Chapter 647 The Witch of the West

Plugging the ears with silencer mushrooms can certainly block the singing of the bird demons, but in this case, everyone will become deaf and it will be inconvenient for them to communicate with each other.

After thinking about it, Gao Fei felt that this problem was not as serious as it seemed at first glance.

The Scarecrow and Tin Woodman in the adventure team are constructed creatures that are naturally immune to the effects of enchantment. They do not need to plug their ears and will not be confused by the singing of the harpy.

Gao Fei, Jiang Feng and Ma Yun are all players and can communicate through the team channel of Astrolabe, so communication is basically unaffected.

As for the lion Dimitri and the NPC miners including Gas, after plugging their ears with mushrooms, they could only communicate with each other through gestures.

"Brother Fei! Sister Feng! I just received a mission prompt, asking us to take a short rest in the mine to recover our physical strength and magic value, and then the next plot will be triggered." Ma Yun said.

"Just spend the energy of the astrolabe and skip the short rest."

Jiang Feng hasn't had enough of fighting yet and can't wait to enter the second battle of this chapter.

"Before you take a break, take a look at this!"

Gao Fei sent the Harpy's data to the team channel.

"Rich man, we are likely to be chased by a large group of harpies next. Even if we plug our ears with mushrooms to avoid being confused by the harpies' songs, it will not be an easy task to eliminate these flying monsters."

Frankly speaking, Gao Fei's current role as a "law thief" is somewhat worse than that of a "copycat" at the same level, and the difference is mainly reflected in comprehensiveness.

If he is now a "copycat" and can transform into a tornado, it will be much easier to deal with the bird demon.

The problem now is that Ma Yun is the only one on our team who can use the magic shoes to cast the "Flying Technique", and there are only five energy shots left, which is not enough to make all his teammates fly. How can he fight against the harpies who are born to fly?

"Since we can't fly, we'll try to pull the harpy out of the air and have a duel on the ground!" Ma Yun said thoughtfully.

“That sounds great, the question is how to do it?”

Jiang Feng asked.

"Well..." Xiao Ma rolled his eyes, "For a while, I can only think of two tactics."

"As expected of you, you are so smart. It's great if you can think of two. Please tell me what to do."

"Sister Feng, did you ever catch butterflies when you were a child?"

"Oh... Xiaoyun, if I guess correctly, you are going to use the old method of 'activating fishing nets' again, right?"

Ma Yun smiled and shook her head.

"I can only control one activation net, which is too inefficient for catching birds. Moreover, remote control of the activation net requires precious concentration. This is not possible. My spellcasting concentration must be used in more critical places."

"But Sister Feng, you are not completely wrong. My bird-catching tactics do require the use of nets, many nets."

"Spider Web Technique?" Jiang Feng showed off the magic ring on his hand, "My spider silk ring still has 4 rounds of energy, which can be used to release the 'Spider Web Technique'!"

"Unfortunately, my 'law thief' did not steal the 'spider web technique' from the richest man and could not participate in the bird-catching operation."

Gao Fei said regretfully.

Now stealing the "Spider Web Technique" from Ma Yun will result in Ma Yun herself being unable to cast this spell within that day. Judging from the development of the plot, the protagonist group no longer has time to take a long rest.

"Strategic" spellcasters such as "Mage" and "Spell Thief" rely particularly on intelligence and prediction.

If you lack complete intelligence and misjudge the enemies you may encounter next or the difficulties that need to be overcome, the prepared spells will not be used, and the urgently needed spells are not prepared, the situation will be very embarrassing.

"Brother Fei, Sister Feng, you don't need to hunt the birds, there are ready helpers here!"

Ma Yun smiled mysteriously, turned around and called Gas over, asking him to select the ten candidates who were best at using slings among the dwarf workers.

Gas quickly completed the task and found nine dwarfs carrying homemade slings, and one candidate was himself.

"Miss Wizard, we are all good stone-throwers in Wenji Township!" Gass patted his chest to assure himself, "Any one of us can use stones to knock down walnuts hanging on the treetops, and we will definitely hit the target!"

"Very well, Mr. Gas, now I will give each of you a stone bullet infused with magic power. Before throwing these stone bullets, you must remember to recite the activation spell correctly."

Ma Yun used the artificer's professional ability "Item Infusion" to inject "Spider Web" into the ammunition of the dwarf slingers.

A total of 50 magic points were spent to create ten magic stone bullets storing "Spider Web Technique" and distributed them to the slingers.

After the instructions, Xiao Ma activated the energy of the astrolabe and quickly skipped the short break.

As soon as the game screen changes, the story stage switches to the Castle of the Witch of the West.

The scene is frozen inside the dark tower at the top of the castle. The small room is filled with the clicking sound of gears turning, and the faint squeaking of small animals.

The owner of the castle, the Witch of the West, who ranks second among the four great witches in the Kingdom of Oz, is standing in the tower, looking in the mirror.

The crystal round mirror hanging on the wall reflected Theodora's figure.

This old witch was wearing a golden robe, with a hunched back, a wrinkled face, and withered yellow hair, like a ball of fluffy grass lacking moisture.

The hands were like bird's claws, so thin that the veins were exposed, and the nails were filled with sand, as if they had never washed their hands in this life.

The old witch didn't mind her ugly face. She grinned, revealing two pairs of golden front teeth.

She looked at her big gold teeth in the mirror and frowned in displeasure.

"Damn it! It seems that the two little mice I had for lunch were not fresh enough. Their bones left ugly scratches on my front teeth!"

The old witch muttered and turned around and walked to the table by the window.

There was a huge iron cage on the table. At the bottom of the cage was a tray covered with fine sand, with two rows of toy-like wooden houses and a metal roller connected to the bearing of a clock.

In the iron cage, there were two dozen hamsters, all running hard on the roller.

The old witch squinted her eyes and observed her pets through the gap in the iron cage, showing a satisfied smile.

She opened the cage cover, reached in her bird-like skinny palm, picked out a fat, snow-white hamster, and took it off the roller.

The hamster seemed to have a premonition of its fate, and struggled desperately in the hands of the old witch, squeaking and screaming.

However, the poor little thing could not escape the old witch's grasp, and all its struggles were in vain.

Next to the hamster cage, there was an exquisite wooden box filled with sparkling diamond fragments.

The old witch pinched the hamster, dipped it in the wooden box, and covered the hamster's chubby, fluffy head with diamond sand. Then she put it to her mouth, used the hamster as a toothbrush, and the diamond sand as tooth powder to polish her gold teeth.