucinations in front of him.
"Yumi?" He blinked hard, wondering why the little guy appeared here?
Yumi walked up to the master with graceful steps. It dropped a letter and sat there quietly.
Rogge tried hard to concentrate his scattered attention, and the images of the three cats in front of him slowly reunited: "Get out quickly!"
He ordered hastily, but Yuumi remained unmoved.
"Meow?" It looked at Rogge in confusion, and looked around at the fire from time to time.
"Go quickly, you will be burned to death!" Rogge urged anxiously again.
"Meow~" Youmi nodded and immediately turned around and left.
Rogge looked at its agile skills and showed a wry smile. He ignored the letter on the ground and prepared to turn on the door key and leave.
"Meow!" Youmi shouted loudly into the distance, as if she was calling for something.
"You little heartless little one, why don't you leave yet!" Rogge scolded him.
Yumi heard the curse and turned her head to look at him angrily. Suddenly, it thought of something and moved in front of Rogge at high speed.
Rub rub... It slaps its owner in the face with its cat paw, hoping he will wake up. He even jumped on Roger's head and scratched his hair into a messy bird's nest.
Rogge, who was unable to resist, was moved. He didn't expect that Yumi would ignore the danger and escape from the sea of fire with him.
Just as he was about to shed two tears of emotion, a fiery red figure suddenly flashed across the sky. Fox let out a crisp chirp, and his fiery red figure stood gracefully on the railing.
I saw it opening its mouth, and the flames were like sucking birds returning to the forest, and they were swallowed by it in groups.
Hiccup~
Fox spit out a small flame from his mouth and walked to Rogge with steps that he would never recognize.
"Why does your walking posture feel so familiar to me?" Before he could finish speaking, Fox flapped his wings and flew in front of him.
A crystal teardrop slipped from the corner of its eye and dropped accurately into Rogge's mouth. Then, it lay in the messy bird's nest in the same room as Yumi.
"It's a little sweet." Rogge licked his mouth with his tongue, and the dizziness disappeared instantly.
Fox pecked his forehead with his beak, signaling to find another phoenix.
"It looks like it's been eaten."
Snapped! Fox took a dissatisfied peck.
"How about we wait until they finish fighting?"
Snapped! Fox took another peck.
"Okay, okay, I can't go yet." Rogge held the big and small bags on his forehead, feeling that the "laurel crown" on his head was so heavy for the first time.
He didn't know how Yuumi got to know Fox well, but Fox obviously learned a lot about Youmi's bad habits. It's really hard to learn well, but it's easy to learn bad things.
The oak castle was set ablaze by Maria, its branches and leaves ablaze. On the quiet lake, the fire trees and reflections form a beautiful picture.
Fox was above his head, and the surrounding fires gave way. Rogge quickly rushed up to the tree crown, and the checkerboard garden was reduced to a sea of flames.
Those sculptures with strong expressions melted one after another and turned into bone powder on the ground. If Rogge had come earlier, he could even hear the sculpture wailing.
In the constantly collapsing Crystal Palace, fiery red and pitch-black figures kept passing by. Maria and Kashchei cast spells and tried to kill each other.
"Are you crazy?" Kashchei roared, "Maria, do you want your sisters to die? Kill me, and they will all die! Your mother will not forgive you!"
"I will die, but they will not!" Maria replied coldly. Like a mighty witch god, she controlled the flames to kill Kashchei.
Kashchei was quickly cornered, and the raging fire waterfall came like a stormy sea.
"Then let's go to hell together!" He roared, smashing the floor at the same time, and thrust his black claws into the trees, blocking Helena and others in front of him.
When Kashchei saw the stagnant fire waterfall, he shouted hysterically: "Come on, kill us!"
"Look who this is? Helena, Natasha, Ollie..." He tied his daughters tightly and used them as his shield.
"Maria, how about we talk more." A sly smile appeared on his face, and Maria's feet were turning into ashes and disappearing.
"Delay a little longer! Her body can't withstand the fire of the phoenix." He thought to himself.
"Smelly sister, leave us alone..."
"Bitch, shut up!" Kashchei slapped her down.
Rogge walked in slowly and said with a smile: "Oh, it's quite lively."
Fox suddenly flew up and stared directly at Maria. It flew over curiously and looked around her.
"Phoenix?!" Kashchei asked incredulously, "Why does he appear here?"
"Introduce yourself." Rogge cleared his throat and secretly signaled Fox to fly back quickly.
"I am Roger Travis, from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Slytherin House. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you my real name before."
Helena blinked her big eyes and asked: "Roger? Brother Ivan, isn't your name Ivan?"
"Hahaha, real name! Boy, I'll send you to death first!" Kashchei said, taking out the parchment and writing Rogge's full name in a gorgeous way.
He muttered words and tried to curse the other person. However, nothing changed on the parchment.
"Kid, you lied to me!"
"Conscience of Heaven and Earth, my real name is Rogge." Rogge shook his head and asked, "Did you spell the letters wrong, or else, the parchment has expired due to moisture?"
"Expired?"
The heavy atmosphere of the Crystal Palace instantly relaxed, and a smile appeared on Maria's cold face.
Her two ankles have completely dissipated at this moment, and her whole body is floating in the air, majestic and poignant.
Kashchei rolled his eyes and said angrily: "No matter what your name is, this phoenix is Dumbledore's Fawkes?"
"you guess!"
"You!" He had never been so angry, even after being betrayed by his own daughter.
"Don't let him delay. Maria, do it quickly!"
