Chapter 1137 Eastna's Challenge

Istna became more and more excited as she spoke.

Two sickly blushes appeared on his pale face.

"My own mother is so selfish and cruel to her daughter, let alone her uncle and aunt!"

"Dorothy, please listen to me and don't go home, okay? Otherwise you will find that your relatives and friends at home think you are dead long ago and have become accustomed to life without you!"

"Your house has been occupied by someone else, and your beautiful clothes and dolls have been taken away by other girls long ago!"

Istna became more and more excited as she spoke.

"If you suddenly go home at this time, it's like a person who was recognized as dead comes back to life. It would be too rude if you don't want to really die!"

Dorothy looked at the little hag in surprise, her eyes gradually changing from confusion to pity, and she suddenly ran over and hugged her hard.

"Stop talking, Istna, my relatives and friends won't treat me like that, because I live in a different world from you... Although my parents have also passed away, my childhood was not miserable. I understand I don’t feel your pain, so I won’t be as extreme as you.”

"You told me not to hug me, why are you so clingy?!"

Istna pushed Dorothy away again, but not so roughly.

She took a deep breath and raised her chin stubbornly: "I don't need your sympathy, I just want to give you some advice. If you don't want to stay in the Fairy Wilderness, that's up to you. I hope you won't regret it in the future!"

"I suddenly thought of a good idea!" Dorothy clapped her hands excitedly, "Estna! Anyway, you have neither relatives nor friends in the Fairy Wilderness, so why not come home with me?"

"We live together on my uncle's farm, raising chickens and sheep, reading and painting, singing and dancing, and exchanging spells... Haha! My aunt will definitely encourage you to go on a blind date with the young master of the nearby rancher's house!"

Istna was fascinated at first, and then suddenly became furious.

"Shut up! A mere country girl dares to arrange my life for me. You are so arrogant! What do you mean by 'I don't have any relatives or friends anyway'? I'm just used to living alone, and I don't want to be with a vulgar country girl like you. Deal!"

"What a pity, since you don't want to go home with me, then goodbye." Dorothy shrugged regretfully.

"Just leave, don't think that I can't bear to leave you, I wish I could never see you again!" Istna snorted angrily, turned around and took two steps, then suddenly stopped again, her face full of anger: "Damn it! It almost happened. Forgot, I came to see you for business!"

"Little village girl, before you leave, you must duel with me!"

"If you win, I will let you go and I will not pester you again. If I win, you have to give me back the silver shoes!"

"Miss Wizard, you'd better ignore this stalking woman." Tin Woodman Nick couldn't help it, "This duel is neither necessary nor fair to you. There is no benefit to winning, but it will be costly to lose. It’s ridiculous to lose a precious pair of magic shoes.”

"Well said, my friend!" Scarecrow Vita also couldn't stand the little hag's unreasonable troubles. "If Istna doesn't know what's good and insists on pestering Miss Mage, everyone doesn't need to be polite to her. Let's go together and put her Just drive him away."

"Wait a minute! I have a different opinion!" Dimitri the lion roared, "A truly brave person should never refuse an honest challenge at any time, even if the opponent is a bad-tempered little hag!"

In response to Estna's challenge, Dorothy's three friends put forward three different views, corresponding to three different branch routes.

What’s next?

The decision-making power was placed in Ma Yun's hands.

"Hey, hey, hey! Brother Fei! Sister Feng! Come and take a look -" Xiao Ma habitually asked Gao Fei and Jiang Feng for advice, "Which route should I choose?"

Jiang Feng was about to speak, but Gao Fei raised his hand to stop him.

"The richest man, your sister Feng and I will play the game with you, from the prologue to the final chapter of the module. We always help you make decisions about the branch options you encountered before."

"However, no one will always be by your side and make decisions for you. There will come a time when you have to be on your own, make difficult decisions among many options, and take responsibility for the choices you make."

"If you don't mind, how about cultivating the ability to make independent decisions from now on?" Gao Fei encouraged Ma Yun.

"Brother Fei...thank you for helping me so much. I know what to do!"

Ma Yun seemed to have suddenly matured a lot. She carefully compared the three branch routes and finally made a choice after thorough consideration.

"Estna! I could have refused your challenge and teleported home directly, but in order to make you give up completely, I decided to accept your challenge!"

"Great, little village girl, at least you still have some backbone!"

Istna sneered.

"Before the duel begins, let me explain the rules clearly. You can use any spells in the duel, but you cannot summon magic pets or bring constructed servants into battle!" The little hag gave the sand golem a wary look, "That's us. Do you dare to fight one on one?"

"No problem!" Ma Yun agreed simply.

From this moment on, she regained control over the heroine, and immediately opened the astrolabe to check Istna's information.

Compared with the previous encounter in the Emerald City, Istna has also grown and been promoted to a level 12 mage.

Including the talent bonus from the Night Hag bloodline, Istna's current challenge level is level 11, which is comparable to a castle guard.

Istna's physique is much stronger than that of human mages of the same level. She has 130 health points, and her attributes are: Strength 18, Agility 15, Constitution 18, Intelligence 22, Perception 15, Charisma 16.

As for the 0~5 level spells prepared by the little ghost woman today, Ma Yun has not yet detected them, and can only prepare countermeasures based on previous impressions.

Gao Fei and others cannot directly intervene in the duel, but it does not prevent everyone from helping Xiao Ma to make plans and provide buffs.

Nick blesses Ma Yun with "Guardian Spell" to share the damage she suffers in the duel.

Jiang Feng blesses Ma Yun with "Freedom of Movement" and "True Knowledge Spell", and also takes off the "Secondary Magic Forbidden Ring" from his hand and temporarily lends it to Xiao Ma.

Ma Yun needs to spend a short rest to synchronize with the ring. During this period, she also analyzes the ring and extracts the configuration of the 4th level "Secondary Spell Invalidation Barrier" from it, and transcribes it into her spell book.

Gao Fei admired Xiao Ma's careful planning. When needed in the future, he could also copy a copy of the "Secondary Spell Invalidation Barrier" from Ma Yun's spell book. This is called resource sharing.