Chapter 859 - The Savage Sofia
Chapter 859 The Savage Sofia
Just as the stone golems were wreaking havoc with the guards, the attacks of the Coldwinter Witches arrived.
Arrows of snow and ice crashed against the rock bodies of the stone golems, instantly coating their bodies with a layer of crystalline frost. The movements of the golems became dull and slow.
With the assistance of the Coldwinter Witches’ magic, the guards finally managed to stabilize their formation. They surrounded the stone golems, taunting them into attacking while having the stronger guards use heavy weapons like warhammers and flails to smash the legs of the golems.
Pebbles flew everywhere, and rocks started to fall.
For a moment, the entire street was filled with dull thudding sounds of metal against rock.
“Nashi, you and Thurman stall the stone golems. Aina and I will deal with Sofia and the rest first,” the leader of the Coldwinter Witches shouted. However, her words stopped before she could finish the sentence. She opened her eyes wide and watched as the three Fate Witches on the other side of the street took out some strange metal talismans. The Fate Witches then shook their hands and released three towering and ferocious metallic machines from within.
“Careful. Hurry up and cast shields on yourselves.”
The entire street immediately fell silent.
The three neutral witches floating in the air were also shocked into silence. For a moment, no one knew how to react.
“You think you can still live after killing our people? Hmph!” Sofia snorted coldly and lifted her wooden staff once again. She shook off the dripping crimson liquid at the end of the staff and turned to look at the three remaining Coldwinter Witches.
“No. Don’t…don’t kill us. We…didn’t kill any of your people.” The Coldwinter Witch that Sofia was glaring at instantly turned pale. Her entire body trembled in fright.
“We lost two people, and you guys only seemed to have lost one. This isn’t fair, is it?!” Sofia had a wicked smile on her face.
Everyone was at a loss of words.
You lost two apprentices there, but the Coldwinter Witches lost an advanced First Grade witch!
Could that even be compared?
However, no Coldwinter Witch dared to argue with Sofia as she glared so fiercely at them.
“Compensation…we are willing to offer compensation!” The three Coldwinter Witches hurriedly explained.
“Hmph! Save your magical crystals for yourself! Right now, we have one more death on our side. That isn’t fair, so your side needs to have one more person die. Speak; who will you choose to die?”
Sofia’s sinister voice had just reached their ears, and all the Coldwinter witches and apprentices couldn’t help but shiver in fright at the same time. Their faces turned completely white.
They looked at each other–the three witches and twenty-one apprentices–all at a loss of words.
“Hmph! Since you guys don’t want to choose, then I’ll choose for you!” Sofia unhesitantly lifted her thick wooden staff once again.
“I’ll choose. I’ll choose…her!” The highest-ranking witch of the three remaining Coldwinter Witches saw that Sofia’s one-eyed glared was fixated upon her and hurriedly pointed at one of the apprentices.
The chosen apprentice was instantly terrified beyond her wits. She screamed and immediately leapt to her feet in an attempt to run.
Dong, dong, dong!
A wave of bullets shot toward her, tearing the apprentice to shreds. Her broken body and bits of her flesh stained the surrounding apprentices a crimson red.
The witch apprentices shouted out in horror. Some of them even fainted on the spot.
“Capture all of them and bring them back to the tower. Execute anyone who resists!”
Sofia smashed the staff into the ground as the Fate Witch apprentices quickly hurried forward to bind their enemies. Even the three witches were not spared.
Meanwhile, the white-armored guards were left to their own devices. No one dared to lift a finger to save them regardless of how much they screamed and begged for help.
The three neutral witches finally descended from the sky after some hesitation, seeing that the Fate Witches had taken control of the scene.
The battle today had crossed some lines!
However, Arya and the two other witches could only look at each other. Not a single one of them dared to step forward and correct Sofia’s ‘mistake.’
Weren’t the Fate Witches usually weak and incompetent individuals? Since when were they so savage and violent?
The city guards in the distance were shivering in fright as well.
They might be used to bloodshed and violence, but when the target of the killing and violence was a group of witches, they couldn’t help but be terrified.
What were witches? They were the noblest class of individuals in the Northern Lands who held the most privilege in their hands!
Since when could they be hunted like wild beasts? It was unthinkable!
Sofia casually tossed Arya a sack of magical crystals as compensation for the destroyed walls and floorboards. She then led her subordinates and departed into the distance with the prisoners in tow.
Not a single person on the entire street dared to stand in their way!