The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 417 - 255: Guardian Stone, Earth Spirit Stone Doll and Pattern of Rejecting Evil Spirits_1

Chapter 417: Chapter 255: Guardian Stone, Earth Spirit Stone Doll and Pattern of Rejecting Evil Spirits_1

After Ivita sat up, the ’person’ who was dressing in the corner of the room suddenly stood up and pushed open the door, heading outside. Ivita immediately followed.

He had initially wanted to attempt to destroy this thing.

But at this moment, watching the ’person’s’ actions, Ivita suddenly realized that the other party was trying to lead him somewhere.

It seemed as if the other party wanted to take him to a specific place.

When he came to the deck, he saw that the person, who had always been with his back to him, was lowering the rope ladders hung on both sides of the ship. He seemed to want to leave the ship for Volcano Island.

At this time, Ivita hesitated, unsure if he should follow.

Because he didn’t know whether the other party simply wanted to leave his ship and return to Volcano Island, or if they truly wanted to lead him somewhere.

After thinking, Ivita decided he still wanted to follow and see, but it wouldn’t be safe to go alone.

He immediately returned to the cabin and woke up the Persopolis Knight, the Ranger, and the Hearthstone Witch.

When the four of them came to the deck and jumped to the shore of Volcano Island via the rope ladder, they looked at the person walking away from them on the high ground in the middle of the night, all deep in thought.

The Hearthstone Witch said to Ivita, "Your Majesty, I always feel that this island is very strange. Are we really going to explore it in the middle of the night?"

The Ranger said to Ivita, "Since your compass points here and that thing wants to lead us, we have no reason not to follow. Sir, rest assured, the forest is a ranger’s home turf. Our power and perception will be enhanced there."

"The evil of this island may not contaminate a ranger’s power."

Ivita nodded at her. "Then I’ll have to rely on you, Seville."

The latter showed a confident smile.

The four kept following the ’person’ who had sneaked onto the ship and suddenly left in the middle of the night.

They crossed the highlands and mountains and followed him into the forest.

The Ranger, feeling the forest’s response to her, drew an arrow from her quiver, placed it on her bow, and prepared to shoot at any time.

"The forest tells me it’s dangerous here. There’s something in this forest. Everyone, be careful."

Ivita, protected by Persopolis, liked the feeling of having his men around him.

With them, he wasn’t afraid of anything suddenly attacking him from the forest.

As they penetrated deeper into the forest, Ivita noticed many small stone figures between the trees.

But these stone figures were all incomplete.

Their most significant characteristic was that their heads had all fallen off, as though they had been chopped off.

The Hearthstone Witch looked down at these stone figures and said, "Look, these stone dolls are covered in moss, lichens and other plants. These things have been around for a long time."

"This is a very ancient kind of white magic, mainly used for suppression and guardianship. But now all are shattered, indicating that something terrifying happened here hundreds of years ago. The impact of that event has continued to this day."

The Hearthstone Witch was somewhat afraid, but she thought of how she was a high-ranking witch, and she was accompanied by a Demon God.

What did she have to fear?

They continued to follow the ’person’.

They soon arrived at a river. On both sides of the river were houses built of thatch, mud, and stone that looked like they’d been enlarged from mushrooms.

These houses looked very primitive, as if they were built by primitive people.

Ivita knew that this island had been isolated from the world for a long time. The people living here had been disconnected from civilized society for so long, they had completely lost touch with human civilization.

The Hearthstone Witch said, "This place may very well be one of the tribes that the pirates once visited."

"It looks quite large, beyond my expectations. Look, at the edge of the river, there’s even evidence of a bonfire. But ..."

"Something seems to be amiss."

Ivita saw that, to her astonishment, all the inhabitants of this tribe had become corpses.

Some were outside the houses, others inside. Contrary to Beard’s description, this was not a bustling, primitive tribe.

Looking at these bodies that have been dead for at least a month, Ivita said, "Shortly after Beard and his team left, this tribe must have encountered something. They all died."

The Hearthstone Witch’s eyes widened as she explained, "Those pirates took gems resembling cat’s eyes. I had suspicions those might be the Guardian Stones. Now, I’m sure of it. Those stones are a type of White Magic, created by placing a curse on underground veins."

"This tribe needs these stones, not as decoration, but as protection."

"I understand now. It’s because the pirates stole those stones that the people of the tribe died shortly afterwards. But ... who killed them ..."

The Hearthstone Witch muttered to herself. "Guardian Stones, Earth Spirit Stone Dolls, these are all very ancient White Magic. What is really on this island?"

Ivita said, "I just checked, the blackwood used for worship by the primitive tribes here, it’s missing. I have no idea who took it."

Seville suddenly pointed forward, and said, "Look over there."

Ivita saw the ’person’ ahead, who suddenly stopped in front of a tree. It seemed to be carving something on it with a stone.

Half a minute later, it pulled itself up and continued north.

Ivita and the others came to the tree to find a triangle and an eye symbol carved on it. Above this, there was an X.

The Hearthstone Witch glanced at it and said, "This magic symbol is a ward to ward off demons, evil spirits, and the like."

"But ... isn’t it an evil spirit itself?"

Ivita nodded and responded, "There are many such symbols on this island, designed to control certain evil spirits or offer protection or suppression."

"I wonder what happened on this island during the Ancient Civilization Period."

Ivita said, "We should follow them."

The four kept on tailing them. The deeper they ventured, passing obstructing trees and bushes, the more they found in the depths of the forest - a giant, inverted-cone stone building, at least 25 meters high.

The ’person’ found a hidden door at the base of the building and crawled in.

Ivita pulled out the Opportunity Compass from his pocket and found that the needle pointed straight towards the building the ’person’ had entered.

The female ranger asked Ivita, "Sir, it seems there’s something extremely evil hidden within that building. Do we really have to go in?"

The Hearthstone Witch stared at Ivita, but the image of the Titan Giant Dragon appeared in her mind.

There was no chance of Boots Cat coming to help, and Pan God was nowhere around.

If Ivita turned into the Titan Dragon here, they would all die on this island.

But Ivita was not of the same opinion. "The Opportunity Compass has led us to this building. There must be something I need inside."

"We have to go in."

The Hearthstone Witch was very uneasy as she looked at the strange building, feeling that it had once been upturned, resulting in the sharp part of the building being inserted into the ground and the wider part at the top.

It was an inverted cone.

But no, she was a high-ranking witch, what was there to be afraid of?

At this moment, the silent Persopolis Knight finally spoke, "Allow me to scout ahead for you. It is my duty as a knight. With Tormund’s Holy Sword, my life will not be in danger."

Ivita nodded at him. "I appreciate it."