[Life Value: 1340/1340]
[Attack Power: 95~102]
(An unknown witch, seemingly existing in the Witch Forest for a long time...)
Seeing the other party's attribute panel, contemplation appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.
Just a 12th-level ordinary creature, appearing to pose no threat.
However, Cao Xing did not underestimate the opponent.
One must know that in this world, many beings used disguise techniques.
His [True Vision] could only see through Fifth Rank disguises.
Thus, Cao Xing remained fully alert, ready to flee or fight at any moment.
The old witch examined Cao Xing and the others, her eyelids gradually opening.
Within the heap of wrinkles on her face, Cao Xing discovered a pair of cat-like eyes.
Her gaze swept over Cao Xing and the others.
Those she stared at felt a chill run down their spines!
The old woman made a sound like a bellows in her throat, as if she had phlegm lodged there, very unpleasant...
"Young explorers, what do you wish to inquire of me?"
Cao Xing steadied himself, suppressing the discomfort in his heart, then asked, "Elder, I wish to know how to enter that castle?"
He pointed to the castle behind him.
The system prompted him to search for clues nearby.
And nearby, Cao Xing found only this forest cabin.
So he got straight to the point.
Hearing this question, the old witch's cat-like eyes moved a little.
"Young explorers, why do you wish to enter that castle..."
"That castle... is too dangerous... many man-eating monsters lurk inside..."
Cao Xing's eyes slightly flickered, "Elder, could you please elaborate?"
The old witch pondered for a moment, as if recalling something.
"Inside... there is an evil big wild wolf..."
"An ogre who loves to eat people and drinks a fresh corpse juice every day..."
"And also... a long-haired princess who takes pleasure in torturing souls..."
Xing Tingba listened, contemplation once again flashing in his eyes.
A big wild wolf, a corpse juice-drinking ogre, a long-haired princess...
These should be the monsters inside the castle.
Strangely, Cao Xing had just walked a circle around the castle.
Aside from that soldier, there was no sign of any creatures.
So, Cao Xing directly asked his question: "But, when we just came over, we didn't notice any monsters in the castle?"
The old witch heard this question, and a trace of a smirk appeared on her shriveled lips.
She seemed to smile, but it looked more unsightly than crying.
Once more, her throat produced a sound like a bellows laughing.
"That is because... the castle reveals its true face only at night..."
"Young explorers, have you not noticed that there are very few beasts in this forest?"
Hearing this question, contemplation appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.
Because he had indeed noticed this problem.
Aside from the last time he came in and encountered that group of wild boars.
This time, not even a single wave of beasts was encountered.
Encountered were only cannibal flowers, human-faced trees, and these eerie monsters.
"Ho ho... that is because the beasts in the forest have all been taken by the witch of the castle..."
"Every night, that evil witch sends her soldiers to capture all the beasts in the forest, for evil experiments within the castle..."
"Until recent years... as the beasts in the forest became fewer, the castle finally quieted down..."