Demi-human Girls Completion Manual
Chapter 179 - 78. Rescue Operation

Chapter 179: 78. Rescue Operation

In the midst of pitch darkness, a group of people unconsciously huddled together. Fisher’s expression was grave as he looked at the corridors shrouded in a chilly breeze. With a wave of his hand, the tip of his hand cane lit up with an illumination magic, and many waiters panicked as they glanced to the side. At the moment Fisher’s magic flared, he suddenly saw a twisted shadow climbing rapidly over the heads of his party.

That shadow moved swiftly along the walls like a spider, about to attack the distant waiters. Prince Luosang had also noticed this situation. The ring on his finger began to glow with a red light, but just before he could act, a nimble figure wielding knives slashed towards the ceiling.

It was Carlo, with brown hair and dressed as a waiter, her face slightly cold. She raised two short daggers and slashed down the shadow that was attacking the waiter beside her.

As the blades cut into the shadow on the ceiling, a stench like that of a corpse instantly filled their nostrils, making everyone cover their noses in discomfort. The next second, a struggling monster fell down.

On closer inspection, the creature seemed composed of human bodies, and in the middle of that spider-like form, a long-haired head lifted, roaring at the people standing in the corridor. However, due to the deep cuts from Carlo’s daggers, the monster struggled a few times before collapsing motionless on the floor.

Everyone was startled by the horrifying appearance of the monster. Only Fisher felt that this thing looked very familiar... just like the "Human Worms" that had previously come to probe Elliog, except now the attacking creature had a layer of magic circuits shining with composite light around it, clearly the look of an Artificial Witch from the Witch Research Association.

Father Deke stood dumbfounded behind them, looking at the monster in the middle of the corridor. He raised his hand and shouted at the people,

"It’s... it’s an Artificial Witch created by the Witch Research Association. I heard they were making such things back in Kado, fantasizing about turning humans into witches. Who knew that today, it would actually appear! They want to snatch Casheo’s Silver Mirror. We should go back and protect that mirror!"

"Bullshit! Your Artificial Witch looks like this! This isn’t even human anymore, are you blind?!"

No sooner had Father Deke finished speaking, Carlo, wielding dual blades, turned her head and cursed at him, looking insulted.

"How do you know this isn’t an Artificial Witch? I came from Kado, do you know more about the Witch Research Association than I do?"

Carlo bit her teeth, almost saying "because I am an Artificial Witch from the Witch Research Association." But seeing the scholars and Nali people around her looking at her, she finally snorted and turned her head to the struggling monster ahead,

"If you want to protect that broken mirror, go ahead. Staying here might lead to more incidents, plus, aren’t there other people below?"

"That’s right, my sheepman is still down there. He must be terrified!"

"My wife and children also..."

As Schwali Scholars spoke up one after another, Father Deke opened his mouth and cursed,

"You damn Schwali people, when you borrowed the mirror, you said you were going to protect our Holy Relics with all your might. Now that something happened, you ran away! You have no integrity or faith at all!"

"Then why don’t we carry the mirror down to find them?"

"Moving the Silver Mirror requires time and ceremony. Moving it rashly could have very serious consequences. You wouldn’t want to run around and get your head pierced by the magic of the mirror, would you?"

"Then forget about that damn mirror already!"

"How can we do that? The Witch Research Association’s target is Casheo’s Silver Mirror. We cannot let them succeed!"

As the infuriated Carlo was about to speak again, a large hand suddenly touched her shoulder from behind, scaring her almost to the point of jumping. Turning her head, it was actually Prince Luosang.

Carlo was slightly startled and quietly moved away from him, but didn’t continue to argue with Father Deke.

"Alright, now that we have encountered a problem, let’s solve it. Regardless of the purpose of the Witch Research Association this time, we must ensure the Silver Mirror is not taken away to the greatest extent, and also ensure no one dies."

"Now there are only two places in the entire building with people. One is here with us and the accompanying waiters. The other place is the first floor below, where there are some waiters and our families. The Silver Mirror absolutely cannot be stolen. It’s pitch black everywhere, and it’s easy to have accidents just walking around. It would be better if most of us stay here to guard the Silver Mirror, and let those who can fight go down to bring our families up."

"Once everyone is gathered and we’ve ensured safety, we can consider how to get out of the magic. What do you all think of this plan?"

Listening to Prince Luosang’s suggestion, everyone scrutinized each other under the light of Fisher’s illumination magic.

The key to this plan was that there were actually not many people present who could fight. Fisher sized up the surroundings: most of the Forbidden Magic Scholars could be ruled out, as they didn’t use magic and were also older. Letting them fight would be a hindrance. In this sense, Principal Ken was no different.

So, those who could fight were just Fisher himself, Roger, Selena, Prince Luosang, and Carlo. Kado’s accompanying Church Personnel should have some fighting capabilities, but it was unclear, aside from the just-killed monster, what other trump cards the Pink Hall had.