RELEASE THAT WITCH

Chapters 311-320

Chapter 311 War of Mortals (Part 1)

Seeing this scene, one of the other prisoners turned and ran away which caused Zero to look somewhat disappointed.

She turned into a ray of light and entered the fleeing captive's body, who immediately stopped his steps. The captive's eyes turned white, and his body began to undergo strange changes – this wasn't Mayne's first time seeing such a scene, but no matter how often he saw it, he couldn't prevent a chill from arising within his heart.

A dim ray of light burst out from within the captive's body and his body began to twist and deform until finally changed into the very appearance of the Purified who had entered him.

He knew that this wasn't a simple act of replacing and slaughtering, but what exactly happened during this transformation process, Mayne was afraid that only the Pope or the people involved could fully understand.

Zero took a deep breath and went back to the last prisoner.

He was the youngest of three captured spies, probably only fourteen to fifteen years old. His young and inexperienced eyes were filled with shock and fear, unable to accept what had happened just now.

"Now, you're the only one left," she whispered, "Eyre."

Hearing these words, the trembling boy who had originally wanted to pick up the machete froze in shock and started to stammer, "H-how..."

"God told me everything. Actually, you were merely a farmer's child living in the outskirts, but because of the Wolf King's order, you and the other village people were forced to move into the city, and became responsible for repairing the city walls, creating the military supplies, transporting the army's provision and so on. In other words, forced labor. Instead of letting you go because of your young age, they rather decided to recruit you into the investigation troops. In reality they've planned for you to emerge and perish on your own," she reached out and touched his cheeks, "The best evidence for this is that at the time you sent back the intelligence about the large military operation of the Church, the captain of the guards didn't even let you enter the camp. Instead, after listening to your report he immediately sent you back to us, right?"

"I..." Eyre opened his mouth, but couldn't find any words.

"Of course, they couldn't let you enter, because your family had already ceased to exist. Your parents were accepted, while your brother was the same as you, merely consumables for the Wolf King. So, if you were allowed to return, wouldn't it make all the other scouts know about it?" Zero said, "Your father fell to his death while trying to fill a gap in the wall. Your mother, trying to find the workplace overseer had to suffer punishment with a whip and is now on the verge of death. In a world where God doesn't examine everything, evil always wantonly flows around like sewage. Are you sure you really want to fight for such a ruler?"

The young boy stared with wide eyes at her, unable to mask his sorrow, "This... is impossible, you're lying to me!"

"God never lies," the Purified shook her head. "And in the bottom of your heart, you know that I'm telling the truth. The root of all this evil is the nobility. They never regarded you as one of their own kind, they merely see you as livestock. What the Church is trying to do is to put an end to all this evil and injustice, they want to build a new world under the care and watchful eyes of God."

With a plopping sound, Eyre sank to his knees, lowered his head and began to cry bitterly, "What should I do?"

"Follow your heart, only God can issue the ruling."

He choked with sobs and said, "I was wrong. I am willing to tell you everything I know, I will do anything I can to save my mother."

"Such a clever child," Zero patted his head then took out a plant with slender leaves from her pocket and held it in front of him, "Eat this, and you will have a good sleep. It will also help you stabilize your mood." She tore off half a leaf, put it into her mouth, and began to chew, before saying, "Just like me. Wait until tomorrow, after breaking through the walls of Wolfsheart City you might be able to see your mother again."