Chapter 641: The Witch of Winky Village

Internet addiction is like a spring. The tighter you press it, the stronger the rebound will be.

Xiao Ma, who had not been online for 40 hours, sent a message to Gao Fei and Jiang Feng as soon as get out of class was over the next afternoon:

"Brother Fei! Sister Feng! I'm here!"

Gao Fei was writing his graduation thesis. He had just chosen a topic and was looking up information.

Jiang Feng, who was sitting opposite his desk, was also preparing his graduation project. The title was very high-sounding, called "Metaverse and MMT".

"Metaverse" is a very popular virtual economic outlet.

"MMT" is the so-called modern monetary theory, which is also a very popular topic.

Gao Fei couldn't figure out how these two unrelated concepts could be linked together?

However, Comrade Xiao Jiang pointed out that the strength of economics lies in combining various seemingly unrelated things together and finding the implicit economic principles by analyzing related variables.

Applying this research method, economists can get involved in any field and force an explanation. Otherwise, how can we say "economic imperialism"?

Gao Fei felt that her research method was similar to the "Xiao Wuxiang Gong" in martial arts novels, which was suspected of "holding a hammer in hand, everything looks like a nail".

Of course, he didn't understand economics, and his thesis was just a sham, which was "reinventing the wheel" just to get a degree certificate. He was really not qualified to criticize Xiao Jiang.

"Richest man, it's only 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and you're playing games. As a freshman, isn't it a bit too decadent?"

"Brother Fei! I've finished my classes today, my homework, and everything else!"

"No... where do you get so much time?"

"In order to squeeze out time to play games, I got up at 5 o'clock in the morning, ran to the library to study, and didn't sleep at noon. I was reading books in the classroom. My classmates praised me for my hard work!"

"You're really working hard to play more." Gao Fei didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Stop talking nonsense! Go online quickly and don't waste precious time!"

At the urging of Xiao Ma, Gao Fei and Jiang Feng had to open the star map and log in to "Savior Simulator".

The two accepted Ma Yun's invitation and entered the wizard module "The Wizard of Oz" as allies.

The game scene has left the "Ceramic City" Patera Castle and came to the Gobi Desert with endless yellow sand.

This is the western border of Oz, the legendary Winky Township, which is rich in gold.

It is said that the ruler of the entire Winky Township, the Western Witch Theodora, lives in a castle in the desert.

Before setting off, the travelers have two things to do.

One is to inquire about the news in the town tavern, especially the rumors about the Western Witch.

The Winky people in the town, that is, the dwarfs living in the Gobi Desert, are very afraid of Theodora, and they dare not even say her name publicly, but use "that witch" instead.

In the description of the Winky people, Theodora's image is unpredictable.

Sometimes she is an ugly old woman with skin like yellow sand.

Sometimes she turns into a sexy beauty in revealing clothes.

Another dwarf claims that the Witch of the West is not a human, but a sculpture made of sand and soil with malicious wisdom, which can decompose into a pile of yellow sand at any time and blend into the desert, just like a drop of water disappearing into the sea.

As for the magic power of this old witch, people's views are surprisingly consistent.

Among the four witches in the east, west, north and south, the Witch of the West Theodora ranks second, second only to the Witch of the South Glinda.

Ma Yun has seen the Witch of the East and the Witch of the North. The former is a 12th-level Night Hag Mage and the latter is a 12th-level Half-Elf Warlock.

Since the Witch of the West is recognized as stronger than the two of them, and the capping level of this game module is 12th level, it is not difficult to infer that Theodora should be a 12th-level Warlock.

The reason why she is not a magician is that in people's descriptions, this old witch has no habit of carrying magic books with her. She is keen on excavating ancient ruins in the desert, but is not interested in ancient books in underground ruins. She only wants to collect treasures and magic items.

Theodora is the most greedy among the four witches.

This old witch firmly occupies the gold mines in the desert and forces all adult male Winkies to spend six months every year to mine ore in her mines with their own dry food and tools.

Because of this heavy corvée, the Winkies hate Theodora to the bone, but dare not openly resist her tyranny.

Theodora not only has strong magic power, but also has a large group of accomplices to help her maintain her cruel rule.

Among them is the Tengu clan.

Ever since the idol that the Tengu once worshipped, the snake-haired banshee Patra, was killed by Theodora and transformed into a corpse demon and imprisoned in the "Ceramic City", the Tengu clan has become the slaves of the old witch, mainly responsible for being supervisors in the mines and mercilessly whipping the dwarf workers who dared to be lazy.

In addition to the Tengu, it is said that the old witch has many more brutal accomplices.

For example, a group of black wolves that can speak human language and are very cunning, and many half-human and half-bird banshees with vulture wings.

As for whether these rumors are true and what kind of monsters they correspond to, Gao Fei and others are still unsure.

Before going to the "Golden Sand Castle" where Theodora lived, Gao Fei obtained Ma Yun's consent and stole from her... to be more precise, it should be "replicated" - several spells.

After some selection, Gao Fei's level 5 "Spell Thief" has the following spell list:

0 ring-thorn whip, wizard's hand/self-contained;

1st ring - Magic Missile;

2nd ring - Invisibility, Oil, Scorching Ray.

The two replaced spells, "Magic Explosion" and "Detect Undead", the former was replaced by "Magic Missile" which also has the force field attribute, and the latter cannot be used for the time being.

"Hand of the Mage" comes from the professional ability of the Spellthief "Remote Spell", and does not need to occupy the Spellthief position.

There are three 2nd ring magic, "Invisibility", "Oil" and "Scorching Ray", all carefully selected by Gao Fei.

"Invisibility" + backstab sneak attack, needless to say, is a must for the thief profession.

"Oil" + "Scorching Ray" combine to form the "add fuel to the fire" tactic that combines control and damage, which is simple and practical.

In fact, Gao Fei also wanted "Fragile Mark" and "Attribute Enhancement", but unfortunately the 5th level Spellthief can only keep up to 5 stolen magics, and the space is limited, so he had to give up reluctantly.

Ma Yun spent a star disk energy to quickly skip the long rest, and the magic stolen by Gao Fei face to face was automatically reset and returned to her known spell list.

The adventurers replenished their fresh water and dry food in the Gobi town and bought five camels.

After everything was ready, everyone except the lion Dimitri rode a camel and continued to advance towards the heart of the western desert where the gold mine was located.