30 Young and Old (1)

Black Money auction, City of Glow, Kingdom of Dawn's capital.

Two young women, Calista and Phyllis, were sitting on a table, facing and glaring each other. With the room becoming colder and colder, Calista and Phyllis stopped glaring each other and started to chat.

"So... again, who are you and how do you know about us?" Phyllis asked frowning.

Calmly tapping the table with her finger, Calista responded, "... My name is Calista. And i'm here to talk to you, Phyllis and other Taquila Witches."

'So she won't explain how she knows us huh...' Phyllis thought and said, "Talk to us about what? It's not like we have time to talk just because you want to."

"... You know about the Battle of Divine Will, right?" Calista asked smiling.

"Of course, we fought it our entire live. it's impossible to forget it. So what about it?" Phyllis said confused.

"... I need to talk with your leaders about possible allies." Calista said taking out a map from her bag and continuing, "There is a town here. It's called Border Town. The Lord, Roland Wimbledon, is helping witches and making preparations for the near war."

"... A common man? What can he do to help?" Phyllis said confused and intrigued.

"You fought with me earlier. Do you think i'm strong?" Calista asked while touching her chin.

"Of course. I don't know how much strong but you are certainly strong." Phyllis responded.

"... This Lord is making weapons capable of killing transcendent witches. This weapon can be operated by common people." Calista said smiling.

"Are you joking? because It's not funny." Phyllis said glaring Calista.

"I can prove it to you." Calista said while standing up and putting her hands on Phyllis.

Using Lyra's evolved ability, Mind Transfer, Calista transferred her Border Town memories about the weapons like flintlocks and the cannon test.

After some minutes, Calista took away her hands from Phyllis's head and smiled seeing the other open her eyes.

"... So, what do you think?" Calista asked.

"... They have the potential. But i don't think they can even kill a Mad Demon with such weapons." Phyllis responded seriously.

"What if i told you that the weapons that you just saw was just temporary tests and the real ones are only now ready." Calista commented.

"... How strong?" Phyllis asked.

"... 40 li away." Calista said suddenly.

"... What?" Phyllis asked to make sure she didn't mistakenly heard it.

"The new ones can kill a Elite Demon from 40 li away (5 km)." Calista continued winking.

"... Are you sure?" Phyllis asked again.

"... You just need to go there and see for yourself." Calista responded smiling.

"Come with me." Phyllis said while leaving the room and enter a office.

Entering the office, Calista saw an old man sitting in a chair.

"Mr. Banach, this woman here knows about us and want to talk to 'them'." Phyllis said to Banach seriously.

"... Come." Banach said while entering a secret passage in the wall.

After some time walking, the group entered a larger space. In the distance, they could see two yellow flames in front of a stone bridge. The stone bridge was connecting a strange stone island

"... They are guards." Banach said to Calista while Phyllis just smirked.

Coming near the guards, Phyllis started to chat with them about something. After some time, they could finally come across the bridge and go to the top of the island; where Calista could talk to the Taquila Witches.

After arriving at the top, Phyllis took out a stone and crushed it, saying to Calista, "This is a Emergency Signal Stone. You don't need to worry about it."

After some time, everyone could a purple light curtain rose from the ground, turning the darkness of the cave into a different view.

It was also the deep underground, but red lava flowed beneath it. Countless rivers of flames gushed from the rock holes and converged at the bottom to form a cobweb-like picture. Above the flames was the body of a Taquila Witch, a giant sarcoma hanging on the rock wall with numerous plant-like roots. The tangled epidermis bulged rhythmically as if it was breathing hot air.

It had neither eyes nor mouth, but it could see and talk to them by directly echoing in their mind.

This was the appearance of the Taquila Witches.

"... What is going on?" The Taquila Witch in to Phyllis's mind.

"This witch named Calista want to talk with you, Pasha." Phyllis said to her.

"... What do you want?" Pasha said in Calista's mind.