Chapter 625: The Witches’ Coordinates
"The marks on you are all gone... I was so scared..."
Laila muttered softly, then quickly wiped away her tears and began reporting the locations of the others to Loren:
"Starnight and Anna are near the Kingdom of Anselm. Their positions are the same as where you were when you came. Have you already found them?"
"Yes, I've already reunited with them."
Looking at Laila's state, Loren felt a pang of heartache.
She didn't even give herself time to grieve before she started providing Loren with intelligence.
"The closest one to us right now is Scarlett. She's in the God of Pain's territory.
"Naclis is in the God of Light and Fire's territory. She's been staying there for quite a while now.
"Luna is in the God of Night and Thunder's territory, not too far from Cecelia.
𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
"Paqina is in the Whispering Woods, probably at one of the Witches' Church's hideouts. Corolla is there too. Flossie's position keeps changing, and she's currently in the God of Freedom's territory."
After finishing this report, Laila's mood suddenly turned somber:
"Mirrorheart... Mirrorheart and Seraphina's marks have disappeared. I suspect they might be dead. Their coordinates vanished shortly after you left...
"I also don't have Movila's coordinates, but she's different from Mirrorheart. Every one of her clones is her true body, and clones are expendable, so they can't leave behind marks."
When mentioning Mirrorheart and Seraphina, Laila's emotions suddenly became very low, but she didn't let those feelings affect her, continuing to report to Loren:
"Lastly, there's Lilith. Her coordinates are the strangest of all. She's in the sky..."
Loren didn't reply. He simply patted Laila's head:
"You've worked hard..."
Laila was trying her best to shoulder the responsibility of a mistress. Her eyes had changed dramatically.
The innocence was gone, replaced by a hint of madness. She had transformed from an adventurer into a killer.
"Mirrorheart and Seraphina are fine. Mirrorheart is with me. She's with Anna now, so let's go find them first."
Loren held Laila and flew toward where Anna and the others were.
To make sure he wouldn't miss Laila, Loren had arranged a meeting point with Anna and the others in advance.
"What about Seraphina then?"
"I haven't found her yet, but I'm sure she's fine."
If Seraphina had died, Mirrorheart wouldn't have warned Loren to be careful of her.
It was only then that Loren remembered he had never asked Mirrorheart what she meant by that. He would definitely ask her when he saw her.
"Really..."
Hearing this information from Loren's mouth, Laila finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Really. Neither Mirrorheart nor Seraphina are human."
"What?"
Loren's sudden statement caught Laila off guard. She thought he was cursing them and imagined Mirrorheart would be secretly pleased about that.
"Literally. Mirrorheart can resurrect infinitely. As long as I don't die, she won't die.
"As for Seraphina, I don't know what she actually is either, but she's definitely not human."
"I see..."
Having said everything she knew, Laila was completely exhausted. She wrapped her arms around Loren's neck and fell into a deep sleep.
She had been on edge the entire time. Now that she was back by Loren's side, she could finally relax and sleep in peace.
Loren slowed his flight speed, flying more steadily so as not to disturb Laila's sleep.
He hadn't yet asked Laila about what had happened to her Arcane Ability, but there was no rush. He would ask when she woke up.
...
Things went more smoothly than Loren had expected, so he arrived at their agreed meeting point before Anna and the others did.
By the time Anna and the others showed up, Loren had already used Abundant Magic to build a cozy little house and settled Laila inside.
"Master Mentor, did you find Laila?"
"Found her. She's sleeping right now."
"Good to hear she's safe..."
Confirming Laila's safe return, Anna breathed a sigh of relief. She had always liked Laila, after all, since Laila was the one who most wanted to be her mother.
"So does Laila know where the other witches are?"
"Yes."
Loren and the others sat down inside the house. Loren pulled out the map he carried with him and began planning how to find all the witches as quickly as possible.
The first one to find was Scarlett. Not only was she the closest, but her Arcane Ability was also the most important.
Loren was tired of having to carry luggage everywhere. What if he later obtained some large, important material and had to hold it in his hands the whole time?
Anna was used to carrying the Scythe of Harvest around, but Loren still wasn't.
Besides, carrying such a huge thing around wasn't very convenient. Anna had to move with Loren or Veronica at all times. Without their cover, there were many places she couldn't even enter while carrying that scythe.
Laila had specific locations for all the other witches, except Movila. But Loren wasn't too worried about Movila. She was the safest witch right now. As long as one clone remained, Movila wouldn't die, and her clones were scattered all over the world.
That said, Loren still had some concern for Movila. After all, it had been so long and he still hadn't encountered a single one of her clones.
That shouldn't be the case. He had taught her how to monitor things most efficiently. By all logic, she should have found him long ago.
He worried she might have gathered all her clones to fight the Orthodox Gods to the death...
Loren shook his head, casting those thoughts aside. There was no use dwelling on them now.
The more likely possibility was that Movila's Arcane Ability had evolved into an offensive one, so it was natural that her intelligence-gathering abilities had weakened.
Lilith was in the sky, which made it inconvenient for Loren to go find her. After all, that wasn't just the sky, it was a place similar to a divine kingdom, where the angels usually stayed.
Lilith had mentioned before that she was going to ask the Prince for help.
To restrict the vampires, the Church had forced the Prince to stay in a place similar to a divine kingdom, forbidden from interfering in the mortal world unless it was a critical moment, just like the angels.
Loren drew a route on the map. They would go find Scarlett first, then head to the God of Night and Thunder's territory to find Luna. Finally, they would split up, with Loren going to the Whispering Woods to find Paqina while the others started moving toward the sea.
Once Loren returned, they would all set out together for the God of Light and Fire's territory to find Naclis.
Loren felt a bit regretful. He had been to the God of Light and Fire's territory before but hadn't run into Naclis. After all, the Holy Flame Empire's territory was just too vast.
Even if Naclis knew Loren was there, she couldn't have made it in time. She wasn't fast.
After finishing the map, Loren suddenly turned to Mirrorheart and asked:
"Why did you tell me to be careful of Seraphina? What did you mean by her going mad?"
Mirrorheart's tone was extremely calm, as if she were saying something utterly trivial:
"She felt she hadn't accompanied you for long enough before you left again. She couldn't bear that blow, so she went mad.
"So she plans to cleanse this world, leaving only the two of you in it."