Return the head? No

Looking at the dark cave, Katrina hesitated, "I don't think we should go in?"

"Use this." Zheng Yichen controlled the simple drone and flew it into the cave. He then saw a woman wearing tattered clothes and a veil. Her attire looked like... a zombie bride? Anyway, she had a good figure.

"..."

"Let's go, let's go in and see." Zheng Yichen said, holding a gun in one hand and a mobile phone in the other.

"Will it be dangerous?"

"Generally not. You wait for me here at the entrance." Zheng Yichen didn't let Katrina follow him. He entered the cave alone. The veiled woman inside didn't seem surprised to see Zheng Yichen enter. Her gaze lingered on Zheng Yichen for a moment before returning to the simple drone.

"What is this?"

"Who are you?" Zheng Yichen looked at the woman in front of him. Although her clothes were tattered, her exposed arms were very smooth. The entire cave interior had rough and simple furniture, and a bonfire inside made it not feel cold.

He could also see the corpses of small animals.

Hmm... looks like a witch.

"You can think of me as a witch, an unknown traveler. You don't belong here."

The witch's tone was very calm.

"I don't want to be here either, but I just happened to discover this place." Zheng Yichen approached the witch. The witch only started to examine the drone up close after Zheng Yichen entered.

Zheng Yichen stared at the witch in front of him, wanting to lift her veil to see, but felt it was impolite. He put away the simple drone and asked the witch in front of him a new question: "I'm looking for the Headless Knight. Do you know anything?"

The Headless Knight had been active in this forest, and the witch in front of him was in this forest. This made him unable to help but think more.

"You want to deal with the Headless Knight?"

"Of course."

The witch's gaze passed through her veil and looked at some items Zheng Yichen was carrying. The fishing rod was an ordinary item, but the unicorn horn and the red belt he was carrying were not ordinary things.

"...To know the location of the Headless Knight, you need the Guidance of the Dead." After speaking, the witch began to busy herself. She first glanced outside the door: "The girl beside you... you understand that yourself."

She thought of something and didn't continue, but instead pulled Zheng Yichen to a tattered table. She first shackled her own arms, tested the distance, took out some powder, and lit it. A hazy smoke emanated.

Zheng Yichen twitched his nose slightly and felt a bit uncomfortable. This smoke seemed to cause hallucinations. The witch took out a straw cage, shook it, and threw out a bat. She very decisively chopped off the bat's head with one stroke.

She sprinkled the bat's blood on the powder, and the white smoke immediately turned red.

"Don't be afraid. I'll catch them when the dead arrive."

"No..." Zheng Yichen looked at the witch, whose voice was gradually fading, and felt conflicted. He felt that the witch in front of him was a bit too enthusiastic. Not only was she enthusiastically helping, but she also enthusiastically turned into an evil ghost?

She suddenly lunged up, her eyeballs spraying out, and a venomous snake emerged from her mouth. In an instant, Zheng Yichen took out his black gun, almost bursting out to pin the witch in front of him to the ground. She was controlled by chains, and even though she underwent a drastic change, she couldn't break free from the chains. Her two hands could only barely reach Zheng Yichen.

Then the other party was pushed back by Zheng Yichen. Apart from the initial scare, the other party's strength was no match for his. Katrina outside was attracted by the commotion here and rushed in. She saw Zheng Yichen pinning down a woman who was struggling and roaring.

"Who, who is she?" Katrina asked in shock. In her eyes, she saw Zheng Yichen pinning down a woman older than her, about to do something.

"A witch." Zheng Yichen listened to the forest witch's roars. The intermittent content of the roars gradually pieced together. The Headless Knight's location was under the Death Tree... and one needed to follow a path facing the sunset to find it.

After saying this, the witch quieted down. Katrina pouted and came over. She looked at the witch, then at the burnt powder on the table, and a look of realization flashed in her eyes. Her previous anger vanished.

What Zheng Yichen saw and what she saw were definitely different. She knew about that kind of powder, which could assist witches in spirit channeling. Of course, it would also affect people around them during spirit channeling, causing hallucinations.

To channel spirits and summon the dead, one had to be in a state of 'mental fragility,' and hallucinations were the best way to achieve this.

Zheng Yichen looked at the now-calm witch. As the smoke completely dissipated, her ferocious, ghost-like face gradually returned to normal. Judging by her age, she was over forty, with natural white hair. Although it lacked care, her demeanor was still excellent, and her figure hadn't gone out of shape.

Looking at the witch who had revealed her true appearance, Zheng Yichen thought it would have been better if she were younger; she would have been even more beautiful.

Not long after, the forest witch also recovered. The shackles on her arm had been removed. She looked at Zheng Yichen beside her, "You are very strong, a powerful warrior."

Even in her spirit channeling state, she had enough perception of the outside world. She clearly remembered Zheng Yichen's action of controlling her just now. Such strength was definitely not possessed by ordinary people. The sturdy young man in front of her was like a bull.

"I'm not exactly an Ordinary Person. Since you're a witch, do you have any special ways to deal with the Headless Knight? That guy has Immortality. He won't die even if shot or stabbed, and he recovers very quickly," Zheng Yichen briefly described the Headless Knight's situation.

The witch shook her head slightly, "The Headless Knight is a being who returned from Hell. How can he be killed again? To deal with the Headless Knight, he can only be sent back to Hell."

"How do I send him back?"

"Return the Headless Knight's head. The Headless Knight wanders the human world precisely to find his lost head."

"Rather than sending him back, I want to kill that guy."

The forest witch looked at Zheng Yichen with some confusion. She had already provided the Headless Knight's location and a way to deal with him. Zheng Yichen should be focusing on the strategy now, so why was he thinking of taking an unconventional route?

"Why?"

"Because the Headless Knight has a very powerful-looking sword, and I want it."

"..."